Athletics at Rangers 4/24/18 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Oakland Athletics (11-11, 4th AL West) visit the Texas Rangers 8-15, 5th AL West) for the second game of a three-game series with their American League West rivals.

On Sunday the A’s beat Boston 4-1 for their second straight win against Boston after blanking the Red Sox 3-0 on Saturday. Khris Davis hit a tie-breaking home run in the eighth inning off loser David Price to lead the A’s to victory.

Texas lost the first two games of a series to Seattle, but avoided being swept with a 7-4 win on Sunday. Nomar Mazara and Joey Gatto smacked homers in the same inning to help lead the Rangers to victory. Earlier in April, the Rangers lost two of three on the road to Oakland. Jed Lowrie leads Oakland with a batting average of .251. The second baseman is the team leader in home runs with six, in RBIs with 23 and hits with 33. Oakland has a team batting average of .269 while opposing hitters are averaging .260 at the plate against Athletics pitching. On Tuesday, Oakland will send Andrew Triggs to the mound. The right-hander this season is 1-0 with an ERA of 5.82, 17 strikeouts and 8 walks.

Nomar Mazara leads the Rangers with a batting average of .309 and hits with 25. Joey Gallo leads the Rangers in home runs with seven and RBIs with 16. Texas has a team batting average of .232 while opposing hitters are averaging .279 at the plate against Rangers pitching. Texas will send Cole Hamels to the mound on Tuesday. The left-hander this season is 1-3 with an ERA of 4.76, 34 strikeouts and 11 walks.