Oakland Athletics at Texas Rangers 8/17/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Oakland Athletics continued their road trip Wednesday night in Arlington, TX for  game three of four against the Texas Rangers Oakland comes into Wednesday 34 games below .500 riding a nine game losing streak after a 2-1 laws to Texas in game one of this series. James Kaprielian got the start for Oakland giving up two runs on six hits across 5.1 innings of work. The Oakland bullpen pitched well allowing no runs on two hits over the final 2.2 innings of the game. Find all of our best free MLB betting predictions.

Sean Murphy is the offensive leader for Oakland this season with a .244 batting average to go along with a team high .323 OBP. Seth Brown supplies the power to the Oakland offense leading the team with 17 home runs on the season.

The Texas Rangers continue a homestand Wednesday night riding a 3 game win streak after the win in the opening game of this series.  Glenn Otto was dominant on the mound for Texas allowing only one run on two hits across 6 innings of work. The Texas bullpen came on to close the game allowing no runs on one hit over the final three innings.

Offensively Texas did just enough from the plate with eight hits in 32 at bats but went 1-9 with runners in scoring position to leave nine men on base. Marcus Semien got the scoring going for Texas with a solo home run in the third inning, while Bubba Thompson drove in one run as well to lead the way for the Rangers.