Texas Rangers at Cleveland Indians 8/26/21 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Texas Rangers will visit Progressive Field Thursday night for game 3 of 3 against the Cleveland Indians. The Texas Rangers are 44-81 on the year after winning 2 of the last 5 games played including game 1 of this series 7-3. The Rangers offense led the way in game 1 against Cleveland with 15 hits on the day including 2-5 with runners in scoring position. Nathaniel Lowe had a huge day going 5-5 on the day driving in 3 runs with a 3 run home run in the first inning.

Taylor Hearn got the start for Texas giving up 3 runs on 5 hits, while striking out 6 batter in 5 innings of work to get the win. The Rangers bullpen held true allowing no runs and 1 hit across the final 4 innings of the game to close out the win.

The Cleveland Indians are 1 game under .500 following the game 1 loss in this series. Eli Morgan got the start for Cleveland giving up 4 runs on 8 hits across 4.1 innings of work leading to the loss. The Cleveland bullpen faltered as well giving up 7 hits and 3 runs across the final 4.2 innings of the game.

Cleveland struggled from the plate with only 6 hits in the game including 0-4 with runners in scoring position, while leaving 4 men on base. Yu Chang and Daniel Johnson led the way for Cleveland as each hit a solo homerun in the game to supply half of the Cleveland runs.