Rangers vs Athletics Picks and Prediction – 5/7/2024

Rangers vs Athletics Prediction

The Texas Rangers will stay on the road Monday with game one of four in Oakland against the Oakland Athletics. Texas is 2 games above .500 having won three of the last five games following a nine run blowout victory against the Kansas City Royals. Offensively Texas has been strong with a .253 team batting average on the year. The Rangers have compiled 290 two hits and scored 161 total runs overall. For other MLB action see our MLB Picks.

Josh Smith has led Texas all season with a .302 batting average and a .407 OBP. Marcus Semien leads the team this season with 30 seven hits in 34 games played. Big man Adolis Garcia has supplied the Texas power leading the team with eight home runs and 27 RBIs.

The Oakland Athletics stay on their home field Monday running hot on a long winning streak after bringing their record to .500 overall through 34 games. Offensively Oakland has been mediocre this season with a .217 batting average and have scored 121 runs. The Oakland power however has thrived with 44 team home runs and a .383 team slugging percentage.

Abraham Toro has erupted as of late for Oakland leading the team with a .280 batting average and 28 hits on the year. JJ Bleday also has 28 hits and has scored nine runs in 34 games. Brent Rooker leads the team with eight home runs and twenty RBIs.. Alex wood will be on the mound for Oakland Monday making his eighth start of the season. Wood has struggled this season with one win and two losses overall carrying a 6.32 ERA after giving up 22 runs on 45 hits in just over 31 innings.