Texas Rangers at Oakland Athletics 7/23/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

In a brand new series after the All-Star break the Texas rangers will travel on the road to the state of California to face off against the Oakland Athletics on Saturday for a scheduled first pitch time of 9:07 PM Eastern. This game will be available on Fox Sports one and MLB extra innings. Texas comes into this game with a record on the season of 42–49, and have played horrible as of late losing a four game series to Seattle at home in a sweep.

Oakland comes into this game with a record on the season of 33–62, and have played well as of late winning three out of the last five games coming on the road against a very tough Houston Astros team twice, and once at home against Detroit most recently by the score of 5–0.

Taylor Hearn will take the mound for Texas with a record on the season of 4–6, to go along with an earned run average of 5.78 and 62 strikeouts on the season. Taylor has given up to 80 hits, has walked 32 hitters, and given up nine home runs on the season.

James Kaprielian we'll take the mound for the Oakland Athletics in this match up with a record on the season of only one win, five losses, and an earned run average of 5.09 to go along with 45 strikeouts on the season so far. James has given up 62 hits in 69 innings pitched, has 32 walks on the season, and has given up 13 total home runs.