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2022 MLB Handicapping
(42-49) Texas Rangers vs. Oakland Athletics (32-62)
Date: Friday, July 22
Time: 9:40 PM ET
Venue: T-Mobile Park, Oakland, CA.
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Texas Rangers
Texas began its “second half” with a win in Miami on Thursday afternoon, 8–0.
Jon Gray won his third straight start and sixth in his last seven with six innings of one-hit baseball. He struck out nine and didn’t walk a batter.
Texas’ offense didn’t crush Marlins’ starter Pablo Lopez but five runs in five innings is about as bad as it gets for him. He entered the game with a 2.86 ERA in over 100 innings on the season.
Adolis Garcia hit his 16th home run of the season and Marcus Semien continued his push back toward league average with a 2-for-3 afternoon, including a walk.
Martin Perez threw an inning for the American League in his first All-Star Game Tuesday so he could be ready to make this start in Oakland but Manager Chris Woodward has not yet announced a starting pitcher.
The Rangers obviously must travel across the country from Miami to Oakland on Thursday night and that’s just the beginning of their road trip.
They play three in Oakland before going to Seattle and then Anaheim. It’s the start of a stretch of 18 games in 18 days that will take them through the first week of August.
After participating in the Home Run Derby on Monday and playing his first All-Star Game for the American League on Tuesday, shortstop Corey Seager got Thursday off.
You can bet on him being back in the lineup for the opener in Oakland.
Oakland Athletics
The Athletics won’t have a cross-country trip before this one but they had a doubleheader scheduled with the Tigers on Thursday before beginning this series.
Oakland dropped the first game of the twin bill, 7–2.
Zach Logue pitched well in defeat, going six innings and giving up five hits and two earned runs.
The A’s ran into Tarik Skubal, who continued to pitch well for Detroit. He didn’t give up his first hit until the fifth when Jeimer Candelario lost an infield pop-up in the sun.
The runner came home for the only run Skubal allowed in six innings and the run wound up being unearned. The lefty struck out nine and walked two.
Seth Brown had two of Oakland’s five hits, including a solo home run.
Oakland’s defense only made one error officially but it looked shaky on a few plays.
Centerfielder Skye Bolt was hitting leadoff in game one of the doubleheader. He’s performing the best he has since breaking into the Major Leagues in 2019 but his career OPS+ is 19 in now 120 plate appearances.
MLB Baseball Betting Trends:
- Over is 8-3 in Rangers last 11 overall.
- Over is 15-7-1 in Rangers last 23 road games.
- Head to Head: Rangers are 7-2 in the last 9 meetings in Oakland.
- Head to Head: Rangers are 9-3 in the last 12 meetings.
- Head to Head: Over is 5-1 in the last 6 meetings.
Texas Rangers vs. Oakland Athletics MLB Prediction:
Texas is going to come in and get a win.
The Rangers are playing especially well behind Gray, who obviously will not pitch in this game but slowly but surely this team is finding its stride.
It’s superior to Oakland in all aspects of the game and the A’s pitching will already be somewhat fatigued with 18 innings on Thursday.
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