{"id":270471,"date":"2026-04-16T08:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/270471\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T08:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:26:08","slug":"athletics-play-the-rangers-leading-series-2-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/270471\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics play the Rangers leading series 2-1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas Rangers<\/a> (9-9, second in the AL West) vs. Athletics (10-8, first in the AL West)<\/p>\n

West Sacramento, California; Thursday, 3:05 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Jack Leiter<\/a> (1-1, 4.91 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 21 strikeouts); Athletics: Jacob Lopez<\/a> (1-1, 7.43 ERA, 2.17 WHIP, 11 strikeouts)<\/p>\n

LINE: Athletics -119, Rangers -101; over\/under is 9 1\/2 runs<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The Athletics play the Texas Rangers with a 2-1 series lead.<\/p>\n

The Athletics are 10-8 overall and 4-2 in home games. The Athletics have hit 17 total home runs to rank seventh in the AL.<\/p>\n

Texas is 9-9 overall and 6-6 on the road. The Rangers are 6-2 in games when they scored at least five runs.<\/p>\n

Thursday’s game is the fourth time these teams match up this season.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Shea Langeliers<\/a> has a .304 batting average to lead the Athletics, and has three doubles and six home runs. Jeff McNeil<\/a> is 12 for 34 with three RBI over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Jake Burger<\/a> leads the Rangers with five home runs while slugging .521. Brandon Nimmo<\/a> is 11 for 40 with two home runs and five RBI over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Athletics: 8-2, .249 batting average, 3.60 ERA, outscored opponents by seven runs<\/p>\n

Rangers: 5-5, .215 batting average, 3.13 ERA, outscored opponents by eight runs<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Athletics: Brent Rooker<\/a>: 10-Day IL (oblique), Gunnar Hoglund<\/a>: 60-Day IL (knee)<\/p>\n

Rangers: Chris Martin<\/a>: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Cody Bradford: 60-Day IL (elbow), Luis Curvelo<\/a>: 15-Day IL (biceps), Carter Baumler: 15-Day IL (ribs), Cody Freeman<\/a>: 10-Day IL (back ), Jordan Montgomery<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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