Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers Prediction: Rangers to fight back

Saturday's Major League Baseball action at O.co Coliseum features a matchup between the Texas Rangers and the Oakland Athletics. This will be the third game of a weekend series that will consist of a total of four contests. On Thursday, the Rangers earned a victory by a score of 2-0, while the Oakland Athletics prevailed in the second game of the series on Friday by a score of 2-0.

In the first game of this series, which took place on Thursday, the Oakland Athletics managed to collect a total of only three hits. In their victory on Friday, the Athletics collected 14 hits as a team and allowed their opponent to record 12. The starting pitcher, Ken Waldichuk, went five innings, allowing three earned runs on seven hits while also walking five batters. The Oakland Athletics have a record of 13-39 in their previous 52 games overall and a record of 28-65 in their last 93 games played at home. In their previous seven games played on Saturday, Oakland had a record of 1-6.

In the first game of this series, which took place on Thursday, the Rangers won 4-0 despite the fact that they didn't break the scoreless tie until the fifth inning. In the second game of the series, which took place on Friday, Texas led 7-5 heading into the top of the tenth inning but ultimately lost 9-7. Martin Perez started the game and went five innings, allowing four earned runs on eight hits while walking two batters. The Rangers have a record of 6-1 in their past seven games played in game three of a series. However, in their last 10 games played on the road against a left-handed starter, the Rangers have a record of 3-7. In the last six Saturday games played by Texas, the over is 5-1.

The Rangers have our support. Gray struggled against the Diamondbacks on May 2, but he pitched well in his most recent start against the Mariners. Gray pitched seven scoreless innings, allowing just one run on four hits and no walks, as the team triumphed. On Friday, Texas won late in the game and played well overall despite a poor pitching effort. The Rangers have the potential to get back on track in game three.