The Texas Rangers and Oakland Athletics will play Thursday at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. First pitch is at 6:40 p.m. PT.
Texas (22-14 SU and 22-14 RL) will start righty Nathan Eovaldi tomorrow. The 33-year-old is 4-2 with a 3.22 ERA in seven starts.
Oakland (8-30 SU and 15-22 RL) had not determined a starting pitcher at the time this article was published.
Texas is leading the AL West and Oakland is bringing up the rear, but with Los Angeles, Seattle, and Houston right behind the Rangers, they can't take the A's too lightly.
Texas scores 6.37 runs per game (1st) and hits .264 (6th) with a .778 OPS (4th). It's hit 46 long balls (8th) and stolen 21 bags (23rd) in 2023. Catcher Jonah Heim leads the team in batting average (.321) and OBP (.387), while RF Adolis Garcia paces the squad in homers (9) and RBI (36). The Rangers' pitching staff has compiled a 3.72 ERA (10th) and a 1.18 WHIP (5th) with 15 quality starts (10th).
Electric Eovaldi. #StraightUpTX pic.twitter.com/3W9HUfbw4i
— Texas Rangers (@Rangers) May 7, 2023
Eovaldi takes the bump tomorrow for the visitors. He's coming off solid showings versus the Angels (no runs on five hits in 8.0 innings) and New York Yankees (no runs on three hits with 8 Ks in 9.0 frames). Eovaldi has a 44:7 K:BB ratio in 2023 (44.2 IP).