The Oakland Athletics will host the Texas Rangers in the first game of their series in the American League West from RingCentral Coliseum on Friday night. The weather is expected to be mildly humid with a 0% chance of rain and 7.8 miles per hour winds.
The Oakland Athletics are coming off of a 5 run win against the Detroit Tigers in their last game.Murphy's three-run homer highlighted Oakland's five-run sixth inning that helped them pull this one out. The series ended at 1-1. This was the second game of a double header.
Frankie Montas got the start for the Oakland Athletics. He has a 3.16 ERA, with 105 strikes and a 1.08 whip. He returned from missing two turns with inflammation in his pitching shoulder. He went three innings before calling it a night here in the win.