The Texas Rangers will play the Miami Marlins in Game 1 of their series at loanDepot Park on Thursday afternoon.
The Texas Rangers are 41-49 this season and have lost four games in a row. Texas is coming off of a series loss against Seattle, where they lost all four games played in the series. The Texas pitching staff has a 4.10 ERA, a 1.31 WHIP, and a .244 opponent batting average this season. The Rangers offense has scored 406 runs with a .239 batting average and a .299 on base percentage. Corey Seager is batting .251 with 22 home runs and 52 RBI’s for the Rangers this season. The projected starter for Texas is Jon Gray, who is 6-4 with a 3.71 ERA and a 1.13 WHIP over 89.2 innings pitched this season.
The Miami Marlins are 43-48 this season and have lost five of their last seven games. Miami is coming off of a series loss against Philadelphia, where they lost all three games played in the series. The Miami pitching staff has a 3.78 ERA, a 1.24 WHIP, and a .235 opponent batting average. The Marlins offense has scored 371 runs with a .237 batting average and a .302 on base percentage this year. Jorge Soler is batting .209 with 13 home runs and 34 RBI’s for the Marlins this season. The projected starter for Miami is Pablo Lopez, who is 6-4 with a 2.86 ERA and a 1.07 WHIP over 104 innings pitched this season.