In a brand new series after the All-Star break the Texas rangers will travel on the road to the state of California to face off against the Oakland Athletics on Saturday for a scheduled first pitch time of 9:07 PM Eastern. This game will be available on Fox Sports one and MLB extra innings. Texas comes into this game with a record on the season of 42-49, and have played horrible as of late losing a four game series to Seattle at home in a sweep.
Oakland comes into this game with a record on the season of 33-62, and have played well as of late winning three out of the last five games coming on the road against a very tough Houston Astros team twice, and once at home against Detroit most recently by the score of 5-0.
Taylor Hearn will take the mound for Texas with a record on the season of 4-6, to go along with an earned run average of 5.78 and 62 strikeouts on the season. Taylor has given up to 80 hits, has walked 32 hitters, and given up nine home runs on the season.