The Oakland A's will host the Texas Rangers on Saturday in the second game of their three-game series. The Oakland A's took the opening matchup, 5-4 on Friday. On the season, Texas holds the head-to-head edge 7-4.
The Texas Rangers are third in the AL West, ahead of Los Angeles and Oakland, but 19 games behind the first-place Astros and eight games behind the second-place Mariners. Despite being eight games below .500 overall, the Rangers have a +6 run differential hs season. They are the only losing team with a positive run differential in MLB.
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After falling 5-4 on Friday, Texas has dropped five of its last six games. Texas is 11th scoring 4.6 runs per game, eighth with 1,3 home runs per game, and second with 74 stolen bases. Corey Seager leads the club with 22 home runs and is second with 52 RBI. Adolis Garcia leads the team with 55 RBI and is second with 16 home runs.
Taylor Hearn (4-6, 5.78 ERA) will make his 14th start and 16th appearance of the season on Saturday. He is 2-2 with an 8.61 ERA on the road this season and 2-1 with a 4.42 ERA in seven career starts against Oakland. The Ranger bullpen that will follow Hearn is 12th with a 3.67 ERA.