This is an 8* on OAKLAND

The trends are absolutely incredible when these two teams take the field after a day off. Texas is 0-10 this year after a day off. Oakland is 10-0! Neither played Monday, so guess who we’ll be going with? While it’s only June, it’s hard to think the Rangers haven’t already thrown the towel in on 2021. In last place in the AL West, an eight-game gap exists between them and the next closest team. They aren’t going to make that up. While the Rangers did manage to split four games with the A’s last week, that was in Arlington. Things have been rough on the road this year for the Rangers as they have gone 10-27. Mike Foltynewicz will start Tuesday’s game and he’s not having a great season. The team is just 5-10 with him on the mound and his numbers on the road are very bad (7.40 ERA, 1.73 WHIP). He did win his last start, against the A’s, last week. But he’d been shelled in the three previous starts. James Kaprielian will start opposite Foltynewicz for the second time in a row. Kaprielian had a near identical statline to Foltynewicz in the game last Wednesday. He allowed two runs and five hits (one fewer than Foltynewicz) in six innings. Key though is Kapriellian has been much more consistent in 2021. He hasn’t allowed a run in either start here at home, going 13 innings. The A’s are 17-5 as a home favorite of -175 or more. Play on OAKLAND

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