Oakland at Texas

Oakland is a surprising 15 games over .500 overall and 32-21 on the road after its 15-3 blowout win over the Rangers on Monday night. Jonathan Lucroy hit a grand slam and the Athletics scored five runs in the second inning and never looked back while banging out 18 hits. Oakland has won three in a row and seven of its last nine while Texas has lost eight of its last 10 games and is destined to finish last in the AL West. Frankie Montas pitched six shutout innings his last outing in a 2-0 win at Houston and the Athletics are 6-2 his last eight starts, including 4-0 on the road. Meanwhile, Mike Minor has a 4.89 ERA and was knocked around for six runs (five earned) in just 2 2/3 innings his last start at Baltimore. Texas has lost six of its last seven home contests and the Rangers have lost 42 of their last 61 home games against teams with winning records dating to last season. Take the Athletics.