Texas at Oakland

Texas has a winning road record and is on a 9-3 run overall. The Rangers have the second-best offense in baseball and are fifth in on-base percentage and slugging, while the pitching staff is seventh in ERA (3.60) and fourth in WHIP. Texas has won five of the seven starts made by Martin Perez (3.86 ERA) and the Rangers are 12-4 against a starter with a WHIP higher than 1.30. Oakland is 3-16 at home. Their nickname may be the "A's" but this team gets "F's" across the board ranked 27th in runs scored and 23rd in slugging, 28th in fielding percentage, while the pitching is dead-last in ERA (7.34), WHIP, and in the pen (6.70 ERA). Starter Ken Waldichuk (7.25 ERA) goes here with batters hitting over .300 off him. Oakland is 5-26 against teams with a bullpen WHIP of 1.350 or better and has lost nine of the last 13 at home to the Rangers. Play Texas.