Athletics square off against the Rangers with series tied 1-1

Texas Rangers (61-63, second in the AL West) vs. Athletics (48-75, fifth in the AL West)

West Sacramento, California; Sunday, 4:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Cody Bradford (0-1, 2.38 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, six strikeouts); Athletics: Jacob Lopez (5-4, 5.38 ERA, 1.56 WHIP, 75 strikeouts)

LINE: Rangers -163, Athletics +142; over/under is 9 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Athletics and Texas Rangers meet on Sunday with the three-game series tied 1-1.

The Athletics are 48-75 overall and 22-40 at home. The Athletics have a 29-63 record in games when they have given up a home run.

Texas is 61-63 overall and 29-36 in road games. Rangers hitters have a collective .315 on-base percentage, the ninth-ranked percentage in the AL.

The teams meet Sunday for the 10th time this season. The Athletics lead the season series 5-4.

TOP PERFORMERS: Tyler Soderstrom has 27 doubles, three triples and 19 home runs while hitting .245 for the Athletics. Lawrence Butler is 7 for 38 with four home runs over the last 10 games.

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Joc Pederson has 11 doubles, two triples, 22 home runs and 46 RBI for the Rangers. Brandon Nimmo is 10 for 37 with a double and two home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Athletics: 3-7, .222 batting average, 6.21 ERA, outscored by 22 runs

Rangers: 5-5, .209 batting average, 3.93 ERA, outscored by five runs

INJURIES: Athletics: Jacob Wilson: day-to-day (hand), Justin Sterner: 15-Day IL (knee), Jose Suarez: 15-Day IL (hip), Nick Kurtz: 10-Day IL (thumb), Denzel Clarke: 60-Day IL (foot), Brooks Kriske: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jeffrey Springs: 15-Day IL (hip), Mark Leiter Jr.: 60-Day IL (hip), Shea Langeliers: 10-Day IL (knee), Luis Severino: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Josh Kuroda-Grauer: 10-Day IL (testicle), Brent Rooker: 60-Day IL (knee), Gunnar Hoglund: 60-Day IL (knee)

Rangers: Carter Baumler: 60-Day IL (ribs), Michael Helman: 60-Day IL (hand), Jacob deGrom: day-to-day (tricep), Robert Garcia: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Nathan Eovaldi: 15-Day IL (elbow), Kyle Higashioka: 10-Day IL (flexor tendon), Jack Leiter: 60-Day IL (ankle), Josh Jung: 10-Day IL (calf), Jose Corniell: 15-Day IL (elbow), Danny Jansen: 60-Day IL (forearm), Jalen Beeks: 60-Day IL (back)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.