Athletics vs Rangers Game Breakdown

Get ready to slide into some Daily Fantasy Sports action as the Oakland Athletics gallop into Globe Life Field, trying to lasso the Texas Rangers in a showdown hotter than a Lone Star State summer afternoon! With the first pitch at 02:35 PM EST, the Athletics, trailing by 15 games in the American League, are looking to steal a win from the Rangers, who are 10 games back themselves. It’s a duel with the over/under tantalizingly set at 9.0, hinting at some scoreboard fireworks. Fresh off a tight game where the Rangers edged out a victory, today’s rematch promises to be another nail-biter. With partly cloudy skies and a gentle breeze setting the stage, let’s see if the Athletics can swing for the fences or if the Rangers will continue to ride high in the saddle!

Game Breakdown

Game Time: September 01, 2024 02:35PM EST

Location: Globe Life Field, Texas

Weather: Partly cloudy with winds from the NNE at 4.3 mph. Temperature is at 81.0° with 74% humidity.

Vegas Odds

	OAK ML	TEX ML	Over/Under	Line
Open	+108	-130	9.0	1.5/-1.5
Recent	+110	-132	9.0	1.5/-1.5
Difference	+2	-2	0	–

Team Performance

LAST 10

5W-5L

AWAY

120W-182L

47.6% Win Probability

$tex Team Logo$

LAST 10

6W-4L

HOME

154W-153L

52.4% Win Probability

Previous Matchups

Date		Runs	O/U	O/U DIFF
04/09/24	Oakland Athletics OAK	4	Under	-2.0
04/09/24	Texas Rangers TEX	3	Under	-2.0
04/10/24	Oakland Athletics OAK	2	Under	-1.0
04/10/24	Texas Rangers TEX	6	Under	-1.0
04/11/24	Oakland Athletics OAK	1	Under	-8.0
04/11/24	Texas Rangers TEX	0	Under	-8.0
05/06/24	Texas Rangers TEX	4	Under	-3.0
05/06/24	Oakland Athletics OAK	2	Under	-3.0
05/07/24	Texas Rangers TEX	15	Over	+14.0
05/07/24	Oakland Athletics OAK	8	Over	+14.0
05/08/24	Texas Rangers TEX	4	Over	+4.0
05/08/24	Oakland Athletics OAK	9	Over	+4.0
05/08/24	Texas Rangers TEX	12	Over	+14.0
05/08/24	Oakland Athletics OAK	11	Over	+14.0
08/30/24	Oakland Athletics OAK	9	Over	+2.0
08/30/24	Texas Rangers TEX	2	Over	+2.0
08/31/24	Oakland Athletics OAK	2	Under	-4.0
08/31/24	Texas Rangers TEX	3	Under	-4.0
04/21/23	Oakland Athletics OAK	5	Push	-0.0
04/21/23	Texas Rangers TEX	4	Push	-0.0
04/22/23	Oakland Athletics OAK	3	Over	+12.0
04/22/23	Texas Rangers TEX	18	Over	+12.0
04/23/23	Oakland Athletics OAK	2	Under	-2.0
04/23/23	Texas Rangers TEX	5	Under	-2.0
05/11/23	Texas Rangers TEX	4	Under	-5.0
05/11/23	Oakland Athletics OAK	0	Under	-5.0
05/12/23	Texas Rangers TEX	7	Over	+7.0
05/12/23	Oakland Athletics OAK	9	Over	+7.0
05/13/23	Texas Rangers TEX	5	Under	-4.0
05/13/23	Oakland Athletics OAK	0	Under	-4.0
05/14/23	Texas Rangers TEX	11	Over	+5.0
05/14/23	Oakland Athletics OAK	3	Over	+5.0
08/07/23	Texas Rangers TEX	5	Under	-1.0
08/07/23	Oakland Athletics OAK	3	Under	-1.0
08/08/23	Texas Rangers TEX	6	Under	-2.0
08/08/23	Oakland Athletics OAK	1	Under	-2.0
08/09/23	Texas Rangers TEX	0	Under	-7.0
08/09/23	Oakland Athletics OAK	2	Under	-7.0
09/08/23	Oakland Athletics OAK	6	Push	-0.0
09/08/23	Texas Rangers TEX	3	Push	-0.0
09/09/23	Oakland Athletics OAK	2	Under	-4.0
09/09/23	Texas Rangers TEX	3	Under	-4.0
09/10/23	Oakland Athletics OAK	4	Over	+4.0
09/10/23	Texas Rangers TEX	9	Over	+4.0

Athletics Vs Over/Under

Rangers Vs Over/Under

Mitch Spence

ERA 4.537 | IP 121.0 | 7.0W-9.0L | KO 100.0

Date	Matchup	Result	IP	Hits	Runs	KO	Over
08-27-24	@CIN	5-4W	5.3	5	1	3	Push
08-21-24	vsTB	4-2L	7.0	7	4	10	Under
08-15-24	@NYM	7-6W	2.7	4	5	1	Over
08-09-24	@TOR	1-3L	5.7	8	2	2	Under
08-03-24	vsLAD	10-0L	5.7	5	2	6	Over
07-27-24	@LAA	3-1W	6.0	3	1	3	Under
07-20-24	vsLAA	2-8W	5.3	5	2	3	Over
07-13-24	@PHI	5-11L	3.7	5	6	6	Over
07-07-24	vsBAL	6-3L	6.0	7	5	5	Push
07-02-24	vsLAA	5-7W	5.3	6	1	5	Over

$Walter Pennington$

Walter Pennington

ERA 3.0 | IP 9.0 | 0.0W-0.0L | KO 11.0

Date	Matchup	Result	IP	Hits	Runs	KO	Over
08-30-24	vsOAK	9-2L	0.3	2	0	1	Over
08-24-24	@CLE	5-13L	3.0	4	2	3	Over
08-17-24	vsMIN	5-2L	0.3	1	1	0	Under
08-15-24	vsMIN	3-2L	1.0	0	0	1	Under
08-13-24	@BOS	4-9L	2.3	1	0	4	Over
08-12-24	@BOS	4-5L	0.3	1	0	0	Push
08-04-24	vsBOS	7-2L	1.0	1	1	1	Push
07-05-24	@COL	2-4W	0.7	0	0	1	Under

Athletics Recent Games

Date	vsOpp	Result	Hits	HR	O/U
09/02	vs TEX	2-3L	5	1	Under
09/01	vs TEX	9-2W	11	4	Over
08/31	vs CIN	9-10L	14	4	Over
08/30	vs CIN	9-6W	13	4	Over
08/29	vs CIN	5-4W	8	3	Push
08/27	@ MIL	4-3W	5	0	Under
08/26	@ MIL	5-9L	12	2	Over
08/25	@ MIL	3-11L	6	1	Over
08/24	@ TB	3-1W	9	0	Under
08/23	@ TB	2-4L	5	1	Under
08/22	@ TB	0-1L	3	0	Under
08/21	@ TB	3-0W	6	1	Under
08/20	@ SF	2-4L	8	0	Under
08/19	@ SF	2-0W	6	0	Under
08/17	vs NYM	7-6W	12	1	Over

Rangers Recent Games

Date	vsOpp	Result	Hits	HR	O/U
09/02	@ OAK	3-2W	9	1	Under
09/01	@ OAK	2-9L	7	1	Over
08/31	vs CWS	2-1W	7	1	Under
08/30	vs CWS	4-3W	10	1	Under
08/30	vs CWS	3-1W	11	0	Under
08/27	vs CLE	2-4L	4	1	Under
08/26	vs CLE	5-12L	9	0	Over
08/25	vs CLE	5-3W	10	0	Under
08/23	@ PIT	1-0W	6	0	Under
08/22	@ PIT	0-4L	3	0	Under
08/21	@ PIT	4-3W	5	2	Under
08/20	@ MIN	6-5W	12	2	Over
08/19	@ MIN	2-5L	8	0	Under
08/18	@ MIN	3-4L	8	1	Under
08/17	@ MIN	2-3L	8	0	Under

Team’s Batting Order

Oakland Athletics	DK	FD	AVG	SLG	OBP	OPS	wOBA	HR/Rate
#1 Lawrence Butler	8.7	11.4	0.249	0.482	0.339	0.821	0.335	0.054
#2 Brent Rooker	9.9	13.1	0.286	0.558	0.412	0.970	0.387	0.071
#3 JJ Bleday	7.7	10.1	0.244	0.453	0.361	0.814	0.330	0.042
#4 Shea Langeliers	8.2	10.9	0.226	0.449	0.318	0.767	0.315	0.058
#5 Seth Brown	7.6	9.8	0.227	0.364	0.318	0.682	0.282	0.035
#6 Daz Cameron	6.7	8.9	0.189	0.341	0.288	0.629	0.262	0.038
#7 Zack Gelof	6.5	8.4	0.202	0.358	0.295	0.652	0.271	0.038
#8 Max Schuemann	5.1	6.7	0.225	0.321	0.370	0.691	0.283	0.022
#9 Jacob Wilson	5.2	6.9	0.231	0.231	0.385	0.615	0.255	0.000

Texas Rangers	DK	FD	AVG	SLG	OBP	OPS	wOBA	HR/Rate
#1 Marcus Semien	9.2	12.1	0.238	0.390	0.341	0.731	0.300	0.033
#2 Corey Seager	10.1	13.3	0.276	0.512	0.395	0.907	0.364	0.065
#3 Josh Smith	7.2	9.3	0.265	0.397	0.402	0.799	0.325	0.024
#4 Adolis Garcia	8.1	10.6	0.223	0.396	0.311	0.707	0.292	0.043
#5 Nathaniel Lowe	7.4	9.7	0.257	0.378	0.401	0.778	0.314	0.028
#6 Josh Jung	7.8	9.7	0.254	0.402	0.279	0.680	0.284	0.033
#7 Wyatt Langford	6.7	8.8	0.243	0.370	0.347	0.716	0.294	0.020
#8 Jonah Heim	5.9	7.7	0.230	0.351	0.297	0.649	0.270	0.031
#9 Leody Taveras	6.1	7.8	0.229	0.348	0.309	0.657	0.272	0.022

Athletics Notable Injuries

Miguel Andujar OUT (OF): Avg: 0.29 SLG:0.384 Last game: 08/26/24. Impact: 1.8
Austin Adams OUT (RP): Avg: nan SLG:nan Last game: 08/15/24. Impact: 1.4
Scott Alexander OUT (RP): Avg: nan SLG:nan Last game: 08/19/24. Impact: 1.0

Rangers Notable Injuries

Jon Gray OUT (SP): Avg: nan SLG:nan Last game: 09/01/24. Impact: 2.1
Tyler Mahle OUT (SP): Avg: nan SLG:nan Last game: 08/20/24. Impact: 5.0
Josh Sborz OUT (RP): Avg: nan SLG:nan Last game: 08/09/24. Impact: 1.0
Jacob Latz OUT (RP): Avg: nan SLG:nan Last game: 08/04/24. Impact: 0.4