Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers, August 15, MLB 2021 Match Prediction

The top Pitcher for Oakland A’s is Sean Manaea, with eight wins and seven losses, while the top Pitcher for Texas Ranger is Kolby Allard with 2W and 10L. The A’s will have to deal with the absence of James Kaprelian, Chad Ponder and Mike Piers due to injuries, while the Rangers will be without the services of Eli White, Dane Dunning and John King.

Oakland Athletics come into the 11:35 pm IST, August 15 fixture on the back of a good run, winning the Rangers 4-1 in their last fixture with wins over Sandiego and LA Angels as well as losing to them. They have a WWWLWL streak. They have the most Home runs with 28 in the person of Matt Olson. Mark Canha, with ten stolen bases, stands out as the highest in the team. Chris Bassitt is the player with the highest amount of strikeouts with 147 in the bag.

As a team, Athletics stand 25th in the league with .232 Batting Arcs, 7th in ERAs (3.65), 5th in Home Runs Allowed (115), 19th on Base percentage (312), 18th in Runs (479), 13th in Home Runs (134), 7th in WHIP (1.21), 16th in slugging (400). In all, they’ve recorded 62 wins, 48 losses and a PCT of 591.

The Lone Stars bring a less impressive history into the game. They have been the worst team so far in the league this season. They have only recorded one win out of their last five games, losing the rest to the LA Angels and Oakland Athletics. Adolis Garcia has 23 Home Runs, Isiah Kirer Felefe 16 Stolen Bases and Jordan Lyles 96 strikeouts.

The Rangers are the 29th team in the league with 223 bowling Arcs. 24th League team with 4.66 Earned Run Average, 153 Home Runs Allowed makes them the 26th ranked league team in that domain. 292 on-base percent puts them in 30th league position for base percentages. 414 Runs is what they have as they are the 28th team in the league and 23rd for Home Runs. They are 18th at WHIP (1.34), 29th in slugging (369). They have 256 Batting average against and are currently at the bottom of the log with an L4 streak.

Match Predictions and Betting Odds

It is obvious the Rangers are in horrible shape right now, and Athletic are simply cruising. The Rangers also have a poorer team overall than Athletics. It is expected that the A’s produce a repeat display of their last game where they won 4-1.

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Summary

The Athletics have been very competent defensively, now combine this with a relatively impotent Rangers side in attack and you have an outcome you can almost already visualise. Even though the A’s are in a good place, they have not been known to be very offensive either, so one can expect a low-scoring game that ends up below 8.5.