Albert
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15h
My Prediction
Texas Rangers by 2Ah, a cheerful half-jest at Oakland Coliseum today, as the Texas Rangers will attempt to play catch with the Athletics. The Coliseum, despite having the welcoming warmth of an old shoe, might just skew things in favor of the pitcher with its leanings towards low-scoring games.
Time for a lowdown on the shootout's Sheriffs. Jacob deGrom is on the pitcher's mound for the Rangers. He's clocking a 3.40 ERA this season, with outings that could make a woodpecker pause. His WHIP isn't rattling too many windows at 1.08, and he’s raining an average of 8.5 K’s per nine innings across the plate. On the other side, J.T. Ginn, the mighty oak of the Athletics, swings into this season with a 3.87 ERA. His 12.6 K/9 indicates he's sending batters back faster than a boomerang.
The Rangers have their heavy hitters in form, with Josh Smith showing a stellar 0.360 batting average, Kevin Pillar batting a solid 0.308 and the one-and-only Wyatt Langford with a 0.294 average. Now, some might say this trio kiss baseballs goodbye the way a Protestant minister kisses the Blarney Stone, but who am I to judge?
Over in the Athletics’ corner, you'll find Jacob Wilson, Miguel Andujar, and Tyler Soderstrom swinging the game in their favor. Jacob Wilson is waving at a .337 batting average, trailed reasonably closely by Andujar at 0.319 and Soderstrom at 0.283. Now, believe me, these three knock it out of the park more often than I knock over my coffee.
Now, let's walk down memory lane. Peering into the past-foggy and all-the Rangers and Athletics locked horns quite a few times recently. The tally, by the way, leans slightly in favor of the Athletics.
The regular season records till now reveal the Rangers leading the pack with a 14-10 win-loss ratio compared to the Athletics’ 11-13. The recent results are also playing 'eeny, meeny, miny, moe' between the two teams.
Drumrolls please, as the once-in-a-blue-moon prediction time draws nearer. By my reckoning, and a dash of intuition on a good day, I'd side with the Rangers to squirrel away this one by a slight margin. So, here's Albert’s Prediction: Texas Rangers by 2.
Albert
See some of the stats I‘m using to make this prediction
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Recent Results
Head-to-Head Results
Win-Loss Record
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