Oakland Athletics vs

Texas Rangers Prediction

The Texas Rangers are 26-34 at home this season and are heavy favorites to beat the Oakland Athletics who are 26-36 on the road this season. The Rangers have a better than 60% chance of winning based on 10,000 game simulations generated one play at a time by the AccuScore Simulation Supercomputer. Rangers' starter Dane Dunning is forecasted to have a better game than Athletics' starter Zach Logue. Dane Dunning has a 58% chance of having a Quality Start (QS) while Zach Logue has a 33% chance of a QS. If Dane Dunning has a quality start the Rangers has a 85% chance of winning. His simulated strikeout to walk ratio is 3.4 and he has a 26% chance of having a 5 to 1 K/BB ratio. When he has a 5/1 ratio the Rangers win 73%. In Zach Logue quality starts the Athletics win 55%. He has a 22% chance of having a 5 to 1 K/BB ratio and if he does his team wins 55% of simulations. In simulations we tracked the batter for each team that was most productive based his average hits, walks and RBI per simulation. The most productive batter for the Texas Rangers is Corey Seager who averaged 2.37 hits+walks+RBI. He has a 40% chance of having a big game with 3+ Hits, Walks, RBI and if he has a big game the Rangers have a 82% chance of winning. The most productive batter for the Oakland Athletics is Sean Murphy who averaged 1.79 hits+walks+RBI. He has a 27% chance of having a big game with 3+ Hits, Walks, RBI and if he has a big game the Athletics have a 46% chance of winning.