Rangers vs Athletics Pregame Notes: Texas Seeks 4-Game Sweep

The Texas Rangers are looking to get to .500 for the season when they face at the Oakland Athletics on Sunday afternoon

Matthew Postins | May 29, 2022

The Texas Rangers have won four straight games and have a winning month for the first time since June of 2019. The Rangers are now one game below .500 for the season and are trying to clinch their first four-game series sweep of the season. Here’s everything you need to know about Sunday game with Oakland.

Texas Rangers (22-23) at Oakland Athletics (19-30)

Sunday, May 29, 2022

3:07 PM CT

Oakland Coliseum | Oakland, CA

Probables:

TEX: RHP Dane Dunning (1-3, 4.32)

OAK: RHP James Kaprielian (0-2, 5.48)

Dane Dunning

Dane Dunning

Dane Dunning

Broadcast

Texas Rangers

TV: Bally Sports Southwest

Radio: KRLD, 105.3 The Fan, KFLC 1270 AM

Oakland Athletics

TV: NBCSCA

Radio: A's Cast, KIQI 1010, Bloomberg 960 AM

Texas Rangers Starting Lineup

1. 2B Marcus Semien

2. SS Corey Seager

3. RF Adolis García

4. DH Kole Calhoun

5. C Jonah Heim

6. 1B Nathaniel Lowe

7. 3B Andy Ibáñez

8. LF Brad Miller

9. CF Eli White

Oakland Athletics Starting Lineup

1. 2B Tony Kemp

2. RF Ramón Laureano

3. DH Jed Lowrie

4. 1B Seth Brown

5. C Sean Murphy

6. LF Luis Barrera

7. SS Elvis Andrus

8. 3B Kevin Smith

9. CF Cristian Pache

Corey Seager

Kole Calhoun

Eli White

Rangers Notes

With a win today, the Rangers could:

Reach.500 for the 1st time in 2022. The last time the Rangers were .500 or better was on Sept. 12, 2019, when the Rangers were 74-74.

Extend the Rangers’ win streak to a season-best five games. Texas and Pittsburgh are the only two teams in MLB without a five-game winning streak since the start of the 2020 season. The Rangers’ last five-game win streak was from July 31 to Aug. 5, 2019.

Sweep a four-game series for the first time since 2019, when the Rangers swept Baltimore in a four-game set from Sept. 5-8.

Sweep Oakland in a four-game series in Oakland for the first time since Sept. 23-25, 1977 (the Rangers played a doubleheader on Sept. 25).

Win five straight road games for the first time since 2018, when the Rangers won five between June 18-23, 2018, in Kansas City and Minnesota.

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Transactions

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Rangers Injury Report

10-Day/15-Day Injured List

None

60-Day Injured List

RHP Jonathan Hernández (Tommy John surgery): Progressing well in rehab. Eligible to return June 6, though he might be a bit behind that timeline.

RHP José Leclerc (Tommy John surgery): Leclerc is eligible to return on June 6. He is on a rehab assignment at Double A Frisco. He has thrown one inning since he joined the RoughRiders on May 25.

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Published May 29, 2022

MATTHEW POSTINS

Matthew Postins is an award-winning sports journalist who covers the Texas Rangers for Fan Nation/SI and also writes about the Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies. He also covers the Big 12 for HeartlandCollegeSports.com.