Texas Rangers vs

Oakland Athletics Prediction

The Oakland Athletics are 6-17 at home this season and are solid favorites to beat the Texas Rangers who are 11-11 on the road this season. The Athletics have a better than 55% chance of winning based on 10,000 game simulations generated one play at a time by the AccuScore Simulation Supercomputer. Athletics' starter Zach Logue is forecasted to have a better game than Rangers' starter Taylor Hearn. Zach Logue has a 55% chance of having a Quality Start (QS) while Taylor Hearn has a 43% chance of a QS. If Zach Logue has a quality start the Athletics has a 74% chance of winning. His simulated strikeout to walk ratio is 3.2 and he has a 29% chance of having a 5 to 1 K/BB ratio. When he has a 5/1 ratio the Athletics win 60%. In Taylor Hearn quality starts the Rangers win 64%. He has a 8% chance of having a 5 to 1 K/BB ratio and if he does his team wins 64% 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 Oakland Athletics is Luis Barrera who averaged 2.51 hits+walks+RBI. He has a 44% chance of having a big game with 3+ Hits, Walks, RBI and if he has a big game the Athletics have a 68% chance of winning. The most productive batter for the Texas Rangers is Eli White who averaged 2.09 hits+walks+RBI. He has a 33% chance of having a big game with 3+ Hits, Walks, RBI and if he has a big game the Rangers have a 57% chance of winning.