It’s the last day of August and the A’s are back on the road, this time heading to Texas to take on the Rangers for three games. The division rival is fighting for a the division lead with their Texas rivals over in Houston, just two games behind them for the AL West lead. The A’s won’t lie down and let the Rangers get easy wins though. Time to secure win #54 for the Green & Gold.
Taking the ball for the A’s will be left-hander Gage Jump. The rookie has had his ups and downs in his first taste of
the big leagues but he’s more than held his own and there’s high expectations for him going forward. He’ll be facing the Rangers for the second time this month; he pitched into the sixth and allowed just three runs first time out against these guys.
Here’s how the A’s lineup looks for the series opener:
The usual starting lineup tonight, or as close as a usual as the A’s can muster right now. Jonah Heim is back in there after a full day off yesterday and he’ll be catching Jump tonight. And Darell Hernaiz takes over at shortstop for Alika Williams, who gets the night off.
As for Texas, they’ll counter the rookie Jump with the grizzled veteran in Jacob deGrom. The future Hall of Famer has had an overall solid year but has his a rough patch since the All-Star Break. He got absolutely clobbered last time out, allowing eight runs against the White Sox. Hopefully for the A’s that’s the deGrom that shows up this evening. This’ll be the A’s first time seeing him this year as well.
And the Texas starting lineup:
Let’s start the series off right with a win to snap this losing streak. Let’s go A’s!
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