T.M. Selection: Oakland Athletics.

I like the Oakland Athletics to win this game against the Texas Rangers on Saturday. They A's have already dropped the 1st 2 games of this series and there is no way they can win it now but they still have a chance to split the series and I expect them to bounce back here with a win in their own ballpark. The A's didn't look great in the 1st game of this series losing 4-1 after a good start with their pitching but they looked a lot better in the previous game, losing 8-5 in that game but they played well with a 5-2 lead for a majority of the game, their bullpen just blew it for them in the last 3 innings. I think their bullpen will bounce back here though and the A's are getting a bit of a break with the pitching matchup too. The Rangers have Taylor Hearn (2-3, 5.77 ERA) up for them here and he has looked consistently bad in his starts this year. He just gave up 4 runs in his most recent start and has given up 4+ runs in half of his starts this year. He has not made it into the 6th inning of any start this year either and has only struck out 4 batters in his 2 most recent starts. The A's looked a lot better yesterday with their offense and I think they will have another good game here offensively but I expect them to keep putting up the runs here and make sure they hang onto that lead this time. Zach Logue (2-3, 4.43 ERA) is up for the A's here and he just gave up 7 runs in his most recent start but that was just 1 bad game and he looked really good in the 4 starts he made before that bad game. I think he is going to bounce back with a better performance here and I expect his team to offer a lot of run support knowing he is still a rookie. I like the A's to bounce back and win here.

T.M. Prediction: 8-4 Athletics.