Pittsburgh Pirates (58-65, fifth in the NL Central) vs. Texas Rangers (57-68, third in the AL West)
Arlington, Texas; Monday, 8:05 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABILITY: Pirates: Luis Ortiz (0-0); Rangers: TBD
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Rangers -126, Pirates +106; Over/Under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Texas Rangers begin a three-game home series against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday.
Texas has a 57-68 record overall and a 32-30 record at home. The Rangers hitters have a combined on-base percentage of .308, the ninth-best percentage in the AL.
Pittsburgh has a 29-33 record in road games and a 58-65 overall record. The Pirates have a 29-50 record in games in which they have allowed a home run.
The teams will meet for the first time this season on Monday.
TOP PERFORMERS: Corey Seager is second on the Rangers with 42 extra-base hits (16 doubles and 26 home runs). Adolis Garcia has hit 17 of 41 hits in the last 10 games, with two doubles, three home runs and eight RBIs.
Bryan Reynolds leads Pittsburgh with 19 home runs and a .461 slugging average. Joey Bart has hit 13 of 41 home runs in the last 10 games, hitting four home runs and having nine RBIs.
LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 3-7, .264 batting average, 5.55 ERA, 12 runs less
Pirates: 2-8, .250 batting average, 5.18 ERA, 19 runs less
INJURIES: Rangers: Josh Sborz: 15-day IL (unknown), Jake Latz: 15-day IL (forearm), Max Scherzer: 15-day IL (shoulder), Evan Carter: 60-day IL (lumbar spine), Jon Gray: 15-day IL (groin), Cole Winn: 60-day IL (shoulder), Jacob deGrom: 60-day IL (elbow), Carson Coleman: 60-day IL (elbow)
Pirates: Andrew McCutchen: 10-day IL (knee), Marco Gonzales: 60-day IL (forearm), Colin Holderman: 15-day IL (unknown), Joshua Palacios: 10-day IL (hamstring), Daulton Jefferies: 60-day IL (elbow), Carmen Mlodzinski: 15-day IL (unknown), Nick Gonzales: 10-day IL (unknown), Jared Jones: 15-day IL (lat), Ryan Borucki: 60-day IL (triceps), Dauri Moreta: 60-day IL (elbow), Endy Rodriguez: 60-day IL (elbow), Johan Oviedo: 60-day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press produced this article using technology from Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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