2:35 p.m. ET; Arlington, Texas
It appears that both of these teams are experiencing a World Series hangover.
Texas sits three games under .500, whereas Arizona is four games under that mark.
In the first of this two-game set, the Rangers did come out on top 4-2 Tuesday night.
The defending champs’ bats have been a bit woeful against right-handed pitching as of late - posting a 96 weighted runs created plus mark in the month of May.
However, in their last two games they tallied four earned runs against Brandon Pfaadt and six against Pablo Lopez.
They’ll attempt to keep that momentum going against RHP Ryne Nelson.
In 34.1 innings of work, Nelson has a 6.03 ERA, a 4.14 xFIP and a .408 batting average of balls in play (BABIP).
Volatile would be the best word to describe Nelson’s performance this season.
As for the home team - they’ll be starting right-hander Dane Dunning.
Over his last four starts Dunning has surrendered 10 ER, 15 hits and 5 walks; though, his xFIP throughout that span is 2.45.
Plus, his BABIP is only .237 and his skill interactive ERA (SIERA) is 3.67.
His results should be displaying better numbers and it should be occurring sooner rather than later.
And the team he is facing tonight is a solid candidate to begin that trend as the D’Backs rank 24th in wRC+ vs RHP this season (93).
I’m looking for those Rangers’ bats to stay hot and for them to come out on top once again.
Play: Texas Rangers ML (-130); Risk 1.30 units to win 1.00
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