Rangers look to stop road skid, take on the Brewers

By: The Associated Press Posted: 3:02 AM CDT Wednesday, Jun. 26, 2024

Texas Rangers (37-42, third in the AL West) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (47-33, first in the NL Central)

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Texas Rangers (37-42, third in the AL West) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (47-33, first in the NL Central)

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Texas Rangers (37-42, third in the AL West) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (47-33, first in the NL Central)

Milwaukee; Wednesday, 2:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Nathan Eovaldi (4-3, 3.14 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 70 strikeouts); Brewers: Colin Rea (6-2, 3.62 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 54 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Brewers -110, Rangers -110; over/under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Texas Rangers will try to stop their five-game road slide in a matchup with the Milwaukee Brewers.

Milwaukee is 24-12 at home and 47-33 overall. The Brewers have the fifth-best team batting average in MLB play at .255.

Texas is 37-42 overall and 17-23 in road games. The Rangers have gone 24-5 in games when they scored five or more runs.

The teams match up Wednesday for the third time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: William Contreras has a .296 batting average to lead the Brewers, and has 19 doubles, a triple and nine home runs. Brice Turang is 13-for-42 with two home runs and eight RBI over the last 10 games.

Marcus Semien has 16 doubles, a triple, 11 home runs and 44 RBI for the Rangers. Josh Smith is 10-for-26 with two doubles, three home runs and eight RBI over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Brewers: 6-4, .261 batting average, 3.86 ERA, outscored opponents by six runs

Rangers: 4-6, .215 batting average, 4.81 ERA, outscored by nine runs

INJURIES: Brewers: Gary Sanchez: day-to-day (calf), Robert Gasser: 60-Day IL (flexor), D.L. Hall: 60-Day IL (knee), Joe Ross: 15-Day IL (back), J.B. Bukauskas: 60-Day IL (lat), Wade Miley: 60-Day IL (elbow), Garrett Mitchell: 60-Day IL (finger), Devin Williams: 60-Day IL (back), Taylor Clarke: 15-Day IL (meniscus), Brandon Woodruff: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Rangers: Cole Winn: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Evan Carter: 10-Day IL (lumbar), Cody Bradford: 60-Day IL (back), Austin Pruitt: 60-Day IL (knee), Josh Sborz: 15-Day IL (rotator cuff), Justin Foscue: 60-Day IL (oblique strain), Joshua Jung: 60-Day IL (wrist), Tyler Mahle: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jacob deGrom: 60-Day IL (elbow), Carson Coleman: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.