Rangers and Orioles play with series tied 1-1

Baltimore Orioles (37-48, fifth in the AL East) vs. Texas Rangers (42-44, fourth in the AL West)

Arlington, Texas; Wednesday, 8:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Orioles: Tomoyuki Sugano (6-4, 4.06 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 52 strikeouts); Rangers: Nathan Eovaldi (4-3, 1.87 ERA, 0.87 WHIP, 75 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rangers -151, Orioles +126; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles meet on Wednesday with the three-game series tied 1-1.

Texas has a 25-19 record at home and a 42-44 record overall. Rangers pitchers have a collective 3.27 ERA, which leads the AL.

Baltimore has a 37-48 record overall and an 18-26 record on the road. The Orioles have a 25-8 record in games when they out-hit their opponents.

The matchup Wednesday is the sixth time these teams square off this season. The Rangers have a 3-2 advantage in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Josh Smith has a .280 batting average to lead the Rangers, and has 12 doubles, a triple and seven home runs. Marcus Semien is 12 for 41 with a home run and six RBIs over the past 10 games.

Gunnar Henderson has 15 doubles, three triples and 10 home runs while hitting .277 for the Orioles. Gary Sanchez is 12 for 37 with two doubles and three home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 5-5, .215 batting average, 3.86 ERA, even run differential

Orioles: 4-6, .242 batting average, 5.70 ERA, outscored by seven runs

INJURIES: Rangers: Tyler Mahle: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Wyatt Langford: 10-Day IL (side), Jake Burger: 10-Day IL (oblique), Joc Pederson: 10-Day IL (hand), Cody Bradford: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jon Gray: 60-Day IL (wrist), Josh Sborz: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

Orioles: Gary Sanchez: day-to-day (finger), Chadwick Tromp: 10-Day IL (back), Zach Eflin: 15-Day IL (back), Jordan Westburg: day-to-day (finger), Maverick Handley: 7-Day IL (head), Ryan Mountcastle: 60-Day IL (hamstring), Adley Rutschman: 10-Day IL (oblique), Cade Povich: 15-Day IL (hip), Jorge Mateo: 10-Day IL (elbow), Cody Poteet: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Tyler O’Neill: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Grayson Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Albert Suarez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Tyler Wells: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kyle Bradish: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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