Rangers vs. Athletics Betting Lines, Odds, & Player Matchups August 31, 2025

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The Texas Rangers (69-67) will look to keep a three-game win streak going when they visit the Athletics (63-73) on Sunday at 4:05 p.m. ET. The Rangers are favored (-135) over the Athletics (+114). Texas’ Jacob deGrom and Sacramento’s J.T. Ginn will start this matchup.

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Rangers to win vs Athletics -135

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Rangers vs. Athletics betting lines

  • Favorite: Rangers (-135)
  • Underdog: Athletics (+114)
  • Over/under: 10

Rangers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rangers betting info

  • The Rangers have put together a 44-25 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 63.8% of those games).
  • The Rangers have a record of 26-13 when they have played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -135 or shorter (66.7%).
  • The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Rangers a 57.4% chance to win.
  • The Rangers have combined with their opponents to hit the over on the total 59 times this season for a 59-75-2 record against the over/under.
  • The Rangers have a 73-63-0 record against the spread this season.

Rangers hitting info

  • Wyatt Langford has 22 doubles, 19 home runs and 59 walks while batting .250.
  • Among all batters in MLB play, Langford’s home run total ranks 66th and his RBI tally ranks 106th.
  • Adolis Garcia has racked up 72 runs batted in to lead his team.
  • Garcia ranks 74th in home runs and 47th in RBI among hitters in baseball.
  • Josh Smith has 21 doubles, two triples, nine home runs and 43 walks while batting .255.
  • Josh Jung is batting .253 with 13 doubles, a triple, 12 home runs and 23 walks.
  • Jung has safely hit in six games in a row. In his last 10 outings he is hitting .375 with a double, a home run, a walk and four RBIs.

Rangers pitching rankings

  • The pitching staff for the Rangers has a collective 8.4 K/9, which ranks 16th in the majors.
  • The Rangers have a 3.42 team ERA that ranks No. 1 among all league pitching staffs.
  • The Rangers average baseball’s best WHIP (1.177).
  • The Rangers allow the eighth-fewest home runs in baseball (143 total, 1.1 per game).
  • They struck out eight Athletics batters while allowing five hits in a 5-2 win in their last game.

Athletics betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Athletics betting info

  • This season, the Athletics have been the underdog 103 times and won 47, or 45.6%, of those games.
  • The Athletics have a record of 27-43, a 38.6% win rate, when they’re set as the underdog by +114 or more by bookmakers this season.
  • The oddsmakers’ moneyline implies a 46.7% chance of a victory for the Athletics.
  • Games involving the Athletics have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 66 of 136 chances this season.
  • The Athletics have an ATS record of 72-64-0 in 136 games with a spread this season.

Athletics hitting info

  • Brent Rooker is batting .269 for Sacramento with a team-high 77 RBI.
  • In all of Major League Baseball, Rooker ranks 24th in homers and 24th in RBI.
  • Rooker brings a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .250 with two doubles, two walks and three RBIs.
  • Tyler Soderstrom leads Sacramento in runs batted in (77) this season. He’s batting .272 while slugging .471.
  • Soderstrom ranks 38th in home runs and 24th in RBI among all hitters in the major leagues.
  • Shea Langeliers’ 29 home runs lead all Sacramento hitters, and he’s slugging .543.
  • Nick Kurtz has 103 hits and an OBP of .402 to go with a slugging percentage of .632 this season.

Athletics pitching rankings

  • The Athletics strike out 8.4 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 16th in MLB.
  • The Athletics have pitched to a 4.78 ERA this season, which ranks 28th in baseball.
  • The Athletics have a combined WHIP of 1.367 as a pitching staff, which ranks 25th in MLB.
  • With 191 homers allowed, the Athletics rank 29th in the league at preventing long balls.
  • The Athletics struck out eight Rangers hitters while allowing nine base hits in a 5-2 loss last time out.
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