Texas Rangers (22-35, fifth in AL West) vs. Colorado Rockies (22-34, fourth in NL West)
Denver; Thursday, 3:10 p.m. EDT
PITCH LIKELY: Rangers: Mike Foltynewicz (1-5, 4.31 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 44 strikeouts) Rockies: Jon Gray (4-5, 3.86 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 50 strikeouts )
BOTTOM LINE: Texas enter the game as the loser of their last eight games.
The Rockies are 18-12 on home turf. Colorado’s roster has 50 homers this season, Ryan McMahon leads the club with 13 homers.
The Rangers went 9-22 on the outside. The Texas hitters have posted a base team percentage of 0.297 this season, led by Joey Gallo at 0.356.
The Rockies won the last game 6-3. Antonio Senzatela claimed his second victory and Josh Fuentes went 3 for 4 with a brace, homerun and a run batted in for Colorado. Demarcus Evans recorded his first loss for Texas.
BEST PERFORMANCE: McMahon leads the Rockies with 25 more hits and hits .259.
Adolis Garcia leads the Rangers with 20 more hits and hits 0.284.
LAST 10 GAMES: Rockies: 5-5, 0.200 batting average, 3.30 ERA, outscored by nine points
Rangers: 2-8, 0.194 batting average, 5.06 ERA, outscored by 15 points
INJURIES: Rockies: Scott Oberg: (blood clots), Peter Lambert: (elbow), Trevor Story: (elbow), Chris Owings: (left thumb).
Rangers: Hunter Wood: (elbow), Jose Leclerc: (elbow), Jonathan Hernandez: (elbow), Kyle Gibson: (groin), Kyle Cody: (right shoulder), Matt Bush: (elbow), Kohei Arihara: (finger ), David Dahl: (rib), Ronald Guzman: (knee), Sam Huff: (hamstrings).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.