LA Angels at Texas: Texas-140
Texas Rangers are 46-38 overall (4.5 games better than Los Angeles), had won six consecutive contests prior to this brief skid, and send left-hander Mike Minor to the mound for this series’ opener. Minor (8-4, 2.40 ERA) has delivered four straight quality starts and the streak would be five if he had recorded one more out on June 5 against Baltimore (5.2 innings of shutout baseball). His recent surge has helped him climb the leaderboard in that category. Minor has conceded five runs in 23 1-3 innings for a 1.93 ERA in his three wins, with four of those runs scoring on three homers. Minor is 3-0 with a 2.23 ERA and 28 strikeouts against the Angels.
The Rangers are 18-8 in their last 26 at home and 5-0 in Minor’s last five starts and 14-38 in their last 52 road games against a team with a winning record....
On the mound for the Angels will be Jose Suarez, whom is 2-1 with a 5.57 ERA and 19 strikeouts this season. This will be Suarez’s first career start against Texas, and Suarez has gone 2-0 in three starts despite a 6.06 ERA in those games.
Los Angeles is 2-6 in its last eight against opponents with winning records and 1-4 in its last five at Texas. Los Angeles is 1-4 in the last 5 meetings between these two teams in Texas.
