Rangers at Orioles
Rougned Odor looks as if he might finish an otherwise difficult season on a good note, and the Texas Rangers' second baseman has another chance to lift his meager batting average when his team tries to finish off a four-game sweep of the host Baltimore Orioles on Sunday. Odor went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs to lead the Rangers to a 9-4 win Saturday.
The 25-year-old is 7-for-15 with two homers over his last four games to raise his average from .193 to .202, the highest it has been since Aug. 21. Danny Santana chipped in two hits and two RBIs in Saturday's win for Texas, which has won three in a row for the first time in over a month. It turns to All-Star southpaw Mike Minor in the series finale, while the Orioles give the ball to Asher Wojciechowski. Rio Ruiz went deep Saturday to give Baltimore 10 players with at least 10 home runs.
TV: 1:05 p.m. ET, FS Southwest (Texas), MASN2 (Baltimore)
PITCHING MATCHUP: Rangers LH Mike Minor (12-8, 3.12 ERA) vs. Orioles RH Asher Wojciechowski (2-7, 5.12)
Minor gave up 15 runs over a span of three starts before settling down and spinning 7 1/3 scoreless innings at Yankee Stadium on Monday. That left the Vanderbilt product with a 2.66 ERA in 15 road starts. Minor had 5 2/3 scoreless innings against Baltimore at home June 5.
Wojciechowski gave up four runs in seven innings - his longest start since July 26 - in a no-decision at Tampa Bay his last time out. He has 36 strikeouts in 33 innings while holding opponents to a .222 average at home, but they have slugged 10 home runs against him at Camden Yards. The 30-year-old will see the Rangers for the first time in his career.
WALK-OFFS
1. The Orioles recalled OF Austin Hays from Triple-A Norfolk.
2. Baltimore RF Trey Mancini is 5-for-12 with three runs scored in the series.
3. Texas has clinched a road series win for the first time in its last 12 tries.