Allard scheduled to start as Texas hosts Los Angeles

Updated Aug. 4, 2021 3:20 a.m. ET

Los Angeles Angels (53-54, fourth in the AL West) vs. Texas Rangers (39-68, fifth in the AL West)

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

PITCHING PROBABLES: Angels: Shohei Ohtani (5-1, 3.04 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 100 strikeouts) Rangers: Kolby Allard (2-9, 5.23 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 70 strikeouts)

LINE: Rangers +145, Angels -164; over/under is 8 runs

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BOTTOM LINE: Texas and Los Angeles will play on Wednesday.

The Rangers are 26-28 in home games in 2020. Texas is averaging 3.7 RBIs per game this season. Adolis Garcia leads the team with 63 total runs batted in.

The Angels are 23-28 on the road. Los Angeles is hitting a collective .253 this season, led by David Fletcher with an average of .301.

The Angels won the last meeting 11-3. Jose Suarez recorded his fifth victory and Jo Adell went 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs for Los Angeles. Jordan Lyles took his eighth loss for Texas.

TOP PERFORMERS: Garcia leads the Rangers with 63 RBIs and is batting .254.

Shohei Ohtani leads the Angels with 37 home runs and has 82 RBIs.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 4-6, .192 batting average, 4.40 ERA, outscored by 16 runs

Angels: 5-5, .227 batting average, 3.84 ERA, outscored by five runs

INJURIES: Rangers: Hunter Wood: (elbow), Jose Leclerc: (elbow), John King: (shoulder), Jonathan Hernandez: (elbow), Kyle Cody: (right shoulder), Matt Bush: (elbow), Kohei Arihara: (finger), Willie Calhoun: (forearm), Ronald Guzman: (knee).

Angels: Alex Cobb: (wrist), Luke Bard: (hip), Mike Trout: (calf), Dexter Fowler: (knee), Jared Walsh: (side), Anthony Rendon: (hamstring), Franklin Barreto: (right elbow).

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

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