The Texas Rangers are dragging their soggy 32-43 road record into the desert to meet the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field, with first pitch scheduled for 9:40 PM EDT on MLB.TV and DBACKS.TV. If you love offensive masterpieces, you might want to shield your eyes, because these two lineups are practically mirror images of mediocrity. Texas is hitting a collective .243 while Arizona is a microscopic tick behind at .242, though the Diamondbacks do hold a slight advantage in preventing runs with a 4.10 team ERA compared to the Rangers' 4.29.
The desert oddsmakers have the Diamondbacks as slight -116 home favorites, with the game total sitting at 8.5—a number that feels highly optimistic given who is throwing the baseball. Left-hander MacKenzie Gore gets the start for Texas, a squad currently missing the bats of Josh Jung and Kyle Higashioka to the 10-day injured list. Gore will trade pitches with Arizona’s Merrill Kelly, a generous soul who has served up 27 home runs in just 147.2 innings this year, making Chase Field look less like a ballpark and more like a launching pad. Head over to StreakChat to lock in your pick and tell us if you think Kelly can actually keep the ball inside the state of Arizona tonight.