This is an 8* BLOWOUT TOTAL on the UNDER A's/Rangers.

Both teams have been playing to several higher-scoring games of late, but I expect those trends to end this evening.

Oakland is just 19-50 on the road. It's terribly inconsistent at the plate from one game to the next. It just lost two of three to Toronto, but salvaged the finale 5-2.

Texas has seen the total go OVER in five straight after losing three in a row to Houston this week. Note though that the Rangers have seen the total go UNDER the number in eight of their last 11 after playing to five or more straight OVERS in a row, and in three of their last four after three or more straight losses in a row.

We have two really good starters going head-to-head here, with Paul Blackburn (4-4, 3.81 ERA) getting the nod for the A's and Jordan Montgomery (2-1, 3.60) countering for the home side.

This number is high, the play is the UNDER.

Good luck, NP