Texas at Tampa Bay

This is the end of a five-game road trek for Texas, off a 5-2 loss here yesterday. The Rangers are 9-19 on the road against winning teams, plus 6-21 away versus an opponent with a winning home record. They face a Tampa Bay squad with the best ERA in baseball (3.22) and an offense that has scored 18 runs its last five home contests. Rays lefty Blake Snell is strong at home with a 3.38 ERA. And for the season he has a sizzling 105-29 strikeout to walk ratio in 79 innings. Tampa Bay is 20-7 when Snell starts at home, as well as 22-8 when he starts on astroturf. And Tampa Bay has won five of the last six meetings with Texas outscoring them 21-10. Play Tampa Bay.