Baltimore at Texas

Luis Mendoza will make his first major league start tonight for the Rangers. Mendoza had a great AA season record wise at 15-4, but his overall numbers don't reflect that type of record, nor do his minor league stats which were 32-40 coming into this season. The Rangers are in a horrible stretch as they are 1-9 over their last 10 games, and the offense has managed just 11 runs in the last four games and they have been doubled up, being outscored 61-31 over this 10-game stretch, so the pitching has been absent as well. Baltimore is off a stretch of games that included Bos, NYY, Tor and LAA, so welcome a team they have a more favorable matchup with and took the opener last night. Victor Santos will make his third start for the Birds, and his first two were certainly not gems. Santos has a nearly 6 ERA on the season, but has had success against the sub-.500 teams on the season. Santos has a 3.26 ERA against sub-.500 teams, and the Rangers offense is really struggling right now. We like the Birds to make it back-to-back winners.