The Orioles can pretty much either win today to avoid a sweep by the Rangers or else they can give up on even pretending that they might have a chance at a wild card spot. The offense has scored 11 runs in seven games so far in August. These two things are connected.
Cade Povich will have the challenge of facing a tougher lineup than the Angels in this start. We’ll see how he responds.
Kumar Rocker makes the start for Texas.