Lauer scheduled to start as San Diego hosts Texas

Texas Rangers (63-84, fifth in AL West) vs. San Diego Padres (59-89, fifth in NL West)

San Diego; Saturday, 8:40 p.m. Eastern

PROBABLE PITCHERS: Rangers: Ariel Jurado (2-5, 7.03 ERA, 1.66 WHIP, 14 strikeouts) Padres: Eric Lauer (5-7, 4.80 ERA, 1.62 WHIP, 85 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Padres are 7-13 in Lauer’s starts this season. San Diego pitchers are averaging 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings. Miguel Diaz paces the staff with a mark of 17.3. Texas’ lineup has 146 home runs this season, Joey Gallo paces them with 36 homers. In Friday’s game, the Rangers defeated the Padres 4-0. Yohander Mendez got the win for Texas, his second on the season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Nomar Mazara has 20 home runs and a team-leading 74 RBIs in 115 games for the Rangers. Adrian Beltre has four home runs and seven RBIs while slugging .703 over his past 10 games for Texas. Eric Hosmer has 16 home runs and 62 RBIs on the year for the Padres. Austin Hedges has two home runs and eight RBIs while slugging .632 over his past 10 games for San Diego.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 3-7, .211 batting average, 4.76 ERA, outscored by 17 runs. Padres: 5-5, .224 batting average, 5.08 ERA, outscored by 14 runs.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by HERO Sports, and data from Sportradar.