Rangers meet Padres after Langford hits cycle

San Diego Padres (46-42, second in the NL West) at Texas Rangers (38-46, third in the AL West)

Arlington, Texas; Tuesday, 8:05 p.m. EDT

Pitching Probables: Padres: Dylan Cease (7-6, 3.84 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 125 strikeouts); Rangers: Nathan Eovaldi (4-3, 3.45 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 74 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Rangers -114, Padres -105; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

IN BRIEF: The Texas Rangers face the San Diego Padres after Wyatt Langford hits the cycle against the Orioles on Sunday.

Texas has a 38-46 overall record and a 20-19 home record. The Rangers have the eighth-best batting average in the AL at .238.

San Diego is 22-20 away from home and 46-42 overall. The Padres rank fourth in the National League with 98 home runs, an average of 1.1 per game.

The teams meet on Tuesday for the first time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Marcus Semien had 16 doubles, a triple, 11 home runs and 44 RBIs for the Rangers. Adolis Garcia had 11 hits in 38 at-bats with two doubles, three home runs and four RBIs over the last 10 games.

Luis Arraez leads the Padres with a .314 batting average and has 16 doubles, two triples, two home runs, 15 walks and 22 RBIs. Jackson Merrill has 16 hits in 42 at-bats with four homers and 12 RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 4-6, .249 batting average, 3.91 ERA, have outscored opponents by six runs

Padres: 8-2, .297 batting average, 4.00 ERA, outscored opponents by 23 runs

INJURIES: Rangers: Corey Seager: Day to day (wrist), Cole Winn: 60 days on injured reserve (shoulder), Evan Carter: 10 days on injured reserve (lower back), Cody Bradford: 60 days on injured reserve (back), Austin Pruitt: 60 days on injured reserve (knee), Josh Sborz: 15 days on injured reserve (rotator cuff), Joshua Jung: 60 days on injured reserve (wrist), Tyler Mahle: 60 days on injured reserve (elbow), Jacob deGrom: 60 days on injured reserve (elbow), Carson Coleman: 60 days on injured reserve (elbow)

Padres: Randy Vasquez: day to day (forearm), Joe Musgrove: 60 days due to injury (elbow), Tom Cosgrove: 15 days due to injury (elbow), Fernando Tatis Jr.: 10 days due to injury (quadriceps), Luis Campusano: 10 days due to injury (thumb), Yu Darvish: 15 days due to injury (groin), Luis Patino: 60 days due to injury (elbow), Xander Bogaerts: 10 days due to injury (shoulder), Glenn Otto: 15 days due to injury (shoulder)

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