A look at the A's, Rangers & Royals!

A quick mid-season look at three different teams the Oakland A's, Texas Rangers and Kansas City Royals. The Oakland A's are currently the hottest team in baseball winning 8 of the last 10 games they have played and positioned themselves in a wild card chase.

Texas has played to a 58-40 record on the season and are 31-18 at home at the Ball Park in Arlington. The best place to see them play get your texas rangers tickets today and catch an up and coming game. The Rangers have made 2 consecutive runs at the World Series and this could be the season behind Josh Hamilton.

Oakland A's are currently in position for the second wild card spot and would take on the Los Angeles Angels in a one game playoff. The A's are riding high while playing great ball at home and oakland athletics tickets are still available. Come watch Josh Reddick and Billy Beane's moneyball team make a run at the playoffs!

The Royals are a team on the rise with many young talents and a unique ball park. The team has a few big name young stars with Billy Butler, Mike Moustaskas & Eric Hosmer and with a little time could be a contender. The Royals also just hosted the 2012 All-Star game with all the big names in the game playing at Kaufmann Stadium. Come check out these young superstars on the rode to glory kansas city royals tickets still available. Let them know your still routing.

Texas has a test down the stretch as the Angels just added former Royals ace Zack Greinke to a rotation that has Weaver, Wilson, Haren & Santana. The A's another team that has to fight off teams for the wildcard such as the O's, Tigers and Tampa Bay. The push for the playoffs should be fun get out there and support your team!

Bullpen gives up 3, lose to Texas

The O's went to Texas to face the Rangers on Wednesday night with Jeremy Guthrie taking the mound for the O's. In his previous two starts he picked up wins and only allowed 4 earned runs in the two outings. The same would be for Wednesday as he went 6 innings while allowing only 1 run. He left after the 6 innings with only 90 pitches thrown. The O's which may have turned to the bullpen an inning to early which in return would not hold the lead giving up 3 runs over the next 3 innings as the O's would fall to the Rangers 4-3. Cesar Izturis had the big night at the plate driving in all 3 runs while going 3 for 4 at the plate. The O's as a team hurt themselves as the were a combined 4 for 13 with runners in scoring position.

The O's will look to bounce back tonight against Scott Feldman and the Rangers. Brian Matusz will take the mound for the birds. Matusz threw 7 scoreless innings while striking out 6 in his last outing while picking up a no decision. While Feldman has giving up a total of 16 earned runs over his past 3 outings.