Braves and Rangers square off in series rubber match

Texas Rangers (50-48, first in the AL West) vs. Atlanta Braves (56-41, first in the NL East)

Atlanta; Sunday, 1:35 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Nathan Eovaldi (9-7, 4.04 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 120 strikeouts); Braves: Grant Holmes (5-4, 3.61 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 76 strikeouts)

LINE: Rangers -122, Braves +100; over/under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Atlanta Braves and Texas Rangers play on Sunday with the three-game series tied 1-1.

Atlanta is 56-41 overall and 28-19 in home games. The Braves have gone 40-16 in games when they record at least eight hits.

Texas is 50-48 overall and 26-26 on the road. The Rangers have gone 37-4 in games when they scored at least five runs.

Sunday's game is the third meeting between these teams this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Matt Olson leads the Braves with 26 home runs while slugging .536. Drake Baldwin is 14 for 37 with two home runs and 13 RBIs over the past 10 games.

Josh Jung has 23 doubles, a triple and nine home runs while hitting .296 for the Rangers. Ezequiel Duran is 7 for 34 with a double and four home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Braves: 4-6, .266 batting average, 4.81 ERA, outscored opponents by eight runs

Rangers: 5-5, .235 batting average, 6.67 ERA, outscored by 26 runs

INJURIES: Braves: Ha-Seong Kim: 10-Day IL (finger), Ronald Acuna Jr.: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Joe Jimenez: 60-Day IL (knee), Mike Yastrzemski: 10-Day IL (elbow), Martin Perez: 15-Day IL (forearm), Spencer Strider: 60-Day IL (elbow), Robert Suarez: 15-Day IL (elbow), Sean Murphy: 60-Day IL (finger), Spencer Schwellenbach: 60-Day IL (elbow), AJ Smith-Shawver: 60-Day IL (elbow), Joey Wentz: 60-Day IL (knee)

Rangers: Jacob deGrom: day-to-day (glute), Corey Seager: 10-Day IL (back), Robert Garcia: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Cody Freeman: 10-Day IL (disc), Chris Martin: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Jalen Beeks: 10-Day IL (back), Jack Leiter: 15-Day IL (ankle), Jordan Montgomery: 60-Day IL (elbow), Carter Baumler: 60-Day IL (ribs), Danny Jansen: 10-Day IL (forearm), Cody Bradford: 60-Day IL (elbow), Michael Helman: 60-Day IL (hand)

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