Texas Rangers and Milwaukee Brewers play in game 2 of series

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Milwaukee Brewers (89-56, first in the NL Central) vs. Texas Rangers (75-70, third in the AL West)

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

PITCHING PROBABLES: Brewers: Chad Patrick (0-0); Rangers: Jack Leiter (9-8, 3.74 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 126 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rangers -114, Brewers -105; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Texas Rangers take a 1-0 lead into the next game of the series against the Milwaukee Brewers.

Texas is 45-28 in home games and 75-70 overall. Rangers pitchers have a collective 3.44 ERA, which leads MLB.

Milwaukee has an 89-56 record overall and a 43-30 record in road games. Brewers hitters have a collective .333 on-base percentage, the second-best percentage in the majors.

The teams square off Tuesday for the second time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Wyatt Langford leads the Rangers with 21 home runs while slugging .435. Adolis Garcia is 14 for 38 with two home runs and nine RBIs over the last 10 games.

Brice Turang has 25 doubles, two triples and 17 home runs while hitting .291 for the Brewers. Andruw Monasterio is 11 for 32 with three doubles and two home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 7-3, .239 batting average, 3.52 ERA, outscored opponents by seven runs

Brewers: 6-4, .271 batting average, 3.27 ERA, outscored opponents by 12 runs

INJURIES: Rangers: Jon Gray: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Adolis Garcia: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Danny Coulombe: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Corey Seager: 10-Day IL (appendectomy), Evan Carter: 60-Day IL (wrist), Nathan Eovaldi: 15-Day IL (rotator cuff), Marcus Semien: 10-Day IL (foot), Sam Haggerty: 10-Day IL (oblique), Tyler Mahle: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Cody Bradford: 60-Day IL (elbow), Josh Sborz: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

Brewers: Nick Mears: 15-Day IL (back tightness), Shelby Miller: 60-Day IL (elbow), Logan Henderson: 60-Day IL (elbow), Trevor Megill: 15-Day IL (flexor strain), D.L. Hall: 15-Day IL (oblique), Jordan Montgomery: 60-Day IL (elbow), Rhys Hoskins: 10-Day IL (thumb), Garrett Mitchell: 60-Day IL (oblique), Connor Thomas: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.