The Detroit Tigers (2-0) and Oakland Athletics (0-2) will continue their American League Division Series on Tuesday night at the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum, with the first pitch scheduled for 9:07 ET on TBS

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The Yankees have sole possession of first place in the AL East and look to continue beating up on tonight’s opponent.

Oakland Athletics at New York Yankees

Oakland has dropped seven of eight games versus the Yankees this season and have been outscored 20-8 in dropping the first two games of this four-game set.  The Athletics came into the series with a major league-best 3.36 ERA, but that has been pushed up to 3.49 due to the last couple days.  The team has lost four of its last six games, but has still won eight of 14 overall.  It’s important to note that the club has a 16-27 record in the first game of a series, 21-22 in the second and a dominating 25-14 mark in the third contest.  Oakland finished August with a 13-15 record, which was tied with Texas for the best record among AL West clubs during the month.  Tonight marks the 25th time in the last 36 games that the Athletics have played a team that was in first place in their division or the wild card race at the time, posting a 10-14 record in the previous 24 contests.  The club has a 12-10 record on the road when the total is 9 to 9.5  (+260) and 45-47 in this situation the last three campaigns (+1,440).

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The Rangers have a seemingly insurmountable lead in the AL West division, but tonight’s opponent looks to start chopping it down in Arlington.

Oakland Athletics at Texas Rangers

Oakland opened up its 10-game road trip in Cleveland and missed an opportunity to collect a sweep with a 3-2 loss on Thursday night.  “We’ll get on the flight and go get ‘em on Friday,” manager Bob Geren said.  “We have to be ready.”  The Athleticis have won six of their last nine games overall and are 22-17 since July 10, which is the fourth-best record in the American League over that span.  The starting staff has been key in the team’s success over the last 18 games, allowing three earned runs or less and tossing six innings in all of those contests.  The club fell a game below .500 in August with last night’s loss (11-12, -190) and is 35-47 overall during the month the past three seasons (-560).  Oakland has produced a winning 19-18 record against divisional opponents in 2010, but has gone 68-83 versus Western foes over the last three campaigns (-1,060).

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