The O's and Longview, Texas Native O's First Baseman "CRUSH" DAVIS invades the Ballpark at ARLINGTON to take on All-Star NELSON CRUZ and the RANGERS..."WEEKEND BENDERS" Post Mid-Summer Classic Madness #OsBiz #TexasHardballBiz

The Baltimore Orioles invade Arlington, Texas and the Ballpark at Arlington to take on the AL West 2nd place Rangers. The O's are come in third in the AL East with plenty of work to do as the Rays have past both them and the Yankees. O's come in 4 games back of the Carmines for first place in the AL East. The Rangers are just two games back of the AL West leading Athletics of Oakland and nine up on the surging Halos. This is a big time series for both as they try to get in that winning groove for the trek to the "Fight for October" and that Pennant Drive 2013.

the O's @ RANGERS 3-Piece from the Ballpark in Arlington

July 19, 2013 8:05pm ET
BAL Chen (4-3) vs TEX Holland (8-4)

July 20, 2013 8:05pm ET
BAL Gonzalez (7-3) vs TEX Wolf (1-2)

July 21, 2013 7:05pm ET
BAL Tillman (11-3) vs TEX Perez (3-2)

The Good News for the Rangers is that RHP and 2013 All-Star Yu Darvish is off the D.L. and ready to go for the 2nd half. Holland will start off the series as the Rangers split a four piece with the O's in Camden a week or so before All-Star Break. The O's have a good three set going as both Teams are anchored by 5-Star Closers in the O's Jim Johnson and the Rangers Joe Nathan.

Hitting Stars in this one...

ORIOLES

1B C. Davis .315 37 HR 93 RBI
CF A. Jones .296 19 HR 67 RBI
3B M. Machado .301 7 HR 45 RBI (39 2-Baggers leads MLB)

RANGERS

RF N. Cruz .277 22 HR 69 RBI
3B A. Beltre .316 21 HR 55 RBI
1B M. Moreland 13 HR 37 RBI

Note: Numbers and Schedule from MLB.com