The Texas Rangers scored six runs while the Oakland Athletics scored two runs.
Yeah, sure, it’s the A’s but before this outing it was the ALCS-defeated Astros and before that it was a Cubs team that was third in the National League in runs scored in 2023. In total, in three starts to begin the season, Cody Bradford is sporting a 1.40 ERA after another sterling effort tonight to break the Rangers out of a three-game losing funk.
Backed by a lineup that figured they might as well score some runs despite facing the league’s worst-by-design team, Bradford collected his third win of the year and has allowed just three earned runs in his first 19 1⁄3 innings this season.