These two team met in last season’s World Series. The Rangers beat the Diamondbacks.
This season is the next chapter. Both teams started the season with more losses than wins. However the important difference is that the Diamondbacks are bouncing back while the Rangers are sinking.
Because the Diamondbacks have better batters (albeit they scored only 4 runs in 3 games against excellent Marlin pitchers), and because one favorable pitching matchup, they could sweep the two-game series.
The Rangers’ batters have a problem scoring runs.
They are in a downtrend.