OAKLAND, Calif. -- Two teams overshadowed by the defending champions and baseball's most popular newcomer, respectively, in their opening series get a shot at the spotlight for themselves when the Texas Rangers and Oakland Athletics open a four-game series on Monday night.
Rangers right-hander Bartolo Colon will face one of his former teams and their fifth starter, Andrew Triggs, in the series opener.
The Rangers lost three of four to the reigning World Series champion Houston Astros and the A's also dropped three of four to Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Angels in a series that concluded in defeat Sunday.