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Oakland Athletics are set to welcome RBI leader Josh Willingham back to the lineup. Willingham, who has driven in 42 runs, has been out since June 17 with a strained left Achilles’ tendon. He has team highs of three homers and eight RBIs against Texas this season. They owns a 3.05 ERA and is last in the AL with 304 runs. The Athletics are eager to cut into their eight-game deficit in the division. Oakland Athletics' Rich Harden began the year on the disabled list with a strained lat muscle in his right side before he made his season debut Friday and yielded two runs over six innings in a 5-4 win over Arizona.
Texas Rangers will be up against a familiar face in Rich Harden, who is in his second stint with Oakland after he went 5-5 with a 5.58 ERA in 20 appearances - 18 starts - for Texas in 2010. He has limited Young to eight hits in 31 at-bats and Beltre to 2 in 13. Harden is 5-2 with a 4.27 ERA in 11 starts against Texas, including 1-1 with a 7.66 ERA in five on the road. Texas Rangers have scored 434 runs for the third-highest total in the majors at 4.9 runs per game. They have averaged 4.5 in going 2-4 versus Oakland, but scored only nine runs in four losses. Watch Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers Game Live TV Channel CSCA and FSH.