Los Angeles @ Texas preview

Last Meeting ( Sep 4, 2018 ) LA Angels 2, Texas 4

The Texas Rangers continue their four-game series against the visiting Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday with a classic matchup of youth versus experience. The Angels are sending 22-year-old rookie Jaime Barria to start against 45-year-old wonder Bartolo Colon, whose 246 career wins are the most by a native of Latin America in major-league history.

The Rangers evened the series at one win apiece with Tuesday’s 4-2 victory behind solo homers by Elvis Andrus and Adrian Beltre, who has reached base safely in seven straight games. Jose Leclerc recorded his ninth save, but Joey Gallo went 0-for-4 with four strikeouts and has recorded one hit in his last 20 at-bats after hitting .294 in August. David Fletcher notched three hits and Shohei Ohtani belted his 16th homer for the Angels, who fell to 3-3 on their 10-game road trip. Andrelton Simmons celebrated his 29th birthday by going 1-for-4 with an RBI and is 9-for-29 with six RBIs over his last six contests.

TV: 8:05 p.m. ET, FS West (Los Angeles), FS Southwest (Texas)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Angels RH Jaime Barria (9-8, 3.46 ERA) vs. Rangers RH Bartolo Colon (7-11, 5.45)

Barria closed the month of August on a high note with six scoreless innings in a 3-0 win over Houston on Friday. The Panamanian has worked 35 2/3 innings in his last seven starts, going 4-1 with a 2.78 ERA during that stretch. Barria made his major-league debut on May 3 at Globe Life Park and owns a 2-0 record and 1.13 ERA in three starts versus Texas.

Colon is set to make his first appearance since Aug. 20, when he allowed seven runs over five innings against Oakland before landing on the disabled list due to a lower back strain. The Dominican has gone 12-9 with a 3.88 ERA in 27 career games (26 starts) against the Angels and is 0-1 with a 10.50 mark in two contests (one start) this season. Mike Trout is 11-for-20 with three homers against Colon, who has recorded victories with 11 different teams.

WALK-OFFS

1. Angels LF Justin Upton (concussion) has missed the last three games and is questionable for Wednesday.

2. The Rangers recalled OF Willie Calhoun and RHPs Austin Bibens-Dirkx and Adrian Sampson from Triple-A Round Rock, purchased the contract of LHP C.D. Pelham from Double-A Frisco and activated INF Hanser Alberto from the disabled list.

3. The Angels recalled OFs Jabari Blash and Michael Hermosillo and C Joe Hudson from Triple-A Salt Lake.

PREDICTION: Angels 8, Rangers 3