Two teams trying to focus on small pieces of good news on the injury front complete a three-game series with shaky pitching situations Wednesday afternoon when the Texas Rangers visit the Oakland Athletics.

The game will serve as a glorified opening act for the main event next door, in which the Golden State Warriors will be looking to eliminate the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the NBA playoffs in a game that figures to tip off about three hours after the Rangers-A's game ends.

With Texas relegated to saving reliever Kyle Dowdy (1-0, 3.48) for his first start of the season on Wednesday, the A's exhausted the remainder of the Rangers bullpen in Tuesday's 11-5 win by sending starter Lance Lynn to the showers in the fourth inning.