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The Rangers are aiming to snap a three-game losing skid. Texas will host the Oakland Athletics in an AL West showdown tonight at Globe Life Field. Left-hander Jordan Montgomery will take the hill for the Rangers in the series opener. He will start opposite Oakland right-hander Paul Blackburn. Montgomery has gone 2-and-1 with a 3.60 ERA in six starts with the Rangers. Texas has lost six of seven and is sitting third in the AL West at 76-and-63.