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10:05 pm EDT Fri Aug 6, 2010

Since the Texas Rangers and Oakland Athletics have excelled on the mound recently, it’s not surprising that Cliff Lee and Dallas Braden each turned in complete games in their last outings, albeit with different results. The left-handers will meet Friday night when Lee and the AL West-leading Rangers begin a three-game road series against Braden and the Athletics. This series pits the teams with the best ERAs in baseball since the All-Star break. Oakland leads the majors in that span at 2.98, while Texas is right behind at 2.99. The Athletics have won eight of their last 11 at home, where they have a major league-best 2.89 ERA. However, the Rangers have won five of nine in the season series, with eight of those games decided by three runs or fewer.

Lee hasn’t lost consecutive starts all year, but fell to 1-2 with a 2.91 ERA in five starts with Texas after scattering nine hits in a 4-1 road loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday. The nine straight starts in which Lee has pitched at least eight innings is the longest such streak in the majors since Pat Hentgen’s 12-game run for Toronto in 1996. Lee may have an easy time making it 10 in a row Friday based on his lone previous start against Oakland this year. He struck out a career-high 13 and pitched nine innings in a 3-1, 10-inning victory July 27. Braden, meanwhile, has won consecutive starts after going 0-5 with a 4.10 ERA in his first nine outings following his perfect game May 9 against Tampa Bay. Braden gave up eight hits and threw a season-high 111 pitches in Saturday’s 6-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox.