Texas pitcher Merrill Kelly will take the mound against his former team for the first time when the Rangers clash with the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday afternoon in the finale of a three-game interleague set in Arlington, Texas.

The Diamondbacks will send right hander Zac Gallen (9-12, 5.31 ERA) to the hill to oppose fellow right-hander Kelly (9-7. 3.38), whom the Rangers acquired at the trade deadline.

The teams have split the first two games of the series, with Texas winning in 10 innings on Monday and the Diamondbacks responding with a 3-2 victory on Tuesday that was delivered by a game-deciding, ninth-inning home run by Ketel Marte.

Kelly, who was a stalwart of the Diamondbacks' pitching staff from 2019 until the trade on July 31, has made two starts for Texas. He is 0-1 in tho

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