Texas Rangers (23-21) at Detroit Tigers (21-20)

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1 Texas Rangers (23-21) at Detroit Tigers (21-20) RHP Yu Darvish (4-2, 2.76) vs. LHP Matthew Boyd (2-3, 5.18) Game #45 Road #21 (7-13) Sun., May 21, 2017 Comerica Park 7:08 p.m. (CDT) ESPN / FM / 1270 AM RANGERS AT A GLANCE Overall Home Road Standing... 2nd, -6.5 GB Roadtrip One-Run Run HR No HR White w/ Blue w/ Red Gray Alt. Blue Blue Home Blue Road Alt. Red (all home) Special Last 5 Games Last 10 Games Come From Behind Wins Losses After Lead Score First Opp. Score First Columns below listed in a Home/Road/Total format vs. AL West...6-3/5-11/11-14 vs. AL Central /1-1/6-6 vs. AL East /0-0/0-0 Interleague /1-1/6-1 Series /1-4-1/6-7-1 Series Openers /3-4/8-7 Series Finales...5-2/4-3/9-5 Rubber Games /1-2/2-3 Lead after /6-5/15-7 Lead after /6-2/18-4 Lead after /6-1/18-2 Trail after /0-6/3-11 Trail after /0-9/2-14 Trail after /0-11/2-17 Tied after /1-2/5-3 Tied after /1-2/3-3 Tied after /1-1/3-2 Decided 7th/later...7-3/1-7/8-10 Shutouts /2-1/3-1 Decided final AB...4-2/1-4/5-6 Walk-off games ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST Rank HR Player Carl Yastrzemski Miguel Cabrera Jeff Bagwell 449 Vladimir Guerrero Adrian Beltre Dave Kingman Jason Giambi ALL-TIME HITS LIST Rank H Player Roberto Clemente Sam Rice Sam Crawford Willie Keeler Frank Robinson Adrian Beltre Barry Bonds WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers and Tigers conclude this series tonight...texas had its 10-game winning streak snapped on Saturday with its 1st defeat since 5/8 at SD...the club has has won 12 of 16, is 12-7 in May, and has posted an (.621) winning percentage over the last month beginning 4/20, the 3rd-best record in MLB in that span to HOU at.679 (19-9) and MIL at.630 (17-10) at (.523), Texas has the 6th-best record in the A.L...club has been at.500 or better for the last 5 days after having a losing record for 1st 43 days of team was 2017 high 7 games under.500 (13-20) when the 10-game winning streak began...after 44 G, Texas was in 2016 and in 2015 (25-20 in 2016 and in 2015 after 45 G)...Rangers lost a season-high 4 straight, 4/30-5/3. The Rangers have held sole possession of 2nd place in the A.L. West for the last 3 days with at least a share of 2nd for 8 straight days...prior to this span, Texas had not been higher than 3rd all season...club has been 6.5 GB HOU the last 2 days, its smallest deficit since 5/1 (6.0 GB)...in this 10-1 stretch, the club has gained 2.0 games on the Astros (8.5 to 6.5 GB)...team s largest deficit was 8.5 games, last on 5/12. A LOOK BACK: The Rangers 10-game winning streak that ran from 5/9-19 was the 4th longest in cliub history and the longest in the majors since BOS won 11 straight games, 9/15-25/16...it was the 8th time since the start of 2015 that a club has won at least 10 consecutive games in one season. LONGEST WIN STREAKS, RANGERS HISTORY G Dates G Dates 14 May 12-27, June 12-24, July 4-19, May 9-19, 2017 RANGERS 10-GAME WINNING STREAK 1-0 at SD, 5/9 3-0 vs. PHI, 5/16-18) 2-0 vs. SD, 5/ at DET, 5/ vs. OAK, 5/12-14 During the winning streak, Texas was 8-0 at home and 2-0 on the road...the team batted.307 (98-319) with a 2.50 ERA (25 ER/90.0 IP) and outscored the opponents, ON THE ROAD: Texas had won consecutive road games for the 3rd time in 2017 before Saturday s defeat...club has split its last 8 away contests but is 5-12 away from home beginning 4/14...at 7-13 (.350) overall, the Rangers have the A.L. s 10th highest road winning percentage...it marks the team s fewest wins through 20 road games since 2008 (5-15/5-16)...entering this series, Texas is in its last 4 road series since winning 2 of 3 in LAA in season s 1st away games...the Rangers.205 road AVG is a MLB low. RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD: Texas is 2-3 in the finale of 3-game series tied at 1-1 in 2017, losing the last 3 since winning in LAA on 4/13...club is 1-2 in road rubber games. VERSUS DETROIT: The Rangers have lost 3 of the last 4 to the Tigers beginning 8/13/16 but have won 10 of 14 since 8/21/15...Texas is vs. DET since Saturday s loss snapped the Rangers 7-game winning streak at Comerica Park, their 1st defeat here since 8/20/15... that was the franchise s longest winning streak ever in Detroit ( )...the Rangers are 15-6 at Comerica Park since 8/4/11 and Texas has won the last 3 season s series here ( )...all-time, the Tigers have advantages of overall, in Detroit, and at Comerica Park...the clubs will play a 3-game series in Arlington, 8/ Texas is 6-6 vs. A.L. Central Division clubs in 2017, winning 6 of the last 9. BOSTON NEXT: After an off-day tomorrow, the Rangers open a 3-game series at Fenway Park on Tuesday night...the clubs split 6 games in 2016 with Texas losing 2 of 3 in Boston...since start of 2009, the Rangers are (.629) vs. the Red Sox, the 2nd highest winning percentage of any team to MIL at.667 (6-3)...in that span, Texas is (.567) at Fenway Park, best of any MLB club with more than 6 games. DONE IN BY THE LONG BALL: The consecutive home runs by Alex Avila, Miguel Cabrera, and J.D. Martinez in the 1st inning on Saturday marked the 7th time that the Rangers had allowed back-to-back-to-back homers, matching the franchise record...it was the 1st since 5/10/12 at BAL, when Ryan Flaherty, J.J. Hardy, and Nick Markakis led off the bottom of the 1st with consecutive HR off Colby Lewis...one pitcher has allowed all 3 long balls on each of the 7 occasions. The 4 total homers surrendered by A.J. Griffin last night were the most by a Texas pitcher since Lewis allowed 5 long balls in that 5/10/12 game at BAL...it was the 37th time overall that a Rangers hurler had allowed at least 4 HR and it was a career high for Griffin. Prior to last night, Griffin had been only one of 3 ML starters in 2017 (5+ GS) not to surrender the 1st run of a game...the others are TB s Chris Archer and SEA s James Paxton. BIBENS-DIRKX TO THE RESCUE: In just his 2nd major league appearance last night, Austin Bibens-Dirkx pitched 4.2 scoreless innings in relief, allowing just one hit. He is the 1st pitcher in Rangers history with a scoreless relief outing of 4.2+ IP within his 1st 2 career appearances, 1st in ML to do it since BOS Steven Wright on 7/11/13 at SEA (5.2 IP) previous longest by a Ranger was Mike Venafro, 4.0 SHO IP on 4/29/99 vs. NYY in 2nd career game. Bibens-Dirkx 4.2 inning relief stint was the 6th longest by a MLB pitcher this season, 4th longest in the A.L...of the previous 5, the only scoreless effort was turned in by BAL s Gabriel Ynoa (6.0 IP) on 5/5 vs. CWS. It was the longest relief outing for a Ranger since Anthony Bass (5.0 IP) on 4/10/15 vs. HOU...the last Ranger with a scoreless relief outing of at least 4.2 IP was Nick Martinez (5.0 IP) on 4/28/14 vs. OAK...the last Ranger to work at least 4.2 scoreless relief innings allowing one or fewer hits was Pat Mahomes (4.2 IP, 1 H) on 4/6/01 vs. SEA. NOMAR MAZARA extended his hitting streak on Saturday to 9 games, longest by a Ranger this season, one shy of his career best (twice)...it matches BAL s Wellington Castillo for the A.L. s 2nd longest active streak, 2 games less that CWS Yolmer Sanchez...in this span, Mazara is batting.382 (13-34) with 6 2B, HR, and 10 RBI to raise his average from.231 to.265, matching the best since 4/23 (.273)...he is tied with HOU s Carlos Correa and OAK s Khris Davis for the A.L. lead with 6 GWRBI and is T4th in the A.L. overall with 31 RBI. ALL IN: Each of the Rangers last 11 wins beginning 5/5 have been by a different pitcher: Bush, Griffin, Jeffress, Dyson, Kela, Barnette, Alvarez, Darvish, Cashner, Perez, and Martinez...it is the 1st time ever in franchise history that 11 different Rangers pitchers have earned wins over a span of 11 team wins (STATS, Inc.)...the previous mark of 10 has been accomplished several times, most recently in Sept each of MIA s last 11 wins beginning 4/14 have also been earned by a different pitcher entering play on Sunday. A.J. Griffin was the last repeat winner for the Rangers with victories on 5/4 and 5/9. DARVISH AND DETROIT: Yu Darvish has won all 6 of his career starts against the Tigers, just the 3rd pitcher in the last 100 years to win his 1st 6+ starts vs. DET, joining BOS Frank Sullivan (11, ) and CLE s Gene Bearden (6, ) it is the 3rd time a Texas pitcher has won his 1st 6 career starts vs. an opponent, joining Charlie Hough (9 vs. MIN from ) and Kenny Rogers (6 vs. BOS from )...Texas has scored 7+ R in each of Darvish s 6 starts vs. DET, out-scoring the Tigers, in those contests. SHORTS: Tonight is Texas 1st ESPN Sunday Night Baseball appearance since 5/24/15 at NYY...Texas.206 team batting average vs. LHP in 2017 is 2nd lowest in the majors to SD (.195)...club is 5-4 in games started by opposing LHP...RHP Tyson Ross will make a rehab start at Round Rock (AAA) on Tuesday vs. Las Vegas and is scheduled for 75 pitches. UPCOMING PROBABLES, TIMES & BROADCASTS Date Opponent Pitchers - Texas vs. Opponent Time (CDT) TV/Radio Monday, May 22 OFF DAY Tuesday, May 23 at Boston RHP Andrew Cashner (1-3, 2.45) vs. RHP Rick Porcello (2-5, 4.23) 6:10 FSSW/105.3/1270 Wednesday, May 24 at Boston LHP Martin Perez (2-5, 3.71) vs. LHP Chris Sale (4-2, 2.19) 6:10 FSSW/105.3/1270 Thursday, May 25 at Boston RHP Nick Martinez (1-2, 4.33) vs. TBA 6:10 FSSW/105.3/1270 * For radio broadcasts, most games are on The Fan All games are broadcast in Spanish on KFLC 1270 AM All FSSW telecasts can also be viewed on FSGO app.

2 PAGE 2 TONIGHT S STARTING PITCHER #11 Yu Darvish, RHP (4-2, 2.76) TONIGHT: The 30-year-old right-hander is slated to make his 10th start of the season in this ESPN Sunday Night finale here in Motown has gone 3-0, 2.38 (9 ER/34.0 IP) last 5 starts to drop season ERA from 3.28 to 2.76, 10th-best in the A.L also ranks among A.L. leaders in innings (4th, 58.2), SO (4th, 61), opponents avg. (5th,.199) and wins (T10th, 4) has a club-best 7 quality starts in 9 outings in 2017, T4th-most in the A.L will pitch on regular 4 days rest after he earned his 50th career win in last outing on Tues. vs. PHI, dropping career Interleague ERA to 2.19, lowest of any pitcher alltime with 12+ starts entering tonight, has won each of his 1st 6 career starts vs. DET (see below) Texas is 6-3 in Darvish s 9 starts this season and has won 5 straight has exited with Rangers trailing in just one of the 9 starts was the Rangers Opening Day starter for the 1st time in his career is seeking his 1st full season since 2013 ranked among A.L. s top 10 in SO, opponents avg., and WHIP in 2nd half of 2016 campaign after returning from 3/17/15 Tommy John surgery on right elbow a 3-time All-Star ( ), he has twice been the Rangers Pitcher of the Year ( ). OF LATE: Since allowing 4 runs on Opening Day, Darvish is 4-2, 2.41 ERA (14 ER/52.1 IP) in his last 8 starts, allowing 2-runs-or-less 6 times has made 5 consecutive quality starts, longest stretch by a Texas pitcher in 17 the 5 straight QS rank T4th-longest span of his career (single-season career best is 8 in a row, 3 times, last 7/22-8/29/16). LAST START: Earned win Tues. vs. PHI in Rangers 5-1 victory to extend team win streak to 7 G (7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R-ER, 2 BB, 9 SO, 0 HR, 95 pitches/70 strikes) threw 12-or-fewer pitches in each of 1st 5 innings, but had 22 pitches in both the 6th and 7th lone run allowed came in his 7th and final frame, a 2-out RBI single by Freddy Galvis after he had permitted 2 of the 1st 3 batters in the inning to reach the Galvis hit was just the 2nd he had allowed w/ a RISP in 17 threw 70 of 95 pitches for strikes (73.7%), 2nd-highest pct. in his career behind 74.1% (80 of 108) on 7/28/14 vs. NYY. FAST 50 WINS: Tuesday s win was the 50th of his ML career, coming in his 109th career appearance/start according to Elias Sports Bureau, Darvish reached 50 wins the 2nd-fastest of any ML pitcher born in Asia Chien-Ming Wang, born in Taiwan, improved to in his 87th big-league game the next-fastest after Wang and Darvish (all born in Japan): Daisuke Matsuzaka (112), Hisashi Iwakuma (121), and Hideo Nomo (124) Darvish also reached 50 wins faster than any pitcher in Rangers history, surpassing Kevin Brown (50th win in career outing no. 115 on 8/2/92 vs. CAL). Darvish s 50 wins are 6th-most among pitchers born in Japan: Hideo Nomo (123), Hiroki Kuroda (79), Hisashi Iwakuma (63), Daisuke Matsuzaka (56), Tomo Ohka (51). VS. DETROIT: Has won each of his 1st 6 career starts vs. DET at 6-0, 3.46 (16 ER/41.2 IP) w/ 16 BB and 40 SO Texas has scored 7+ R in each of the 6 G, out-scoring the Tabby Cats in those contests, but Darvish also has QS in 4 of the 6 games only meeting in last 2 seasons was 8/12/16 in Arlington, an 8-5 Texas win in game that started at 9:47 pm due to rain delay of 2:42 (6.2 IP, 5 H, 4 R-2 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO, 1 HR, 107 pitches/71 strikes) Rangers posted 4-R 1st vs. Anibal Sanchez Darvish is 2-0, 2.03 (3 ER/13.1 IP) in 2 GS at Comerica, last 5/22/14 in 9-2 TEX win (7.0 IP, 2 R-ER) and also in his 2nd career road start on 4/14/12 in 6-2 TEX victory (6.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R-ER). According to baseball-reference.com, Darvish is just the 3rd pitcher in the last 100 years to win his 1st 6+ starts against the Tigers, joining BOS Frank Sullivan (11, ) and CLE s Gene Bearden (6, ) this is the 3rd time a Texas pitcher has won his 1st 6 career starts vs. an opponent, joining Charlie Hough (9 vs. MIN from ) and Kenny Rogers (6 vs. BOS from ) marks 4th time a Ranger has done it to begin his Texas career (also Kevin Millwood, 7 vs. BAL from ), and the 10th time a TEX pitcher has won at least 6 consecutive starts vs. a single opponent. RISP MANAGEMENT: Opponents are just 2-for-40 (.050) with RISP, lowest avg. in MLB the hits were by SD s Matt Szczur (infield single) on 5/10 and PHI s Freddy Galvis on Tuesday the Szczur hit ended a string of holding opponents to 0-for-36 with RISP dating back to September 2016 the 0-for-36 w/ RISP span set a club record, surpassing an 0-for-35 w/ RISP stretch by Charlie Hough in 1989 (credit STATS LLC) was also the longest active streak in MLB at the time. ON THE ROAD: Has gone 1-1, 2.33 (5 ER/19.1 IP) in 3 GS on the road this season, 7th-lowest road ERA in A.L. (3+ starts), last on 5/5 at SEA (ND, 7.0 IP, 1 R-ER) has pitched 7.0 innings and allowed one-or-zero runs in 2 of the 3 road outings his.514 road win pct. (19-18) is well below his home clip (.689, 31-14) despite similar numbers on road: 3.30 ERA,.213/.300/.350/.650 slash, WHIP at home: 3.20 ERA,.216/.287/.350/.637 slash, WHIP has gone 2-1 in his last 4 road starts after a stretch in which he went 0-5 over 9 road starts spanning 2014 and 2016 Rangers have won 6 of his last 7 away outings. BY THE NUMBERS: Has 6 starts of 6.0+ IP while allowing 2-R-or-less, T4th-most in the A.L. (7-Duffy/Keuchel/Santana) has issued 23 walks, T6th-most in the A.L, and his 6 wild pitches are 2nd-most in league his 8 GIDP s are T6th-most in A.L., this after 10 GIDP induced over 39 GS from Rangers scored a total of 3 runs in his 2 losses, and loss on 4/8 vs. OAK was 5th of his career when allowing a single run opponents are batting.122 (15-123) after counts reach 2 strikes w/ 3 XBH (2B, 2 HR) batters leading off an inning:.137 (7-51) w 9 BB opposition batting.164 (12-73) in first PA;.257 (19-74) in 2nd PA;.179 (10-56) in 3rd PA; 0-for-3 in 4th PA Jonathan Lucroy has caught 6 of 9 starts (3.68 ERA) and Chirinos (1.23 ERA) caught starts on 4/13 at LAA, 4/23 vs. KC, and Tues. vs. PHI retired 15 of final 16 BF in win on 4/23 vs. KC. DOUBLE DIGITS K S: Has both 10-K games by Rangers in 2017 since the start of 2012, Darvish is 4th in MLB with SO outings, trailing only Max Scherzer (46), Chris Sale (43), and Clayton Kershaw (37) he ranks 4th despite missing the entirety RANGERS GAME NOTES SUNDAY, MAY 21, 2017 AT DETROIT DARVISH S CAREER RECORD W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO / Career / DARVISH VS. DETROIT W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO / Career / DARVISH AT COMERICA PARK W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO Career / HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Innings: 8.0, April 23 vs. KC Innings: 9.0, June 11, 2014 vs. MIA Hits: 7, May 10 vs. SD Hits: 11, Aug. 6, 2012 at BOS Runs: 4, 2x, last April 18 at OAK Runs: 7, 4x, last Sept. 17, 2016 vs. OAK ER: 4, 2x, last April 18 at OAK ER: 7, 3x, last Sept. 17, 2016 vs. OAK SO s: 10, 2x, last April 29 vs. LAA SO s: 15, Aug. 12, 2013 at HOU Walks: 5, April 3 vs. CLE Walks: 6, 5x, last Sept. 19, 2013 at TB HR: 2, 2x, last May 10 vs. SD HR: 3, 2x, last Aug. 2, 2016 at BAL Pitches: 125, April 29 vs. LAA Pitches: 130, May 16, 2013 vs. DET CG s: CG s: 2, last July 23, 2014 at NYY (4.1 IP) Low-Hit CG: Low-Hit CG: 6, June 11, 2014 vs. MIA CG SHO s: CG SHO s: 1, June 11, 2014 vs. MIA Win Streak: 3, April 23-current Win Streak: 6, Aug. 28, April 7, & CAREER SPLITS 2017 CAREER W L ERA G/S IP ER W L ERA G/S IP ER Home / / Road / / Day / / Night / / AVG AB H HR BB SO AVG AB H HR BB SO vs. Left vs. Right TOTALS RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING Total RUN SUPPORT 0R 1R 2R 3R 4R 5R 6R 7R 8R 9R 10R+ Total AVG/ BATTER-PITCHER MATCHUPS (Including postseason) Darvish vs. Detroit PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI SO Avila Cabrera Castellanos Collins Kinsler J.D. Martinez V. Martinez McCann Romine Upton DARVISH S 2017 DAY-BY-DAY Boyd vs. Texas PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI SO Andrus Chirinos Choo DeShields Gallo Lucroy Napoli Odor Rua Date Opp. Score Dec. ERA IP H R ER HR BB-I SO Left Game Pitches 4/3 vs. CLE Leading /56 4/8 vs. OAK 1-6 L Trailing /61 4/13 at LAA 8-3 W Leading /68 4/18 at OAK 2-4 L Tied /51 4/23 vs. KC 5-2 W Leading /79 4/29 vs. LAA 6-3 W Leading /73 April Totals /5 at SEA Tied /69 5/10 vs. SD Tied /68 5/16 vs. PHI 5-1 W Leading /70 May Totals Season Totals of the 2015 season, and most of the 1st half of 2016 his SO games thru 2016 were the 2nd-most in ML history over a pitcher s 1st 100 games (Dwight Gooden - 31) his SO games rank 2nd in franchise history (Nolan Ryan - 34) Darvish fanned a career-high 15 on 8/12/13 at HOU, one shy of the club record (16, twice by Ryan) of SO games by Texas starters since 2012, Darvish has 30 of them. STRIKEOUTS: His 812 K s through 2016 were a ML record for any pitcher s 1st 100 starts (credit Elias Sports Bureau), 46 more than Chris Sale (766) over his 1st 100 starts his SO total over his 1st 4 ML seasons (in which he appeared) ranked 6th, this despite at least 130 fewer innings than any of the 5 pitchers ahead of him on that list his career SO figure ranks 19th in MLB since the start of 2012, this despite missing roughly a season and a half has averaged SO/9 IP in his career, the highest figure of any starter in ML history with 500+ innings next-closest starter on the list is Randy Johnson (10.61) holds club single-month strikeout records for 4 of the 6 months (April, May, June, August). Finished April 2017 with 41 SO, 3rd-highest April total in Rangers history to only Darvish s club-record 58 SO in April 2013 and 49 SO by Nolan Ryan in April TUESDAY S SCHEDULED STARTER RHP ANDREW CASHNER (1-3, 2.45 ERA in 7 games/starts) The 30-year-old right-hander is slated to make his 8th start of the season on Tuesday night in the opener of a 3-game series with the Red Sox at Fenway Park seeking his 1st road victory since 9/16/15 at Arizona, a span of 17 winless road starts with San Diego, Miami, and Texas will be working on extended 5-days rest due to Monday s off day, as he last started in a 9-3 Rangers win on Wednesday vs. PHI (7.0 IP, 8 H, 2 R-ER, 1 BB, 2 SO, 1 HR, 89 pitches/59 strikes) recorded his 1st win of the season, also 1st career win in his native state marked 1st win since 9/7/16 vs. PHI while with Miami, as he had gone 0-3 in 10 G/GS in the interim despite a 4.47 ERA in that span received 9 runs of support, matching the highest total for any start in his career (3rd time, last 7/27/13 at ARI while w/ SD) has compiled a 2.06 ERA (8 ER/35.0 IP) over his last 6 starts, and has 17 strikeouts to 18 walks in that span has never faced the Red Sox, one of 2 clubs he has never started against (also Tampa Bay) has gone 0-8 with a 6.78 ERA (58 ER/77.0 IP) in 17 starts since his last road win on 9/16/15 at ARI is 6-6, 2.83 (30 ER/95.1 IP) in home starts over that span has gone 2-7, 4.30 (50 ER/104.2 IP) in last 19 ML starts dating to 7/21/16, lone wins in that span coming with Marlins on 9/7/16 vs. PHI (5.1 IP, 0 R) and last start on Wednesday vs. PHI Texas is 3-4 in Cashner s starts this season began the season on the DL with upper right biceps soreness and was activated on 4/15 prior to start at SEA signed with Texas as a free agent on 11/21/16 after spending last season with Padres and Marlins.

3 RANGERS GAME NOTES SUNDAY, MAY 21, 2017 AT DETROIT PAGE 3 TEAM PITCHING W-L-S G ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO Starters Relievers Home Road TEAM CATCHING ERA *W-L CS SBA CS% PB PO Chirinos Lucroy Stolen bases against pitchers: 0-for-0 (0 SB, 0 CS) * - as starter BULLPEN BREAKDOWN (RELIEF OUTINGS ONLY) FIRST BATTER PITCHER LAST APP. (Dec.) IP H R ER BB SO NP SV/OPP RET/FACED IR/Sc GB/FB SB/CS 39 Dario Alvarez (L) 5/14 vs. OAK (W, 2-0) /0 7/11 15/8 11/14 1/0 56 Austin Bibens-Dirkx 5/20 at DET /0 1/2 1/0 5/6 0/0 43 Tony Barnette 5/19 at DET /2 7/16 9/5 29/13 0/0 51 Matt Bush 5/19 at DET (Sv, 5) /6 13/16 1/0 13/19 3/0 58 Alex Claudio (L) 5/18 vs. PHI /2 13/16 9/2 28/5 0/0 47 Sam Dyson 5/14 vs. OAK /3 8/13 0/0 32/10 2/0 23 Jeremy Jeffress 5/18 vs. PHI /0 12/21 13/1 36/7 0/0 50 Keone Kela 5/19 at DET /1 10/14 7/1 13/15 0/1 Totals 7/15, 46.7% 80/124, 64.2% 67/21, 31.7% 206/113 8/1 TEAM PITCHING: Permitted 9 R-ER last night, tied for most ER in a game in 17 (also 4/19 at OAK), spiking season ERA from 3.70 to 3.83, still 4th-best in A.L. and 7th in MLB staff has a 3.12 ERA (34 ER/98.0 IP) last 11 G (10-1) to drop season figure from 4.06 staff s 3.75 ERA in May (70 ER/168.0 IP) is 3rd-lowest in the A.L last 11 wins have all been by different pitchers have 3-BB-or-less 15x in May, this after 11 instances in April club s 146 BB are 4th-most in A.L., while 294 SO rank 14th staff has 19 BB/67 SO over last 11 G (10-1), as 56 BB in May are 4th-fewest in A.L staff s 3 SHO are T3rd in A.L. (CLE-5, SEA-4). STARTERS: Last night s 9 R-ER for Griffin were most off TEX pitcher since 7/6/16 at BOS (Perez, 11 R-7 ER) and most ER since 5/5/16 at TOR (Holland, 11 R-ER) also matched shortest outing for TEX in 17 (3.1 IP) the outing jumped rotation ERA from 3.27 to 3.54, still 2nd in A.L. and 3rd in MLB (STL- 3.17, HOU-3.51), but highest since 5/4 (3.61) staff has a 3.32 ERA (36 ER/97.2 IP) last 16 G to drop from 3.67, and a 3.91 ERA (64 ER/147.1 IP) last 25 G to rise from 3.04 rotation has quality starts in 3 of 5, 8 of 11 and 11 of last 15, MLB-high 27 QS in 17 still have have MLB-low 2 starts of allowing 5+ R rank 2nd in MLB with IP, and staff has 4th-most BB in A.L. w/ 94 (BAL/CWS-97, DET-95). RELIEVERS: Bullpen has a 2.34 ERA (11 ER/42.1 IP) in 14 G since 5/5 to drop season mark from 5.36 to 4.40, 12th in A.L the 2.34 figure is 3rd in MLB in that span (CLE-1.66, ATL-1.86) have allowed 2-R-or-less in each of last 11 G in which they have appeared have 3.57 ERA (34 ER/85.2 IP) last 27 G since 4/20 to drop from 5.89 have permitted just 2 of last 9 IR to score team is 7-for-15 in save tries, converting 5 of last 6, and 7 saves are 2nd-fewest in A.L. (CWS-5) club s 8 blown saves are T6th-most in A.L., just one blown save since 5/3 pen is T3rd in A.L. in wins (9), T5th in losses (8), and staff s 110 SO are 2nd-fewest in the league (TB-106). 39 DARIO ALVAREZ (L) 2-0-0, 2.79 vs. LHB: 4-for-17 (.235) vs. RHB: 7-for-22 (.318) Earned win last Sun. vs. OAK, his only appearance since recall on 5/8 matched career high with 3 runs allowed in last road outing 5/6 at SEA (3x, last 9/17/16 vs. OAK), 1st runs allowed in 17 has allowed 8 of 15 (53.3%) inherited runners to score, 6th-highest pct. in A.L. LHB are 1-for-10 w/ 2 BB and 3 SO over last 7 G has whiffed just 4 of 25 BF last 6 outings, this after K s on 7 of 22 BF in 1st 5 appearances. 1st batter has reached in 5 of 11 no ER allowed over 1st 8.0 IP/9 G season-high 2.0 IP on 4/20 vs. KC, scoreless 12th/13th to earn his 1st win w/ TEX. 43 TONY BARNETTE 1-0-0, 5.06 vs. LHB: 3-for-25 (.120) vs. RHB: 17-for-38 (.447) Has 2 R-ER allowed last 5 G/7.2 IP to drop season ERA from 7.56 to 5.06 in back-to-back outings 5/1 and 5/4 at HOU, charged w/ 4 R-ER in 0.1 IP, as Astros went 6-for-7 in those 2 G career-high 3 R allowed 5/1 at HOU, taking blown save (both IR scored). Career highs in innings (3.0) and pitches (37) on 5/5 at SEA 1st TEX reliever to enter game in 9th-or-later and toss 3.0 SHO IP since Matt Harrison, 4.0 IP on 7/19/10 at DET. 1st batters faced are 7-for-11 with 2 BB and SF in last 14 G has allowed 5 of 9 (55.6%) inherited runners to score, T4th-highest pct. in A.L has permitted IR to score in 4 of last 9 outings is 0-for-3 in career save chances. 56 AUSTIN BIBENS-DIRKX 0-0-0, 1.59 vs. LHB: 0-for-6 (.000) vs. RHB: 2-for-13 (.154) Posted 4.2 SHO IP last night in 2nd ML outing to finish loss, permitting just 4 baserunners (one on an error) 1st pitcher in TEX history with scoreless relief outing of 4.2+ IP within 1st 2 career appearances previous longest had been by Mike Venafro, 4.0 SHO IP on 4/29/99 vs. NYY in his 2nd career game last Texas pitcher to allow as little as 4 baserunners in a relief outing of 4.2+ IP was Dave Bush on 6/11/11 at MIN. Has allowed one R-ER in 5.2 IP over 1st 2 ML outings, stranding lone IR ML debut on Wed. vs. PHI (1.0 IP, 1 R-ER) was on active roster for 10 days before making debut, believed to be longest span on active roster before making ML debut with Rangers since Kevin Brown (25 days in Sept. 1986). Had contract purchased from Round Rock (AAA) on 5/7 was 0-2 with a 3.04 ERA (8 ER/23.2 IP) over 6 G/3 GS for Round Rock signed w/ TEX as a minors free agent on 6/17/16 and has pitched in 318 G over 12 minor league seasons since his selection by Seattle in the 16th round of the 2006 June draft. 51 MATT BUSH 2-0-5, 1.10 vs. LHB: 4-for-30 (.133) vs. RHB: 7-for-29 (.241) Has finished 6 of team s last 10 wins, saves in 4 of the 10 G opposition is 3-for-last-17 w/ 1 BB and 5 SO. Has allowed 2 unearned runs over 13 G/12.2 IP since returning from injection in his right AC joint on 4/12, lowering ERA from 4.91 to 1.10, T5th in A.L opponents are 8-for-45 (.178) w/ one double and 16 K s in those 13 outings. In 16 G this season, opponents batting.186 (11-59) w/ 5 BB/21 SO 3 of 5 BB came in back-to-back outings, 5/4 and 5/5. Is 5-for-6 in save chances this season, converting all 5 tries (4/23 vs. KC, 5/10 vs. SD, 5/13-14 vs. OAK) since assuming the closer role. Allowed runs in 2 of 1st 3 outings before his injection and did not pitch 4/10-15 allowed game-tying HR by Encarnacion in season opener 4/3 vs. CLE that resulted in blown save, snapping scoreless streak of 15.2 IP dating to 2016 (reg. and postseason). 58 ALEX CLAUDIO (L) 1-0-1, 2.33 vs. LHB: 4-for-20 (.200) vs. RHB: 11-for-47 (.234) In 7 relief outings since spot start on 5/2 at HOU: 5.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R-ER, HR, 2 BB, 4 SO over 16 relief outings this season: 15.1 IP, 11 H, 2 R, 4 BB, 8 SO,.216 opp. avg. (11-51) his 1.17 relief ERA (2 ER/15.1 IP) is 7th-best in A.L LHB are 2-for-16 since 4/16 blown save on 5/7 at SEA, 2 of 3 IR scored. Saw 1st ML start (5/2 at HOU IP, 3 ER, career-high 65 pitches) and 1st career save (5/5 at SEA) in same week, just 9th pitcher (since 1969) w/ 1st start and save in a 4-day span the 5/2 start was a last-minute effort in place of injured Cole Hamels. 47 SAM DYSON 1-4-0, vs. LHB: 12-for-22 (.545) vs. RHB: 10-for-35 (.286) Has not pitched last 6 days has permitted one R-ER in 5 G/5.1 IP in May to drop season ERA from to season-low Activated from the disabled list 4/28 and has allowed 2 R-ER in 7 G/8.1 IP, permitting solo HRs to Jefry Marte in 9th on 4/30 vs. LAA and Kyle Seager on 5/7 at SEA on DL from 4/17-27 w/ right hand contusion sustained when he attempted to barehand a comebacker in outing on 4/16 at SEA. Among A.L. relievers, has T2nd-most losses and T2nd-most blown saves (3) had just 3 losses w/ TEX in , and had 5 BS in 2016 opponents batting.386 (22-57) w/ 8 BB/2 SO has faced 46 batters since last SO on 4/11 at LAA (Ben Revere). Appeared in back-to-back games, 4/24-25, with Triple-A Round Rock on a rehab assignment (2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R-ER, 1 BB, 2 SO). 23 JEREMY JEFFRESS 1-2-0, 5.29 vs. LHB: 6-for-18 (.333) vs. RHB: 18-for-51 (.353) Allowed 2 R Sun. vs. PHI after 4 straight scoreless outings last 11 G: 8 R-ER in 10.1 IP to raise ERA from season-low 2.70 to 5.29 opponents in those 11 G: 20-for-46 (.435) w/ 2 HR, 7 BB-1 IBB, 5 SO 1st batters have reached in 9 of those 11 G after doing so just once in 1st 10 outings matched career high with 3 BB on 5/4 at HOU (4x, last 9/23/12 vs. CLE). T5th in A.L. w/ 21 appearances 10 of 21 outings have been <3 outs has allowed just 1 of 13 (7.7%) inherited runners to score, T4th-lowest pct. in A.L. Both losses in 17 are to Angels (4/28 vs. LAA; walk-off loss 4/11 at LAA) HR 4/28 by Pujols was 1st HR allowed since 6/1/16 vs. STL while with MIL (Brandon Moss), 1st by a RH hitter since 4/23/16 vs. PHI (O. Herrera). 50 KEONE KELA 1-1-0, 4.20 vs. LHB: 4-for-17 (.235) vs. RHB: 3-for-34 (.088) Has retired 18 of 21 BF last 5 outings (HR to Alonso 5/13 vs. OAK), one R-ER in 6.1 IP in those 5 G to drop season ERA from 6.23 to 4.20 has allowed 7 R over last 8 G/8.2 IP, this after 6.1 SHO IP in 1st 6 G in 2017 opponents are 7-for-35 with 6 BB/14 SO last 9 G after 0-for-16 with 5 K in 1st 5 outings. Is tied for ML lead with 3 relief appearances of 2.0 scoreless innings and zero hits has completed 2.0 IP in 2 of last 3 G. Recorded a win and 2 holds (3.1 IP, 45 pitches total) on homestand matched career high for innings w/ 2.0 SHO IP to earn walk-off win 5/12 vs. OAK 4 of 6 runs allowed this season came on Marwin Gonzalez grand slam 5/2 at HOU, suffering loss and blown save. Recalled from Round Rock (AAA) on 4/17 posted no record with 2.25 ERA (1 ER/4.0 IP) over 4 relief appearances with Express, going 1-for-2 in save tries PCL batters hit.294 (5-17) with one BB/8 SO and just one XBH (2B) had been optioned to Triple-A on 3/31 before season-opening roster was set.

4 PAGE 4 RANGERS GAME NOTES SUNDAY, MAY 21, 2017 AT DETROIT TEAM BATTING: Club is batting.291 ( ) w/ 67 R over last 11 G (10-1), rising from.215 to.234, 2nd-lowest in A.L. (KC-.228) and 5th-lowest in MLB last night s 4 hits were fewest since 5/8 at SD (2 H), and ended run of 10 straight w/ 8+ hits that had been team s longest such streak since Sept K s in team-record 7 straight from 4/30-5/6, but 55 K s total in last 9 G (6.1 SO/G) club s 372 SO are 3rd-most in A.L. (TB-473, OAK-378) rank among A.L. leaders in HR (T4th, 60) and R (4th, 210) 102 of club s 210 R (48.6%) have come via HR club is batting.205 with a.663 OPS on the road compared to.258/.769 at home. 1 ELVIS ANDRUS.280 AVG, 5 HR, 20 RBI,.328 OBP,.435 SLG SHORTSTOP R/R Sat.: 1-for-3, R Trip:.167 (1-6), RBI, BB, R Streak: 1 G (1-3, R) Is 4-for-21 (.190) in last 5 G to drop from.289 to.280, and is hitting.245 (13-53) last 14 G to drop from.296 batting.295 (26-88) with 5 2B, 2 HR, 14 RBI, and 10 BB over last 23 G to rise from.263 ranks among A.L. leaders in SB (T7th, 7), hits (T6th, 47), and multi-hit games (T5th, 15). Is 4-for-last-7 w/ RISP multiple RBI in 2 straight 5/13-14 for 1st time since 6/24-25/16 has batted 2nd, 3rd, or cleanup in each of last 17 G has 4 starts in cleanup slot in 17 after none in career before 4/23 5 HR are already pre-all-star break career best leads A.L. with 10 GIDP. Single 4/17 at OAK (career hit 1282), passed Ruben Sierra to move into 5th on all-time club list walk-off single on 4/23 vs. KC. Has started 43 of 44 G at SS has 3 E in last 5 G after 13-G errorless streak has starts in 7 different lineup slots (2/3/4/6/7/8/9) last 11 G at Comerica beg. 5/24/14:.317 (13-41) w/ 9 R, and club is 9-2 in those 11 games. 29 ADRIAN BELTRE AVG, 0 HR, 0 RBI, OBP, SLG THIRD BASEMAN R/R Endured extra soreness after rehab workout on 4/8, and MRI results announced on 4/11 found a mild grade 1 strain in his right calf, a different area of the calf than the injury that caused his season-opening DL stint took BP and did fielding drills on homestand, as well as some running entered this season with 2942 hits, 35th all-time and one behind Frank Robinson (2943). Placed on DL 4/2 (right calf tightness) and missed an Opening Day for 2nd time in his career (also 2001) played for Dominican Republic in WBC. 61 ROBINSON CHIRINOS.267 AVG, 5 HR, 13 RBI,.389 OBP,.622 SLG CATCHER R/R Sat.: DNP Trip: Streak: 1 G (1-4, RBI, R) Has HR in both career games in which he has faced Matt Boyd: 6/27/15 at TOR (Boyd s ML debut) and 9/30/15 vs. DET in Arlington. Has 4 HR in his last 10 G is 4-for-23 (.174) with a HR, 4 RBI, 3 BB, and HBP in last 7 starts after batting.364 (8-22) with 4 HR and 9 RBI in 1st 8 G/7 GS has batted cleanup in 2 of last 3 starts (5/13 vs. OAK; Thurs. vs. PHI), 1st career starts batting 4th. His 5 HR are 4th among A.L. catchers is averaging a HR every 9.0 AB, and club is 4-0 when he HR s 4/21 vs. KC was 4th career multi-hr game - his 1st in Arlington his 3 multi-hr games since start of 16 are 3rd among Rangers (4-Beltre/Odor). Has 15 G/14 GS at catcher, team is 10-4 in his starts is 1-for-4 in throwing out attempted base stealers. Signed contract extension covering the 2018 season on 3/21/17 with club option for 2019 played for Venezuela in 2017 WBC. 17 SHIN-SOO CHOO.252 AVG, 4 HR, 17 RBI,.373 OBP,.382 SLG OUTFIELDER L/L Sat.: 0-for-3, BB, R, 3 K Trip:.000 (0-5), BB, HBP, R Streak: 0 G Missed 2 G Sun./Tues. w/ lower back stiffness is 4-for-23 last 7 G to drop from.269 to.252, but is hitting.277 (23-83) last 24 G beg. 4/22 to rise from.208 on 5/9-10, became 1st Ranger to reach safely 4+ times in B-2-B G since Beltre, 9/18-19/15 team-high 24 BB are 8th in A.L., 9 BB in his last 10 G. Has 38 total starts at DH (28) and RF (10) has hit in 5 different slots in 17 (1/2/7/8/9) T2nd in A.L. w/ 9 GIDP s started in 9-hole 4/26 vs. MIN for 1st time in career, and his 7 TB in 8th inning (HR/3B) were most by a TEX batter in a single inning since Adrian Beltre hit 2 HR (8 TB) on 8/22/12 vs. BAL. His 13 HR vs. DET are tied for most against any opponent (also KC), while 44 RBI are T2nd-most (73-KC; 44-DET/MIN). 7 DELINO DESHIELDS.284 AVG, 1 HR, 7 RBI,.349 OBP,.337 SLG OUTFIELDER R/R Sat.: 1-for-3 Trip:.500 (3-6), BB, R Streak: 2 G (.500, 3-6, BB, R) Batting.462 (12-26) last 8 G w/ 2 BB, 2 RBI, and 6 R to rise from.217 to.284, this after 0-15 drought is hitting.321 (25-78) in last 23 G to rise from.118 matched career high w/ 4 hits Wed. vs. PHI (also 7/21/15 at COL) last 22 starts have all been in leadoff (16) or 9th slots (6) is 7-for-10 in steal tries, tied w/ Andrus for team lead and T7th in A.L T1st in A.L. w/ 4 sac bunts. Has 32 G/27 GS (25-LF, 1-CF, 1-DH) 5/3 at HOU was 1st start of 17 in CF hit 1st career leadoff HR 5/2 at HOU walk-off single in 13th inn., 4/20 vs. KC on 4/26 vs. MIN, became 2nd TEX leadoff batter since 2010 to reach safely 5+ times w/ 3+ R in 9-inning game (also Andrus, 5/18/13 vs. DET). 13 JOEY GALLO.184 AVG, 13 HR, 29 RBI,.303 OBP,.504 SLG 1B / 3B / OF L/R Sat.: 0-for-3, BB, E Trip:.143 (1-7), HR, 2 RBI, BB, R Streak: 0 G Is 2-for-23 in last 7 G since 4/28, batting.139 (10-72) last 22 G to drop from season-best.232 to.184, w/ 9 BB/35 SO in that span has ML-high 63 SO. 20th career HR Fri. at DET was 49th career hit, 2nd player in ML history w/ 20+ HR in 1st 50 career hits (also Mark McGwire - 22/50) - credit Elias. Has HR in 8 of last 17 G w/ PA and his 13 HR through 43 team games are 2nd-most by a Ranger since 2004 (Josh Hamilton-18 in 12) team-high 13 HR are T2nd in A.L. and T3rd in MLB 6 HR in May, T2nd in A.L ranks among A.L. leaders in RBI (T9th, 29), R (T4th, 29), AB/HR (4th, 10.8) 1st career walk-off hit on 5/12 vs. OAK, 3-R HR off RF foul pole 16 of last 22 hits have gone for extra bases. Has started 42 of 44 G at 3B, non-starts 5/7 at SEA (PH in 8th) and 5/11 vs. SD (PR in 9th) his 8 E s are 2nd-most among ML 3rd basemen (NYY s Chase Headley has 9), with E last night snapping 11-game errorless streak in field. Named Rangers April Player of Month 7 HR were most by a Ranger in April since 2012 (Hamilton-9, Napoli-7) 1st multi-hr game, 4/21 vs. KC. 31 JARED HOYING.263 AVG, 1 HR, 2 RBI,.263 OBP,.474 SLG OUTFIELDER L/R Sat.: 0-for-4, K Trip:.000 (0-8) Streak: 0 G Is 0-for-last-9 w/ 5 SO and 1-for-12 last 3 G since career-high 4 hits Wed. vs. PHI (1st career HR) has started all 5 G in CF since his promotion, 2ndmost starts in CF among Rangers in 17 (Gomez-38, DeShields-1) turned 28 on Thursday. Had contract purchased from Round Rock (AAA) on Tuesday and made season debut that night vs. PHI w/ 1st ML start in CF. Batted.242 (31-128) with 7 HR, 9 2B, and 23 RBI in 36 G with Round Rock, posting an.812 OPS figure led Express in HR, RBI, 2B (tied), and BB (tied-18) at time of promotion was a non-roster invitee to Rangers spring training camp, going 10-for-52 with 2 HR and 5 RBI in a team-high 31 G. Made ML debut w/ Texas in 16, batting.217 with no HR and 5 RBI in 39 G was also on the club s roster for the ALDS vs. Toronto, appearing in 2 G. 38 PETE KOZMA.125 AVG, 0 HR, 1 RBI,.263 OBP,.125 SLG INFIELDER R/R Sat.: 0-for-1 as def. replacement Trip: 0-1 Streak: 0 G Collected 1st hit and RBI as a Ranger last Sun. vs. OAK is 1-for-7 w/ RBI, BB, HBP, SH, 2 SO in 9 G/2 GS w/ TEX since being acquired from NYY on a waiver claim on 4/30 added to active roster on 5/1 starts at 3B on 5/7 at SEA and 5/11 vs. SD made TEX debut as pinch runner 5/2 at HOU. Was on Yanks Opening Day roster and went 1-for-9 in 11 G/3 GS, all 3 starts at SS DFA d by NYY on 4/28 when club activated Gregorius from DL. Has seen action at all 4 INF positions in ML career, as well as LF has also seen action w/ STL ( ) and NYY (2017) spent 2016 at Scranton Wilkes-Barre (NYY AAA) selected 18th overall (by STL) in 2007 June draft out of Owasso (OK) HS ML debut vs. HOU on 5/18/11 in STL. Has 543 homerless AB since last HR on 4/2/13 at ARI (off Heath Bell), longest active streak in majors. 25 JONATHAN LUCROY.272 AVG, 3 HR, 10 RBI,.317 OBP,.404 SLG CATCHER R/R Sat.: 1-for-4, HR, RBI, R, K Trip:.250 (2-8), HR, 2 RBI, R Streak: 8 G (.433, 13-30, HR, 2 2B, 4 RBI, BB, 2 R) Hits in season-high 8 straight at.433 (13-30) to rise from.214 to.272, T4th-longest active hit streak in A.L. and 2nd-longest by a Ranger in 17 lonbest career hit streak was 11 G in 2015 batting.319 (23-72) last 20 G to rise from.190 has reached via H/BB in 19 of last 20 G is 0-for-last-17 w/ RISP. Has RBI in 4 straight Tues. vs. PHI was 9th career start as DH, 1st w/ TEX has hit cleanup in 7 straight starts has 6 BB/8 SO on the season, as his PA/SO would lead A.L. if he qualified 5/11 vs. SD was team high-tying 3rd game of 3+ hits in 17 (also Gomez). Leads MLB in CS since start of 2011 (154 for MIL/TEX) is 9-for-22 in throwing out attempted base stealers has started 31 of 44 G (30-C, 1-DH). Had 2-HR game vs. Tigers on 8/12/16 in Arlington played for Jim Leyland w/ champion Team USA in the WBC: 4-for-15 w/ an RBI, BB, R in 4 G. 30 NOMAR MAZARA.265 AVG, 6 HR, 31 RBI,.333 OBP,.450 SLG OUTFIELDER L/L Sat.: 1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI, K Trip:.250 (1-4), 2B, 2 RBI Streak: 9 G (.382, 13-34, HR, 7 2B, 10 RBI, 4 BB, 4 R) Current 9-G hit streak is team-best in 17 and T2nd-longest active streak in A.L. (CWS Yolmer Sanchez-11 G) batting.382 (13-34) in the 9-G hit streak to rise from.231 to.265 batting.224 (30-134) last 36 G to drop from.588 batting.394 (13-33) w/ RISP in 17, T3rd in A.L., 5-for-last-10 w/ RISP. Has reached safely in 18 of 38 PA over last 9 G w/ 4 BB, HBP, and 10 RBI has 8 XBH last 9 G (7 2B, HR) after totaling 2 XBH in 19 G from 4/17-5/7 has reached via H or BB in 15 straight starts. Ranks among A.L. leaders in RBI (T4th, 31), avg. w/ RISP (T3rd,.394), multi-hit games (T10th, 14) has 13 RBI last 15 G after one RBI in 11 G 4/19-5/1 just 3rd player in TEX history with 17+ RBI thru 14 team games, joining a pair of TEX teammates in 1998: Juan Gonzalez (18) and Lee Stevens (17). Has 39 total starts in RF (34), LF (2), and DH (3) named A.L. Player of the Week for April 2-9 hit 1st-career grand slam 4/7 vs. OAK, career-high 6 RBI 2nd Ranger since start of 13 with 6+ RBI in G (7 by J.P. Arencibia, 7/29/14 vs. NYY) set TEX club record w/ 9 RBI in 1st 4 G of season.

5 RANGERS GAME NOTES SUNDAY, MAY 21, 2017 AT DETROIT PAGE 5 5 MIKE NAPOLI.179 AVG, 9 HR, 22 RBI,.226 OBP,.391 SLG FIRST BASEMAN/DH R/R Sat.: 0-for-3 Trip:.143 (1-7), HR, RBI, R Streak: 0 G Has 4 HR/9 RBI in last 8 G...is 1-for-9 in last 3 G with.175 (21-120) AVG over last 33 contests...ranks among May A.L. leaders in HR (T2nd, 6) and RBI (T10th, 13)...T8th in A.L. w/ 50 SO...has started 40 of 44 G at 1B (31) and DH (9). Season-high 4 RBI on 5/11 vs. SD in 15th career multi-hr game...was his 4th career walk-off HR, 1st w/ TEX 1st player in TEX history w/ HR in backto-back innings, incl. a walk-off (Elias). 14 of 27 hits have gone for extra bases (5 2B/9 HR) has 247 career HR of 5 H vs. LHP, 3 are EBH (2B/2 HR). Has 7 HR and 23 RBI in last 24 G vs, DET beginning 7/26/15...has 11 HR in 37 career G at Comerica Park...has reached in 5 of 8 career PA s vs. Matthew Boyd at 2-for-5 w/ a HR and 3 BB. 12 ROUGNED ODOR.199 AVG, 6 HR, 19 RBI,.255 OBP,.351 SLG SECOND BASEMAN L/R Sat.: 0-for-3, HBP, K Trip:.143 (1-7), R, HBP Streak: 0 G Had 4-G hitting streak snapped last night...is 4-for-26 (.154) in last 7 G and is hitting.176 (27-153) last 39 G since season-opening 5-G hit streak, dropping from.389 to RBI in last 14 G. Has started all 44 games at 2B, only MLB 2nd baseman to start each of his team s games in 2017 leads A.L. 2B in TC (222), A (127), and DP (46)... has no E s in 16 straight, one E last 36 G/322.1 inn. Go-ahead HR in 13th 5/5 at SEA was 3rd career go-ahead HR in the 10th-or-later hit 2 HR off Kluber in season-opener, 4/3 vs. CLE, 4th career multi- HR game 1st ML player to homer in each of his 1st 2 PA s of a team s 1st game of a season since Bryce Harper on 4/1/13 vs. MIA. Has hits in 10 of 12 career G at Comerica Park:.396/.408/.750 (19-48) with 4 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR, 10 RBI...his.396 AVG is 6th highest all-time in this park (40+ AB)...homered off Matthew Boyd on 6/27/15 at TOR in Boyd s ML debut. 16 RYAN RUA.215 AVG, 3 HR, 11 RBI,.292 OBP,.385 SLG OUTFIELDER/1B R/R Sat.: 0-for-1 Trip:.500 (2-4), 2B, R, BB Streak: 0 G Has reached base in 7 of 9 PA in last 3 G with 2 1B, 2B, HR, and 3 BB to raise AVG from.169 to had been 3-for-22 previous 12 G...had been 2-for-20 on the road for the season before going 2-for-4 in last 2 G. All 3 HR in 2017 have been with at least 2 aboard, most on club...has 3 HR and 11 RBI in last 11 starts with 3 HR accounting for 10 of 11 total RBI in had1st career grand slam, 4/26 vs. MIN. Has appeared in 15 of 19 G in May, making 7 starts...has appeared in 31 of 44 G overall, 18 total starts at 1B (13) and in LF (5). Was caught stealing on Thursday and Friday after beginning ML career with 12 straight successful steal tries. BATTERS VS. DETROIT AND CAREER 2017 CAREER PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Andrus Chirinos Choo DeShields Gallo Hoying Kozma Lucroy Mazara Napoli Odor Rua PITCHERS VS. DETROIT AND CAREER 2017 CAREER PLAYER W-L-S ERA G IP H ER W-L-S ERA G IP H ER Alvarez Barnette Bibens-Dirkx Bush Cashner Claudio Darvish Dyson Griffin Jeffress Kela Martínez Perez HOME RUNS Player Total Solo 2-run 3-run GS LHP RHP Home Road GT GA Record Last Elvis Andrus /4 at HOU (Feliz) Adrian Beltre /25 at OAK (Cotton) Robinson Chirinos /0 at SD (Quackenbush) Shin-Soo Choo /8 at SD (Hand) Delino DeShields /2 at HOU (Fiers) Joey Gallo /19 at DET (Norris) Carlos Gomez /29 vs. LAA (Valdez) Jared Hoying /17 vs. PHI (Garcia) Pete Kozma /2/13 at ARI (Bell) Jonathan Lucroy /20 at DET (Verlander) Nomar Mazara /16 vs. PHI (Eickhoff) Mike Napoli /19 at DET (Norris) Rougned Odor /5 at SEA (Pagan) Ryan Rua /18 vs. PHI (Rodriguez) TOTALS GRAND SLAMS (2): Mazara, 4/7 vs. OAK; Choo, 4/26 vs. MIN MULTI-HOMER GAMES (4): Odor, 4/3 vs. CLE (2); Chirinos, 4/21 vs. KC (2); Gallo, 4/21 vs. KC (2); Napoli, 5/12 vs. SD (2) BACK-TO-BACK HOMERS (0): None LEADOFF HOMERS (2): Gomez, 4/13 at LAA; DeShields, 5/2 at HOU PINCH-HIT HOMERS (0): None WALKOFF HOMERS (2): Napoli, 5/11 vs. SD; Gallo, 5/12 vs. OAK INSIDE THE PARK HOMERS (0): None HR BY PITCHERS (0): None DATE April 6 April 9 April 12 April 15 April 16 April 17 April 19 April 20 April 21 April 22 April 24 April 28 April 30 May 3 May 4 May 7 May 8 May 16 RECENT TRANSACTIONS TRANSACTION LHP Andrew Faulkner traded to Baltimore in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations. RHP Tanner Scheppers sent to Round Rock (AAA) on injury rehabilitation assignment. RHP Nick Martinez recalled from Round Rock (AAA) INF/OF Drew Robinson optioned to Round Rock. RHP Andrew Cashner reinstated from 10-day disabled list RHP Nick Martinez optioned to Round Rock (AAA) RHP Tanner Scheppers assigned outright to Round Rock. RHP Clayton Blackburn acquired from San Francisco Giants in exchange for INF Frandy De La Rosa Blackburn optioned to Round Rock (AAA). RHP Keone Kela recalled from Round Rock (AAA) RHP Sam Dyson placed on 10-day disabled list with right hand contusion. RHP Tyler Wagner assigned outright to Round Rock (AAA). RHP Anthony Bass contract purchased from Round Rock (AAA) RHP Mike Hauschild designated for assignment. RHP Nick Martinez recalled from Round Rock (AAA) RHP A.J. Griffin placed on 10-day disabled list with gout in left ankle OF Josh Hamilton released from minor league contract. RHP Mike Hauschild cleared outright waivers and returned to Houston Astros. RHP Sam Dyson and C Brett Nicholas sent to Round Rock (AAA) on injury rehabilitation assignment. RHP Sam Dyson reinstated from 10-day disabled list RHP Anthony Bass optioned to Round Rock (AAA) C Brett Nicholas reinstated from 10-day disabled list and optioned to Round Rock (AAA) RHP A.J. Griffin sent to Round Rock (AAA) on injury rehabilitation assignment. INF Pete Kozma received on waiver claim from New York Yankees INF-OF Jurickson Profar optioned to Round Rock (AAA). LHP Cole Hamels placed on 10-day disabled list, retroactive to April 30, with right oblique strain RHP Anthony Bass recalled from Round Rock (AAA). RHP A.J. Griffin reinstated from 10-day disabled list RHP Anthony Bass optioned to Round Rock (AAA). RHP Austin Bibens-Dirkx contract purchased from Round Rock (AAA) LHP Dario Alvarez optioned to Round Rock. RHP Jose Leclerc placed on 10-day disabled list with bruised right index finger LHP Dario Alvarez recalled from Round Rock (AAA). OF Carlos Gomez placed on 10-day disabled list, retroactive to May 15, with right hamstring strain OF Jared Hoying contract purchased from Round Rock (AAA) INF Hanser Alberto transferred from 10-day to 60-day disabled list OF Drew Stubbs signed to minor league contract DISABLED LIST Player Type Injury Placed (retro) Reinstated / Eligible Games Missed Record Adrian Beltre 10-day Right calf tightness April 2 (March 30) April Tyson Ross 10-day Thoracic Outlet Syndrome surgery April 2 (March 30) April Cole Hamels 10-day Right oblique strain May 3 (April 30) May Jose Leclerc 10-day Bruised right index finger May 8 May Carlos Gomez 10-day Right hamstring strain May 16 (May 15) May Hanser Alberto 60-day Right shoulder tightness April 2 (March 30) April 9 (transferred to 60 on 5/16) Jake Diekman 60-day Ulcerative colitis surgery Feb. 14 June Prince Fielder 60-day Neck disc herniation surgery Feb. 14 June Chi Chi Gonzalez 60-day Right elbow UCL partial tear April 2 June Tanner Scheppers 10-day Left abdominal discomfort April 2 (March 30) April Andrew Cashner 10-day Right biceps soreness April 2 (April 1) April Sam Dyson 10-day Right hand contusion April 17 April Brett Nicholas 10-day Left knee surgery April 2 (March 30) April A.J. Griffin 10-day Gout in left ankle April 21 (April 18) May