Texas Rangers (45-47) at Baltimore Orioles (43-49)

Transcription

1 Texas Rangers (45-47) at Baltimore Orioles (43-49) RHP Tyson Ross (2-1, 5.33) vs. RHP Dylan Bundy (8-8, 4.33) Game #93 Road #48 (20-27) Tues., July 18, 2017 Oriole Park at Camden Yards 6:05 p.m. (CDT) FSSW / FM / 1270 AM RANGERS AT A GLANCE Overall Home Road Standing... 3rd, GB Road Trip One-Run Run HR No HR White w/ Blue w/ Red Gray Alt. Blue Blue Home Blue Road Alt. Red (all home) Special Throwback 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 /7-12/17-20 vs. AL Central...5-5/6-7/11-12 vs. AL East /3-7/7-13 Interleague /4-1/10-2 Series /6-8-1/ Series Openers...8-7/6-10/14-17 Series Finales...7-7/8-8/15-15 Rubber Games /3-3/4-5 Lead after /12-8/30-12 Lead after /13-4/34-8 Lead after /14-2/37-5 Trail after /2-15/6-29 Trail after /1-20/3-35 Trail after /2-22/3-37 Tied after /5-4/9-6 Tied after /5-3/8-4 Tied after /3-3/5-5 Decided 7th/later...8-8/7-13/15-21 Shutouts /3-1/5-2 Decided final AB...5-6/4-8/9-14 Walk-off games ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST Rank HR Player Jose Canseco 462 Adam Dunn Miguel Cabrera Adrian Beltre Carl Yastrzemski Jeff Bagwell 449 Vladimir Guerrero ALL-TIME HITS LIST Rank H Player Rafael Palmeiro Wade Boggs Al Kaline Roberto Clemente Sam Rice Adrian Beltre Sam Crawford WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers lost last night s series opener to the O s, 3-1, and are now 2-2 on this 10-day, 10- game road trip to KC (2-1), BAL (0-1), and TB (3 G) team has dropped 2 in a row after winning 1st 2 G after the break, but have won 5 of 8 and gone (.545) since 6/9, 6th-best in A.L. in that stretch club has a 6-6 record in July and has dropped 9 of 15, 10 of 17, and 14 of 25 Texas has won 19 of 35 and 32 of 59 club has (.519) record beginning 4/20, 5th-best in A.L./10th in MLB. At (.489), Rangers are 9th in the A.L. in winning percentage club reached.500 mark with Saturday s win for 1st time since 6/28 (39-39), but have not had a winning mark since 6/27 (39-38) Texas has had a winning record on just 3 occasions in the last 54 days club was 54-38/55-38 thru 92/93 G in 16. Club has been season-high 3 G above.500 twice, last on 5/21 (24-21), and was a 2017 high 7 games under.500 (13-20) on 5/8 season best 10-G win streak 5/9-19 was 4th-longest in franchise history Rangers are in their last 11 overall series after securing a series win in KC. IN THE STANDINGS: The Rangers are in 3rd place in the A.L. West, 16.5 games behind HOU held at least a share of 2nd place for 10 straight days (incl. AS break) until last night s loss days in each position in 2017 (alone or tied): 1st-0 days, 2nd-36, 3rd-26, 4th-31, 5th-13 Saturday was just 4th time in 30 days to gain ground in the West season-high 17.0-G deficit both 7/4-5, team s greatest at any point since end of the 2014 season (-31.0 GB) still just 2.5 GB of a wild card spot in the A.L. VS. BALTIMORE: Rangers lost last night s season opener between the clubs, last A.L. team that Texas had yet to face in 2017 club is 4-4 vs. O s since start of 16 and Rangers have a 10-5 advantage since 2015 Texas has gone since 7/10/13, but leads since start of 2011 club is 4-4 at Camden Yards since 2015, but is 4-10 at this park since 7/10/13 both series in 17 take place this month, also 7/28-30 in Arlington O s have leads in all-time series ( ), in BAL ( ), and at Camden Yards ( ). HOMER HAPPY?: Over the last 10 seasons ( ), the Rangers have averaged 1.33 HR/G at Camden Yards (53 HR/40 G), club s highest figure in any A.L. park in that span it is the 4th-highest average for any A.L. team at this facility in that 10-season stretch, trailing only BOS (1.54 HR/G), DET (1.43), and BAL (1.36) for comparison s sake, TEX has averaged 1.23 HR/G at Globe Life Park since ON THE ROAD: The Rangers are 2-2 in last 4 and 3-3 in last 6 away games, but have dropped 6 of 9, 7 of 11, and 9 of last 15 road tilts since a season-best 6-G road win streak from 5/28-6/13 club is still 12-9 in road contests since 5/28 prior to this 12-9 span, the club had won just 6 of its previous 17 away contests the Rangers.426 (20-27) road winning percentage is 11th in the A.L club was 25-22/25-23 in ON THE ROAD AGAIN: Texas is opening the 2nd half on the road for a 4th straight season, matching a club record ( , ) also on road post-break for 7th time in 8 years, and 11th time in 13 years beginning 2005 this 10-G road trip would be the longest right after the AS break for Texas since 2006, when team played 11 consecutive road games at BAL/TOR/BOS/CWS, a span which included a one-game makeup date at Fenway on 7/20 this will be 3rd straight year with a 9+ G trip following the break. REHAB UPDATES: RHP Keone Kela could throw a bullpen today before it is determined whether he is ready to be activated or sent out on an injury rehab assignment RHP A.J. Griffin, who began an injury rehab assignement with the AZL Rangers on Friday (3.0 SHO IP, 2 SO at AZL A s), is slated to start for Round Rock (AAA) on Wednesday vs. New Orleans Griffin is 1st eligible to be activated on 7/26. BELTRE CHASING 3000: Adrian Beltre had 2 of the Rangers 3 hits last night, bringing his career total fo 2982, just 3 shy of matching HOFer Sam Rice (2985) and 18 short of becoming 31st player in MLB history to reach 3000 hits Beltre is currently tied with Barry Bonds for 16th place all-time with 601 doubles, just 2 shy of matching Cal Ripken Jr. (603). ADRIAN AND THE O S: Since 2009, Adrian Beltre has been a.343/.385/.629/1.014 (86-251) hitter vs. Baltimore with 18 HR, 18 2B, 50 RBI, and 45 runs in 64 G among batters with 200+ PA s vs. BAL in that span, his OPS ranks 3rd (M. Cabrera-1.204; K. Youkilis-1.080) and the.343 avg. is 4th. ANOTHER LATE LOSS: Both TEX losses in the 2nd half have come in the 7th-or-later it was the 21st time for Rangers to lose in 7th-or-later and 25th loss when holding the lead at some point, T2nd-most in the A.L. (27-TB, 25-TEX/SEA). ON A ROLL: Texas pitchers have allowed 3-or-fewer ER in 8 straight, the team s longest single-season streak since 1988 (8, 8/7-14/88) and tied with the Cubs (8 G, 6/17-24) for longest such stretch in MLB in 2017 last longer span for Texas?: 10 G, 9/20-30/83 CLE had an MLB-best 14-G streak in 2016 (6/17-7/1/16). STARTERS TOO: Andrew Cashner posted the TEX rotation s 5th consecutive quality start last night, 7th in last 8 G the 5 straight QS matches longest streak for TEX in 17 (also 4/20-24 and 5/9-13), but starters have a 1-2 record in that span, receiving 2-or-fewer runs of support 4x in those 5 G last longer QS streak was 7 in a row, 4/23-30/16 rotation s 49 QS are T2nd in A.L. (54-BOS, 49-TEX/DET), T4th in MLB. TEX rotation s 3.03 ERA (26 ER/77.1 IP) in July ranks 4th in MLB (2.00-LAD, 2.03-WAS, 2.53-BOS) and.227 opp. avg. this month ranks 5th. BRING BACK THE BATS: Through the game on 7/8 vs. LAA, the penultimate contest prior to the AS break, Texas had homered in 14 straight and 30 of 31 games, and from 6/16-7/8 had averaged 6.18 R/G (136 R/22 G) over the last 5 contests beginning 7/9, Texas has batted.160 (24-150) with 4 HR and 10 R (2.0 R/G), going homerless 3 times the 3 homerless games in that 5-G span equal the total for the Rangers previous 48 contests from 5/16-7/8 TEX is 3-for- 23 with RISP the past 6 G. Last night s 3 hits matched Rangers lowest total ever at Camden Yards, also 8/2/16 (5-1 loss) and 7/30/97 (3-1 loss) in the 2016 instance, tonight s O s starter Dylan Bundy tossed 7.0 one-hit scoreless frames. RUNS ON HOME RUNS: Texas has gone without a HR in 3 of the past 5 G, and has scored a total of 2 runs in those 3 contests 27 of the Rangers 42 runs (64.3%) in the last 10 G have scored via the HR for the year, Texas has plated 225 of its 454 runs (49.6%) on HR, 3rd-highest pct. in MLB to TOR (52.7%, 202/383) and OAK (49.6%, 199/401). GDP ME: Texas pitchers have induced 6 GDP s in the 2nd half, including 3 last night, to bring season total to an MLB-leading 91 this season last night s 3 GDP s induced matched a season high (6th time) and pitching staff s 59 G with at least one GDP are T2nd-most in MLB (66-COL, 59- TEX/MIL/SEA) fielders have 102 total double plays in 17, most in A.L. and 3rd in MLB (103-COL/SD). ADRIAN BELTRE ON ALL-TIME CHARTS Category No. Rank Next-Total Doubles 601 T16th Ba. Bonds-601; C. Ripken-603 At Bats th Rafael Palmeiror Total Bases st Mel Ott-5041 XBH nd D. Winfield-1093 Games th Tony Perez-2777 Hits nd Sam Rice-2985 RBI nd Goose Goslin-1612 Home Runs th M. Cabrera-458 UPCOMING PROBABLES, TIMES & BROADCASTS Date Opponent Pitchers - Texas vs. Opponent Time (CDT) TV/Radio Wednesday, July 19 at Baltimore LHP Martin Perez (5-6, 4.55) vs. RHP Kevin Gausman (5-7, 6.39) 6:05 FSSW/105.3/1270 Thursday, July 20 at Baltimore LHP Cole Hamels (4-0, 3.05) vs. LHP Wade Miley (4-8, 5.40) 6:05 FSSW/MLBN/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 #44 Tyson Ross, RHP (2-1, 5.33) TONIGHT: The 30-year-old right-hander is slated to make his 6th start and appearance of the season tonight in the 2nd of 4 games at Camden Yards this week opponents are batting.182 (10-55) over his last 3 starts, but also has 9 BB and 3 HBP in that span last pitched in a 5-2 Texas win on 7/8 vs. LAA has allowed 2 R-or-less in 3 of his 1st 5 starts this season is averaging 6.39 SO/9 and 4.62 BB/9 over his 1st 5 starts his 40.3% ground ball rate through 5 starts would be a career low (previous low was 47.6% in 9 G/6 GS w/oak in 2011) prior to season debut on 6/16 vs. SEA, had not appeared in majors since Padres 2016 season opener due to right shoulder issues and eventual 10/13/16 surgery to relieve Thoracic Outlet Syndrome...victory in Texas debut on 6/16 vs. SEA (5.2 IP, 2 R-ER) was 1st win since beating Rangers on 8/31/15 at Petco Park, as Ross became 2nd Texas starter in last 25 years (beg. 1993) to allow 2-or-fewer hits while recording 17+ outs in Rangers debut...made 4 rehab starts for Triple-A Round Rock, going 2-1 with a 7.71 ERA (16 ER/18.2 IP) named 2015 Padres Pitcher of the Year and was tabbed Opening Day starter last season...signed with Texas as a free agent on 1/19/17 after spending the last 4 seasons with San Diego selected in the 2nd round of the 2008 June Draft by Oakland and spent his 1st 5 pro seasons with the A s before being traded to San Diego on 11/16/12 previously pitched in his major league career with Oakland ( ) and San Diego ( ) Rangers are 3-2 in his 5 starts. RETURN FROM INJURY: Was the Padres Opening Day starter in 2016 but missed rest of the season with right shoulder trouble that ultimately resulted in surgery to relieve Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in October had surgery on 10/13/16 in St. Louis, performed by Dr. Robert Thompson was not tendered a contract by the Padres prior to 12/2/16 deadline, making him a free agent signed with Texas on 1/19/17 and began season on the 10-day DL before being transferred to the 60-day DL on 5/27 rehab was briefly slowed in April due to back spasms. LAST START: Earned the victory in a 5-2 Texas win on 7/8 vs. LAA (5.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R-ER, 2 BB, 3 SO, 1 HR, 94 pitches/48 strikes) induced a season-best 8 ground balls...only run allowed came on a Yunel Escobar home run to lead off the 2nd inning...had 2 walks and plunked 2 batters...held the Halos 0-for-3 with RISP. VS. THE ORIOLES: Has gone 0-2 with a ERA (19 ER/10.0 IP) over 7 games/one start in his career vs. the Orioles, but has not faced the O s since 2012 is 0-2, (15 ER/6.2 IP) over 4 games/one start at Camden Yards, taking the loss in a 10-1 Oakland defeat on 4/28/12 here in Baltimore (4.0 IP, 11 H, 9 R), his lone career start vs. the O s...adam Jones (3-for-4) and Chris Davis (3-for-4, HR, 4 RBI) are the only active O s in the lineup that day. ON THE ROAD: Has no record and a 4.09 ERA (5 ER/11.0 IP) in a pair of starts on the road this season last road victory was 8/26/15 over the Nationals in nearby Washington, D.C.opponents are batting.171/.318/.286 on the road compared to.236/.333/.418 in Arlington. ROUND ROCK: Made 4 rehab starts for Triple-A Round Rock, going 2-1 with a 7.71 ERA (16 ER/18.2 IP), 11 SO/11 BB opponents batted.324 (23-71) with 11 XBH (7 2B, 3 HR, 3B) took loss in last rehab outing on 6/9 at OKC (Dodgers AAA) (5.0 IP, 8 R-ER) picked up the win in his 1st start on 5/23 vs. Las Vegas (Mets AAA), tossing 5.0 SHO IP with 5 K s longest rehab outing came on 6/3 vs. New Orleans (Marlins AAA) (5.1 IP, 2 R-ER). KEEP IT DOWN: Induced 60.3% ground balls in his last 2 full seasons on the mound in , 2nd in MLB (Dallas Keuchel-63.3) has allowed 0.58 HR/9 in career, lowest among active pitchers (min IP) from , was T6th in N.L. with 38 GIDP and 8th with 0.87 GIDP/9...through 5 starts, has induced 40.3% ground balls (29 GB/27 FB) and 3 GIDP. BY THE NUMBERS: Right-handed hitters slashing.267/.370/.467/.837 w/ 5 XBH (3 2B, 2 HR), while lefties are.156/.283/.267/.550 w/ 3 XBH (2 2B, HR) is with a 3.61 ERA (250 ER/623.1 IP) in 107 career starts, compared to 2-8 with a 4.46 ERA (36 ER/72.2) in 51 relief outings has been used exclusively as a starter since 2nd half of 2013 season, last appearing out of bullpen on 7/7/13 at WAS for Padres career run support average (4.07) ranks 9th-lowest among active starters (min IP), as teammate Andrew Cashner ranks lowest at 3.77 from , ranked 3rd in N.L. with 30.5 swing and miss percentage, behind only LAD s Clayton Kershaw (30.6) and PIT s Francisco Liriano (33.5). 2017: Robinson Chirinos has caught 3 starts (1-0, 3.78, 7 ER/16.2 IP) and Jonathan Lucroy caught 2 starts (1-1, 8.31, 8 ER/8.2 IP)...victory in Texas debut on 6/16 vs. SEA (5.2 IP, 2 R-ER) was 1st win since beating Rangers on 8/31/15 at Petco Park (7.0 SHO IP)...only other starter in last 25 years (beg. 1993) to allow 2-hits-or-less while recording 17+ outs in their Texas debut was Chi Chi Gonzalez on 5/30/15 vs. BOS (5.2 IP, 2 H) in ML debut. 2016: Became the 29th different pitcher to start on Opening Day for the Padres, as he took the loss on 4/4/16 vs. Los Angeles-NL (5.1 IP, 8 R-7 ER) in a 15-0 setback felt discomfort following a bullpen session ahead of his next scheduled start and was placed on the 15-day DL on 4/9 with a diagnosis of right shoulder inflammation was assigned to Lake Elsinore (High-A) for rehab assignment on 8/25 and lost start at Rancho Cucamonga (0.2 IP, 4 R-ER) continued to RANGERS GAME NOTES TUESDAY, JULY 18, 2017 AT BALTIMORE ross MAJOR LEAGUE RECORD W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO / Career / ross vs. BALTIMORE W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO / Career / ross at CAMDEN YARDS W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO / Career / HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Innings: 6.0, June 27 at CLE Innings: 9.0, 2x, last June 20, 2015 at ARI Hits: 7, June 21 vs. TOR Hits: 12, May 25, 2012 vs. NYY Runs: 7, June 21 vs. TOR Runs: 9, April 28, 2012 at BAL ER: 7, June 21 vs. TOR ER: 9, April 28, 2012 at BAL SO s: 5, 2x, last June 27 at CLE SO s: 11, 2x, last Sept. 22, 2015 at SF Walks: 5, July 2 at CWS Walks: 7, June 16, 2014 at SEA HR: 1, 3x, last July 8 vs. LAA HR: 3, 2x, last Sept. 10, 2015 vs. COL Pitches: 98, June 27 at CLE Pitches: 120, July 2, 2014 vs. CIN CG s: - CG s: 2, last June 20, 2015 at ARI Low-Hit CG: - Low-Hit CG: 3, July 2, 2014 vs. CIN CG SHO s: - CG SHO s: 1, July 2, 2014 vs. CIN Win Streak: 1, June 16 vs. SEA Win Streak: 4, July 19 - Aug. 10, & 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 (STARTS ONLY) Total RUN SUPPORT (STARTS ONLY) 0R 1R 2R 3R 4R 5R 6R 7R 8R 9R 10R+ Total AVG/ BATTER-PITCHER MATCHUPS (Including postseason) Ross vs. Baltimore PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI SO Castillo Davis Giavotella Jones Machado Tejada Trumbo ROSS 2017 DAY-BY-DAY Bundy vs. Texas PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI SO Andrus Beltre Choo DeShields Lucroy Mazara Napoli Odor Date Opp. Score Dec. ERA IP H R ER HR BB-I SO Left Game Pitches 6/16 vs. SEA 10-4 W Leading /57 6/21 vs. TOR 5-7 L Trailing /44 6/27 at CLE Tied /56 June Totals /2 at CWS Leading /54 7/8 vs. LAA 5-2 W Leading /48 July Totals Season Totals ROSS 2017 DAY-BY-DAY WITH ROUND ROCK Date Opp. Score Dec. ERA IP H R ER HR BB-I SO Left Game Pitches 5/23 vs. LV 14-3 W Leading /44 5/29 at OMA Trailing /39 6/3 vs. NO 4-2 W Leading /52 6/9 at OKC 6-12 L Trailing /56 Rehab Totals experience soreness, was removed from rehab assignment, and transferred to the 60-day DL on 8/31. CAREER: Signed with Texas as a free agent on 1/19/17 after spending the last 4 seasons with San Diego was the 2015 Padres Pitcher of the Year and was tabbed Opening Day starter in 2016, but missed the rest of the season with right shoulder trouble that ultimately resulted in surgery to relieve Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in October won 23 games and posted a 3.03 ERA over 64 G/GS for San Diego in , and was named to his 1st career All-Star Game in 2014 the Berkeley, California native pitched 3 seasons at Cal and ranks 3rd on the Golden Bears all-time strikeout list (271) is a 2005 graduate of Bishop O Dowd (CA) High School in Oakland brother of Washington Nationals pitcher Joe Ross. TOMORROW S SCHEDULED STARTER LHP MARTIN PEREZ (5-6, 4.55 ERA in 17 games/starts) The 26-year-old left-hander is slated to make his 18th start of the season - and career start no on Wednesday night is 3-0 in his last 4 starts after going 2-6 in his 1st 14 games this season is 2-0, 3.86 (8 ER/18.2 IP) in last 3 GS to drop season ERA from 4.72 to 4.55, lowest since 5/29 (4.19) has quality starts in 2 of those 3 outings, and fell one out shy of QS in the other, this after no QS in previous 4 straight earned win in Rangers 5-3 victory in 2nd half opener on Fri. at KC (7.0 IP, 8 H, 3 R-ER, 1 BB, 1 SO, 1 HR, 89 pitches/54 strikes) trailing 3-0 after 5 innings, Perez got support in the form of a 3-R HR (Beltre in the 6th) and 2-R pinch HR (Napoli in the 7th), as Texas went from being no-hit for the 1st 5.1 innings (vs. Jason Hammel) to winning the game on 2 swings it was the 1st road win for Perez since 9/6/16 at SEA has gone 2-1, 4.01 (11 ER/24.2 IP) in 4 G/GS career vs. BAL with 3 quality starts took ND in lone start last year vs. O s on 4/15/16 in Arlington despite exiting with a 5-3 lead in the 7th inning (6.0 IP, 3 R-2 ER), as Tom Wilhelmsen allowed 5 R-ER in 0.2 IP in an 11-5 Texas loss on 8/29/15 in Arlington, retired 1st 14 BF before 4th-inning single by Adam Jones earned win in only career start at Camden Yards on 7/9/13 (6.0 IP, 4 R-2 ER), an 8-4 TEX victory has gone 1-2 with a 4.09 ERA (15 ER/33.0 IP) in 6 G/GS away from Arlington, quality starts in 3 of 6 since going 7-0 in a span of 8 road starts from 8/5/13-4/23/14, Perez has gone 3-16, 5.31 (101 ER/171.1 IP) in his last 30 away starts, averaging just 3.41 RS/9 was on DL from 6/24-7/3 with right thumb fracture/laceration his 4.45 run support average in 2017 is 10th-lowest in A.L., and his 17 GDP s induced are 2nd-most in the league (21-Marcus Stroman) pitched for Team Venezuela in the 2017 World Baseball Classic won by the United States made a team-best 33 starts in 2016, only member of Texas rotation to not miss a start last season matched a career high w/ 10 wins and pitched a career-high innings signed a 4-year contract on 11/7/13 through 2017 with club options for 2018, 2019, and 2020 Texas is 7-10 in his 17 starts.

3 RANGERS GAME NOTES TUESDAY, JULY 18, 2017 AT BALTIMORE 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-2 (0 SB, 2 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 43 Tony Barnette 7/4 vs. BOS /4 13/25 24/14 37/20 0/0 56 Austin Bibens-Dirkx 6/30 at CWS (start - ND) /0 3/5 6/1 13/15 0/0 51 Matt Bush 7/16 at KC /15 26/36 7/1 39/38 9/1 58 Alex Claudio (L) 7/16 at KC /4 28/42 25/8 94/16 0/0 37 Jason Grilli 7/16 at KC (L, 2-5) /3 18/29 7/3 22/28 1/0 23 Jeremy Jeffress 7/17 at BAL /0 21/34 22/5 58/18 1/0 62 Jose Leclerc 7/15 at KC (W, 2-2) /2 21/26 13/2 16/40 2/1 Totals 15/32, 46.9% 163/260, 62.7% 147/53, 36.1% 415/242 21/6 TEAM PITCHING: Staff has allowed 3-or-fewer ER in 8 straight, the team s longest single-season streak since 1988 (8, 8/7-14/88) and tied with Cubs for longest streak in MLB in 2017 last longer span by TEX?: 10 G, 9/20-30/83 in last 8 G, have posted 1.78 ERA (14 ER/70.2 IP) in that span to drop season ERA from 4.45 to 4.22, 7th in A.L. and lowest since 6/25 (4.22) still have a 4.51 ERA (124 ER/247.2 IP) over the last 28 G to rise from th SHO of season on Sat. at KC have permitted 5-or-fewer hits in 6 of 12 G in July,.222 (86-387) opp. avg. this month staff s 647 SO rank 14th in A.L. (MIN-632), 308 BB are T5th-most in A.L just 39 BB in 12 G this month, T6th-fewest in A.L. STARTERS: Rotation has a 1.78 (11 ER/55.2 IP) ERA last 8 G to drop season ERA from 4.44 to 4.16, 5th in A.L. and lowest since 6/17 (4.10) have 7.0+ IP in 5 of those 8 G, with opponents batting.202 (39-193) in that span w/ just 13 XBH QS in 5 straight and 7 of 8, T2nd in A.L. w/ 49 QS (54-BOS, 49-TEX/ DET) the 5 straight QS matches longest TEX streak in 17 (3rd time, also 4/20-24 and 5/9-13), with last longer span being 7 G, 4/23-30/16 rotation s 3.03 ERA (26 ER/77.1 IP) in July ranks 4th in MLB (2.00-LAD, 2.03-WAS, 2.53-BOS) and.227 opp. avg. this month ranks 5th rotation still has a 4.45 ERA (81 ER/163.2 IP) over last 28 G to rise from 4.03 Texas starters had MLB-best 3.27 ERA thru 5/19. RELIEVERS: Bullpen has allowed 3 R-ER over 15.0 IP last 8 G to drop season ERA from 4.48 to 4.34, 11th in A.L relievers have 3.71 ERA (53 ER/128.2 IP) in the last 41 G to drop from 4.86 had saves in 2 straight to open 2nd half, but have blown saves in 2 of last 4, 3 of 6, 5 of 9, and 9 of last 16 chances 17 blown saves rank T2nd in MLB (18-NYY, 17-TEX/ATL) and equal season total for 2016 club is 15-for-32 (46.9%) in save tries, lowest save pct. in A.L 15 saves are 3rd-fewest in MLB (CWS-13; PHI-12) 19 relief losses are 2nd most in A.L. and 4th in MLB (24-PHI, 23-MIL, 21-TB) bullpen has allowed 14 of 26 inherited runners to score in the last 17 games and 36.1% (53 of 147) of IR scoring in 2017 is 2nd highest mark in the A.L. to HOU (38.8%). 43 TONY BARNETTE 1-1-0, 6.58 vs. LHB: 10-for-37 (.270) vs. RHB: 22-for-66 (.333) Last pitched 7/4 vs. BOS reinstated from DL 7/2 and has 2.1 SHO IP w/ 4 SO in 2 G since return, dropping ERA from 7.23 to 6.58 still has a 8.00 ERA (16 ER/18.0 IP) in 16 G since start of May to rise from 3.38 allowed runs in 4 straight outings w/ TEX 5/29-6/14 (8 R-ER/4.1 IP) prior to going on DL. On DL from 6/15-7/1 w/ sprained right ring finger pitched twice w/ Round Rock on rehab prior to his return: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 SO. His 4 blown saves are T5th-most in A.L. and he is 0-for-5 in career save chances. Has allowed 9 of last 10 inherited runners to score, including all 3 IR on 7/3 vs. BOS has permitted 14 of 24 IR (58.3%) to score in 17, 2nd-highest pct. in A.L. (HOU s James Hoyt-11/18, 61.1%) has.311 opp. avg., 7th-highest among A.L. qualifiers. 56 AUSTIN BIBENS-DIRKX 3-0-0, 4.04 vs. LHB: 14-for-66 (.212) vs. RHB: 22-for-93 (.237) Last pitched in start 6/30 at CWS, an 8-7 Texas loss (ND, 5.2 IP, 8 H, 4 R-ER, 3 HR, 0 BB, 2 SO) spent nearly all of June in the rotation and has gone 2-0 with a 4.30 ERA (14 ER/29.1 IP) over 5 starts overall has 5 relief outings: 1-0-0, 3.46 ERA (5 ER/13.0 IP) w/ 3 BB/9 SO and.208 (10-48) opp. avg., last 6/6 vs. NYM earned 1st ML win w/ 1.2 SHO IP on 6/6 vs. NYM, stranding 2 IR in 7-day span from 5/20-26, threw 178 pitches in 10.1 IP/3 G in relief. Took a no decision in 1st ML start on 5/31 vs. TB (4.2 IP, 3 ER) was the oldest (32.032) at the time of his 1st major league start in Rangers history. Purchased from Round Rock on 5/7 ML debut on 5/17 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). 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/ MATT BUSH , 3.41 vs. LHB: 18-for-61 (.295) vs. RHB: 18-for-76 (.237) Has retired 16 of 19 BF in 6 G/5.1 SHO IP this month since removal from closer role, dropping season ERA from 4.03 to Has allowed 15 H and 7 R-ER in 10.1 IP over last 11 G with 3 blown saves and 3 losses over last 16 appearances beginning 5/31 has converted 4 of 8 save tries, allowing 12 R-11 ER in 15.2 IP to raise season ERA from 0.96 from 4/16-5/30, allowed 2 R-0 ER in 16 G/15.0 IP is 10-for-15 in save chances this season and is T3rd in A.L. in blown saves (5) and T5th in relief losses (4). His 4-out save 6/13 at HOU was 1st of >3 outs for TEX in game decided by 3-or-fewer runs since 4/10/11 at BAL (N. Feliz-1.1 IP). Allowed runs in 2 of 1st 3 outings in season before injection in AC joint on 4/12, did not pitch from 4/ ALEX CLAUDIO (L) 1-0-3, 2.59 vs. LHB: 8-for-60 (.133) vs. RHB: 33-for-116 (.284) One R allowed last 6 G/6.1 IP, to drop season ERA from 2.76 to 2.59, but has 4.22 ERA (5 ER/10.2 IP) last 9 G to rise from 2.13 to 2.64 no runs allowed in 1st 11 G/11.1 IP in relief this year. Saves in each of 1st 2 G of 2nd half Fri./Sat. at KC, this after entering AS break with one career save just 2nd time in 17 for club to see saves in backto-back games (also Bush, 5/13-14 vs. OAK) his 3 career saves (all in 17) rank 2nd on staff this season (10-Bush). 1st among ML relievers w/ 12.6 pitches per inning appeared in all 3 G in KC (1.0 IP, 8-or-fewer pitches each game) 1st Ranger since pitches were tracked in 1988 w/ 3 straight outings of 3+ outs on 8-pitches-or-less, 1st in MLB to do it since COL s LaTroy Hawkins in April Team-high 43 G LHB are 7-for-59 since 4/16 but has allowed 2 1B and a SF to last 15 LHB after 2-for-27 stretch. 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 Cole Hamels, who was injured while warming up. 37 JASON GRILLI 2-5-1, 6.56 vs. LHB: 7-for-33 (.212) vs. RHB: 19-for-63 (.302) Allowed 4 of 6 BF to reach in 9th Sun. at KC in his 3rd walkoff loss of season (also 4/3 and 5/19 at BAL), T-most walkoff losses in MLB (also Francisco Rodriguez had retired all 6 BF in 1st 2 G/2.0 SHO IP after joining active roster on 7/3 acquired in a 7/2 trade with TOR along with cash considerations in exchange for minors OF Eduard Pinto. Opened season with Jays, going 2-4 w/ one save and 6.97 ERA (16 ER/20.2 IP) in 26 relief app.,and was designated for assignment on 6/27 last 15 G w/ TOR beg. 5/6: 4.50 ERA (6 ER/12.0 IP) w/ 2 BB/13 SO. With Jays, converted 1 of 3 save chances (save on 4/6 at TB), allowed 3 of 7 IR to score (42.9%), and 1st BF hit.360 (9-25) w/ one BB. Also pitched w/ TEX in 2009, going 2-2, 4.78 (14 ER/26.1 IP) in 30 G after being acquired in a 6/9/09 trade w/ COL. Was N.L. All-Star in 2013 w/ PIT, when he posted 33 saves. 23 JEREMY JEFFRESS 1-2-0, 5.12 vs. LHB: 11-for-33 (.333) vs. RHB: 27-for-91 (.297) Activated from DL on 7/4 and has appeared in 3 G, retiring 5 of 8 BF on DL 6/21-7/3 w/ lower back muscle strain. Has been scoreless in 6 straight (5.2 IP) and 9 of last 10 outings (4 R-ER/11.0 IP), but has a 5.76 ERA (16 ER/25.0 IP) last 24 G beginning 4/21 to raise ERA from 2.70 to 5.12 opponents batting.337 (34-101) in that span with 13 BB-2 IBB. His.306 opp. avg. is 9th-highest among A.L. relievers 1st batters have reached in 12 of 34 G (8 H, 4 BB). Surrendered back-to-back HR on 6/14 at HOU after just 2 HR allowed to the 1st 118 BF this season. Worked career-high 2.1 IP 5/26 at TOR both losses in 2017 are to Angels (4/28 vs. LAA; walk-off loss 4/11 at LAA). No runs allowed in 7 G/8.2 IP career vs. BAL. 62 JOSE LECLERC 2-2-1, 3.38 vs. LHB: 9-for-39 (.231) vs. RHB: 6-for-56 (.107) Has allowed runs in 2 of last 4, 3 of 7, and 4 of last 12 G (7 R-ER/11.0 IP) to raise season ERA from 1.72 to Has 4.20 ERA (7 ER/15.0 IP) in 16 G since return from DL on 6/2 on DL 5/8-6/1 w/ bruised rt. index finger, 2 G on rehab w/ Frisco (2.0 SHO IP). Ranks among A.L. relief leaders in SO/9 (6th, 13.84) and opp. avg. (8th,.158) has stranded 11 of 13 inherited runners RH batters are 3-for-40 (.075) since 4/19 allowed just one run over 1st 9 G/11.0 IP thru 5/2 Has posted a strikeout in 24 of 26 G, including 1st 18 outings, longest season-opening streak in club history by a reliever and 2nd-longest season-opening span in MLB in 2017 has 5 relief outings of 3+ SO and inning outings of 3 K s. 1st ML win 6/13 at HOU K d all 3 BF on 6/11 at WAS 1st career save 4/12 at LAA (age ), 3rd-youngest Ranger with a save since 1988 (behind Feliz in 09 and Kela in 15) retired Trout (K) and Pujols (F8) on 4 pitches to end the 8th inning on 4/12.

4 PAGE 4 RANGERS GAME NOTES TUESDAY, JULY 18, 2017 AT BALTIMORE TEAM BATTING: Batting just.160 (24-150) last 5 G to drop from.242 to.238, 2nd-lowest in A.L. (OAK-.235) and lowest since 6/29 (.238) have.250 ( ) avg. last 59 G beg. 5/9 to rise from.215 rank among A.L. leaders in HR (T2nd, 139), SB (2nd, 76), runs (4th, 454), HBP (3rd, 42) have 3 HR-less games in last 5 contests, equaling HR-less total for previous 48 G from 5/16-7/8 27 of 42 R last 10 G via the HR TEX is 3-for-23 with RISP past 6 G season-high 20 SO on 5/25 at BOS set franchise mark and matched ML record for 9-inn. game 279 SO in June were most for any month in franchise history club s 843 SO are 3rd-most in A.L. 1 ELVIS ANDRUS.291 AVG, 11 HR, 50 RBI,.335 OBP,.457 SLG SHORTSTOP R/R Mon.: 0-for-4 Trip:.118 (2-17), 2B, 2 R Streak: 0 G Is 1-for-last-14 and 6-for-33 (.182) last 8 G to drop from.302 to.291, lowest since 6/23 batting.317 (52-164) last 39 G to rise from.269 had 15-G hit streak, 5/25-6/11, one shy of his career best (16 G 2x) has hits in 9 of last 10 vs. O s at.364 (12-33). Ranks among A.L. leaders in SB (3rd, 20), hits (T7th, 104), and multi-hit games (T6th, 31) T1st in A.L. w/ 15 GIDP s, incl. 2 GIDP Sun. at KC. Career-high 11 HR (prev. high was 8 HR in 147 G in 2016), this after never hitting more than 4 HR before AS break 2nd career multi-hr game 6/26 at CLE just 15th player in history (since 1933) to have 100+ H, 20+ 2B, 20+ SB, and 50+ RBI before the All-Star break in a season. His 48 RBI as a SS rank 2nd among ML SS (67-Correa) and 50 RBI overall are 2nd among Rangers (57-Mazara), no RBI last 8 G career-high 5 RBI 5/30 vs. TB, most by a Texas SS since 9/16/07 at OAK (7-M. Young) 20 RBI in May were most in any month in his career. Missed games 7/5 & 7/7 for birth of son Elvis Emilio on morning of 7/6, stay on Paternity Leave marked 1st time in ML career to not be on active TEX roster since his ML debut on Opening Day 2009 selected Rangers 2017 Heart and Hustle Award winner by MLBP Alumni Assn., announced this a.m. Selected Rangers Player of Month in both May and June has 2 SB last 16 G (both 6/30 at CWS) has started 87 of 91 G at SS (86) and DH (1). 29 ADRIAN BELTRE.282 AVG, 8 HR, 30 RBI,.377 OBP,.521 SLG THIRD BASEMAN R/R Mon.: 2-for-4 Trip:.267 (4-15), HR, 3 RBI, BB, R Streak: 1 G (2-4) Had 2 of Rangers 3 hits last night after 0-for-9 drought, and is batting.333 (11-33) last 9 G to rise from.266 to.282 BB in 6 of his last 12 PA s w/ RISP 3 HR/8 RBI last 7 G missed 2 G after jammed left ankle on 6/6 vs. NYM season-opening 8-G hit streak was career-best to begin a campaign. Has 8 RBI last 7 G after 8-G drought, ranks 32nd all-time at 1601 career RBI has 30 RBI in 39 G to begin the year, averaging 4.73 AB/RBI had HR in 3 straight, 6/25-27, 1st time since 9/1-3/12 GT 3-R HR in 6th on Fri. at KC GW HR in 9th on 6/27 at CLE. Has 2982 career hits, 32nd all-time (next is Sam Rice-2985) only players w/ 3000 career hits while appearing primarily at 3B are HOFers George Brett (3154) & Wade Boggs (3010) ranks 38th all-time w/ 453 HR his 1601 RBI are 32nd all-time (since 1920), behind Goose Goslin (1612) T16th all-time w/ 601 2B (also Barry Bonds) and 2 shy of Cal Ripken (603) 23rd all-time w/ 1090 XBH (1093-Dave Winfield) 21st all-time in TB w/ 5014 (5041-Mel Ott). Was on DL from 3/30-5/28 w/ rt. calf injury played in XST games 5/25-27, going 7-for-17 while playing 3B 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 missed O.D. for 2nd time in his career (also 01) played 4 G w/ Dominican Republic in 2017 World Baseball Classic in March. Since 2009 vs. O s (64 G):.343/.385/.629/1.014 (86-251) w/ 18 HR, 18 2B, 50 RBI, 45 R among batters w/ 200+ PA s vs. BAL in that span, ranks 3rd in OPS and 4th in avg has 11 career HR here at Camden Yards, no HR in this park since a 4-H, 2-HR, 5-RBI effort on 7/9/ ROBINSON CHIRINOS.220 AVG, 12 HR, 25 RBI,.309 OBP,.537 SLG CATCHER R/R Mon.: DNP Trip: 1-4 Streak: 1 G (1-4) Has started one of 4 since break snapped 0-11 drought Fri. at KC, 1-for-11 last 5 G batting.188 (19-101) last 31 G after hitting.333 (8-24) w/ 4 HR/9 RBI in 1st 9 G/8 GS is averaging 4.92 AB/RBI and AB/HR 9 of last 11 hits have gone for extra bases (7 HR, 2 2B) 1st career SB on 7/2 at CWS. HR in career-high 4 straight, 6/22-28, tied with Napoli s current streak for longest by a Ranger in 17 no HR last 8 G/6 GS since the 4 in a row his 12 HR are T4th among Rangers, one shy of a career high (13 in 14) career highs in XBH (3) and hits (tied-3) on 6/22 vs. TOR. Has 36 GS at C (34) and DH (2), 1st 2 career starts at DH team is in starts at C is 4-for-27 in throwing out steal attempts 1st career start as cleanup: 5/13 vs. OAK tying or go-ahead HR in 8th-or-later in 2 straight starts, 6/7 vs. NYM and 6/10 at WAS 4th career multi-hr game 4/21 vs. KC. 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.244 AVG, 12 HR, 43 RBI,.357 OBP,.396 SLG OUTFIELDER L/L Mon.: 0-for-3, BB, K Trip:.133 (2-15), RBI, BB, HBP Streak: 0 G Drove in lone run in 1-0 win Sat. at KC and has reached in 11 of 13 batting.150 (6-40) last 10 G to drop from.259 to.244, lowest since 6/4 (higher.244) batting.185 (15-81) last 20 G to drop from.266. Ranks 5th in A.L. w/ 50 BB, just 3 BB last 15 G is 6-for-last-12 w/ RISP 14-G on-base streak 5/12-31, tied team high in 17. No HR last 16 G after 8 HR in 25 G from 5/27-6/25 3 HR in 4 G, 5/27-30 has 2 leadoff HR in 17, 22 in career T10th in A.L. w/ 12 GIDP s. Has 82 total starts at DH (40) and RF (42), 5 of last 7 starts as DH starts in 5 different slots (1/2/7/8/9) started in 9-hole 4/26 vs. MIN (1st 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. 7 DELINO DESHIELDS.283 AVG, 2 HR, 13 RBI,.341 OBP,.364 SLG OUTFIELDER R/R Mon.: DNP Trip: 0-2 Streak: 0 G_ Sac bunt Sat. at KC to set up GW hit is 5-for-12 last 4 G to rise from.274 to.283 batting.315 (41-130) last 42 G w/ HR, 6 2B, 10 BB, 8 RBI, 27 R to rise from.217 has scored 7 of last 11 times he has reached safely has started 12 of last 26 G club is 13-6 in his last 19 starts. Is 19-for-23 in steal tries, T4th in A.L, in SB, and has been successful in 12 of last 13 SB attempts (CS on 6/24 at NYY). Has 69 G/56 GS (40-LF, 15-CF, 1-DH) 49 of last 51 starts have all been in leadoff (34) or 9th slots (15) - hit 8th 2x at WAS hit 1st career leadoff HR 5/2 at HOU walk-off single in 13th inn., 4/20 vs. KC 1st in A.L. w/ 9 sac bunts, 4 more than any other A.L. player. Career-opening 7-G hit streak vs. O s at.433 (13-30) born in Easton, Md. 13 JOEY GALLO.191 AVG, 21 HR, 41 RBI,.312 OBP,.502 SLG 1B / 3B / OF L/R Mon.: 0-for-1, BB Trip: 0-3, BB, R Streak: 0 G Batting.111 (3-27) last 17 G to drop from.201 to.191, lowest qualifying avg. in A.L batting.176 (32-182) last 62 G to drop from.232 has 21 HR, 2 3B, 11 2B, 14 singles left game in 5th inn. 7/5 vs. BOS with soreness in the area of his left hamstring, also missed 2 G 6/ Ranks among A.L. leaders in HR (T7th, 21), AB/HR (3rd, 12.0) 4th in A.L. w/ 114 SO. BB in all 3 PA s 7/9 vs. LAA, 1st Ranger w/ BB in each of 3+ PA s in a game since Ian Kinsler on 9/30/09 at LAA (3 BB/3 PA) BB in 9 of last 15 G. Career-high 3 XBH on 6/21 vs. TOR, including 26th inside-the-park HR in Rangers history (8th in GLPIA history) 32 of last 44 hits have been XBH. Has 5 HR last 33 G 21 HR were most by a Ranger pre-as break since 2013 (N. Cruz-22, A. Beltre-21) has started 76 G: 53-3B, 22-1B, 1-LF. Hit 9 HR in May, T3rd in A.L. and T4th in MLB, most in any month by a Ranger since Aug (Beltre-9) 20th career HR 5/19 at DET was 49th career hit, 2nd in ML history w/ 20+ HR in 1st 50 career hits (also M. McGwire - 22/50) - credit Elias walk-off HR, 5/12 vs. OAK 1st multi-hr game, 4/21 vs. KC. 14 CARLOS GOMEZ.249 AVG, 12 HR, 32 RBI,.333 OBP,.467 SLG OUTFIELDER R/R Mon.: 0-for-2, BB, HBP, K Trip:.273 (3-11), 2 BB, HBP, R Streak: 0 G Has.203 (13-64) avg. last 18 G to drop from.267 to.249 one K in 4 G/14 PA to open 2nd half, this after K s in 35 of 67 PA to end 1st half. Batting.253 (22-87) w/ 8 HR, 19 RBI, and 16 R in 24 G since return from DL the 8 HR and 19 RBI both surpass pre-dl stint totals in 38 G (4 HR/13 RBI). On DL from 5/15-6/15 with right hamstring strain 4 G on rehab w/ Round Rock (2) and Frisco (2). Had season-best 10-G hitting streak (.432, 16-37, 5 HR, 15 RBI over span) spanning DL stint from 5/11-6/22. Batted.320 (24-75) w/ 8 BB in 21 G from 4/22-5/14 before he was injured on 5/14 vs. OAK has 61 total starts, all in CF hit leadoff in 19 of 1st 20 G. 2nd career cycle 4/29 vs. LAA (also 5/7/08 vs. CWS w/ MIN) 10th cycle in TEX history, just 4th Ranger ever to cycle in only 4 PA s in a game. 38 PETE KOZMA.114 AVG, 1 HR, 2 RBI,.204 OBP,.182 SLG INFIELDER R/R Mon.: No PA s as PR Trip: 0-0 Streak: 0 G Snapped 0-for-20 span 7/4 vs. BOS w/ 1st hit since 5/21 at DET (HR) HR ended run of 545 homerless AB since last HR on 4/2/13 at ARI (off Heath Bell) is 4-for-35 (.114) w/ HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB, HBP, SH, 17 SO in 27 G/9 GS w/ TEX since being acquired from NYY on a waiver claim on 4/30. 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 started at 3B (6), 2B (2), SS (1) w/ TEX has seen action at all 4 INF positions in ML career, also LF also played w/ STL ( ) & NYY (2017). 25 JONATHAN LUCROY.258 AVG, 4 HR, 26 RBI,.303 OBP,.365 SLG CATCHER R/R Mon.: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, GDP, E Trip:.300 (3-10), 2B, RBI Streak: 5 G (.294, 5-17, 2 2B, 3 RBI, BB, R) Had lone TEX RBI last night, RBI in 5 of 9 G in July, as 7 RBI this month rank 4th in club (10-Napoli, 9-Mazara, 8-Beltre). Is 5-for-24 last 7 G and batting.206 (13-63) over last 18 G to drop from.275 to.258 batting.278 (49-176) last 47 G to rise from of last 40 starts at DH had 10 G hit streak, 5/10-23, longest hit streak w/ TEX, T2nd-longest of career. Hit 4th in 13 straight starts, 5/11-28 has 14 BB/29 SO, as his 9.41 PA/SO would be 3rd in A.L. if he qualified is batting.170 (8-47) w/ RISP, but is 2-for-last-5 has started 67 of 92 G (58-C, 9-DH). Leads MLB in CS since start of 2011 (159 for MIL/TEX) is 13-for-41 in throwing out attempted base stealers played w/ champion USA in the WBC.

5 RANGERS GAME NOTES TUESDAY, JULY 18, 2017 AT BALTIMORE PAGE 5 30 NOMAR MAZARA.254 AVG, 12 HR, 57 RBI,.330 OBP,.437 SLG OUTFIELDER L/L Mon.: 0-for-3, BB, K Trip:.154 (2-13), RBI, 2 BB, R Streak: 0 G Hits in 5 of 7 at 6-for-24 is batting.159 (10-63) last 18 G to drop from.278 to.254 is hitting.168 (16-95) over last 27 G to drop from.292 has teamhigh 57 RBI 7/7 vs. LAA is lone multi-hit game since 6/17 vs. SEA hits in 6 of 7 career games vs. BAL.391 (9-23). Hit 30th career HR on 6/20 vs. TOR at age , 3rd-youngest in TEX history to reach 30 HR (Ruben Sierra in 1987; Juan Gonzalez in 1991) 4 of last 6 HR have come on 1st pitch of at-bat HR 6/29 at CLE was 1st career HR on 0-2 pitch. Reached in 30 straight starts from 5/1-6/10 matched career high w/ 4 H 6/6 vs. NYM (other 6/6/16 vs. HOU) career-high 11-G hit streak, 5/9-23. Has 80 total starts in RF (50), LF (25), and DH (5), with 19 of last 27 starts in LF named A.L. Player of the Week for April MIKE NAPOLI.202 AVG, 20 HR, 42 RBI,.277 OBP,.466 SLG FIRST BASEMAN/DH R/R Mon.: 0-for-1 as PH-1B Trip:.400 (4-10), 2 HR, 3B, 3 RBI, 2 R Streak: 0 G HR in 2 of 4 G to open 2nd half his 6 July HR are T2nd in MLB (7-Stanton, 6-Napoli/N. Cruz) HR Sun. at KC was 20th of 2017, 8th career 20-HR season, 3rd w/ TEX (also ) GA pinch 2-R HR in 7th Fri. at KC, 2nd career pinch HR and 1st by a Ranger since 5/19/15 at BOS (Leonys Martin). Has reached safely via H/BB in 11 of 12 at.282 (11-39) with 2 BB, 6 HR, 3B, and 8 RBI to rise from.188 to.202, 3rd-lowest qualifying avg. in A.L 11th in A.L. w/ 94 SO hitting.225 (18-80) w/ 9 HR, 17 RBI and 9 BB in 25 G/22 GS since return from DL on 6/16 on DL from 6/4-15 w/ lower back strain. HR in 4 straight, July 1-4, 3rd-longest streak of career (5 in 2012 & 2016) has a pair of 2 HR games in 2017, 5/11 vs. SD and 6/17 vs. SEA has 16 career multi-hr game, incl. 8 with TEX, T2nd most since 2011 (10-Beltre, 8-Napoli/Moreland) has 16 HR in 49 G beginning 5/1 28 of 52 hits are XBH (7 2B/1 3B/20 HR) has 258 career home runs 71 GS at 1B (54) and DH (17). 5th career walk-off HR (1st w/ TEX) on 5/11 vs. SD, 2nd HR of game 1st player in TEX history w/ HR in back-to-back innings, incl. a walk-off (Elias). 12 ROUGNED ODOR.211 AVG, 17 HR, 40 RBI,.249 OBP,.396 SLG SECOND BASEMAN L/R Mon.: 0-for-4, K Trip: 0-15 Streak: 0 G Is 0-for-last-19 past 5 G since 2B on 7/8 vs. LAA, dropping season avg. from.222 to.211, 5th-lowest qualifying mark in A.L career-high 10-G hit streak, 6/28-7/8 batting.241 (13-54) last 15 G to rise from.205 tied season high w/ 3 H on 7/7 vs. LAA (also 6/13 at HOU). HR in 5 of last 12 G his 4 July HR are T5th in A.L. this month 17 HR are T2nd-most in MLB by a 2nd baseman (Cano-18, Schoop-17). No RBI last 6 G 11 of last 23 hits have been XBH (3 2B, 8 HR) 3 BB last 43 G. 5th career multi-hr game 6/13 at HOU (2nd in 17, also Opening Day, 4/3 vs. CLE), a game-tying HR in 7th and GA HR in 8th has 10 HR last 33 G after one HR in 26 G 5/6-6/7 all 5 career multi-hr games since start of 16, T-most among ML 2B (also Robinson Cano). Started Rangers 1st 81 G before non-start 7/2 at CWS, but has appeared in all 92 G has 89 starts at 2B, 2 at DH. 18 DREW ROBINSON.200 AVG, 3 HR, 4 RBI,.360 OBP,.700 SLG INF / OF L/R Mon.: 0-for-3, BB, R Trip: 1-9, HR, RBI, 2 BB, 2 R Streak: 0 G Just 3rd Ranger w/ 3 HR in 1st 6 ML games (also Ruben Sierra/Taylor Teagarden) has reached safely in each of 1st 6 ML starts (3-LF, 1-2B, 2-3B) recalled from Round Rock (AAA) on 7/7 for 4th stint w/tex in 17 (Opening Day-4/12, 5/28-29, 6/24-25) each of 1st 4 ML hits have been XBH (2B, 3 HR). Had a HR and 2B in 1st MLB start at 2B on 6/25 at NYY 4th inning HR came in 4th MLB AB and was 1st hit, 1st Ranger with 1st MLB hit as a HR since Profar, 9/2/12 at CLE in 1st MLB PA 1st Ranger with a HR within 1st 2 MLB G since Nomar Mazara, 4/10/16 at LAA (1st G). Was batting.268 with 11 HR and 40 RBI in 66 games at Round Rock selected Rangers June Minors Player of the Month HOME RUNS Player Total Solo 2-run 3-run GS LHP RHP Home Road GT GA Record Last Elvis Andrus /1 at CWS (Holland) Adrian Beltre /14 at KC (Hammel) Robinson Chirinos /28 at CLE (Bauer) Shin-Soo Choo /25 at NYY (Pineda) Delino DeShields /4 vs. BOS (Scott) Joey Gallo /30 at CWS (Pelfrey) Carlos Gomez /5 vs. BOS (Fister) Pete Kozma /21 at DET (Boyd) Jonathan Lucroy /9 at WAS (Roark) Nomar Mazara /7 vs. LAA (Morin) Mike Napoli /16 at KC (Kennedy) Rougned Odor /7 vs. LAA (Nolasco) Drew Robinson /16 at KC (Kennedy) TOTALS GRAND SLAMS (2): Mazara, 4/7 vs. OAK; Choo, 4/26 vs. MIN MULTI-HOMER GAMES (8): Odor, 4/3 vs. CLE (2); Chirinos, 4/21 vs. KC (2); Gallo, 4/21 vs. KC (2); Napoli, 5/12 vs. SD (2); Odor, 6/13 at HOU (2); Napoli, 6/17 vs. SEA (2); Gomez, 6/22 vs. TOR (2); Andrus, 6/26 at CLE (2) LEADOFF HOMERS (4): Gomez, 4/13 at LAA; DeShields, 5/2 at HOU; Choo, 5/27 at TOR; Choo, 5/30 vs. TB 2017 DISABLED LIST BACK-TO-BACK HOMERS (1): Beltre/Odor, 7/7 vs. LAA PINCH-HIT HOMERS (1): Napoli, 7/14 at KC WALKOFF HOMERS (2): Napoli, 5/11 vs. SD; Gallo, 5/12 vs. OAK INSIDE THE PARK HOMERS (1): Gallo, 6/21 vs. TOR HR BY PITCHERS (0): None Player Type Injury Placed (retro) Reinstated / Eligible Games Missed Record Keone Kela 10-day Right shoulder soreness July 3 (June 30) July 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 A.J. Griffin 60-day Left intercostal strain May 27 July 26 (transferred to 60 on 6/19) 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 Adrian Beltre 10-day Right calf tightness April 2 (March 30) May Jose Leclerc 10-day Bruised right index finger May 8 June Dario Alvarez 10-day Left elbow strain May 28 (May 26) June Carlos Gomez 10-day Right hamstring strain May 16 (May 15) June Mike Napoli 10-day Lower back strain June 6 (June 4) June Cole Hamels 10-day Right oblique strain May 3 (April 30) June Andrew Cashner 10-day Left oblique strain June 17 (June 15) June Tyson Ross 60-day Thoracic Outlet Syndrome surgery April 2 (March 30) June Tony Barnette 10-day Right ring finger sprain June 16 (June 15) July Martin Perez 10-day Right thumb fracture/laceration June 24 (June 23) July Jeremy Jeffress 10-day Lower back muscle strain June 22 (June 21) July DATE June 17 June 18 June 19 June 22 June 24 June 26 June 27 June 29 June 30 July 2 July 3 July 4 July 5 July 6 July 7 July 8 July 15 RECENT TRANSACTIONS TRANSACTION RHP Andrew Cashner placed on 10-day disabled list, retroactive to June 15, with left oblique strain RHP Ernesto Frieri contract purchased from Round Rock (AAA) OF Peter O Brien designated for assignment. RHP Dillon Gee elects free agency OF Peter O Brien sent to Los Angeles Dodgers on waiver claim. RHP Tanner Scheppers contract purchased from Round Rock (AAA) OF Jared Hoying optioned to Round Rock RHP A.J. Griffin transferred from 10-day to 60-day disabled list. RHP Jeremy Jeffress placed on 10-day disabled list, retroactive to June 21, with lower back muscle strain RHP Preston Claiborne contract purchased from Round Rock (AAA) RHP Eddie Gamboa designated for assignment. LHP Martin Perez placed on 10-day disabled list, retroactive to June 23, with right thumb fracture/laceration INF-OF Drew Robinson recalled from Round Rock (AAA). LHP Cole Hamels activated from 10-day disabled list INF-OF Drew Robinson optioned from Round Rock (AAA). RHP Tony Barnette sent to Round Rock (AAA) on injury rehabilitation assignment. RHP Andrew Cashner activated from 10-day disabled list RHP Preston Claiborne optioned to Round Rock (AAA). RHP Eddie Gamboa declines outright assignment and elects free agency. RHP Jason Grilli and cash considerations acquired from Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for OF Eduard Pinto RHP Tony Barnette activated from disabled list RHP Tanner Scheppers optioned to Round Rock (AAA) RHP Preston Claiborne designated for assignment. RHP Jason Grilli added to active roster LHP Martin Perez reinstated from disabled list LHP Dario Alvarez optioned to Round Rock RHP Keone Kela placed on 10-day disabled list with right shoulder soreness. RHP Jeremy Jeffress activated from the disabled list RHP Ernesto Frieri designated for assignment RHP Preston Claiborne assigned outright to Round Rock (AAA). SS Elvis Andrus placed on MLB Paternity Leave List INF Jurickson Profar recalled from Round Rock (AAA). RHP Nick Martinez optioned to Round Rock (AAA). INF Drew Robinson recalled from Round Rock (AAA) RHP Ernesto Frieri assigned outright to Round Rock. SS Elvis Andrus reinstated from MLB Paternity Leave List INF Jurickson Profar optioned to Round Rock (AAA). INF Yeyson Yrizzari sent to Chicago White Sox in exchange for International slot compensation.