Texas Rangers (45-46) at Baltimore Orioles (42-49)

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1 Texas Rangers (45-46) at Baltimore Orioles (42-49) RHP Andrew Cashner (4-7, 3.54) vs. RHP Chris Tillman (1-5, 7.90) Game #92 Road #47 (20-26) Mon., July 17, 2017 Oriole Park at Camden Yards 6:05 p.m. (CDT) FSSW / FM / 1270 AM RANGERS AT A GLANCE Overall Home Road Standing... T2nd, 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 /3-6/7-12 Interleague /4-1/10-2 Series /6-8-1/ Series Openers...8-7/6-9/14-16 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 /1-19/3-34 Trail after /2-21/3-36 Tied after /5-3/9-5 Tied after /5-3/8-4 Tied after /3-3/5-5 Decided 7th/later...8-8/7-12/15-20 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 suffered a 4-3 walkoff loss to the Royals yesterday and have a 2-1 record to begin this 10-day, 10-game road trip to KC (2-1), BAL (4 G), and TB (3 G) team has won 2 of 3, 5 of 7 and is (.563) since 6/9, 5th-best in A.L. in that stretch and T9th in MLB club has a 6-5 record in July and has dropped 8 of 14, 9 of 16, and 13 of 24 Texas has won 19 of 34 and 32 of 58 club has (.526) record beginning 4/20, T4th-best in A.L./T9th in MLB. At (.494), 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 53 days club was 54-37/54-38 thru 91/92 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 T2nd place in the A.L. West w/ SEA, 16.5 games behind HOU days in each position in 2017 (alone or tied): 1st-0 days, 2nd-36, 3rd-25, 4th-31, 5th-13 Saturday was just 4th time in 29 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 have played 17 opponents in 2017, 13 in the A.L. and 4 in the N.L., but have yet to face the Orioles ahead of this week s 4-G set in Baltimore club was 4-3 vs. O s in 16 and Rangers have a 10-4 advantage in the past 2 seasons Texas has gone since 7/10/13, but leads since start of 2011 club is 4-3 at Camden Yards in , but is 4-9 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 1.36 HR/G at Camden Yards (53 HR/39 G), club s highest figure in any A.L. park in that span it is the 3rd-highest average for any A.L. team at this facility in that 10-season stretch, trailing only BOS (1.54 HR/G) and DET (1.43) - w/ BAL just barely behind TEX with a lower 1.36 HR/G for comparison s sake, TEX has averaged 1.23 HR/G at Globe Life Park since ON THE ROAD: The Rangers have won 2 of 3 and 3 of last 5 away games, but have dropped 5 of 8, 6 of 10, and 8 of last 14 road tilts since a season-best 6-G road win streak from 5/28-6/13 club is still 12-8 in road contests since 5/28 prior to this 11-8 span, the club had won just 6 of its previous 17 away contests the Rangers.435 (20-26) road winning percentage is 10th in the A.L club was 25-21/25-22 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. FOUR DAYS: Rangers have gone in 4-G series this season, including on the road this marks 3rd time in 4 years to play a 4-G set at Camden Yards, as club was 0-4 here from 6/30-7/3/14 and went 3-1 in last instance 6/29-7/2/15 in the 2015 series, Texas hit 8 HR in the 1st 2 games for wins of 8-1 and 8-6, with Mitch Moreland hitting 2 HR in both contests, before taking a 2-0 victory in the finale. BELTRE CHASING 3000: Adrian Beltre enters this series with 2980 career hits, 32nd all-time and 20 shy of becoming the 31st player in MLB history to reach 3000 hits the only players w/ 3000 career hits while appearing primarily at 3rd base are HOFers George Brett (3154) and Wade Boggs (3010) 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.340/.383/.632/1.014 (84-247) hitter against Baltimore with 18 HR, 18 2B, 50 RBI, and 45 runs in 63 G among batters with 200+ PA s vs. BAL in that span, his OPS ranks 3rd and the.340 avg. is 4th Beltre has 11 career HR here at Camden Yards, but no HR in this park since a 4-H, 2-HR, 5-RBI effort on 7/9/13. ANOTHER LATE LOSS: Texas suffered a 4-3 walkoff loss yesterday in KC on a sunball single off Shin-Soo Choo s glove in RF that would have sent the game to extra innings had it been caught it was the Rangers 5th walkoff loss in 17, T2nd-most in the A.L. (6-TOR, 5-TEX/CWS/KC) and T6th in MLB it was the club s A.L.-high 14th last at-bat defeat, T2nd in MLB (16-PHI, 14-TEX/MIL). ONE-RUN DEFEATS: Texas is now 7-15 (.318) in one-run games, lowest win pct. in the A.L. and 2nd-lowest in MLB (PHI-.314, 11-24) the 15 one-run defeats are 2nd-most in A.L. and 4th in majors (24-PHI, 18-NYY, 17-STL, 15-TEX). NAPOLI AT 20: Mike Napoli homered in 2 of the 3 games in KC over the weekend to bring his season total to 20 HR, his 8th career season with 20+ HR, including 3 times with the Rangers (also ) he ranks T10th in the A.L with 20 HR in 2017, 2nd-most among Rangers (Gallo-21) he has HR in 6 of 10 G this month, and leads all ML players with 6 HR in July. DREW ROBINSON hit his 3rd HR yesterday, just the 3rd player in Rangers history with 3 HR in his 1st 6 ML games, joining Ruben Sierra (1986) and Taylor Teagarden (2008) each of his 1st 4 ML hits have been XBH (3 HR, 2B). TWO RUNS FOR DARVISH: Yu Darvish posted a quality start yesterday for the 4th time in 5 outings, but he remains winless since 6/12 during his 0-4 span over his last 6 starts, he has received a total of 5 runs of support while in the game and his 3.45 run support per 9 average ranks T4th-lowest in the A.L. in With 6 SO yesterday, Darvish now has 943 SO in his career, passing Nolan Ryan (939) for 4th place in Rangers history. ALEX CLAUDIO appeared in all 3 G in Kansas City, recorded 3 outs in each outing despite 8-or-fewer pitches in all 3 appearances he is the 1st Ranger with 3+ outs on 8-pitches-or-less in 3 consecutive appearances since pitches were 1st tracked in 1988 only other pitcher to do it in last 7 seasons was LaTroy Hawkins (w/ COL) in April 2014, and no A.L. pitcher had done it since KC s John Bale in Sept Claudio s average of 12.6 pitches per inning is easily the lowest for any ML reliever, a full pitch less on average than 2nd place T.J. McFarland for ARI (13.6). 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 Tuesday, July 18 at Baltimore RHP Tyson Ross (2-1, 5.33) vs. RHP Dylan Bundy (8-8, 4.33) 6:05 FSSW/105.3/1270 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 #54 Andrew Cashner, RHP (4-7, 3.54) TONIGHT: The 30-year-old right-hander is slated to make his 15th start of the season in tonight s series opener against the Orioles earned the win in last start on 7/5 vs. BOS (7.0 IP, 2 R-0 ER), an 8-2 Texas victory was his 2nd outing without allowing an earned run, but still has gone 2-3 with a 4.66 ERA (15 ER/29.0 IP) in his last 5 starts (beg. 6/3) to raise season ERA from 2.92 to 3.54 was on the disabled list from 6/15-28 with a left oblique strain did not require a rehab assignment, completing a 41 pitch bullpen on 6/24 in New York also was struck by a piece of a broken bat on 6/29 at CLE, but did not miss a start...has quality starts in 7 of last 11 outings and his 8 QS overall are T2nd-most among Rangers (14-Darvish) despite a pair of DL stints has allowed 2-ER-or-less in 9 of 14 starts has earned wins in 4 of his last 8 starts after a span of 10 straight winless starts dating to 2016 Texas is 6-8 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. LAST START: Earned the win in an 8-2 Texas victory on 7/5 vs. BOS (7.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R-0 ER, 3 BB, 4 SO, 1 HR, 110 pitches/71 strikes)...did not allow a hit until a Xander Bogaerts 2 out, 2-run home run in the 6th inning...eclipsed the 100-pitch mark for the 1st time this season, tossing a season-high 110 pitches...was his 5th career start of 7.0+ IP, 0 ER, and 3-or-fewer hits, 1st since 9/15/14 vs. PHI... marked his 2nd career win in Arlington, improving to 2-2 with a 2.50 ERA (10 ER/36.0 IP) in 6 home starts this season. VS. BALTIMORE: In only career start vs. Orioles, took no decision for Padres on 5/14/13 at Camden Yards (7.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R-1 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO, 1 HR, 92 pitches/57 strikes) opposed tonight s counterpart Chris Tillman and allowed solo HR to Ryan Flaherty...was his 5th start after being installed as a full-time starter. ON THE ROAD: Has gone 2-5, 4.37 (22 ER/45.1 IP) over 8 road starts posted quality starts in 4 of 8 outings...is 0-2, 9.00 (9 ER/9.0 IP) in last 2 road starts, this after back-to-back road wins at TOR and WAS...is the only A.L. starter to not allow a home run on the road (min IP)...opponents have batted.263/.344/.333/.677 on the road compared to.261/.340/.433/.773 in Arlington win on 5/28 at TOR snapped a streak of 18 straight winless road starts. INTENTIONAL GROUNDING: Has allowed one HR in last 7 starts and has permitted just 6 HR in 81.1 IP, as his 0.66 HR/9 ranks 4th in A.L. among starters with 14+ GS...still ranks T15th among A.L. starters with 11 GIDP, T2nd on staff (Martin Perez-17) ground ball percentage (50.2%) is 7th in A.L. among pitchers with at least 14 starts and 1st among Texas starters. RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION: Opponents batting.160 (12-75) w/ RISP, lowest in the A.L., and 2nd-lowest in the majors (Gio Gonzalez-.124) 7 of his 12 hits allowed w/ RISP have come vs. HOU, including 3 in a span of 4 BF on 6/3 vs. HOU opposing hitters are 1-for-30 (.033) w/ RISP and 2 outs off Cashner overall, opponents are 28-for-141 (.199) with men on base. ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE: Received 8 runs of support in last start to raise season run support average from 3.87 to 4.43, 2nd-lowest on staff (Darvish-3.45)...had received 7 total runs of support over previous 3 outings (1-1-5)...had a combined 6 runs of support in his 1st 6 outings received no runs in his 1st 3 starts Texas did not score with Cashner on the mound in his 1st 16.1 innings this season in last 4 starts, run support average has jumped from 1.62 to 3.43 career 3.77 run support average as a starter is lowest among MLB starters since : Has the 2nd-lowest SO/9 (4.43) figure in MLB among pitchers with at least 50.0 IP (SF s Ty Blach ) and nearly 3 SO lower than his career rate (7.24)...his 3.98 BB/9 rate is 2nd-highest among Texas starters (Tyson Ross-4.62)...opponents swing and miss on 15.1% of pitches, 4th-lowest mark in MLB (min IP) his 50.2% ground ball percentage is equal to his career average, but highest since 2013 (53.7)...was winless in his 1st 6 starts of the season for the 1st time in his career Lucroy has caught 13 starts and Chirinos caught 6/29 at CLE, as well as one inning in last start nearly identical numbers vs. left/right, as opposing LH hitters are hitting.260 w/.735 OPS and RH batters have.264 avg. w/.704 OPS opp. leading off an inning have.273 (21-77) avg. w/ 9 XBH (7 2B, 2 HR), 9 BB and 13 SO opponents by time through order, 1st PA:.243 (27-111); 2nd PA:.236 (26-110); 3rd PA:.325 (26-80); 4th PA: H allowed on 6/3 vs. HOU matched career high...posted 4 straight quality starts from 5/1-17. DISABLED LIST: Was placed on the disabled list 6/17 (retroactive to 6/15) with a left oblique strain, an injury he 1st felt in his previous start on 6/14 at HOU... did not require a rehab assignment, completing a 41 pitch bullpen on 6/24 in New York...also was struck in the stomach and right forearm by a piece of Edwin Encarnacion s broken bat in the 6th inning on 6/29 at CLE, but didn t miss a start. RETURN FROM INJURY: Missed majority of spring training with upper right biceps soreness that was orginally diagnosed on 3/2 saw Dr. Greg Pearl in Dallas and received 2 injections on 3/10 threw a bullpen on 3/17 in his 1st return to the mound since the injury earned the save (3.0 IP, 0 R-ER) in only RANGERS GAME NOTES MONDAY, JULY 17, 2017 AT BALTIMORE CASHNER S MAJOR LEAGUE RECORD W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO / Career / CASHNER VS. BALTIMORE W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2016 Career / CASHNER AT ORIOLE PARK AT CAMDEN YARDS W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2016 Career / HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Innings: 7.0, 4x, last July 5 vs. BOS Innings: 9.0, 3x, last Sept. 15, 2014 vs. PHI Hits: 11, June 3 vs. HOU Hits: 11, 2x, last June 3, 2017 vs. HOU Runs: 5, 3x, last June 29 at CLE Runs: 8, July 8, 2016 at LAD ER: 5, 3x, last June 29 at CLE ER: 8, July 8, 2016 at LAD SO s: 5, May 7 vs. SEA SO s: 12, June 1, 2015 vs. NYM Walks: 6, April 25 vs. MIN Walks: 6, 2x, last April 25, 2017 vs. MIN HR: 2, April 25 vs. MIN HR: 4, July 8, 2016 at LAD Pitches: 110, July 5 vs. BOS Pitches: 121, Aug. 27, 2015 at WAS CG s: N/A CG s: 3, last Sept. 15, 2014 vs. PHI Low-Hit CG: N/A Low-Hit CG: 1, 2x, April 11, 2014 vs. DET CG SHO s: N/A CG SHO s: 3, last Sept. 15, 2014 vs. PHI Win Streak: 1, 4x, last July 5 Win Streak: 3, 3x, last Sept. 9-20, & 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) Cashner vs. Baltimore PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI SO Castillo Davis Flaherty Hardy Jones Machado Smith Tejeda Trumbo Tillman vs. Texas PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI SO Andrus Beltre Choo DeShields Gomez Lucroy Mazara Napoli Odor CASHNER S 2017 DAY-BY-DAY Date Opp. Score Dec. ERA IP H R ER HR BB-I SO Left Game Pitches 4/15 at SEA 0-5 L Trailing /48 4/20 vs. KC 1-0 (13) Tied /53 4/25 vs. MIN 1-8 L Trailing /51 April Totals /1 at HOU 2-6 L Leading /49 5/7 at SEA Leading /56 5/12 vs. OAK Tied /57 5/17 vs. PHI 9-3 W Leading /59 5/23 at BOS 6-11 L Trailing /54 5/28 at TOR 3-1 W Leading /63 May Totals /3 vs. HOU 5-6 L Trailing /65 6/9 at WAS 5-2 W Leading /59 6/14 at HOU 2-13 L Trailing /61 6/29 at CLE 1-5 L Trailing /48 June Totals /5 vs. BOS 8-2 W Leading /71 July Totals Season Totals A game appearance on 3/31 vs. KC at Globe Life Park in Arlington was due to start for Double-A Frisco on 4/10, but was sent to extended spring due to inclement weather forecast in the DFW area. I LIKE TEXAS: Is the 1st native-born Texas pitcher to start for the Rangers since Mesquite s Jason Jennings (6 starts in 2008) the Conroe native earned his 1st victory in his native state on 5/17 vs. PHI at Globe Life Park, 2nd on 7/5 vs. BOS had gone winless in his 1st 10 G/5 GS between Globe Life Park and Minute Maid Park to begin career. TOMORROW S SCHEDULED STARTER RHP TYSON ROSS (2-1, 5.33 ERA in 5 games/starts) The 30-year-old right-hander is slated to make his 6th start and appearance of the season tomorrow night 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 (5.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R-ER, 2 BB, 3 SO, 1 HR, 94 pitches/48 strikes) 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) 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 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.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 ( ) the Berkeley native pitched 3 seasons at Cal brother of Washington Nationals pitcher Joe Ross Rangers are 3-2 in his 5 starts.

3 RANGERS GAME NOTES MONDAY, JULY 17, 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 7/8 vs. LAA /0 21/33 21/4 57/18 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% 163/259, 63.8% 146/52, 35.9% 414/242 21/6 TEAM PITCHING: Staff has allowed 3-or-fewer ER in 7 straight, posting 1.58 ERA (11 ER/62.2 IP) in that span to drop season ERA from 4.45 to 4.23, 8th in A.L. and lowest since 6/25 (4.22) still have a 4.54 ERA (121 ER/239.2 IP) over the last 27 G to rise from th SHO of season on Sat. at KC have permitted 5-or-fewer hits in 6 of 11 G in July,.217 (78-359) opp. avg. this month staff s 642 SO rank 14th in A.L. (MIN-624), 306 BB are T5th-most in A.L. STARTERS: Rotation has a 1.47 (8 ER/49.0 IP) ERA last 7 G to drop season ERA from 4.44 to 4.16, 4th in A.L. and lowest since 6/17 (4.10) have 7.0+ IP in 5 of those 7 G, with opponents batting.194 (33-170) in that span w/ just 11 XBH rotation still has a 4.47 ERA (78 ER/157.0 IP) over last 27 G to rise from 4.03 Texas starters had MLB-best 3.27 ERA thru 5/19 Texas has quality starts in 6 of last 7 G, and is T2nd in A.L. w/ 48 QS (54-BOS, 48-DET). RELIEVERS: Bullpen has allowed 3 R-ER over 13.2 IP last 7 G to drop season ERA from 4.48 to 4.36, 11th in A.L relievers have 3.75 ERA (53 ER/127.1 IP) in the last 40 G to drop from 4.86 have 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 (23-PHI, 22-MIL, 21-TB) bullpen has allowed 13 of 25 inherited runners to score in the last 16 games and 35.6% (52 of 146) of IR scoring in 2017 is 2nd highest mark in the A.L. to HOU (39.4%). 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 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 yesterday 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 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, 5.34 vs. LHB: 11-for-33 (.333) vs. RHB: 25-for-86 (.291) Activated from DL on 7/4 and appeared in 2 straight 7/7-8 vs. LAA, retiring 2 of 3 BF on DL 6/21-7/3 w/ lower back muscle strain. Has been scoreless in 5 straight (4.1 IP) and 8 of last 9 outings (4 R-ER/9.2 IP), but has a 6.08 ERA (16 ER/23.2 IP) last 23 G beginning 4/21 to raise ERA from 2.70 to 5.34 opponents batting.333 (32-96) in that span with 13 BB-2 IBB. His.303 opp. avg. is 11th-highest among A.L. relievers 1st batters have reached in 11 of 33 G (7 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 6 G/7.1 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 MONDAY, JULY 17, 2017 AT BALTIMORE TEAM BATTING: Batting just.172 (21-122) last 4 G to drop from.242 to.239, 2nd-lowest in A.L. (OAK-.236) have.252 ( ) avg. last 58 G beg. 5/9 to rise from.215 rank among A.L. leaders in HR (2nd, 139), SB (2nd, 76), runs (3rd, 453), HBP (T3rd, 41), SLG (5th,.428) HR in 32 of last 35 G, multiple HR in 14 of of 41 R last 9 G via the HR 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 838 SO are 3rd-most in A.L. 1 ELVIS ANDRUS.295 AVG, 11 HR, 50 RBI,.339 OBP,.462 SLG SHORTSTOP R/R Sun.: 1-for-4, 2B, R, 2 GDP Trip:.154 (2-13), 2B, 2 R Streak: 1 G (1-4, 2B, R) Is 1-for-last-10 and 6-for-29 (.207) last 7 G to drop from.302 to.295, but is still batting.319 (23-72) over last 17 G to rise from.288 batting.325 (52-160) last 38 G to rise from.269 had 15-G hit streak, 5/25-6/11, one shy of his career best (16 G 2x) has 9-G hit streak vs. O s at.414 (12-29). 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 yesterday 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 (66-Correa) and 50 RBI overall are 2nd among Rangers (57-Mazara), no RBI last 7 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. Activated from MLB Paternity List on 7/8, missing games 7/5 and 7/7 for birth of son Elvis Emilio on morning of 7/6-1st child for he and wife Cori his stay on Paternity Leave marked 1st time to not be on active TEX roster since his ML debut on Opening Day 2009 finished 4th in A.L. All-Star Final Vote. 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.275 AVG, 8 HR, 30 RBI,.374 OBP,.522 SLG THIRD BASEMAN R/R Sun.: 0-for-4, K Trip:.182 (2-11), HR, 3 RBI, BB, R Streak: 0 G Is 0-for-8 last 2 G to drop from.292 to.275, but is 9-for-29 (.310) last 8 G to rise from.266 BB in 6 of his last 12 PA s w/ RISP 3 HR/8 RBI last 6 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 6 G after 8-G drought, ranks 32nd all-time at 1601 career RBI has 30 RBI in 38 G to begin the year, averaging 4.60 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 2980 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/ 5012 (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 (63 G):.340/.383/.632/1.014 (84-247) 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 Sun.: DNP Trip: 1-4 Streak: 1 G (1-4) Has started 8 of last 15 G snapped 0-11 drought Friday, now 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.247 AVG, 12 HR, 43 RBI,.359 OBP,.400 SLG OUTFIELDER L/L Sun.: 1-for-3, HBP, K Trip:.167 (2-12), RBI, HBP Streak: 2 G (2-7, RBI, HBP) Drove in lone run in 1-0 win Sat. at KC and has reached in 10 of 12 batting.162 (6-37) last 9 G to drop from.259 to.247 batting.192 (15-78) last 19 G to drop from.266. Ranks 5th in A.L. w/ 49 BB, just 2 BB last 14 G is 6-for-last-12 w/ RISP 14-G on-base streak 5/12-31, tied team high in 17. No HR last 15 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 81 total starts at DH (39) and RF (42), 4 of last 6 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 Sun.: 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 25 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.192 AVG, 21 HR, 41 RBI,.311 OBP,.504 SLG 1B / 3B / OF L/R Sun.: DNP Trip: 0-2, R Streak: 0 G Batting.115 (3-26) last 16 G to drop from.201 to.192, 2nd-lowest qualifying avg. in A.L (A. Gordon-lower.192) batting.177 (32-181) last 61 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, 11.9) 4th in A.L. w/ 113 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 8 of last 14 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 32 G 21 HR were most by a Ranger pre-as break since 2013 (N. Cruz-22, A. Beltre-21) has started 75 G: 53-3B, 21-1B, 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.251 AVG, 12 HR, 32 RBI,.331 OBP,.471 SLG OUTFIELDER R/R Sun.: 0-for-3 Trip:.333 (3-9), BB, R Streak: 0 G Has.210 (13-62) avg. last 17 G to drop from.267 to.251 no K s in 3 straight to open 2nd half, this after K s in 35 of 67 PA to end 1st half. Batting.259 (22-85) w/ 8 HR, 19 RBI, and 16 R in 23 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 60 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 Sun.: DNP Trip: 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 26 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.257 AVG, 4 HR, 25 RBI,.302 OBP,.361 SLG CATCHER R/R Sun.: 1-for-4, K Trip: 2-7 Streak: 4 G (.286, 4-14, 2B, 2 RBI, BB, R) Is 4-for-21 last 6 G and batting.200 (12-60) over last 17 G to drop from.275 to.257 batting.277 (48-173) last 46 G to rise from of 8 and 9 of last 39 starts at DH had 10 G hit streak, 5/10-23, longest hit streak w/ TEX, T2nd-longest of career. RBI in 4 of last 8 G (6 RBI) hit 4th in 13 straight starts, 5/11-28 has 14 BB/29 SO, as his 9.31 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 66 of 91 G (57-C, 9-DH). Leads MLB in CS since start of 2011 (159 for MIL/TEX) is 13-for-40 in throwing out attempted base stealers played w/ champion USA in the WBC.

5 RANGERS GAME NOTES MONDAY, JULY 17, 2017 AT BALTIMORE PAGE 5 30 NOMAR MAZARA.256 AVG, 12 HR, 57 RBI,.330 OBP,.442 SLG OUTFIELDER L/L Sun.: 1-for-3, RBI, BB, K Trip: 2-10, RBI, BB, R Streak: 1 G (1-3, RBI, BB) Hits in 5 of 6 at 6-for-21, XBH in 3 of 6 G is batting.167 (10-60) last 17 G to drop from.278 to.256 is hitting.174 (16-92) over last 26 G to drop from.292 has team-high 57 RBI 7/7 vs. LAA is lone multi-hit game since 6/17 vs. SEA career-opening 6-G hit streak vs. BAL at.450 (9-20). 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 79 total starts in RF (49), LF (25), and DH (5), with 19 of last 26 starts in LF named A.L. Player of the Week for April MIKE NAPOLI.203 AVG, 20 HR, 42 RBI,.278 OBP,.467 SLG FIRST BASEMAN/DH R/R Sun.: 2-for-4, HR, RBI, R, K Trip:.444 (4-9), 2 HR, 3B, 3 RBI, 2 R Streak: 4 G (.375, 6-16, 2 HR, 2B, 3B, 3 RBI, BB, 2 R) HR in 2 of 3 G to open 2nd half has HR in 6 of 10 this month, MLB-high 6 HR in July HR yesterday 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 straight at.289 (11-38) with 2 BB, 6 HR, 3B, and 8 RBI to rise from.188 to.203, 3rd-lowest qualifying avg. in A.L 9th in A.L. w/ 94 SO hitting.228 (18-79) w/ 9 HR, 17 RBI and 9 BB in 24 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 48 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.213 AVG, 17 HR, 40 RBI,.252 OBP,.401 SLG SECOND BASEMAN L/R Sun.: 0-for-4, 2 K Trip: 0-11 Streak: 0 G Is 0-for-last-15 past 4 G since 2B on 7/8 vs. LAA, dropping season avg. from.222 to.213, 5th-lowest qualifying mark in A.L career-high 10-G hit streak, 6/28-7/8 batting.260 (13-50) last 14 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 11 G his 4 July HR are T4th in A.L. this month 17 HR are T2nd-most in MLB by a 2nd baseman (Cano-18, Schoop-17). RBI in 6 of last 14 G (9 total RBI) after 10-G RBI drought 11 of last 23 hits have been XBH (3 2B, 8 HR) 3 BB last 42 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 32 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 91 G has 88 starts at 2B, 2 at DH. 18 DREW ROBINSON.235 AVG, 3 HR, 4 RBI,.381 OBP,.824 SLG INF / OF L/R Sun.: 1-for-3, HR, RBI, R, K Trip: 1-6, HR, RBI, BB, R Streak: 1 G (1-3, HR, RBI, R) Just 3rd Ranger w/ 3 HR in 1st 6 ML games (also Ruben Sierra/Taylor Teagarden) has reached safely in each of 1st 5 ML starts (2-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.