Cincinnati Reds (28-43) at Texas Rangers (46-26)

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1 Cincinnati Reds (28-43) at Texas Rangers (46-26) RHP Dan Straily (4-3, 3.66) vs. LHP Cole Hamels (7-1, 2.88) Game #73 Home #37 (25-11) Wed., June 22, 2016 Globe Life Park in Arlington 7:05 p.m. (CDT) FSSW / FM / 1540 AM RANGERS AT A GLANCE Overall Home Road Standing... 1st, +9.5 Homestand One-Run Run HR No HR White w/ Blue w/ Red Gray Alt. Blue Blue Home Blue Road Alt. Red (all home) Holiday 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 /12-8/26-13 vs. AL Central /5-4/7-5 vs. AL East /1-3/8-6 Interleague /3-0/5-2 Series /7-3-1/ Series Openers /6-5/13-10 Series Finales /5-6/14-8 Rubber Games /1-0/7-1 Lead after /14-1/34-3 Lead after /16-2/38-3 Lead after /19-1/43-2 Trail after /4-11/8-18 Trail after /3-10/5-20 Trail after /2-11/2-20 Tied after /3-3/4-5 Tied after /2-3/3-3 Tied after /0-3/1-4 Decided 7th/later.. 6-5/7-7/13-12 Shutouts /1-1/1-3 Decided final AB /2-7/6-9 Walk-off games ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST Rank HR Player Cal Ripken Mike Piazza Billy Williams Adrian Beltre 423 Miguel Cabrera Darrell Evans Alfonso Soriano ALL-TIME RBI LIST Rank RBI Player Jeff Kent Carlos Delgado Mickey Mantle 1509 Adrian Beltre Vladimir Guerrero Dave Parker Carlos Beltran WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers lost to the Reds last night, 8-2, and are now 1-1 on this 6-game, 7-day homestand against BAL (1-0), CIN (0-1), and BOS (3 G) last night s loss snapped a season-best 7-G win streak (see below), but team has won 7 of 8, 9 of 11, 15 of 19, 21 of 27, and 31 of 43 Texas has the best record in the A.L. at (.639), 2nd-best record in the majors to only CHC (.681, 47-22) Texas is an MLB-best 15-5 (.750) in June, best start to any month for the club since opening Aug with a 16-4 mark current record is best 72-game start in club history and team will also have its best 73-game start regardless of tonight s outcome (see chart) team was after 72 G in 2015 since 5/1/15, Rangers have best record and most wins in A.L. (127-86,.596), 2nd-best in MLB in both categories to only the Cubs (132-79,.626). TEXAS BEST 72-G RECORD W-L YEAR(S) , 2010, , 1998, 2004 TEXAS BEST 73-G RECORD W-L YEAR(S) , Club is currently 20 games above.500, needing a win tonight to match season s high water mark team was 21-over after Monday s win, 1st time at 21-over since 9/5/13 (80-59) this is the 7th season in club history to reach 21-over and the earliest Rangers ever hit that mark, just the 2nd time to reach 20-over before the All-Star break (also 2012). STREAKS END: Last night s loss ended the club s season-long 7-game win streak, longest by Texas since May 20-26, 2015 (7-0) with the loss, best club can do is split this 2-game set with the Reds, which ends club-record spans of 10 straight series wins overall (May 20-June 20) and 11 straight series wins at home (April 14-June 20) last series loss was 5/16-18 at OAK (0-3) and only series loss at home in 16 was season-opening 4/4-6 vs. SEA (1-2), needing a win tonight to split this 2-game set. STANDINGS: The Rangers have a season-best 9.5-game lead in the A.L. West for a 2nd straight day, largest lead in the division for Texas since winning the West by 10.0 games in 2011 in fact, this is the largest lead before the All-Star break in club history and just the 4th season to lead by at least 9.5 games at any point Texas won the division in each of the other 4 seasons: 1999, 2010, 2011 club was T1st on 6/2, but has gained 9.5 games in last 19 days beg. 6/3 (14-4 in that span) current 9.5-G lead is largest in A.L. by 7.5 games, and 2nd-largest in MLB to the Cubs (+10.5 GA in N.L. Central) have been in sole possession of 1st place for 19 straight and 23 of the last 24 days team has had at least a share of 1st place for 46 days in 16, sole possession of 1st for 37 different days. SERIES STUFF: Rangers club-record 10 straight series wins from 5/20-6/20 were most since 2013 Rays won 10 straight from 6/24-7/29/13 team has won 13 of its last 14 series overall (only loss was 0-3 from 5/16-18 at OAK) and is in 2016, most series wins in MLB. VS. THE REDS: Rangers lost 1st of 4 meetings in 16 last night, and trail all-time series 6-7, but the Rangers have won 4 of 7 all-time meetings in Arlington teams will meet again in the Queen City, 8/ IN ARLINGTON: Club s (.714) record is 2nd-best in A.L. and 3rd in MLB (KC: 25-8,.758; CHC: 25-10,.714) is also T2nd-best 36-game home record in club history team has won 9 of 11, 15 of 20, and 19 of last 26 at home, and have lost consecutive games just 2x (4/5-6 and 5/1-9). TEXAS BEST 36-G HOME RECORD W-L YEAR(S) , 2010, TEXAS BEST 37-G HOME RECORD W-L YEAR(S) PROFAR AGAIN: Jurickson Profar hit a 2-run HR in the 2nd inning last night to account for both Texas runs in the loss he is batting.345 (30-87) with 3 HR and 8 RBI in 22 games with Texas since his promotion on May 27 despite starting just 2 of the club s last 6 games, Profar still ranks 2nd to only Ian Desmond since 5/27 in hits, total bases (45), runs (16), and batting average has 2nd-highest OBP (.374) and 3rdbest OPS (.891) among Rangers w/ 75+ PA s in that span. DESMOND IN JUNE: Ian Desmond had a hit and walk in 3 trips last night before an early exit he is batting.354 (28-79) with 4 HR, 5 2B, 14 RBI, and 13 R in 20 games this month his 28 hits in June are tied for ML lead (also SEA s Robinson Cano and SD s Matt Kemp) is one of 3 ML players hitting at least.350 with 13+ runs and 14+ RBI in June, also SD s Wil Myers and CHC s Anthony Rizzo. In 16, Desmond s 55 runs created are T4th in the A.L. behind only BOS Xander Bogaerts (58) and David Ortiz (57), plus LAA s Mike Trout (56), also T7th in MLB (STATS LLC). Desmond has started 59 consecutive games for Texas since his lone non-start on 4/16 vs. BAL, and his team-high 71 games are 3 more than any other Ranger (Fielder-68). THE FIXER?: Cole Hamels starts for Texas tonight having gone 2-0, 1.88 (6 ER/28.2 IP) over 4 starts in June Hamels has 7.0+ IP in each of those 4 outings, accounting for half of the rotation s 8 starts of 7.0+ innings in June Texas starters enter tonight with a season-long 4-game drought without a quality start, QS in just 2 of last 9 since back-to-back outings by Lewis (CG, 1 R-ER on Thurs. at OAK) and Hamels (7.2 SHO IP Fri. at STL), rotation is 0-1, 7.58 (16 ER/19.0 IP) last 4 games, 3rd-fewest innings in any 4-game span in THE CLOSER: Sam Dyson has converted all 12 save chances since being named closer on 5/18, most saves in MLB in that span has also converted 14 straight chances overall, 3rd-longest active streak in A.L. (BAL s Zach Britton-21; TB s Alex Colome-19) the run is also the longest single-season save streak by a Texas closer since Joe Nathan converted 15 straight, 6/2-7/22/13 his MLB-high 8 saves in June are 3 shy of matching the club record for a month (11 by Wetteland in May 00, Zimmerman in July 01, Nathan in June 13). TUESDAY S GONE: Last night s 8-2 loss marked just the 3rd time in June for a Texas game to be decided by more than 4 runs it was the club s 13th game decided by 6-or-more in 2016 (6-7 in those games), T2nd-most in the A.L. w/ 6 other clubs behind only CLE (17). WINNING LATE AND CLOSE: Each of the Rangers last 3 wins have been of the come-from-behind variety, overcoming 3-run deficits in 2 of those 3 victories, as club has come back from 3-or-more down 8 times in 2016 to match total for combined team leads MLB w/ 23 comeback wins (21 each for BAL/LAD/WAS) Texas is 17-4 (.809) in one-run games, most wins and highest win pct. in majors, and current 8-game win streak in one-run games matches longest streak in club history (5x, last 9/7-27/14). DRAFT SIGNINGS: Texas has agreed to terms with draft picks from the following rounds, all 4 assigned to AZL Rangers: 15-OF Kobie Taylor from Portsmouth (NH) HS 16-RHP Scott Engler from Cowley County (KS) CC 24-LHP Kenneth Mendoza from Clearview Regional (NJ) HS 26-RHP Tyree Thompson from Edna Karr (LA) HS Texas has signed 32 of 40 picks, including the top 16 and 24 of the top 26. SHORTS: Eric Nadel has the night off on the radio broadcast, as pre/post host Jared Sandler will join Matt Hicks to call tonight s action on the Rangers radio network Rangers are 17-5 in the 2nd game of a series, winning 9 straight club is 15-4 entering the finale of current span of games for 20 straight days ahead of tomorrow s day off. UPCOMING PROBABLES, TIMES & BROADCASTS Date Opponent Pitchers - Texas vs. Opponent Time (CDT) TV/Radio Thursday, June 23 OFF DAY Friday, June 24 vs. Boston RHP Nick Martinez (1-1, 5.14) vs. LHP David Price (8-4, 4.24) 7:05 FSSW/105.3/1540 Saturday, June 25 vs. Boston RHP A.J. Griffin (3-0, 2.94) vs. RHP Steven Wright (8-4, 2.01) 8:20 FSSW/105.3/1540 Sunday, June 26 vs. Boston LHP Martin Perez (6-4, 3.57) vs. RHP Clay Buchholz (3-7, 5.83) 2:05 FSSW/105.3/1540 * For radio broadcasts, most games are on The Fan All games are broadcast in Spanish on 1540 AM ESPN Deportes All FSSW telecasts can also be viewed on FSGO app.

2 PAGE 2 TONIGHT S STARTING PITCHER #35 Cole Hamels, LHP (7-1, 2.88) TONIGHT: The 32-year-old left-hander is slated for his 15th start of the season in tonight s finale of a 2-game set with the Cincinnati Reds has gone 2-0, 1.88 (6 ER/28.2 IP) over 4 starts this month, completing at least 7.0 innings in each outing, the 2nd-longest streak by a Texas starter this season (5- Colby Lewis, 4/29-5/20) earned his 7th victory in the Rangers 1-0 win on Friday in St. Louis...ranks among the A.L. leaders in GIDP (T4th, 12), road ERA (5th, 1.64), win pct. (5th,.875), ERA (6th, 2.88), GB pct. (7th, 52.6), night ERA (7th, 2.79), opp. avg. (9th,.226), and strikeouts (T10th, 87)...recorded 2000th career SO on 6/12 at SEA (see below) the Rangers are 10-4 in his starts this year, including wins in each of his last 3...has exited with a lead in just 3 of his last 8 starts is 14-2, 3.25 (63 ER/174.1 IP) in 26 starts since joining the Rangers in a 7/31/15 trade with Philadelphia...has been a three-time All-Star (2007, 2011, 2012), posted 200-ormore innings 7 times, had 7 different 10-win seasons signed a six-year contract extension on 7/25/12, taking him through 2018, with club/vesting option for K S: Hamels whiffed Leonys Martin in 3rd inning on 6/12 at SEA for his 2000th career strikeout Hamels reached 2000 K s in his 320th career game, joining a short list of pitchers since 1913 to reach the milestone in so few games the other 7 to do it so quickly in that span: Sam McDowell (game no. 309 in 1971), Tom Seaver (305 in 75), Nolan Ryan (287 in 76), Roger Clemens (294 in 93), Randy Johnson (262 in 97), Pedro Martinez (300 in 02), Felix Hernandez (310 in 15). Became the 77th player in ML history to reach 2000, joining 6 active pitchers in the 2000-K club: C.C. Sabathia, Bartolo Colon, Felix Hernandez, Jake Peavy, John Lackey, and Justin Verlander joined Sabathia as only LHP to debut since 2000 to reach that mark. The only other pitchers to record a milestone strikeout of 2000 or more with Texas are Fergie Jenkins (no on 9/4/74 vs. MIN - Larry Hisle) and Nolan Ryan (no on 8/22/89 vs. OAK - Rickey Henderson). LAST START: Earned his 7th victory in the Rangers 1-0 win on Friday in St. Louis (7.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R-ER, 3 BB, 6 SO, 0 HR, 96 pitches/65 strikes) fwas longest scoreless outing since his no-hitter on 7/25/15 at Wrigley w/ Philly faced the minimum through 3 innings thanks to a double play in the 1st, and retired 8 of his final 9 batters before allowing a single to Matt Carpenter with 2 outs in the 8th...Matt Bush came on to strand the runner with 3-pitch flyout to Aledmys Diaz...was the 1st time Hamels has won consecutive starts since his 1st 2 starts of the year (4/4-9)...including last season, he won 6 consecutive starts (8/19/15-4/9/16)...didn t allow a HR for the 1st time since 5/6 at DET (7 G), which was tied-longest stretch (starts only) of his career (7 GS; 9/3/11-4/15/12). VS. CINCINNATI: Is 9-1, 1.96 (21 ER/96.1 IP) in 14 G/GS against CIN in his career with his lone loss coming on 6/8/15 as a member of the Phillies...went 0-1, 4.85 (7 ER/13.0 IP) in back-to-back starts vs. CIN in struck out a career-high 15 batters at CIN on 4/21/2007 (9.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R-ER, 2 BB, 15 SO) in his 1st career CG...his 2nd career CG-SHO was also against the Reds on 6/5/08 in Philadelphia (9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R-ER, 3 BB, 4 SO)...Reds are just.184/.257/.292/.548 against Hamels in his career, his lowest opp. batting average and slugging against any team he s faced. Had a 9-game win streak against CIN before his loss on 6/8/15, his longest win streak against any single opponent he s faced in his career. Threw his only postseason CG SHO (9.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R-ER, 0 BB, 9 SO) against CIN in the 2010 NLDS as the Phillies swept the Reds, the Phillies lost to the eventual World Champions Giants in the NLCS that season. INTERLEAGUE/VS. NL: Will be making 4th career Interleague start since joining Texas (1-1, 4.33, 13 ER/27.0 IP), 3rd this season, as his loss on 5/27 vs. PIT (4.2 IP, 6 R-5 ER) snapped a career-best 12-G win streak and is his only loss of the year has made 35 career starts in Interleague games: 9-16, 4.68 (113 ER/217.1 IP). In his career against N.L. opponents (268 G/267 GS), is with a 3.16 ERA (620 ER/ IP)...is 31-15, 3.00 (151 ER/453.1 IP) against N.L. Central opponents in his career. AT GLOBE LIFE PARK: Is 2-1, 4.35 (20 ER/41.1IP) in 7 G/GS at Globe Life Park this season with his last win in Arlington on 4/20 vs. HOU...last started at home on 6/7 vs. HOU (7.0 IP, 2 R-ER) and took the no-decision in the Rangers 4-3 win... in his start in Arlington on 5/27, took loss in Rangers 9-1 loss vs. PIT (4.2 IP, 8 H, 6 R-5 ER), snapping his career-high 12 game win streak and a career-opening 7-game win streak in Arlington...opponents are batting.275/.373/.481 at Globe Life Park compared to.192/.265/.338 on the road has surrendered 9 of his 15 home runs at home...rangers are 5-2 in his starts at home. WIN STREAK ENDS: Won a career-high 12 consecutive decisions from 8/23/15-5/22/16 before loss on 5/27/16 vs. PIT it was 4 games longer than his previous career best (8 G, 4/15-5/28/12) it matched the longest win streak by a starter in Rangers history (Bobby Witt - 12 G in 1990) and was the longest by a left-hander. 2016: Opponents swing and miss on 29.6% of pitches, 3rd-highest rate in the A.L. (LAA s Matt Shoemaker-30.7; NYY s Michael Pineda-30.1) opponents batting RANGERS GAME NOTES WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2016 CINCINNATI HAMELS CAREER RECORD W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO / Career / HAMELS VS. CINCINNATI W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO / Career / HAMELS AT GLOBE LIFE PARK W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO / Career / HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Innings: 8.0, May 22 at HOU Innings: 9.0, 14x, last Oct. 4, 2015 vs. LAA Hits: 9, 2x, last May 17 at OAK Hits: 12, 2x, last July 10, 2015 at SF Runs: 6, May 27 vs. PIT Runs: 9, 3x, last July 10, 2015 at SF ER: 5, May 27 vs. PIT ER: 9, July 10, 2015 at SF SO s: 11, May 22 at HOU SO s: 15, April 21, 2007 at CIN Walks: 4, 2x, last June 7 vs. HOU Walks: 6, April 28, 2013 at NYM HR: 3, May 17 at OAK HR: 4, 2x, last April 6 vs. BOS Pitches: 113, May 6 at DET Pitches: 133, May 11, 2014 at NYM CG s: N/A CG s: 15, last Oct. 4, 2015 vs. LAA Low-Hit CG: N/A Low-Hit CG: 0, July 25, 2015 at CHC CG SHO s: N/A CG SHO s: 7, last July 25, 2015 at CHC Win Streak: 12, Aug. 23, 2015-May 22, 2016 Win Streak: 12, Aug. 23, 2015-May 22, & CAREER SPLITS 2016 CAREER W L ERA G/S IP ER W L ERA G/S IP ER Home / / Away / / Day / / Night / / AVG AB H HR BB SO AVG AB H HR BB SO vs. Left vs. Right Total 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) Hamels vs. Cincinnati PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI SO Barnhart Bruce Cozart De Jesus Jr Duvall Hamilton Mesoraco Pacheco Phillips Votto HAMELS 2016 DAY-BY-DAY Straily vs. Texas PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI SO Andrus Beltre Chirinos Choo Fielder Moreland Odor Profar Date Opp. Score Dec. ERA IP H R ER HR BB-I SO Left Game Pitches 4/4 vs SEA 3-2 W Leading /69 4/9 at LAA 4-1 W Leading /56 4/14 vs. BAL Trailing /62 4/20 vs. HOU 2-1 W Leading /61 April Totals /1 vs. LAA Tied /49 5/6 at DET 5-1 W Leading /73 5/11 vs. CWS Trailing /70 5/17 at OAK Trailing /58 5/22 at HOU 9-2 W Leading /75 5/27 vs. PIT 1-9 L Trailing /55 May Totals /1 at CLE Tied /70 6/7 vs. HOU Tied /66 6/12 at SEA 6-4 W Leading /64 6/17 at STL 1-0 W Leading /65 June Totals Season Totals (13-72) w/ RISP vs. Hamels, 2nd-lowest in A.L. and 6th-lowest in MLB has allowed 11 HR last 8 starts/53.2 IP (1.85 HR/9) 15 home runs allowed overall are T5th-most in the A.L his 8 hit batsmen are most in A.L. and T2nd for ML lead (9- MIL s Jimmy Nelson) has left 3 starts in position to lose, only to see a Texas comeback leadoff batter has reached in 30 of 93 frames opponents by PA in game: batting.217 (25-115) in first PA;.211 (23-109) in 2nd PA;.237 (23-97) in 3rd PA;.333 (5-15) in 4th PA batters in the top 3 spots in the order are batting a combined.169 (20-118) Bobby Wilson (2.85) has caught 8 of 14 starts, while Bryan Holaday (3.79 ERA) has caught him 4 times, and Robinson Chirinos (2.00 ERA) has caught 3 starts his season-high 11 SO on 5/22 at HOU were most by a Ranger in 16. FRIDAY S SCHEDULED STARTER RHP NICK MARTINEZ (1-1, 5.14 in 3 games/one start) The 25-year-old right-hander is scheduled for his 2nd start and 4th appearance of the season in Friday s series opener with the Red Sox made his 1st start of the year on Sat. at STL, a spot start in the slot vacated by Yu Darvish, taking no decision in the Rangers 4-3 come-from-behind win (4.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R-ER, 2 BB, 1 SO, 2 HBP, 0 HR, 70 pitches/45 strikes) Cardinals scored just once in 1st 4 innings, on back-to-back one-out hits in the 2nd, as STL was 2-for-first-14 to begin the game before pitcher Carlos Martinez s soft front-foot single up the middle began a rally in which Cards scored twice Martinez posted 7.0 SHO IP before the bullpen allowed a pair of runs in both the 8th (Oh) and 9th (Rosenthal/Siegrist) in Rangers comeback victory has one career game/start vs. Boston: 5/18/15 in Arlington (L, 7.0 IP, 9 H, 2 R-ER, 2 BB, 5 SO, 1 HR, 112 pitches) in a 5-1 Rangers defeat in that tough-luck loss, Rangers were held scoreless over 7.2 innings by Eduardo Rodriguez in his ML debut has also pitched twice in relief for Texas in 2016: 1-1, 3.38 (1 ER/2.2 IP) took walkoff loss in 11th on 4/23 at CWS, only appearance during 1st stint w/ TEX from 4/16-24 earned relief win last Wed. at OAK (2.1 IP, 0 R-ER) when Texas overcame a 5-run deficit to beat A s 7-5 has 46 career ML starts, all with TEX: 12-18, 4.54 (128 ER/254.0 IP) has spent rest of season with Round Rock (AAA), going 6-4, 4.50 (32 ER64.0 IP) over 11 starts was 2-1, 2.79 (6 ER/19.1 IP) w/ 22 SO/3 BB over final 3 starts w/ Express before most recent call-up on 6/14 made 45 starts for Texas from , the second-highest total on the staff (Colby Lewis-62) was a college shortstop at Fordham U.

3 RANGERS GAME NOTES WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2016 CINCINNATI 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 Holaday Nicholas Wilson Stolen bases against pitchers: 2-for-5 (2 SB, 3 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 6/20 vs. BAL /0 18/28 22/4 43/24 2/0 51 Matt Bush 6/19 at STL /0 15/18 7/1 14/16 0/0 58 Alex Claudio 6/21 vs. CIN /0 7/13 12/6 34/13 0/0 41 Jake Diekman 6/18 at STL (Sv, 2) /2 22/32 11/3 29/21 0/0 47 Sam Dyson 6/20 vs. BAL (Sv, 14) /15 27/38 14/1 62/15 1/1 77 Luke Jackson 6/19 at Nashville /0 4/5 4/1 10/10 0/1 55 Cesar Ramos 6/21 vs. CIN /1 3/6 3/0 27/19 0/0 37 Shawn Tolleson 6/20 vs. BAL (W, 2-2) /15 15/25 10/1 35/24 1/3 Totals 28/35, 80.0% 138/213, 64.8% 106/26, 24.5% 324/198 4/5 TEAM PITCHING: Last night was 2nd-highest run total in June (14 on 6/13 at OAK)...opponents are 36-for-106 (.343) in last 3 G...staff has 3.17 ERA (19 ER/54.0 IP) last 6 G to drop season ERA from 4.03 to 3.96, 6th in A.L have 3.57 ERA (111 ER/280.0 IP) last 31 G beg. 5/20 to drop season figure from nd SHO of season Fri. at STL (also 4/12 at SEA) have allowed 31 HR last 32 G beg. 5/18 after A.L.-high 55 HR in 1st 40 G thru 5/17 (3rd-most in ML) in A.L., have T4th-most BB (225) and T2nd-most hit batters (28), but tied for fewest wild pitches (17) have fewest strikeouts in MLB w/ 478, but have induced MLB-high 83 GDP s staff has a 3.36 ERA (37 ER/99.0 IP) over last 11 home games (club is 9-2) to drop season ERA at home from 4.68 to 4.28, 13th in A.L. STARTERS: Starters 19.0 IP last 4 G since the outings by Lewis/Hamels on Thurs./Fri., 1st time this season to go less than 6.0 IP in 4 straight starts have 5.58 ERA (31 ER/50.0 IP) last 9 G to rise from 3.38 to 3.64, still lowest in A.L. and 6th in MLB also have 4.29 ERA (57 ER/119.2 IP) in June to rise from 3.38 no quality starts in 4 straight, longest drought of 16, and just 2 QS last 9 G club s 45 QS are still 2nd-most in A.L. (TOR-48), 5th in MLB rank among A.L. leaders in win pct. (1st,.698, 30-13), wins (T2nd, 30), WHIP (3rd, 1.27), opp. avg. (3rd,.245), opp. OPS (3rd,.706), innings (3rd, 425.2) rotation has won 13 of last 16 decisions, and 8-G win streak from 5/28-6/9 was longest single-season run since opening 2012 at RELIEVERS: Texas leads MLB with 28 saves and 52 holds bullpen had scoreless streak snapped last night at 20.2 IP, 3rd-longest in the majors this season...still have a 0.76 ERA (2 ER/23.2 IP) over last 6 G to drop season ERA from 5.03 to 4.57, 3rd-highest in A.L...bullpen is 7-2, 3.23 (22 ER/61.1 IP) in June, most wins in MLB w/ 3rd-lowest ERA in A.L. (CLE-2.30; HOU-2.81) bullpen has at least 3.2 SHO IP in a comeback win 4x in team s last 7 G rank among A.L. relief leaders in wins (2nd, 16), opp. GDP (1st, 29), and appearances (5th, 213) also T2nd-most HR allowed (33) and T3rd-most losses (13) just 2 HR in 61.1 IP in June have converted 28 of 35 save chances, including 15-for-last-15 since blown save on 5/17 at OAK. 43 TONY BARNETTE 4-2-0, 3.34 vs. LHB: 20-for-52 (.385) vs. RHB: 17-for-66 (.258) Has pitched in 2 of last 3 G after appearing in one of team s previous 9 G has 3.2 SHO IP in those 2 G to drop season ERA from 3.81 to 3.34 Mon. vs. BAL was 3rd game in career to record at least 6 outs team-leading 4th relief win Sun. at STL after entering with the bases loaded and stranding 2 of 3 IR. Has 6.48 ERA (6 ER/8.1 IP) last 7 G w/.400 (14-35) opp. avg. to rise from 2.11 has allowed runs in 7 of 28 G, including 4 of last 7 appearances. Is T7th in A.L. in relief wins (4), had 3 in May to match Lewis in team high for wins in the month has allowed 4 of 22 IR (18.2%) to score, 11th-lowest in the A.L has entering w/ bases loaded 4x has entered in 7th-or-later in 22 of 28 G earned his 1st ML win on 5/2 at TOR. 51 MATT BUSH 2-0-0, 1.08 vs. LHB: 6-for-19 (.316) vs. RHB: 6-for-43 (.140) Has 3.1 perfect innings past 4 outings, 6.2 scoreless innings last 8 appearances to drop from 1.80 to 1.08, 5th-best among A.L. relievers (min IP) has 18 K s and just 3 BB in 1st 18 ML outings opponents 1-for-22 w/ 9 K last 8 G, just.194 (12-62) w/ 2 XBH (both 2B) for season posted 2nd win 6/11 at SEA, escaping bases-loaded jam in 10th career-high 3 K s 6/9 vs. HOU, 3rd TEX reliever with a 3-SO inning in scoreless IP over 1st 5 appearances. Had K s in each of 1st 5 ML outings, 1st Ranger reliever to do that since Yoshinori Tateyama (1st 5 in 2011) and Neftali Feliz (1st 5 in 2009). Pitched perfect 9th in ML debut 5/13 vs. TOR former no. 1 overall pick (Padres in 2004) made ML debut at age Contract purchased from Frisco (AA) 5/13 0-2, 2.65 ERA (5 ER/17.0 IP) and WHIP in 12 relief app. w/ Frisco, 5-for-5 in saves, 1st reg. season action since 2011 held opponents to.158 (9-57) avg. w/ 4 BB/18 SO, 2 HR had 13.3 SO/9 (131 SO/88.2 IP) in minors career, whiffing 35.5% of BF ( ). 58 ALEX CLAUDIO (L) 1-1-0, 4.50 vs. LHB: 6-for-17 (.353) vs. RHB: 17-for-56 (.304) Tossed 2.0 SHO IP last night and has appeared in 3 G (2 R-ER/3.1 IP) since recalled 6/13 for 3rd stint w/ TEX in 16 (also 4/13-5/6 and 5/8-6/2) outing 6/13 at OAK was 1st w/ TEX since 6/1 at CLE (walkoff loss in 11th) has allowed baserunners in 11 of 13 G, has permitted 6 of 12 IR to score. Has also made 3 appearances w/ Round Rock (AAA) in 16, posting 5.2 scoreless innings, incl. 3.2 SHO frames over 2 games this month after being optioned on 6/3 when Shawn Tolleson was activated. Career-high 4.1 IP (1 R-ER) on 5/10 vs. CWS for 2nd ML win longest relief win by a Ranger since Dustin Nippert, 9/14/10 vs. DET (also 4.1 IP). 41 JAKE DIEKMAN (L) 1-1-2, 1.35 vs. LHB: 3-for-25 (.120) vs. RHB: 10-for-66 (.152) 2nd career save Sat. at STL (other 6/9 vs. HOU) no runs allowed last 16 G/14.2 IP with 15 K in that span, and owns 0.51 ERA (1 ER/17.2 IP) last 20 G to drop from 3.00 to 1.35, 8th among A.L. relievers opponents last 14 G since 5/15:.053 (2-38), 4 BB, 12 SO. Ranks among A.L. relief leaders in holds (T2nd, 17), opp. avg. (2nd,.143), opp. OPS (4th,.437), WHIP (6th, 0.79), games (T12th, 32). Opponents when pitching with a lead: 5-for-66 (.076), 6 BB/26 SO has entered w/ game tied or TEX leading in 28 of 32 G runs allowed in 3 of 32 G. 1st career save 6/9 vs. HOU also earned win 6/7 vs. HOU, 1st win w/ TEX and 1st since 6/22/15 at NYY with Philly holds in 7 straight outings, 5/11-28, T2nd-longest span in team history (Cris Carpenter-9 in 1993; Mike Venafro-7 in 1999). Did not issue an earned run with just 1 BB in 1st 11 outings (8.1 IP) in 2016 until season-high 3 ER on 5/1 vs. LAA. 47 SAM DYSON , 1.98 vs. LHB: 11-for-50 (.220) vs. RHB: 16-for-77 (.208) Saves in 4 straight and 7 of last 8 appearances has gone 12-for-12 in save chances since named closer 5/18, most saves in MLB in that span is T8th in A.L. w/ 14 saves in 16 is 14-for-15 in save tries overall (lone BS on 4/23 at CWS), converting 14 straight - 3rd-longest active streak in A.L his MLB-high 8 saves in June are 3 shy of matching club record for a month (11 by Wetteland in May 00, Zimmerman in July 01, Nathan in June 13). Owns 1.46 ERA (2 ER/12.1 IP) last 13 G to drop from 2.25 to 1.98 has 1.65 ERA (5 ER/27.1 IP) last 29 G to drop from BB last 26 G/24.1 IP. Has pitched on zero days rest A.L.-high 15 times, 2nd in ML (16-SF s Josh Osich) his 38 appearances are most in MLB has allowed just one of 14 IR to score (7.1%), 5th-best pct. in A.L also among A.L. relievers best in pitches per inning (2nd, 13.3) and GB pct. (4th, 64.6). Has allowed runs in 6 of 38 G 6/11 at SEA was 1st career extra-inning save also earned win 6/6 vs. HOU led majors w/ 17 appearances in May, 3rd most outings ever by a Ranger in one month. 77 LUKE JACKSON 0-0-0, 7.04 vs. LHB: 4-for-11 (.364) vs. RHB: 7-for-21 (.333) Recalled today for 2nd stint with Texas this season (also 5/16-6/8)...has allowed runs in 4 of 5 games with Texas this season, with opponents batting.344/.417/ allowed just one unearned run over 7.1 innings in 3 relief appearances in latest stint with the Express...last appeared on 6/10 at Nashville (2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R-0 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO), recording a season-high in strikeouts. Has gone 1-0, 2.45 (6 ER/22.0 IP) with 27 strikeouts in 16 appearances overall with the Express. 55 CESAR RAMOS (L) 1-3-1, 4.75 vs. LHB: 8-for-29 (.231) vs. RHB: 37-for-112 (.330) Has allowed 2 R over 4.2 IP in 2 relief appearances since taking loss in spot start 6/13 at OAK (3.2 IP, 8 H, 8 R-6 ER) worked 3.0 IP 5/30 at CLE to earn Rangers 1st save of 3.0+ IP since Michael Kirkman on 4/21/13 vs. SEA (3.0 IP) was 2nd career ML save, 1st since 5/31/13, also at CLE. Is 0-1, 4.50 (8 ER/16.0 IP) in 5 relief appearances and is 1-2, 4.95 (11 ER/20.0 IP) in 4 starts, incl. win on 5/21 at HOU had contract purchased and made Texas debut in start on 4/25 vs. NYY (6.0 IP, 9 H, 3 R-ER), taking loss in Rangers 3-1 defeat was 1st start since 5/17/14 at LAA while with TB. 37 SHAWN TOLLESON , 7.43 vs. LHB: 15-for-37 (.405) vs. RHB: 15-for-58 (.259) Has wins in 2 straight appearances, 2nd TEX reliever to do that in 16 (also Barnette, 5/11 and 5/14) has 5.0 scoreless IP last 3 outings has a 1.29 ERA (1 ER/7.0 IP) in 5 G since being activated from MLB Family Medical Emergency List on 6/3, dropping season ERA from to 7.43 his 2.1 IP on 6/13 at OAK matched career high (2nd time, other 4/29/14 vs. OAK) was inactive, 5/27-6/2, following appearance on 5/25 vs. LAA. Has allowed runs in 6 of last 13 G (14 R-13 ER/13.0 IP) to raise season figure from Removed from closer s role before game on 5/18 in Oakland after permitting walk-off grand slam to K. Davis on 5/17 at OAK converted just 2 saves in 5 chances over 6 appearances from 5/3-17 has 4 blown saves, T3rd in A.L., 11-for-15 in save tries 1st Ranger w/ back-to-back 10-save seasons since Joe Nathan in

4 PAGE 4 RANGERS GAME NOTES WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2016 CINCINNATI TEAM BATTING: Team avg. has hovered between.264 and.266 since 6/4 Texas is batting.280 ( ) with 45 HR and 152 R in last 29 G to raise season average from.254 to.265, 5th in A.L club has 33 HR in June, 3rd in MLB (BAL-40; TOR-35), more HR than 2B (27) this month team has won 23 of last 27 G when scoring multiple runs ranks among A.L. leaders in sac flies (1st, 27), runs (3rd, 342), hits (4th, 648), HBP (4th, 28), TB (6th, 1047), and steals (6th, 45) 3rd-fewest walks (184) in A.L season-best 10-G HR streak, 5/24-6/4 club is batting.202 (23-114) w/ RISP last 15 G to drop from.301 to.279, still 2nd in A.L. and 4th in MLB (STL-.312; CIN-.283; BOS-.282) Rangers are batting.300 ( ) over last 13 home games to raise season average from.268 to.282, 5th-highest in A.L. 1 ELVIS ANDRUS.288 AVG, 3 HR, 26 RBI,.335 OBP,.400 SLG SHORTSTOP R/R Tues.: 0-for-3, K Stand:.429 (3-7), R, SB Streak: 0 G Is 5-for-last-10 after 0-for-13 drought multiple hits in 5 of last 9 at.371 (13-35) to rise from.273 to hits Mon. vs. BAL to match season high (6th time), as he has 3 hits in 3 of his last 9 G 3rd HR of the season on Tues. at OAK, which was his 2nd HR in June, 2nd multi-hr month last 3 seasons (2 HR in Aug. 2015) has.367 avg. vs. LHP, 7th in A.L 11-G hit streak, 5/13-25, 2nd-longest by a Ranger in 16. Is 10-for-last-11 in steal attempts after 0-for-first-3 marks 8th season of 10+ steals, tied for club record (also Ian Kinsler). Ranks T8th in A.L. w/ 3 triples, all in 7-G span 4/21-27 hitting.339 w/ RISP, 11th in A.L., 4-for-last-10 w/ RISP. Has 66 starts at SS his 13 RBI in April were 4th-most RBI in a month in his career 7th on club w/ 26 RBI and his AB/RBI would be a career best. 29 ADRIAN BELTRE.275 AVG, 10 HR, 42 RBI,.328 OBP,.453 SLG THIRD BASEMAN R/R Tues.: 1-for-3, R, K Stand:.167 (1-6), R, HBP Streak: 1 G (1-3, R) Has reached safely in 5 of 6 G since his return from a 7-day absence 6/9-15 with a mild left hamstring strain has not gone more than 2 straight without a hit all season batting.318 (7-22) with a 2B, HBP, 2 RBI, and 2 runs scored in his 6 G to rise from.271 to.275 has reached via H/BB/HBP in 18 of 19 at.311 (23-74) with 3 HR/13 RBI/12 R to rise from.260 signed 2-yr extension thru 2018 on 4/16. Thurs. at OAK was 1st game since leaving early on 6/8 vs. HOU ended consecutive games streak of 151 G that had been 4th-longest in MLB. Ranks among A.L. leaders in RISP avg. (4th,.371), hits w/ RISP (2nd, 26), and PA per SO (3rd, 9.7). Ranks T53rd all-time w/ 1509 RBI (also M. Mantle), 1500th RBI on 5/28 only others to play primarily 3rd base that reached 1500 RBI: Chipper Jones (1623), George Brett (1596), and Mike Schmidt (1595). 5/7 at DET was 28th career multi HR game his 423 career HR are 4th-most ever by a regular 3B and T49th all-time w/ Miguel Cabrera. Has started 65 G: 64 at 3B and one as DH his.989 (2 E/182 TC) fielding pct. is best among A.L. 3B had 44-game errorless streak end 5/11 vs. CWS, 2nd-longest streak of his career (53 G in 2006) his 2547 career games at 3B are 2nd most all-time behind Brooks Robinson (2870) reached 2,800 hits 5/8 at DET, 50th player in ML history played 2500th career game at 3B 4/22 at CWS, just 8th infielder in ML history w/ 2500 at one position. His 42 career Interleague HR are 8th among active players, 147 RBI rank 6th among actives. 61 ROBINSON CHIRINOS.222 AVG, 4 HR, 7 RBI,.333 OBP,.611 SLG CATCHER R/R Tues.: 0-for-2, BB, K Stand: 0-2, BB Streak: 0 G Is batting.190 (4-21) w/ 3 HR/5 RBI in 8 G/7 GS since return from DL on 6/9, including 1st career PR appearance 6/11 at SEA 2nd career multi-hr game last Wed. at OAK was HBP Sat. at STL on right wrist/forearm, postgame X-rays were negative was on DL 4/10-6/8 with right forearm fracture sustained on Garrett Richards HBP 4/9 at LAA went 2-for-21 in 6 G on rehab w/ Round Rock (AAA) and Frisco (AA). Club s Opening Day catcher, hit.267 (4-15) w/ HR and 2 RBI in 5 G/GS behind plate before his DL stint started 5 of team s 1st 6 games. 17 SHIN-SOO CHOO.213 AVG, 1 HR, 6 RBI,.393 OBP,.298 SLG OUTFIELDER L/L Tues.: 0-for-4, K Stand:.125 (1-8), 2 RBI Streak: 0 G Is batting.226 (7-31) w/ HR/5 RBI in 8 G/GS in RF since return from DL on 6/13 his 2-R single in 4th on Mon. vs. BAL provided final margin in 4-3 win, 1st multi-rbi game in 16 has reached safely in 12 of 14 G in 16, reaching multiple times in 7 G. Played one game w/ TEX from 4/9-6/12 due to a pair of disabled list stints: 4/9-5/19 (right calf strain) and 5/21-6/12 (left lateral hamstring strain) lone game in that span was 5/20 at HOU, walks in both PA s before suffering hamstring injury running bases in 3rd inning. Batted.391 (9-23) w/ 2B, RBI, 3 BB over 7 G on rehab assignment w/ Frisco (AA) and Round Rock (AAA) 6/ G rehab w/ Express during 1st DL. 20 IAN DESMOND.313 AVG, 11 HR, 46 RBI,.365 OBP,.505 SLG OUTFIELDER R/R Tues.: 1-for-2, BB, K, CS Stand:.333 (3-6), HR, RBI, R, BB Streak: 4 G (.333, 5-14, HR, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 3 R, SB) In June:.354 (28-79), 4 HR, 5 2B, 14 RBI, 13 R, reaching safely in 18 of 20, to rise from.297 to.313, 7th in A.L. and 2nd-highest in 16 (.314 on 6/16)... hit his 11th HR on Mon. vs. BAL, T2nd-most on the club, and he leads the team with 46 RBI.batting.375 (45-120) last 29 G since 5/22 to rise from.267. Is among A.L. leaders in multi-hit games (2nd, 30), SB (T4th, 13), hits (T3rd, 88), runs (T6th, 51), 2B (T6th, 19), RBI (T10th, 46) ranks among A.L. avg. leaders at home (3rd,.366), vs. LHP (4th,.382) batting.361 (57-158) with.950 OPS in 38 starts batting 2nd since 5/9, is 18-for-41 w/ RISP and has.343 overall avg. w/ RISP his 24 hits w/ RISP are 3rd-most in A.L season-high 4 hits on 6/3 vs. SEA, most since 7/21/14 at COL (5). Has MLB-high 4 go-ahead HR in 7th-or-later in 2016: 5/15 vs. TOR, 5/17 at OAK, 6/7 vs. HOU, Thurs. at OAK most by a Ranger in one season since Nelson Cruz had 5 in 2010 the HR on 5/15 and 5/17 both came w/ club trailing. Made Texas debut on 4/4 vs. SEA after signing with Rangers on Feb. 29 has started 71 of 72 G in CF (team-high 44) and LF (27) with 5 E, tied for team lead w/ 5 OF assists - also T8th in A.L had 10 putouts in CF on 5/25 vs. LAA, club record by TEX OF in one game. Is batting.405 (47-116) with 8 2B, 3B, 6 HR, and 26 RBI over last 28 home games. 84 PRINCE FIELDER.203 AVG, 5 HR, 34 RBI,.273 OBP,.315 SLG DH/1B L/R Tues.: 1-for-3, 2B Stand: 2-6, 2B, R, BB Streak: 4 G (.308, 4-13, 2B, R, BB) Has exactly one hit in 4 straight (4-13) is batting.196 (28-143) last 39 G to drop from.213 season-high 3 hits 6/11 at SEA 6/11 at SEA was 1st career 9th-inn. HR w/ 2 outs to tie game or give his club a lead hitless last 8 AB w/ RISP, 2-for-last-23 w/ RISP. Has 3 HR/9 RBI last 19 G after a career-long 34-G HR drought from 4/20-5/28 his 14 RBI thru 4/21 were T2nd in A.L among A.L. leaders in sac flies (T3rd, 5) and GWRBI (T6th, 7) has started 67 of 72 at DH (61) and 1B (6) started 3 straight at 1B, Thurs.-Sat. Did not play in 2 straight, 6/4-5, 1st time to miss consecutive games while active since 8/24-25/07 with Milwaukee. Career RBI #1000 on 4/29 vs. LAA on go-ahead single in the 6th one of 13 active players w/ 1000 RBI, including Beltre (1509) Prince (1018) and father, Cecil (1008), join Bobby and Barry Bonds as the only father-son combinations with 1,000 RBI in ML history. 8 BRYAN HOLADAY.244 AVG, 2 HR, 13 RBI,.289 OBP,.415 SLG CATCHER R/R Tues.: DNP Stand: Streak: 0 G Has played twice in last 12 G, no starts since 6/9 vs. HOU 1st career pro game in OF 6/13 at OAK, final 3 innings in LF TEX is 10-1 last 11 starts, winning last 7 has hit safely in 10 of last 14 G at.326 (14-43) with 5 2B, 3B, 2 HR, and 10 RBI to rise from.154 to.244 has RBI in 4 of last 7 G (5 total) 8 of last 13 hits have gone for extra bases matched career high w/ 3 hits 5/10 vs. CWS (3rd time), most as a Ranger started 3 consecutive games, 5/29-31, 2nd longest streak of season (4 straight from 4/20-23). Made his Rangers debut in start at catcher on 4/6 vs. SEA and has 21 total starts behind the plate has thrown out 4 of 12 runners attempting to steal. Was acquired from DET in trade on 3/29 born in Dallas and attended W.T. White HS before playing at TCU in Ft. Worth, where he and family reside. 30 NOMAR MAZARA.291 AVG, 11 HR, 30 RBI,.335 OBP,.445 SLG OUTFIELDER L/L Tues.: 1-for-4, K Stand:.250 (2-8) Streak: 3 G (.273, 3-11, HR, 2 RBI, R, SF) Go-ahead solo HR in 6th Sun. at STL was 1st long ball since 6/4 is still 5-for-39 (.128) last 9 G to drop from.322 to.291 snapped 0-for-23 drought on Friday career-best 10-G hit streak 6/1-11, 2nd-longest hit streak by any ML rookie in 16 (LAD s Corey Seager-11 G) career-high 4 hits 6/6 vs. HOU turned 21 on 4/26, currently youngest position player in ML. T1st in A.L. in SF (6) tops A.L. rookies in hits (72), TB (110), RBI (30), multi-hit games (22), and runs (29) 11 HR are T2nd among Rangers. Named A.L. Rookie of the Month for both April and May, 1st TEX rookie ever to win award twice and just 3rd A.L. rookie to win the award in April & May since it was introduced in 2001 (also TB s Rocco Baldelli and SEA s Ichiro Suzuki) hit.283 (30-106) w/ 7 HR and 17 RBI over 27 G in May team-high 7 HR were most for TEX rookie in a month since July 2008 (Chris Davis-8) in April, batted.324 w/ 2 HR/8 RBI over 18 G. Was 3-for-4 on 4/10 at LAA to tie club record for hits in a ML debut 8th Ranger to HR in ML debut had career-opening 8-game on-base streak. Was recalled on 4/10 from Round Rock (AAA) and has started 58 starts (52 in RF; 6 in LF) with 4 OF assists. 18 MITCH MORELAND.234 AVG, 11 HR, 30 RBI,.300 OBP,.437 SLG FIRST BASEMAN L/L Tues.: 1-for-3 Stand:.333 (2-6), R Streak: 3 G (.333, 3-9, HR, RBI, 3 R, IBB) Has hits in 11 of 13 at.357 (15-42) to rise from.206 to.234, highest since 5/22 (.237) 8 of 15 hits in that span for extra bases, 4th on club w/ 23 XBH in 16 season-high 8 G hit streak, 6/8-16 multiple hits 4x since 6/9 after none since 5/17 at OAK 2 straight w/ multiple XBH 6/ has 99 career HR. Had 5 HR in 9 G/7 GS on the road trip and his 11 HR overall are T2nd on club recorded 9th career 2-HR game 6/10 at SEA - 2nd by a Ranger in 16 (Beltre, 5/7 at DET) has 4 of club s last 10 multi-hr efforts 2nd opponent with a 2-HR game at Safeco in 16 (also TB s Steve Pearce on 5/10). Has started 60 G at 1B (57) and DH (3) with one error in 545 TC opened season with 38-game errorless string before lone miscue on 5/27 vs. PIT.

5 RANGERS GAME NOTES WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2016 CINCINNATI PAGE 5 12 ROUGNED ODOR.270 AVG, 13 HR, 34 RBI,.293 OBP,.486 SLG SECOND BASEMAN L/R Tues.: 0-for-1 as Def. Replacement Stand: 0-5 Streak: 0 G Had 7-G hit streak snapped on Mon., but is batting.324 (11-34) last 9 G to rise from.262 to.270 hit 4 HR on road trip and has team-high 13 HR in 16 his 6 HR this month are T4th in the A.L., T2nd-most by a Ranger in any month in 2016 solo HR Fri. at STL (14th solo HR in 1-0 win in TEX history) and 1st career multi-hr game Wed. at OAK his 25 HR since the 2015 All-Star break also lead all Rangers, 4 more than Beltre (21). Has played 18 G (.292, 21-72, 4 2B, 6 HR, 9 RBI, 2 BB, 14 R) since return from 7-G MLB suspension on 6/4 batting.285 (53-186) last 44 games to rise from.233. GW HR in 11th 6/11 at SEA 2nd career walkoff RBI 6/6 vs. HOU, when he became 1st TEX batter w/ 3 RBI PA s in a game, all to tie or give lead, since Cruz, 9/14/08 at OAK tied club record with 3 2B, 4/30 vs. LAA. Has 60 starts at 2B, one start at DH, and 2 G as PH played in 46 of Rangers 1st 47 G before suspension. 19 JURICKSON PROFAR.345 AVG, 3 HR, 8 RBI,.374 OBP,.517 SLG INFIELDER S/R Tues.: 1-for-4, HR, 2 RBI, R, GDP Stand: 1-4, HR, 2 RBI, R Streak: 6 G (.333, 7-21, HR, BB, 3 R, 4 RBI) Has hit safely in 6 straight, but is batting.333 (7-21) during the streak to drop from.348 to run HR last night and 4 RBI last 2 G...go-ahead 2-R single in 8th Sun. at STL is 7-for-29 last 8 G to drop from.397 to.345, this after career-high 13-G hit streak, longest by a Ranger in 16 hit safely in 1st 13 G w/ PA after recall from Round Rock (AAA) 5/27 to match longest season-opening hit streak in club history (also Al Oliver, 1979) also hit safely in each of 1st 19 career starts in leadoff slot before an 0-for on 6/11 at SEA, longest such streak to begin a career since SEA s David Bell (19) in Is 8-for-14 (2 2B, 3B) w/ a BB when leading off games started at 1st base 6/7 vs. HOU, 1st pro game at the position also has 9 starts at 2nd base, 8 at 3B, 2 as DH, one as SS is batting.345 (30-87) in 22 home games. Multiple hits in 5 straight, 5/31-6/5, tied for longest run by Ranger in 16 (also Odor, 5/6-10) had 7-G runs scored streak 5/28-6/4, longest by a Ranger in 16 HR 5/31 at CLE was 1st in ML since 9/26/13 vs. LAA 5/27 vs. PIT was 1st ML game since 9/27/13 vs. LAA. Began season w/ Round Rock, batting.284 (48-169) w/ 5 HR and 26 RBI in 41 games had.353 (12-34) avg. final 8 G w/ the Express. 16 RYAN RUA.291 AVG, 6 HR, 18 RBI,.373 OBP,.493 SLG OUTFIELDER/1B R/R Tues.: 0-for-1 as Def. Replacement Stand: 0-1 Streak: 0 G Has played in just 2 of team s last 5 G, no starts since Thurs. at OAK had 3 HR/6 RBI/7 R in 7 G on the road trip HR last Tues. at OAK in 1st start in cleanup spot...in his last 22 G/17 GS since 5/22, is batting.345/.451/.638/1.089 (20-58) with 4 HR, 5 2B, 12 RBI, and 15 R owns highest OBP, SLG, and OPS among Rangers in that period, 2nd-best avg. (Desmond-.373) club is 13-4 in Rua s starts in that span. For the season, owns a.396 average and OPS against LH pitching, and the avg. would rank 3rd in A.L. if he qualified. Game-tying HR in 7th on 6/1 at CLE go-ahead 3-R HR in the 8th 5/10 vs. CWS career-high 4 RBI 5/10 vs. CWS, matched season high w/ 3 hits (2x). Had 2 OF assists on 4/24 at CWS, 1st Ranger w/ multiple OF assists since Leonys Martin, 4/25/15 at LAA 1st LF since David Murphy, 4/26/09 at BAL. Has 38 total starts at LF (28), 1B (7), RF (2), and DH (1) was on Opening Day roster for 2nd straight year. 6 BOBBY WILSON.245 AVG, 3 HR, 17 RBI,.279 OBP,.343 SLG CATCHER R/R Tues.: DNP Stand: 0-2, RBI Streak: 0 G Is 0-for-last-15 batting.111 (4-36) in June (12 G/11 GS) to drop season avg. from.318 to.245 w/ TEX, has hit.258 (23-89) in 26 G/GS at catcher 5-G hit streak, 5/22-28, one shy of longest career hit streak (6 G, 8/19-30/11) career-high 4 hits 5/25 vs. LAA T4th in A.L. in sac hits (4). His.358 (19-53) May avg. was 6th highest among A.L. qualifiers 12 RBI in May were 4th among Rangers acquired from DET for LHP Chad Bell 5/3. Had 2 grand slams in 7-day span (5/8 at DET and 5/14 vs. TOR), 1st 2 slams of career 1st Ranger ever with slams for each of his 1st 2 HR in a season 1st Ranger with multiple slams in a season since Nelson Cruz in nd TEX catcher w/ multiple slams in a season (Ivan Rodriguez in 2001). Was 2-for-13 w/ 2 RBI in 5 G/4 GS at C for DET opened season at Toledo (1-3, 2 RBI in 1 G) before being purchased by Tigers on 4/12. Acquired by DET from Texas on 3/29 with RHP Myles Jaye for C Bryan Holaday HOME RUNS Player Total Solo 2-run 3-run GS LHP RHP Home Road GT GA Record Last Hanser Alberto Elvis Andrus /14 at OAK (Coulombe) Adrian Beltre /3 vs. SEA (Walker) Robinson Chirinos /15 at OAK (Axford) Shin-Soo Choo /13 at OAK (Manaea) Delino DeShields /8 at DET (Lowe) Ian Desmond /20 vs. BAL (Gausman) Prince Fielder /11 at SEA (Cishek) Bryan Holaday /31 at CLE (Kluber) Nomar Mazara /19 at STL (Leake) Mitch Moreland /19 at STL (Leake) Rougned Odor /17 at STL (Wacha) Jurickson Profar /21 vs. CIN (DeSclafani) Ryan Rua /14 at OAK (Surkamp) Drew Stubbs /14 vs. TOR (Floyd) Bobby Wilson /8 vs. HOU (Keuchel) TOTALS GRAND SLAMS (2): Wilson, 5/8 at DET and 5/14 vs. TOR MULTI-HOMER GAMES (4): Beltre, 5/7 at DET; Moreland, 6/10 at SEA; Chirinos, 6/15 at OAK; Odor, 6/15 at OAK BACK-TO-BACK HOMERS (3): Odor/Mazara, 5/7 at DET; Wilson/DeShields, 5/8 at DET; Mazara/Beltre, 5/17 at OAK LEADOFF HOMERS (2): Odor, 5/3 at TOR; Odor, 5/7 at DET PINCH-HIT HOMERS (0): None WALKOFF HOMERS (1): Stubbs, 5/14 vs. TOR INSIDE THE PARK HOMERS (0): None HR BY PITCHERS (0): None DATE May 28 May 29 May 30 June 3 June 4 June 5 June 6 June 8 June 9 June 11 June 12 June 13 June 14 June 17 June 20 June 21 June 22 RECENT TRANSACTIONS TRANSACTION RHP Yu Darvish reinstated from 15-day disabled list 3B/OF Joey Gallo optioned to Round Rock (AAA). OF Patrick Kivlehan traded to Seattle Mariners for PTBNL or cash considerations. C Robinson Chirinos sent to Frisco (AA) on injury rehab assignment. RHP Shawn Tolleson reinstated from MLB Family Medical Emergency List LHP Alex Claudio optioned to Round Rock (AAA) OF Shin-Soo Choo sent to Frisco (AA) on injury rehabilitation assignment. 2B Rougned Odor reinstated from MLB Suspended List RHP Tom Wilhelmsen recalled from Round Rock (AAA) INF Hanser Alberto optioned to Round Rock RHP Nick Tepesch granted unconditional release at Round Rock. C Robinson Chirinos transferred from Frisco (AA) to Round Rock (AAA) on injury rehabilitation assignment. OF Shin-Soo Choo transferred from Frisco (AA) to Round Rock (AAA) on injury rehabilitation assignment. C Robinson Chirinos and OF Shin-Soo Choo both transferred from Round Rock (AAA) to Frisco (AA) on injury rehabilitation assignment. C Robinson Chirinos reinstated from 60-day disabled list RHP Luke Jackson optioned to Round Rock (AAA) RHP Phil Klein designated for assignment. RHP Justin De Fratus acquired from Seattle Mariners as PTBNL to complete May 29 trade. 1B Ike Davis released from minor league contract. OF Shin-Soo Choo reinstated from the 15-day disabled list LHP Alex Claudio recalled from Round Rock (AAA) RHP Yu Darvish placed on 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 9, with right shoulder discomfort OF Jared Hoying optioned to Round Rock (AAA). RHP Nick Martinez recalled from Round Rock (AAA) RHP Tom Wilhelmsen optioned to Round Rock. RHP Tom Wilhelmsen declined outright assignment to Round Rock (AAA), becoming free agent. LHP Neal Cotts signed to minor league contract and assigned to Round Rock (AAA). INF Kyle Kubitza acquired from Los Angeles Angels in exchange for cash considerations. LHP Derek Holland placed on 15-day disabled list with left shoulder inflammation RHP Luke Jackson recalled from Round Rock (AAA) DISABLED LIST Player Type Injury Placed (retro) Reinstated / Eligible Games Missed Record A.J. Griffin 15-day Right shoulder stiffness May 8 May Drew Stubbs 15-day Left little toe sprain May 23 June Yu Darvish 15-day Right shoulder discomfort June 13 (June 9) June Derek Holland 15-day Left shoulder inflammation June 22 (June 21) July Tanner Scheppers 60-day Left knee surgery Feb. 29 June Keone Kela 60-day Right elbow impingement April 21 (April 20) June 17 (transferred to 60 on 4/25) Josh Hamilton 60-day Left knee surgery April 3 (March 25) June 4 (transferred to 60 on 5/7) Luke Jackson 15-day Lower back stress reaction April 3 (March 25) April Chris Gimenez 15-day Lower left leg infection April 3 (March 27) May Shin-Soo Choo 15-day Right calf strain April 10 (April 9) May Yu Darvish 15-day Right elbow surgery April 3 (March 25) May Robinson Chirinos 60-day Right forearm fracture April 10 June Shin-Soo Choo 15-day Left lateral hamstring strain May 23 (May 21) June