Texas Rangers (5-8) at Oakland Athletics (5-8)

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1 Texas Rangers (5-8) at Oakland Athletics (5-8) RHP Yu Darvish (1-1, 2.33) vs. RHP Andrew Triggs (2-0, 0.00) Game #14 Road #8 (3-4) Tues., April 18, 2017 Oakland Coliseum 9:05 p.m. (CDT) FSSW / FM / 1270 AM RANGERS AT A GLANCE Overall Home Road Standing... T4th, -4.0 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) Throwback Last 5 Games Last 10 Games Come From Behind Wins... 1 Losses After Lead... 4 Score First Opp. Score First Columns below listed in a Home/Road/Total format vs. AL West /3-4/5-5 vs. AL Central /0-0/0-3 vs. AL East /0-0/0-0 Interleague /0-0/0-0 Series /1-1-0/2-2-0 Series Openers /1-2/2-3 Series Finales...1-1/1-1/2-2 Rubber Games /1-0/2-0 Lead after /3-2/5-4 Lead after /3-1/5-3 Lead after /3-1/5-2 Trail after /0-1/0-3 Trail after /0-2/0-4 Trail after /0-2/0-4 Tied after /0-1/0-1 Tied after /0-1/0-1 Tied after /0-1/0-2 Decided 7th/later /0-3/0-5 Shutouts /1-1/1-1 Decided final AB...0-2/0-2/0-4 Walk-off games ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST Rank HR Player Carl Yastrzemski Jeff Bagwell 449 Vladimir Guerrero Miguel Cabrera Adrian Beltre Dave Kingman Jason Giambi ALL-TIME HITS LIST Rank H Player Roberto Clemente Sam Rice Sam Crawford Willie Keeler Frank Robinson Adrian Beltre Barry Bonds WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers beat the A s last night, 7-0, to snap a 3-game losing streak that matched longest in 2017 club has dropped 3 of 4, but is 3-3 in last 6, 4-4 in last 8, and 5-5 in last 10 after opening the campaign at 0-3 team has gone 3-4 entering the final 2 contests of this 9-game, 9-day road trip to LAA (2-1), SEA (0-3), and OAK (1-0) last night was just the Rangers 2nd win in a series opener (2-3), and both have come against the A s (also 4/7 in Arlington) club has opened season with a 5-8 record this season after going 7-6 in 2016 and 5-8 in 2015 after 14 G, team was 8-6 in 2016 and 6-8 in 2015 have not had a 5-9 or worse record thru 14 G since 2010 (5-9). The Rangers are 4.0 games back in the A.L. West behind division leader HOU for a 2nd straight day, T4th place with OAK current 4.0-game deficit matches largest since 8/31/15 (-4.0 GB). SERIES STUFF: Texas is in its 1st 4 series in 2017, winning a rubber game series finale in the 2 victories and getting swept in the 2 defeats team has 2 chances to seal a series win here at the Coliseum club has yet to win the 1st 2 G in any series in 17, and has a 1-3 record in the 2nd game of series this year. ON THE ROAD: Rangers have opened this season with a 3-4 road record, needing to win the final 2 G here in Oakland to finish this initial trip with a winning record the Rangers were (.519) in road games in 2016, T3rd-best in the A.L club has winning road records in 2 straight and 5 of last 6 seasons, and.519 ( ) away win pct. since 2011 is 2nd-best in MLB (STL:.526, ). STAYING WEST: The Rangers first 42 games - over a quarter of the way into the 2017 season - are scheduled to take place in the Central and Pacific Time Zones, as each of those contests will be played in just 3 states: Texas, California, and Washington the Rangers 1st game outside of those 3 states, or in the Eastern Time Zone, does not come until a 3-city road trip from May to DET, BOS, and TOR. VS. OAKLAND: Texas is 3-1 vs. A s in 2017, playing OAK in 2 of 1st 5 series this season teams also play 5/12-14 at TEX, but then do not meet again until late August Rangers have won 9 of 13 and 13 of last 19 overall Texas won season series 10-9 last year, 4th straight season for TEX/OAK season series to be decided by 10-9 margin Texas clinched division on 9/23/16 at OAK club is 6-5 at the Coliseum since the start of 2016, but has won 6 of last 7 in this facility alltime, Rangers lead , but A s have edge at the Coliseum. CHOO REACHES IS FAMILIAR PHRASE IN 17: Shin- Soo Choo drew 3 BB last night, most by a Ranger since 9/27/16 vs. MIL (Profar-3) and most for Choo since 7/10/16 vs. MIN (3) his team-high 8 BB are T11th in the A.L Choo has 18 times on base in 17, T2nd-most among Rangers (23-Mazara) despite not starting twice his.383 OBP is 2nd among Texas regulars to only Mazara (.397). Last night was the 15th game in Choo s career to reach safely 3+ times without the benefit of a hit 11 of those instances have come since the start of 2013, T4th-most in MLB the list: 14-Joey Votto, 12-Paul Goldschmidt/Bryce Harper, 11-Choo/Carlos Santana. BULLPEN FINISHES: Texas relievers posted 3.0 scoreless innings to finish last night s shutout, just the bullpen s 2nd game in 17 without allowing a run (also 4/12 vs. LAA) Texas relievers have a 1.17 ERA (2 ER/15.1 IP) in 4 G vs. OAK this season, and an 8.64 figure (24 ER/25.0 IP) against all other clubs bullpen s current 5.80 ERA is 4th-highest in the A.L., but it is the team s 3rd-lowest relief mark at any point this year. A SHUTOUT: The Rangers posted the club s 1st shutout of the year last night in a 7-0 win Texas had entered the day as one of 7 A.L. clubs without a shutout each of the Rangers last 3 SHO have all come against Oakland here at the Coliseum (also Sept , 2016) it was the team s largest shutout win since a 7-0 victory on 8/27/16 vs. CLE, and last night s 3 hits allowed were the fewest in a shutout since 8/25/16 vs. CLE (2 H allowed in 9-0 win) the 8/25/16 game was also the last time Rangers allowed 3-or-fewer hits in any contest team had not permitted 3-hits-or-less in a road game since 6/17/16 at STL (3 H in 1-0 victory). FELT LIKE HOME FOR A.J.: A.J. Griffin posted 6.0 shutout innings in last night s win (1 H, 1 BB, 8 SO) Elias Sports Bureau notes that Griffin is just the 4th different pitcher in Rangers history ( ) with 8+ SO in a game while permitting one-or-zero hits and one-or-zero walks the others: Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins on 4/6/74 vs. OAK, Kenny Rogers in his perfect game on 7/28/94 vs. CAL, and Yu Darvish on 3 occasions against the Astros: 4/2/13 at HOU, 8/12/13 at HOU, 4/11/14 vs. HOU Darvish and Griffin are the only Rangers to do it on the road. STARTERS KEEP IT GOING: With A.J. Griffin s performance last night, the Texas rotation now has a 2.05 ERA (12 ER/52.2 IP) over its last 9 G beginning 4/8, the 2nd-lowest starters ERA in MLB in that span (KC-1.90) the rotation s 3.15 ERA for the year ranks 4th in the A.L. Texas is one of 4 ML clubs that has yet to have a start allowing 5+ runs the others: CHC, KC, LAD. MAZARA AGAIN: Nomar Mazara had 3 more RBI last night and now has 16 RBI in 17, T2nd-most through 13 team games in Rangers history the list: 17-Juan Gonzalez in 98, 16-Lee Stevens in 98/Ian Kinsler in 09/N. Cruz in 10/N. Mazara in 17 Mazara s 16 RBI lead the A.L., 2nd-most in MLB to MIA s Marcell Ozuna (18) Mazara is the only player in MLB with 3 different games of 3+ RBI in 2017 he is also tied for the A.L. lead in runs (12) and is 5th in BA (.352). CARLOS FROM THE LEADOFF SPOT: Carlos Gomez reached safely 3 times last night (2B, 1B, BB), scoring on all 3 occasions it was his 2nd game with 3 R this season (also 4/7 vs. OAK in series opener), joining MIL s Eric Thames as the only ML players with multiple games of 3+ R in 17. SAVE ME: The Rangers enter tonight with one save (by Jose Leclerc on Wed. at LAA - 1st career save), tied with STL and TOR for fewest in MLB with the placement of Sam Dyson on the disabled list yesterday, the club has several pitchers with save potential those pitchers and their career save total: Jeremy Jeffress (28), Matt Bush (1), Keone Kela (1), Tony Barnette (0). BIG WAVE: Last night was the MLB-high 6th time this season for the Rangers to score at least 7 runs club leads majors w/ 69 R and 5.31 R/G, also among A.L. leaders in HR (1st, 20), XBH (T1st, 41), TB (3rd, 183), and SLG (4th,.418) club is 5-1 when scoring 7+ runs, 0-7 with less than 7 runs. SHORTS: With his infield single in the 1st inning last night, Elvis Andrus recorded career hit no. 1282, passing Ruben Sierra (1281) to move into 5th place all-time in Rangers history club has gone homerless in 3 of 4 after season-opening 9-G HR streak, and last night was 1st win without a HR in 17 the 10-minute delay last night before 1st pitch was Rangers 1st delay since 9/19/16 vs. LAA (0:38), and just 2nd delayed road game since start of 16 (also 6/27/16 at NYY) club has used 2 new players in last 3 G (Cashner/Kela), and now have 27 players used in 17 TEX totaled 121 pitches last night, 2nd-fewest in 9 innings this year (116 on Wed. at LAA). UPCOMING PROBABLES, TIMES & BROADCASTS Date Opponent Pitchers - Texas vs. Opponent Time (CDT) TV/Radio Wednesday, April 19 at Oakland LHP Martin Perez (1-1, 2.20) vs. RHP Jesse Hahn (0-1, 3.75) 2:35 FSSW/105.3/1270 Thursday, April 20 vs. Kansas City RHP Andrew Cashner (0-1, 5.06) vs. LHP Danny Duffy (2-0, 1.80) 7:05 FSSW/105.3/1270 Friday, April 21 vs. Kansas City LHP Cole Hamels (0-0, 3.50) vs. RHP Nate Karns (0-0, 4.38) 7:05 FSSW/105.3/1270 Saturday, April 22 vs. Kansas City RHP A.J. Griffin (2-0, 4.11) vs. RHP Ian Kennedy (0-2, 2.37) 7:05 FSSW/105.3/1270 Sunday, April 23 vs. Kansas City RHP Yu Darvish vs. RHP Jason Hammel (0-1, tonight vs. SF) 2:05 FSSW/105.3/1270 * For radio broadcasts, most games are on The Fan All games are broadcast in Spanish on KFLC 1270 AM All FSSW telecasts can also be viewed on FSGO app.

2 PAGE 2 TONIGHT S STARTING PITCHER #11 Yu Darvish, RHP (1-1, 2.33) TONIGHT: The 30-year-old right-hander is scheduled to make his 4th start of the season tonight in the middle game of this 3-game series in Oakland, his 2nd outing on this current 9-game road trip and 2nd road start this season picked up his 1st win of the season in his last start on Thurs. against the Angels in Anaheim, striking out 10 in 7.0 shutout innings...needed 3 starts to win his 1st game in a season for the 1st time in his major league career, having never previously gone winless in his 1st 2 outings of a season...will face Oakland for the 2nd time this season after losing an outing on 4/8 vs. OAK in Arlington...did not factor into the decision in his 1st Opening Day starting assignment on 4/3 vs. CLE is seeking his 1st full season since 2013 ranked among the A.L. s top 10 in strikeouts, opponents average, and WHIP in the 2nd half of the 2016 campaign after returning from 3/17/15 Tommy John surgery on right elbow a 3-time All- Star ( ), he has twice been the Rangers Pitcher of the Year ( ) and ranked among A.L. Cy Young Award vote-getters in both 2013 (2nd) and 2012 (9th) has piled up strikeouts at a historic pace, as his 812 SO over his first 100 career starts set a major league record, 46 more than Chris Sale (766) over his first 100 starts (credit Elias Sports Bureau) has retired at least the 1st 15 batters in a game 5 different times in his career, twice taking a no-hitter into the 8th inning already ranks among all-time club leaders in ERA (T1st, 3.26), win pct. (2nd,.603), WHIP (4th, 1.185) and strikeouts (7th, 831) with 47 wins, he is 4 shy of Tomo Ohka for 5th place in all-time wins by ML pitchers born in Japan. LAST START: Earned his 1st victory of the season on Thurs. at LAA (7.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R-ER, 2 BB, 10 SO, 103 pitches/68 strikes) in the rubber match of a 3-game series...texas scored 5 runs in the 1st 3 innings and Darvish left with an 8-0 lead, as the Rangers won 8-3 for its 1st win in his 3 outings...received 8+ runs of support for 1st time since 8/12/16 vs. DET, a span of 12 starts...is 29-0 in 32 career starts when receiving 5+ runs of support...marked the 29th 10+ SO game of his career and 1st since 9/30/16 vs. TB, his last regular-season start of VS. OAKLAND: Will face the A s for the 2nd time this season...has gone 3-10 with a 4.43 ERA (44 ER/89.1 IP) in 15 G/GS in career vs. OAK...took the loss on 4/8 vs. OAK in Arlington, a 6-1 Texas defeat, despite giving up one run (6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R-ER, 3 BB, 5 SO, 97 pitches/61 strikes)...in that game, a walk followed by a double set up an RBI groundout by Stephen Vogt in the 6th, the only run charged to Darvish...that game marked the 7th time in the last 5 seasons ( ) for a Texas starting pitcher to lose when allowing just one run in 6.0+ IP, and Darvish owns 5 of those 7 losses...has 6 more losses vs. OAK than any other opponent... has more starts vs. OAK than any other opponent, 2nd-highest ERA (4.45 vs. SEA) and highest WHIP (1.399) of any team with 3+ GS against...has 9 quality starts in 15 outings vs. OAK, and Texas is 4-11 in those games...has received 2.92 runs of support in career vs. OAK, well below career average of is 2-2 with a 3.48 ERA (12 ER/31.0 IP) in 5 GS vs. OAK since start of 2016, with quality starts in 4 of those 5 outings to lower career ERA vs. OAK from 4.94 to AT OAKLAND COLISEUM: Is 1-3 with a 5.72 ERA (18 ER/28.1 IP) in 5 G/GS here in Oakland, with quality starts in 2 of the 5 games...has received 3 runs of support or less in 4 of 5 games...texas is 2-3 in his 5 starts in Oakland...last faced A s in Oakland on 9/24/16 (7.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R-ER, 1 BB, 9 SO)...prior to that game, last pitched at OAK on 6/17/14...has 2nd-highest ERA at Oakland Coliseum than at any ballpark he has pitched in 3+ times (Safeco Field ). ON THE ROAD AGAIN: Slated for his 2nd road outing of is with a 3.28 ERA (112 ER/307.0 IP) in 48 G/GS in career on the road his.528 road win percentage is well below his win clip at home (28-14,.667) despite having similar WHIP (1.159 home/1.212 road) and SO/9 (11.0 home/11.5 road) figures primary difference is an average of 5.15 runs of support per 9 in his home starts vs. a 4.54 RSA in road outings has gone 2-0 in his last 2 road starts after a stretch in which he went 0-5 over 9 road starts spanning 2014 and Rangers have won each of his last 5 away outings, the best stretch since Texas won 6 straight Darvish road starts from 9/19/13-6/1/14 (Darvish was 5-0 in that span). STARTING FAST: Is 11-3 with a 2.35 ERA (32 ER/122.1 IP) in 19 career April starts, his lowest ERA and most wins of any month made 1st start on 5/28/16 last season had won 1st start of season in each of previous 4 seasons ( , 2016) before taking no decision vs. CLE in opener got off to strong starts in 2012 (4-0), 2013 (7-1), 2014 (3-1), and 2016 (2-0)...needed 3 starts to win his 1st game in a season for the 1st time in his major league career, having never previously gone winless in his 1st 2 outings of a season. DOUBLE DIGITS K S: Struck out 10 batters in his last start on 4/13 at LAA, the 29th 10+ strikeout game of his career and 1st since 9/30/16 vs. TB, his last regular-season start of since the start of 2012, Darvish is 4th in MLB with SO outings, trailing only Clayton Kershaw (36), Chris Sale (37) and Max Scherzer (44)...he ranks 4th despite missing the entirety of the 2015 season... his SO games were the 2nd-most in ML history over a pitcher s 1st 100 games (Dwight Gooden - 31)...his SO games rank 2nd in franchise history (Nolan Ryan - 34)...Darvish fanned a career-high 15 on 8/12/13 at HOU, one shy of the club record (16, twice by Ryan)...of SO games by Texas starters since 2012, Darvish has thrown 29. SPRING TRAINING: Was 2-0 with a 2.84 ERA (4 ER/12.2 IP) over 4 starts in A games this spring last started in an A game on 3/18 at CIN (4.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R-1 RANGERS GAME NOTES TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 2017 AT OAKLAND DARVISH S CAREER RECORD W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO / Career / DARVISH VS. OAKLAND W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO / Career / DARVISH AT OAKLAND COLISEUM W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO / Career / HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Innings: 7.0, April 13 at LAA Innings: 9.0, June 11, 2014 vs. MIA Hits: 5, April 13 at LAA Hits: 11, Aug. 6, 2012 at BOS Runs: 4, April 3 vs. CLE Runs: 7, 4x, last Sept. 17, 2016 vs. OAK ER: 4, April 3 vs. CLE ER: 7, 3x, last Sept. 17, 2016 vs. OAK SO s: 10, April 13 at LAA SO s: 15, Aug. 12, 2013 at HOU Walks: 5, April 3 vs. CLE Walks: 6, 5x, last Sept. 19, 2013 at TB HR: 1, April 3 vs. CLE HR: 3, 2x, last Aug. 2, 2016 at BAL Pitches: 103, April 13 at LAA Pitches: 130, May 16, 2013 vs. DET CG s: CG s: 2, last July 23, 2014 at NYY (4.1 IP) Low-Hit CG: Low-Hit CG: 6, June 11, 2014 vs. MIA CG SHO s: CG SHO s: 1, June 11, 2014 vs. MIA Win Streak: 1, April 13 Win Streak: 6, Aug. 28, April 7, & CAREER SPLITS 2017 CAREER W L ERA G/S IP ER W L ERA G/S IP ER Home / / Road / / Day / / Night / / AVG AB H HR BB SO AVG AB H HR BB SO vs. Left vs. Right TOTALS RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING Total RUN SUPPORT 0R 1R 2R 3R 4R 5R 6R 7R 8R 9R 10R+ Total AVG/ BATTER-PITCHER MATCHUPS (Including postseason) Darvish vs. Oakland PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI SO Alonso K. Davis R. Davis Decker Healy Joyce Lowrie Plouffe Rosales Vogt DARVISH S 2017 DAY-BY-DAY Triggs vs. Texas PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI SO Andrus Chirinos Gomez Napoli Odor Profar Rua Date Opp. Score Dec. ERA IP H R ER HR BB-I SO Left Game Pitches 4/3 vs. CLE Leading /56 4/8 vs. OAK 1-6 L Trailing /61 4/13 at LAA 8-3 W Leading /68 Season Totals ER, 2 BB, 6 SO)... earned victories on 2/26 at KC (1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R-ER, 2 BB, 2 SO) and on 3/13 vs. SF (3.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R-ER, 2 BB, 6 SO)...last spring appearance came on 3/24 vs. OKC (Dodgers AAA), when he struck out 5 and gave up one earned run over 6.0 innings. STRIKEOUTS: His 812 K s were a ML record for any pitcher s 1st 100 starts (credit Elias Sports Bureau), 46 more than Chris Sale (766) over his 1st 100 starts his SO total over his 1st 4 ML seasons (in which he appeared) ranks 6th, this despite at least 130 fewer innings than any of the 5 pitchers ahead of him on that list his career SO figure ranks 20th in MLB since the start of 2012, this despite missing roughly a season and a half has averaged 11.2 SO/9 IP in his career, the highest figure of any starter in ML history with 500+ innings nextclosest starter on the list is Randy Johnson (10.61) holds club single-month strikeout records for 4 of the 6 months (April, May, June, August). 2016: Returned to the mound for the first time since 2014, but was limited to 17 starts due to a pair of disabled list stints as he returned from Tommy John surgery on 3/17/15 finished 7-5 with a 3.41 ERA (38 ER/100.1 IP) in 17 starts with Texas, posting a WHIP along with 31 BB/132 SO averaged 11.8 SO/9, and his 4.25 SO/BB ratio was easily the best in any season in his career produced 3 of his 4 highest game scores (baseball-reference.com) in September among pitchers with at least 50.0 innings after the All-Star break, Darvish s SO/9 (113 SO/84.2 IP) ranked 2nd in MLB to only ARI s Robbie Ray (12.04). TOMORROW S SCHEDULED STARTER LHP MARTIN PEREZ (1-1, 2.20 ERA in 3 games/starts) The 26-year-old left-hander is scheduled to make his 4th start and appearance of the season in Wednesday s series and road trip finale in Oakland dating back to 2016, has allowed 3 ER-or-less in 8 of his last 9 outings in the regular season, but since 8/21/16 has gone 3-4, 4.81 (32 ER/63.0 IP) in 11 G/GS has allowed just one run in 10.1 IP his last 2 starts, and his 2.20 ERA is lowest among Texas starters has thrown 162 of his 282 pitches for strikes (57.45%), ranking as 4thlowest pct. in MLB among pitchers with 3+ starts will be working on regular 4 days rest after taking a no-decision in Rangers 2-1 loss on Fri. at SEA (5.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R-ER, 4 BB, 4 SO, 1 HR, 98 pitches/53 strikes), a matchup with Felix Hernandez (W, 7.1 IP, 1 R-ER) matched season high with 4 BB and pitched season-low 5.0 innings threw 34 pitches in the 4th inning, when he retired the 1st 2 batters before permitting 4 straight baserunners, including a HR by Nelson Cruz to begin that span will be facing Oakland for 2nd time in span of 3 starts, as he earned his lone win in rubber game series finale on 4/9 vs. OAK in Arlington - an 8-1 victory (5.1 IP, 6 H, 0 R-ER, 3 BB, 6 SO, 0 HR, 92 pitches/55 strikes) faced a lineup comprised entirely of batters hitting from the right side set down the 1st 8 batters of the game is 6-5, 4.79 (39 ER/73.1 IP) in 13 G/GS in his career vs. OAK, including 3-2, 4.03 (17 ER/38.0 IP) in 6 G/GS here at the Coliseum his other start vs. OAK this season was also a day game, and he is 10-8, 3.19 (53 ER/149.1 IP) in 24 G/23 GS in day tilts in his career has posted 2 of his 3 career complete games in day tilts, with his last being a CG SHO in day contest on 4/23/14 here at the Coliseum (9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R) pitched for Team Venezuela in the 2017 World Baseball Classic won by the United States made a team-best 33 starts in 2016, the only member of the Texas rotation to not miss a start last season matched a career high with 10 wins and pitched a career-high innings signed a four-year contract on 11/7/13 through 2017 with club options for 2018, 2019, and 2020.

3 RANGERS GAME NOTES TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 2017 AT OAKLAND PAGE 3 TEAM PITCHING W-L-S G ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO Starters Relievers Home Road TEAM CATCHING ERA *W-L CS SBA CS% PB PO Chirinos Lucroy Stolen bases against pitchers: 0-for-0 (0 SB, 0 CS) * - as starter BULLPEN BREAKDOWN (RELIEF OUTINGS ONLY) FIRST BATTER PITCHER LAST APP. (Dec.) IP H R ER BB SO NP SV/OPP RET/FACED IR/Sc GB/FB SB/CS 39 Dario Alvarez (L) 4/14 at SEA /0 2/3 4/2 1/3 0/0 43 Tony Barnette 4/16 at SEA (BS, 1) /1 2/5 0/0 10/4 0/0 51 Matt Bush 4/16 at SEA /1 2/4 1/0 3/6 2/0 58 Alex Claudio (L) 4/17 at OAK /0 5/6 4/0 12/2 0/0 49 Mike Hauschild 4/15 at SEA /0 1/3 2/2 7/4 1/0 23 Jeremy Jeffress 4/17 at OAK /0 8/9 4/0 13/2 0/0 50 Keone Kela 4/17 at OAK /0 1/1 0/0 2/0 0/0 62 Jose Leclerc 4/14 at SEA (L, 0-1) /1 4/5 7/0 6/7 1/0 Totals 1/6, 16.7% 27/42, 61.5% 22/4, 20.0% 66/31 6/0 TEAM PITCHING: Have a 3.41 ERA (23 ER/60.2 IP) over 1st 7 G of this road trip to drop season figure from 4.50 to season-low 4.08, 9th in the A.L have allowed 3-ER-or-less in 4 of 6 and 6 of last 9 last night s combined shutout was Rangers 1st of 2017, and each of last 3 SHO have come here at the Coliseum (also 9/23-24/16) last night s 3 H allowed were fewest since 8/25/16 vs. CLE (2), fewest on road since 6/17/16 at STL (3) have permitted HR in 11 of 13, but have allowed multiple HR just 5x, never more than 2 HR. STARTERS: Texas rotation has a 2.05 ERA (12 ER/52.2 IP) over last 9 G beg. 4/8, 2nd-lowest starters ERA in MLB in that span (KC-1.90) that stretch has lowered season ERA from 5.82 to 3.15, 4th in A.L Texas is one of 4 ML clubs that has yet to have a start allowing 5+ R (also CHC, KC, LAD) have allowed one-or-zero runs in 6 of last 9 starts has gone 4-1 last 8 G after 0-2 thru 1st 5 G starters have 5.0+ IP in 12 of 1st 13 G, season-high 7.0 IP twice in last week s LAA series (Hamels/Darvish) just 4 HR allowed last 9 G. RELIEVERS: Bullpen has one or zero runs allowed in 4 of last 6 at 4.76 (9 ER/17.0 IP) to drop season mark from 6.56 to 5.80, 4th-highest in A.L. but 3rd-lowest at any point in 17 posted 3.0 SHO IP last night to finish shutout, just 2nd scoreless effort this year (also 4/12 vs. LAA) relievers have a 1.17 ERA (2 ER/15.1 IP) in 4 G vs. OAK this season, and an 8.64 figure (24 ER/25.0 IP) against all other clubs have allowed 4+ R 5 times in 13 G club s lone save of season came Wed. at LAA (Jose Leclerc), 1-for-6 in save tries club s 5 blown saves are T1st in MLB (also SEA) Sun. at SEA was just 2nd time in last 8 seasons ( ) with multiple blown saves in a single contest (also 5/16/15 vs. CLE). 39 DARIO ALVAREZ (L) 0-0-0, 0.00 vs. LHB: 1-for-4 (.250) vs. RHB: 1-for-3 (.333) Induced popout from Cano to help stop M s threat in 7th on Fri. at SEA, only batter faced had 5 straight days off before Friday s outing has allowed 2 unearned runs in 3 G/1.1 IP, with 3 of 4 batters retired coming on strikeouts. Made a season-opening roster for the 1st time in his 4th ML season. Saw 1st extended MLB action in 2016, spending time in NYM/ATL/TEX organizations has whiffed 42 of 117 batters faced in his ML career (35.9%) faced 41 LH batters in 2016, whiffed 18 of them (43.9%). 43 TONY BARNETTE 0-0-0, 5.06 vs. LHB: 2-for-8 (.250) vs. RHB: 5-for-15 (.333) Had blown save Sun. at SEA, allowing runs in both the 6th and 7th has allowed runs in 3 straight outings (4 R-3 ER in 3.1 IP), when 1st batters faced are 3-for-last-3, with all 3 eventually scoring is now 0-for-2 in career save chances, as only previous blown save before Sunday was on 7/18/16 at LAA, allowing 2 inherited runners (from A.J. Griffin) to score in 6th inning. Made season-opening roster for the 2nd straight year after making his ML debut in 2016 joined Dyson as only active members of last year s season-opening bullpen to return (Diekman is on DL). 51 MATT BUSH 0-0-0, 3.86 vs. LHB: 0-for-9 (.000) vs. RHB: 3-for-8 (.375) Struck out side on 11 pitches in 8th inning Sun. at SEA, 1st outing since 4/9 vs. OAK rejoined team Friday in Seattle after leaving while club was in Anaheim to be examined by Dr. Keith Meister on Wed. in Texas received a cortisone injection in his right AC joint after experiecing soreness there. Has whiffed 8 of last 12 BF allowed runs in 2 of 1st 3 outings, but opposition is batting just.176 (3-17) with 1 BB and 8 SO allowed game-tying HR by Encarnacion in season opener 4/3 vs. CLE that resulted in blown save, snapping scoreless streak of 15.2 IP dating to 2016 (reg. and postseason). Made season-opening roster for the 1st time in his career after impressive rookie season in ALEX CLAUDIO (L) 1-0-0, 0.00 vs. LHB: 2-for-8 (.250) vs. RHB: 2-for-12 (.167) Has opened season w/ 6.1 SHO IP over 1st 6 outings, with 2 longest appearances coming in the series openers vs. OAK (3.2 IP on 4/7 vs. OAK; 1.2 IP last night at OAK) opponents are 4-for-20 (.200) with 2 BB/1 SO just 1 ER allowed last 14 outings including postseason (last ER was 9/14/16 at HOU). Earned win w/ 3.2 scoreless IP 4/7 vs. OAK, 3rd-longest outing of career and 2nd-longest scoreless effort in career (4.0 SHO IP, 8/16/16 vs. OAK). Made Opening Day roster for 1st time in his career in 4th ML season spent bulk of 2016 on active Rangers roster, just 6 appearances in the minors. Pitched for Puerto Rico in World Baseball Classic (4 G, 3.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 SO), including an appearance in the championship game vs. Team USA. 49 MIKE HAUSCHILD 0-0-0, 9.64 vs. LHB: 2-for-5 (.400) vs. RHB: 5-for-15 (.333) Rule 5 pick has allowed 5 R-ER in 4.2 IP over his 1st 3 ML appearances, permitting runs in all 3 outings has given up a 3-R HR in consecutive appearances (Espniosa Thurs. at LAA, Motter Sat. at SEA). Made ML debut in 9th inning 4/8 vs. OAK retired final 3 BF, including 2 via strikeout, after 1st 2 batters hit safely selected by TEX from HOU in Rule 5 Draft on 12/8/16, 1st such pick by Rangers since club selected HOU s Delino DeShields in 14 (see full Rule 5 history chart on media guide pg. 175). 23 JEREMY JEFFRESS 0-1-0, 2.84 vs. LHB: 1-for-5 (.200) vs. RHB: 3-for-17 (.176) His A.L.-high 9 appearances are tied w/ PIT s Felipe Rivero for most in MLB 6 of 9 outings have been for less than 3 outs. Since taking walk-off loss in road trip opener 4/11 at LAA, has 3.2 SHO IP over last 4 appearances, retiring all 10 BF in that span opponents batting just.182 (4-22) with one BB/3 SO and one XBH (2B) has retired 1st batter in 8 of 9 outings and has stranded all 4 inherited runners. Allowed just 2 baserunners (1B, 2B) over 1st 4 G, but both scored as inherited runners after his exit. Is in his 1st full season with Texas after being acquired in a trade with MIL on 8/1/ KEONE KELA 0-0-0, 0.00 vs. LHB: 0-for-2 (.000) vs. RHB: 0-for-1 (.000) Recalled from Round Rock (AAA) yesterday and pitched a perfect 9th last night to finish shutout win in his 1st ML appearance of 17 had been optioned to Triple-A on 3/31 before season-opening roster was set. Posted no record with 2.25 ERA (1 ER/4.0 IP) over 4 relief appearances with the Express, going 1-for-2 in save tries PCL batters hit.294 (5-17) with one BB/8 SO and just one XBH (2B) last outing w/ RR was on Friday at Omaha (1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 17 pitches/12 strikes). Turned 24 on Sunday averaged SO/9 over his 1st 2 ML seasons in , the 7th-highest rate among all A.L. pitchers with 100+ G in those 2 years. 62 JOSE LECLERC 0-1-0, 1.42 vs. LHB: 2-for-9 (.222) vs. RHB: 3-for-16 (.188) His 10 K s are 5th-most among Rangers in 17 and T5th-most among A.L. relievers has not pitched last 3 days and has 2 outings on this road trip. 1st career save Wed. at LAA (age ), 3rd-youngest Ranger with a save since 1988 younger saves in that span were by Neftali Feliz ( on 8/15/09 vs. BOS) and Keone Kela ( on 6/17/15 at LAD) retired Trout (K) and Pujols (F8) on 4 pitches to end the 8th inning Wednesday. Has stranded all 7 inherited runners and retired 20 of 25 BF, as opponents are 5-for-25 with no BB/10 SO in 5 outings. Over last 12 ML appearances beginning 9/8/16: 14.0 IP, 2 R-1 ER, 2 BB, 17 SO. Retired all 6 BF w/ 3 SO in season debut 4/4 vs. CLE in club history, only other relievers as young as Leclerc (23.106) with 2.0+ perfect innings and 3+ SO in an outing were Neftali Feliz (4x) and Mitch Williams (2x) made Opening Day roster for 1st time in his career after ML debut in 2016.

4 PAGE 4 RANGERS GAME NOTES TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 2017 AT OAKLAND TEAM BATTING: Team is batting.235 (57-243) on this trip to raise season figure from.215 to.226, 4th-lowest in A.L last night was the MLB-high 6th time this season for TEX to score 7+ runs club leads MLB w/ 69 R and 5.31 R/G, also among A.L. leaders in HR (1st, 20), XBH (T1st, 41), TB (3rd, 183), and SLG (4th,.418) club is 5-1 when scoring 7+ runs, 0-7 with less than 7 runs club has XBH in each of 1st 13 G to open the season, longest season-opening streak since 2014 (1st 18 G) had 9-G HR streak to begin the year, 2nd-longest season-opening HR streak in club history (10 in 2009). 1 ELVIS ANDRUS.308 AVG, 3 HR, 3 RBI,.333 OBP,.596 SLG SHORTSTOP R/R Mon.: 1-for-5, K Trip:.323 (10-31), 2 HR, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 6 R Streak: 2 G (2-10) With single last night, now has 1282 career hits, passing Ruben Sierra (1281) for 5th-most in Rangers history (Juan Gonzalez is 4th w/ 1595). Is 2-for-14 last 3 G to drop from.368 to.308 ranks among A.L. leaders in XBH (T3rd, 8), multi-hit games (T4th, 6), TB (T5th, 31), 2B (T6th, 4), hits (T8th, 16), HR (T10th, 3), and is the 8th-hardest player in the A.L. to fan (10.8 PA/SO). Has 22 XBH since 9/1/16, T3rd-most XBH in MLB in that span (26-Freddie Freeman; 23-Carlos Santana). HR in 1st 2 G of trip on 4/11-12 at LAA, 1st time time in career to HR in 2 straight has 7 HR since start of last Sept highest HR totals by month: 4-Sept. 2016, 3-Sept. 2012, 3-April 2017 this is 1st April w/ multiple HR. Has reached safely in 11 of 1st 13 G, starting all 13 G at SS has started in 5 different slots in the lineup (2/6/7/8/9). Made 9th straight Opening Day start at SS since ML debut in 1st game of 2009 did not play in spring until 3/11 after offseason sports hernia surgery. Batting.290 (20-69) vs. OAK since start of 2016, and hit 2 HR in his last game of 16 at the Coliseum on 9/24/ ADRIAN BELTRE AVG, 0 HR, 0 RBI, OBP, SLG THIRD BASEMAN R/R Endured extra soreness after rehab workout on 4/8, and MRI results announced on 4/11 found a mild grade 1 strain in his right calf, a different area of the calf than the injury that caused his season-opening DL stint expected to miss multiple weeks became eligible to be activated from the DL on 4/9, and is with the club here in Oakland enters this season with 2942 hits, 35th all-time and one behind Frank Robinson (2943). With his placement on the disabled list on April 2 (right calf tightness), Beltre missed an Opening Day for just the 2nd time in his career (also 2001 after offseason appendix surgery) played for Dominican Republic in World Baseball Classic. 61 ROBINSON CHIRINOS.400 AVG, 1 HR, 6 RBI,.455 OBP,.800 SLG CATCHER R/R Mon.: DNP Trip: 2-4, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R Streak: 2 G (.571, 4-7, HR, 2B, 6 RBI, BB, 4 R) Has 2 H, 2 R, 3 RBI in consecutive starts (4/9 vs. OAK; Thurs. at LAA), 1st Ranger to do that since Mitch Moreland, June 29-30, 2015 at BAL 2-for-2 w/ RISP Thurs. at LAA his 6 RBI rank 5th on the club despite just 11 PA s has 4 G/3 GS at catcher, team is 2-1 in his starts. Caught 1st 2 Perez starts is 1-for-3 in throwing out attempted base stealers, and has thrown out 4 of last 6 attempts dating back to Signed contract extension covering the 2018 season on 3/21/17 with club option for 2019 played for Venezuela in 2017 WBC. Had 3 G at the Coliseum in 2016: 5-for-11, 3 HR, 2 2B, 6 RBI, 3 R, BB. 17 SHIN-SOO CHOO.256 AVG, 1 HR, 7 RBI,.383 OBP,.359 SLG OUTFIELDER L/L Mon.: 0-for-1, 3 BB, R Trip:.286 (6-21), HR, 2B, 6 RBI, 5 BB, 3 R Streak: 0 G 3 BB last night, most by a Ranger in 17, 15th career game to reach 3+ times without a hit his team-high 8 BB are T11th in the A.L has 18 times on base in 17, T2nd-most among Rangers (23-Mazara) despite not starting twice his.383 OBP is 2nd among Texas regulars to only Mazara (.397). Is batting.286 (6-21) w/ 5 BB on this trip to rise from.222 to.256 had 5 RBI Sun. at SEA, highest total since 9/17/10 at KC while w/ CLE (7) it was his 5th career game with 5+ RBI, his most with Texas. Choo s HR Sun. at SEA was his 1st since 7/5/16 at BOS, one of his 2 XBH in the game (also a 2B). Has reached base safely in 9 of 11 G his 10 hits are 4th-most among Rangers has starts at DH (10) and RF (1-4/5 vs. CLE). 7 DELINO DESHIELDS.000 AVG, 0 HR, 0 RBI,.000 OBP,.000 SLG OUTFIELDER R/R Mon.: DNP Trip: 0-3, SB Streak: 0 G Is 0-for-9 w/ 6 K in 6 G/3 GS (one at DH, 2 in LF), hitless last 21 AB dating to 2016 stolen base as PR Sun. at SEA, now 2-for-3 in steal tries in 17 made 3rd start Sat. at SEA made 3rd straight season-opening roster. Had a.323/.442/.355/.797 slash line in 80 PA s this spring, batting.389 (14-36) over final 14 G beg. 3/12 was 14-for-14 in steal attempts. 13 JOEY GALLO.190 AVG, 2 HR, 9 RBI,.306 OBP,.429 SLG 1B / 3B / OF L/R Mon.: 0-for-3, BB, R Trip:.182 (4-22), 2B, 3B, 2 RBI, 4 BB, 3 R, SB Streak: 0 G Has started all 13 G at 3B is 0-for-last-8 since 2B on Sat. at SEA, and is 0-for-7 last 2 G to drop from season-best.229 to.190 had club s only 2 XBH in 1st 2 G of SEA series (2 2B) last 8 G: 6-for-26 (.231) w/ HR, 2 2B, 3B, 7 RBI, 4 R to rise from.125 is 3-for-7 w/ RISP in that span has reached via H/BB in 11 of 13, has pair of 2-hit games is 2nd on club w/ 9 RBI, T2nd w/ 7 BB. Career-high 5 RBI on 4/9 vs. OAK, 2nd career HR off a LHP (Manaea) 1st TEX batter w/ 5+ RBI from 8-hole since Napoli (6) on 9/30/12 vs. LAA-G2. Made season-opening roster for 1st time tied club lead w/ 4 HR this spring despite missing a week in late March with mild inflammation in left hamstring. 14 CARLOS GOMEZ.176 AVG, 3 HR, 6 RBI,.300 OBP,.412 SLG OUTFIELDER R/R Mon.: 2-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI, 3 R, BB, K Trip:.207 (6-29), 2 HR, 2B, 4 RBI, 5 R, 4 BB Streak: 1 G (2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, 3 R, BB) Reached safely 3 times last night (2B, 1B, BB), scoring on all 3 occasions it was his 2nd game w/ 3 R this season (also 4/7 vs. OAK in series opener), joining MIL s Eric Thames as the only ML players with multiple games of 3+ R in 17. Has reached safely via H/BB in 6 straight at 6-for-24 to rise from.111 to.176 his 7 BB are T2nd on club all 3 HR have been solo shots has reached via H/BB/HBP in 10 of 13, including 2 HBP has started each of 1st 13 G in CF, batting leadoff in 12 of 13. Leadoff HR Thurs. at LAA was 11th career, 2nd w/ TEX (other 9/10/16 at LAA) had HR in 2 straight Wed/Thurs to match career high (3rd time w/ TEX). 25 JONATHAN LUCROY.205 AVG, 1 HR, 4 RBI,.244 OBP,.282 SLG CATCHER R/R Mon.: 0-for-4 Trip:.250 (6-24), HR, 4 RBI, BB, HBP, 4 R Streak: 0 Has gone 2-for-15 last 4 G to drop from.250 to.205 has started 10 of 1st 13 games 3 hits on 4/11 at LAA matched his most as a Ranger (3rd time, last 8/30/16 vs. SEA) and match most for a Texas hitter in 17 hit 1st HR on 4/11 at LAA. Leads MLB in CS since start of 2011 (146 for MIL/TEX) is 2-for-9 in throwing out attempted base stealers, including R. Davis in 1st inning last night. Played with champion Team USA in the WBC: 4-for-15 w/ an RBI, BB, R in 4 G. 30 NOMAR MAZARA.352 AVG, 4 HR, 16 RBI,.397 OBP,.630 SLG OUTFIELDER L/L Mon.: 2-for-4, 2B, 3 RBI, IBB, R, SB Trip:.300 (9-30), 2 HR, 2B, 7 RBI, 2 BB, 6 R, SB Streak: 2 G (.444, 4-9, HR, 2B, 4 RBI, BB, 3 R, SB) Had 3 RBI last night and now has 16 RBI in 17, T2nd-most through 13 team games in Rangers history the list: 17-Juan Gonzalez in 98, 16-Lee Stevens in 98/Ian Kinsler in 09/N. Cruz in 10/N. Mazara in 17 his 16 RBI lead the A.L., 2nd-most in MLB to MIA s Marcell Ozuna (18) Mazara is the only player in MLB with 3 different games of 3+ RBI in 2017 also ranks among A.L. leaders in multi-hit games (T1st, 7), runs (T1st, 12), hits (T2nd, 19),TB (3rd, 34), HR (T5th, 4), batting average (5th,.352), and XBH (T8th, 7). Is 9-for-37 (.243) last 9 G to drop from.588 to.352, still 5th in A.L has reached safely in 11 of 13 has started all 13 G in RF (12) and LF (1). Named A.L. Player of the Week for April 2-9 in an announcement on 4/10 by MLB hit 1st-career grand slam 4/7 vs. OAK, career-high 6 RBI 2nd Ranger since start of 13 with 6+ RBI in G (7 by J.P. Arencibia, 7/29/14 vs. NYY) set TEX club record w/ 9 RBI in 1st 4 G of season 1st Ranger w/ 10+ hits in 1st 4 games since Pete O Brien in 1988 (11). 5 MIKE NAPOLI.160 AVG, 2 HR, 6 RBI,.250 OBP,.320 SLG FIRST BASEMAN R/R Mon.: 1-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI, 3 K Trip:.214 (6-28), HR, 2B, 4 RBI, 2 IBB, HBP, 3 R Streak: 2 G (2-9, 2B, 2 RBI, IBB, R) Is 2-for-19 last 5 G to drop from.194 to.160 season-best 2 RBI last night had 2 HR in 4-G span, 4/8-12 has reached via H/BB/HBP in 9 of 13 G has started all 13 G at 1B (11) and DH (2), all in cleanup slot. Is the 5th player in Rangers history with 3 separate tours of ML duty with the club (also Bill Haselman, Kenny Rogers, Ruben Sierra, Darren Oliver). Has played in postseason in 2 straight and 8 of last 10 seasons, joining TOR s Russell Martin as only players who can make that claim. 12 ROUGNED ODOR.208 AVG, 3 HR, 8 RBI,.236 OBP,.453 SLG SECOND BASEMAN L/R Mon.: 1-for-5 Trip:.129 (4-31), 2B, 3B, 2 RBI, HBP, 2 R Streak: 2 G (2-10, 2B, R) Has gone 4-for-35 last 8 G after season-opening 5-G hit streak, dropping from.389 to season-low.208 has reached via H/BB/HBP in 10 of 13 ranks among A.L. leaders in HR (T10th, 3) has started all 13 games at 2B, batting 5th. Hit 2 HR off Kluber in season-opener, 4/3 vs. CLE, 4th career multi-hr game 1st ML player to homer in each of his 1st 2 PA s of a team s 1st game of a season since Bryce Harper on 4/1/13 vs. MIA 7th Rangers player to HR twice in a season opener (last I. Rodriguez/Kapler on 4/3/00 vs. CWS). Signed 6-year contract extension ( ) on Thursday w/ club option for 2023, youngest Ranger ever (23) to receive contract of 6+ seasons. Odor in 6 G in w/ Team Venezuela in WBC:.263 (5-19), 2 HR, 2B, 4 RBI, only player on Team Venezuela w/ multiple HR.

5 RANGERS GAME NOTES TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 2017 AT OAKLAND PAGE 5 19 JURICKSON PROFAR.190 AVG, 0 HR, 2 RBI,.370 OBP,.190 SLG INF / OF S/R Mon.: 0-for-2, BB, R, SH, K Trip:.308 (4-13), 2 RBI, 5 BB, 2 R Streak: 0 G Has started 5 of last 6 in LF, but had 4-G hit streak snapped last night in 19 PA s on this trip, has 4 H, 5 BB, SH, 2 RBI, going 2-for-5 w/ RISP his 9 times on base on this trip are T5th-most among Rangers (Choo/Mazara-11), this despite far fewer PA s than the regulars has reached via H/BB in 6 straight. Single on Wed. at LAA snapped season-opening 0-for-9 span has 8 G/7 GS, all 7 starts in LF was on Rangers season-opening roster for the 1st time 2017 marks 1st April action of his career. Excluded from WBC All-Tournament Team despite batting.464 (13-28) w/ HR, 5 2B, 4 RBI, 3 BB, 6 R, OPS for Team Netherlands. 16 RYAN RUA.125 AVG, 0 HR, 0 RBI,.176 OBP,.125 SLG OUTFIELDER R/R Mon.: DNP Trip: 0-7 Streak: 0 G Has started 2 of 1st 7 G on road trip is 0-for-7 w/ 5 K s last 3 G/2 GS since going 2-3 w/ BB and 3 R on 4/9 vs. OAK the 3 R matched career high (also 5/25/16 vs. LAA) has appeared in 7 of 13 G, 5 total starts in LF (3) and 1B (2) made the Opening Day roster for 3rd straight year (3rd overall). Had 3rd straight productive spring, batting.339/.361/.542/.903 (20-59) w/ 3 HR, 3 2B, 13 RBI in 21 G led team in RBI and TB (32), 8-for-16 w/ RISP. BATTERS VS. OAKLAND AND CAREER 2017 CAREER PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Andrus Chirinos Choo DeShields Gallo Gomez Lucroy Mazara Napoli Odor Profar Rua PITCHERS VS. OAKLAND AND CAREER 2017 CAREER PLAYER W-L-S ERA G IP H ER W-L-S ERA G IP H ER Alvarez Barnette Bush Cashner Claudio Darvish Griffin Hamels Hauschild Jeffress Kela Leclerc Perez Player Total Solo 2-run 3-run GS LHP RHP Home Road GT GA Record Last Elvis Andrus /12 at LAA (Chavez) Adrian Beltre /25 at OAK (Cotton) Robinson Chirinos /9 vs. OAK (Coulombe) Shin-Soo Choo /16 at SEA (Iwakuma) Delino DeShields /21 at TB (Smyly) Joey Gallo /9 vs. OAK (Manaea) Carlos Gomez /13 at LAA (Nolasco) Jonathan Lucroy /11 at LAA (Skaggs) Nomar Mazara /16 at SEA (Diaz) Mike Napoli /12 at LAA (Chavez) Rougned Odor /7 vs. OAK (Alcantara) Jurickson Profar /29 vs. KC (Volquez) Drew Robinson NA Ryan Rua /31 vs. SEA (Venditte) TOTALS GRAND SLAMS (1): Mazara, 4/7 vs. OAK MULTI-HOMER GAMES (1): Odor, 4/3 vs. CLE (2) BACK-TO-BACK HOMERS (0): None LEADOFF HOMERS (1): Gomez, 4/13 at LAA 2017 HOME RUNS RECENT TRANSACTIONS PINCH-HIT HOMERS (0): None WALKOFF HOMERS (0): None INSIDE THE PARK HOMERS (0): None HR BY PITCHERS (0): None DATE TRANSACTION Feb. 8 C Brett Hayes signed to minor league contract. Feb. 10 RHP Anthony Bass signed to minor league contract. Feb. 13 LHP Adam Loewen signed to minor league contract. Feb. 14 RHP Eddie Gamboa aquired from Tampa Bay in exchange for PTBNL or cash considerations LHP Jake Diekman placed on 60-day disabled list following ulcerative colitis surgery 1B/DH Prince Fielder placed on 60-day disabled list following neck surgery. Feb. 16 1B Mike Napoli signed as free agent to one-year contract. Feb. 17 C A.J. Jimenez signed to minor league contract. Feb. 23 INF Hanser Alberto, LHP Dario Alvarez, RHP Matt Bush, LHP Alex Claudio, LHP Andrew Faulkner, RHP Chi Chi Gonzalez, RHP Mike Hauschild, RHP Jose Leclerc, RHP Nick Martinez, OF Nomar Mazara, C Brett Nicholas, 2B Rougned Odor, INF/OF Drew Robinson, OF Ryan Rua, and RHP Tyler Wagner agreed to terms on 2017 contracts. Feb. 25 OF Delino DeShields, 3B Joey Gallo, RHP Eddie Gamboa, 1B Ronald Guzman, RHP Keone Kela, LHP Yohander Mendez, and RHP Connor Sadzeck agreed to terms on 2017 contracts. March 6 LHP Andrew Faulkner, LHP Yohander Mendez, and RHP Connor Sadzeck optioned to Round Rock (AAA) RHP Ariel Jurado, LHP Adam Loewen, and RHP Jose Valdespina reassigned to minor league camp. March 20 INF Ronald Guzman and RHP Tyler Wagner optioned to Round Rock (AAA) C Patrick Cantwell, RHP Brady Dragmire, INF/OF Josh Hamilton, 3B Will Middlebrooks, OF Travis Snider, C Jose Trevino, and LHP Wesley Wrigh reassigned to minor league camp. March 21 C Robinson Chirinos signed to one-year contract extension through 2018 with club option for March 24 RHP R.J. Alvarez, INF Doug Bernier, C Brett Hayes, and OF Cesar Puello reassigned to minor league camp. March 27 OF Jared Hoying reassigned to minor league camp RHP Eddie Gamboa optioned to Round Rock (AAA) 1B James Loney released. March 28 C A.J. Jimenez and RHP Allen Webster reassigned to minor league camp. March 29 RHP Nick Martinez optioned to Round Rock (AAA). March 31 RHP Keone Kela optioned to Round Rock (AAA) RHP Anthony Bass and C Steven Lerud assigned to minor league camp RHP Dillon Gee released from minor league contract. April 2 RHP Dillon Gee signed to major league free agent contract and optioned to Round Rock (AAA) RHP Chi Chi Gonzalez placed on 60-day disabled list with partial tear of UCL in his right elbow RHP Andrew Cashner placed on 10-day disabled list, retroactive to April 1, with right biceps soreness INF Hanser Alberto placed on 10-day disabled list, retroactive to March 30, with right shoulder tightness 3B Adrian Beltre placed on 10-day disabled list, retroactive to March 30, with right calf tightness C Brett Nicholas placed on 10-day disabled list, retroactive to March 30, following left knee surgery RHP Tyson Ross placed on 10-day disabled list, retroactive to March 30, following Thoracic Outlet Syndrome surgery RHP Tanner Scheppers placed on 10-day disabled list, retroactive to March 30, with left abdominal discomfort. April 6 LHP Andrew Faulkner traded to Baltimore in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations. April 9 RHP Tanner Scheppers sent to Round Rock (AAA) on injury rehabilitation assignment. April 12 RHP Nick Martinez recalled from Round Rock (AAA) INF/OF Drew Robinson optioned to Round Rock. April 15 RHP Andrew Cashner reinstated from 10-day disabled list RHP Nick Martinez optioned to Round Rock (AAA) RHP Tanner Scheppers assigned outright to Round Rock. April 16 RHP Clayton Blackburn acquired from San Francisco Giants in exchange for INF Frandy De La Rosa Blackburn optioned to Round Rock (AAA). April 17 RHP Keone Kela recalled from Round Rock (AAA) RHP Sam Dyson placed on 10-day disabled list with right hand contusion DISABLED LIST Player Type Injury Placed (retro) Reinstated / Eligible Games Missed Record Hanser Alberto 10-day Right shoulder tightness April 2 (March 30) April Adrian Beltre 10-day Right calf tightness April 2 (March 30) April Brett Nicholas 10-day Left knee surgery April 2 (March 30) April Tyson Ross 10-day Thoracic Outlet Syndrome surgery April 2 (March 30) April Sam Dyson 10-day Right hand contusion April 17 April Jake Diekman 60-day Ulcerative colitis surgery Feb. 14 June Prince Fielder 60-day Neck disc herniation surgery Feb. 14 June Chi Chi Gonzalez 60-day Right elbow UCL partial tear April 2 June Tanner Scheppers 10-day Left abdominal discomfort April 2 (March 30) April Andrew Cashner 10-day Right biceps soreness April 2 (April 1) April

6 PAGE 6 TEXAS TEAM BATTING Runs, Game...10, April 7 vs. OAK Runs, Inning...5, April 7 vs. OAK (2nd) Hits, Game...11, 3x, last April 13 at LAA Hits, Inning...4, 2x, last April 16 at SEA (3rd) Fewest Hits, Game...2, 2x, April 15 at SEA; April 8 vs. OAK Doubles...4, April 7 vs. OAK Triples...2, April 12 at LAA Home Runs...3, 2x, April 12 at LAA; April 3 vs. CLE Home Runs, Both Clubs...5, April 3 vs. CLE (TEX-3, CLE-2) Extra Base Hits...6, 2x, last April 7 vs. OAK Total Bases...24, April 12 at LAA Stolen Bases...2, April 13 at LAA Walks...7, April 17 at OAK Strikeouts...12, 4x, last April 15 at SEA Left on Base (9 innings)...8, 2x, April 16 at SEA; April 9 vs. OAK Left on Base (Extras)...7, April 11 at LAA TEXAS INDIVIDUAL BATTING Hits...3, 3x, last Lucroy, April 11 at LAA Runs...3, 3x, last Gomez, April 17 at OAK Home Runs...2, Odor, April 3 vs. CLE RBI...6, Mazara, April 7 vs. OAK Total Bases...8, Odor, April 3 vs. CLE Doubles...2, Gomez, April 7 vs. OAK Triples...1, 3x, last Gallo/Odor, April 12 at LAA Extra-Base Hits...2, 5x, last Choo, April 16 at SEA Stolen Bases...1, 7x Walks...3, Choo, April 17 at OAK Strikeouts...4, Gomez, April 11 at LAA Hitting Streak...5, 2x, Andrus (April 9-14); Odor (April 3-8) TEXAS TEAM PITCHING Strikeouts...11, 2x, last April 13 at LAA Walks...5, 3x, last April 11 at LAA Fewest Walks...1, April 12 at LAA Runs Allowed, Game...8, 2x, April 16 at SEA; April 3 vs. CLE Runs Allowed, Inning...5, April 15 at SEA (6th) Hits Allowed, Game...12, 2x, last April 16 at SEA Hits Allowed, Inning...4, 3x, last April 15 at SEA (6th) Home Runs...2, 4x, last April 16 at SEA Consecutive Scoreless Innings , April TEXAS INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Innings, Starter...7.0, 2x, Darvish, April 13 at LAA; Hamels, April 11 at LAA Fewest Innings, Starter...3.1, Griffin, April 7 vs. OAK Innings, Reliever...3.2, Claudio, April 7 vs. OAK Strikeouts, Starter...10, Darvish, April 13 at LAA Strikeouts, Reliever...3, 3x, last Leclerc, April 14 at SEA Runs Allowed...5, Dyson, April 5 vs. CLE Earned Runs Allowed...5, Dyson, April 5 vs. CLE Hits Allowed...6, 3x, last Hamels, April 16 at SEA Home Runs Allowed...2, Griffin, April 7 vs. OAK Pitches...103, Darvish, April 13 at LAA TEXAS TEAM MISCELLANEOUS Winning Streak...2, April Losing Streak...3, 2x, April 14-16; April 3-6 Longest Game, Innings , April 11 at LAA Longest Game, Time, 9 inn...3:39, April 16 at SEA Longest Game, Time, Xtra...3:33, April 11 at LAA Shortest Game, Time...2:24, April 15 at SEA Largest Crowd, Home...48,350, April 3 vs. CLE Largest Crowd, Road...41,855, April 14 at SEA Winning Margin...7, 2x, April 17 at OAK (7-0); April 9 vs. OAK (8-1) Losing Margin...5, 2x, last April 15 at SEA (0-5) Largest Deficit in Win...1, April 12 at LAA (trailed 3-2 after 4 inn.) Largest Deficit in 9th, Win...NA Largest Lead in Loss...5, 2x, last April 16 at SEA (led 6-1 after 2 1/2 inn.); April 11 at LAA (led 5-0 after 6 inn.) Errors...2, 2x, last April 11 at LAA *-Club record #-Ties club record RANGERS GAME NOTES TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 2017 AT OAKLAND RANGERS STATISTICS STARTS BY BATTING ORDER Andrus Chirinos Choo DeShields Gallo Gomez Lucroy Mazara Napoli Odor Profar Robinson Rua STARTS BY POSITION C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH Andrus Chirinos Choo DeShields Gallo Gomez Lucroy Mazara Napoli Odor Profar Robinson Rua RUNS BY INNING Texas Opp RECORD BY MONTH April May June July August Sept. Oct RECORD BY DAY OF WEEK Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat RECORD BY HOME RUNS RECORD BY RUNS Scored Allowed MARGIN OF VICTORY/DEFEAT Won by Lost by MANAGER S CHALLENGES (2-for-5) April 3 vs. CLE: Bot. 1st, Gomez called out at 2B on steal attempt (Marty Foster) call stands (1:37). April 4 vs. CLE: Top 1st, Lindor ruled safe at 2B on steal attempt (Mike Muchlinski) call overturned (1:45). April 14 at SEA: Bot. 7th, Dyson ruled safe at 2B on steal attempt (Mark Carlson) call confirmed (1:08). April 15 at SEA: Top 6th, Gallo ruled out at 3B advancing (Manny Gonzalez) call overturned (2:55). April 17 at OAK: Top 9th, Andrus ruled out at 1B (Mike Everitt) call confirmed (0:30). EJECTIONS (0) Game (Inn.) Player/Coach Umpire Multi-Hit Games Multi-RBI Games PLAYER 2H 3H 4H 5H Total 2BI 3BI 4BI 5BI+ Total Andrus Chirinos Choo DeShields Gallo Gomez Lucroy Mazara Napoli Odor Profar Robinson Rua STARTING PITCHING (starts only) Pitcher Last Start W-L Streak GS QS RSA P/GS SB/CS K/9 BB/9 HR/9 GB/FB GIDP Team W-L Darvish April 13 at LAA 1-1 W / / Perez April 14 at SEA 1-1 W / / Hamels April 16 at SEA / / Griffin April 17 at OAK 2-0 W / / Cashner April 15 at SEA 0-1 L / /