Texas Rangers (39-41) at Chicago White Sox (35-44) LHP Cole Hamels (2-0, 4.38) vs. LHP Derek Holland (5-7, 4.26) Game #81 Road #42 (17-24) Sat., July 1, 2017 Guaranteed Rate Field 1:10 p.m. (CDT) FSSW / 105.3 FM / 1270 AM RANGERS AT A GLANCE Overall...39-41 Home...22-17 Road...17-24 Standing... 4th, -14.5 GB Roadtrip...3-5 One-Run...6-13 2-Run...6-6 HR...34-31 No HR...5-10 White...16-10 w/ Blue...6-2 w/ Red...10-8 Gray...14-12 Alt. Blue...4-12 Blue Home...2-1 Blue Road... 2-11 Alt. Red (all home)...1-4 Special...4-3 Last 5 Games...1-4 Last 10 Games...4-6 Come From Behind Wins... 19 Losses After Lead... 22 Score First...34-17 Opp. Score First...14-24 Columns below listed in a Home/Road/Total format vs. AL West... 8-7/7-12/15-19 vs. AL Central... 5-5/3-5/8-10 vs. AL East... 3-4/3-6/6-10 Interleague... 6-1/4-1/10-2 Series... 6-5-2/5-7-1/11-12-3 Series Openers...7-6/5-9/12-15 Series Finales...6-6/8-6/14-12 Rubber Games... 1-2/3-2/4-4 Lead after 6... 14-4/12-7/26-11 Lead after 7... 17-4/12-3/29-7 Lead after 8... 18-3/13-2/31-5 Trail after 6...4-11/2-14/6-24 Trail after 7... 2-12/1-18/3-29 Trail after 8... 2-12/2-20/4-31 Tied after 6... 4-2/3-3/7-5 Tied after 7... 3-1/4-3/7-4 Tied after 8... 2-2/2-2/4-4 Decided 7th/later...8-7/5-10/13-17 Shutouts... 1-0/2-1/3-1 Decided final AB...5-5/3-6/8-11 Walk-off games...4-4 ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST Rank HR Player 35 462 Jose Canseco 462 Adam Dunn 37 456 Miguel Cabrera 38 452 Carl Yastrzemski 39 450 Adrian Beltre 40 449 Jeff Bagwell 449 Vladimir Guerrero ALL-TIME HITS LIST Rank H Player 27 3020 Rafael Palmeiro 28 3010 Wade Boggs 29 3007 Al Kaline 30 3000 Roberto Clemente 31 2985 Sam Rice 32 2970 Adrian Beltre 33 2963 Sam Crawford WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers suffered an 8-7, walk-off loss last night in the opener of this 3-game series with the Pale Hose...team is 3-5 on this 3-city, 10-game trip to NYY (2-1), CLE (1-3), and CWS (0-1)...Texas has lost 3 consecutive games for the 1st time since dropping 4 straight, 5/31-6/4... club has lost 4 of 5, but is 5-6 over last 11 games...the club s 12-9 (.571) mark beginning 6/9 is still 4th-best in the A.L. in that span...texas has also won 13 of 23, 26 of 47, and 26 of 51 club has a 34-31 (.523) record beginning 4/20 after opening the year at 5-10. At 39-41, the Rangers are T9th in the A.L. in winning percentage...club is 2 games under.500 for the 1st time since 30-32 after a win on 6/11 at WAS...Texas has had a winning record on just 3 occasions in the last 37 days, 34-33 on 6/17, 38-37 on 6/25, and 39-38 on 6/27...through 80 games, the Rangers were 51-29/52-29 in 2016 and 41-39/41-40 in 2015. Team has been season-high 3 G above.500 twice, last on 5/21 (24-21), and was a 2017 high 7 games under.500 (13-20) on 5/8...season best 10-G win streak from 5/9-19 was 4th-longest in franchise history...the Rangers are 4-1-2 in their last 7 overall series. IN THE STANDINGS: The Rangers are in 4th place for the 1st time since following a loss on 6/23 at NYY in the opener of this road trip...had been in 3rd place for 6 of the previous 9 days...days in each position in 2017 (alone or tied): 1st- 0 days, 2nd-26, 3rd-22, 4th-28, 5th-13 Texas has gained ground in the A.L. West just once in the last 14 days and current 14.5 game deficit is largest since 6/8 (15.0 GB)...season-high 15.5 G deficit after off day 6/5, team s greatest at any point since end of the 2014 season (21.0 GB). ON THE ROAD: The Rangers have lost 3 straight, 4 of 5, and 6 of last 9 games away from Arlington...club is still 9-6 in road contests since 5/28...prior to this 9-6 span, the club had won just 6 of its previous 17 away contests...the Rangers.415 (17-24) road winning percentage is 10th in the A.L...it is the team s lowest away percentage through 41 games since 2007 at.341 (14-27/15-27)...club was 24-17/24-18 in 2016. VERSUS THE WHITE SOX: Texas has dropped the 1st of 7 meetings with the White Sox in 2017...Texas has lost 8 of last 13 meetings and is 14-20 vs. the White Sox since the start of 2012...Rangers have dropped 6 straight at Guaranteed Rate Field since last win on 6/19/15 and have dropped 12 of 16 at this park since the start of 2012...Rangers won final 2 meetings in 2016 after losing season s 1st 4 games to the Pale Hose...prior to last night, the clubs had not met since 5/11/16 (415 days), the 3rd-longest gap in a non-strike year between the Rangers and an A.L. opponent in team history (STATS LLC)...White Sox lead the all-time series 262-241 and hold advantages of 150-97 in Chicago and 69-45 at Guaranteed Rate Field...clubs will meet again in a 4-game series, 8/17-20 at Globe Life Park. JUNE REVIEW: The Rangers were 13-13 (.500) in the month of June, T6th-best win percentage in the A.L...it was the 7th time in the last 8 years that Texas has been at.500 or better in June (9-17 in 2014)...in that span (2010-17), Texas.571 (124-93) June winning percentage is tops in the majors... the club committed just 9 errors in 964 total chances and its.991 fielding percentage led the majors...texas posted a.748 OPS in the month, 11th-highest in the A.L...the Rangers ranked among the A.L. s monthly leaders in home runs (T1st, 47) and stolen bases (2nd, 30)...the staff s 4.69 ERA (121 ER/232.0 IP) during the month was 8th-lowest in the A.L., while the bullpen s 3.97 ERA (39/89.1 IP) was the A.L. s 7thbest figure in June. ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Rangers suffered their 5th loss when leading after 8 innings, this after 4 such losses in all of 2016...Texas has a major league-high 16 blown saves after 17 last season. JOEY GALLO homered last night for the 21st time this season...he now has 8 home runs on the 1st pitch of an at-bat, 2nd-most in the majors to only CIN s Joey Votto (9)...his 21 HR are most by a Ranger prior to All-Star break since 2013 (N. Cruz-22, A. Beltre-21) only Juan Gonzalez and Hank Blalock have hit more pre-asb HR in their age 23-or-younger season...he has also homered in 3 of 7 career games vs. the White Sox. ELVIS ANDRUS has multiple hits in 5 of his last 8 games and is batting.373/.418/.588/1.006 (19-51) over his last 12 games to raise his season average from.288 to.302, 11th-highest in the A.L...Andrus delivered a bases loaded single last night to raise his career average with the bases full to.339 (37-109), 3rd-highest in club history (min. 75 PA) to Rusty Greer (.418, 33-79) and Hall of Famer Pudge Rodriguez (.351, 47-134). STILL ON THE RUN: The Rangers swiped 4 stolen bases last night, matching the team s 2nd-highest total in a game this season...the Rangers have stolen third base twice in the last 2 games and are now tied with the Angels for the A.L. lead with 13 thefts of third base this season...texas has been successful on 6 of its last 7 steal attempts. SHIN-SOO CHOO matched a season high with 3 hits last night, his 2nd straight start in the leadoff spot...choo has a.931 OPS from the leadoff spot this season, 4th-highest in the A.L. (TB s Corey Dickerson-.970; HOU s George Springer-.951, LAA s Cameron Maybin-.946). Choo finished the month of June with 19 walks, T4th-highest June total in Rangers history...the record of 20 is shared by Mike Hargrove (1978), Toby Harrah (1985), and Rafael Palmeiro (2002). SUNNY DELIGHT: The Rangers are playing consecutive day games for the 4th straight weekend...loss in Cleveland on Thursday snapped a 3-game win streak in day games, but the club has still won 3 of 4 and 6 of last 8 afternoon contests...rangers are 14-8 (.636) overall in day games, 3rdbest win percentage in the A.L. (HOU-.739, 17-6; CLE-.655, 19-10) and 5th-highest in the majors. Elvis Andrus is batting.333/.408/.492/.901 (21-63) in his last 16 day games raising his season average in afternoon contests to.299, highest on the club. VS. SOUTHPAWS: The Rangers are slated to face left-handed starters in the final 2 games of this series...the club has gone 9-7 in games started by southpaws this season and have won 3 straight...mike Napoli is batting.385/.448/.885/1.333 (10-26) with 4 HR and 5 RBI vs. left-handed pitchers since 5/6...Delino DeShields is batting.367/.457/.467/.924 (11-30) vs. southpaws since 5/19. SHORTS: For the next four days, the Rangers will sport stars and stripes-decorated caps and a matching jersey to celebrate Independence Day...for the first time, player socks can match the rest of the uniform with a stars & stripes pattern... Texas pitchers did not issue a walk last night for the 3rd time this season and 2nd time in the 1st 8 games of this road trip... Carlos Gomez is 5-for-8 in his career vs. Derek Holland... Guaranteed Rate Field is one of only 2 active major league parks that Cole Hamels has never started a game (also ATL s SunTrust Park which opened in 2017). ADRIAN BELTRE ON ALL-TIME CHARTS Category No. Rank Next-Total Doubles 599 17th Barry Bonds-601 At Bats 10396 20th Honus Wagner-10427 Total Bases 4991 21st Mel Ott-5041 XBH 1085 23rd Jim Thome-1089 Games 2747 T27th Derek Jeter-2747 Hits 2970 32nd Sam Rice-2985 RBI 1592 34th Mike Schmidt-1595 Home Runs 450 39th Carl Yastrzemski-452 UPCOMING PROBABLES, TIMES & BROADCASTS Date Opponent Pitchers - Texas vs. Opponent Time (CDT) TV/Radio Sunday, July 2 at Chicago-AL RHP Tyson Ross (1-1, 6.14) vs. LHP Jose Quintana (4-8, 4.37) 1:10 FSSW/105.3/1270 * For radio broadcasts, most games are on 105.3 The Fan All games are broadcast in Spanish on KFLC 1270 AM All FSSW telecasts can also be viewed on FSGO app.
PAGE 2 TODAY S STARTING PITCHER #35 Cole Hamels, LHP (2-0, 4.38) TODAY: The 33-year-old left-hander is slated 7th start of the season this afternoon in the middle installment of this 3-game set with the Pale Hose made his 1st start in nearly 2 months on Monday at Cleveland, taking a no decision in the Rangers 15-9 loss was on the disabled list 4/30-6/25 with a right oblique strain, the longest DL stint of his career went 1-0 with a 1.04 ERA (1 ER/8.2 IP) in a pair of rehab starts with Double-A Frisco has allowed 10 R-ER over 11.0 IP in his last 2 ML starts to raise season ERA from 2.77 to 4.38 through 6 starts, his swing and miss percentage (15.9%), SO/9 (3.89), and SO% (10.3) are all career lows has left in position for the victory in each of his 1st 6 outings, but has just 2 victories has received 5+ runs of support in each outing and is receiving 9.00 runs of support per game has gone 24-6 (.800) over 50 regular season starts for Texas since he was acquired from PHI in a 7/31/15 trade, and the Rangers are 36-14 (.720) in those games...combined to post at least 200.0 innings and 200 strikeouts in a season for the 5th time in his career in 2016, doing so in 4 of the last 5 years, joining David Price (4) and Max Scherzer (4) as only pitchers with as many instances since 2012...has earned the win in each of the Rangers division-clinching games over the past 2 seasons Texas is 2-4 in his 6 starts... will be working on regular 4-days rest. LAST START: Took a no decision in the Rangers 15-9 loss (4.1 IP, 8 H, 7 R-ER, 4 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 92 pitches/48 strikes) was given leads of 7-1 after 2 innings, and 9-3 after 4 innings, but departed with a 9-4 lead and the bases loaded in the 5th inning was relieved by Dario Alvarez, who would allow all 3 baserunners to score had a season-low 2 swinging strikes...allowed 12 of 25 BF to reach safely...leadoff batter reached safely in all 5 innings. VS. CHICAGO-AL: Has gone 1-0 with a 2.91 ERA (7 ER/21.2 IP) over 3 career starts vs. the White Sox has never pitched at Guaranteed Rate Field, one of 2 current ML parks he has never started a game (also Sun Trust Field in Atlanta, but had 20 starts at Turner Field) received a no-decision in only start vs. CWS in 16, a rain-delayed, 13-11 win on 5/11/16 in Arlington (2.1 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 4 ER, BB, 2 SO, 64 pitches/45 strikes) was his shortest non-injury related start since 5/30/12 vs. SEA (1.2 IP) allowed one run over his first 2 innings, but surrendered 4 runs in the 3rd inning when he returned to the mound following a one hour and 18 minute rain delay was on the mound warming up for his 3rd inning of work when the heavy rains and wind arrived...texas trailed 11-5 before a 7-run 8th inning aided by a go-ahead, 3-run HR by Ryan Rua that helped Texas defeat the Sox, 13-11. ON THE ROAD: Has gone winless with a 6.06 ERA (11 ER/16.1 IP) over 3 road starts this season...allowed one run over 7.0 IP in 1st road outing on 4/11 at LAA, but has permitted 11 R-10 ER over 9.1 IP in his last 2 outings is 10-3, 2.88 (40 ER/125.0 IP) in 20 road starts since the beginning of 2016...opponents are batting.225/.304/.337/.641 in road starts over that span. POSITION TO WIN: Has left in position to win 3 times, only to have bullpen lose the lead...despite nearly 2 months on the disabled list, Hamels still leads all Texas starters in wins lost and ranks T6th in the majors...only other Texas starters with multiple such starts are Cashner (2) and Perez (2). 2017: Lucroy (5.64 ERA) has caught 4 of 6 starts and Chirinos (2.45 ERA) has caught 2 outings his 4 HBP are still T12th in the A.L...through 6 starts, his swing and miss percentage (15.9%), SO/9 (3.89), and SO% (10.3) are all career lows...has held LHB 5-for-26 (.192)...top 2 spots in the order are a combined 9-for-33, while the rest of the lineup is 24-for-102...batters leading off an inning have reached in 19 of 38 frames (10-for-29 with 7 BB and 2 HBP)...opposition is 6-for-34 with RISP...opponents by time through order: 1st PA-.227 (10-44); 2nd PA-.255 (13-51); 3rd PA-.250 (9-36); 4th PA-.250 (1-4)...has received 5+ runs of support in each outing and is receiving 9.00 runs of support per game...his 2 errors are tied for 2nd-most in the A.L. DISABLED LIST: Was on the disabled list, 4/30-6/25, with a right oblique strain, an injury he suffered while warming up prior to a scheduled start on 5/2 at HOU... was the longest DL stint of his career, as he had never missed more than 29 days (3/26-4/23/14)...was placed on the disabled list on 5/3 and threw for the 1st time on 5/24...threw off the mound for the 1st time in bullpen session on 6/4...was 1-0 with a 1.04 ERA (1 ER/8.2 IP) in a pair of rehab starts with Double-A Frisco... made his 1st rehab start on 6/16 vs. San Antonio (3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R-ER, 0 BB, 3 SO, 35 pitches/25 strikes)...following his outing, Hamels threw an additional 22 pitches in the bullpen...last outing was on 6/21 vs. Midland (5.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R-ER, 2 BB, 5 SO, 1 HR, 81 pitches/56 strikes). ALL I DO IS WIN: His 15 wins in 2016 were T2nd-most in his career (17 in 2012, 15 in 2007) has gone 24-6 (.800) over 50 starts since the 7/31/15 trade to the Rangers, best win pct. in A.L. (min. 25 decisions) in that span and 2nd-best in MLB (Kershaw-.816, 31-7) according to STATS LLC, he was one of just 5 pitchers since 1913 to win at least 19 of his 1st 22 decisions with a single club, joining Vida Blue as only pitchers to do it for an A.L. club won a career-high 12 RANGERS GAME NOTES SATURDAY, JULY 1, 2017 AT CHICAGO-AL HAMELS CAREER RECORD W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2017 2-0 4.38 6/6 37.0 33 20 18 4 16 16 Career 138-96 3.33 345/344 2251.1 2012 889 833 250 608 2138 HAMELS VS. CHICAGO-AL W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2016 0-0 4.76 1/1 5.2 9 5 3 2 0 9 Career 1-0 2.91 3/3 21.2 27 9 7 5 1 24 HAMELS AT GUARANTEED RATE FIELD W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2017 - - - - - - - - - - Career - - - - - - - - - - 2017 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Innings: 8.0, April 21 vs. KC Innings: 9.0, 14x, last Oct. 4, 2015 vs. LAA Hits: 8, June 26 at CLE Hits: 14, August 13, 2016 vs. DET Runs: 7, June 26 at CLE Runs: 9, 3x, last July 10, 2015 at SF ER: 7, June 26 at CLE ER: 9, July 10, 2015 at SF SO s: 5, April 11 at LAA SO s: 15, April 21, 2007 at CIN Walks: 4, 2x, last June 26 at CLE Walks: 6, 3x, last July 8, 2016 vs. MIN HR: 1, 4x, last April 26 vs. MIN HR: 4, 2x, last April 6 vs. BOS Pitches: 107, April 21 vs. KC 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: 2, April 21-26 Win Streak: 12, Aug. 23, 2015-May 22, 2016 2017 & CAREER SPLITS 2017 CAREER W L ERA G/S IP ER W L ERA G/S IP ER Home 2 0 3.05 3/3 20.2 7 67 46 3.37 168/168 1117.0 418 Away 0 0 6.06 3/3 16.1 11 71 50 3.29 177/176 1134.1 415 Day 0 0 5.40 1/1 5.0 3 41 36 3.65 114/114 709.1 288 Night 2 0 4.22 5/5 32.0 15 97 60 3.18 231/230 1542.0 545 AVG AB H HR BB SO AVG AB H HR BB SO vs. Left.192 26 5 0 1 3.235 1795 422 51 159 459 vs. Right.257 109 28 4 15 13.240 6636 1590 199 449 1679 Total.244 135 33 4 16 16.239 8431 2012 250 608 2138 RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total 3 2 4 3 5 1 2 - - 20 RUN SUPPORT 0R 1R 2R 3R 4R 5R 6R 7R 8R 9R 10R+ Total AVG/9 - - - - - 2 3 - - 1-37 9.00 BATTER-PITCHER MATCHUPS (including postseason) Hamels vs. Chicago-AL PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI SO Abreu.333 3 1 0 0 1 Cabrera.364 22 8 1 2 3 Davidson.333 3 1 0 1 1 Frazier.278 18 5 1 5 6 Garcia.000 3 0 0 0 1 Sanchez.000 1 0 0 0 0 HAMELS 2017 DAY-BY-DAY Holland vs. Texas PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI SO Beltre.500 2 1 1 2 1 Choo.000 3 0 0 0 0 Gomez.625 8 5 0 1 1 Kozma.400 5 2 0 0 1 Lucroy.333 3 1 0 0 0 Napoli.278 18 5 2 3 2 Date Opp. Score Dec. ERA IP H R ER HR BB-I SO Left Game Pitches 4/5 vs. CLE 6-9 - 4.50 6.0 5 4 3 1 1-0 4 Leading 5-4 91/54 4/11 at LAA 5-6 (10) - 2.77 7.0 4 1 1 1 4-0 5 Leading 5-1 100/51 4/16 at SEA 7-8 - 3.50 5.0 6 4 3 1 2-0 2 Leading 6-4 96/60 4/21 vs. KC 6-2 W 2.77 8.0 3 1 1 0 2-0 3 Leading 6-1 107/71 4/26 vs MIN 14-3 W 3.03 6.2 7 3 3 1 3-0 1 Leading 6-2 99/55 April Totals 2-0 3.03 32.2 25 13 11 4 12-0 15 6/26 at CLE 9-15 - 4.38 4.1 8 7 7 0 4-0 1 Leading 9-4 92/48 June Totals 0-0 14.54 4.1 8 7 7 0 4-0 1 Season Totals 2-0 4.38 37.0 33 20 18 4 16-0 16 HAMELS 2017 MINOR LEAGUE DAY-BY-DAY Date Opp. Score Dec. ERA IP H R ER HR BB-I SO Left Game Pitches 6/16 vs. SA 4-2 - 0.00 3.0 1 0 0 0 0-0 3 Leading 1-0 35/25 6/21 vs. MID 11-2 W 1.04 5.2 2 1 1 1 2-0 5 Leading 11-0 81/56 Season Totals 1-0 1.04 8.2 3 1 1 1 2-0 8 consecutive decisions from 8/23/15-5/22/16 before loss on 5/27/16 vs. PIT 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. Has been the winning pitcher in each of the Rangers division-clinching victories the past 2 seasons: 10/4/15 vs. LAA and 9/23/16 at OAK. START ME UP: Has made at least 30 starts in each of the last 9 seasons beginning 2008, matching the 2nd-longest active streak in the majors: 10 James Shields; 9 Cole Hamels and Jon Lester the 2016 campaign marked his 7th straight season with 200.0+ innings (8th career), the longest active streak in MLB his 200.2 IP in 16 ranked 9th in the A.L., this after 212.1 total innings in 2015 ranked 12th overall in the majors his lone career regular season relief appearance was a 3.0 inning stint on 9/28/11 at ATL as a warm-up for the playoffs has made 158 consecutive appearances as a starter since that time. TOMORROW S SCHEDULED STARTER RHP TYSON ROSS (1-1, 6.14 in 3 games/starts) The 30-year-old right-hander is slated to make his 4th start and appearance of the season on Sunday afternoon in the finale of this 3-game series against the White Sox will be making 2nd straight road start and working on regular 4 days rest after taking no decision in Rangers 2-1 win on Tuesday at CLE (6.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R-ER, 2 BB, 5 SO, 98 pitches/56 strikes)...allowed only run on RBI single by Lonnie Chisenhall in the 2nd, and Ross retired 14 of 15 batters faced following that hit...exited with game tied 1-1, as Adrian Beltre s home run off Cody Allen in top of 9th gave Texas 2-1 lead...prior to season debut on 6/16 vs. SEA, had not appeared in majors since Padres 2016 season opener due to right shoulder issues and eventual 10/13/16 surgery to relieve Thoracic Outlet Syndrome...is 3-0 with a 1.65 ERA (3 ER/16.1 IP) in 3 games/2 starts in career vs. White Sox, but hasn t faced the South Siders since 2014...has won both outings here at Guaranteed Rate Field (2-0, 1.00, 1 ER/9.0 IP in 2 G/1 GS), one each for SD and OAK...earned win in start on 5/31/14 at CWS for Padres (6.0 IP, 2 R-1 ER)...also won here on 4/11/11 at CWS (3.0 SHO IP) for A s in relief of Dallas Braden...won the next month in start in Oakland on 5/14/11 vs. CWS (7.1 IP, 2 R-ER)...victory in Texas debut on 6/16 vs. SEA (5.2 IP, 2 R-ER) was 1st win since beating Rangers on 8/31/15 at Petco Park, as Ross became 2nd Texas starter in last 25 years (beg. 1993) to allow 2-or-fewer hits while recording 17+ outs in Rangers debut...opponents batting.204/.283/.315 w/ 4 XBH (3 2B, 1 HR)...made 4 rehab starts for Triple-A Round Rock, going 2-1 with a 7.71 ERA (16 ER/18.2 IP) named 2015 Padres Pitcher of the Year and was tabbed Opening Day starter last season...signed with Texas as a free agent on 1/19/17 after spending the last 4 seasons with San Diego selected in the 2nd round of the 2008 June Draft by Oakland and spent his 1st 5 pro seasons with the A s before being traded to San Diego on 11/16/12 previously pitched in his major league career with Oakland (2010-12) and San Diego (2013-16) the Berkeley native pitched 3 seasons at Cal brother of Washington Nationals pitcher Joe Ross.
RANGERS GAME NOTES SATURDAY, JULY 1, 2017 AT CHICAGO-AL PAGE 3 TEAM PITCHING W-L-S G ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO Starters 25-25 80 4.35 453.0 443 230 219 71 161 324 Relievers 14-16-13 79 4.44 257.2 275 150 127 36 108 236 Home 22-17-4 39 4.07 356.0 344 178 161 58 128 279 Road 17-24-9 41 4.69 354.2 374 202 185 49 141 281 TEAM CATCHING ERA *W-L CS SBA CS% PB PO Chirinos 3.61 17-12 3 20 15.0 1 0 Lucroy 4.83 22-28 12 35 34.3 3 0 Stolen bases against pitchers: 0-for-1 (0 SB, 1 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) 6/28 at CLE 1.2 4 0 0 1 1 30 0/0 11/20 24/13 19/17 2/0 51 Matt Bush 6/30 at CWS 0.1 4 3 3 0 0 17 10/15 23/30 6/1 35/34 7/0 57 Preston Claiborne 6/26 at CLE 2.0 5 3 3 0 2 34 0/0 0/1 0/0 1/2 0/0 58 Alex Claudio (L) 6/30 at CWS 1.0 2 1 0 0 2 18 1/2 22/35 21/8 78/15 0/0 49 Ernesto Frieri 6/28 at CLE 0.1 0 2 2 3 0 17 0/0 1/4 1/0 4/5 0/1 50 Keone Kela 6/27 at CLE 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 13 1/2 20/30 10/1 21/33 3/1 62 Jose Leclerc 6/30 at CWS 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 14 1/1 18/22 10/2 17/20 1/0 22 Nick Martinez 6/29 at CLE 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 30 0/0 1/2 4/2 6/7 0/0 52 Tanner Scheppers 6/29 at CLE 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 18 0/0 4/5 2/0 3/4 1/0 Totals 13/29, 44.8% 145/230, 63.0% 135/49, 36.3% 378/218 18/4 TEAM PITCHING: Rangers have allowed 5+ runs in 5 of last 6 G, allowing 40 R-38 ER over 50.1 IP (6.79 ERA ) to raise season ERA from 4.20 to 4.38, 10th in A.L...has allowed season-high 19 hits twice in last 16 G as opponents are batting.291 (86 ER/140.0 IP) in that span...staff has a 5.53 ERA (86 ER/140.0 IP) over the last 16 G to rise from 4.10...staff s 560 SO rank 14th in A.L. (MIN-544)...club is 4th in A.L. in BB (269). STARTERS: Rotation has allowed 25 R-24 ER over 46.0 IP (4.70 ERA) in 1st 8 G of this road trip, and has 5.73 ERA (55 ER/86.1 IP) over last 16 G to raise season ERA from 4.03 to 4.35, 5th in A.L...starters have worked less than 6.0 IP in 4 of last 6 G since back-to-back 7.0-inning outings 6/23-24 at NYY by Bibens-Dirkx/Darvish...Texas starters had MLB-best 3.27 ERA thru 5/19, but have a 5.77 ERA (126 ER/196.2 IP) last 36 G beg. 5/20 to rise from 3.27...Texas has quality starts in 6 of last 11 G, and is 3rd in A.L. w/ 41 QS (44-BOS, 42-DET). RELIEVERS: Bullpen suffered ML-high 16th blown save last night and has converted 4 of last 13 save chances...bullpen has allowed 16 R-15 ER over last 6 G to raise season ERA from 4.21 to 4.44, 12th in A.L...relievers have 3.75 ERA (41 ER/98.1 IP) in the last 28 G to drop from 4.86. bullpen has allowed 10 of 14 inherited runners to score in the last 6 games and 36.3% (49 of 135) of IR scoring in 2017 is 2nd highest mark in the A.L. to HOU (40.5%)...club is 13-for-29 (44.8%) in save tries, lowest save pct. in MLB...13 saves are tied for T3rd fewest in MLB with MIA (CWS-12; PHI-11)...15 relief losses are T2nd most in A.L. 39 DARIO ALVAREZ (L) 2-0-0, 2.76 vs. LHB: 7-for-28 (.250) vs. RHB: 12-for-32 (.324) Has worked 4.1 scoreless innings in his last 4 appearances but has allowed 5 of 6 inherited runners to score in last 2 G...has permitted 2 R-1 ER in 5.1 IP over 6 G since recall from Round Rock on 6/16...overall has posted a 5.48 ERA (5 ER/8.1 IP) in last 11 G w/ TEX 13 of 20 G have been < 3 outs has allowed 13 of 24 (54.2%) IR to score, the highest percentage among A.L. relievers. Recalled from Round Rock on 6/16 for 3rd stint (Opening Day-May 7; May 8-June 8) had one game for Round Rock...DL 5/26-6/5 w/ left elbow strain. 51 MATT BUSH 2-4-10, 4.03 vs. LHB: 17-for-56 (.304) vs. RHB: 18-for-65 (.277) Matched season high with 3 runs allowed in blown save last night...has allowed 14 H and 7 R-ER in 5.0 IP over last 5 G with 3 blown saves and 3 losses over last 10 appearances beginning 5/31 has converted 4 of 8 save tries, allowing 12 R-11 ER in 10.1 IP to raise season ERA from 0.96 to 4.03...from 4/16-5/30, allowed 2 R-0 ER in 16 G/15.0 IP...is 10-for-15 in save chances this season and is T2nd in A.L. in blown saves (5) and T3rd in relief losses (4). His 4-out save 6/13 at HOU was 1st of >3 outs for TEX in game decided by 3-or-fewer runs since 4/10/11 at BAL (N. Feliz-1.1 IP). Allowed runs in 2 of 1st 3 outings in season before injection in AC joint on 4/12, did not pitch from 4/10-15. 58 ALEX CLAUDIO (L) 1-0-1, 2.48 vs. LHB: 8-for-49 (.163) vs. RHB: 29-for-99 (.293) Has worked in 4 of 6 and 5 of last 8 G...has allowed 5 H, 3 R-2 ER, and 1 BB over last 2 G after working 9.1 SHO IP in his previous 9 G beginning 6/9... still, has permitted 3 R-2 ER last 14 G/17.0 IP to drop season relief ERA from 2.41 to 2.00 no runs allowed in 1st 11 G/11.1 IP in relief this year. Team-high 36 G LHB are 7-for-48 since 4/16 but has allowed 2 1B and a SF to last 4 LHB after 2-for-27 stretch. Saw 1st ML start (5/2 at HOU - 4.0 IP, 3 ER, career-high 65 pitches) and 1st career save (5/5 at SEA) in same week, just 9th pitcher (since 1969) w/ 1st start and save in a 4-day span the 5/2 start was a last-minute effort in place of Cole Hamels, who was injured while warming up. 49 ERNESTO FRIERI 0-0-0, 3.60 vs. LHB: 3-for-8 (.375) vs. RHB: 1-for-8 (.125) Issused 3 BB and 2 R on Wed. at CLE after working 5.0 scoreless innings in his 1st 3 G w /TEX...contract was purchased from Round Rock (AAA) on 6/17 outing on 6/18 vs. SEA was 1st ML appearance since 6/1/15 at LAA while with TB. worked a career-high 3.0 innings, 6/21 vs. TOR. Was signed to minors contract w/ TEX on 6/6, and worked scoreless innng in only outing at Round Rock (AAA). Overall at Triple-A level in 17 w/ Scranton/Wilkes/Barre (NYY) and Round Rock was 2-0 w/ 7 saves, 3.27 ERA (7 ER/22.0 IP), 9 BB, 26 SO. Began year in NYY organization before exercising opt out in contract on 6/2 one relief appearance for Team Columbia in World Baseball Classic. Prior to 2017, posted 73 saves in 298 relief outings with San Diego (2009-12), Los Angeles-AL (2012-14), Pittsburgh (2014), and Tampa Bay (2015). 50 KEONE KELA 4-1-1, 2.64 vs. LHB: 7-for-39 (.226) vs. RHB: 7-for-66 (.106) Earned 4th win on Tuesday, T4th in A.L. in relief wins, and T2nd overall on staff. Has worked 9.0 scoreless innings in his last 9 G beginning 6/10 with a 1.02 ERA (2 ER/17.2 IP) in his last 17 outings to drop season ERA from 4.85 to 2.64, lowest since 4/29 (0.00) ranks among A.L. relief leaders in opp. avg. (2nd,.133), opp. OPS (6th,.473), and SO/9 (14th, 12.33) opponents hitting.063 (4-63) w/ 2 strikes, 5th-lowest in A.L...has allowed runs in 5 of 30 appearances. Has retired 65 of 80 BF last 21 outings RH batters are 4-for-last-46. Matched career high w/ 4 SO 6/10 at WAS (also 5/19/17 at DET) earned 1st save in 17 on 5/21 at DET, 2nd career save (also 6/17/15 at LAD) 4 of 9 runs allowed in 17 on Marwin Gonzalez grand slam 5/2 at HOU, suffering loss and blown save. Recalled from Round Rock (AAA) on 4/17 had no record with 2.25 ERA (1 ER/4.0 IP) over 4 relief appearances with Express, going 1-for-2 in save tries. 62 JOSE LECLERC 1-1-1, 2.74 vs. LHB: 7-for-33 (.212) vs. RHB: 5-for-49 (.102) Has allowed runs in just one of last 7 G (2 R-ER/6.1 IP...has a 3.18 ERA (4 R-ER/11.1 IP) in 12 G since return from DL on 6/2, issuing runs twice. Ranks among A.L. relief leaders in SO/9 (6th, 14.48) and opp. avg. (6th,.146) has stranded 8 of 10 inherited runners RH batters are 2-for-last-22... on DL 5/8-6/1 w/ bruised rt. index finger, 2 G on rehab w/ Frisco (2.0 SHO IP). Has posted a strikeout in 20 of 22 G, including 1st 18 outings, longest season-opening streak in club history by a reliever and 2nd-longest season-opening span in MLB in 2017 has 5 relief outings of 3+ SO and 3 1.0-inning outings of 3 K s. 1st ML win 6/13 at HOU K d all 3 BF on 6/11 at WAS. Allowed just one run over 1st 9 G/11.0 IP thru 5/2 1st career save 4/12 at LAA (age 23.114), 3rd-youngest Ranger with a save since 1988 (behind Feliz in 09 and Kela in 15) retired Trout (K) and Pujols (F8) on 4 pitches to end the 8th inning on 4/12. 22 NICK MARTINEZ 3-3-0, 4.41 vs. LHB: 28-for-106 (.264) vs. RHB: 38-for-154 (.247) Has been available out of the bullpen after his last start on 6/25 at NYY...tossed 2.0 scoreless innings Thurs. at CLE and has 5.1 SHO IP in 2 relief outings this season...is 2-0, 2.78 (7 ER/22.2 IP) over last 5 G/3 GS to drop season ERA from 5.24 to 4.41... won each of his last 2 starts prior to moving to pen. Is 3-3, 4.79 (33 ER/62.0 IP) in 11 starts since recall from Round Rock (AAA) on 4/21...is 2-2, 1.25 (5 ER/36.0 IP) in 17 career ML relief outings...previously with club from 4/12-14 but did not pitch. Was 0-1 w/ one save and 4.64 ERA (11 ER/21.1 IP) in 16 G w/ Express in 2017...went 1-0, 5.00 (5 ER/9.0 IP) in 2 starts at Round Rock this season. 52 TANNER SCHEPPERS 0-1-0, 6.75 vs. LHB: 3-for-8 (.375) vs. RHB: 2-for-9 (.222) Has been scoreless in 4 of 5 appearances since contract was purchased from Round Rock (AAA) on 6/19...all 3 runs allowed came on Mon. at CLE when he failed to retire any of 3 BF and earned his 1st ML loss since 10/2/16 vs. TB...had worked 3.0 scoreless innings in prior 3 G, retiring 10 of 14 BF. Made season debut on 6/19 vs. TOR (1.2 IP, 0 R) opened season on TEX DL 3/30-4/14 w/ left abdominal discomfort, incl. rehab at AAA from 4/9-14... outrighted to Round Rock on 4/15...was 0-1 w/ one save and 4.64 ERA (11 ER/21.1 IP) in 16 G w/ Express in 2017. This spring w/ TEX, was 1-0, 3.52 (4 ER/7.2 IP) in 6 G, as opponents hit.290 w/ 5 BB/6 SO/3 WP.
PAGE 4 RANGERS GAME NOTES SATURDAY, JULY 1, 2017 AT CHICAGO-AL TEAM BATTING: The 11 hits last night were most since 6/22, but club is batting.205 (54-264) through 1st 8 G of current road trip, averaging 4.75 R/G and 2.0 HR/G...24 of 38 R on this road trip have come via 16 HR...batting.224 (141-629) last 19 G to drop season avg. from.244 to.239, lowest in A.L., and 3rd-lowest in MLB, but have.256 (406-1586) figure last 47 G beg. 5/9 to rise from.215 rank among A.L. leaders in SB (2nd, 73), runs (4th, 397), HBP (T4th, 34), and HR (4th, 119) HR in 23 of last 24 G including streak of 16 straight games with HR, 6th-longest in club history (streaks of 18 G and 17 G in 2016) 3 of 6 G w/ 4+ HR in 17 have come in past 14 G season-high 20 SO on 5/25 at BOS set franchise mark and matched ML record for 9-inn. game the 279 SO in June were most for any month in franchise history (261 in May 2017)... club s 746 SO are 3rd-most in A.L. 1 ELVIS ANDRUS.302 AVG, 10 HR, 47 RBI,.348 OBP,.467 SLG SHORTSTOP R/R Fri.: 2-for-5, RBI, 2 SB Trip:.412 (14-34), 3 HR, 2B, 9 RBI, 2 BB, 6 R, 2 SB Streak: 3 G (.538, 7-13, HR, 2 RBI, R, 2 SB) Is batting.373 (19-51) over last 12 G to rise from.288 to.302, 11th in A.L...batting.352 (43-122) last 29 G to rise from.269...has hits in 27 of last 32 G...had 15-G hit streak, 5/25-6/11, one shy of his career best (16 G 2x) matched longest hit streak for TEX since start of 14 (Beltre, 15 G, 6/27-7/11/14). Has career-high 10 HR, reaching career-high 9 HR mark in 75th G (prev. high was 8 HR in 147 G in 2016)...2nd career multi-hr game on Mon. at CLE. Ranks among A.L. leaders in SB (2nd, 20), hits (3rd, 95), and multi-hit games (T2nd, 29) 1st in A.L. w/ 13 GIDP s. His 45 RBI as a SS rank 2nd among ML SS (53-Correa) and 47 RBI overall are 2nd among Rangers (48-Mazara), 14 RBI last 23 G career-high 5 RBI 5/30 vs. TB, most by a Texas SS since 9/16/07 at OAK (7-M. Young) 20 RBI in May were most in any month in his career. Selected Rangers May Player of Month, 3rd time to win (others April & Sept./Oct. 16) in May:.316 (37-117) w/ 4 HR, 9 2B, 20 RBI, 20 R. Has 5 SB last 9 G reached 250 SB 5/26 at TOR. Has started 78 of 80 G at SS (77) and DH (1) 2 E s last 36 G after 3 E s in 4-G span. 29 ADRIAN BELTRE.277 AVG, 5 HR, 22 RBI,.348 OBP,.505 SLG THIRD BASEMAN R/R Fri.: 0-for-4, R, BB, 2 K Trip:.250 (8-32), 2 2B, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 2 BB, 4 R Streak: 0 G Batting.240 (18-75) w/ 7 XBH (4 HR, 5 2B) in 20 G/GS since return from jammed left ankle on 6/6 vs. NYM...13 RBI last 12 G and 22 RBI in 27 G, averaging 4.59 AB/RBI...hits in 20 of 27 G this year...had HR in 3 straight, Sun.-Tues., 1st time since 9/1-3/12...Tuesday was 16th career go-ahead HR in the 9th or later, 2nd most among actives (Pujols-19). Has 2970 career hits, 32nd all-time (next is Sam Rice-2985) season-opening 8-G hit streak was longest of his career to begin a campaign. Was on DL from 3/30-5/28 w/ rt. calf injury played in XST games 5/25-27, going 7-for-17 while playing 3B endured extra soreness after rehab workout on 4/8, and MRI results announced on 4/11 found a mild grade 1 strain in his right calf, a different area of the calf than the injury that caused his season-opening DL stint missed O.D. for 2nd time in his career (also 01) played 4 G w/ Dominican Republic in 2017 World Baseball Classic in March. Only players w/ 3000 career hits while appearing primarily at 3B are HOFers George Brett (3154) & Wade Boggs (3010) ranks 39th all-time w/ 450 HR his 1593 RBI are 34th all-time (since 1920) behind Mike Schmidt (1595) 17th all-time w/ 599 2B (Barry Bonds is next w/ 601) 23rd all-time w/ 1085 XBH (Jim Thome is next at 1089) 21st all-time in TB w/ 4991 (5041-Mel Ott). 61 ROBINSON CHIRINOS.240 AVG, 12 HR, 25 RBI,.331 OBP,.615 SLG CATCHER R/R Fri.: DNP Trip:.250 (3-12), 3 HR, 3 RBI, 4 R, 2 BB Streak: 0 G Did not play last night, but started 3 straight from Tues.-Thurs. (2 at C, 1 at DH) for the 1st time this season...has reached in 8 of 18 PA over last 5 G...HR in career-high 4 straight, 6/22-28, longest steak since Mike Napoli (5, 4/15-21/12)...HR in 7 of his last 11 G/GS and his 12 HR are T3rd among Rangers, one shy of a career high (13 in 14) last 9 H are all for extra bases (7 HR, 2 2B)...batting.207 (17-82) last 24 G after hitting.333 (8-24) w/ 4 HR/9 RBI in 1st 9 G/8 GS is averaging an RBI every 4.16 AB and a HR every 8.67 AB career highs in XBH (3) and hits (tied-3) last Thurs. vs. TOR. Has 33 G/31 GS - 29 GS at C, 2 GS as DH (1st 2 career starts at DH) team is 17-12 in starts at C is 2-for-19 in throwing out steal attempts 1st career start as cleanup: 5/13 vs. OAK... 4/21 vs. KC was 4th career multi-hr game. Hit tie-breaking 3-R HR in 11th 6/10 at WAS, 2nd time in as many GS that he hit tying or GA HR in 8th-or-later (also 6/7 vs. NYM). Signed contract extension covering the 2018 season on 3/21/17 with club option for 2019 played for Venezuela in 2017 WBC. 17 SHIN-SOO CHOO.256 AVG, 12 HR, 41 RBI,.374 OBP,.426 SLG OUTFIELDER L/L Fri.: 3-for-5, 2 RBI, K Trip:.212 (7-33), 2 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 4 R, 3 BB Streak: 1 G (3-5, 2 RBI) Matched season high with 3 H last night, but is 7-for-36 (.194) over last 9 G to drop from.266 to.256...has 5 HR/14 RBI last 19 G. Ranks T2nd in A.L. w/ 47 BB, and his.374 OBP is 10th in A.L has still reached 2+ times in 13 of 20 14-G on-base streak 5/12-31, tied team high in 17. HR in 5 of last 19 G, team-high 8 HR since 5/27 3 HR in 4 G, 5/27-30 has 2 leadoff HR in 17, 22 in career T2nd in A.L. w/ 12 GIDP s. Has 71 total starts at DH (35) and RF (36), w/ 19 of last 20 and 26 of last 32 starts in RF starts in 5 different slots (1/2/7/8/9) started in 9-hole 4/26 vs. MIN (1st career), and his 7 TB in 8th inning (HR/3B) were most by a TEX batter in a single inning since Adrian Beltre hit 2 HR (8 TB) on 8/22/12 vs. BAL. Is batting.333 (31-93) with 9 2B, 3 HR, and 12 RBI over last 24 vs. CWS. 7 DELINO DESHIELDS.278 AVG, 1 HR, 11 RBI,.343 OBP,.341 SLG OUTFIELDER R/R Fri.: No PAs as PR Trip:.133 (2-15), 2B, 2 BB, 4 R, SB Streak: 0 G Has started 6 of last 14 G hits in 12 of last 17 G at.298 (17-57) w/ 6 BB and 13 R to rise from.267 to.278 batting.315 (34-108) last 35 G w/ 4 2B, 10 BB, 6 RBI, 24 R to rise from.217 is 18-for-22 in steal tries, 4th in A.L...had run of 11 straight successful steal attempts end w/cs Tuesday. Has 61 G/50 GS (35-LF, 14-CF, 1-DH) 43 of last 45 starts have all been in leadoff (31) or 9th slots (12) - hit 8th 2x at WAS hit 1st career leadoff HR 5/2 at HOU walk-off single in 13th inn., 4/20 vs. KC 1st in A.L. w/ 6 sac bunts. 13 JOEY GALLO.194 AVG, 21 HR, 41 RBI,.301 OBP,.517 SLG 1B / 3B / OF L/R Fri.: 1-for-3, HR, RBI, R, BB, SB Trip:.143 (2-14), 2 HR, 2 RBI, 3 R, 6 BB, SB Streak: 1 G (1-3, HR, RBI, R, BB, SB) Is 2-for-18 with a 2 HR, 6 BB, and 12 SO in last 7 G/24 PA batting.179 (31-173) last 52 G to drop from.232 ranks among A.L. leaders in HR (T5th, 21), AB/HR (2nd, 11.5) T1st in A.L. w/ 107 SO...missed 2 straight, last Sat./Sun w/hamstring soreness. Career-high 3 XBH on 6/21 vs. TOR, including 26th inside-the-park HR in Rangers history (8th in GLPIA history) before 6/21 vs. TOR, only other game w/ 3 hits or 3 R was ML debut on 6/2/15 vs. CWS 32 of last 43 hits have been XBH has 21 HR, 2 3B, 11 2B, 13 singles. Has 5 HR last 23 G 21 HR are most by a Ranger prior to All-Star break since 2013 (N. Cruz-22, A. Beltre-21) only Juan Gonzalez and Hank Blalock have hit more pre-asb HR in their age 23-or-younger season...has started 71 G: 53-3B, 17-1B, 1-LF. Hit 9 HR in May, T3rd in A.L. and T4th in MLB, most in any month by a Ranger since Aug. 2016 (Beltre-9) 20th career HR 5/19 at DET was 49th career hit, 2nd in ML history w/ 20+ HR in 1st 50 career hits (also M. McGwire - 22/50) - credit Elias walk-off HR, 5/12 vs. OAK 1st multi-hr game, 4/21 vs. KC. Was 3-for-4, with, 3 R, 2B, HR, and 4 RBI in ML debut vs. CWS on 6/12/15 in Arlington...has 3 HR in 7 career games vs. the Sox. 14 CARLOS GOMEZ.250 AVG, 10 HR, 29 RBI,.329 OBP,.484 SLG OUTFIELDER R/R Fri.: 2-for-5, R, SB, 2 K, CS Trip:.130 (3-23), HR, 2 RBI, 3 R, 2 BB, 2 SB Streak: 1 G (2-5, R, SB) Snapped 0-for-12 drought yesterday, but is 3-for-23 since end of 10 G hit streak on on 6/23...has strikeouts in 20 of last 33 PA...hits in 8 of 13 since return from DL at.261 (12-46) with 2B, 6 HR, 16 RBI, 3 BB, and 12 R...the 6 HR and 16 RBI both surpass pre-dl stint totals in 38 G (4 HR/13 RBI)...has scored runs in 8 of last 13. Had season-best 10-game hitting streak (.432, 16-37, 5 HR, 15 RBI over span) end Friday, T3rd-longest by a Ranger this season...5th career multi-hr game 6/22 vs. TOR, tying career high w/ 5 RBI (5th time, last 7/11/15 at LAD). On DL from 5/15-6/15 with right hamstring strain 4 G on rehab w/ Round Rock (2) and Frisco (2). Batted.320 (24-75) w/ 8 BB in 21 G from 4/22-5/14 before he was injured on 5/14 vs. OAK has 50 total starts, all in CF hit leadoff in 19 of 1st 20 G. 2nd career cycle 4/29 vs. LAA (also 5/7/08 vs. CWS w/ MIN) 10th cycle in TEX history, just 4th Ranger ever to cycle in only 4 PA s in a game. Has reached safely via H/BB in 35 of last 44 G w/ TEX 11th career leadoff HR 4/13 at LAA. 38 PETE KOZMA.114 AVG, 1 HR, 2 RBI,.225 OBP,.200 SLG INFIELDER R/R Fri.: DNP Trip: 0-4, HBP Streak: 0 G Is 0-for-16 since HR on 5/21 at DET HR ended run of 545 homerless AB since last HR on 4/2/13 at ARI (off Heath Bell) is 3-for-26 w/ HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB, HBP, SH, 13 SO in 21 G/7 GS w/ TEX since being acquired from NYY on a waiver claim on 4/30 has started at 3B (5), 2B (1), and SS (1) w/tex. Was on Yanks Opening Day roster and went 1-for-9 in 11 G/3 GS, all 3 starts at SS DFA d by NYY on 4/28 when club activated Gregorius from DL. Has seen action at all 4 INF positions in ML career, also LF has also seen action w/ STL (2011-15) & NYY (2017). 25 JONATHAN LUCROY.262 AVG, 4 HR, 19 RBI,.305 OBP,.371 SLG CATCHER R/R Fri.: 1-for-3, R, BB Trip:.263 (5-19), 3 R, BB Streak: 2 G (.286, 2-7, 2 R, BB) Is batting.188 (6-32) over last 9 G since logging multiple hits in 3 straight, 6/13-16...has multiple hits in 4 of 12 and 5 of last 16 G...batting.290 (42-145) last 38 G to rise from.211 had 10 G hit streak, 5/10-23, longest hit streak w/ TEX, T2nd-longest of career...matched season high w/ 2 BB on 6/19 vs. TOR. RBI in 5 straight from 5/16-21 7 of last 31 starts at DH, 1st starts there w/ TEX hit 4th in 13 straight starts, 5/11-28 has 11 BB/23 SO, as his 10.09 PA/SO would be 4th in A.L. if he qualified hit w/ RISP 5/21 at DET ended 0-17 drought w/ RISP has started 58 of 80 G (51-C, 7-DH). Leads MLB in CS since start of 2011 (158 for MIL/TEX) is 12-for-37 in throwing out attempted base stealers played w/ champion USA in the WBC.
RANGERS GAME NOTES SATURDAY, JULY 1, 2017 AT CHICAGO-AL PAGE 5 30 NOMAR MAZARA.259 AVG, 11 HR, 48 RBI,.332 OBP,.442 SLG OUTFIELDER L/L Fri.: 0-for-3, HBP, BB, K Trip:.105 (2-22), HR, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB, 2 HBP Streak: 0 G Ended 0-for-11 drought w/solo HR off Kluber Thurs. at CLE, but is still 2-for-last-25...is 5-for-41 with 3 HR in last 11 G and hitting.138 (8-58) over last 16 G to drop from.292 to.259, lowest since 5/16 (.257)..reached via H or BB in 30 straight starts from 5/1-6/10 matched career high w/ 4 H 6/6 vs. NYM (other 6/6/16 vs. HOU)...career-high 11-G hit streak, 5/9-23. Hit 30th career HR on 6/20 vs. TOR at age 22.055, 3rd-youngest in TEX history to reach 30 HR (Ruben Sierra-21.286 in 1987; Juan Gonzalez-21.312 in 1991) 4 of last 5 HR have come on 1st pitch of at-bat and Thurs. at CLE was 1st career HR on 0-2 pitch. Has 19 XBH last 41 G (12 2B, 3B, 6 HR) is 3-for-35 in last 10 road G, HR on 6/12 at HOU. Has 70 total starts in RF (44), LF (21), and DH (5), with 16 of last 18 starts in LF named A.L. Player of the Week for April 2-9. 5 MIKE NAPOLI.191 AVG, 14 HR, 32 RBI,.273 OBP,.404 SLG FIRST BASEMAN/DH R/R Fri.: 1-for-2, 2 BB, 2 R Trip:.091 (2-22), 5 BB, 2 R Streak: 1 G (1-2, 2 BB, 2 R) Reached safely 3x last night, but is 2-for-last-22 with 11 K...is 5-for-35 with 17 K in last 12 G and is hitting.186 (8-43) with 3 HR, 7 RBI and 7 BB in 14 G/13 GS since return from DL on 6/16 on DL from 6/4-15 with lower back strain...at.191 has lowest AVG among A.L. qualifers...t11th in A.L. in K (84). Has a pair of 2 HR games in 2017, 5/11 vs. SD and 6/17 vs. SEA...has 16 career multi-hr game, incl. 8 with TEX, T2nd most since 2011 (10-Beltre, 8-Napoli/Moreland) has 11 HR in 38 G beginning 5/1 20 of 42 hits have XBH (6 2B/14 HR) has 252 career home runs. 5th career walk-off HR (1st w/ TEX) on 5/11 vs. SD, 2 HR of game 1st player in TEX history w/ HR in back-to-back innings, incl. a walk-off (Elias). Has started 62 G at 1B (47) and DH (15). 12 ROUGNED ODOR.207 AVG, 13 HR, 34 RBI,.244 OBP,.376 SLG SECOND BASEMAN L/R Fri.: 1-for-5, HR, 2 RBI, R, K Trip:.115 (4-31), HR, 3 RBI, R, 2 SB Streak: 3 G (.250, 3-12, HR, 3 RBI, R, 2 SB) Has hit safely in 3 of last 12 PA after ending an 0-for-10 drought with RBI 1B in 9th inning on Wed. at CLE...was 1st RBI since 6/17, ending 10-game drought...is 3-for-last-34, 6-for-last-51, and is hitting.159 (10-63) in last 16 G to go from.219 to.207...6 of last 13 hits have been XBH (2 2B 4 HR) season-high 3 H 6/13 at HOU one BB last 31 G...career-high 2 SB Thurs. at CLE. 5th career multi-hr game 6/13 at HOU (2nd in 17, also Opening Day, 4/3 vs. CLE), a game-tying HR in 7th and GA HR in 8th has 6 HR last 21 G after one HR in 26 G 5/6-6/7 all 5 career multi-hr games since start of 16, T-most among ML 2B (also Robinson Cano). Season-high 8-G hit streak (5/21-29) and career-best 14-G on-base streak (5/14-29). Has 78 starts at 2B and 2 at DH, only Ranger to start all 80 G did not play in final regular season game of 2016, 10/2 vs. TB. BATTERS VS. CHICAGO-AL - 2017 AND CAREER 2017 CAREER PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Andrus.400 5 2 0 1.217 203 44 0 12 Beltre.000 4 0 0 0.273 311 85 11 46 Chirinos.258 31 8 3 4 Choo.600 5 3 0 2.300 320 96 11 43 DeShields.276 29 8 0 0 Gallo.333 3 1 1 1.292 24 7 3 6 Gomez.400 5 2 0 0.282 163 46 6 24 Kozma.200 5 1 0 0.250 8 2 0 0 Lucroy.333 3 1 0 0.333 3 1 0 0 Mazara.000 3 0 0 0.211 19 4 1 2 Napoli.500 2 1 0 0.197 223 44 7 29 Odor.200 5 1 1 2.255 47 12 3 6 PITCHERS VS. CHICAGO-AL - 2017 AND CAREER 2017 CAREER PLAYER W-L-S ERA G IP H ER W-L-S ERA G IP H ER Alvarez Bibens-Dirkx 0-0-0 6.35 1 5.2 8 4 0-0-0 6.35 1 5.2 8 4 Bush 0-1-0 81.00 1 0.1 4 3 0-1-0 81.00 1 0.1 4 3 Cashner 0-2-0 5.63 3 8.0 12 5 Claudio 0-0-0 0.00 1 1.0 2 0 1-1-0 3.38 4 8.0 12 3 Darvish 1-1-0 5.12 3 19.1 21 11 Frieri 0-0-8 3.60 10 10.0 7 4 Hamels 1-0-0 2.91 3 21.2 23 7 Kela 0-0-0 0.00 2 2.1 1 0 Leclerc 0-0-0 0.00 1 1.1 0 0 0-0-0 0.00 1 1.1 0 0 Martínez 0-4-0 9.20 4 14.2 24 15 Ross 3-0-0 1.65 3 16.1 12 3 Scheppers 1-1-0 4.91 8 7.1 8 4 2017 HOME RUNS Player Total Solo 2-run 3-run GS LHP RHP Home Road GT GA Record Last Elvis Andrus 10 8-2 - 2 8 2 8 1-3-6 6/28 at CLE (Allen) Adrian Beltre 5 3 1 1 - - 5 2 3-1 3-2 6/27 at CLE (Allen) Robinson Chirinos 12 8 3 1-3 9 7 5 3 1 9-2 6/28 at CLE (Bauer) Shin-Soo Choo 12 7 2 3-1 11 6 6 1 3 6-6 6/25 at NYY (Pineda) Delino DeShields 1 1 - - - - 1-1 - 1 0-1 5/2 at HOU (Fiers) Joey Gallo 21 13 6 2-4 17 10 11 1 5 9-11 6/30 at CWS (Pelfrey) Carlos Gomez 10 4 4 2-2 8 7 3-2 7-2 6/24 at NYY (Cessa) Jared Hoying 1-1 - - - 1 1 - - - 1-0 5/17 vs. PHI (Garcia) Pete Kozma 1 1 - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1-0 5/21 at DET (Boyd) Jonathan Lucroy 4 1 2 1-1 3-4 - - 1-3 6/9 at WAS (Roark) Nomar Mazara 11 6 3 1 1 1 10 6 5-6 6-5 6/29 at CLE (Kluber) Mike Napoli 14 9 4 1-4 10 8 6-6 8-4 6/22 vs. TOR (Stroman) Rougned Odor 13 6 5 2 - - 13 6 7 1 5 7-4 6/30 at CWS (Pelfrey) Drew Robinson 1 1 - - - - 1-1 - - 1-0 6/25 at NYY (Pineda) Ryan Rua 3 - - 2 1 1 2 2 1-1 3-0 5/18 vs. PHI (Rodriguez) TOTALS 119 68 31 18 2 20 99 56 63 7 30 34-31 GRAND SLAMS (2): Mazara, 4/7 vs. OAK; Choo, 4/26 vs. MIN MULTI-HOMER GAMES (8): Odor, 4/3 vs. CLE (2); Chirinos, 4/21 vs. KC (2); Gallo, 4/21 vs. KC (2); Napoli, 5/12 vs. SD (2); Odor, 6/13 at HOU (2); Napoli, 6/17 vs. SEA (2); Gomez, 6/22 vs. TOR; Andrus, 6/26 at CLE (2) LEADOFF HOMERS (4): Gomez, 4/13 at LAA; DeShields, 5/2 at HOU; Choo, 5/27 at TOR; Choo, 5/30 vs. TB BACK-TO-BACK HOMERS (0): None PINCH-HIT HOMERS (0): None WALKOFF HOMERS (2): Napoli, 5/11 vs. SD; Gallo, 5/12 vs. OAK INSIDE THE PARK HOMERS (1): Gallo, 6/21 vs. TOR HR BY PITCHERS (0): None 2017 DISABLED LIST Player Type Injury Placed (retro) Reinstated / Eligible Games Missed Record Tony Barnette 10-day Right ring finger sprain June 16 (June 15) June 25 15 7-8 Martin Perez 10-day Right thumb fracture/laceration June 24 (June 23) July 3 8 3-5 Jeremy Jeffress 10-day Lower back muscle strain June 22 (June 21) July 1 10 4-6 Hanser Alberto 60-day Right shoulder tightness April 2 (March 30) April 9 (transferred to 60 on 5/16) 80 39-41 Jake Diekman 60-day Ulcerative colitis surgery Feb. 14 June 1 80 39-41 Prince Fielder 60-day Neck disc herniation surgery Feb. 14 June 1 80 39-41 Chi Chi Gonzalez 60-day Right elbow UCL partial tear April 2 June 1 80 39-41 A.J. Griffin 60-day Left intercostal strain May 27 July 26 (transferred to 60 on 6/19) 31 15-16 Tanner Scheppers 10-day Left abdominal discomfort April 2 (March 30) April 15 10 4-6 Andrew Cashner 10-day Right biceps soreness April 2 (April 1) April 15 10 4-6 Sam Dyson 10-day Right hand contusion April 17 April 28 10 6-4 Brett Nicholas 10-day Left knee surgery April 2 (March 30) April 28 22 10-12 A.J. Griffin 10-day Gout in left ankle April 21 (April 18) May 4 15 6-9 Adrian Beltre 10-day Right calf tightness April 2 (March 30) May 29 51 25-26 Jose Leclerc 10-day Bruised right index finger May 8 June 2 22 13-9 Dario Alvarez 10-day Left elbow strain May 28 (May 26) June 6 9 2-7 Carlos Gomez 10-day Right hamstring strain May 16 (May 15) June 16 26 13-13 Mike Napoli 10-day Lower back strain June 6 (June 4) June 16 9 6-3 Cole Hamels 10-day Right oblique strain May 3 (April 30) June 26 51 27-24 Andrew Cashner 10-day Left oblique strain June 17 (June 15) June 28 13 7-6 Tyson Ross 60-day Thoracic Outlet Syndrome surgery April 2 (March 30) June 16 65 32-33
PAGE 6 TEXAS TEAM BATTING Runs, Game...14, April 26 vs. MIN Runs, Inning...8, April 26 vs. MIN (8th) Hits, Game...17, May 17 vs. PHI Hits, Inning...5, 4x, last June 20 vs. TOR (1st) Fewest Hits, Game...2, 3x, May 8 at SD; April 15 at SEA; April 8 vs. OAK Doubles...4, 4x, last May 31 vs. TB Triples...2, 2x, June 12 at HOU; April 12 at LAA Home Runs...5, May 2 at HOU Home Runs, Both Clubs...8, May 2 at HOU (TEX-5, HOU-3) Extra Base Hits...7, June 22 vs. TOR Total Bases...26, 2x, May 2 at HOU; June 22 vs. TOR Stolen Bases...5, June 10 at WAS Walks...8, April 26 vs. MIN Strikeouts...20@, May 25 at BOS Left on Base (9 innings)...13, June 9 at WAS Left on Base (Extras)...8, May 5 at SEA TEXAS INDIVIDUAL BATTING Hits...4, 4x, last Mazara, June 6 vs. NYM Runs...3, 7x, last Gallo, June 21 vs. TOR Home Runs...2, 8x, last Andrus, 6/26 at CLE RBI...6, Mazara, April 7 vs. OAK Total Bases...10, Gomez, April 29 vs. LAA Doubles...2, 8x, last Chirinos, June 22 vs. TOR Triples...1, 9x, last Odor/Gallo, June 12 at HOU Extra-Base Hits...3, 3x, Gomez, June 22 vs. TOR; Gallo, June 21 vs. TOR;...Gomez, April 29 vs. LAA Stolen Bases...2, 9x, last Andrus, June 30 at CWS Walks...3, 4x, last Napoli, June 23 at NYY Strikeouts...4, 9x, last Hoying, June 14 at HOU Hitting Streak...15, Andrus, May 25-June 11 TEXAS TEAM PITCHING Strikeouts...14, 3x, last June 23 at NYY Walks...10, May 4 at HOU Fewest Walks...0, May 18 vs. PHI; June 23 at NYY; June 30 at CWS Runs Allowed, Game...15, June 26 at CLE Runs Allowed, Inning...9, June 14 at HOU (6th) Hits Allowed, Game...19, 2x, June 26 at CLE; June 14 at HOU Hits Allowed, Inning...8, April 25 vs. MIN (5th) Home Runs...5, June 6 vs. NYM Consecutive Scoreless Innings...14.0, 3x, last April 19-20 TEXAS INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Innings, Starter...9.0, Griffin, May 9 at SD Fewest Innings, Starter...1.1, Griffin, May 26 at TOR Innings, Reliever...4.2, Bibens-Dirkx, May 20 at DET Strikeouts, Starter...10, 3x by Darvish, June 23 at NYY; April 29 vs. LAA; April 13 at LAA Strikeouts, Reliever...5, Bibens-Dirkx, May 26 at TOR Runs Allowed...9, Griffin, May 20 at DET Earned Runs Allowed...9, Griffin, May 20 at DET Hits Allowed...11, Cashner, June 3 vs. HOU Home Runs Allowed...4, Griffin, May 20 at DET Pitches...125, Darvish, April 29 vs. LAA TEXAS TEAM MISCELLANEOUS Winning Streak...10, May 9-19 Losing Streak...5, May 23-27 Longest Game, Innings...13.0, 2x, May 5 at SEA; April 20 vs. KC Longest Game, Time, 9 inn...3:52, May 4 at HOU Longest Game, Time, Xtra...5:02, May 5 at SEA (13 inn.) Shortest Game, Time...2:24, April 15 at SEA Largest Crowd, Home...48,350, April 3 vs. CLE Largest Crowd, Road...46,825, May 27 at TOR Winning Margin...11, 2x, April 26 vs. MIN (14-3); May 9 at SD (11-0) Losing Margin...11, June 14 at HOU (2-13) Largest Deficit in Win...3, May 30 vs. TB (trailed 5-2 after 6 1/2 inn.) Largest Deficit in 9th, Win...2, June 10 at WAS (trailed 3-1 after 8 inn.; won 6-3 in 11) Largest Lead in Loss...7, June 26 at CLE (led 9-2 after 3 1/2 inn.); Errors...3, 3x, last May 3 at HOU *-Club record #-Ties club record @-Ties ML record RANGERS GAME NOTES SATURDAY, JULY 1, 2017 AT CHICAGO-AL RANGERS STATISTICS STARTS BY BATTING ORDER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Andrus - 43 15 4 1 6 4 3 2 Beltre - - 1 26 - - - - - Chirinos - - - 3 1 3 2 13 9 Choo 30 28 - - - - 5 7 1 DeShields 31 - - - - - - 2 17 Gallo - - - 1 3 7 29 22 9 Gomez 19 1 6 5 4 11 4 - - Hoying - - - - - - - 8 8 Kozma - - - - - - - - 7 Lucroy - - 1 14 1 24 9 4 5 Mazara - 2 56 1 5 2 1 3 - Napoli - - - 21 6 15 11 9 - Odor - 6 1 5 59 2 7 - - Profar - - - - - 1 1 1 13 Robinson - - - - - - - - 1 Rua - - - - - 9 7 8 3 Pitchers - - - - - - - - 5 STARTS BY POSITION C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH Andrus - - - - 77 - - - 1 Beltre - - - 20 - - - - 7 Chirinos 29 - - - - - - - 2 Choo - - - - - - - 36 35 DeShields - - - - - 35 14-1 Gallo - 17-53 - 1 - - - Gomez - - - - - - 50 - - Hoying - - - - - - 16 - - Kozma - - 1 5 1 - - - - Lucroy 51 - - - - - - - 7 Mazara - - - - - 21-44 5 Napoli - 47 - - - - - - 15 Odor - - 78 - - - - - 2 Profar - - - 2 2 12 - - - Robinson - - 1 - - - - - - Rua - 16 - - - 11 - - - RUNS BY INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ Texas 58 46 40 42 52 46 32 39 35 7 Opp. 42 30 44 28 52 57 51 32 38 5 RECORD BY MONTH April May June July August Sept. Oct. 11-14 15-14 13-13 - - - - RECORD BY DAY OF WEEK Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. 7-5 2-7 7-6 4-9 6-2 7-6 6-6 RECORD BY HOME RUNS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 5-10 8-20 18-8 5-1 3-1 0-1 - RECORD BY RUNS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ Scored 0-1 1-10 2-8 2-7 2-1 8-5 7-4 2-3 5-1 2-1 8-0 Allowed 4-0 9-0 7-2 8-2 6-4 3-5 1-6 0-7 1-6 0-4 0-5 MARGIN OF VICTORY/DEFEAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11+ Won by 6 6 7 5 5 4 4 - - - 2 Lost by 13 6 4 5 5 4 1 1 1-1 EJECTIONS (3) Game (Inn.) Player/Coach Umpire 4/19 at OAK (3rd) Jeff Banister Bill Welke 4/24 vs. MIN (9th) Jeff Banister Alfonso Marquez 6/18 vs. SEA (2nd) Jeff Banister Joe West Multi-Hit Games Multi-RBI Games PLAYER 2H 3H 4H 5H Total 2BI 3BI 4BI 5BI+ Total Andrus 21 8 0 0 29 6 2 1 1 10 Beltre 8 0 0 0 8 7 2 0 0 9 Chirinos 4 1 0 0 5 3 3 0 0 6 Choo 13 4 0 0 17 6 4 0 1 11 DeShields 13 0 1 0 14 1 0 0 0 1 Gallo 8 1 0 0 9 4 4 0 1 9 Gomez 8 3 1 0 12 4 1 1 1 7 Hoying 1 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 Kozma 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Lucroy 11 4 0 0 15 3 2 0 0 5 Mazara 17 3 1 0 21 8 3 0 1 12 Napoli 9 1 0 0 10 4 0 2 0 6 Odor 10 1 0 0 11 6 2 1 0 9 Profar 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Robinson 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Rua 5 0 0 0 5 0 2 1 0 3 2017 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 June 28 at CLE 6-6 L2 17 12 3.87 103.0 10/2 9.67 3.11 1.09 114/85 10 8-9 Perez June 22 vs. TOR 4-6 W2 15 7 4.37 95.9 1/3 6.67 3.50 0.98 122/68 15 6-9 Hamels June 26 at CLE 2-0 W2 6 4 9.00 97.5 0/1 3.89 3.89 0.97 59/29 7 2-4 Griffin May 26 at TOR 4-2 L2 8 3 9.46 63.8 1/1 8.08 2.77 2.77 36/60 1 6-2 Cashner June 29 at CLE 3-7 L2 13 7 3.87 92.1 5/4 4.36 4.00 0.61 124/66 10 5-8 Martínez June 25 at NYY 3-3 W2 11 5 4.41 91.0 2/1 4.64 2.18 2.03 87/69 3 7-4 Claudio May 2 at HOU 0-0 - 1 0 5.14 65.0 0/0 2.25 0.00 2.22 8/2 0 0-1 Bibens-Dirkx June 30 at CWS 2-0 W2 5 2 7.36 90.4 2/0 4.30 1.84 2.45 41/36 3 2-3 Gee June 6 vs. NYM 0-0 - 1 0 13.50 83.0 0/0 5.40 10.80 8.10 3/8 1 1-0 Ross June 27 at CLE 1-1 L1 3 1 6.14 88.0 2/0 7.36 3.68 0.61 17/14 1 2-1