Texas Rangers (45-48) at Baltimore Orioles (44-49) LHP Martin Perez (5-6, 4.55) vs. RHP Kevin Gausman (5-7, 6.39) Game #94 Road #49 (20-28) Wed., July 19, 2017 Oriole Park at Camden Yards 6:05 p.m. (CDT) FSSW / 105.3 FM / 1270 AM RANGERS AT A GLANCE Overall...45-48 Home...25-20 Road...20-28 Standing... 3rd, -17.5 GB Road Trip...2-3 One-Run...7-15 2-Run...7-8 HR...39-36 No HR...6-12 White... 17-11 w/ Blue...7-2 w/ Red...10-9 Gray...14-14 Alt. Blue...7-13 Blue Home...3-1 Blue Road...4-12 Alt. Red (all home)...1-4 Special...5-6 Throwback...1-0 Last 5 Games...2-3 Last 10 Games...5-5 Come From Behind Wins... 21 Losses After Lead... 26 Score First...29-20 Opp. Score First...16-28 Columns below listed in a Home/Road/Total format vs. AL West... 10-8/7-12/17-20 vs. AL Central...5-5/6-7/11-12 vs. AL East... 4-6/3-8/7-14 Interleague... 6-1/4-1/10-2 Series...7-6-2/6-8-1/13-14-3 Series Openers...8-7/6-10/14-17 Series Finales...7-7/8-8/15-15 Rubber Games... 1-2/3-3/4-5 Lead after 6... 18-4/12-8/30-12 Lead after 7... 21-4/13-4/34-8 Lead after 8... 23-3/14-2/37-5 Trail after 6... 4-14/2-16/6-30 Trail after 7... 2-15/1-21/3-36 Trail after 8... 1-15/2-23/3-38 Tied after 6... 4-2/5-4/9-6 Tied after 7... 3-1/5-3/8-4 Tied after 8... 2-2/3-3/5-5 Decided 7th/later...8-8/7-13/15-21 Shutouts... 2-1/3-1/5-2 Decided final AB...5-6/4-8/9-14 Walk-off games...4-5 ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST Rank HR Player 35 462 Jose Canseco 462 Adam Dunn 37 458 Miguel Cabrera 38 453 Adrian Beltre 39 452 Carl Yastrzemski 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 2982 Adrian Beltre 33 2963 Sam Crawford WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers lost last night to the O s, 12-1, and have a 2-3 record on this 10-day, 10-game road trip to KC (2-1), BAL (0-2), and TB (3 G) team has dropped 3 in a row after winning 1st 2 G after the break, but have won 5 of 9 and gone 18-16 (.529) since 6/9, 6th-best in A.L. in that stretch club has a 6-7 record in July and has dropped 10 of 16, 11 of 18, and 15 of 26 Texas has won 19 of 36 and 32 of 60 club has 40-38 (.513) record beginning 4/20, 5th-best in A.L./T10th in MLB. At 45-48 (.484), Rangers are 9th in the A.L. in winning percentage club reached.500 mark with Saturday s win for 1st time since 6/28 (39-39), but have not had a winning mark since 6/27 (39-38) Texas has had a winning record on just 3 occasions in the last 55 days club was 55-38/55-39 thru 93/94 G in 16. Club has been season-high 3 G above.500 twice, last on 5/21 (24-21), and was a 2017 high 7 games under.500 (13-20) on 5/8 season best 10-G win streak 5/9-19 was 4th-longest in franchise history Rangers are 6-3-2 in their last 11 overall series after a series win over the weekend in KC. IN THE STANDINGS: The Rangers are in 3rd place in the A.L. West, a season-high 17.5 games back in the division previous high had been 17.0 GB both 7/4-5, as current deficit is team s greatest at any point since the end of the 2014 season (-31.0 GB) held at least a share of 2nd place for 10 straight days (incl. AS break) until Monday s loss days in each position in 2017 (alone or tied): 1st-0 days, 2nd-36, 3rd-27, 4th-31, 5th-13 Saturday was just 4th time in past 31 days to gain ground in the West still just 3.5 GB of a wild card spot in the A.L. VS. BALTIMORE: Rangers are 0-2 vs. Orioles to begin 2017, last A.L. team that Texas had yet to face in 2017 club is 4-5 vs. O s since start of 16 and Rangers have a 10-6 advantage since 2015 Texas has gone 11-17 since 7/10/13, but leads 23-20 since start of 2011 club is 4-5 at Camden Yards since 2015, 4-11 at this park since 7/10/13 both series in 17 take place this month, also 7/28-30 in Arlington O s have leads in all-time series (253-204-1), in BAL (129-102-1), and at Camden Yards (62-56-1). ON THE ROAD: The Rangers have dropped 3 of 5, 4 of 7, 7 of 10, 8 of 12, and 10 of last 16 away games since a season-best 6-G road win streak from 5/28-6/13 club is still 12-10 in road contests since 5/28 prior to this 12-10 span, the club had won just 6 of its previous 17 away contests the Rangers.417 (20-28) road winning percentage is 11th in the A.L only other time since 2004 that Texas has had fewer than 21 road wins after 48 G was 2007 (18-30), although club was 21-28 after 49 G in 2014 team had a winning road record at this point in each of past 2 years (2015-16). ON THE ROAD AGAIN: Texas is opening the 2nd half on the road for a 4th straight season, also on road post-break for 7th time in 8 years, and 11th time in 13 years beginning 2005 this 10-G road trip would be the longest right after the AS break for Texas since 2006 (11 G), and this will be 3rd straight year with a 9+ G trip following the break. A TOUGH ONE: Texas lost by 11 runs last night, matching largest margin in a loss this season (also 13-2 loss on 6/14 at HOU) it was the 3rd time to allow 12+ runs this season, all since 6/14 (other 15 R on 6/26 at CLE) the Rangers 4 HR allowed last night were most since permitting season-high 5 HR on 6/6 vs. NYM. REHAB UPDATES: RHP A.J. Griffin, who began an injury rehab assignement with the AZL Rangers on Friday (3.0 SHO IP, 2 SO at AZL A s), is slated to start for Round Rock (AAA) tonight vs. New Orleans at 7:05 p.m. CT Griffin is 1st eligible to be activated on 7/26. CHOO OFF THE TOP: Shin-Soo Choo hit his 3rd leadoff HR of the season last night, the 5th by a Ranger, and the 23rd of his career he has hit 12 of his 23 leadoff HR with Texas, the 2nd-highest total in club history to only Ian Kinsler (29) each of Choo s 23 leadoff HR have come since 2012, the 3rd-highest total in MLB in that span to only Charlie Blackmon (26) and Kinsler (24) Choo had gone homerless in 16 straight since last long ball on 6/25 at NYY. Choo s blast was the 100th leadoff HR in MLB in 2017, and the 8th at Camden Yards, tying Minute Maid Park and Tropicana Field for most leadoff HR hosted in majors this season. UNO: Choo hit the 2nd pitch of last night s game for a HR, and it would be the Rangers only run in the contest the Rangers have been involved in 3 of the 4 times in MLB this season in which a team s lone run in a game was a leadoff HR (2 for, one against) Choo also did the honors in a 3-1 loss on 5/27 at TOR, and Texas won 5-1 on 6/11 at WAS despite Brian Goodwin s leadoff HR off Austin Bibens-Dirkx other ML instance was by Ian Kinsler in DET s 8-1 loss on 4/20 at TB. Last night was the MLB-high 8th time for a solo HR to account for the Rangers lone run in a game (6-MIN/TOR) it was the 14th time for HR to account for all TEX runs in a game (2-12 in those contests). WHO S THE MAN?: Adrian Beltre enters tonight with a 53- game errorless streak at 3rd base dating back to 8/29/16, tying the longest error-free span of his career (also July 3-Sept. 5, 2006) in a remarkable twist, the 53-game run also matches the longest errorless streak by a 3B in Texas history, done previously by both Buddy Bell (6/13-8/19/79) and Hank Blalock (9/25/04-5/25/05) both the personal and team marks could be surpassed tonight among players with 150+ starts at 3B since the start of last season, Beltre s.980 (10 E/497 TC) fielding pct. ranks 1st (Arenado is at.978). BELTRE CHASING 3000: Adrian Beltre enters the final 2 games of this series with 2982 career hits, just 3 shy of matching HOFer Sam Rice (2985) and 18 short of becoming 31st player in MLB history to reach 3000 hits Beltre is currently tied with Barry Bonds for 16th place all-time with 601 doubles, just 2 shy of matching Cal Ripken Jr. (603). PEREZ S WINNING WAYS: Martin Perez enters tonight having gone 3-0 in his last 4 starts after a 2-6 mark in his 1st 14 G in 2017 he is 2-0, 3.86 (8 ER/18.2 IP) in last 3 GS to drop season ERA from 4.72 to 4.55, his lowest since 5/29 (4.19) he has quality starts in 2 of those 3 outings. GDP S: Texas pitchers have induced 7 GDP s in the 2nd half to bring season total to an MLB-leading 92 this season (90-COL/MIL) fielders have 103 total double plays in 17, most in A.L. and T2nd in MLB (104-COL, 103-TEX/SD). SHORTS: Last night was 2nd time to allow 6 R in 1st frame in 17 (also 6/21 vs. TOR - Ross start) Gausman (.323) and Perez (.314) have highest opp. avg. among A.L. qualfiers Rangers have not used a manager s challenge since 7/4 vs. BOS TEX has errors in 4 of last 8 G (4-0 with no E s, 0-4 when committing E in that span) batters have single-digit K s in 8 straight, 2nd-longest streak in 17 (11 G, 4/16-26). ADRIAN BELTRE ON ALL-TIME CHARTS Category No. Rank Next-Total Doubles 601 T16th Ba. Bonds-601; C. Ripken-603 At Bats 10440 19th Rafael Palmeiror-10472 Total Bases 5014 21st Mel Ott-5041 XBH 1090 22nd D. Winfield-1093 Games 2760 27th Tony Perez-2777 Hits 2982 32nd Sam Rice-2985 RBI 1601 32nd Goose Goslin-1612 Home Runs 453 38th M. Cabrera-458 UPCOMING PROBABLES, TIMES & BROADCASTS Date Opponent Pitchers - Texas vs. Opponent Time (CDT) TV/Radio Thursday, July 20 at Baltimore LHP Cole Hamels (4-0, 3.05) vs. LHP Wade Miley (4-8, 5.40) 6:05 FSSW/MLBN/105.3/1270 Friday, July 21 at Tampa Bay RHP Alex Cobb (8-6, 3.59) vs. RHP Yu Darvish (6-8, 3.45) 6:10 FSSW/105.3/1270 Saturday, July 22 at Tampa Bay RHP Chris Archer (7-5, 3.91) vs. RHP Andrew Cashner (4-8, 3.58) 6:10 FS1/105.3/99.1 Sunday, July 23 at Tampa Bay RHP Jake Odorizzi (6-4, 4.37) vs. RHP Tyson Ross (2-2. 7.22) 12:10 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 TONIGHT S STARTING PITCHER #33 Martin Perez, LHP (5-6, 4.55) TONIGHT: The 26-year-old left-hander is slated to make his 18th start of the season - and career start no. 99 - in the 3rd game of this series against Baltimore marks 2nd straight road outing, as he won the 2nd half opener on Fri. at KC, and will be just his 7th road start in 17 is 3-0 in his last 4 starts after going 2-6 in his 1st 14 games this season is 2-0, 3.86 (8 ER/18.2 IP) in last 3 GS to drop season ERA from 4.72 to 4.55, lowest since 5/29 (4.19) has quality starts in 2 of those 3 outings, and fell one out shy of QS in the other, this after no QS in 4 straight has a 5.52 ERA (27 ER/44.0 IP) last 8 GS since 5/24 to raise season ERA from 3.71 was on DL from 6/24-7/3 with right thumb fracture/ laceration his 4.45 run support average is 10th-lowest in A.L his 6 losses are T3rd-most on staff (Cashner/Darvish-8) pitched for Team Venezuela in the 2017 World Baseball Classic won by the United States made a team-best 33 starts in 2016, only member of Texas rotation to not miss a start last season matched a career high w/ 10 wins and pitched a career-high 198.2 innings signed a 4-year contract on 11/7/13 through 2017 with club options for 2018, 2019, and 2020 Texas is 7-10 in his 17 starts. STRIKEOUTS AND WALKS: Is averaging a career-high 6.16 SO/9, but his 3.51 BB/9 figure would be 2nd-highest of his career (3.55 in 2012) and his highest in any full season opponent batting avg. (.314) is 2nd-highest among A.L. starters (Gausman is 1st-.323), the opp. avg. and WHIP (1.64) would be career highs ranks 2nd in A.L. with 17 GIDP (TOR s Marcus Stroman-21). LAST START: Earned win in Rangers 5-3 victory in 2nd half opener on Fri. at KC (7.0 IP, 8 H, 3 R-ER, 1 BB, 1 SO, 1 HR, 89 pitches/54 strikes), making the start on 10 days rest (incl. AS break) trailing 3-0 after 5 inn., Perez got support in the form of a 3-R HR (Beltre in the 6th) and 2-R pinch HR (Napoli in the 7th), as Texas went from being no-hit for the 1st 5.1 innings (vs. Jason Hammel) to winning the game on 2 swings Alcides Escobar hit a 2-R HR off the LF foul pole in the 2nd, and KC added a run in the 5th Perez s 1st road win for since 9/6/16 at SEA. VS. BALTIMORE: Has gone 2-1, 4.01 (11 ER/24.2 IP) in 4 G/GS career vs. BAL with 3 quality starts took ND in lone start last year vs. O s on 4/15/16 in Arlington despite exiting with a 5-3 lead in the 7th inning (6.0 IP, 3 R-2 ER), as Tom Wilhelmsen allowed 5 R-ER in 0.2 IP in an 11-5 Texas loss whiffed Davis/Trumbo/Hardy consecutive to end a bases-loaded threat in 1st inning of that outing on 8/29/15 in Arlington, retired 1st 14 BF before 4th-inning single by Adam Jones earned win in only career start at Camden Yards on 7/9/13 (6.0 IP, 4 R-2 ER), an 8-4 TEX victory. ON THE ROAD: Has gone 1-2 with a 4.09 ERA (15 ER/33.0 IP) in 6 G/GS away from Arlington, quality starts in 3 of 6, incl. 1st road win of 17 in last start on Fri. at KC since going 7-0 in a span of 8 road starts from 8/5/13-4/23/14, Perez has gone 3-16, 5.31 (101 ER/171.1 IP) in his last 30 away starts, averaged just 3.41 RS/9 has allowed 2 HR on road and one in last 5 starts opp. batting.323/.379/.478/.856 on road compared to.309/.379/.478/.856 at home has made 11 of his 17 starts in Arlington each of his 1st 4 wins came in Arlington. RUN SUPPORT: Has averaged 4.45 runs of support per 9 inn. (47 RS/95.0 IP), 10th-lowest in A.L has received 5+ runs of support in 5 of last 9 outings has netted 2-or-fewer runs of support in 10 of 17 starts, including 6 in a row spanning 4-G losing skid has won 5 of 7 G in 17 when receiving 3+ runs of support. 2017: Opp. batting.314/.375/.462/.836 his 119 hits allowed are T7th-most among A.L. starters, while 1.64 WHIP ranks 3rd-highest in A.L. (BAL s Kevin Gausman-1.79; BAL s Wade Miley-1.80) averaging 17.2 pitches per inning, which would be 2nd-highest figure of his career (17.4 in 2012) opp. batting average on balls in play (.356) is 3rd-highest in A.L. (Gausman-.373; Daniel Norris-.363) has recorded 8 outs this season in the 7th-and-later Robinson Chirinos has caught 12 starts (4-5, 4.86, 36 ER/66.2 IP), and Jonathan Lucroy has caught him 5 times (1-1, 3.81, 12 ER/28.1 IP) opp. batting.247 (23-93) w/ RISP, with at least one hit w/ RISP in 8 straight starts opp. leading off an inning are batting.351 (34-97) w/ 9 XBH (4 HR, 5 2B) and 5 BB, including a.353 avg/1.118 OPS by 1st batter of the game with 2 leadoff HR allowed opp. average by time through order, 1st PA:.288 (40-139); 2nd PA:.299 (40-134); 3rd PA:.363 (37-102); 4th PA: 2-4 HR by Kole Calhoun on 4/30 vs. LAA was his 1st HR to a LHB at Globe Life Park since 5/10/14 vs. BOS (David Ortiz) went 0-4 over 6 starts from 4/14-5/11, dropping 4 consecutive starts 4/19-5/6 1st Ranger w/ 4+ losses at end of April since Jason Jennings (5) in 2008. DISABLED LIST: On DL 6/23-7/2 with a fracture/laceration at the tip of his right thumb did not require a rehab assignment sustained injury when he caught his thumb in the hinge section of a hotel room door on evening of 6/22 in NYC. NOT THE NORM: Has produced a groundball percentage (number of fair groundballs hit -- hits, outs and errors) of 46.7% this season (147 GB/78 FB), but has induced 52.4% ground balls (44 GB/19 FB) over last 4 starts he entered 2017 with a career GB% of 53.1% additionally, has permitted left-handed batters to hit at a.321 (26-81) clip, this after holding LHB to a.228 (93-408) career mark entering 17 held LHB to.176 avg. (24-136) in 16, lowest in A.L. and 4th-lowest in MLB lefties are just 4-for-24 in last 4 outings. RANGERS GAME NOTES WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 AT BALTIMORE PEREZ S CAREER RECORD W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2017 5-6 4.55 17/17 95.0 119 54 48 10 37 65 Career 33-36 4.33 104/98 586.0 638 315 282 52 208 360 PEREZ VS. BALTIMORE W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2016 0-0 3.00 1/1 6.0 6 3 2 1 2 6 Career 2-1 4.01 4/4 24.2 28 14 11 3 4 19 PEREZ AT CAMDEN YARDS W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2016 Career 1-0 3.00 1/1 6.0 6 4 2 1 1 4 2017 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Innings: 7.0, 2x, last July 14 at KC Innings: 9.0, 3x, last April 23, 2014 at OAK Hits: 9, 2x, last June 22 vs. TOR Hits: 10, 2x, last Aug. 26 vs. CLE Runs: 6, June 4 vs. HOU Runs: 11, July 6, 2016 at BOS ER: 5, 2x, last June 4 vs. HOU ER: 8, 3x, last Sept. 26, 2016 vs. MIL SO s: 8, May 18 vs. PHI SO s: 8, 4x, May 18, 2017 vs. PHI Walks: 4, 4x, last July 3 vs. BOS Walks: 5, 2x, last May 8, 2016 at DET HR: 3, June 4 vs. HOU HR: 3, July 14, 2013 at DET Pitches: 113, May 24 at BOS Pitches: 115, Aug. 11, 2013 at HOU CG s: - CG s: 3x, last April 23, 2014 at OAK Low-Hit CG: - Low-Hit CG: 3, 2x, last April 23, 2014 at OAK CG SHO s: - CG SHO s: 2, last April 23, 2014 at OAK Win Streak: 3, June 17-current Win Streak: 6, 2x, last May 24-June 26, 2016 2017 & CAREER SPLITS 2017 CAREER W L ERA G/S IP ER W L ERA G/S IP ER Home 4 4 4.79 11/11 62.0 33 21 16 3.94 57/53 317.1 139 Road 1 2 4.09 6/6 33.0 15 12 20 4.79 47/45 268.2 143 Day 4 3 5.18 8/8 41.2 24 13 11 3.73 31/30 185.2 77 Night 1 3 4.05 9/9 53.1 24 20 25 4.61 73/68 400.1 205 AVG AB H HR BB SO AVG AB H HR BB SO vs. Left.321 81 26 1 5 19.243 489 119 9 42 115 vs. Right.312 298 93 9 32 46.291 1785 519 43 166 245 TOTALS.314 379 119 10 37 65.281 2274 638 52 208 360 RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total 10 8 7 2 13 9 5 - - 54 RUN SUPPORT 0R 1R 2R 3R 4R 5R 6R 7R 8R 9R 10R+ Total AVG/9 3 3 4 2-3 - 1 1 - - 47 4.45 BATTER-PITCHER MATCHUPS (including postseason) Perez vs. Baltimore PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI SO Davis.100 10 1 0 0 6 Giavotella.200 10 2 0 0 2 Jones.167 12 2 0 1 1 Joseph.400 5 2 0 0 0 Machado.273 11 3 1 3 1 Rickard.667 3 2 0 0 0 Schoop.200 5 1 0 0 2 Trumbo.417 12 5 2 6 4 PEREZ S DAY-BY-DAY Gausman vs. Texas PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI SO Andrus.417 12 5 0 0 1 Beltre.273 11 3 0 0 2 Chirinos.000 2 0 0 0 1 Choo.250 8 2 1 4 3 DeShields.500 4 2 0 1 0 Lucroy.333 3 1 0 1 0 Mazara.400 5 2 0 0 0 Napoli.125 8 1 0 0 4 Odor.333 9 3 0 0 1 Date Opp. Score Dec. ERA IP H R ER HR BB-I SO Left Game Pitches 4/4 vs. CLE 3-4 L 4.50 6.0 6 3 3 1 4-0 4 Trailing 2-3 92/54 4/9 vs. OAK 8-1 W 2.38 5.1 6 0 0 0 3-0 6 Leading 3-0 92/55 4/14 at SEA 1-2 - 2.20 5.0 6 1 1 1 4-0 4 Tied 1-1 98/53 4/19 at OAK 1-9 L 3.60 3.2 7 4 4 0 1-1 2 Trailing 0-4 83/48 4/24 vs. MIN 2-3 L 3.81 6.0 6 3 3 0 3-0 3 Trailing 2-3 96/55 4/30 vs. LAA 2-5 L 4.26 5.2 8 4 4 1 4-1 1 Trailing 2-4 90/55 April Totals 1-4 4.26 31.2 39 15 15 3 19-2 20 5/6 at SEA 2-8 L 4.06 6.0 8 3 2 0 0-0 5 Tied 1-1 99/63 5/11 vs. SD 5-2 - 3.89 6.1 7 2 2 0 2-1 3 Trailing 0-1 90/58 5/18 vs. PHI 8-4 W 3.71 7.0 5 2 2 1 0-0 8 Leading 8-2 104/70 5/24 at BOS 4-9 - 3.77 6.1 6 3 3 0 2-0 4 Leading 3-1 113/65 5/29 vs. TB 8-10 - 4.19 5.0 9 5 5 1 1-0 6 Tied 5-5 98/58 May Totals 1-1 4.11 30.2 35 15 14 2 5-1 26 6/4 vs. HOU 2-7 L 4.64 3.2 7 6 5 3 3-0 2 Trailing 0-6 92/57 6/10 at WAS 6-3 (11) - 4.56 5.0 7 2 2 0 1-0 5 Leading 1-0 98/59 6/17 vs. SEA 10-4 W 4.72 5.1 7 4 4 1 2-0 5 Leading 5-4 98/64 6/22 vs. TOR 11-4 W 4.70 6.0 9 4 3 0 2-0 3 Leading 7-4 96/61 June Totals 2-1 6.30 20.0 30 16 14 4 8-0 15 7/3 vs. BOS 5-7 (11) - 4.60 5.2 7 5 2 0 4-0 3 Tied 2-2 102/57 7/14 at KC 5-3 W 4.55 7.0 8 3 3 1 1-0 1 Leading 5-3 89/54 July Totals 1-0 3.55 12.2 14 8 5 1 5-0 4 Season Totals 5-6 4.55 95.0 119 54 48 10 37-3 65 CAREER: Saw 2 seasons cut short in 2014-15 following Tommy John ligament replacement surgery on his left elbow on 5/19/14 was selected the 2013 Rangers Rookie of the Year after posting 10 victories in his first extended major league action made his major league debut in 2012 at the age of 21, and was rated as one of the Rangers top 5 prospects by Baseball America in 5 straight seasons from 2009-13. signed a 4-year contract on 11/7/13 through 2017 with club options for 2018, 2019, and 2020. TOMORROW S SCHEDULED STARTER LHP COLE HAMELS (4-0, 3.05 ERA in 9 games/starts) The 33-year-old left-hander is slated to make his 10th start of the season Thursday night in the finale of this 4-game series in Baltimore has compiled a 21.0-inning scoreless streak over his last 3 starts, the longest active streak in MLB currently stands 2.0 innings shy of SEA s James Paxton (23.0) for longest streak in A.L. and 6.2 innings shy of ARI s Robbie Ray (27.2) for longest in MLB this season...hamels scoreless streak is the longest for TEX since Yovani Gallardo (33.1 IP, 6/10-7/7/15)...will be working on regular 4 days rest after taking ND in Texas 1-0 victory on Sat. at KC (7.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R-ER, 1 BB, 5 SO, 99 pitches/69 strikes), his 1st outing since the All-Star break Shin-Soo Choo s RBI single broke a scoreless tie in the 9th, and Alex Claudio converted his 3rd save...posted 7.2 SHO IP for a 2nd consecutive start, joining Martin Perez (3 straight in April 2014) as only Rangers w/ back-to-back scoreless starts that long since 12...in his last 3 starts: 2-0, 0.82 ERA (2 ER/22.0 IP), 2 BB, 17 SO,.125 opp. avg (9-72) has gone 1-0 with a 3.82 ERA (13 ER/30.2 IP) in 5 road starts this season is 1-3 with a 4.32 ERA (16 ER/33.1 IP) over 5 career starts vs. BAL, including 1-1, 3.10 (7 ER/20.1 IP) in 3 starts with Texas has lost both career starts at Camden Yards, going 0-2 with a 7.50 ERA (10 ER/12.0 IP)...last pitched against O s on 8/3/16 at BAL (7.0 IP, 3 R-ER), taking the loss in matchup with Kevin Gausman...only other start in Baltimore was on 6/28/06 (L, 5.0 IP, 7 R-ER) in rookie season with PHI...has gone 2-0, 3.08 (9 ER/26.1 IP) in 4 starts since his return from the DL Hamels is 4-0, the 2nd longest season-opening win streak of his career (5-0 in 2016), and he also has a team-high 3 wins lost - games in which he exited in position to win before the bullpen gave up the lead received zero run support in last start for 1st time this season, but is still averaging 8.08 RS per 9 is 26-6 (.813) in his 53 reg. season starts with Texas, and team is 39-14 (.731) 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...has earned the win in each of the Rangers division-clinching games over the past 2 seasons Texas is 5-4 in his 9 starts, winning 3 straight.
RANGERS GAME NOTES WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 AT BALTIMORE PAGE 3 TEAM PITCHING W-L-S G ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO Starters 30-29 93 4.27 533.2 513 271 253 81 188 378 Relievers 15-19-15 92 4.37 292.2 307 166 142 41 125 279 Home 25-20-4 45 3.93 412.0 391 203 180 64 150 326 Road 20-28-11 48 4.67 414.1 429 234 215 58 163 331 TEAM CATCHING ERA *W-L CS SBA CS% PB PO Chirinos 3.81 19-15 4 27 14.8 1 0 Lucroy 4.60 26-32 13 41 31.7 3 0 Stolen bases against pitchers: 0-for-2 (0 SB, 2 CS) * - as starter BULLPEN BREAKDOWN (RELIEF OUTINGS ONLY) FIRST BATTER PITCHER LAST APP. (Dec.) IP H R ER BB SO NP SV/OPP RET/FACED IR/Sc GB/FB SB/CS 43 Tony Barnette 7/18 at BAL 2.1 3 1 1 0 3 31 0/4 13/26 27/15 40/22 0/0 56 Austin Bibens-Dirkx 7/18 at BAL 2.1 6 2 2 2 3 73 0/0 3/6 9/4 17/17 0/0 51 Matt Bush 7/16 at KC 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 15 10/15 26/36 7/1 39/38 9/1 58 Alex Claudio (L) 7/16 at KC 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3/4 28/42 25/8 94/16 0/0 37 Jason Grilli 7/16 at KC (L, 2-5) 0.2 2 1 1 1 1 20 1/3 18/29 7/3 22/28 1/0 23 Jeremy Jeffress 7/17 at BAL 1.1 2 0 0 0 2 23 0/0 21/34 22/5 58/18 1/0 62 Jose Leclerc 7/15 at KC (W, 2-2) 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 9 1/2 21/26 13/2 16/40 2/1 Totals 15/32, 46.9% 163/262, 62.2% 153/57, 37.3% 422/246 21/6 TEAM PITCHING: Staff allowed 12 R-11 ER in 8.0 IP last night to raise season ERA from 4.22 to 4.30, 8th in A.L still have 2.86 ERA (25 ER/78.2 IP) last 9 G to drop from 4.45 allowed 3-ER-or-less in 8 straight from 7/5-17, longest single-season streak for TEX since 1988 (8, 8/7-14) still have a 4.75 ERA (135 ER/255.2 IP) over the last 29 G to rise from 4.10 5th SHO of season on Sat. at KC have permitted 5-or-fewer hits in 6 of 13 G in July,.239 (102-427) opp. avg. this month staff s 657 SO rank 14th in A.L. (MIN-638), 313 BB are 5th-most in A.L. STARTERS: Despite Ross (9 R-8 ER in 3.1 IP) last night, rotation still has a 2.90 (19 ER/59.0 IP) ERA last 9 G to drop season ERA from 4.44 to 4.27, 5th in A.L rotation still has a 4.80 ERA (89 ER/167.0 IP) over last 29 G to rise from 4.03 have 7.0+ IP in 5 of last 9 G, with opponents batting.218 (46-211) in that span w/ 16 XBH QS in 5 of 6 and 7 of 9, 3rd in A.L. w/ 49 QS (55-BOS, 50-DET) 5 straight QS from 7/9-17 matched longest TEX streak in 17 (3rd time, also 4/20-24 and 5/9-13) Texas starters had MLB-best 3.27 ERA thru 5/19. RELIEVERS: Bullpen has allowed 6 R-ER over 19.2 IP last 9 G to drop season ERA from 4.48 to 4.37, 12th in A.L relievers have 3.78 ERA (56 ER/133.1 IP) in the last 42 G to drop from 4.86 had saves in 2 straight to open 2nd half, but have blown saves in 2 of last 4, 3 of 6, 5 of 9, and 9 of last 16 chances 17 blown saves rank T2nd in MLB (18-NYY, 17-TEX/ATL) and equal season total for 2016 club is 15-for-32 (46.9%) in save tries, lowest save pct. in MLB 15 saves are 3rd-fewest in MLB (13-CWS/PHI) 19 relief losses are 2nd most in A.L. and 4th in MLB (24-MIL/PHI, 21-TB) bullpen has allowed 18 of 32 inherited runners to score in the last 18 games and 37.3% (57 of 153) of IR scoring in 2017 is 2nd highest mark in the A.L. to HOU (38.7%). 43 TONY BARNETTE 1-1-0, 6.35 vs. LHB: 11-for-40 (.275) vs. RHB: 24-for-72 (.333) Outing last night was 1st since 7/4 vs. BOS reinstated from DL 7/2 and has allowing one R-ER in 4.2 IP w/ 7 SO in 3 G since return, dropping ERA from 7.23 to 6.35 still has a 7.52 ERA (17 ER/20.1 IP) in 17 G since start of May to rise from 3.38. On DL from 6/15-7/1 w/ sprained right ring finger pitched twice w/ Round Rock on rehab prior to his return: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 SO. His 4 blown saves are T6th-most in A.L. and he is 0-for-5 in career save chances. Has allowed 10 of last 13 inherited runners to score, one of 3 IR last night has permitted 15 of 27 IR (55.6%) to score in 17, 2nd-highest pct. in A.L. (HOU s James Hoyt-11/18, 61.1%) has.313 opp. avg., 7th-highest among A.L. qualifiers. 56 AUSTIN BIBENS-DIRKX 3-0-0, 4.23 vs. LHB: 16-for-68 (.235) vs. RHB: 26-for-104 (.250) Pitched 2.1 IP in relief last night, allowing all 3 IR to score on Chris Davis grand slam was 1st outing since start on 6/30 at CWS (ND, 5.2 IP, 4 R-ER). Has 6 relief outings this season, 1-0-0, 4.11 (7 ER/15.1 IP) w/ 5 BB/12 SO and.262 opp. avg. (16-61) last night was 1st relief app. since 6/6 vs. NYM, when he earned his 1st ML win w/ 1.2 SHO IP, stranding 2 IR in 7-day span from 5/20-26, threw 178 pitches in 10.1 IP/3 G in relief. Spent nearly all of June in the rotation and has gone 2-0 with a 4.30 ERA (14 ER/29.1 IP) over 5 starts overall. Took a no decision in 1st ML start on 5/31 vs. TB (4.2 IP, 3 ER) was the oldest (32.032) at the time of his 1st major league start in Rangers history. Purchased from Round Rock on 5/7 ML debut on 5/17 vs. PHI (1.0 IP, 1 R-ER) was on active roster for 10 days before making debut, believed to be longest span on active roster before making ML debut with Rangers since Kevin Brown (25 days in Sept. 1986). Was 0-2 with a 3.04 ERA (8 ER/23.2 IP) over 6 G/3 GS for Round Rock signed w/ TEX as a minors free agent on 6/17/16. 51 MATT BUSH 2-4-10, 3.41 vs. LHB: 18-for-61 (.295) vs. RHB: 18-for-76 (.237) Has retired 16 of 19 BF in 6 G/5.1 SHO IP this month since removal from closer role, dropping season ERA from 4.03 to 3.41. Has allowed 15 H and 7 R-ER in 10.1 IP over last 11 G with 3 blown saves and 3 losses over last 16 appearances beginning 5/31 has converted 4 of 8 save tries, allowing 12 R-11 ER in 15.2 IP to raise season ERA from 0.96 from 4/16-5/30, allowed 2 R-0 ER in 16 G/15.0 IP is 10-for-15 in save chances this season and is T3rd in A.L. in blown saves (5) and T6th 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) 1-0-3, 2.59 vs. LHB: 8-for-60 (.133) vs. RHB: 33-for-116 (.284) One R allowed last 6 G/6.1 IP, to drop season ERA from 2.76 to 2.59, but has 4.22 ERA (5 ER/10.2 IP) last 9 G to rise from 2.13 to 2.64. Saves in both of club s 2nd half wins Fri./Sat. at KC, this after entering AS break with one career save just 2nd time in 17 for club to see saves in back-to-back games (also Bush, 5/13-14 vs. OAK) his 3 career saves (all in 17) rank 2nd on staff this season (10-Bush). 1st among ML relievers w/ 12.6 pitches per inning appeared in all 3 G in KC (1.0 IP, 8-or-fewer pitches each game) 1st Ranger since pitches were tracked in 1988 w/ 3 straight outings of 3+ outs on 8-pitches-or-less, 1st in MLB to do it since COL s LaTroy Hawkins in April 2014. Team-high 43 G LHB are 7-for-59 since 4/16 but has allowed 2 1B and a SF to last 15 LHB after 2-for-27 stretch. Saw 1st ML start (5/2 at HOU - 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. 37 JASON GRILLI 2-5-1, 6.56 vs. LHB: 7-for-33 (.212) vs. RHB: 19-for-63 (.302) Is 0-1, 3.38 (1 ER/2.2 IP) in 3 G since joining active TEX roster on 7/3, whiffing 5 of 12 BF took 3rd walkoff loss of 17 on Sun. at KC (0.2 IP, 1 R-ER), tied w/ Francisco Rodriguez for most in ML acquired in a 7/2 trade with TOR along with cash considerations in exchange for minors OF Eduard Pinto. For the year, is 1-for-4 in save tries (save on 4/6 at TB), has allowed 3 of 7 (42.9%) IR to score, and 1st BF have hit.357 (10-28) w/ one BB. Opened season with Jays, going 2-4 w/ one save and 6.97 ERA (16 ER/20.2 IP) in 26 relief app.,and was designated for assignment on 6/27 last 15 G w/ TOR beg. 5/6: 4.50 ERA (6 ER/12.0 IP) w/ 2 BB/13 SO. Also pitched w/ TEX in 2009, going 2-2, 4.78 (14 ER/26.1 IP) in 30 G after being acquired in a 6/9/09 trade w/ COL N.L. All-Star w/ PIT in 2013. 23 JEREMY JEFFRESS 1-2-0, 5.12 vs. LHB: 11-for-33 (.333) vs. RHB: 27-for-91 (.297) Activated from DL on 7/4 and has appeared in 3 G, retiring 5 of 8 BF on DL 6/21-7/3 w/ lower back muscle strain. Has been scoreless in 6 straight (5.2 IP) and 9 of last 10 outings (4 R-ER/11.0 IP), but has a 5.76 ERA (16 ER/25.0 IP) last 24 G beginning 4/21 to raise ERA from 2.70 to 5.12 opponents batting.337 (34-101) in that span with 13 BB-2 IBB. His.306 opp. avg. is 9th-highest among A.L. relievers 1st batters have reached in 12 of 34 G (8 H, 4 BB). Surrendered back-to-back HR on 6/14 at HOU after just 2 HR allowed to the 1st 118 BF this season. Worked career-high 2.1 IP 5/26 at TOR both losses in 2017 are to Angels (4/28 vs. LAA; walk-off loss 4/11 at LAA). No runs allowed in 7 G/8.2 IP career vs. BAL native of South Boston, Va. 62 JOSE LECLERC 2-2-1, 3.38 vs. LHB: 9-for-39 (.231) vs. RHB: 6-for-56 (.107) Has allowed runs in 2 of last 4, 3 of 7, and 4 of last 12 G (7 R-ER/11.0 IP) to raise season ERA from 1.72 to 3.38. Has 4.20 ERA (7 ER/15.0 IP) in 16 G since return from DL on 6/2 on DL 5/8-6/1 w/ bruised rt. index finger, 2 G on rehab w/ Frisco (2.0 SHO IP). Ranks among A.L. relief leaders in SO/9 (5th, 13.84) and opp. avg. (8th,.158) has stranded 11 of 13 inherited runners RH batters are 3-for-40 (.075) since 4/19 allowed just one run over 1st 9 G/11.0 IP thru 5/2 Has posted a strikeout in 24 of 26 G, including 1st 18 outings, longest season-opening streak in club history by a reliever and 2nd-longest season-opening span in MLB in 2017 has 5 relief outings of 3+ SO and 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 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.
PAGE 4 RANGERS GAME NOTES WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 AT BALTIMORE TEAM BATTING: Batting just.165 (30-182) last 6 G to drop from.242 to.237, 2nd-lowest in A.L. (OAK-.234) and lowest since 5/20 (.234) 9 XBH last 6 G have.249 (502-2014) avg. last 60 G beg. 5/9 to rise from.215 rank among A.L. leaders in HR (T2nd, 140), SB (2nd, 76), HBP (3rd, 43), runs (4th, 455) have 3 HR-less games in last 6 contests, equaling HR-less total for previous 48 G from 5/16-7/8 28 of 43 R last 11 G via the HR TEX is 3-for-25 with RISP past 7 G season-high 20 SO on 5/25 at BOS set franchise mark and matched ML record for 9-inn. game 279 SO in June were most for any month in franchise history club s 850 SO are 3rd-most in A.L. 1 ELVIS ANDRUS.289 AVG, 11 HR, 50 RBI,.332 OBP,.453 SLG SHORTSTOP R/R Tues.: 0-for-3, K, GDP Trip:.100 (2-20), 2B, 2 R Streak: 0 G Is 0-for-last-7, 1-for-last-17 and 6-for-36 (.167) last 9 G to drop from.302 to.289, lowest since 6/22 (.288) batting.311 (52-167) last 40 G to rise from.269 had 15-G hit streak, 5/25-6/11, one shy of his career best (16 G 2x). Ranks among A.L. leaders in SB (3rd, 20), hits (T8th, 104), and multi-hit games (T8th, 31) 1st in A.L. w/ 16 GIDP s, incl. 3 GIDP last 3 G. Career-high 11 HR (prev. high was 8 HR in 147 G in 2016), this after never hitting more than 4 HR before AS break 2nd career multi-hr game 6/26 at CLE just 15th player in history (since 1933) to have 100+ H, 20+ 2B, 20+ SB, and 50+ RBI before the All-Star break in a season. His 48 RBI as a SS rank 2nd among ML SS (67-Correa) and 50 RBI overall are 2nd among Rangers (57-Mazara), no RBI last 9 G career-high 5 RBI 5/30 vs. TB, most by a Texas SS since 9/16/07 at OAK (7-M. Young) 20 RBI in May were most in any month in his career. Missed games 7/5 & 7/7 for birth of son Elvis Emilio on morning of 7/6, stay on Paternity Leave marked 1st time in ML career to not be on active TEX roster since his ML debut on Opening Day 2009 selected Rangers 2017 Heart and Hustle Award winner by MLBP Alumni Assn., announced Tues. a.m. Selected Rangers Player of Month in both May and June has 2 SB last 16 G (both 6/30 at CWS) has started 88 of 92 G at SS (87) and DH (1). 29 ADRIAN BELTRE.276 AVG, 8 HR, 30 RBI,.371 OBP,.510 SLG THIRD BASEMAN R/R Tues.: 0-for-3 Trip:.222 (4-18), HR, 3 RBI, BB, R Streak: 0 G Has gone 2-for-15 last 4 G and 5-for-24 (.208) last 7 G to drop from.289 to.276, but is batting.306 (11-36) last 10 G to rise from.266 BB in 6 of his last 12 PA s w/ RISP missed 2 G after jammed left ankle on 6/6 vs. NYM season-opening 8-G hit streak was career-best to begin a campaign. No RBI last 4 G, but has 3 HR/8 RBI last 8 G after 8-G RBI drought, ranks 32nd all-time at 1601 career RBI has 30 RBI in 40 G to begin the year, averaging 4.83 AB/RBI had HR in 3 straight, 6/25-27, 1st time since 9/1-3/12 GT 3-R HR in 6th on Fri. at KC GW HR in 9th on 6/27 at CLE. Has 2982 career hits, 32nd all-time (next is Sam Rice-2985) only players w/ 3000 career hits while appearing primarily at 3B are HOFers George Brett (3154) & Wade Boggs (3010) ranks 38th all-time w/ 453 HR his 1601 RBI are 32nd all-time (since 1920), behind Goose Goslin (1612) T16th all-time w/ 601 2B (also Barry Bonds) and 2 shy of Cal Ripken (603) 23rd all-time w/ 1090 XBH (1093-Dave Winfield) 21st all-time in TB w/ 5014 (5041-Mel Ott). Was on DL from 3/30-5/28 w/ rt. calf injury played in XST games 5/25-27, going 7-for-17 while playing 3B endured extra soreness after rehab workout on 4/8, and MRI results announced on 4/11 found a mild grade 1 strain in his right calf, a different area of the calf than the injury that caused his season-opening DL stint missed O.D. for 2nd time in his career (also 01) played 4 G w/ Dominican Republic in 2017 World Baseball Classic in March. Since 2009 vs. O s (64 G):.339/.380/.622/1.002 (86-254) w/ 18 HR, 18 2B, 50 RBI, 45 R. 61 ROBINSON CHIRINOS.220 AVG, 12 HR, 25 RBI,.309 OBP,.537 SLG CATCHER R/R Tues.: DNP Trip: 1-4 Streak: 1 G (1-4) Has started one of 5 since break snapped 0-11 drought Fri. at KC, 1-for-11 last 5 G batting.188 (19-101) last 31 G after hitting.333 (8-24) w/ 4 HR/9 RBI in 1st 9 G/8 GS is averaging 4.92 AB/RBI and 10.25 AB/HR 9 of last 11 hits have gone for extra bases (7 HR, 2 2B) 1st career SB on 7/2 at CWS. HR in career-high 4 straight, 6/22-28, tied with Napoli s current streak for longest by a Ranger in 17 no HR last 8 G/6 GS since the 4 in a row his 12 HR are T5th among Rangers, one shy of a career high (13 in 14) career highs in XBH (3) and hits (tied-3) on 6/22 vs. TOR. Has 36 GS at C (34) and DH (2), 1st 2 career starts at DH team is 19-15 in starts at C is 4-for-27 in throwing out steal attempts 1st career start as cleanup: 5/13 vs. OAK tying or go-ahead HR in 8th-or-later in 2 straight starts, 6/7 vs. NYM and 6/10 at WAS 4th career multi-hr game 4/21 vs. KC. Signed contract extension covering the 2018 season on 3/21/17 with club option for 2019 played for Venezuela in 2017 WBC. 17 SHIN-SOO CHOO.248 AVG, 13 HR, 44 RBI,.359 OBP,.407 SLG OUTFIELDER L/L Tues.: 2-for-4, HR, RBI, R Trip:.211 (4-19), HR, 2 RBI, BB, HBP, R Streak: 1 G (2-4, HR, RBI, R) Leadoff HR last night for Rangers lone run, 2nd time in last 4 G for Choo to drive in team s only run (also Sat. at KC in 1-0 win) was 3rd leadoff HR in 17, 23rd career 12 of the 23 w/ TEX, 2nd-most in club history (29-Kinsler) his 23 leadoff HR since 12 are 3rd-most in MLB (26-Blackmon, 24-Kinsler). Batting.182 (8-44) last 11 G to drop from.259 to.248 batting.200 (17-85) last 21 G to drop from.266. Ranks 5th in A.L. w/ 50 BB, just 3 BB last 16 G is 6-for-last-13 w/ RISP 14-G on-base streak 5/12-31, tied team high in 17. One HR last 17 G after 8 HR in 25 G from 5/27-6/25 3 HR in 4 G, 5/27-30. Has 83 total starts at DH (40) and RF (43), 5 of last 8 starts as DH starts in 5 different slots (1/2/7/8/9) started in 9-hole 4/26 vs. MIN (1st career), and his 7 TB in 8th inning (HR/3B) were most by a TEX batter in a single inning since Adrian Beltre hit 2 HR (8 TB) on 8/22/12 vs. BAL. 7 DELINO DESHIELDS.283 AVG, 2 HR, 13 RBI,.341 OBP,.364 SLG OUTFIELDER R/R Tues.: No PA s as DEF Trip: 0-2 Streak: 0 G_ Sac bunt Sat. at KC to set up GW hit is 5-for-12 last 5 G to rise from.274 to.283 batting.315 (41-130) last 43 G w/ HR, 6 2B, 10 BB, 8 RBI, 27 R to rise from.217 has scored 7 of last 11 times he has reached safely has started 12 of last 27 G club is 13-6 in his last 19 starts. Is 19-for-23 in steal tries, T4th in A.L, in SB, and has been successful in 12 of last 13 SB attempts (CS on 6/24 at NYY). Has 70 G/56 GS (40-LF, 15-CF, 1-DH) 49 of last 51 starts have all been in leadoff (34) or 9th slots (15) - hit 8th 2x at WAS hit 1st career leadoff HR 5/2 at HOU walk-off single in 13th inn., 4/20 vs. KC 1st in A.L. w/ 9 sac bunts, 4 more than any other A.L. player. Career-opening 7-G hit streak vs. O s at.433 (13-30) born in Easton, Md. 13 JOEY GALLO.190 AVG, 21 HR, 41 RBI,.312 OBP,.498 SLG 1B / 3B / OF L/R Tues.: 0-for-2, BB, E Trip: 0-5, 2 BB, R Streak: 0 G Batting.103 (3-29) last 18 G to drop from.201 to.190, lowest qualifying avg. in A.L batting.174 (32-184) last 63 G to drop from.232 has 21 HR, 2 3B, 11 2B, 14 singles left game in 5th inn. 7/5 vs. BOS with soreness in the area of his left hamstring, also missed 2 G 6/24-25. Ranks among A.L. leaders in HR (T8th, 21), AB/HR (3rd, 12.0) 4th in A.L. w/ 114 SO. BB in all 3 PA s 7/9 vs. LAA, 1st Ranger w/ BB in each of 3+ PA s in a game since Ian Kinsler on 9/30/09 at LAA (3 BB/3 PA) BB in 10 of last 16 G. Career-high 3 XBH on 6/21 vs. TOR, including 26th inside-the-park HR in Rangers history (8th in GLPIA history) 32 of last 44 hits have been XBH. Has 5 HR last 34 G 21 HR were most by a Ranger pre-as break since 2013 (N. Cruz-22, A. Beltre-21) has started 77 G: 53-3B, 23-1B, 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. 14 CARLOS GOMEZ.247 AVG, 12 HR, 32 RBI,.333 OBP,.463 SLG OUTFIELDER R/R Tues.: 0-for-2, HBP Trip:.231 (3-13), 2 BB, 2 HBP, R Streak: 0 G HBP in 2 straight to open this series is 0-for-last-7 and batting.197 (13-66) last 19 G to drop from.267 to.247 just one K in 5 G/17 PA in 2nd half. Batting.247 (22-89) w/ 8 HR, 19 RBI, and 16 R in 25 G since return from DL the 8 HR and 19 RBI both surpass pre-dl stint totals in 38 G (4 HR/13 RBI). On DL from 5/15-6/15 with right hamstring strain 4 G on rehab w/ Round Rock (2) and Frisco (2). Had season-best 10-G hitting streak (.432, 16-37, 5 HR, 15 RBI over span) spanning DL stint from 5/11-6/22. Batted.320 (24-75) w/ 8 BB in 21 G from 4/22-5/14 before he was injured on 5/14 vs. OAK has 62 total starts, all in CF hit leadoff in 19 of 1st 20 G. 2nd career cycle 4/29 vs. LAA (also 5/7/08 vs. CWS w/ MIN) 10th cycle in TEX history, just 4th Ranger ever to cycle in only 4 PA s in a game. 38 PETE KOZMA.111 AVG, 1 HR, 2 RBI,.200 OBP,.178 SLG INFIELDER R/R Tues.: 0-for-1, K as DEF Trip: 0-1 Streak: 0 G Snapped 0-for-20 span 7/4 vs. BOS w/ 1st hit since 5/21 at DET (HR) HR ended run of 545 homerless AB since last HR on 4/2/13 at ARI (off Heath Bell) is 4-for-36 (.111) w/ HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB, HBP, SH, 18 SO in 28 G/9 GS w/ TEX since being acquired from NYY on a waiver claim on 4/30. Was on Yanks Opening Day roster and went 1-for-9 in 11 G/3 GS, all 3 starts at SS DFA d by NYY on 4/28 when club activated Gregorius from DL. Has started at 3B (6), 2B (2), SS (1) w/ TEX has seen action at all 4 INF positions in ML career, also LF also played w/ STL (2011-15) & NYY (2017). 25 JONATHAN LUCROY.254 AVG, 4 HR, 26 RBI,.298 OBP,.359 SLG CATCHER R/R Tues.: 0-for-4, K Trip:.214 (3-14), 2B, RBI Streak: 0 G Had lone TEX RBI Monday, RBI in 5 of 10 G in July, as 7 RBI this month rank 4th in club (10-Napoli, 9-Mazara, 8-Beltre). Is 5-for-28 last 8 G and batting.194 (13-67) over last 19 G to drop from.275 to.254 batting.272 (49-180) last 48 G to rise from.211 9 of last 41 starts at DH had 10 G hit streak, 5/10-23, longest hit streak w/ TEX, T2nd-longest of career. Hit 4th in 13 straight starts, 5/11-28 has 14 BB/30 SO, as his 9.23 PA/SO would be 3rd in A.L. if he qualified is batting.167 (8-48) w/ RISP, but is 2-for-last-6 has started 68 of 93 G (59-C, 9-DH). Leads MLB in CS since start of 2011 (159 for MIL/TEX) is 13-for-41 in throwing out attempted base stealers played w/ champion USA in the WBC.
RANGERS GAME NOTES WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 AT BALTIMORE PAGE 5 30 NOMAR MAZARA.251 AVG, 12 HR, 57 RBI,.326 OBP,.432 SLG OUTFIELDER L/L Tues.: 0-for-4, K Trip:.118 (2-17), RBI, 2 BB, R Streak: 0 G Is 1-for-13 last 4 G and batting.149 (10-67) last 19 G to drop from.278 to.251, lowest since 5/14 (.250) is hitting.162 (16-99) over last 28 G to drop from.292 has team-high 57 RBI 7/7 vs. LAA is lone multi-hit game since 6/17 vs. SEA hits in 6 of 8 career games vs. BAL.333 (9-27). 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 6 HR have come on 1st pitch of at-bat HR 6/29 at CLE was 1st career HR on 0-2 pitch. Reached in 30 straight starts from 5/1-6/10 matched career high w/ 4 H 6/6 vs. NYM (other 6/6/16 vs. HOU) career-high 11-G hit streak, 5/9-23. Has 81 total starts in RF (50), LF (26), and DH (5), with 20 of last 28 starts in LF named A.L. Player of the Week for April 2-9. 5 MIKE NAPOLI.203 AVG, 20 HR, 42 RBI,.277 OBP,.462 SLG FIRST BASEMAN/DH R/R Tues.: 1-for-4, 2 K Trip:.357 (5-14), 2 HR, 3B, 3 RBI, 2 R Streak: 1 G (1-4) HR in 2 of 5 G to open 2nd half his 6 July HR are T2nd in MLB (7-Stanton) and T-most in A.L. (also N. Cruz and K. Davis) HR Sun. at KC for 8th career 20-HR season, 3rd w/ TEX (2011-12) GA pinch 2-R HR in 7th Fri. at KC, 2nd career pinch HR and 1st by a Ranger since 5/19/15 at BOS (L. Martin). Has reached safely via H/BB in 12 of 13 at.279 (12-43) with 2 BB, 6 HR, 3B, and 8 RBI to rise from.188 to.203, 3rd-lowest qualifying avg. in A.L T10th in A.L. w/ 96 SO hitting.226 (19-84) w/ 9 HR, 17 RBI and 9 BB in 26 G/23 GS since return from DL on 6/16 on DL from 6/4-15 w/ lower back strain. HR in 4 straight, July 1-4, 3rd-longest streak of career (5 in 2012 & 2016) has a pair of 2 HR games in 2017, 5/11 vs. SD and 6/17 vs. SEA has 16 career multi-hr game, incl. 8 with TEX, T2nd most since 2011 (10-Beltre, 8-Napoli/Moreland) has 16 HR in 49 G beginning 5/1 28 of 53 hits are XBH (7 2B/1 3B/20 HR) has 258 career home runs 72 GS at 1B (54) and DH (18). 5th career walk-off HR (1st w/ TEX) on 5/11 vs. SD, 2nd HR of game 1st player in TEX history w/ HR in back-to-back innings, incl. a walk-off (Elias). 12 ROUGNED ODOR.214 AVG, 17 HR, 40 RBI,.252 OBP,.397 SLG SECOND BASEMAN L/R Tues.: 2-for-4, K Trip:.105 (2-19) Streak: 1 G (2-4) Snapped 0-19 drought w/ 2 H last night is 2-23 past 6 G to drop avg. from.222 to.214, 5th-lowest qualifying mark in A.L career-high 10-G hit streak, 6/28-7/8 batting.259 (15-58) last 16 G to rise from.205 tied season high w/ 3 H on 7/7 vs. LAA (also 6/13 at HOU) no RBI last 7 G 3 BB last 44 G. HR in 5 of last 13 G his 4 July HR are T8th in A.L. this month 17 HR are T2nd-most in MLB by a 2nd baseman (Cano-18, Schoop-17). 5th career multi-hr game 6/13 at HOU (2nd in 17, also Opening Day, 4/3 vs. CLE), a game-tying HR in 7th and GA HR in 8th has 10 HR last 34 G after one HR in 26 G 5/6-6/7 all 5 career multi-hr games since start of 16, T-most among ML 2B (also Robinson Cano). Started Rangers 1st 81 G before non-start 7/2 at CWS, but has appeared in all 93 G has 90 starts at 2B, 2 at DH. 18 DREW ROBINSON.238 AVG, 3 HR, 4 RBI,.385 OBP,.714 SLG INF / OF L/R Tues.: 1-for-1 as DEF Trip:.200 (2-10), HR, RBI, 2 BB, 2 R Streak: 1 G (1-1) Just 3rd Ranger w/ 3 HR in 1st 6 ML games (also Ruben Sierra/Taylor Teagarden) after long ball Sun. at KC has reached safely in each of 1st 6 ML starts (3-LF, 1-2B, 2-3B), and in 7 straight overall recalled from Round Rock (AAA) on 7/7 for 4th stint w/tex in 17 (Opening Day-4/12, 5/28-29, 6/24-25) each of 1st 4 ML hits went XBH (2B, 3 HR) before infield single last night. Had a HR and 2B in 1st MLB start at 2B on 6/25 at NYY 4th inning HR came in 4th MLB AB and was 1st hit, 1st Ranger with 1st MLB hit as a HR since Profar, 9/2/12 at CLE in 1st MLB PA 1st Ranger with a HR within 1st 2 MLB G since Nomar Mazara, 4/10/16 at LAA (1st G). Was batting.268 with 11 HR and 40 RBI in 66 games at Round Rock selected Rangers June Minors Player of the Month. 2017 HOME RUNS Player Total Solo 2-run 3-run GS LHP RHP Home Road GT GA Record Last Elvis Andrus 11 8 1 2-3 8 2 9 1 1 4-6 7/1 at CWS (Holland) Adrian Beltre 8 3 2 3 - - 8 4 4 1 2 6-2 7/14 at KC (Hammel) Robinson Chirinos 12 8 3 1-3 9 7 5 3 1 9-2 6/28 at CLE (Bauer) Shin-Soo Choo 13 8 2 3-1 12 6 7 1 4 6-7 7/18 at BAL (Bundy) Delino DeShields 2 2 - - - 1 1 1 1-1 0-2 7/4 vs. BOS (Scott) Joey Gallo 21 13 6 2-4 17 10 11 1 5 9-11 6/30 at CWS (Pelfrey) Carlos Gomez 12 6 4 2-2 10 9 3-2 8-3 7/5 vs. BOS (Fister) 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 12 6 4 1 1 1 11 7 5-6 7-5 7/7 vs. LAA (Morin) Mike Napoli 20 12 6 2-6 14 10 10 2 7 10-8 7/16 at KC (Kennedy) Rougned Odor 17 9 6 2-1 16 9 8 2 6 10-5 7/7 vs. LAA (Nolasco) Drew Robinson 3 2 1 - - - 3 1 2 1-2-1 7/16 at KC (Kennedy) TOTALS 140 79 38 21 2 25 115 69 71 12 36 39-36 GRAND SLAMS (2): Mazara, 4/7 vs. OAK; Choo, 4/26 vs. MIN MULTI-HOMER GAMES (8): Odor, 4/3 vs. CLE (2); Chirinos, 4/21 vs. KC (2); Gallo, 4/21 vs. KC (2); Napoli, 5/12 vs. SD (2); Odor, 6/13 at HOU (2); Napoli, 6/17 vs. SEA (2); Gomez, 6/22 vs. TOR (2); Andrus, 6/26 at CLE (2) LEADOFF HOMERS (5): Gomez, 4/13 at LAA; DeShields, 5/2 at HOU; Choo, 5/27 at TOR; Choo, 5/30 vs. TB; Choo, 7/18 at BAL 2017 DISABLED LIST BACK-TO-BACK HOMERS (1): Beltre/Odor, 7/7 vs. LAA PINCH-HIT HOMERS (1): Napoli, 7/14 at KC WALKOFF HOMERS (2): Napoli, 5/11 vs. SD; Gallo, 5/12 vs. OAK INSIDE THE PARK HOMERS (1): Gallo, 6/21 vs. TOR HR BY PITCHERS (0): None Player Type Injury Placed (retro) Reinstated / Eligible Games Missed Record Keone Kela 10-day Right shoulder soreness July 3 (June 30) July 10 14 6-8 Hanser Alberto 60-day Right shoulder tightness April 2 (March 30) April 9 (transferred to 60 on 5/16) 93 45-48 Jake Diekman 60-day Ulcerative colitis surgery Feb. 14 June 1 93 45-48 Prince Fielder 60-day Neck disc herniation surgery Feb. 14 June 1 93 45-48 Chi Chi Gonzalez 60-day Right elbow UCL partial tear April 2 June 1 93 45-48 A.J. Griffin 60-day Left intercostal strain May 27 July 26 (transferred to 60 on 6/19) 44 21-23 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 Tony Barnette 10-day Right ring finger sprain June 16 (June 15) July 2 16 8-8 Martin Perez 10-day Right thumb fracture/laceration June 24 (June 23) July 3 10 4-6 Jeremy Jeffress 10-day Lower back muscle strain June 22 (June 21) July 4 13 5-8 DATE June 18 June 19 June 22 June 24 June 26 June 27 June 29 June 30 July 2 July 3 July 4 July 5 July 6 July 7 July 8 July 14 July 15 July 18 RECENT TRANSACTIONS TRANSACTION RHP Dillon Gee elects free agency OF Peter O Brien sent to Los Angeles Dodgers on waiver claim. RHP Tanner Scheppers contract purchased from Round Rock (AAA) OF Jared Hoying optioned to Round Rock RHP A.J. Griffin transferred from 10-day to 60-day disabled list. RHP Jeremy Jeffress placed on 10-day disabled list, retroactive to June 21, with lower back muscle strain RHP Preston Claiborne contract purchased from Round Rock (AAA) RHP Eddie Gamboa designated for assignment. LHP Martin Perez placed on 10-day disabled list, retroactive to June 23, with right thumb fracture/laceration INF-OF Drew Robinson recalled from Round Rock (AAA). LHP Cole Hamels activated from 10-day disabled list INF-OF Drew Robinson optioned from Round Rock (AAA). RHP Tony Barnette sent to Round Rock (AAA) on injury rehabilitation assignment. RHP Andrew Cashner activated from 10-day disabled list RHP Preston Claiborne optioned to Round Rock (AAA). RHP Eddie Gamboa declines outright assignment and elects free agency. RHP Jason Grilli and cash considerations acquired from Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for OF Eduard Pinto RHP Tony Barnette activated from disabled list RHP Tanner Scheppers optioned to Round Rock (AAA) RHP Preston Claiborne designated for assignment. RHP Jason Grilli added to active roster LHP Martin Perez reinstated from disabled list LHP Dario Alvarez optioned to Round Rock RHP Keone Kela placed on 10-day disabled list with right shoulder soreness. RHP Jeremy Jeffress activated from the disabled list RHP Ernesto Frieri designated for assignment RHP Preston Claiborne assigned outright to Round Rock (AAA). SS Elvis Andrus placed on MLB Paternity Leave List INF Jurickson Profar recalled from Round Rock (AAA). RHP Nick Martinez optioned to Round Rock (AAA). INF Drew Robinson recalled from Round Rock (AAA) RHP Ernesto Frieri assigned outright to Round Rock. SS Elvis Andrus reinstated from MLB Paternity Leave List INF Jurickson Profar optioned to Round Rock (AAA). RHP A.J. Griffin assigned to Arizona League Rangers on injury rehabilitation assignment. INF Yeyson Yrizzari sent to Chicago White Sox in exchange for International slot compensation. RHP A.J. Griffin injury rehabilitation assignment transferred from Arizona League Rangers to Round Rock (AAA).