Texas Rangers (52-34) at Seattle Mariners (36-51) LHP Derek Holland (5-4, 5.05) vs. RHP Kevin Millwood (3-6, 3.69) Game #87 Road #42 (23-18) Fri., July 13, 2012 Safeco Field 9:10 p.m. (CDT) TXA21 / 103.3 FM / 1540 AM WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers beat the Twins 4-3 in 13 innings in last game on Sunday in Arlington Texas has won 2 straight after a 5-game losing streak club is 8-6 in last 14, but has won 18 of 26 and 19 of 28, the longer span beginning June 8 club is 37-30 since a 15-4 start club has won 8 of last 9 series, including 7 straight from June 8-July 1 club is 18-9-1 overall in series in 2012 tied for major league lead with 52 wins and at.605 (52-34), Rangers have 2nd-best winning pct. in majors (see note below) own team s best record ever after 86 games, and will also hold best 87-game mark regardless of tonight s outcome club was a season-high 21 games above.500 (50-29) on July 1 own majors best winning pct. since 2011 All-Star break at.622 (97-59). RANGERS BEST 86-GAME RECORDS Rk W-L Year(s) 1 52-34 2012 2 50-36 1996, 2010 3 49-37 1979, 2004 RANGERS BEST 87-GAME RECORDS Rk W-L Year(s) 1 51-36 1996 2 50-37 2004, 2010 3 49-38 1979 BEST RECORDS IN MAJORS AT ALL-STAR BREAK Win Pct. Team W-L G.612 New York-AL 52-33 85.605 Texas 52-34 86.590 Washington 49-34 83.565 Pittsburgh 48-37 85.558 Los Angeles-AL 48-38 86 FIRST HALF NOTES: Texas finished the first half with a 52-34 (.605) record, highest winning pct. ever at the break and tied for most wins ever prior to the All-Star Game (52-39 in 1979). Batting- Rangers led majors in average (.280), runs (443), hits (844), total bases (1352), and on-base pct. (.343) before break, 2nd in majors with.449 SLG, T3rd with 283 extra-base hits marked highest average, OBP, and SLG prior to break since 2008 (.283/.354/.461). Pitching- Staff ranked among first half A.L. leaders in opp. OBP (1st,.304), WHIP (2nd, 1.24), complete games (T2nd, 5), ERA (3rd, 3.72), SO/BB ratio (3rd, 2.96), strikeouts (4th, 670), and opp. avg. (6th,.248) Rangers 3.72 ERA is 8th-lowest ever prior to the break, lowest since club-best 3.10 in 1983 the.304 opp. OBP set a club record the 670 K s were a pre-break club record, and the 2.96 SO/BB ratio was easily best ever by Rangers (previous 2.26 in 2011) club s 1.2374 WHIP prior to break was just shy of prebreak club record set in 1983 (1.2373). RANGERS HIGHEST WINNING PCT. AT ALL-STAR BREAK, ALL-TIME Win Pct. Year W-L Win Pct. Year W-L.605 2012 52-34.571 1991 44-33.586 1996 51-36.570 2004 49-37.571 1979 52-39.568 2010 50-38 STILL AMONG THE BEST: Texas enters the second half tied with the Yankees for the major league lead in wins (52), as well as having MLB s 2ndbest record (see chart above) Rangers have had majors best record for 12 days overall since June 1 (5 straight, June 20-24; 7 straight, June 28-July 4) marks first time for the club to ever have sole possession of best mark in ML after June 1 Rangers became 1st ML team to 50 wins on June 30 in game no. 79, joining the 2009 Dodgers as only teams to reach 50 wins in as few as 79 games over the last 6 seasons. LEAD AT THE BREAK: The Rangers have had a 4.0-game lead in the A.L. West for 8 straight days, this after having a lead of at least 4.5 games for 20 straight days only Yankees (+7.0) have a larger lead, and Nationals also have 4.0-game dead have led by at least 3.5 games for 83 of last 87 days beginning April 17 have had outright possession of A.L. West lead for last 95 days and have held at least a share of the West lead for 96 of 98 days in 2012 and 232 of last 234 days beginning May 16, 2011 beg. June 8, 2010, Texas has held 1st place for 382 of 398 days. Texas has an outright lead in the A.L. West at the All-Star break for a 3rd straight year, the first time that has ever happened club also had at least a share of the division lead at the break in 3 straight from 1994-96 this marks the 11th time to have at least a share of the division lead at the break, the 7th time to hold sole possession ( 83, 94, 96, 99, 10, 11, 12) this is just the 4th time to have a lead as large as 4.0 games at break the others: 1999 (+5.0 GA), 2010 (+4.5), and 1996 (+4.0). FRIDAY THE 13TH: Today is one of 3 Friday the 13th s in the calendar year for 2012 (Jan./April/July) Texas won 4-1 on April 13 at Minnesota earlier this year and played one such game last season, a 4-1 victory on Friday, May 13 vs. LA of Anaheim the Rangers are 22-14 all-time in games on Friday the 13th team has won 6 of 8 and 8 of last 12 games on Friday the 13th team has never had a shutout on Friday the 13th, but has been blanked 3 times the hit movie Friday the 13th debuted in theatres more than 32 years ago on Friday, June 13, 1980 the Rangers had a 6-3 win in Toronto that day. ALL-STAR RECAP: A club-record 7 Rangers appeared in Tuesday s All-Star Game in Kansas City (Darvish did not appear), including a club-record 5 position players the 5 batters (Andrus, Beltre, Hamilton, Kinsler, Napoli) combined to go 1-for-9, while the 2 pitchers (Nathan, Harrison) combined to allow 3 R-ER in 2.0 IP a Texas player has had a hit in 10 straight All-Star Games with a plate appearance beginning in 2003, lone exception being 2007, when Michael Young (Ranger lone All-Star that year) did not appear. REHAB FRONT: Alexi Ogando made his first appearance on an injury rehab assignment last night for Round Rock against Memphis, tossing a perfect first inning with 2 SO and a groundout (15 pitches/10 strikes) Neftali Feliz (54 pitches) and Koji Uehara (28 pitches) each threw live BP yesterday at Rangers Ballpark before the team left for Seattle hitters for the session: Mitch Moreland, Brandon Snyder, Leonys Martin, and Alberto Gonzalez. HAMILTON AT THE BREAK: Josh Hamilton was just the 6th player in American League history with minimums of a.308 average, 27 HR, and 75 RBI at the All-Star break (since 1933) the 27 HR match the most ever by a Ranger prior to the break, done one other time: Alex Rodriguez (27) in 2002 Rodriguez would go on to hit a club-record 52 HR that year Hamilton is the first Ranger to ever reach those minimums in HR and RBI prior to the All-Star break the 75 RBI rank T7th-most in club history before the break. AMERICAN LEAGUE PLAYERS WITH.308 AVG., 27 HR, AND 75 RBI PRIOR TO THE ALL-STAR GAME, 1933-2012 Year Player Tm Avg/HR/RBI Year Player Tm Avg/HR/RBI 1994 Frank Thomas CWS.383/32/78 2003 Carlos Delgado TOR.313/28/97 1999 Ken Griffey Jr. SEA.310/29/81 2007 Alex Rodriguez NYY.316/30/86 2000 Carlos Delgado TOR.363/28/80 2012 Josh Hamilton TEX.308/27/75 WINNING LATE, OF LATE: The Rangers won each of their last 2 games prior to the break (in Arlington) in extra innings it marked the first time to win consecutive games in walk-off fashion since Sept. 10-11, 2010 vs. New York- AL it was the first time to win consecutive games in extra innings since May 16-17, 1994, at Oakland (W 11-7, W 8-7, both in 10 innings) the Rangers have played extras in 3 of the last 5 games after going 44 games without an extra-inning affair from May 27-July 3. Sunday s win was the Rangers first win all year when trailing after 8 innings (had been 0-30) was also first Texas win when trailing by 3-or-more in 9thor-later since 6/9/07 vs. MIL (trailed 3-0 entering 9th, scored 4 in 9th to win). BETTER HALF?: In 2011, the Rangers had 3 players in the majors top 6 in batting average after the All-Star break: Mike Napoli (2nd,.383), Adrian Beltre (5th,.359), and Michael Young (6th,.357) Young is a career.300 (926-3089) hitter after the break, while Napoli has a.280 (235-839) figure in second half. BEEN HERE BEFORE: Texas opens the second half on the road for the 3rd straight year and 7th time in the last 8 seasons (at home in 2009) club followed the All-Star Game last year with a 4-game series in Seattle, winning all 4 games, part of a 5-game win streak after the break (overall 12-G win streak spanning ASG). So Has Holland: Derek Holland was the starter for the second half opener here in Seattle last year, posting a CG shutout in his only career start at Safeco on July 14, 2011. ON ROAD: Texas has lost its last 3 away games in the first half (swept at CWS), matching longest road losing streak in 12 (3rd time) only time to lose more than 3 straight road games since start of last year was 5 in a row, June 11-16, 2011 team is 5-4 last 9 road contests overall but is 8-11 away from home beginning May 21 at 23-18 (.561), the Rangers have the A.L. s 3rd best road winning percentage, matching team s best road mark ever after 41 road games (also 23-18 in 1977, 1992, 1998, and 1999) only one of those years that club won road game no. 42 was 1998 (24-18) team was 19-22 after 41 road games in 2011. VS. SEATTLE: Rangers are 5-5 vs. M s this season, losing 2 straight and 4 of 5 dropped 2 of 3 in other series in Seattle, May 21-23 Texas has won 10 of last 15 dating to Sept. 17, 2011, including 7 of last 10 at Safeco club is 21-8 vs. M s overall since start of 2011 Texas went 15-4 (.789) against Seattle in 2011, the most wins ever by Texas against any opponent in a single season club has a 52-31 advantage since start of 2008 Rangers lead alltime series 269-263, but M s have leads of 137-124 in Seattle and 65-55 at Safeco Texas is 11-11-1 in last 23 series here after going 0-11-2 in first 13 series at this park. VS. A.L. WEST: Rangers are taking a tour of the A.L. West to begin the second half, an 8-game, 10-day trip to Seattle (3), Oakland (2), and Anaheim (3) club is 13-13 vs. West in 2012, 3-7 on the road club has lost 8 of 13, 9 of 15, and 11 of last 18 to West opponents overall team is 0-3-0 in road series vs. division this year, dropping a series against each of the other 3 clubs. ESPN PICKS UP GAME: ESPN has selected the Rangers/Red Sox game on July 23 for its Monday Night broadcast there is no time change for the game that will still be shown in the DFW market on FSSW. UPCOMING PROBABLES, TIMES & BROADCASTS Date Opponent Pitchers - Texas vs. Opponent Time (CDT) Radio/TV Saturday, July 14 at Seattle RHP Yu Darvish (10-5, 3.59) vs. RHP Felix Hernandez (6-5, 3.13) 8:10 103.3/1540/FSSW Sunday, July 15 at Seattle LHP Matt Harrison (11-4, 3.10) vs. RHP Hisashi Iwakuma (1-1, 4.84) 3:10 103.3/1540/FSSW * For radio broadcasts, most games are on ESPN 103.3 FM All games are broadcast in Spanish on 1540 AM ESPN Deportes.
PAGE 2 RANGERS GAME NOTES FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2012 AT SEATTLE TONIGHT S STARTING PITCHER #45 Derek Holland, LHP (5-4, 5.05) TONIGHT: The 25-year-old left-hander is slated to make his 13th start and 14th appearance of the season in the second half opener here in Seattle is starting for the 2nd time in a span of 3 Rangers games, as he took a no decision in Saturday s win vs. Minnesota in his return from the disabled list (see below) despite missing a month, still ranks 5th on club in wins and 4th in strikeouts Rangers are 7-5 in his 12 starts was in the Rangers Opening Day rotation for the 2nd straight season. LAST START: Took no decision in Rangers 4-3, 10-inning walk-off win on Sat. vs. MIN (6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R-ER, 2 BB, 4 SO, 1 HR, 88 pitches/55 strikes) was first start since June 5 at Oakland allowed hits to first 2 batters in the 2nd inning, both of which scored in that frame, then gave up a go-ahead solo HR to Josh Willingham with one out in the 6th Rangers tied the game on Beltre s solo HR in the 6th, as Holland exited with game tied 3-3 score remained tied until the 10th, when Beltre led off with a single and Cruz hit an RBI double to end it, snapping club s season-high 5-game losing streak was 3rd time this season for Holland to take an ND in a quality start. INJURY / REHAB: Was on the 15-day disabled list for a month from June 6-July 6 with left shoulder fatigue went 0-2 with a 6.00 ERA (6 ER/9.0 IP) in a pair of rehab starts with Triple-A Round Rock last started with the Express on July 2, holding visiting New Orleans scoreless over the first 5 frames before allowing 3 home runs in the 6th inning (6.0 IP, 8 H, 5 R-ER, 0 BB, 4 SO, 73 pitches/54 strikes) opponents batted.324 (11-34) in the 2 starts with 5 strikeouts against 2 walks in the 2 starts surrendered 4 home runs right-handed batters hit.348 (8-23), while lefties hit.273 (3-11) last started with Round Rock in the Express 7-1 loss to New Orleans on July 2 at Dell Diamond held New Orleans scoreless over the first 5 frames before allowing 3 home runs in the 6th inning made first rehab start in Round Rock s 4-0 loss June 27 vs. Nashville (3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R-ER, 2 BB, 1 SO, 1 HR, 39 pitches/24 strikes) surrendered solo home run to Dayton Buller, his first of the season. 2012: Club s no. 2 starter to begin the year, he has made quality starts in 7 of his first 12 starts this season with Napoli as catcher: 2-2, 5.08 ERA (22 ER/39.0 IP), 5 QS in 7 starts; with Torrealba as catcher: 3-2, 5.03 ERA (19 ER/34.0 IP), 2 QS in 6 games/5 starts has an unusual left-right split for a LHP, with right-handed batters hitting 46 points lower holding RHB to.240 (49-204) LHB are at.286 (22-77), the 5th-highest average against an A.L. lefty batters leading off innings are hitting.246 (17-69) first pitch:.406 (13-32) 1st time thru lineup:.274 (29-106); 2nd time:.211 (19-90); 3rd time:.236 (17-72) leadoff batters hitting.342 (13-38) and cleanup spot at.424 (14-33), all other spots are combined.210 (44-210) opposition hitting.385 (20-52) with RISP. VS. SEATTLE: Made a start in each of teams 2 series in Arlington this season, going 1-1, 10.00 (10 ER/9.0 IP) took loss in last start on 5/30 (1.2 IP, 8 R-ER), allowing all 8 runs in the 2nd inning of a 21-8 drubbing Yoshinori Tateyama also allowed an 8- run frame in the 3rd, marking just 2nd time for a team to allow consecutive 8-run innings since 1928, first A.L. team to do it since 1928 won first start on 4/12 to secure a series win in 4-game set to finish first homestand is 6-2, 4.24 (27 ER/57.1 IP) in 12 games/8 starts vs. SEA in his career, including 5-2, 4.35 (24 ER/49.2 IP) in the 8 starts his 6 wins against the M s are most vs. any opponent. Safeco: His only career start at Safeco was a CG SHO on 7/14/11, first game after the All-Star break last year also has 2 relief appearances here, career 1-0, 1.50 (2 ER/12.0 IP) in his 3 games/one start at this park. ON THE ROAD: Is 3-1, 3.23 (11 ER/30.2 IP) in 5 games/starts on the road this season has at least 5.0 innings in every road outing with 3 quality starts Rangers are 4-1 in his 5 road outings last 17 road starts for Holland beginning 5/30/11: 10-3, 3.56 (45 ER/113.2 IP). OTHER STARTS: Took ND in his 1st start of the season April 7 vs. CWS (6.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R-ER, 3 BB, 5 SO) in 2nd start, April 12 vs. SEA, earned 5-3 win to finish Rangers season-opening 5-2 homestand (W, 7.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R-ER, 0 BB, 8 SO) were his most HOLLAND S CAREER RECORD W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2012 5-4 5.05 13 12 73.0 71 45 41 26 63 Career 32-26 4.78 92 75 466.2 487 270 248 164 386 HOLLAND VS. SEATTLE W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2012 1-1 10.00 2 2 9.0 13 10 10 2 10 Career 6-2 4.24 12 8 57.1 55 28 27 15 57 HOLLAND AT SAFECO FIELD W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2011 1-0 0.00 1 1 9.0 5 0 0 1 8 Career 1-0 1.50 3 1 12.0 10 2 2 2 10 2012 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Innings: 7.1, 2x, last May 25 vs. TOR Innings: 9.0, 5x, last July 30, 2011 at TOR Hits: 9, 2x, last April 29 vs. TB Hits: 13, June 27, 2009 vs. SD Runs: 8, May 30 vs. SEA Runs: 10, Aug. 31, 2009 vs. TOR ER: 8, May 30 vs. SEA ER: 10, Aug. 31, 2009 vs. TOR SO s: 9, May 25 vs. TOR SO s: 10, 2x, last June 9, 2011 at MIN Walks: 4, April 23 vs. NYY Walks: 5, 4x, last Aug. 10, 2011 vs. SEA HR: 3, May 19 at HOU HR: 3, 2x, last May 19, 2012 at HOU Pitches: 115, April 12 vs. SEA Pitches: 119, July 7, 2011 vs. OAK CG s: N/A CG s: 5, last July 30, 2011 at TOR Low-Hit CG: N/A Low-Hit CG: 3, Aug. 9, 2009 at LAA CG SHO s: N/A CG SHO s: 5, last July 30, 2011 at TOR Win Streak: 2, April 12-18 Win Streak: 7, Aug. 26, 2011-April 18, 2012 2012 SPLITS W L ERA G/S IP ER AVG H AB HR BB SO Home 2 3 6.38 8/7 42.1 30 vs Left.286 22 77 2 9 15 Road 3 1 3.23 5/5 30.2 11 vs Right.240 49 204 10 17 48 Day 1 0 2.45 1/1 7.1 2 TOTALS.253 71 281 12 26 63 Night 4 4 5.35 12/11 65.2 39 Grass 5 4 5.05 13/12 73.0 41 Turf - - - - - - RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING (STARTS ONLY) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Total 3 18 4 2 8 5 2 3 - - - 45 RUN SUPPORT (STARTS ONLY) 0R 1R 2R 3R 4R 5R 6R 7R 8R 9R 10R+ Total AVG/9 1-3 2 1 2 1 1 - - 1 53 5.00 innings and strikeouts ever in a walk-less start finished the Rangers 2-game sweep on April 18 at BOS with his 3rd quality start in a 6-3 win (W, 7.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R-ER, 3 BB, 7 SO) extended his career-best winning streak to 7, dating back to 8/26/11 suffered the loss in opener of homestand on April 23 vs. NYY (6.0 IP, 9 H, 7 R-ER, 4 BB, 1 SO), snapping win streaks of 7 games (reg. season) and 8 games (reg. and postseason) was first loss since 8/21/11 at CWS, his first loss in Arlington since 7/2/11 vs. FLA (0.2 IP, 5 R-ER) on April 29, took a loss on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball vs. TB in matchup with David Price (7.0 IP, 9 H, 5 R-ER, 2 BB, 8 SO) gave up 4 straight hits to open the 3-run 2nd inning, but matched season high with 8 strikeouts matched season high with 7.1 innings in ND at CLE, his 4th QS (7.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R/1 ER, 3 BB, 6 SO) left in 8th with a 2-0 lead after allowing a pair of one-out singles to Brantley and Kipnis, but Mike Adams allowed both runners to score the Rangers ultimately won in 11 innings on Adrian Beltre s pinch-hit, 3-run HR started game 2 of doubleheader on 5/10 at BAL, allowing only 3 unearned runs and retiring 12 of final 15 in 7-3 victory threw 1.0 inning in relief appearance on 5/14 vs. KC lost 5/19 at HOU, as he permitted career-high 3 HR after Rangers took a 4-0 lead in eventual 6-5 defeat the start was Holland's first in 9 days after extended rest (relief on 5/14) beat the Blue Jays on 5/25 with season-high 9 K s in 14-3 victory (7.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R-ER, 1 BB, 9 SO, 1 HR, 105 pitches/75 strikes) whiffed game s first 3 batters, then saw Rangers score 6 runs in the first inning held Jays scoreless until solo HR by Encarnacion with 2 outs in 6th knocked out of the game after allowing 8 runs (all earned) in the 2nd inning in 21-8 loss on May 30 vs. SEA earned win on 6/5 at OAK before going on DL, with diminished velocity in his final frame. 2011: Holland made his first career Opening Day roster and established career highs in wins, starts, innings, and strikeouts (162) his 16 wins were the most in Washington/Texas franchise history by any player under the age of 25 set singleseason club record by a LHP with 4 CG SHO, trailing only Cliff Lee (6) for ML lead. HOLLAND S 2012 DAY-BY-DAY Date Opp. Score Dec. ERA IP H R ER HR BB-I SO Left Game Pitches 4/7 vs. CWS 3-4 - 4.50 6.0 3 3 3 0 3-0 5 Tied 3-3 93/57 4/12 vs. SEA 5-3 W 3.38 7.1 5 2 2 1 0-0 8 Leading 5-2 115/79 4/18 at BOS 6-3 W 3.10 7.0 4 2 2 1 3-0 7 Leading 6-2 110/68 4/23 vs. NYY 4-7 L 4.78 6.0 9 7 7 1 4-0 1 Trailing 2-7 110/67 4/29 vs. TB 2-5 L 5.13 7.0 9 5 5 0 2-0 8 Trailing 2-5 114/74 April Totals 2-2 5.13 33.1 30 19 19 3 12-0 29 5/5 at CLE 5-2 (11) - 4.43 7.1 5 2 1 0 3-0 6 Leading 2-0 106/66 5/10 at BAL 7-3 W 3.86 6.0 4 3 0 0 2-0 5 Leading 7-3 97/63 5/14 vs. KC 1-3 - 3.78 1.0 1 0 0 0 0-0 0 *relief* 9/6 5/19 at HOU 5-6 L 4.27 5.0 5 5 5 3 2-0 6 Trailing 4-5 100/59 5/25 vs. TOR 14-3 W 4.05 7.1 5 2 2 1 1-0 9 Leading 14-1 105/75 5/30 vs. SEA 8-21 L 5.11 1.2 8 8 8 2 2-0 2 Trailing 8-0 51/28 May Totals 2-2 5.08 28.1 28 20 16 6 10-0 28 6/5 at OAK 6-3 W 5.10 5.1 7 3 3 2 2-0 2 Leading 5-3 92/57 June Totals 0-1 5.06 5.1 7 3 3 2 2-0 2 7/7 vs. MIN 4-3 - 5.05 6.0 6 3 3 1 2-0 4 Tied 3-3 88/55 July Totals 0-0 4.50 6.0 6 3 3 1 2-0 4 Season Totals 5-4 5.05 73.0 71 45 41 12 26-0 63 Totals as Starter 5-4 5.12 72.0 70 45 41 12 26-0 63 POSTSEASON: Has gone 3-0 with a 3.82 ERA (15 ER/35.1 IP) in 12 games/4 starts in his postseason career, all with Texas in 2010-11 he is 2-0, 3.48 (8R/20.2 IP) in his 4 career postseason starts, all in 2011, with Texas going 4-0 in those games in 2011 World Series Game 4 vs. St. Louis, tossed 8.1 SHO IP w/ just 2 hits allowed. Holland vs. Seattle PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI SO Ackley.231 13 3 1 3 5 Figgins.318 22 7 0 2 6 Jaso.000 2 0 0 0 0 Montero.400 5 2 1 2 1 Olivo.250 16 4 0 3 4 Ryan.200 10 2 0 0 4 Saunders.000 6 0 0 0 3 Seager.333 9 3 1 2 1 Smoak.333 15 5 0 1 2 Suzuki.250 28 7 0 3 1 Wells.500 6 3 0 1 2 BATTER-PITCHER MATCHUPS Millwood vs. Texas PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI SO Andrus.300 10 3 0 0 2 Beltre.247 81 20 3 5 9 Cruz.333 6 2 1 1 1 Gentry.000 1 0 0 0 0 Gonzalez.000 2 0 0 0 0 Hamilton.400 10 4 1 3 1 Kinsler.222 9 2 0 0 1 Murphy.000 9 0 0 0 4 Napoli.333 18 6 1 4 6 Torrealba.333 9 3 0 0 0 Young.278 18 5 1 3 4 TOMORROW S SCHEDULED STARTER - RHP Yu Darvish (10-5, 3.59 ERA in 16 games/starts) The 25-year-old right-hander is slated to toe the rubber for the first time in the second half and 17th overall in the middle installment of this 3-game weekend set with the Mariners here in Seattle was a member of the American League All-Star team, but did not pitch in the Midsummer Classic on Tuesday in Kansas City has not pitched since suffering his first career loss at Rangers Ballpark in a 3-1 Texas loss on July 1 vs. Oakland (7.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R-ER, 3 BB, 11 SO, 1 HR, 105 pitches/69 pitches) snapped a 3-game win streak, longest since a season-opening 4-game win streak, matched a career high with 11 strikeouts for the 3rd time this season (also 5/6 at CLE and 6/15 vs. HOU), recording his 5th game with 10-or-more strikeouts, most in the American League and tied with New York-NL s R.A. Dickey for most in the majors ranks among A.L. leaders in strikeouts-per-9 (2nd,10.26), wins (T3rd, 10), strikeouts (4th, 117), and opp. avg. (6th,.227) is 3rd in the American League w/ 53 walks his 10 wins and 117 K s lead all rookies, as he set the club record for wins by a rookie prior to the All-Star break is 1-1 with a 8.38 ERA (9 ER/9.2 IP) in 2 starts vs. SEA this season, his highest ERA against any club last started against Seattle in a 6-1 loss on May 21 at Safeco (4.0 IP, 4 H, 5 R-4 ER, 6 BB, 5 SO, 0 HR) 96 pitches/56 strikes) is his shortest start of the season and one of 2 starts with a season-high 6 walks defeated the Mariners in his first career start on April 9 in Arlington (5.2 IP, 8 H, 5 R-ER, 4 BB, 5 SO, 0 HR, 110 pitches/59 strikes) in April, tied for the A.L. lead with 4 wins and was 5th with a 2.18 ERA, winning A.L. Rookie of the Month honors.
RANGERS GAME NOTES FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2012 AT SEATTLE PAGE 3 TEAM PITCHING W-L-S G ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR Starters 41-29 86 4.08 520.1 517 264 236 166 448 60 Relievers 11-5-21 81 2.98 251.0 211 100 83 60 222 25 Home 29-16-11 45 3.88 415.0 418 202 179 113 368 43 Road 23-18-10 41 3.54 356.0 310 162 140 113 302 42 CATCHERS ERA CS SBA CS% PB PO Napoli 3.89 3 28.107 7 0 Torrealba 3.54 6 31.194 2 0 Snyder 0.00 0 0-0 0 Stolen bases against pitchers: 0-for-6 (0 SB, 6 CS) BULLPEN BREAKDOWN (RELIEF OUTINGS ONLY) FIRST BATTER PITCHER LAST TIME (Dec.) IP H R ER BB SO SV/OPP RET/FACED RI/S GB/FB SB/CS 37 Mike Adams July 8 vs. MIN 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1/2 21/35 12/6 50.0% 45/29 4/1 50 Michael Kirkman July 8 vs. MIN 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 4/7 2/1, 50.0% 11/21 0/0 36 Joe Nathan July 8 vs. MIN 0.2 2 2 0 0 1 18/19 26/36 1/0, 0% 36/36 3/0 33 Martin Perez July 6 vs. MIN (L in start) 6.0 6 4 2 3 3 0/0 1/1 0/0, 0% 1/0 0/0 46 Robbie Ross July 8 vs. MIN 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 27/34 29/4, 14.8% 89/30 1/1 52 Tanner Scheppers July 8 vs. MIN 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 1/1 9/13 7/1, 14.3% 17/19 3/0 22 Yoshinori Tateyama July 8 vs. MIN 1.2 0 0 0 1 2 0/0 10/11 6/3, 50.0% 13/24 0/0 Totals 21/25, 84.0% 164/220, 74.5% 96/32, 34.0% 319/286 12/3 TEAM PITCHING: The Rangers have posted a 2.03 ERA (9 ER/40.0 IP) over the past 4 games to lower season ERA from season-high 3.82 to 3.72, 3rd in A.L club has a 4.83 ERA (74 ER/138.0 IP) over the last 15 games to increase from 3.48 have allowed 3 ER-or-fewer in 24 of last 35 games staff ranked among first half A.L. leaders in opp. OBP (1st,.304), WHIP (2nd, 1.24), CG (T2nd, 5), ERA (3rd, 3.72), SO/BB ratio (3rd, 2.96), strikeouts (4th, 670), and opp. avg. (6th,.248) the 3.72 ERA was 8th-lowest ever prior to the break, lowest since club-best 3.10 in 1983 set pre-break club records in opp. OBP (.304), strikeouts (670), and SO/BB ratio (2.96), while club s 1.2374 WHIP was just shy of pre-break club record set in 1983 (1.2373) 45 unearned runs are 2nd-highest in A.L. (DET-46) staff recorded at least 10 K s in club-record 4 straight games, June 14-17 22 G of 10+ K s are 4thmost in A.L staff has not issued a walk 12 times (last 6/23 vs. COL), most in one year since 2006 (16) runs allowed 5/30 vs. SEA (21) and 7/3 at CWS (19) are 2 highest run totals in majors in 12 road ERA increased from 3.29 to 3.54 (still 2nd in A.L.) during 3-game sweep suffered 7/3-5 at CWS. STARTERS: Rotation has a 5.74 ERA (54 ER/84.2 IP) in last 15 games to increase from 3.76 to 4.08, 6th in A.L starters are winless in 7 July starts have 6 QS in last 15 G after a run of 7 consecutive QS by starters club is 36-10 overall when a starter posts a QS rotation ranks among A.L. team leaders in wins (1st, 41), win pct. (2nd,.586), CG (T2nd, 5), strikeouts (4th, 448), and quality starts (T4th, 46) starters have decisions in just 3 of last 5 after decisions in 18 straight posted decisions in 18 straight have the W or L in 39 of last 45, and 50 of 58, the longer span since May 6 have 2 ER-or-fewer in 17 of 30, 21 of 38, and 49 of 86 starts overall have walked one-or-fewer in 19 of last 32 starts starters have gone at least 5.0 IP in 22 of last 25 and 73 of 86, at least 6.0 in 55 of 86 have used 10 different starters this season, T2nd in A.L. and T4th-most in the majors. RELIEVERS: Bullpen has wins in 2 straight after none since 6/13 vs. ARI 5 losses are fewest in majors have allowed runs in 11 of last 14 has a 1.71 ERA (5 ER/26.1 IP) in its last 7 games to drop from 3.14 to 2.98, 3rd in A.L. and lowest since 6/26 (2.96) have 4.02 ERA (53 ER/118.2 IP) last 35 G to rise from 2.03 leads majors with 1.08 WHIP,.275 OBP, and 3.70 SO/BB ratio 4th-lowest opp. avg. in A.L. (.228) has walked 22 batters in last 13 games (41.0 IP) after just 38 walks in first 68 G (202.2 IP) 21 of last 52 IR have scored, this after just 10 of first 43 IR scored 13 runs allowed 5/30 vs. SEA were T4th-most in club history, most since 14 R-ER on 4/23/08 at DET have allowed multiple runs 22 times, but 15 of last 36 G 220 games in relief are T2nd-fewest in A.L Nathan (2) and Adams (3) have all 5 bullpen losses, Ross has 6 of 11 relief wins (Adams-2; Nathan-1; Tateyama-1; Feldman-1) have converted 21 of 25 save opps., T7th in A.L. in saves, fewest save chances in majors no blown saves since 5/17 vs. OAK (Ogando), converting 11 straight (Nathan-10, Scheppers-1) just 9 of last 25 wins have netted save. 37 MIKE ADAMS 1-3-1, 3.07 vs. LHB: 18-for-66 (.273) vs. RHB: 12-for-50 (.240) Tossed perfect 8th Sun. vs. MIN and has 1.59 ERA (2 ER/11.1 IP) over last 13 G to drop ERA from 4.00 to 3.07 has permitted 4 of last 6 IR to score has allowed the GW hit in both of Texas walk-off losses in 2012 (Lawrie HR on 5/1 at TOR; Youkilis 1B on 7/4 at CWS) owns each of Texas last 3 relief losses since May 1 issued 3 R in consecutive G 5/29-30 vs. SEA (6 R/4 ER), lifting ERA from 2.08 to 4.00 had walks in 3 straight, 5/30-6/5, after just 2 BB first 21 G (17.1 IP) is T5th in A.L. in holds (15) has allowed a run in 8 of 35 G earned save on 4/12 vs. SEA, his first since 8/7/11 vs. CLE and 4th in ML career since the start of 09, has the most holds (100), lowest ERA at 1.65 (38 ER/206.2 IP), and 3rd-lowest WHIP (0.91) among all ML relievers w/ 150.0 IP has appeared in 7 of 10 Texas games vs. Seattle in 12 has allowed 6 R-4 ER last 2 G and 0.2 IP vs. M s. 44 MICHAEL KIRKMAN 0-0-0, 3.46 vs. LHB: 2-for-15 (.133) vs. RHB: 5-for-31 (.161) Left game Sun. vs. MIN with mild left quad strain after fielding a groundball and running to first base for the putout has allowed 2 ER over 9.0 IP with 7 K s in last 4 outings opponents batting just.152 (7-46) recorded career-high 5 SO in longest outing of his career (5.0 IP) on 6/25 vs. DET at least one K in 5 of 7 at least one BB in 4 of 7 was recalled from Round Rock (AAA) on 6/12 (Ogando on DL) was 5-1 with a 5.25 ERA (28 ER/48.0 IP), and 48 strikeouts against 31 walks in 15 games/8 starts with the Express made 14 ML appearances in 2010 (0-0, 1.65) and 15 in 2011 (1-1, 6.59). 36 JOE NATHAN 1-2-18, 1.73 vs. LHB: 20-for-86 (.233) vs. RHB: 10-for-47 (.213) Tossed scoreless 2nd inning in All-Star Game Tues. at KC ASG was 3rd outing in span of 4 days after 8 straight days off threw 2.0 scoreless IP Sat. vs. MIN to earn first win since 9/22/11 vs. SEA longest outing since 8/21/09 at KC owns 0.84 ERA (3 ER/32.1 IP) with 4 BB and 40 SO in last 32 G since lone blown save 4/11 vs. SEA to drop from 9.00 to 1.73 runs allowed in 9th on 6/24 vs. COL were first since 5/13 vs. LAA (16.0-IP scoreless streak) has 279 in 312 career opps. (89.42%), moving him past Mariano Rivera (89.28%) for highest save pct. in ML history among pitchers w/ 200+ saves is 27th pitcher in ML history with at least 275 career saves has finished 13 of Rangers last 21 wins with one win and 6 saves in that span owns best SO/BB ratio (11.25-45:4 K:BB) of any ML reliever leads active major league relievers with 0.99 BB/9 is 18-for-19 in save tries (7th in A.L.), converting last 16 straight has allowed runs in 5 of 36 outings overall in 2012 has at least one K in 32 of 36, including 25 of last 27 induced game-ending GIDP on only pitch 4/24 vs. NYY, first TX pitcher ever w/one-pitch GIDP save no rest: 0-2, 4 saves, 3.38 ERA (4 ER/10.2 IP); one-or-more days rest: 1-0, 14 saves, 1.05 ERA (3 ER/25.2 IP) career 1.87 ERA (7 ER/33.2 IP) in 33 G vs. SEA, 1.59 (3 ER/17.0 IP) in 16 G at Safeco w/ 2 BB and 22 SO is 7-for-9 in save chances at Safeco, lone blown saves here in 2008. 33 MARTIN PEREZ 1-1-0, 6.00 vs. LHB: 5-for-13 (.385) vs. RHB: 10-for-37 (.270) Took loss in last outing (start) on 7/6 vs. MIN (6.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R-2 ER, 3 BB, 3 SO) made ML debut in relief on 6/27 vs. DET (0.2 IP, 3 H, 4 R-ER) in a 13-9 win, then earned win in first ML start on 6/30 vs. OAK (5.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R-ER), youngest TX pitcher to win a start in 25 years recalled on 6/26. 46 ROBBIE ROSS 6-0-0, 0.95 vs. LHB: 16-for-73 (.219) vs. RHB: 17-for-89 (.191) In his last 16 appearances, has pitched 23.0 scoreless innings, 3rd-longest current streak in the majors (Frieri-28.1; Dempster-27.0), T3rd-longest overall in the A.L. this season, and longest by a Ranger has not allowed an earned run (2 total runs) over last 21 outings (30.1 IP) to lower ERA from 2.65 to 0.95, 3rd-lowest among A.L. relievers (min. 0.3 IP/team game) leads the majors with 6 relief wins and leads A.L. with 47.1 relief innings leads ML rookies in ERA posted the 4th-lowest ERA through the All-Star break (min. 40.0 IP) in ML history (since 1933) top 3: Papelbon in 06 (0.59), Okajima in 07 (0.83), Zimmerman in 99 (0.86) was 1st pitcher w/ 6 relief wins in as few as 1st 23 career ML games since the Yankees Ron Davis (6 W in 1st 18 G) in 1978-79 was 15th time a pitcher has had 6 relief wins in as few as 1st 23 ML games has allowed just 4 of 29 IR to score with 13.8% success rate ranking 4th-best in A.L leads A.L. relievers with 10 GDP, and 1.90 GDP/9 ranks 3rd in A.L has allowed runs in 5 of 34 G has 9 outings of 2.0+ IP became first pitcher since at least 1918 to earn 4 relief wins in first 6 career appearances has 5.0 SHO IP vs. M s this season. 52 TANNER SCHEPPERS 0-0-1, 8.03 vs. LHB: 7-for-23 (.304) vs. RHB: 13-for-30 (.433) Earned first career save on 6/29 vs. OAK has allowed runs in 7 of 13 games since contract was purchased from Round Rock (AAA) on 6/7 has allowed hits in 12 of 13 appearances, opponents batting.377 made ML debut on 6/7 at OAK (1.2 IP, 1 R-ER, 1 HR), fanning 1st batter faced (Reddick) and stranding 2 inherited runners the 25-year-old went 1-2 w/ 9 saves and 3.72 ERA (12 ER/29.0 IP) in 25 G with Express. 22 YOSHINORI TATEYAMA 1-0-0, 11.37 vs. LHB: 8-for-24 (.333) vs. RHB: 9-for-33 (.273) Has 2.2 SHO IP last 2 G, retiring 8 of 9 batters faced has allowed 5 runs in 4.1 innings over 4 games since recall from Round Rock (AAA) on 6/29 was also with team from 5/21-6/15 with 11.88 ERA (11 ER/8.1 IP) in 7 games has allowed 17 R/15 ER in 9.1 innings in last 8 ML games has spent rest of 12 at Round Rock: 1-0 with a 0.43 ERA (1 ER/21.0 IP) in 16 relief outings pitched 4.1 SHO inn. in 4 G after option to Round Rock on 6/16.
PAGE 4 RANGERS GAME NOTES FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2012 AT SEATTLE TEAM BATTING: Rangers are hitting.233 (72-309) over the last 9 games to drop average from.286 to.280, still best in the majors Sunday s gametying 3-run 9th snapped 44-inning drought without a multi-run inning 4 R-or-less in 7 straight, longest such streak since Aug. 21-27, 2006 (7 G), last longer being 10 G, June 13-22, 1999 led majors in avg. (.280), runs (443), hits (844), total bases (1352), and OBP (.343) before break, 2nd in majors with.449 SLG, T3rd with 283 extra-base hits marked highest avg., OBP, and SLG prior to break since 2008 (.283/.354/.461) lead majors in avg. vs. both LHP (.280) and RHP (.280) tied for A.L. lead in triples (19) and are among the leaders in XBH (3rd, 283), doubles (3rd, 161), stolen bases (T4th, 65) and HR (T4th, 103) have HR in one of last 4, 2 of last 7, and 3 of last 10 scored 10+ runs 11 times, 2nd in majors behind BOS (12) club has a double-digit run total in one of last 38 games (10x in first 48 G) has 10+ hits 41 times overall, 2nd in ML have gone deep in 60 of 86 G overall in 2012 (41-19 record w/ HR) have 8 innings of 6+ runs, including 3 times in 1st inn. 1 ELVIS ANDRUS.293 AVG, 1 HR, 35 RBI,.368 OBP,.393 SLG SHORTSTOP R/R Sun: 1-for-4, RBI, 2 SH, GDP, K Stand:.167 (2-12), RBI, 2 BB Streak: 2 G (.222, 2-9, RBI) Went 0-for-1 in All-Star Game Tues. at KC (2nd ASG), playing 3rd base for first time in his career (one assist) hits in 2 straight after 0-for-15 drought is 3-for-25 (.120) last 6 G to drop from.307 to.293, lowest since 6/22 (.293) hitting.307 (27-88) with 13 runs and 7 SB in last 22 G to raise avg. from.288 no runs in 7 straight K s in season-high 6 straight, and 9 of last 10 ranks among A.L. leaders in sac bunts (1st, 11), triples (T1st, 5), INF hits (4th, 20), steals (T5th, 16), hits (8th, 97), and multi-hit games (T8th, 28) is the 3rd shortstop ever w/ 4 seasons of 15-or-more steals before age 24 (Renteria-5; A. Rodriguez-4) led A.L. w/ 22 runs in May, 7th w/.343 (37-108) avg has reached safely in 71 of 82 starts career-high 32 G on-base streak, 4/10-5/20 had 11-G hit streak 4/30-5/11 matched career high w/ 4 hits 5/13 vs. LAA (8x) has started 81 G at SS (one as DH), 9 E in 360 TC, T3rd in A.L. in errors had 54-game errorless streak end 5/1, longest in Texas history by everyday SS has one or zero hits in 12 straight road games. 29 ADRIAN BELTRE.326 AVG, 15 HR, 54 RBI,.358 OBP,.524 SLG THIRD BASEMAN R/R Sun: 1-for-5, R, BB Stand:.357 (5-14), 5 R, HR, RBI Streak: 6 G (.360, 9-25, 6 R, HR, 2 RBI) Played w/ Seattle, 2005-09 elected starting 3B on A.L. All-Star team (3rd straight ASG, 3rd overall), going 0-for-2 in first half, posted 2nd-highest avg. and 3rd-highest OPS (.881) of his career has hit safely in 6 straight at.360 (9-25) and is batting.400 (36-90) with 5 doubles, 5 HR, 17 RBI, and 21 runs in last 23 games to rise from.296 to.326, 5th in AL multi-hit efforts in 13 of his last 25 G 3rd in A.L. with.353 average vs. RHP ranks among A.L. leaders in hits (T3rd, 104), multi-hit games (T3rd, 33), RBI (T10th, 54), GARBI (T6th, 15), and GWRBI (T2nd, 10) 1-for-last-11 w/ RISP has hit safely in 44 of last 54 has pair of 10-G hit streaks in 12 has hit.317 or better in all 3 months of 2012 had left hamstring problems w/ streaks of 3 (April 21-23) and 5 (May 1-6) missed games has started 66 G at 3rd base and 12 as DH, with 5 E in 149 chances hit 3-run go-ahead pinch HR in 11th on 5/5 in CLE, 4th extra-inning pinch HR in Texas history has followed IBB to a Ranger w/ a 3-run HR twice in 12 3rd among active players with 312 HR as a 3B (Chipper Jones-382; Aramis Ramirez-322) his 52 HR at Safeco are 6th-most all-time, one behind Ichiro Suzuki. 17 NELSON CRUZ.267 AVG, 11 HR, 53 RBI,.323 OBP,.440 SLG OUTFIELDER R/R Sun: 2-for-6, 2B, R, K Stand:.500 (7-14), BB, 4 2B, 3 RBI Streak: 3 G (.500, 7-14, BB, 4 2B, 3 RBI) Multiple hits in 3 straight at 7-for-14 w/ 4 doubles and 3 RBI to rise from.257 to.267, highest since 6/5 (.267) batting.359 (14-39) last 10 G to rise from.254 walk-off RBI double in 10th on Sat. vs. MIN was first non-hr game-ending hit T2nd in A.L. with 11 games of 3+ hits, but just 2 in last 38 games T2nd in majors with 4 games of 4+ RBI (Inge-5) and T12th in RBI overall (53) 17 RBI in last 21 games (0 in prev. 10) T5th in A.L. in strikeouts (86) but has fanned in just 6 of last 16 games had 9th career reg. season multi-hr game, 6/23 vs. COL 2 OF assists 5/28 vs. SEA, 1st Ranger since Murphy, 4/26/09 at BAL on 5/25 vs. TOR, matched career highs w/ 8 RBI (2x) and 4 hits (6x), going 4-for-5 with a 3-run 2B, grand slam, and RBI single, T-most RBI ever by a Ranger in Arlington only Ranger ever w/ multiple 8+ RBI games, one of 11 in ML history 7th-inning GS was 4th of career in reg. season (5th incl. postseason) and 2nd in 2-week span (5/13 vs. LAA) has started 77 G in RF, 2 in LF, and 3 at DH has 1 E in 169 TC, T5th in A.L. with 6 OF assists his 7 HR at Safeco are most in any visiting park, all since 08, T2nd-most of any opponent in that span (Teixeira-9 HR; H. Matsui- 7 HR) has 18 HR in 78 career games vs. Seattle, highest HR total vs. any opponent. 23 CRAIG GENTRY.329 AVG, 1 HR, 18 RBI,.396 OBP,.427 SLG OUTFIELDER R/R Sun: 0-for-6 Stand:.167 (2-12), BB Streak: 0 G Is 2-for-14 (.143) last 5 G to drop from.354 to.329 hitting.377 (26-69) over last 27 G overall to rise from.284 to.329 has.421 (16-38) avg. vs. A.L. West in 12, 2nd-highest by any ML player against his own division (min. 40 PA s) has hit safely in 28 of last 38 starts led the majors with a.455 average (20-44) in June (min. 50 PA) hit game-winning 3-run triple in 8th inn. 6/29 vs. OAK has started 39 G in CF with 0 E in 126 TC (has also played as def. replacement in RF) career-high 5 hits 6/8 at SF, matching Rangers season high (also Hamilton, 5/8 at BAL) had 6 straight hits and reached in 7 consecutive PA s (6 H and HBP) before flyout in 5th, 6/9 at SF pitched 8th inning 6/4 at OAK (1.0 IP, 2 R-ER), just 4th position player to pitch for Texas (5th instance), first since Scott Sheldon on 9/6/00 at CWS is 26-for-29 in steal tries in ML career. 14 ALBERTO GONZALEZ.255 AVG, 0 HR, 4 RBI,.255 OBP,.333 SLG INFIELDER R/R Sun: DNP Stand:.000 Streak: 0 G Last game was 7/3 at CWS, last start was 6/20 at SD (at short) has played in just 3 of last 35 games and 5 of last 48, 2 starts since 5/16 season-high 3 hits and 3 runs, 5/30 vs. SEA snapped 0-for-15 stretch 5/14 but is 6-for-33 (.182) in last 12 G started 5 straight, 5/1-5/6 had GW RBI bunt single in 11th 4/22 at DET has starts at 3B (5) SS (5), and 2B (2). 32 JOSH HAMILTON.308 AVG, 27 HR, 75 RBI,.380 OBP,.635 SLG OUTFIELDER L/L Sun: 0-for-5, IBB Stand:.091 (1-11), 2 BB, HR, RBI Streak: 0 G Elected as starting OF on A.L. All-Star team (5th straight All-Star start), going 0-for-2 as starting LF started as DH on Sat./Sun. vs. MIN after leaving Friday s game with lower back spasms is 1-for-13 last 4 G and is batting.227 (37-163) last 43 G to drop from.404 to.308, still 11th in A.L was just the 6th player in A.L. history with minimums of a.308 avg., 27 HR, and 75 RBI at the All-Star break (since 33) has 5 HR and 11 RBI in last 13 games tops the majors in RBI (75) and slugging (.635) tied for the ML lead in home runs ranks among A.L. leaders in total bases (3rd, 190), XBH (4th, 43), IBB (T3rd, 9), sac flies (T6th, 5), OBP (9th,.380), GA RBI (T8th, 14), and runs (T10th, 54) is 5th player in club history with at least 4 seasons of 25+ HR has homered in consec. games 7 times in 2012 has hit safely in 19 of last 27 games with an AB and 59 of 76 G with an AB in 2012 18 HR/4 doubles in 1st 31 games; 9 HR/11 doubles in last 48 games hitting.333 (25-75) avg. with RISP. is hitting.196 (11-56) against lefties since May 17 after hitting.396 (21-53) against them prior to then won A.L. Player of Month for both April and May (also 2008), as he owns 2 of 6 instances of player winning either league s awards in first 2 months of a season club-record 5 A.L. POM awards voted A.L. and Rangers POM for May after Texasrecord 12 May HR had 21 HR and 56 RBI in first 50 team games, 6th player since RBI became official stat in 1920 to reach those mins. in team s first 50 G had 18 HR in first 31 G, most by any player in MLB history through his first 31 G was 5-for-5 with a double, 4 HR, 8 RBI, 18 total bases and 4 R on May 8 at BAL tied ML records for HR and EBH in a game and set A.L. record for total bases while falling one shy of club records for hits and RBI 3rd player in ML history with 6+ HR and 15+ RBI in 6-G span, May 7-12 (6 HR/15 RBI), joining Frank Howard (May 12-18, 1968) and Shawn Green (May 21-26, 2002) A.L. Player of the Week for week ending May 13 had 16-G hit streak, 4/27-5/16, 2nd-longest of career has 39 starts in CF, 34 in LF, and 4 at DH, with 3 OF assists hits in 10 of last 11 road starts, 4th in A.L. w/.333 road avg since 2010, has hit safely in 31 of 37 vs. M s at.299 (44-147) with 13 doubles, 9 HR, 29 RBI, and 23 runs 17 career HR vs. Seattle are his most against any opponent, while 6 HR at Safeco are 2nd-most at any opposing park (9 HR at BAL). 5 IAN KINSLER.279 AVG, 9 HR, 41 RBI,.341 OBP,.442 SLG SECOND BASEMAN R/R Sun: 4-for-7, R, RBI, K Stand:.333 (5-15), R, RBI, 2 BB Streak: 2 G (.417, 5-12, R, RBI) Named as reserve on 2012 A.L. All-Star team (3rd ASG), going 0-for-2 w/ a SO on Tues. at KC matched season-high w/ 4 H Sun. vs. MIN, including walk-off single in 13th each of last 2 multi-hit games have been 4-hit efforts (also 6/28 vs. OAK) is batting.353 (18-51) with 2 HR, 6 RBI,and 10 R in last 12 games to rise from season-low.267 to.279 has a.267 (43-161) average over last 37 games leads the majors with 63 runs scored ranks among the A.L. leaders in multi-hit games (2nd, 34), doubles (T3rd, 26), hits (T5th, 101), steals (T7th, 15), triples (T9th, 3), and XBH (T10th, 38) hitting.327 vs. LHP, 9th in A.L is T3rd in the majors with 3 leadoff HR this season (Jeter and Choo-4) Rangers-record 23 career leadoff HR, most in majors since he moved into leadoff spot in 2008 season-high 4 RBI 5/27 vs. TOR go-ahead bases loaded triple on 6/17 vs. HOU, 1st for a Ranger since he also did it, 6/18/06 vs. ARI has reached safely in 71 of 84 games overall 5 HR in 1st 18 G, 4 HR in last 65 G has started 77 G at 2B (12 E/326 TC) and 7 as the DH leads AL 2B in errors (tied), one more than all of 2011 13 HR vs. SEA tied for most against any opponent, and 6 HR at Safeco tied for most at any opposing park has 7 HR vs. SEA since start of 11, 2nd-most of any ML players (Trumbo-9).
RANGERS GAME NOTES FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2012 AT SEATTLE PAGE 5 27 LEONYS MARTIN.207 AVG, 0 HR, 5 RBI,.281 OBP,.448 SLG OUTFIELDER L/R Sun: DNP Stand:.000 (0-1) Streak: 0 G Is hitless in last 11 at bats has started 8 games in CF since recall from Round Rock on June 15 doubled and tripled in the same game on both 6/24 and 6/27, becoming the 4th player since 1918 to do it twice within his first 14 ML games (Babe Ganzel-1927, Johnny Blatnik-1948, Gary Ward- 1980) recorded 1st ML SB on 6/18 at SD had spent entire season with the Express, batting.344 (44-128) with 5 HR, 9 doubles, and 22 RBI in 31 games appeared in 8 games with the Express in June after missing over a month on the DL May 2-June 6 with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his left thumb made ML debut with Texas in Sept. 2011, going 3-for-8 in 8 games was signed as a free agent in May 2011. 7 DAVID MURPHY.288 AVG, 9 HR, 32 RBI,.382 OBP,.483 SLG OUTFIELDER L/L Sun: 1-for-4, R, 2 IBB, K Stand:.286 (2-7), R, 3 BB, SB Streak: 2 G (.286, 2-7, R, 3 BB, SB) Batting.435 (10-23) with 2 HR and 7 RBI in last 9 games and.389 (21-54) with 4 HR and 15 RBI in last 21 games to go from.252 to.288 in that span (since 6/12), leads the majors in OBP (.492) and is 4th in average (.389) among all players with 50+ PA matched career high with 5 RBI (also 6/11/08 at KC) and had a season-high 4 hits, 6/27 vs. DET was 4th career multi-hr game homered in consec. games, May 18-19 connected for 23rd insidethe-park HR in Rangers history, 5/19 at HOU has started 49 games in left and 6 games in right (2 as DH), committing one error in 93 total chances w/ 3 OF assists has played twice in CF. 25 MIKE NAPOLI.228 AVG, 12 HR, 30 RBI,.340 OBP,.419 SLG CATCHER / 1B R/R Sun: 1-for-5, BB, 2 K Stand:.111 (1-9), 5 BB Streak: 1 G (.200, 1-5, BB) Elected as 2012 A.L. All-Star starting catcher, 1st ASG selection, going 1-for-2 (Rangers lone hit) in 2011, ranked among ML leaders post All-Star break in average (2nd,.383), OBP (2nd,.466), and SLG (2nd,.706) has reached via walk in 4 straight (7 total) is 4-for-33 (.121) in last 10 G to drop from.245 to.228, lowest since April 17 (.207) is batting.154 (12-78) with 29 strikeouts in last 23 G to fall from.264 has one HR/RBI in last 21 games, none in last 12 contests T5th in A.L. with 86 strikeouts and fanned in 13 straight G (22 K s total) June 17-July 3 snapped 0-for-22 drought w/ RISP on infield hit Sun. vs. MIN, but still no RBI w/ RISP since 6/3 at LAA batting.153 (13-85) vs. LHP after entering 2012 as career.294 hitter vs. southpaws one of 4 players in the majors with a ML-high 3 games of 3-or-more walks hit tiebreaking 3-run HR in 6th inn., 5/28 vs. SEA. ended career-long 24-game HR drought 5/27 vs. TOR (prev. HR 4/25 vs. NYY) HR in career-best 5 straight, April 15-21 just 3rd player in franchise history w/ 3+ H and 4+ RBI in consecutive games, 4/17-18 at BOS has started 46 games at C, 22 at 1B, and one at DH his 39 career RBI vs. SEA are most against any opponent, w/ 14 HR ranking T2nd-most (OAK-16, BOS-14) was 0-for-6 w/ 5 K s and a BB in first series at Safeco in 12. 21 BRANDON SNYDER.296 AVG, 3 HR, 9 RBI,.333 OBP,.481 SLG INFIELDER R/R Sun: DNP Stand:.000 (0-2) Streak: 0 G Start on 7/5 at CWS was first since 6/26 is 0-for-5 w/ 4 K s last 2 G after career-high 3-game hit streak is 8-for-29 (.276) w/ 2 HR and 8 RBI in last 10 starts 1st career pinch hit was a HR on 5/15 vs. KC batting.316 (12-40) with 3 HR and 8 RBI vs. LHP had 6 RBI 5/7 at BAL, just the 3rd Texas rookie ever with 6+ RBI in one game had just 5 career ML RBI entering game 5/7 was 1st ML start at 3B first pro start in OF on 5/2 at TOR (LF), hitting first ML HR off Ricky Romero 13 starts have come at 5 diff. positions: 6 at 1B, 3 in RF, 2 at DH, and one each at 3B and LF caught 9th inn. 5/30 vs. SEA, first career app. behind plate is 2-for-10 as a PH made 1st start as a Ranger at 1B 4/14 at MIN w/ 3 H, 1st hits in majors since 6/11/11 w/ BAL. 8 YORVIT TORREALBA.216 AVG, 2 HR, 11 RBI,.284 OBP,.309 SLG CATCHER R/R Sun: DNP Stand:.000 (0-4) Streak: 0 G Played w/ Seattle in 2005 hitless in last 11 AB and is 3-for-21 in last 6 games has a.202 (23-114) average in last 34 G to drop from season-high.280 to.216 has an RBI in 5 of last 12 contests both 2012 HR came in consecutive games, May 25-26 had 7-G hit streaks April 11-22 and May 25-June 12 38 starts at catcher, throwing out 6 of 31 leads A.L. catchers (30 or more G) with a.997 (1 E/349 TC) fielding percentage.994 career fielding percentage ranks 10th all-time for catchers (min. 700 G). 10 MICHAEL YOUNG.270 AVG, 3 HR, 35 RBI,.303 OBP,.353 SLG INF / DH R/R Sun: 4-for-6, 2B, 2 RBI Stand:.385 (5-13), 2B, 2 RBI, BB Streak: 1 G (.667, 4-6, 2B, 2 RBI) Season-high 4 hits Sun. vs. MIN, including game-tying 2-run single with 2 outs in the 9th has 2 multi-rbi games last 5 contests after none since May 7 at BAL batting.228 (23-101) over last 26 games to go from.288 to.270.has a.240 (67-279) average in last 69 G to drop from.414 has a current 55-game HR drought (last HR 5/7 at BAL), 3rd-longest of career and longest since 2007 8th in the A.L. with.333 average vs. LHP is 6-for-17 with RISP in the last 14 games after hitting.143 (5-35) in those situations in the previous 37 games; started season 15-for-38 (.395) with RISP has started 41 games at DH, 20 at 1B, 14 at 3B, and 7 at 2B (1 E/253 TC) had 10-G hit streak April 11-22 (.500, 21-42, 2 HR, 10 RBI), his 26th career streak 10+ G 1st in Rangers history in average, games, at bats, runs, hits, singles, doubles, triples, total bases, multi-hit games, strikeouts, and sacrifice flies his 18 HR vs. SEA are most against any opponent, while 108 RBI and 247 hits rank 2nd all-time opponent leader at Safeco in hits (111) and RBI (tied w/ Garret Anderson - 52). 2012 HOME RUNS Player Total Solo 2-run 3-run GS LHP RHP Home Road GT GA Record Last Elvis Andrus 1 1 - - - - 1 1 - - - 0-1 4/11 vs. SEA Adrian Beltre 15 7 6 2-3 12 9 6 2 4 14-1 7/7 vs. MIN Nelson Cruz 11 4 2 3 2 2 9 9 2 2 3 8-2 6/23 vs. COL (2) Craig Gentry 1 1 - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1-0 4/30 at TOR Alberto Gonzalez - - - - - - - - - - - - - Josh Hamilton 27 13 11 3-8 19 14 13 3 7 17-6 7/7 vs. MIN Ian Kinsler 9 6 2 1-4 5 7 2-2 8-1 6/27 vs. DET Leonys Martin - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mitch Moreland 10 8 2 - - 1 9 7 3 1 2 6-3 6/15 vs. HOU David Murphy 9 4 2 3 - - 9 6 3-1 4-4 6/27 vs. DET Mike Napoli 12 7 4 1-4 8 4 8 1 3 9-2 6/22 vs. COL Brandon Snyder 3 2-1 - 3-1 2-1 1-2 5/15 vs. KC Yorvit Torrealba 2 2 - - - - 2 2-1 - 2-0 5/26 vs. TOR Michael Young 3 1 2 - - 1 2 1 2 - - 3-0 5/7 at BAL TOTALS 103 56 31 14 2 27 76 61 42 10 23 41-19 GRAND SLAMS (2): Cruz, 5/13 vs. LAA, Cruz, 5/25 vs. TOR MULTI-HOMER GAMES (6): Napoli (2), 4/17 at BOS; Hamilton (4), 5/8 at BAL; Hamilton (2), 5/11 vs. LAA; Moreland (2), 5/17 vs. OAK; Cruz (2), 6/23 vs. COL; Murphy (2), 6/27 vs. DET PINCH-HIT HOMERS (4): Beltre, 5/5 at CLE; Murphy, 5/10-D at BAL; Snyder, 5/15 vs. KC; Moreland, 6/9 at SF BACK-TO-BACK HOMERS (4): 4/11 vs. SEA (Kinsler-Andrus); 4/17 at BOS (Hamilton-Beltre); 4/30 at TOR (Moreland-Gentry); 5/8 at BAL (Hamilton-Beltre) BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK HOMERS (1): 5/26 vs. TOR (Cruz-Torrealba-Moreland) WALKOFF HOMERS (1): Hamilton, 5/26 vs. TOR LEADOFF HOMERS (3): Kinsler, 4/24 vs. NYY; Kinsler, 6/8 at SF; Kinsler, 6/26 vs. DET INSIDE THE PARK HOMERS (1): Murphy, 5/19 at HOU HR BY PITCHERS (0): None