New York Mets (24-31) at Texas Rangers (26-31) RHP Jacob degrom (4-2, 3.97) vs. RHP Dillon Gee (0-0, 0.00) Game #58 Home #31 (17-13) Tues., June 6, 2017 Globe Life Park in Arlington 7:05 p.m. (CDT) FSSW / 105.3 FM / 1270 AM RANGERS AT A GLANCE Overall...26-31 Home...17-13 Road...9-18 Standing... 4th, -15.5 GB Homestand...1-5 One-Run...4-9 2-Run...4-4 HR...21-22 No HR...5-9 White...12-7 w/ Blue...2-1 w/ Red...10-6 Gray...7-8 Alt. Blue...3-10 Blue Home...2-1 Blue Road...1-9 Alt. Red (all home)...1-4 Special...3-2 Last 5 Games...1-4 Last 10 Games...2-8 Come From Behind Wins... 13 Losses After Lead... 16 Score First...17-12 Opp. Score First...9-19 Columns below listed in a Home/Road/Total format vs. AL West...6-6/5-11/11-17 vs. AL Central... 5-5/2-1/7-6 vs. AL East... 1-2/1-5/2-7 Interleague... 5-0/1-1/6-1 Series... 5-5-0/2-6-1/7-11-1 Series Openers... 5-5/3-6/8-11 Series Finales...5-4/6-4/11-8 Rubber Games... 1-2/2-2/3-4 Lead after 6... 9-3/8-6/17-9 Lead after 7... 12-3/8-2/20-5 Lead after 8... 13-2/8-1/21-3 Trail after 6... 4-8/0-10/4-18 Trail after 7... 2-9/0-14/2-23 Trail after 8... 2-10/0-16/2-26 Tied after 6... 4-2/1-2/5-4 Tied after 7... 3-1/1-2/4-3 Tied after 8... 2-1/1-1/3-2 Decided 7th/later...8-5/1-8/9-13 Shutouts... 1-0/2-1/3-1 Decided final AB...5-3/1-4/6-7 Walk-off games...4-2 ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST Rank HR Player 37 452 Carl Yastrzemski 38 451 Miguel Cabrera 39 449 Jeff Bagwell 449 Vladimir Guerrero 41 446 Adrian Beltre 42 442 Dave Kingman 43 440 Jason Giambi ALL-TIME HITS LIST Rank H Player 30 3000 Roberto Clemente 31 2985 Sam Rice 32 2963 Sam Crawford 33 2956 Willie Keeler 34 2951 Adrian Beltre 35 2943 Frank Robinson 36 2935 Barry Bonds WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers lost to the Astros, 7-2 in last game on Sunday, and have gone 1-5 on this 8-game, 10-day homestand against TB (1-2), HOU (0-3), and NYM (2 G) club has dropped 4 straight, 5 of 6, 10 of 12, and 11 of 14 since a season-best 10-game winning streak from 5/9-19 at 3-11 (.214) since 5/20, TEX has lowest win pct. and fewest wins in MLB in that span current 4-G losing streak is T2nd-longest active skid in MLB (5-CWS, 4-TEX/STL), and T2nd-longest by TEX this season (5 G, 5/23-27) the 10-G win streak was 4th-longest in franchise history, 2nd-longest in MLB in 2017 (11-HOU, 5/25-current) Texas has won 13 of 24 and 15 of 28 was 15-14 in May, posting a winning month for 8th time in last 10 full months dating to 2015, but is 0-3 to begin June one of 3 winless MLB teams this month (CWS/ TB also 0-3) team has a 21-21 (.500) record beginning 4/20 after opening year at 5-10 at 26-31, the Rangers current 5 games below.500 is lowest point since a win on 5/10 vs. SD (15-20) team has been a season-high 3 games above.500 twice, last on 5/21 (24-21), and was a 2017 high 7 games under.500 (13-20) on 5/8, the day before the 10-G win streak began after 57 G, Texas was 35-22/36-22 in 2016 the 26 wins are fewest through 56 games since 2007 (20-37/21-37). IN THE STANDINGS: The Rangers are 4th place in the A.L. West for a 3rd straight day, just 2nd time in last 8 seasons to sit in 4th-place-or-lower in June-or-later (also 2014) days in each place this season (alone or tied): 1st-0 days, 2nd-17, 3rd-13, 4th-21, 5th-13 club has lost 10.0 games in the standings the last 15 days (5.5 to 15.5 GB), dropping 4.5 games in the last 6 days the current season-high 15.5- game deficit is the club s greatest at any point since the end of the 2014 season (21.0 GB) 6/5 marks 3rd-earliest date ever in a season to trail by at least 15.5 games in the West, also 2001 (5/15) and 2007 (6/3) team s 15.5-G deficit it T2nd-largest in MLB (OAK: -16.5, PHI: -15.5) despite the recent fall in the West, TEX enters today just 4.0 GB from the 2nd Wild Card post in the A.L. SERIES STUFF: Rangers have dropped 4 straight series after 4 consecutive series victories, now 7-11-1 in series in 2017 the 0-3 weekend vs. HOU marked 4th winless series this year (also 4/3-5 vs. CLE, 0-3; 4/14-16 at SEA, 0-3; 5/23-25 at BOS, 0-3) Texas has dropped each of this homestand s 1st 2 series after winning 5 of the previous 7 in Arlington. AT HOME: The Rangers have dropping season-long 4 straight at home, longest home skid (single season) since 4 G from 7/11-28/15 last longer drought: 8 G, 6/23-7/8/15 the 1-5 start to this homestand comes after an 8-0 record in last homestand 5/10-18, just 2nd undefeated homestand of 7+ G in Rangers history (also 8-0, 5/20-29/05) have still won 9 of last 14 in Arlington, and 17-13 (.567) home record ranks 9th in the A.L club has won 11 of 18, 16 of 25, and 17 of last 27 in Arlington. INTERLEAGUE PLAY: The Rangers are set to play 6-1 vs. N.L. this season, winning 6 straight, as 6 of its 26 wins (23.1%) have come against the other league the 6-G win streak for TEX is its 3rd-longest ever in Interleague play (11, 6/12-24/10; 7, 6/15-22/12) Texas has also won 8 of 9, 13 of 17, 25 of 35, 34 of 51, and 37 of last 58 vs. N.L club s 87-54 (.617) mark vs. N.L. since 2010 is 2nd-best in MLB in that span to only Boston (.634, 92-53) club has posted a winning season vs. N.L. in each of the last 2 campaigns, and have gone.500-or-better against senior circuit for 10 straight years beginning 2007 all-time, the Rangers are 199-172 in Interleague play. At home: Rangers have won 7 straight, 11 of 14, 21 of 31, and 23 of last 34 vs. N.L. in Arlington, going 44-25 in such contests beginning 6/22/10 current 7-G home win streak vs. N.L. is 2nd-longest ever for club (9, 1997-98) Texas is 14-3-5 in last 22 home series vs. senior circuit. NAPOLI TO DL: Today, the club placed 1B Mike Napoli on the 10-day DL, retroactive to 6/4, w/ a lower back strain TEX has activated LHP Dario Alvarez from the DL. FRIERI SIGNED TO MINORS DEAL: Rangers have agreed to terms on a minors contract w/ RHP Ernesto Frieri and he is expected to join Round Rock (AAA) on Friday was 2-0, 3.00 ERA (7 ER/21.0 IP) w/ 7 saves in 17 relief app. w/ Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre (AAA) in NYY system before exercising an opt out in contract on Friday has appeared in 298 MLB games, last w/ TB in 2015 (22 G). BELTRE S BACK: Adrian Beltre has hits in all 6 games of this homestand since being activated from the DL, just the 3rd Ranger with a season-opening hit streak of 6 G or longer in the past 3 seasons (13-Jurickson Profar in 2016; 6-Hanser Alberto in 2015) it is the 2nd-longest season-opening hit streak of Beltre s career (7 G w/ BOS in 2010), and the 5th-longest hit streak by a Ranger in 2017 Beltre has 9 H, 15 TB, 3 2B, 5 RBI, and 4 H w/ RISP in this homestand, figures bettered by only Elvis Andrus (13 H, 20 TB, 4 2B, 10 RBI, 5 H w/ RISP) in each category. Beltre continues to climb several all-time charts he has 2,951 career hits, 5 shy of matching Willie Keeler for 33rd place on the all-time list his 1576 RBI are 38th all-time (since 1920) - M. Cabrera has 1579 22nd all-time in TB with 4955 (J. Foxx-4956) Beltre also enters tonight tied with Dean Palmer for most HR as a TEX third baseman at 146. Beltre enters tonight w/ 299 career Interleague games, tied w/ Ichiro Suzki for most all-time (MIA is at CHC tonight) Beltre s ranks among all-time Interleague leaders in 2B (1st, 82), TB (1st, 555), XBH (1st, 129), RBI (9th, 158), and HR (T17th, 44-6th among actives). BIG WHEEL KEEP ON TURNIN : Elvis Andrus has a 10-G hit streak, T2nd-longest by a Ranger in 17 (11-Mazara), and tied for longest active hit streak in MLB (also HOU s George Springer) this is Andrus 17th career hit streak of 10+ games, T3rd-most in club history the list: 28-Michael Young, 19-Ivan Rodriguez, 17-Rafael Palmeiro/Andrus Andrus during the streak:.452/.500/.738/1.238 (19-41) with 6 2B, 2 HR, 11 RBI, and 11 R to rise from.271 to.305, 13th in the A.L. and his highest avg. since 4/18 (.321). MEET THE METS: Rangers/Mets meet 4 times in 17, these 2 G in Arlington and 2 G 8/8-9 at Citi Field club is 4-8 alltime vs. the Mets, dropping all 4 series 2-games-to-1: 2003 & 2011 in Arlington, 2008 (Shea) & 2014 (Citi) in New York. MISSING YOU: The Rangers have hit 2-or-fewer HR in 23 consecutive games beg. 5/10, longest span since 2016 season-opening 30-G streak of that kind (4/4-5/6/16) after 3 HR on 5/9, Rangers ranked 4th in MLB with 50 HR in the club s 1st 34 G since 5/10, club has 24 HR in 23 G, 4th-fewest in MLB in that span (20-STL, 23-SF/SEA, 24-TEX) despite recent lack of HR, Rangers are averaging 4.91 R/G in 23 G since 5/10 after a 4.53 R/G figure in 1st 34 G through 5/9. Texas had a positive cumulative HR margin following every game in 2017 thru 5/30, but have been out-homered 12-to-2 over the past 4 G to take season HR margin from +3 to -7. Over the team s last 14 G beginning 5/20, 13 of batters last 15 HR have been solo shots. REHAB UPDATES: Tyson Ross is scheduled to make another rehab start this weekend for Round Rock Hanser Alberto (4-5, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R) played his 1st game w/ RR last night at Colo. Sp. after being transferred from Frisco (AA) Alberto in 4 combined rehab games:.438 (7-16), HR, 2B, 2 RBI, 4 R. SHORTS: Gee will be 9th different starting pitcher for TEX in 17, 2nd new starter in last 5 G after team used 7 starters over 1st 53 G TEX innings distribution since 5/19 (14 G): starters-72.2 IP, relievers-57.0 IP. UPCOMING PROBABLES, TIMES & BROADCASTS Date Opponent Pitchers - Texas vs. Opponent Time (CDT) TV/Radio Wednesday, June 7 vs. New York-NL RHP Yu Darvish (5-4, 3.13) vs. RHP Zack Wheeler (3-3, 3.72) 7:05 FSSW/105.3/1270 Thursday, June 8 OFF DAY * 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 #36 Dillon Gee, RHP (0-0, 0.00) TONIGHT: The 31-year-old right-hander is slated to make his 1st start with the Rangers tonight in the opener of this 2-game Interleague series with the Mets... prior to last season was with the New York Mets organization for his entire career, making 95 starts for the big league club from 2010-15...was recalled from Triple-A Round Rock on 5/27 and has made a pair of relief appearances for the Rangers...is the 1st pitcher to begin his Rangers career with 2 relief outings of 2.2+ innings without allowing an earned run since Mike Morgan (2) to begin the 1999 campaign...was signed to a minor league contract with a spring training invitation on 1/17/17 spent the majority of 2016 with Kansas City, working as both a starter and in relief pitched a career best 199.0 innings in 2013 with a high of 13 victories in 2011 is a graduate of Cleburne (TX) High School and pitched 3 seasons at the University of Texas-Arlington. LAST OUTING: Pitched the final 4 innings of a 7-1 loss to the Astros on Tuesday here in Arlington (4.0 IP, 2 H, 4 R-0 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO, 1 HR, 47 pitches/35 strikes)... entered in relief of Darvish and the Rangers down 3-0 after 5 innings...set down 6 of the 1st 7 batters he faced before a misplayed ground ball by Mike Napoli to oen the 8th inning...permitted a RBI double by Yuli Gurriel and then later surrendered a 2-out, 3-run home run to George Springer...returned for the 9th inning and whiffed 2 of the 3 batters he faced. TEXAS: Was recalled from Round Rock on 5/27 when A.J. Griffin was placed on the disabled list and joined the club in Toronto for the final 2 games of the road trip...made his Texas debut in a 9-5 win on last Tues. vs. the Rays, working 2.2 innings of scoreless relief...entered the game with Texas trailing 4-2 and kept the deficit at 2 runs until the Rangers scored 7 runs in the 7th and 8th innings to complete a come-from-behind victory...was longest scoreless relief outing in a TEX debut since Jose Leclerc (2.2 IP) on 7/6/16 at BOS) marked his 1st ML outing since 9/25/16 at DET while w/ KC. ROUND ROCK: Opened the season with Triple-A Round Rock and was 3-4 with a 3.88 ERA (22 ER/51.0 IP) in 9 starts with the Express...led staff in IP and SO and was T1st in wins and starts at time of promotion...allowed 7 runs on 10 hits over 4.0 innings in his 1st start on 4/8 vs. Nashville and then compiled a 2.87 ERA (15 ER/47.0 IP)...allowed one-or-zero ER in 6 of 9 starts, but allowed 6+ R in the other 3 starts...had 2 BB-or-less in 8 of 9 outings...tossed 13.2 scoreless innings with 13 strikeouts over his final 2 starts, holding opponents 3-for-43 in those outings...registered a season-best 9 strikeouts in his last start with the Express on 5/24 vs. Las Vegas (NYM-AAA), a 3-1 Round Rock win (6.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R-ER, 2 BB, 9 SO, 0 HR, 89 pitches/57 strikes). AS A STARTER: Has gone 44-45 with a 4.15 ERA (344 ER/746.1 IP) over 124 career starts...was 4-8, 5.55 (45 ER/73.0 IP) over 14 starts for the Royals last season...shuffled between the Royals rotation and bullpen last season, but made the majority of his starts following the All-Star break, going 5-6 with a 5.16 ERA (30 ER/68.0 IP) in 9 starts...last ML start came in KC s 16-3 loss to OAK on 9/12 at Kauffman Stadium (3.1 IP, 5 H, 5 R-ER, 4 BB, 1 SO, 1 HR, 74/40 pitches)...last win as a start was in a 9-5 Royals victory on 8/29/16 vs. NYY. SPRING TRAINING: Was 3-2 with a 3.20 ERA (7 ER/19.2 IP) over 6 games/3 starts in A games this spring...opened the spring working a reliever, permitting one run over 7.0 IP in 3 relief appearances...last 3 spring outings came as a starter, compiling a 4.38 ERA (6 ER/12.1 IP)...had 9 strikeouts over 6.0 scoreless innings in his final spring outing on 3/29 at KC in Surprise. SURGERY: Was diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome after blood clots were discovered in his right shoulder and lungs following his last outing 9/25 at DET had surgery on 10/11, performed by Dr. Robert Thompson is expected to be ready for the start of spring training. 2016: Was 4-8, 5.55 (45 ER/73.0 IP) in 14 starts and 4-1, 3.46 (20 ER/52.0 IP) in 19 relief appearances with KC joined BAL s Dylan Bundy as only ML pitchers to record at least 14 starts and 19 relief outings in 2016 was one of 11 Royals pitchers to ever to meet those marks, 1st since Bruce Chen in 2013 had made just 3 ML relief appearances prior to 2016 ranked 5th on Royals in wins (5), starts, and innings (125.0) opponents had a.291 average,.280 by RHB and.303 by LHB. SUMMARY: Had a 2.61 ERA (6 ER/20.2 IP) in 7 relief appearances to open the season was on MLB paternity list, 4/19-21 worked 5.1 IP in final outing of that span on 5/9 at NYY, longest bullpen appearance by a Royal since Everett Teaford on 9/1/12 (2) vs. MIN joined rotation on 5/14 following injuries to Kris Medlen and Chris Young and was 2-2, 6.05 (13 ER/19.1 IP) over 4 starts was optioned to Omaha (AAA) on 5/31 but made just one start before recall on 6/11 posted RANGERS GAME NOTES TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 2017 NEW YORK-NL GEE S CAREER RECORD W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2017 0-0 0.00 2/0 6.2 5 4 0 1 1 5 Career 48-46 4.09 149/124 811.0 825 396 369 104 254 583 GEE VS. NEW YORK-NL W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2016 0-0 0.00 1/0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Career 0-0 0.00 1/0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 GEE AT GLOBE LIFE PARK IN ARLINGTON W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2017 0-0 0.00 2/0 6.2 5 4 0 1 1 5 Career 1-1 3.38 4/2 18.2 20 11 7 4 4 10 2017 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Innings: 4.0, June 2 vs. HOU Innings: 8.1, June 17, 2013 at ATL Hits: 3, May 30 vs. TB Hits: 12, April 23, 2012 vs. SF Runs: 4, June 2 vs. HOU Runs: 8, 2x, last June 14, 2015 vs. ATL ER: - ER: 8, 2x, last June 14, 2015 vs. ATL SO s: 4, June 2, vs. HOU SO s: 12, May 30, 2013 at NYY Walks: 1, June 2 vs. HOU Walks: 6, 2x, last Aug. 22, 2011 at PHI HR: 1, June 2 vs. HOU HR: 3, 8x, last Sept. 6, 2016 at MIN Pitches: 47, June 2 vs. HOU Pitches: 116, April 28, 2012 at COL CG s: - CG s: 3x, last Sept. 21, 2013 at PHI (6.0 inn.) Low-Hit CG: - Low-Hit CG: 4, May 25, 2011 at CHC CG SHO s: - CG SHO s: - Win Streak: - Win Streak: 7, April 17-June 10, 2011 2017 & CAREER SPLITS 2017 CAREER W L ERA G/S IP ER W L ERA G/S IP ER Home 0 0 0.00 2/0 6.2 0 24 24 3.61 82/66 445.2 179 Road 24 22 4.68 67/58 365.1 190 Day 19 11 3.58 47/42 269.0 107 Night 0 0 0.00 2/0 6.2 0 29 35 4.35 102/82 542.0 262 AVG AB H HR BB SO AVG AB H HR BB SO vs. Left.100 10 1 0 1 2.274 1495 410 56 156 251 vs. Right.267 15 4 1 0 3.254 1632 415 48 98 332 TOTALS.200 25 5 1 1 5.264 3127 825 104 254 583 RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING (STARTS ONLY) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total - - - - - - - - - - RUN SUPPORT (STARTS ONLY) 0R 1R 2R 3R 4R 5R 6R 7R 8R 9R 10R+ Total AVG/9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - BATTER-PITCHER MATCHUPS (including postseason) Gee vs. New York-NL PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI SO Bruce.111 9 1 1 1 4 Cabrera.000 6 0 0 0 2 Conforto.000 1 0 0 0 0 Granderson.200 5 1 1 1 1 Rivera.500 2 1 0 0 1 Walker.125 8 1 0 0 1 GEE S DAY-BY-DAY degrom vs. Texas PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI SO Lucroy.167 12 2 0 1 1 Date Opp. Score Dec. ERA IP H R ER HR BB-I SO Left Game Pitches *5/30 vs. TB 9-5 - 0.00 2.2 3 0 0 0 0-0 1-33/24 *6/2 vs. HOU 1-7 - 0.00 4.0 2 4 0 1 1-0 4-47/35 Season Totals 0-0 0.00 6.2 5 4 0 1 1-0 5 *Relief Appearance GEE S ROUND ROCK DAY-BY-DAY Date Opp. Score Dec. ERA IP H R ER HR BB-I SO Left Game Pitches 4/8 vs. NAS 3-8 L 15.75 4.0 10 7 7 1 1-0 2 Trailing 1-7 90/54 4/13 at OMA 0-3 L 7.20 6.0 5 1 1 0 3-0 6 Trailing 0-1 103-64 4/18 vs. OMA 5-4 5.40 5.0 7 1 1 0 1-0 5 Leading 2-1 83-54 4/24 vs. IOW 9-2 W 4.05 5.0 7 2 0 0 0-0 3 Leading 6-2 89-61 4/30 at MEM 7-11 L 5.19 6.0 10 6 6 1 2-0 4 Trailing 4-6 103-69 April Totals 1-3 5.19 26.0 39 17 15 2 7-0 20 5/6 vs. OKC 1-5 4.36 7.0 4 1 1 1 0-0 8 Tied 1-1 101-66 5/13 at TAC 1-8 L 5.30 4.1 7 7 6 2 2-0 2 Trailing 0-7 77-53 5/19 vs. SL 8-0 W 4.40 7.2 1 0 0 0 2-0 4 Leading 8-0 101-64 5/24 vs. LV 3-1 W 3.88 6.0 2 0 0 0 2-0 9 Leading 3-0 89-57 May Totals 2-1 2.52 25.0 14 8 7 3 6-0 23 Season Totals 3-4 3.88 51.0 53 25 22 5 13-0 43 3.38 ERA (5 ER/13.1 IP) in next 6 games, all in relief beginning 7/10, 10 of next 13 outings were as a starter with overall 5.08 ERA (35 ER/62.0 IP) was 2-1, 2.96 (8 ER/24.1 IP) over 4 starts from 8/18-9/6 issued 6 runs in 9.2 IP in 3 relief appearances to end year, going 2-1 in that span. MISCELLANEOUS: Pitched at least 3.0 innings in 8 relief appearances, tied with 4 others for 2nd most in the Majors to HOU s Chris Devenski (10) recorded at least 5.0 innings in 11 of 14 starts, including 8 straight from 7/26-9/6, with long of 7.0 IP, 8/18 vs. MIN tied career high with 24 home runs allowed, 10 of which came vs. MIN (4 hit by Brian Dozier). TOMORROW S SCHEDULED STARTER RHP YU DARVISH (5-4, 3.13 ERA in 12 games/starts) The 30-year-old right-hander is slated to make his 13th start tonight in Wednesday s finale of this brief 2-game set has allowed 8 R-ER in 16.0 IP his last 3 starts, matching most runs allowed in any 3-start span this season, to raise his ERA for the year from 2.76 to 3.13, still 10th in the A.L still has a 2.90 ERA (22 ER/68.1 IP) his last 11 starts since allowing 4 runs on Opening Day, 4/3 vs. CLE ranks among A.L. leaders in opponents avg. (5th,.213), SO (5th, 80), innings (T7th, 74.2), and SO/9 (8th, 9.6) opponents are batting just.098 (6-61) with RISP, lowest avg. in MLB has lost consecutive starts for the 1st time all year, with Rangers scoring a total of 2 runs in those games, doubling his season loss total will pitch on regular 4 days rest after loss in series opener on Fri. vs. HOU in Rangers rain-delayed 7-1 defeat (5.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R-ER, 1 BB, 8 SO, 1 HR, 104 pitches/68 strikes) his 5.0 IP matched a season low, 2nd time in span of 3 outings faced MLB ERA leader Dallas Keuchel, who allowed one hit in the 1st 5 innings and finished w/ 6.0 SHO IP allowed a 3-R HR to Carlos Correa after whiffing him in 1st 2 AB would exit the game after a 27-pitch 5th, trailing 3-0 has allowed 12 of 17 R over last 8 starts via HR, and has allowed a 3-R HR in back-to-back starts after he had allowed just 2 3-R HR in his 1st 110 career starts (has never allowed a grand slam) only career outing vs. the Mets came on 7/4/14 at Citi Field, taking ND in Rangers 6-5 loss (5.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R-ER, 2 BB, 6 SO, 1 HR, 94 pitches/59 strikes) Rangers tied that game in the 7th to take Darvish off the hook before the bullpen gave up 2 runs in the 8th Darvish ripped a double in the 4th for his first career XBH made that start in the series opener after he was pushed back from the previous night s start in BAL due to rain threat, as club arrived in NYC at 3:30 a.m. after bussing up from Baltimore postgame is 8-2, 2.19 (23 ER/94.2 IP) in 14 G/GS vs. N.L., the lowest Interleague ERA in history among pitchers with 12+ GS (next is Clayton Kershaw-2.22) Darvish is 6-2, 1.90 (15 ER/71.0 IP) in his last 11 starts vs. N.L. beginning 6/30/13 his 892 SO rank 7th in Rangers history, 3 less than 6th-place Fergie Jenkins (895) was the Rangers Opening Day starter for the 1st time in his career is seeking his 1st full season since 2013 returned in 2016 from 3/17/15 Tommy John surgery on right elbow a 3-time All-Star (2012-13-14), he has twice been Rangers Pitcher of the Year (2013-14) Texas is 7-5 in Darvish s 12 starts this season and has won 6 of last 8.
RANGERS GAME NOTES TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 2017 NEW YORK-NL PAGE 3 TEAM PITCHING W-L-S G ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO Starters 16-20 57 4.17 324.0 316 159 150 53 124 232 Relievers 10-11-9 56 4.46 181.2 187 110 90 28 74 156 Home 17-13-4 30 3.86 275.0 258 132 118 45 93 204 Road 9-18-5 27 4.76 230.2 245 137 122 36 105 184 TEAM CATCHING ERA *W-L CS SBA CS% PB PO Chirinos 3.91 11-9 1 8 12.5 0 0 Lucroy 4.47 15-22 10 29 34.5 1 0 Stolen bases against pitchers: 0-for-0 (0 SB, 0 CS) * - as starter BULLPEN BREAKDOWN (RELIEF OUTINGS ONLY) FIRST BATTER PITCHER LAST APP. (Dec.) IP H R ER BB SO NP SV/OPP RET/FACED IR/Sc GB/FB SB/CS 39 Dario Alvarez (L) 5/25 at BOS 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0/0 8/13 15/8 12/14 1/0 56 Austin Bibens-Dirkx 5/31 vs. TB (start) 4.2 5 3 3 3 2 84 0/0 2/4 4/1 10/11 0/0 43 Tony Barnette 6/4 vs. HOU 2.0 1 1 1 2 2 38 0/3 11/21 17/7 33/17 0/0 51 Matt Bush 5/31 vs. TB (BS, 2) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 11 6/8 17/20 2/0 21/22 3/0 58 Alex Claudio (L) 6/3 vs. HOU 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 10 1/2 17/23 14/4 44/8 0/0 23 Jeremy Jeffress 5/31 vs. TB 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 17 0/0 14/25 18/3 45/10 0/0 50 Keone Kela 6/3 vs. HOU 1.1 1 1 1 1 1 22 1/2 14/20 7/1 17/23 2/1 62 Jose Leclerc 6/3 vs. HOU 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 15 1/1 9/11 8/1 12/12 1/0 22 Nick Martínez 6/4 vs. HOU 3.1 1 0 0 0 2 50 0/0 1/1 2/0 4/3 0/0 Totals 9/20, 45.0% 106/162, 65.0% 94/30, 33.0% 281/149 10/3 TEAM PITCHING: Texas has allowed 42 R-35 ER in 55.0 IP in 1st 6 G of this homestand, raising season ERA from 4.09 to 4.27, 9th in the A.L. and highest since 5/3 (4.27) over last 14 G beg. 5/20, staff has a 6.10 ERA (82 ER/121.0 IP) to raise season figure from 3.70 thru 5/19, Rangers 3.70 ERA ranked 2nd in the A.L. and 4th in MLB opponents batting.287 (120-418) last 12 G to raise season opp. avg. from.253 to.260 club s 198 BB are T3rd-most in A.L., while 388 SO rank 14th A.L.-high 59 GIDP. STARTERS: Texas starters had MLB-best 3.27 ERA thru 5/19, but have a 7.58 ERA (57 ER/67.2 IP) last 14 G beg. 5/20 to raise season mark from 3.27 to 4.17, highest since 4/8 (4.88) but still 5th in A.L have 3 quality starts in last 15 G, but are still T2nd in A.L. w/ 30 QS (BOS-33) have completed less than 6.0 IP in 11 of last 15 G starters have 15.0 IP or less in 4 of its last 5 series (14.2 IP in HOU series), this after a total of 3 such series from 2016 thru the end of the club s last homestand starters have A.L.-high 124 BB rotation s 6.44 SO/9 are 2nd-fewest in MLB (ATL-6.12). RELIEVERS: Bullpen allowed 6 R-2 ER over 12.1 IP in HOU series...relievers had season-low 4.27 ERA thru 5/22, but have a 5.04 ERA (25 ER/44.2 IP) last 12 G, going 1-for-4 in save chances, to raise season mark from 4.27 to 4.46, 10th in A.L have worked 4.0+ IP in 5 of last 6 G...HR allowed in season-high 4 straight team is 9-for-20 (45.0%) in save tries, lowest save pct. in A.L., 1-for-last-4 after converting 6 of previous 7 9 saves are 2nd-fewest in A.L. (CWS-8), 11 blown saves are T2nd-most in A.L. 39 DARIO ALVAREZ (L) 2-0-0, 3.48 vs. LHB: 4-for-18 (.222) vs. RHB: 7-for-23 (.304) Activated from the disabled list today...was placed on the disabled list 5/28 (retroactive to 5/26) with a left elbow strain...pitched in 4 G between 5/7 and his DL placement on 5/28...optioned to AAA on 5/7, but recalled on 5/8 matched career high with 3 runs allowed on 5/6 at SEA (3x, last 9/17/16 vs. OAK). Has allowed 8 of 15 (53.3%) IR to score, 4th-highest pct. in A.L LHB are 1-for-11 w/ 2 BB and 3 SO over last 9 G. Signed by the Mets as a minor league free agent on 1/15/13 after 3 seasons away from affiliated baseball and appeared in 10 G w/nym from 2014-15. 43 TONY BARNETTE 1-1-0, 5.96 vs. LHB: 7-for-32 (.219) vs. RHB: 20-for-57 (.351) Career-high 38 pitches in last outing on Wed. vs. HOU (2.0 IP, 1 R-ER)...has 7.36 ERA (12 ER/14.2 IP) in 12 G in May to rise from 3.38 to 5.96, highest since 5/4, 10th-highest among A.L. qualifiers has permitted 7 of 17 IR (41.2%) to score in 17, 10th-highest pct. in A.L has.303 opp. avg., 8th-highest among A.L. qualifiers. Suffered 3rd blown save 5/29 vs. TB, T4th-most in A.L allowed game-tying 2-R pinch 2B (Rasmus) and decisive 3-R HR (Beckham), taking just 4th career loss, 1st since 6/30/16 at NYY...also matched season high w/ 3 SO in that outing (3x), and has 14 SO last 7 G/8.2 IP, this after 9 SO in 1st 14 G/14.0 IP. 1st batters faced are 8-for-16 with 2 BB and SF in last 19 G is 0-for-4 in career save chances. 56 AUSTIN BIBENS-DIRKX 0-0-0, 4.50 vs. LHB: 5-for-21 (.238) vs. RHB: 8-for-39 (.205) Took a no decision in 1st ML start on Wed. vs. TB (4.2 IP, 3 ER)...was the oldest (32.032) at the time of his 1st major league start in Rangers history...last worked in relief on 5/26 at TOR (4.0 IP, 3 ER), recording a career-best 5 K...in 7-day span from 5/20-26, threw 178 pitches in 10.1 IP over 3 relief outings. Has allowed runs in 3 of 4 relief outings since purchase 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). On 5/20 at DET, was 1st pitcher in TEX history with scoreless relief outing of 4.2+ IP within 1st 2 career appearances previous longest had been by Mike Venafro, 4.0 SHO IP on 4/29/99 vs. NYY in his 2nd career game. 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 2-0-6, 1.37 vs. LHB: 6-for-36 (.167) vs. RHB: 8-for-36 (.222) Allowed game-tying HR to Kiermaier in 9th Wed. vs. TB for blown save, 1st ER allowed since 4/9 vs. OAK from 4/16-5/30, allowed 2 R-0 ER in 16 G/15.0 IP no K s in 4 straight to match career high (also 7/5-19/16) 5 of his 6 career HR allowed have come in Arlington. Has 0.56 ERA (1 ER/16.0 IP) last 17 G since returning from injection in his right AC joint on 4/12, lowering ERA from 4.91 to 1.37, 6th in A.L opponents are batting.190 (11-58) w/ 16 K s in those 17 outings. Is 6-for-8 in save chances this season, converting 1st 6 tries after assuming the closer role until blown save on Wed both blown saves have been the result of a solo HR allowed (E. Encarnacion in season-opener 4/3 vs. CLE; Kiermaier on Wed. vs. TB). Allowed runs in 2 of 1st 3 outings before his injection and did not pitch 4/10-15. 58 ALEX CLAUDIO (L) 1-0-1, 2.84 vs. LHB: 5-for-29 (.172) vs. RHB: 16-for-62 (.258) Has 2.2 SHO IP last 2 G, and has a 4.50 ERA (5 ER/10.0 IP) last 12 relief outings beg. 5/8 after no R allowed in 1st 11 G/11.1 IP in relief this season has 3 R-ER allowed last 5 G/4.1 IP season relief ERA is still 2.11 (5 ER/21.1 IP), 2nd-lowest among 5 TEX qualifiers (Bush-1.37) his 24 G rank 2nd on club (Jeffress-25) LHB are 3-for-25 since 4/16. 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. 23 JEREMY JEFFRESS 1-2-0, 5.73 vs. LHB: 8-for-22 (.364) vs. RHB: 22-for-67 (.328) Has allowed runs in 3 of last 5 outings (6 R-ER/5.1 IP), and has issued 12 R-ER in 15.1 IP in last 15 G to raise ERA from season-low 2.70 to 5.73 opponents batting.394 (26-66) in that span with 12 BB-2 IBB 1st batters have reached in 12 of those 15 G after doing so just once in 1st 10 outings worked career high 2.1 IP 5/26 at TOR. T13th in A.L. w/ 25 appearances 11 of 25 outings have been <3 outs has allowed 3 of 18 (16.7%) inherited runners to score, T13th-best pct. in A.L his.337 opp. avg. is 5th-highest among A.L. relievers both losses in 2017 are to Angels (4/28 vs. LAA; walk-off loss 4/11 at LAA). 50 KEONE KELA 2-1-1, 3.38 vs. LHB: 4-for-25 (.160) vs. RHB: 5-for-47 (.106) Solo HR allowed to Altuve Sat. night snapped scoreless streak at 8.0 IP just one R-ER allowed last 7 G/8.1 IP to drop season ERA from 4.85 to 3.38 has retired 14 of last 17 BF, and 37 of 45 BF last 11 outings, 2 R-ER (2 solo HR) in 12.2 IP in those 11 G to drop season ERA from 6.23 SO in 9 straight outings, and 11.39 SO/9 is best among TEX relievers right-handed batters are 2-for-last-26. Has allowed 8 R last 14 G/15.0 IP, this after 6.1 SHO IP in 1st 6 G in 2017 earned 1st save in 17 on 5/21 at DET, 2nd career save (also 6/17/15 at LAD). Opponents batting.125 (9-72), 3rd-lowest among A.L. qualifiers to BOS Craig Kimbrel (.094) and NYY Chasen Shreve (.100). Has matched career high w/ 2.0 IP on 3 occasions 4 of 8 runs allowed in 17 on Marwin Gonzalez grand slam 5/2 at HOU, suffering loss and blown save. Recalled from Round Rock (AAA) on 4/17 had no record with 2.25 ERA (1 ER/4.0 IP) over 4 relief appearances with Express, going 1-for-2 in save tries. 62 JOSE LECLERC 0-1-1, 2.13 vs. LHB: 3-for-17 (.176) vs. RHB: 3-for-28 (.107) Activated from DL Friday and pitched scoreless 7th Sat. night on DL 5/8-6/1 w/ bruised rt. index finger, 2 G on rehab w/ Frisco (2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 SO). Permitted season highs in runs (2) and BB (3) on 5/7 at SEA preceding DL stint allowed just one run over 1st 9 G/11.0 IP thru 5/2 has stranded 7 of 8 inherited runners and retired 39 of 51 BF, as opponents are 6-for-45 (.133) w/ 6 BB/19 SO in 11 outings K s in all 11 G and has 13.50 SO/9. 1st career save 4/12 at LAA (age 23.114), 3rd-youngest Ranger with a save since 1988 younger saves in that span were by Neftali Feliz (21.105 on 8/15/09 vs. BOS) and Keone Kela (22.062 on 6/17/15 at LAD) retired Trout (K) and Pujols (F8) on 4 pitches to end the 8th inning on 4/12. 22 NICK Martínez 1-3-0, 4.88 vs. LHB: 20-for-75 (.267) vs. RHB: 31-for-114 (.272) Tossed 3.1 SHO IP in his 1st relief appearance of 17 on Sun. vs. HOU was the 1st outing of 3.0+ IP and one-or-zero baserunners allowed by a TEX reliever since Ben Rowen (3.1 IP, 1 H) on 6/20/14 at LAA is 1-3, 5.24 (26 ER/44.2 IP) in 10 starts for TEX in 17, last start on 5/30 vs. TB. Has 2 stints w/ TEX: 4/12-14 and 4/17-current was in bullpen during 1st stint, but did not appear has 16 career ML relief outings: 2-2, 1.32 ERA (5 ER/34.0 IP) 12.1 SHO IP his last 4 relief outings dating back to 2016. Has gone 1-0 with a 5.00 ERA (5 ER/9.0 IP) in 2 G/GS w/ Round Rock (AAA) in 17, holding opponents to a.206 (7-34) average with 3 BB/8 SO and 2 HR.
PAGE 4 RANGERS GAME NOTES TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 2017 NEW YORK-NL TEAM BATTING: Batting.263 (117-455) last 13 G to rise from.234 to.239, 12th in A.L batting.272 (219-806) last 24 G beg. 5/9 to rise from.215 rank among A.L. leaders in SB (1st, 46) and R (7th, 267) 14-G HR streak 5/16-30, T7th-longest in club history (4 HR streaks of 14+ G in 2016) 2 HR last 4 G and have not hit 3+ HR in a game since 5/9 at SD (3), as 24 HR since 5/10 are 2nd-fewest in A.L., 4th-fewest in ML team has 8+ SO in 11 straight (126 total SO) Sat. night s 18 SO marked 2nd-most in 17, as 20 SO on 5/25 at BOS set franchise mark and matched ML record for 9-inn. game teams in last 100 years w/ multiple 9-inn G of 18+ SO in a season: 1986 SEA, 2007 TEX, 2015 CWS, 2017 TEX have 3rd-most strikeouts (508) in A.L. 1 ELVIS ANDRUS.305 AVG, 7 HR, 32 RBI,.350 OBP,.475 SLG SHORTSTOP R/R Sun.: 1-for-3, R, HBP, SB, K Stand:.520 (13-25), HR, 4 2B, 10 RBI, 2 BB, 7 R, 4 SB, HBP Streak: 10 G (.452, 19-42, 2 HR, 6 2B, 11 RBI, 3 BB, 11 R, 7 SB, HBP) Has multiple hits in 5 of last 7 at.533 (16-30) w/ 2 BB, raising season figure from.269 to.305, rising 36 points in a span of 7 G the.305 avg. is 13th in A.L. and highest since 4/18 (.321) owns season-high 10-G hit streak at.452 (19-42), tied for longest active streak in MLB (HOU s George Springer) has team-high 6th G of 3+ hits in 17, T5th in A.L. and double the total of any other Ranger ranks among A.L. leaders in steals (T1st, 14), multi-hit games (4th, 21) and hits (4th, 68), doubles (T8th, 15)...has started 40 straight at SS since lone day off 4/21 vs. KC. Has 10 RBI last 5 G, 5-for-7 w/ RISP in the 5 G, and his 32 RBI are 2nd-most among ML SS (39-Correa) and 3rd among Rangers (35-Mazara, 33-Gallo) career-high 5 RBI Tues. vs. TB, most by a Texas SS since 9/16/07 at OAK (7-M. Young) 20 RBI in May were most in any month in his career. Selected Rangers May Player of Month, 3rd time to win (others April & Sept./Oct. 16) in May:.316 (37-117) w/ 4 HR, 9 2B, 20 RBI, 20 R. Has 7 SB in last 9 G, successful in 8 straight attempts reached 250 SB with pair of steals 5/26 at TOR is one of just 7 active players w/ 250 career SB. Has 7 HR, one shy of his career high (8 in 2016, 7 in 2015/2017) 4th-most HR among A.L. SS (12-Lindor, 11-Correa, 9-Beckham). Has started 56 of 57 G at SS one E last 14 G after 3 E s in 4-G span starts in 7 diff. lineup slots (2/3/4/6/7/8/9), incl. 1st career starts in cleanup slot. 29 ADRIAN BELTRE.391 AVG, 1 HR, 5 RBI,.444 OBP,.652 SLG THIRD BASEMAN R/R Sun.: 1-for-4, K Stand:.391 (9-23), HR, 3 2B, 5 RBI, 3 BB, 2 R Streak: 6 G (.391, 9-23, HR, 3 2B, 5 RBI, 3 BB, 2 R) Hits in each of 1st 6 G in 17...RBI in 3 of 6, 4-for-10 w/ RISP 1st HR Fri. vs. HOU has 2951 career hits, 34th all-time (next Willie Keeler-2956). Was on DL from 3/30-5/28 w/ rt. calf injury played in XST games 5/25-27, going 7-for-17 while playing 3B endured extra soreness after rehab workout on 4/8, and MRI results announced on 4/11 found a mild grade 1 strain in his right calf, a different area of the calf than the injury that caused his season-opening DL stint missed O.D. for 2nd time in his career (also 01) played 4 G w/ Dominican Republic in 2017 World Baseball Classic in March. Only players w/ 3000 career hits while appearing primarily at 3B are HOFers George Brett (3154) & Wade Boggs (3010) ranks 41st all-time w/ 446 HR has hit 106 HR at GLPIA, 4th all-time, 2 shy of Ivan Rodriguez (108) his 1576 RBI are 38th all-time (since 1920) - M. Cabrera has 1579 18th alltime w/ 594 2B (L. Gonzalez-596) 24th all-time w/ 1076 XBH (Cal Ripken Jr-1078) 22nd all-time in TB w/ 4955 (J. Foxx-4956). Ranks among the active Interleague leaders in RBI (4th, 158) and HR (6th, 44)...is batting.320 (104-437) with 32 doubles, 19 HR, and 66 RBI in Interlague play with Texas. Has hit safely in 6 straight vs. NYM (9-for-27) and is batting.388 (19-49) in his last 12 G vs. the Mets dating back to 8/28/04. 61 ROBINSON CHIRINOS.239 AVG, 5 HR, 15 RBI,.329 OBP,.478 SLG CATCHER R/R Sun.: 0-for-4, 3 K Stand:.182 (2-11), RBI, R Streak: 0 G Batting.178 (8-45) last 13 starts after hitting.364 (8-22) with 4 HR and 9 RBI in 1st 8 G/7 GS 3-for-last-5 w/ RISP no HR last 9 G, one HR last 14 G. His 5 HR are T6th among A.L. catchers is averaging an RBI every 4.5 AB 4/21 vs. KC was 4th career multi-hr game - his 1st in Arlington. Has 21 G/20 GS at catcher, team is 11-9 in his starts is 1-for-8 in throwing out attempted base stealers 1st career start in cleanup slot: 5/13 vs. OAK. 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.244 AVG, 7 HR, 26 RBI,.354 OBP,.398 SLG OUTFIELDER L/L Sun.: 0-for-4, HBP, 2 K Stand:.217 (5-23), 2 HR, 5 RBI, 3 BB, 6 R, SB, HBP Streak: 0 G Is 2-for-17 last 4 G to drop from.258 to.244, lowest since 5/13 (lower.244) 14-G on-base streak 5/12-31, matching team high in 17. Ranks among team leaders in BB (1st, 28), OBP (1st,.354), HR (T4th, 7), and RBI (4th, 26) HR in 3 of last 8 G, and owns 3 of Rangers last 8 HR overall has 2 leadoff HR in 17, 22 in career, and 11 leadoff HR w/ TEX are 2nd-most in club history (Kinsler-29) T6th in A.L. w/ 9 GIDP s. Has 49 total starts at DH (32) and RF (17), w/ 5 of last 6 and 7 of last 10 starts in RF starts in 5 different slots (1/2/7/8/9) started in 9-hole 4/26 vs. MIN (1st career), and his 7 TB in 8th inning (HR/3B) were most by a TEX batter in a single inning since Adrian Beltre hit 2 HR (8 TB) on 8/22/12 vs. BAL. Has slashed.298/.394/.444/.839 (26-90) in Arlington, nearly 100 points higher than his road average (.198). Is 9-for-18 with 6 BB and 7 R in 6 Interleague games this season. 7 DELINO DESHIELDS.270 AVG, 1 HR, 8 RBI,.336 OBP,.336 SLG OUTFIELDER R/R Sun.: 1-for-2, 2B as PH-CF Stand:.143 (1-7), 2B Streak: 1 G (1-2, 2B) Is 2-for-last-17 with 9 K in last 8 G, but batting.340 (18-53) last 19 G w/ 2B, 4 BB, 3 RBI, and 11 R to rise from.217 to.270 matched career high w/ 4 hits on 5/17 vs. PHI is 8-for-11 in steal tries, 2nd on team and T11th in A.L T1st in A.L. w/ 4 sac bunts. Has 44 G/35 GS (28-LF, 6-CF, 1-DH) last 30 starts have all been in leadoff (20) or 9th slots (10)...hit 1st career leadoff HR 5/2 at HOU walk-off single in 13th inn., 4/20 vs. KC. Originally selected by HOU in 1st round (8th overall) of 2010 June draft selected by TEX in 2014 Rule 5 Draft. 13 JOEY GALLO.204 AVG, 16 HR, 34 RBI,.308 OBP,.519 SLG 1B / 3B / OF L/R Sun.: 1-for-3, RBI, BB, K Stand:.263 (5-19), HR, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 4 R Streak: 1 G (1-3, RBI, BB) Ended 0-for-9 drought with single on Sunday is batting.275 (11-40) last 11 G to rise from.184 to.204 batting.188 (21-112) last 33 G to drop from season-best.232 2nd in A.L. w/ 79 SO 22 of last 33 hits have gone for extra bases has 16 HR, 1 3B, 7 2B, and 13 singles. Ranks among A.L. leaders in HR (T3rd, 16), XBH (T12th, 24), R (T10th, 36), AB/HR (3rd, 11.3). HR in 2 straight, 5/28-29, for 3rd time in career (others in June 2015), and his 16 HR are T3rd in A.L. and MLB (A. Judge-18; K. Davis-17) has HR in 11 of last 28 G w/ a PA had 9 HR in May, T3rd in A.L. and T4th in MLB, most in any month by a Ranger since Aug. 2016 (Beltre-9) his 23 career HR tied most by any Ranger in 1st 104 career games (also Chris Davis) his 4 HR vs. LHP are most by any LHB in the A.L 20th career HR 5/19 at DET was 49th career hit, 2nd in ML history w/ 20+ HR in 1st 50 career hits (also Mark McGwire - 22/50) - credit Elias walk-off HR, 5/12 vs. OAK 1st multi-hr game, 4/21 vs. KC. Has started 53 G: 49-3B, 3-1B, 1-LF this homestand has marked 1st action of season at 1B and LF. 31 JARED HOYING.196 AVG, 1 HR, 5 RBI,.240 OBP,.283 SLG OUTFIELDER L/R Sun.: 0-for-2, K, E Stand:.071 (1-14), 2 RBI, 2 BB, 3 R, 2 SB Streak: 0 G GW RBI single in 8th Tues. vs. TB is only hit of homestand is 2-for-23 last 9 G to drop from.304 to.196 has batted.129 (5-39) last 14 G/11 GS since career-high 4 hits on 5/17 vs. PHI (1st career HR) has started 13 of 18 G in CF since his promotion. Had contract purchased from Round Rock (AAA) on 5/16, season debut that night vs. PHI w/ 1st ML start in CF non-roster invite to spring training. Batted.242 (31-128) with 7 HR, 9 2B, 23 RBI in 36 G w/ Round Rock led Express in HR, RBI, 2B (tied), and BB (tied-18) at time of promotion. 38 PETE KOZMA.148 AVG, 1 HR, 2 RBI,.258 OBP,.259 SLG INFIELDER R/R Sun.: 0-for-3, BB, 2 K Stand: 0-4, BB Streak: 0 G Is 0-for-8 since HR on 5/21 at DET...HR ended run of 545 homerless AB since last HR on 4/2/13 at ARI (off Heath Bell) is 3-for-18 w/ HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB, HBP, SH, 9 SO in 14 G/5 GS w/ TEX since being acquired from NYY on a waiver claim on 4/30...has started at 3B (4) and 2B (1) w/tex. Was on Yanks Opening Day roster and went 1-for-9 in 11 G/3 GS, all 3 starts at SS DFA d by NYY on 4/28 when club activated Gregorius from DL. Has seen action at all 4 INF positions in ML career, also LF has also seen action w/ STL (2011-15) & NYY (2017) ML debut: 5/18/11 vs. HOU (in STL). 25 JONATHAN LUCROY.258 AVG, 3 HR, 13 RBI,.300 OBP,.377 SLG CATCHER R/R Sun.: DNP Stand:.143 (3-21) Streak: 2 G (2-8) Is 3-for-21 last 5 G to drop from.275 to.258, lowest since 5/11 (.253) still batting.301 (25-83) last 21 G to rise from.211 had 10 G hit streak, 5/10-23, longest hit streak w/ TEX, T2nd-longest of career T3rd on club w/ 10 multi-hit games, T2nd w/ 3 G of 3+ hits one RBI last 10 G. RBI in 5 straight from 5/16-21 5 of last 15 starts at DH, 1st starts there w/ TEX hit cleanup in 13 straight starts, 5/11-28 has 8 BB/13 SO, as his 13.08 PA/SO would lead A.L. if he qualified hit w/ RISP 5/21 at DET ended 0-17 drought w/ RISP, still 2-for-last-26 has started 42 of 57 G (37-C, 5-DH). Leads MLB in CS since start of 2011 (156 for MIL/TEX) is 10-for-29 in throwing out attempted base stealers played w/ champion USA in the WBC. Is 8-for-18 with a walk in 5 Interleague games this season.
RANGERS GAME NOTES TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 2017 NEW YORK-NL PAGE 5 30 NOMAR MAZARA.276 AVG, 6 HR, 35 RBI,.344 OBP,.442 SLG OUTFIELDER L/L Sun.: 1-for-4 Stand:.318 (7-22), 2 2B, 3 RBI, 3 BB, R Streak: 1 G (1-4) Is 2-for-13 last 4 G to drop from.285 to.276 career-high 4 SO last night...has hit safely in 18 of last 22 G since 5/9 at.341/.413/.524/.937 (28-82) to rise from.231 has reached via H or BB in 26 straight starts career-high 11-G hit streak, 5/9-23 batted.340 (32-94) in May. Has reached safely in 38 of 91 PA over last 22 G has 12 XBH last 22 G (10 2B, 3B, HR) after totaling 2 XBH in 19 G from 4/17-5/7. Ranks among A.L. leaders in GWRBI (T5th, 6), multi-hit games (T9th, 19), and RBI (12th, 35) is 2-for-last-15 w/ RISP, 3 RBI in last 9 G just 3rd player in TEX history with 17+ RBI thru 14 team G, joining a pair of TEX teammates in 1998: Gonzalez (18) and Stevens (17). Has 50 total starts in RF (40), LF (5), and DH (5) named A.L. Player of the Week for April 2-9. 12 ROUGNED ODOR.204 AVG, 8 HR, 24 RBI,.249 OBP,.350 SLG SECOND BASEMAN L/R Sun.: 1-for-4, HR, RBI, R, K Stand:.154 (4-26), HR, 2 RBI, R Streak: 2 G (.222, 2-9, HR, RBI, R) Hit 8th HR last night, but is 3-for-22 last 5 G after season-high 8-G hit streak (5/21-29) and career-best 14-G on-base streak (5/14-29)...matched career high w/ 4 SO Sat. night (also 6/12/16 at SEA) is batting.218 (12-55) in last 13 G to go from.199 to.204 is hitting.188 (39-208) last 51 G. HR 5/26 at TOR was 1st since 5/5 at SEA, snapping 18-G drought 5 RBI last 9 G after 3 RBI in previous 18 G...is 2-for-18 w/ RISP since 5/19. Has 56 starts at 2B and one at DH, only Ranger to start all 57 G last night s error snapped 26-G errorless streak, 2nd-longest of his career. Go-ahead HR in 13th 5/5 at SEA was 3rd career go-ahead HR in the 10th-or-later hit 2 HR off Kluber in season-opener, 4/3 vs. CLE, 4th career multi- HR game 1st ML player to homer in each of his 1st 2 PA s of a team s 1st game of a season since Bryce Harper on 4/1/13 vs. MIA. Is batting.294 (63-214) with 13 2B, 3 3B, 4 HR, and 26 RBI in his last 55 Interleague games, including.303/.337/.467/.804 in 42 G since 4/22/15. 16 RYAN RUA.209 AVG, 3 HR, 11 RBI,.287 OBP,.363 SLG OUTFIELDER/1B R/R Sun.: DNP Stand:.143 (1-7), 3 BB, 3 R Streak: 1 G (1-2, BB, R) Is 2-for-18 with 12 K in last 7 G/5 GS batting.278 (10-36) with 5 BB over last 15 G/10 GS to rise from.164 to.209. All 3 HR in 2017 have been with at least 2 aboard, most on club has 3 HR and 11 RBI in last 16 starts with 3 HR accounting for 10 of 11 total RBI in 2017 had 1st career grand slam, 4/26 vs. MIN. Appeared in 23 of 29 G in May, incl. 13 starts has appeared in 40 of 57 G overall, 25 total starts at 1B (14) and in LF (11)... has started all 13 G vs. LHS. Was caught stealing in consecutive games on 5/18-19 after beginning ML career with 12 straight successful steal tries. BATTERS VS. NEW YORK-NL - 2016 AND CAREER 2016 CAREER PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Andrus.375 16 6 0 1 Beltre.274 186 51 6 18 Chirinos.333 9 3 2 4 Choo.239 46 11 1 3 DeShields Gallo Hoying Kozma.250 36 9 0 2 Lucroy.130 23 3 0 2.235 136 32 4 15 Mazara Odor.250 12 3 0 0 Rua PITCHERS VS. NEW YORK-NL - 2016 AND CAREER 2016 CAREER PLAYER W-L-S ERA G IP H ER W-L-S ERA G IP H ER Alvarez 1-1-0 6.75 3 1.1 1 1 1-1-0 6.75 3 1.1 1 1 Barnette Bibens-Dirkx Bush Cashner 0-1-0 5.40 1 5.0 8 3 0-3-0 6.18 9 27.2 36 19 Claudio Darvish 0-0-0 7.20 1 5.0 5 4 0-0-0 7.20 1 5.0 5 4 Gee 0-0-0 0.00 1 2.0 1 0 0-0-0 0.00 1 2.0 1 0 Jeffress 0-0-2 0.00 4 3.2 5 0 0-0-2 0.00 7 5.2 5 0 Kela Leclerc Martínez Perez 2017 HOME RUNS Player Total Solo 2-run 3-run GS LHP RHP Home Road GT GA Record Last Elvis Andrus 7 6-1 - 2 5 2 5 1-3-4 5/30 vs. TB (Farquhar) Adrian Beltre 1 1 - - - - 1 1 - - - 0-1 6/2 vs. HOU (Giles) Robinson Chirinos 5 3 2 - - 1 4 4 1 1-4-0 5/0 at SD (Quackenbush) Shin-Soo Choo 7 5-2 - 1 6 4 3-3 2-5 5/30 vs. TB (Andriese) Delino DeShields 1 1 - - - - 1-1 - 1 0-1 5/2 at HOU (Fiers) Joey Gallo 16 9 5 2-4 12 8 8 1 4 8-7 5/29 vs. TB (Ramirez) Carlos Gomez 4 3 1 - - - 4 2 2-2 3-1 4/29 vs. LAA (Valdez) Jared Hoying 1-1 - - - 1 1 - - - 1-0 5/17 vs. PHI (Garcia) Pete Kozma 1 1 - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1-0 5/21 at DET (Boyd) Jonathan Lucroy 3 1 1 1-1 2-3 - - 0-3 5/20 at DET (Verlander) Nomar Mazara 6 2 3-1 - 6 3 3-3 3-3 5/16 vs. PHI (Eickhoff) Mike Napoli 11 9 1 1-4 7 5 6-6 6-4 5/24 at BOS Sale) Rougned Odor 8 3 3 2 - - 8 5 3-4 4-3 6/4 vs. HOU (Peacock) Ryan Rua 3 - - 2 1 1 2 2 1-1 3-0 5/18 vs. PHI (Rodriguez) TOTALS 74 44 17 11 2 15 59 36 38 3 24 21-22 GRAND SLAMS (2): Mazara, 4/7 vs. OAK; Choo, 4/26 vs. MIN MULTI-HOMER GAMES (4): Odor, 4/3 vs. CLE (2); Chirinos, 4/21 vs. KC (2); Gallo, 4/21 vs. KC (2); Napoli, 5/12 vs. SD (2) BACK-TO-BACK HOMERS (0): None PINCH-HIT HOMERS (0): None LEADOFF HOMERS (4): Gomez, 4/13 at LAA; DeShields, 5/2 at HOU; Choo, 5/27 at TOR; Choo, 5/30 vs. TB WALKOFF HOMERS (2): Napoli, 5/11 vs. SD; Gallo, 5/12 vs. OAK INSIDE THE PARK HOMERS (0): None HR BY PITCHERS (0): None DATE April 30 May 3 May 4 May 7 May 8 May 16 May 23 May 27 May 28 May 29 June 1 June 2 June 5 June 6 RECENT TRANSACTIONS TRANSACTION INF Pete Kozma received on waiver claim from New York Yankees INF-OF Jurickson Profar optioned to Round Rock (AAA). LHP Cole Hamels placed on 10-day disabled list, retroactive to April 30, with right oblique strain RHP Anthony Bass recalled from Round Rock (AAA). RHP A.J. Griffin reinstated from 10-day disabled list RHP Anthony Bass optioned to Round Rock (AAA). RHP Austin Bibens-Dirkx contract purchased from Round Rock (AAA) LHP Dario Alvarez optioned to Round Rock. RHP Jose Leclerc placed on 10-day disabled list with bruised right index finger LHP Dario Alvarez recalled from Round Rock (AAA). OF Carlos Gomez placed on 10-day disabled list, retroactive to May 15, with right hamstring strain OF Jared Hoying contract purchased from Round Rock (AAA) INF Hanser Alberto transferred from 10-day to 60-day disabled list OF Drew Stubbs signed to minor league contract. RHP Tyson Ross sent to Round Rock (AAA) on injury rehabilitation assignment. RHP A.J. Griffin placed on 10-day disabled list with left intercostal strain RHP Dillon Gee recalled from Round Rock (AAA) OF-1B Peter O Brien claimed on waivers from Cincinnati Reds and optioned to Frisco (AA) RHP Tyson Ross transferred from 10-day to 60-day disabled list. LHP Dario Alvarez placed on 10-day disabled list, retroactive to May 26, with left elbow strain INF/OF Drew Robinson recalled from Round Rock (AAA) RHP Jose Leclerc sent to Frisco (AA) on injury rehabilitation assignment. 3B Adrian Beltre reinstated from the 10-day disabled list INF/OF Drew Robinson optioned to Round Rock (AAA). INF Hanser Alberto sent to Frisco (AA) on injury rehabilitation assignment. RHP Jose Leclerc reinstated from 10-day disabled list RHP Sam Dyson designated for assignment. INF Hanser Alberto injury rehabilitation assignment transferred from Frisco (AA) to Round Rock (AAA). 1B Mike Napoli placed on 10-day disabled list, retroactive to June 4, with a lower back strain LHP Dario Alvarez activated from 10-day disabled list RHP Ernesto Frieri signed to minor league contract and assigned to Round Rock (AAA). 2017 DISABLED LIST Player Type Injury Placed (retro) Reinstated / Eligible Games Missed Record Cole Hamels 10-day Right oblique strain May 3 (April 30) May 10 33 15-18 Carlos Gomez 10-day Right hamstring strain May 16 (May 15) May 25 18 7-11 A.J. Griffin 10-day Left intercostal strain May 27 June 6 8 2-6 Mike Napoli 10-day Lower back strain June 6 (June 4) June 14 1 0-1 Hanser Alberto 60-day Right shoulder tightness April 2 (March 30) April 9 (transferred to 60 on 5/16) 57 26-31 Jake Diekman 60-day Ulcerative colitis surgery Feb. 14 June 1 57 26-31 Prince Fielder 60-day Neck disc herniation surgery Feb. 14 June 1 57 26-31 Tyson Ross 60-day Thoracic Outlet Syndrome surgery April 2 (March 30) June 1 (transferred to 60 on 5/27) 57 26-31 Chi Chi Gonzalez 60-day Right elbow UCL partial tear April 2 June 1 57 26-31 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
PAGE 6 TEXAS TEAM BATTING Runs, Game...14, April 26 vs. MIN Runs, Inning...8, April 26 vs. MIN (8th) Hits, Game...17, May 17 vs. PHI Hits, Inning...5, 2x, May 4 at HOU (1st); April 26 vs. MIN (8th) Fewest Hits, Game...2, 3x, May 8 at SD; April 15 at SEA; April 8 vs. OAK Doubles...4, 4x, last May 31 vs. TB Triples...2, April 12 at LAA Home Runs...5, May 2 at HOU Home Runs, Both Clubs...8, May 2 at HOU (TEX-5, HOU-3) Extra Base Hits...6, 4x, last May 4 at HOU Total Bases...26, May 2 at HOU Stolen Bases...4, 2x, last April 30 vs. LAA Walks...8, April 26 vs. MIN Strikeouts...20@, May 25 at BOS Left on Base (9 innings)...11, May 21 at DET Left on Base (Extras)...8, May 5 at SEA TEXAS INDIVIDUAL BATTING Hits...4, 3x, last DeShields/Hoying, May 17 vs. PHI Runs...3, 6x, last Hoying, May 17 vs. PHI Home Runs...2, 4x, last Napoli, May 11 vs. SD RBI...6, Mazara, April 7 vs. OAK Total Bases...10, Gomez, April 29 vs. LAA Doubles...2, 6x, last Andrus, May 31 vs. TB Triples...1, 6x, last Mazara, May 21 at DET Extra-Base Hits...3, Gomez, April 29 vs. LAA Stolen Bases...2, 5x, last Andrus, May 29 vs. TB Walks...3, 2x, DeShields, April 26 vs. MIN; Choo, April 17 at OAK Strikeouts...4, 8x, last Mazara/Odor, June 3 vs. HOU Hitting Streak...11, Mazara (May 9-23) TEXAS TEAM PITCHING Strikeouts...14, April 20 vs. KC Walks...10, May 4 at HOU Fewest Walks...0, May 18 vs. PHI Runs Allowed, Game...11, May 23 at BOS Runs Allowed, Inning...7, 3x, last May 24 at BOS (7th) Hits Allowed, Game...15, April 25 vs. MIN Hits Allowed, Inning...8, April 25 vs. MIN (5th) Home Runs...4, 3x, last June 4 vs. HOU Consecutive Scoreless Innings...14.0, 3x, last April 19-20 TEXAS INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Innings, Starter...9.0, Griffin, May 9 at SD Fewest Innings, Starter...1.1, Griffin, May 26 at TOR Innings, Reliever...4.2, Bibens-Dirkx, May 20 at DET Strikeouts, Starter...10, 2x by Darvish, April 29 vs. LAA; April 13 at LAA Strikeouts, Reliever...5, Bibens-Dirkx, May 26 at TOR Runs Allowed...9, Griffin, May 20 at DET Earned Runs Allowed...9, Griffin, May 20 at DET Hits Allowed...10, Bass, April 25 vs. MIN Home Runs Allowed...4, Griffin, May 20 at DET Pitches...125, Darvish, April 29 vs. LAA TEXAS TEAM MISCELLANEOUS Winning Streak...10, May 9-19 Losing Streak...5, May 23-27 Longest Game, Innings...13.0, 2x, May 5 at SEA; April 20 vs. KC Longest Game, Time, 9 inn...3:52, May 4 at HOU Longest Game, Time, Xtra...5:02, May 5 at SEA (13 inn.) Shortest Game, Time...2:24, April 15 at SEA Largest Crowd, Home...48,350, April 3 vs. CLE Largest Crowd, Road...46,825, May 27 at TOR Winning Margin...11, 2x, April 26 vs. MIN (14-3); May 9 at SD (11-0) Losing Margin...8, April 19 at OAK (1-9) Largest Deficit in Win...3, May 30 vs. TB (trailed 5-2 after 6 1/2 inn.) Largest Deficit in 9th, Win...1, 2x, May 12 vs. OAK (trailed 2-1; won 5-2); May 11 vs. SD (trailed 2-1; won 5-2) Largest Lead in Loss...5, 3x, May 2 at HOU (led 5-0 after 3 1/2 inn.); April 16 at SEA (led 6-1 after 2 1/2 inn.); April 11 at LAA (led 5-0 after 6 inn.) Errors...3, 3x, last May 3 at HOU *-Club record #-Ties club record @-Ties ML record RANGERS GAME NOTES TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 2017 NEW YORK-NL RANGERS STATISTICS STARTS BY BATTING ORDER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Andrus - 30 6 4 1 6 4 3 2 Beltre - - - 6 - - - - - Chirinos - - - 3-2 1 9 5 Choo 18 18 - - - - 5 7 1 DeShields 20 - - - - - - - 15 Gallo - - - 1 2 7 24 18 1 Gomez 19 1 6 4 3 1 4 - - Hoying - - - - - - - 7 6 Kozma - - - - - - - - 5 Lucroy - - 1 13 1 16 4 2 5 Mazara - 2 43 - - 2 1 2 - Napoli - - - 21 6 14 6 2 - Odor - 6 1 5 44-1 - - Profar - - - - - - 1-12 Robinson - - - - - - - - - Rua - - - - - 9 6 7 3 Pitchers - - - - - - - - 2 STARTS BY POSITION C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH Andrus - - - - 56 - - - - Beltre - - - 4 - - - - 2 Chirinos 20 - - - - - - - - Choo - - - - - - - 17 32 DeShields - - - - - 28 6-1 Gallo - 3-49 - 1 - - - Gomez - - - - - - 38 - - Hoying - - - - - - 13 - - Kozma - - 1 4 - - - - - Lucroy 37 - - - - - - - 5 Mazara - - - - - 5-40 5 Napoli - 40 - - - - - - 9 Odor - - 56 - - - - - 1 Profar - - - - 1 12 - - - Robinson - - - - - - - - - Rua - 14 - - - 11 - - - RUNS BY INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ Texas 36 32 25 21 44 30 25 25 25 4 Opp. 23 26 34 19 37 29 43 27 27 4 RECORD BY MONTH April May June July August Sept. Oct. 11-14 15-14 0-3 - - - - RECORD BY DAY OF WEEK Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. 5-4 1-5 3-6 4-5 5-1 5-4 3-6 RECORD BY HOME RUNS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 5-9 6-15 11-5 3-1 1-0 0-1 - RECORD BY RUNS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ Scored 0-1 1-8 1-7 2-4 1-1 6-4 4-3 1-2 4-1 2-0 4-0 Allowed 3-0 5-0 5-1 7-2 3-3 3-3 0-6 0-4 0-5 0-4 0-3 MARGIN OF VICTORY/DEFEAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11+ Won by 4 4 5 4 3 2 2 - - - 2 Lost by 9 4 4 3 5 3 1 1 1 - - EJECTIONS (2) Game (Inn.) Player/Coach Umpire 4/19 at OAK (3rd) Jeff Banister Bill Welke 4/24 vs. MIN (9th) Jeff Banister Alfonso Marquez Multi-Hit Games Multi-RBI Games PLAYER 2H 3H 4H 5H Total 2BI 3BI 4BI 5BI+ Total Andrus 15 6 0 0 21 3 2 0 1 6 Beltre 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 Chirinos 4 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 4 Choo 7 3 0 0 10 2 3 0 1 6 DeShields 8 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 Gallo 8 0 0 0 8 3 4 0 1 8 Gomez 6 2 1 0 9 1 1 0 0 2 Hoying 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 Kozma 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Lucroy 7 3 0 0 10 2 1 0 0 3 Mazara 15 3 0 0 18 7 2 0 1 10 Napoli 8 1 0 0 9 3 0 1 0 4 Odor 7 0 0 0 7 5 1 1 0 7 Robinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rua 5 0 0 0 5 0 2 1 0 3 2017 STARTING PITCHING (starts only) Pitcher Last Start W-L Streak GS QS RSA P/GS SB/CS K/9 BB/9 HR/9 GB/FB GIDP Team W-L Darvish June 2 vs. HOU 5-4 L2 12 8 4.34 103.6 7/1 9.64 3.74 1.21 74/65 8 7-5 Perez June 4 vs. HOU 2-6 L1 12 6 3.68 95.6 1/1 6.55 3.68 1.09 97/55 12 3-9 Hamels April 26 vs. MIN 2-0 W2 5 4 7.71 98.6 0/1 4.13 3.31 1.10 46/26 7 2-3 Griffin May 26 at TOR 4-2 L2 8 3 9.46 63.8 1/1 8.08 2.77 2.77 36/60 1 6-2 Cashner June 3 vs. HOU 2-5 L1 10 6 3.86 92.7 5/4 3.86 4.32 0.77 96/51 10 4-6 Martínez May 30 vs. TB 1-3 L1 8 3 3.43 91.0 2/0 5.24 2.22 2.22 67/54 3 4-4 Claudio May 2 at HOU 0-0 - 1 0 5.14 65.0 0/0 2.25 0.00 2.22 8/2 0 0-1 Bibens-Dirkx May 31 vs. TB 0-0 - 1 0 3.86 84.0 0/0 3.86 5.79 1.93 3/8 0 0-1