Seattle Mariners (68-62) at Texas Rangers (77-54) RHP Hisashi Iwakuma (14-9, 3.81) vs. RHP Yu Darvish (4-3, 2.91) Game #132 Home #64 (42-21) Mon., Aug. 29, 2016 Globe Life Park in Arlington 7:05 p.m. (CDT) FSSW/ESPN/105.3 FM/1540 AM RANGERS AT A GLANCE Overall...77-54 Home...42-21 Road...35-33 Standing... 1st, +8.5 Homestand...3-1 One-Run...29-8 2-Run... 11-15 HR...63-36 No HR...14-18 White...20-15 w/ Blue... 9-11 w/ Red... 11-4 Gray...17-16 Alt. Blue...20-14 Blue Home...5-1 Blue Road...15-14 Alt. Red (all home)...17-5 Holiday...3-1 Throwback...1-1 Last 5 Games...4-1 Last 10 Games...6-4 Come From Behind Wins... 39 Losses After Lead... 25 Score First...43-19 Opp. Score First...34-35 Columns below listed in a Home/Road/Total format vs. AL West... 18-7/14-12/32-19 vs. AL Central... 12-7/7-7/19-14 vs. AL East...9-4/6-11/15-15 Interleague...4-3/7-3/11-6 Series... 15-4-2/10-9-3/25-13-5 Series Openers...13-7/10-12/23-19 Series Finales..14-6/10-12/24-18 Rubber Games... 7-3/3-3/10-6 Lead after 6... 34-4/21-2/55-6 Lead after 7... 36-4/25-3/61-7 Lead after 8... 39-2/30-2/69-4 Trail after 6... 5-15/6-27/11-42 Trail after 7... 3-17/6-26/9-43 Trail after 8... 1-18/4-27/5-45 Tied after 6...3-2/8-4/11-6 Tied after 7... 3-0/4-4/7-4 Tied after 8... 2-1/1-4/3-5 Decided 7th/later.11-8/14-10/25-18 Shutouts... 2-4/2-4/4-8 Decided final AB... 9-3/6-9/15-12 Walk-off games...5-9 ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST Rank HR Player 43 438 Andre Dawson 44 436 Miguel Cabrera 436 Adrian Beltre 46 434 Juan Gonzalez 434 Andruw Jones 48 431 Cal Ripken 49 427 Mike Piazza 50 426 Billy Williams 51 416 Carlos Beltran ALL-TIME RBI LIST Rank RBI Player 35 1584 Harmon Killebrew 36 1582 Al Kaline 37 1555 Willie McCovey 38 1551 Adrian Beltre 39 1550 Fred McGriff 40 1540 Willie Stargell 41 1537 Joe DiMaggio WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers beat the Indians yesterday, 2-1, posting a 3-1 record in the 4-game series to open this 10-game, 11-day homestand against CLE (3-1), SEA (3 G), and HOU (3 G) club has won 2 straight and 4 of last 5 are 8-6 in last 14 and 9-7 in last 16, but club has won 14 of 21, 15 of 23, and 19 of 29, going 22-12 asince 7/23 Texas has lost 27 last of 52 G, but is 55-35 since 5/20 at 77-54 (.588), Texas has the best record in the A.L. and 2nd-best record in MLB to only the Cubs (.636, 82-47) Rangers 77 wins are 2nd-most in MLB to the Cubs (82) current record is the 3rdbest 131-game start in club history (see charts) Texas was 1st ML team to reach 50 wins (77th game), fewest games in A.L. to reach 50 wins since 2006 also 1st in A.L. to 70 and 75 wins club has assured a winning August at 15-10 this month, 6th time in last 7 full months with a winning record season-best 7-G win streak from 6/14-20, and team s 9 win streaks of 4+ G are most in MLB (8-CHC/DET) was season high 24 G over.500 on 6/28 (51-27) for only time in 16, and currently sit at 23-over with a chance to match high-water mark tonight since 5/1/15, Rangers 158-114 (.581) record is best in A.L. and 2nd-best in MLB (CHC-.616, 167-104). TEXAS BEST 131-G RECORD W-L YEAR(S) 79-52 1999 78-53 2012 77-54 2016 IN THE LEAD: Rangers current 8.5-game lead over SEA and HOU is largest since 7/3 (+8.5 GA), this after having a lead between 5.5 and 7.5 games for 28 straight days from 7/31-8/27 have gained 2.0 games in past 2 days have not led by at least 9.5 games since 6/28 (+10.0 GA) has gained ground on 14 of last 32 days after no gains in division from 6/26-7/24 current 8.5-game lead is best in A.L. and 2ndbest in baseball to the Cubs (+14.0 GA in N.L. Central) club had a season-high 10.0-game lead on 5 different days, last on 6/28, just the 4th season in club history to have a lead of 10+ games (1999, 2010, 2011). Team has had at least share of 1st for 115 days, sole possession of 1st for 106 days the 115 days in 1st are already 6th-most in a season in club history: 1999 (179), 2012 (178), 1996 (177), 2011 (168), 2010 (154). IN ARLINGTON: Rangers play 22 of final 35 G at home beg. 8/25, including 14 of the club s final 17 games club s 42-21 (.667) home record is 2nd-best in MLB to only the Cubs (.703, 45-19) it matches the best 63-G home record in club history (see charts) team is 14-9 at home since start of July Texas has won 6 of 7, 26 of 38, and 36 of last 53 at home since 2015 All-Star break, club s 69-33 (.676) home mark is 2nd-best in MLB (CHC:.690, 69-31). TEXAS BEST 63-G HOME RECORD W-L YEAR(S) 42-21 2004, 2016 40-23 96, 09, 10, 11, 12 39-24 1999 TEXAS BEST 132-G RECORD W-L YEAR(S) 79-53 1999 78-54 2012 77-55 2013 TEXAS BEST 64-G HOME RECORD W-L YEAR(S) 42-22 2004 41-23 1996, 2010, 2012 40-24 1986, 1999, 2009, 2011 VS. SEATTLE: Rangers have gone 8-4 vs. the M s this season with 7 games left to play, winning 2 straight, 5 of 6 and 7 of last 9 games club still has a 15-16 mark since the start of last year Texas is 4-2 vs. M s in Arlington this season, going 3-0 in SEA s last visit here from 6/3-5 despite the 3 straight wins here, Texas has lost 8 of 15 and 11 of last 19 meetings in Arlington Rangers lead all-time series, 3011-299, leads of 164-144 in Arlington and 108-87 at Globe Life Park clubs wrap up season series with Rangers visit to Seattle for a 4-game set, Sept. 5-8. DIVISION RUN: Tonight s game begins a stretch in which Texas is scheduled to play 25 straight against A.L. West opponents through Sept. 25, facing the other 4 division teams for both home and road series Texas is 32-19 (.627) in division games in 2016, 5th-best division record of any ML team, trailing only KC (34-17,.667) and CLE (33-17,.660) among A.L. clubs Texas has won 5 straight and 22 of 32 vs. West. STUBBS TO BE RELEASED: The Rangers have placed OF Drew Stubbs on irrevocable release waivers for the purpose of giving him his unconditional release Stubbs, who was designated for assignment on Thursday, turned down an outright assignment to the minor leagues and requested his release. DARVISH AND IWAKUMA: Tonight marks the 5th time in the MLB career of Yu Darvish that he will start against an opposing starter that is also a native of Japan the other instances were 4/24/12 (vs. NYY/Hiroki Kuroda, TEX won 2-0), 9/14/12 (vs. SEA/Hisashi Iwakuma, TEX 9-3), 4/12/13 (at SEA/Iwakuma, SEA 3-1), and 6/25/13 (at NYY/Kuroda, NYY 4-3) tonight s duo also faced each other 6 times while playing in Nippon Professional Baseball, and Darvish went 3-2, 1.19 (7 ER/53.0 IP) in those contests. ANOTHER ONE-RUN WIN: The Rangers won 2-1 yesterday and to improve to 29-8 (.783) in one-run games, winning 6 in a row have easily the highest win pct. (next is NYY at.690, 20-9) and most wins (29-TEX, 25-PHI, 24-SF, 23-SEA) of any ML club. With over a month left to play, the Rangers 29 one-run wins are already the 7th-most in a single season in club history and 2nd-most since setting a club record in 1990 seasons with more: 37-1990; 33-1975, 1976, 1978; 30-1977, 2010. IT TAKES TWO: Yesterday s 2-1 victory was the Rangers A.L.-high 9th win of the season when scoring one or 2 runs, 3rd-most in MLB (11-SF, 10-NYM) club had 10 such wins in 2015 and 11 in 2014, as club s 30 such wins since start of 2014 are also 3rd-most in majors (34-LAD, 33-ATL). NO EXTRAS: Yesterday was just the 3rd game in Globe Life Park in Arlington history (1994-2016) with zero extra-base hits all 3 have been Texas wins, others on 9/7/95 vs. CWS (2-0) and 9/27/13 vs. LAA (5-3) of the 236 ML games since 1994 that have not seen an XBH, Globe Life Park has hosted just 3 of them (1.3%) it was just the 7th MLB game this season without an XBH. Yesterday was the Rangers 3rd win this season when having no extra-base hits, each of the other 2 against the Mariners here in Arlington: 4/4 (Opening Day) and 6/5 Texas is one of 4 ML teams with at least 3 such wins in 16: 4-COL/ LAA, 3-TEX/KC. START ME UP: Since Aug. 15, the Texas rotation has a 3.10 ERA (25 ER/72.2 IP) over the last 12 contests to drop the season figure from 4.18 to 4.08, 4th in the A.L. and 2nd-lowest since the All-Star break (4.05 on 7/17). INSERT JINX HERE: Texas pitchers have not allowed a HR in 6 consecutive games beg. Tues marks just 4th time since 1999 for staff to post a HR-less streak that long: 8 G, 6/16-24/2010; 6 G, 7/1-6/2007 and 7/10-19/2011 club record was 10 straight from Aug. 11-22, 1974 only longer streaks in 2016 were by MIA (8, 4/10-18) and WAS (7, 7/26-8/1). LEWIS TONIGHT: Colby Lewis is scheduled to make his 2nd start on injury rehabilitation assignment with Frisco (AA) in tonight s game at Midland (6:30 p.m. CT) is scheduled for 4.0 innings/65 pitches. SEEING RED: Ahead of the red-out series this week vs. Seattle, it s worth noting the club s success in red uniforms with wins on Saturday (red tops) and Sunday (white tops/ red hats), Texas has now won 5 straight when wearing a red uniform combination club is 28-9 this season when wearing one of the red outfits (all at home): 17-5 in red tops and 11-4 in white tops w/ red hats. SHORTS: Rangers have had 4 of 5 and 5 of last 7 manager s challenges (instant replay) overturned Rangers/Royals are only ML teams w/ multiple 20-steal players each of last 5 seasons (2011-15) Andrus/Desmond both have 19 SB in 16. UPCOMING PROBABLES, TIMES & BROADCASTS Date Opponent Pitchers - Texas vs. Opponent Time (CDT) TV/Radio Tuesday, August 30 vs. Seattle LHP Cole Hamels (14-4, 2.67) vs. LHP James Paxton (4-5, 3.63) 7:05 FSSW/105.3/1540 Wednesday, August 31 vs. Seattle LHP Martin Perez (8-10, 4.45) vs. RHP Felix Hernandez (9-4, 3.14) 1:05 FSSW/105.3/1540 * For radio broadcasts, most games are on 105.3 The Fan All games are broadcast in Spanish on 1540 AM ESPN Deportes All FSSW telecasts can also be viewed on FSGO app.
PAGE 2 TONIGHT S STARTING PITCHER #11 Yu Darvish, RHP (4-3, 2.91) TONIGHT: The 30-year-old right-hander is slated to make his 12th start tonight in the opener of this 3-game set with the Mariners is averaging 11.31 SO/9 since the All- Star break, 2nd-highest among ML pitchers (ARI s Robbie Ray-12.46) will be working on regular 4-days rest after a no decision in the Rangers 6-5 win over the Reds on Wednesday in Cincinnati has made 7 consecutive quality starts, longest run by a Ranger in 16 owns each of the 2 longer quality start streaks by a Ranger since 2006 (9, 8/12/12-4/2/13; 8, 7/22-8/30/13)...is 2-3, 2.92 (16 ER/49.1 IP) in 8 starts since return from DL on 7/16 was on D.L. from 6/13-7/15 with right shoulder discomfort made a pair of rehab starts for Double-A Frisco on 7/4 at NW Arkansas and 7/10 vs. NW Arkansas during his DL stint also on DL Opening Day-5/27 for continued rehab from 3/17/15 Tommy John surgery on right elbow has averaged 11.22 SO/9 IP in his career, the highest figure of any starter in ML history with 500+ innings Rangers are 6-5 in his 11 starts this season, 4-0 in his last 4 after losing 5 consecutive Darvish starts. SINCE THE BREAK: Is 3-3, 2.92 (16 ER/49.1 IP) in 8 starts since return from DL on 7/16, with opponents hitting.220 (41-for-186) with 13 BB and 62 SO his 62 SO are 3rd in MLB since the break (Archer-72, Verlander-69), and he ranks among A.L. leaders in the 2nd half in SO/9 (1st, 11.31), SO/BB (9th, 4.77). LAST START: Took a no decision in the Rangers 6-5 win over the Reds on Wednesday in Cincinnati (6.0 IP, 4 H, 5 R-3 ER, 5 BB, 5 SO, 0 HR, 100 pitches/56 strikes) the 5 walks issued were one shy of a career high and most since 6/17/14 at OAK (also 5) 2 of the 5 walks would eventually score allowed a pair of runs in the 2nd inning despite no hits allowed (2 BB, HBP) had a 5-2 lead in the 5th inning, but allowed one run in the 5th and a pair of runs in the 6th supported his own cause with his 1st ML home run...was 2nd HR by a Texas pitcher in club history, the other by Bobby Witt on 6/30/97 at Dodger Stadium in the Rangers 3rd game ever in an N.L. park VS. SEATTLE: has gone 4-3, 4.50 (28 ER/56.0 IP) over 9 career starts vs. the M s, including 3-1, 2.70 (12 ER/40.0 IP) in his last 6 starts dating back to 9/14/12 has held the Mariners to a.192/.267/.250 line and averaged 10.58 SO/9 in those 6 outings earned win in Rangers 7-3 victory on 6/3 vs. SEA (5.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R-ER, 1 BB, 5 SO, 0 HR, 88 pitches/56 strikes) each of his 1st 2 runs allowed scored on outs, as he held M s to 1-for-6 w/ RISP Rangers scored 3 runs in the 1st and gave Darvish a 6-1 lead after 4 innings against Taijuan Walker as the Rangers took sole possession of 1st place in the West...has started opposite Hisashi Iwakuma twice, going 1-1, 2.77 (4 ER/13.0 IP)...has allowed just one HR in 56.0 career IP vs. the M s, T5th-lowest HR/9 (0.16) among actives vs. a single opponent...lone HR was by John Jaso on 7/14/12 at Safeco. STRIKEOUTS: Has averaged 11.22 SO/9 this season, 2nd-highest in the A.L. (min. 65.0 IP) has averaged 11.22 SO/9 IP in his career, the highest figure of any starter in ML history with 500+ innings next-closest starter on the list is Randy Johnson (10.61) Darvish s 761 strikeouts thru his 1st 94 career games are a ML record (2nd: Tim Lincecum/Dwight Gooden, 708) despite 10 starts since Aug. 2014, his 27 games of 10+ K s since 2012 are the T4th-most in MLB (41-Scherzer, 36-Kershaw, 33-Sale, 27-Price) are 2nd-most in Rangers history to only Nolan Ryan (34) 8th in Rangers history w/ 761K s, next on list is 7th-place Derek Holland (776). GLOBE LIFE PARK: Is 4-0, 2.80 (11 ER/35.1 IP) in 6 starts at Globe Life Park this season has won 5 straight home starts dating to 2014 and has gone 8-1, 2.86 (23 ER/72.1 IP) in his last 11 starts in Arlington beg. 6/6/14 last longer win streak at this facility was a 6-gamer by Martin Perez, 5/24-8/15/16...over his last 30 starts in Arlington beg. 5/21/13, has a 2.45 ERA (54 ER/198.1 IP) and.206 (148-720) opp. avg his 26 wins at this park are already 9th-most in facility history (Aaron Sele is 8th w/ 27 wins) and his 3.00 ERA at Globe Life Park is lowest by any pitcher (min. 10 GS). 2016: Opponents just 19-for-122 (.156) after a 1st pitch strike batters leading off an inning are hitting.356/.441/.763/1.204 (21-55) w/ 7 BB, including 6-for-10 w/ a BB by 1st batter of the game opponents w/ RISP are hitting.174 (8-46), and have.154 (16-104) mark w/ men on base opponents by plate appearance in game: 1st PA-.195 (17-87), 2nd PA-.196 (18-92), 3rd PA-.267 (16-60), 4th PA-.500 (2-4) won start 5/28 vs. PIT in season debut, 1st ML start since 8/9/14 at HOU, 1st victory since 7/28/14 vs. NYY was 1st time he pitched for Rangers since a 3/5/15 spring game vs. KC won each of his 1st 2 starts with Texas in 16, just 2nd time in his 4 ML seasons to win his 1st 2 outings in a campaign (also won 1st 2 in 2013) took ND on 8/7 at HOU despite 7.0 SHO IP and exiting with 3-0 lead ERA by catcher in 16: Bobby Wilson caught 6 starts (3.09), while Jonathan Lucroy caught each of his last 5 starts (2.73) has 31SO/3 BB with Lucroy and 11 BB/45 SO w/ any other catcher Robinson Chirinos has not caught for Darvish since he caught 4 G in April 2014. RECENT DL STINT / REHAB: Exited start 6/8 vs. HOU after 5.0 IP as a precautionary measure after experiencing some tightness in his right shoulder after an aborted bullpen session on 6/11 at SEA, was scratched from a scheduled start on 6/13 at OAK, and subsequently placed on the DL on 6/13 (retro to 6/9) with right shoulder discomfort threw a 3-inning simulated game on 6/29 at Yankee Stadium, followed by a pair of rehab starts for Double-A Frisco on 7/4 at NW Arkansas (2.0+ IP, 2 H, 3 R-ER, 3 BB, 5 SO, 42 pitches) and 7/10 vs. NW Arkansas (5.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R-ER, 1 BB, 5 SO, 1 HR, 72 pitches) had a 32-pitch bullpen on 7/7 at Globe Life Park between the starts. Was 1-1, 0.90 (2 ER/20.0 IP) over 5 rehab starts with Frisco (AA) and Round Rock (AAA) in May during his 1st DL stint of 16. RANGERS GAME NOTES MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 2016 SEATTLE DARVISH S CAREER RECORD W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2016 4-3 2.91 11/11 65.0 53 26 21 9 19 81 Career 43-28 3.23 94/94 610.1 487 237 219 62 237 761 DARVISH VS. SEATTLE W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2016 1-0 4.76 1/1 5.2 6 3 3 0 1 5 Career 4-3 4.50 9/9 56.0 48 29 28 1 27 61 DARVISH AT GLOBE LIFE PARK W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2016 4-0 2.80 6/6 35.1 29 13 11 5 8 39 Career 26-11 3.00 49/49 324.0 255 112 108 32 111 396 2016 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Innings: 7.0, 2x, last Aug. 17 vs. OAK Innings: 9.0, June 11, 2014 vs. MIA Hits: 8, Aug. 17 vs. OAK Hits: 11, Aug. 6, 2012 at BOS Runs: 5, Aug. 24 at CIN Runs: 7, 3x, last June 17, 2014 at OAK ER: 3, 3x, last Aug. 24 at CIN ER: 7, 2x, last Aug. 1, 2012 vs. LAA SO s: 11, July 22 at KC SO s: 15, Aug. 12, 2013 at HOU Walks: 5, Aug. 24 at CIN Walks: 6, 5x, last Sept. 19, 2013 at TB HR: 3, Aug. 2 at BAL HR: 3, 2x, last Aug. 2, 2016 at BAL Pitches: 107, Aug. 12 vs. DET Pitches: 130, May 16, 2013 vs. DET CG s: CG s: 2, last July 23, 2014 at NYY (4.1 IP) Low-Hit CG: Low-Hit CG: 6, June 11, 2014 vs. MIA CG SHO s: CG SHO s: 1, June 11, 2014 vs. MIA Win Streak: 2, 2x, last Aug. 12-17 Win Streak: 6, Aug. 28, 2012 - April 7, 2013 2016 & CAREER SPLITS 2016 CAREER W L ERA G/S IP ER W L ERA G/S IP ER Home 4 0 2.80 6/6 35.1 11 26 11 3.00 49/49 324.0 108 Road 0 3 3.03 5/5 29.2 10 17 17 3.49 45/45 286.1 111 Day 0 1 1.59 2/2 11.1 2 12 5 2.66 26/26 172.2 51 Night 4 2 3.19 9/9 53.2 19 31 23 3.45 68/68 437.2 168 AVG AB H HR BB SO AVG AB H HR BB SO vs. Left.196 112 22 3 11 39.226 1317 297 35 152 426 vs. Right.237 131 31 6 8 42.204 933 190 27 85 335 TOTALS.218 243 53 9 19 81.216 2250 487 62 237 761 RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total 5 4 4-5 4 4 - - 26 RUN SUPPORT 0R 1R 2R 3R 4R 5R 6R 7R 8R 9R 10R+ Total AVG/9 1 3-2 1 1 2-1 - - 38 5.26 BATTER-PITCHER MATCHUPS (Including postseason) Darvish vs. Seattle PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI SO Cano.250 16 4 0 0 2 Cruz.000 3 0 0 0 1 Iannetta.143 14 2 0 0 8 Lee.500 2 1 0 0 0 Lind.357 14 5 0 0 3 Seager.360 25 9 0 8 5 Smith.333 15 5 0 2 0 Zunino.667 3 2 0 1 0 DARVISH S 2016 DAY-BY-DAY Iwakuma vs. Texas PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI SO Andrus.200 45 9 0 3 10 Beltran.444 9 4 0 1 2 Beltre.289 45 13 3 5 6 Chirinos.286 7 2 0 1 1 DeShields.000 10 0 0 0 4 Desmond.071 14 1 1 1 5 Gomez.167 6 1 0 0 2 Lucroy.750 4 3 0 0 0 Mazara.444 9 4 0 0 0 Moreland.211 38 8 1 2 8 Odor.333 21 7 1 3 3 Profar.235 17 4 1 2 5 Rua.333 9 3 1 1 2 Date Opp. Score Dec. ERA IP H R ER HR BB-I SO Left Game Pitches 5/28 vs. PIT 5-2 W 1.80 5.0 3 1 1 0 1-0 7 Leading 4-1 81/51 May Totals 1-0 1.80 5.0 3 1 1 0 1-0 7 6/3 vs. SEA 7-3 W 3.38 5.2 6 3 3 0 1-0 5 Leading 6-3 88/56 6/8 vs. HOU 1-3 - 2.87 5.0 3 1 1 1 4-0 7 Tied 1-1 76/46 June Totals 1-0 3.38 10.2 9 4 4 1 5-0 12 7/16 at CHC 1-3 L 3.15 4.1 2 2 2 0 4-0 9 Trailing 2-1 90/54 7/22 at KC 1-3 L 3.12 6.0 7 3 2 1 1-0 11 Trailing 1-3 91/59 7/27 vs. OAK 4-6 - 3.09 6.0 4 2 2 1 0-0 6 Leading 3-2 93/64 July Totals 0-2 3.31 16.1 13 7 6 2 5-0 26 8/2 at BAL 1-5 L 3.29 6.1 6 3 3 3 1-0 9 Trailing 0-3 94/64 8/7 at HOU 5-3 (11) - 2.78 7.0 5 0 0 0 0-0 8 Leading 3-0 93/62 8/12 vs. DET 8-5 W 2.77 6.2 5 4 2 1 1-0 5 Leading 8-3 107/71 8/17 vs. OAK 6-2 W 2.75 7.0 8 2 2 2 1-0 9 Leading 6-2 99/65 8/24 at CIN 6-5 - 2.91 6.0 4 5 3 0 5-0 5 Trailing 4-5 100/56 August Totals 2-1 2.73 33.0 28 14 10 6 8-0 36 Season Totals 4-3 2.91 65.0 53 26 21 9 19-0 81 DARVISH S 2016 REHAB TOTALS Date Opp. Score Dec. ERA IP H R ER HR BB-I SO Left Game Pitches First Rehab Totals 1-1 0.90 20.0 9 4 2 1 6-0 21 Second Rehab Totals 0-1 6.43 7.0 8 6 5 1 4-0 10 Frisco Totals 1-1 2.25 20.0 14 7 5 1 7-0 24 Round Rock Totals 0-1 2.57 7.0 3 3 2 1 3-0 7 Rehab Totals 1-2 2.33 27.0 17 10 7 2 10-0 31 TIMELINE / SURGERY: Began 2015 spring training at full strength after experiencing right elbow inflammation over the final 2 months in 2014 retired all 3 batters with 2 strikeouts in club s intrasquad game on 3/1/15 started and worked 1.0 inning in Cactus League game on 3/5/15 vs. KC before leaving with tightness in his right triceps underwent season-ending ligament reconstruction surgery on his right elbow on 3/17/15 with the procedure performed by Dr. James Andrews was with club throughout 2016 spring training in Surprise, AZ. TOMORROW S SCHEDULED STARTER LHP COLE HAMELS (14-4, 2.67 in 26 games/starts) The 32-year-old left-hander is slated for his 27th start of the season on Tuesday vs. Seattle here in Arlington...has posted quality starts in 7 of his 8 second half starts, going 5-2, 1.59 (10 ER/56.2 IP) with 58 SO in that span...is tied for the lowest ERA among A.L. starters with TB s Jake Odorizzi (1.59), while ranking T5th in SO (58) and in wins (5)...earned win on Thurs. vs. CLE (8.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R-ER, 0 BB, 8 SO, 102 pitches/75 strikes), a Rangers 9-0 win allowed a 2-out single in the 1st to Francisco Lindor, but went on to retire the next 19 consecutive batters until a lead-off single in the top of the 8th by Carlos Santana posted the longest scoreless outing by a Texas starter, recording the 17th start of at least 8.0 scoreless innings and 2 hits-or-less in the history of Globe Life Park, 1st since Colby Lewis (CGSHO) on 9/11/15 vs. OAK...the last lefthander to accomplish the feat was Matt Harrison (8.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R) on 8/24/12 vs. MIN...will be making his 3rd start against the Mariners this season with his last start on 6/12 at SEA (W, 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R-ER, 2 BB, 5 SO, HR, 104 pitches/64 strikes) is 2-0, 1.93 (3 ER/14.0 IP) in his previous 2 starts this season vs. SEA with all 3 runs coming via HR is 5-2, 3.44 (20 ER/52.1 IP) in 8 career starts vs. SEA, including an active 4-game win streak against the M s dating back to 9/8/15 at SEA is 5-2, 3.62 (30 ER/74.2 IP) in 12 G/GS at Globe Life Park this season, including 2-1, 1.57 (4 ER/23.0 IP) in his last 3 starts...rangers are 19-7 in his 26 starts this season is 21-5, 3.00 (84 ER/252.1 IP) in 38 G/GS w/tex since he was acquired from the Phillies on 7/31/15, with the Rangers going 29-9 in his starts in that stretch.
RANGERS GAME NOTES MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 2016 SEATTLE PAGE 3 TEAM PITCHING W-L-S G ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO Starters 46-35 131 4.08 757.1 741 374 343 104 273 575 Relievers 31-19-45 130 4.71 408.2 428 228 214 57 148 329 Home 42-21-23 63 4.37 572.0 599 300 278 89 184 448 Road 35-33-22 68 4.23 594.0 570 302 279 72 237 456 TEAM CATCHING ERA *W-L CS SBA CS% PB PO Chirinos 5.28 21-17 4 24 16.7 3 0 Holaday 4.19 17-8 4 14 28.6 1 0 Lucroy 3.38 12-7 3 11 27.3 2 0 Nicholas 2.70 6-4 1 4 25.0 2 0 Wilson 4.29 21-18 6 31 19.4 2 0 Stolen bases against pitchers: 3-for-7 (3 SB, 4 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 8/26 vs. CLE 1.1 4 3 3 0 1 34 0/0 15/19 12/2 15/16 1/0 43 Tony Barnette 8/27 vs. CLE 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 20 0/1 31/48 35/8 75/41 2/1 51 Matt Bush 8/28 vs. CLE 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 12 1/4 34/44 13/3 55/38 1/0 58 Alex Claudio 8/26 vs. CLE 1.0 3 3 3 1 0 24 0/0 15/26 19/8 80/23 0/0 41 Jake Diekman 8/28 vs. CLE 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 17 3/4 37/55 18/6 59/33 0/0 47 Sam Dyson 8/28 vs. CLE (Sv, 29) 1.0 1 0 0 2 2 22 29/33 38/61 18/5 108/24 4/1 50 Keone Kela 8/26 vs. CLE 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 17 0/0 15/23 5/3 24/12 0/0 Totals 45/60, 75.0% 240/374, 64.2% 168/50, 29.8% 634/335 9/6 TEAM PITCHING: Texas allowed one-or-zero runs in 3 of 4 games with CLE this weekend...club has posted 2 of team s 4 SHO in 2016 over last 4 G... team posted SHO on both Thurs. and Sat. and allowed 12 R on Fri. marked 1st time in WSH/TEX franchise history to allow 12+ R between 2 SHO within one series staff has 4.05 ERA (100 ER/222.0 IP) over 25 G in Aug. to drop from 4.36 to 4.30, 11th in A.L staff has 3.73 ERA (129 ER/311.0 IP) over last 35 games to drop from 4.51 tied for fewest strikeouts in MLB (904) but has 181 SO in last 21 G and have 7+ SO in 12 of last 14 G no HR allowed in 6 straight, longest streak since July 10-19, 2011 (6), but 161 HR overall are 7th-most in A.L fewest wild pitches (31) in A.L. but has 3rd-most BB (421) in A.L have induced MLB-high 146 GDP s, already 4th in club history (club-record 160 in 2008) 4.37 home ERA is 3rd-highest in the A.L. STARTERS: Since 8/6, rotation has a 3.57 ERA (50 ER/126.0 IP) last 21 G to drop season mark from 4.18 to 4.08, 4th in A.L. staff has 143 SO in August, 5th-most in A.L rotation has a 3.63 ERA (85 ER/211.0 IP) last 35 G to drop from 4.25 rotation has 7 of club s last 9 wins starters have worked at least 6.0 IP in 22 of last 30, and 25 of last 36 G starters have logged a quality start in 7 of 10 and 10 of last 15 rank among A.L. leaders in win pct. (4th,.568, 46-35) and quality starts (4th, 70). RELIEVERS: Bullpen has allowed 16 R-ER in 21.1 IP last 9 G, raising season ERA from 4.60 to A.L.-high 4.71, 4th-highest in ML (ARI-5.08, CIN-5.06, COL-4.94) has a 3.83 ERA (45 ER/105.2 IP) last 37 G to drop from 5.02 7-1 in team s last 21 G and leads ML with 31 relief wins, 4 more than any other bullpen relievers have worked 63.0 IP in the last 21 G have allowed 14 of last 25 IR to score beg. 7/18 T1st in A.L. w/ 45 saves (BAL) and A.L.- best 85 holds are 2nd in majors (SF-89) bullpen is 15-for-last-24 in save tries after converting previous 17 opportunities are 45-for-60 overall in save chances T6th-most HR allowed (57) in ML, but just 4 HR in 70.0 IP in August. 39 DARIO ALVAREZ (L) 3-1-0, 5.00 vs. LHB: 8-for-26 (.308) vs. RHB: 12-for-45 (.267) Recalled from Round Rock Friday for 2nd stint w/ TEX (also 7/28-8/3) allowed career highs in hits (4) and runs (3) in lone outing since recall on Fri. vs. CLE (1.1 IP) during 1st stint, allowed 5 H and 3 R/2 ER in 1.2 IP in 2 G. While on option to Round Rock 8/4-25, went 2-0 with a save and 2.25 ERA (2 ER/8.0 IP), 3 BB/10 SO in 6 G w/ Express. Acquired from ATL on 7/27 in 16 relief outings w/ Braves in 16, went 3-1, 3.00 (5 ER/15.0 IP) with a 1.067 WHIP,.200 (11-55) opp. avg., 28 SO, 5 BB (2 IBB) all 3 XBH allowed were HR fanned 9 consecutive batters faced over 3 G from July 2-7, setting an Atlanta franchise record. Began year in Mets system before he was DFA d on 5/23 and sent to Braves on 5/25 waiver claim allowed 20 R/18 ER over 23.1 IP and 25 G at the Triple-A level for Las Vegas (Mets) and Gwinnett (Braves) before promotion to ATL on 6/14 pitched in majors for Mets in 2014-15. 43 TONY BARNETTE 6-3-0, 2.17 vs. LHB: 27-for-91 (.297) vs. RHB: 22-for-107 (.206) Has allowed runs in 2 of last 4 (2 R-ER, 2.2 IP, opponents 5-for-13) to raise ERA from season-low 1.93 to 2.17, this after a scoreless streak of 17.1 IP/13 G from 7/2-8/10, longest by a Ranger in 16 last 22 games beg. 6/19: 0.64 ERA (3 R-2 ER/28.0 IP), 0.82 WHIP,.163 opp. avg. (15-92), 8 BB, 23 SO. Has recorded 3+ outs in 17 of last 22 outings, including 2.0+ IP in 4 G has allowed runs in 10 of 48 G. Among A.L. relievers is T5th in wins (6) has allowed 8 of 35 IR (22.9%) to score, 10th-lowest pct. in the A.L has entered w/ bases loaded 5x has entered in 7th-or-later in 34 of 48 G earned his 1st ML win on 5/2 at TOR had 1st career blown save on 7/18 at LAA. 51 MATT BUSH 5-2-1, 2.78 vs. LHB: 14-for-61 (.230) vs. RHB: 20-for-105 (.190) Opponents are 0-for-10 over last 3 app. w/ only baserunner in that stretch reaching on an error...just one hit/run allowed last 6 G/6.0 IP is 2-1, 4.50 (7 ER/14.0 IP) with one save, 2 holds and 2 blown saves last 13 G to raise season ERA from 2.01 to 2.78 has issued earned runs in just 3 of last 22 G (8 R-7 ER/25.0 IP) RHB are 2-for-last-26 matched career high w/ 3 K s on 8/17 vs. OAK (also 6/9 vs. HOU), and has whiffed 10 of last 22 BF suffered 3rd blown save 8/11 vs. COL 1st career ML save 8/10 vs. COL. Overall has allowed runs in 9 of 44 G had 5.2 scoreless IP over 1st 5 ML appearances and worked 7.2 scoreless innings over 9 G, 6/5-22 career-high 2.0 IP 4x had K s in each of 1st 5 ML outings, 1st Ranger reliever to do that since Yoshinori Tateyama (1st 5 in 2011). Permitted career-high 4 runs 7/27 vs. OAK (BS, L) allowed HR to 2 of final 4 BF in that game after allowing one HR to 1st 127 BF in his ML career. Pitched perfect 9th in ML debut 5/13 vs. TOR former no. 1 overall pick (Padres in 2004) made ML debut at age 30.095. Contract purchased from Frisco (AA) 5/13 0-2, 2.65 ERA (5 ER/17.0 IP) in 12 relief app. w/ Frisco, 5-for-5 in saves, 1st reg. season action since 2011. 58 ALEX CLAUDIO (L) 3-1-0, 3.03 vs. LHB: 10-for-47 (.213) vs. RHB: 34-for-107 (.318) Season-high 3 runs Fri. vs. CLE, but has a 1.74 ERA (4 ER/20.2 IP) over 14 outings since most recent recall from Round Rock on 7/8 - dropping season ERA from 4.50 to 3.03 pitched 4.0 SHO IP on 8/16 vs. OAK, 2nd-longest outing (4.1 IP on 5/10/16 vs. CWS) and longest scoreless appearance in ML career had 10.1-inning scoreless streak from 7/16-8/14 is 4th stint w/ Texas in 2016 (also 4/13-5/6, 5/8-6/2, 6/16-26). Earned 3rd win 8/9 at COL (2.1 IP) has allowed baserunners in 22 of 27 G, and has permitted 8 of 19 IR to score. Career-high 4.1 IP (1 R-ER) on 5/10 vs. CWS for 2nd ML win longest relief win by a Ranger since Dustin Nippert, 9/14/10 vs. DET (also 4.1 IP). Has 6 G at Round Rock: 0-0, 0.55 ERA (1 ER/16.1 IP),.135 (7-52) opp. avg. 41 JAKE DIEKMAN (L) 4-2-3, 2.66 vs. LHB: 11-for-58 (.190) vs. RHB: 16-for-105 (.152) Has 6.1 SHO IP last 6 G to drop season ERA from 3.07 to 2.66 has allowed 4 R in 7.1 IP over last 8 G to rise from 2.25 no runs allowed in 11 G/10.1 IP from 6/28-8/8 since activated from DL 7/22, has allowed 4 R in 14.1 IP/16 G w/ opponents at 8-for-48 (.167) in that span. Pitched a scoreless 9th on 8/8 at COL for his 3rd save, 1st since 6/18 at STL and 3rd of ML career on DL from 7/6-21 w/ left index finger laceration. Ranks among A.L. relief leaders in holds (3rd, 24), opp. OPS (4th,.506), opp. avg. (4th,.166) has allowed runs in 8 of 55 G had scoreless streak of 14.2 IP from 5/11-6/18 opponents when pitching with a lead: 17-for-114 (.149), 11 BB/40 SO has entered w/ game tied or TEX leading in 48 of 55 G. Has a 1.26 ERA (2 ER/14.1 IP) over 15 career games vs. SEA. 47 SAM DYSON 1-2-29, 2.78 vs. LHB: 28-for-96 (.292) vs. RHB: 26-for-120 (.217) Earned 29th save yesterday vs. CLE, 1st time a Texas pitcher had saved a one run win with a scoreless final inning, allowing 3+ baserunners in the process since C.J. Wilson on 7/8/08 vs. LAA (3-2 win)...last 13 G beg. 7/26: 4.15 ERA (6 ER/13.0 IP) w/ 7 BB and 9 SO to raise season ERA from 2.38 to 2.78 opponents are 7-for-19 w/ HR and 3 BB last 4 G, and batting.302 (19-63) last 16 G since 7/20 to raise season opp. avg. from.229 to.250. Took 4th blown save on 8/16 vs. OAK, 2nd BS in 5 chances from 8/7-16 (also 8/7 at HOU) has converted 29 of 33 opportunities overall all 29 saves since 5/11, T3rd in MLB in that span (31-J. Familia, 30-Z. Britton, 29- A. Chapman). Is among the A.L. leaders in games (T1st, 61), saves (T4th, 29), and relief innings (12th, 58.1) had ML-best 10 saves in June, one shy of matching club record for a month save on 7/17 at CHC (3 BF, 3 SO) was just 2nd such save by a Ranger since start of 2015. Overall has allowed runs in 13 of 61 G earned lone win 6/6 vs. HOU. Has converted all 3 career save chances vs. SEA, compiling a 0.82 ERA (1 ER/11.0 IP) in 11 G. 50 KEONE KELA 4-1-0, 7.25 vs. LHB: 5-for-31 (.161) vs. RHB: 13-for-53 (.245) Allowed 2 of 3 IR to score Fri. vs. CLE, but did not allow a hit for the 2nd time in last 6 outings matched career high w/ 4 R allowed 8/20 at TB (also 7/18 at LAA) allowed 3 hits in 2 straight outings, 8/16 vs. OAK and 8/20 at TB, both matching career high, this after allowing 3 hits in just one of 1st 88 career appearances has allowed runs in 4 of last 6 outings (9 R-ER, 6.0 IP) to raise season ERA from 5.10 to 7.25, opponents batting.308 (8-26) w/ 6 BB, HBP, and 8 SO in that span has allowed runs in 5 of 16 G (13 ER/16.0 IP/21 K) since being reinstated from 60-day DL on 7/15. K s in 20 of 23 outings overall, incl. multiple K s 10 times career-high 37 pitches on 8/13 vs. DET, matching a career high w/ 2.0 innings. Team-high 3 wins in August (8/6 at HOU, 8/8 at COL, 8/16 vs. OAK). On DL 4/20-7/14 w/ right elbow impingement had surgery to remove bone spur on rt. elbow on 4/22 worked 4.0 scoreless innings in 4 rehab outings w/ Round Rock and Frisco, whiffing 7 of 18 BF went 1-0, 7.11 (5 ER/6.1 IP) in 7 G w/ TEX before DL stint.
PAGE 4 RANGERS GAME NOTES MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 2016 SEATTLE TEAM BATTING: Yesterday was 3rd victory this season w/o a XBH...team has 15 HR last 9 G, accounting for 25 of club s 37 runs in that span club s 169 HR are 6th in A.L., and 106 HR since 6/9 are 3rd-most in MLB (117-BAL, 112-TOR) club is batting.223 (102-457) avg. last 14 G to drop from.265 to.261, 7th in A.L have a.247 (339-1374) avg. over 41 G in 2nd half to drop from.267 Rangers have been shut out 4 times in Aug., tied w/ MIA and SF for most in ML rank among A.L. leaders in hits (6th, 1161), HR (6th, 169), runs (5th, 607), HBP (T2nd, 54), SF (4th, 37), and SB (5th, 75) club is batting.233 (65-279) with RISP since AS break to drop season mark from.292 to.275 club is batting.275 with 5.10 R/G at home compared to.248/4.21 on the road. 1 ELVIS ANDRUS.295 AVG, 4 HR, 54 RBI,.352 OBP,.406 SLG SHORTSTOP R/R Sun.: 0-for-2, BB, R, SB Stand:.250 (3-12), 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 2 R, 2 SB Streak: 0 G Hits in 8 of 10 at.375 (12-32) w/ 5 BB to rise from.288 to team-high.295, 15th in A.L batting.316 (24-76) in Aug. to rise from.290 is hitting.316 (66-209) last 63 G to rise from.273 has 4 go-ahead RBI in 7th-or-later in 16, T2nd among Rangers (7-Desmond, 4-Moreland). Ranks among A.L. leaders in 3B (T2nd, 6), SF (T5th, 6), BA w/ RISP (4th,.376), PA/SO (8th, 8.7), SB (T8th, 19) hitting.457 (16-35) w/ RISP since 6/24. Marks 8th season of 10+ steals, tied for club record (also Ian Kinsler) set pre-break career highs in avg. (.294), HR (4), and RBI (42) has 117 starts at SS, 5th in A.L. w/.978 (12 E/546 TC) fielding pct had 33-G errorless streak from 5/30-7/5. 36 CARLOS BELTRAN.288 AVG, 24 HR, 73 RBI,.327 OBP,.506 SLG OUTFIELDER/DH S/R Sun.: DNP Stand:.167 (2-12), RBI, 2 R Streak: 1 G (2-4, R) Snapped career-long 0-for-32 span w/ 2 hits Saturday, tied for longest span by Ranger since 74 (D. Palmer, 0-32, 9/1-15/91) - credit STATS LLC batting.221 (19-86) w/ 2 HR, 4 2B, 9 RBI in 23 G/21 GS since being acquired from NYY on 8/1 to drop season avg. from.304 to.288 was selected as an All-Star for a 9th time in 2016, 1st in A.L ranks among A.L. leaders in avg. vs. LHP (7th,.338) starts in RF (63) and DH (50) w/ NYY and TEX. Game-tying 2-run single in 10th on 8/16 vs. OAK matched career high w/ 4 hits 8/16 vs. OAK (24x overall, 2 in 16). Ranks 6th among active players with 416 HR, 51st all-time and 4th-most all-time by a switch-hitter, trailing Mickey Mantle (536), Eddie Murray (504), and Chipper Jones (468) marks 12th career season w/ 20+ HR, T4th-most among active players and T4th most all-time by a switch-hitter is one of 4 active players w/ HR for 7 different teams is 45th all-time w/ 1516 RBI, 3rd among switch-hitters 528 doubles are T41st all-time with Frank Robinson. Hit.304 with 22 HR and 64 RBI in 99 games with Yankees was leading NYY in hits (109), HR, and RBI at time of trade. Is 6-for-13 with 2 2B, HR, and 2 RBI in 3 G vs. SEA in 2016. 29 ADRIAN BELTRE.287 AVG, 23 HR, 84 RBI,.344 OBP,.485 SLG THIRD BASEMAN R/R Sun.: 1-for-3, R, BB, K Stand:.250 (3-12), 2 HR, 4 RBI, 4 R, 3 BB Streak: 1 G (1-3, R, BB) Runs in 4 straight, HR in 2 straight Thurs/Fri batting.365 (27-74) last 20 G to rise from.273 to.287 hitting.319 (30-94) w/ 7 HR and 19 RBI in 25 G in Aug. to rise from.279 among A.L. August leaders in HR (T12th, 7) and RBI (15th, 19) 10th career grand slam 8/15 vs. OAK. Has 11 BB in Aug., a monthly high in 16 ranks among A.L. leaders in RISP avg. (8th,.346), RBI (11th, 84), PA per SO (5th, 9.1). Had 2 HR, 4 hits 8/19 at TB 30th career multi-hr game (7th among actives), team-high 3rd in 16, T5th-most in A.L., most in a season since 2008 (3). This is his 12th career season of 20+ HR, T3rd-most all-time among third basemen (14-Eddie Mathews, 13-Mike Schmidt, 12-Beltre/Chipper Jones). 8/19 at TB was 4th G w/ TEX w/ 2+ HR/4+ H, tying Juan Gonzalez career club record his 2 such games in 16 are T2nd in ML (K. Bryant-3, Arenado-2). Is among all-time leaders in 2B (T20th, 583), XBH (T26th, 1055), TB (25th, 4866), H (39th, 2903), HR (T44th, 436), and RBI (38th, 1549) 1500th RBI on 5/28 vs. PIT his 2602 career games at 3B are 2nd most all-time behind Brooks Robinson (2870). Has started 124 G: 119 at 3B and 5 as DH missed 7 days 6/9-15 w/ mild left hamstring strain his.971 (10 E/346 TC) fielding pct. is 4th-best among A.L. 3B, 3 E last 12 G at 3B had 44-game errorless streak 9/25/15-5/10/16, 2nd-longest streak of his career (53 G in 2006). 61 ROBINSON CHIRINOS.185 AVG, 8 HR, 18 RBI,.275 OBP,.427 SLG CATCHER R/R Sun.: DNP Stand: 1-5 Streak: 1 G (1-4) Is 5-for-41 (.122) last 16 G to drop from.217 to.185 is hitting.174 (19-109) with 7 HR/15 RBI in 41 G since activated from DL on 6/9 has 14 XBH (6 2B, 8 HR) and 9 singles in 16.has started 38 games overall at C for Texas, 6 starts in August all 8 HR in 2016 on the road. Posted 2nd 2-HR game of 16 on 7/19 at LAA, 3rd career 1st Ranger w/ 2 separate multi-hr game from 9-hole in a season since Kevin Elster in 1996 3-R HR 7/5 at BOS was 1st career 9th inning blast w/ men on on DL 4/10-6/8 w/ right forearm fracture sustained on G. Richards HBP 4/9 at LAA. 3 DELINO DESHIELDS.227 AVG, 4 HR, 11 RBI,.302 OBP,.344 SLG OUTFIELDER R/R Sun.: DNP Stand: 0-1 Streak: 0 G Saw 4-G hit streak end with pinch FC Tues. at CIN has started 2 of last 9 in leadoff slot, going 5-for-10 in those 2 starts w/ HR, 2B, BB, 3 R is hitting.250 (12-48) in 23 G/15 GS since 7/20 recall from Round Rock is in 2nd stint w/ TEX (Opening Day-5/12) batting.187 (20-107) last 39 overall games w/ TEX to drop from.319 to.227. Overall has started 29 G in CF and 14 in LF has 2 go-ahead or game-tying HR in 7th-or-later in 16, T2nd on the club (Desmond-5, Beltre-2, Rua-2). Was club s Opening Day CF and batted.217 (23-106) w/ 3 2B, 2 HR, and 8 RBI in 30 G (28 starts - all in CF) before being optioned to Round Rock on 5/13 with the Express, hit.261 (54-207) w/ 10 2B, 3 HR, 17 RBI in 54 G, including.320 (16-50) w/ 17 BB his last 16 G at AAA. 20 IAN DESMOND.292 AVG, 21 HR, 77 RBI,.338 OBP,.469 SLG OUTFIELDER R/R Sun.: 2-for-4, RBI Stand:.273 (5-15), 2 RBI, 2 R Streak: 2 G (.500, 4-8, R, RBI) Has hits in 15 of 18 and hitting.282 (24-85) since 8/7 25 of 26 hits in August are singles is batting.218 (31-142) with 2 2B/3 HR in last 34 G to go from.319 to.292 is 8-for-last-23 w/ RISP after a 1-for-17 drought w/ RISP has 3 starts in the leadoff spot since 8/9 (2-for-12). HR Wed. at CIN was 1st XBH since 7/29 (2B) and ended 23-G HR drought, 5th-longest of his career T1st in ML w/ 7 go-ahead RBI in 7th or later. Leads ML with 5 go-ahead HR in 7th-or-later in 2016, tying highest single-season total by Ranger in club history (7th time, last Nelson Cruz in 2010). Is among A.L. leaders in multi-hit games (3rd, 48), SB (T8th, 19), hits (8th, 151), runs (9th, 89) 5th-best avg. in A.L. vs. LHP (.349) season-high 4 hits on 6/3 vs. SEA season best 10-G hit streak, 6/18-28 Rangers player of month in May and June and was reserve on A.L. All-Star team (0-1). Starts in CF (101) and LF (27), T9th in A.L. w/ 8 OF assists (assists in 2 straight, 8/21-23) his.346 home average is 3rd-highest in A.L. 14 CARLOS GOMEZ.203 AVG, 6 HR, 32 RBI,.263 OBP,.319 SLG OUTFIELDER R/R Sun.: 0-for-3, K Stand:.067 (1-15), HR, 3 RBI, R Streak: 0 G Is 0-for-last-14 w/7 K since 3-R HR in 1st Texas PA on Thurs. vs. CLE had contract purchased from Round Rock (AAA) Thursday and is 1-for-15 in 4 G/GS in LF according to Elias, 3rd player in WSH/TEX franchise history w/ a HR of 3+ runs in team debut, 1st since Ted Ford on 4/28/72 vs. BOS. Signed by TEX on minors deal on 8/20, batting.308 (4-13) w/ 2B, 3B, 2 RBI in 3 G for Round Rock from last Sun.-Tues (3 starts in LF). Spent early season w/ HOU, batting.210 (62-295) w/ 5 HR, 16 2B, 29 RBI in 85 G was designated for assignment on 8/10, released from roster on 8/18, and given his unconditional release on 8/20 before signing with Texas. Two-time All-Star with Milwaukee in 2013 and 2014, also won a Gold Glove Award in 2013, when he finished 9th in N.L. MVP voting after reaching career highs w/ 24 HR and 40 SB has 4 different seasons of 30-or-more steals. 25 JONATHAN LUCROY.292 AVG, 20 HR, 65 RBI,.355 OBP,.504 SLG CATCHER R/R Sun.: 2-for-3, RBI, K Stand:.444 (4-9), BB, R, RBI Streak: 3 G (.444, 4-9, BB, R, RBI) Has reached via H/BB in 11 of 13 batting.261 (18-69) w/ 7 HR/14 RBI in 22 G/19 GS (.946 OPS) since being acquired from MIL on 8/1 hitting.222 (8-36) last 12 G to drop season mark from.299 to.292 overall has started 98 G at C, 5 at 1B, and 3 as DH for MIL and TEX. His 7 HR in August rank T12th in A.L his 7 HR are T8th-most among Rangers for the season 8/12 vs. DET was 8th career multi-hr game, 2nd in 16 (also 8/6 at HOU) his 20 HR are career best (prev. 18 in 2013) his 5 RBI 8/12 vs. DET were most since 8/17/14 at LAD (5) 1st player in WSH/TEX franchise history w/ 6 HR in 1st 10 G with the club (credit Elias). Ranks among ML catchers (totals as C only) in OPS (1st,.910), SLG (1st,.541) and is 2nd in HR (20), avg. (.310), RBI (64). Hit.299 with 13 home runs and 50 RBI in 95 G for the Brewers..was 2nd on club in AVG and RBI and 3rd in HR and H (101) at time of trade had season-high 10-game hitting streak, 5/27-6/7 played in 2nd All-Star Game on 7/12 in SD, now 3-for-3 in 2 career ASG. Has thrown out ML high 32 runners attempting to steal with 36.4 (32-for-88) success rate, 4th-highest in majors. 30 NOMAR MAZARA.279 AVG, 15 HR, 49 RBI,.333 OBP,.420 SLG OUTFIELDER L/L Sun.: 0-for-3, BB, K Stand:.250 (4-16), 2 BB, R Streak: 0 G Has batted leadoff in 4 straight, 1st starts there in career, going 4-for-16 with 2 BB hitting.239 (52-218) last 64 G to drop from.322 to.279 turned 21 on 4/26, currently 2nd-youngest position player in ML (KC s Raul Mondesi) has started 107 G (79 in RF; 28 in LF) w/ 6 OF assists. T5th in A.L. in SF (6) tops A.L. rookies in hits (119), TB (179), runs (47), and HR (tied-15), is 2nd in RBI (49) and BB (33) HR 8/20 at TB was 1st since 7/31 vs. KC and has 2 HR in last 8 G his 15 HR are most by TEX rookie since 08 (Davis-17; Murphy-15) 2 10-game hit streaks, (6/1-11; 6/25-7/4). Named A.L. Rookie of the Month for both April and May, 3rd A.L. rookie to win the award in April & May team-high 7 HR in May were most for TEX rookie in a month since July 2008 (Chris Davis-8) was recalled from Round Rock (AAA) on 4/10, 3-4 w/ solo HR in ML debut 4/10 at LAA.
RANGERS GAME NOTES MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 2016 SEATTLE PAGE 5 18 MITCH MORELAND.251 AVG, 22 HR, 55 RBI,.318 OBP,.477 SLG FIRST BASEMAN L/L Sun.: 0-for-3, 2 K, GDP Stand:.167 (2-12), HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 3 R Streak: 0 G Has reached safely in 15 of 20 since 7/26, batting.318/.381/.659/1.041 (28-88) with 9 HR/18 RBI in 30 G/23 GS to go from.229 to.251 16 of last 35 hits have been XBH (11 HR, 5 2B) was A.L. Player of the Week for 7/25-31 (.455, 5 HR, 9 RBI) is 3-for-7 w/ 2 BB in 9 pinch PA s in 2016. HR in 2 straight 8/11-12 and 11 HR since the break are T6th-most in A.L has 22 HR, one shy of matching career high (23 in 2013 and 2015). Stolen base 8/10 vs. COL was 2nd since start of 13 (other 5/25/15 at CLE) 5 HR off LHP match highest total in a season (also 2015) led ML with.750 SLG in July 2 HR on 6/10 at SEA and 7/28 vs. KC walk-off HR in 9th, 7/30 vs. KC career HR no. 100 on 7/18 at LAA. Has started 99 G at 1B (95) and DH (4) leads AL 1B with.998 (2 E/910 TC) percentage and had 45-G errorless streak, 5/28-7/30. Is batting.287 (33-115) with 7 HR/19 RBI in last 34 G vs. SEA...his 13 HR vs. SEA are 2nd-most vs. any opponent (OAK-16). 12 ROUGNED ODOR.271 AVG, 24 HR, 64 RBI,.293 OBP,.487 SLG SECOND BASEMAN L/R Sun.: 0-for-4, 3 K Stand:.200 (3-15), HR, 2B, 2 RBI, 3 R, BB Streak: 0 G Hitless last night to snap season-long matching 7-G hit streak is 9-for-50 (.180) last 13 G to drop from.281 to.271 batting.275 (41-149) last 36 G to rise from.269 0-for-last-14 w/ RISP,.097 (3-31) w/ RISP since break career highs in HR (24), hits (134), 2B (27), RBI (64). Has career-high 24 HR in 2016, most among Rangers, incl. 23 as 2nd baseman the 23 HR are most in a season by 2B at age 22-or-younger (prev. Bobby Doerr, 22 for 1940 Red Sox at age 22) his 23 HR at 2B are T3rd-most in MLB (29-Cano/28-Dozier) has 6 HR off LHP T2nd in A.L. w/ 8 bunt hits. GW HR in 11th 6/11 at SEA 2 HR, 6/15 at OAK; 7/29 vs. KC 2nd career walkoff RBI 6/6 vs. HOU, when he became 1st TEX batter w/ 3 RBI PA s in a game, all to tie or give lead, since Cruz, 9/14/08 at OAK tied club record w/ 3 2B, 4/30 vs. LAA was Rangers July Player of the Month. Has 116 starts at 2B and 3 at DH tops ML 2B in errors (18), 4th-most of any ML player served 7-game MLB suspension for 5/15 altercation, 5/27-6/3. 19 JURICKSON PROFAR.257 AVG, 5 HR, 18 RBI,.319 OBP,.365 SLG INFIELDER S/R Sun.: 0-for-3, HBP, K Stand:.250 (1-4), HBP Streak: 0 G Is 3-for-33 last 12 G, batting.133 (8-60) last 19 G since 7/31 to drop from.300 to.257 hitting.209 (36-172) last 56 G to drop from.397 batting.304 (34-112) at home compared to.212 (25-118) on the road is 3-for-9 w/ 4 RBI in pinch PA s in 16. Has 55 total starts with Texas: 1B (12), 2B (12), 3B (11), LF (8), SS (7), and DH (5) 1st career OF assist 8/13 vs. DET as LF. Hit safely in 1st 13 G w/ PA after recall from Round Rock (AAA) 5/27 to match longest season-opening hit streak in club history (also Al Oliver, 1979). Multiple hits in 5 straight, 5/31-6/5 HR on 5/31 at CLE was 1st in ML since 9/26/13 vs. LAA 5/27 vs. PIT was 1st ML game since 9/27/13 vs. LAA. Began season w/ Round Rock, batting.284 (48-169) w/ 5 HR and 26 RBI in 41 games had.353 (12-34) avg. final 8 G w/ the Express. 16 RYAN RUA.259 AVG, 7 HR, 20 RBI,.335 OBP,.401 SLG OUTFIELDER/1B R/R Sun.: DNP Stand: 0-1 Streak: 0 G Cleveland-area native was recalled from Triple-A Round Rock on 8/16 and has started 3 of 10 (1-for-8) is 2-for-18 with 7 K in last 14 ML games last 13 hits are all singles since HR on 7/2 at MIN batting.195 (16-82) last 41 G to drop from.300 to.259. With Round Rock after 8/10 option, went 7-for-14 with HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB in 4 G with the Express. Has.303 avg./.828 OPS vs. LHP career-high 4 RBI 5/10 vs. CWS has hit cleanup 5x, all since 6/14, hits in 4 of those 5 G at.333 (6-18). Had 2 OF assists on 4/24 at CWS has 60 total starts at LF (42), 1B (13), RF (3), CF (1), and DH (1) start in CF 6/22 vs. CIN (1st CF start of career). Player Total Solo 2-run 3-run GS LHP RHP Home Road GT GA Record Last Elvis Andrus 4 3-1 - 2 2 2 2-1 3-1 7/9 vs. MIN (Nolasco) Carlos Beltran 2 2 - - - - 2 1 1-1 1-1 8/12 vs. DET (Sanchez) Adrian Beltre 23 13 5 4 1 7 16 11 12 2 5 14-6 8/26 vs. CLE (Kluber) Robinson Chirinos 8 4 2 2-2 6-8 - 3 3-3 7/19 at LAA (Lincecum-2) Delino DeShields 4 3 1 - - 1 3-4 1 2 2-2 8/21 at TB (Smyly) Ian Desmond 21 15 4 2-6 15 10 11 3 9 15-6 8/24 at CIN (Adleman) Prince Fielder 8 4 3 1-2 6 6 2 1 2 5-3 7/6 at BOS (Wright) Carlos Gomez 1 - - 1 - - 1 1 - - 1 1-0 8/25 vs. CLE (Tomlin) Jonathan Lucroy 7 5 1 1-4 3 4 3 2 1 5-0 8/17 vs. OAK (Manaea) Nomar Mazara 15 9 4 2-1 14 4 11-6 11-4 8/24 at CIN (Adleman) Mitch Moreland 22 15 4 2 1 5 17 13 9 4 5 13-7 8/27 vs. CLE (Carrasco) Rougned Odor 24 19 5 - - 6 18 10 14 2 7 14-8 8/25 vs. CLE (McAllister) Jurickson Profar 5 4 1 - - - 5 4 1 - - 3-2 7/29 vs. KC (Volquez) Ryan Rua 7 5 1 1-3 4 2 5 1 1 3-4 7/2 at MIN (Duffey) TOTALS 169 115 32 18 4 46 123 76 93 17 54 63-36 GRAND SLAMS (4): Wilson, 5/8 at DET and 5/14 vs. TOR; Beltre, 8/15 vs. OAK; Moreland, 8/28 vs. CLE MULTI-HOMER GAMES (11): Beltre, 5/7 at DET; Moreland, 6/10 at SEA; Chirinos, 6/15 at OAK; Odor, 6/15 at OAK; Chirinos, 7/19 at LAA; Beltre, 7/25 vs. OAK; Moreland, 7/28 vs. KC; Odor, 7/29 vs. KC; Lucroy, 8/6 at HOU; Lucroy, 8/12 vs. DET; Beltre, 8/19 at TB BACK-TO-BACK HOMERS (7): Odor/Mazara, 5/7 at DET; Wilson/DeShields, 5/8 at DET; Mazara/Beltre, 5/17 at OAK; Odor/Beltre, 7/18 at LAA; Beltre/Moreland, 8/11 vs. COL; 2016 HOME RUNS (With Texas Only) Lucroy/Moreland, 8/12 vs. DET; Darvish/Desmond, 8/24 at CIN WALKOFF HOMERS (3): Stubbs, 5/14 vs. TOR; Beltre, 7/25 vs. OAK; Moreland, 7/30 vs. KC LEADOFF HOMERS (6): Odor: 5/3 at TOR, 5/7 at DET; Choo: 6/24 vs. BOS, 6/30 at NYY, 7/3 at MIN, 7/5 at BOS PINCH-HIT HOMERS (0): None INSIDE THE PARK HOMERS (0): None HR BY PITCHERS (0): None DATE August 3 August 4 August 5 August 10 August 12 August 15 August 17 August 20 August 22 August 23 August 24 August 25 August 26 August 29 RECENT TRANSACTIONS TRANSACTION RHP Jeremy Jeffress added to active roster INF Hanser Alberto optoned to Round Rock (AAA). OF Shin-Soo Choo reinstated from 15-day disabled list LHP Dario Alvarez optioned to Round Rock (AAA) C Bobby Wilson claimed on waivers by Tampa Bay Rays. LHP Derek Holland sent to Round Rock (AAA) on injury rehab assignment C Bryan Holaday claimed on waivers by Boston Red Sox. OF Drew Stubbs reinstated from 60-day disabled list OF Ryan Rua optioned to Triple-A Round Rock INF Kyle Kubitza designated for assignment. INF Kyle Kubitza claimed on waivers by Atlanta Braves. OF Shin-Soo Choo placed on 15-day disabled list with left forearm fracture OF Ryan Rua recalled from Round Rock (AAA) RHP Tanner Scheppers assigned to Frisco (AA) on injury rehabilitation assignment. RHP Lucas Harrell placed on 15-day disabled list with right groin strain RHP Nick Martinez recalled from Round Rock (AAA). OF Carlos Gomez signed to minor league contract and assigned to Round Rock (AAA). RHP Nick Martinez optioned to Round Rock (AAA). OF Josh Hamilton activated from 60-day disabled list and placed on unconditional release waivers LHP Derek Holland activated from 60-day disabled list RHP Shawn Tolleson recalled from Round Rock (AAA) and placed on 60-day disabled list with lower back sprain RHP Tanner Scheppers transferred from Frisco (AA) to Round Rock (AAA) on injury rehabilitation assignment. RHP Colby Lewis assigned to Frisco (AA) on injury rehabilitation assignment. OF Carlos Gomez contract purchased from Round Rock (AAA) OF Drew Stubbs designated for assignment. LHP Dario Alvarez recalled from Round Rock (AAA) RHP Jeremy Jeffress placed on Major League Baseball restricted list. OF Drew Stubbs placed on irrevocable waivers for the purpose of giving him his unconditional release. 2016 DISABLED LIST Player Type Injury Placed (retro) Reinstated / Eligible Games Missed Record Shin-Soo Choo 15-day Left forearm fracture Aug. 16 Aug. 31 11 7-4 Lucas Harrell 15-day Right groin strain Aug. 17 Sept. 1 10 6-4 Tanner Scheppers 60-day Left knee surgery Feb. 29 June 3 131 77-54 Colby Lewis 60-day Right latissimus dorsi strain June 25 (June 22) Aug. 21 (transferred to 60 on 7/3) 59 31-28 Prince Fielder 60-day Herniated C5-C6 disc in his neck July 20 (July 19) Sept. 17 (transferred to 60 on 8/1) 37 22-15 Shawn Tolleson 60-day Lower back sprain Aug. 23 Oct. 21 6 4-2 Luke Jackson 15-day Lower back stress reaction April 3 (March 25) April 13 14 7-7 Chris Gimenez 15-day Lower left leg infection April 3 (March 27) May 3 28 15-13 Shin-Soo Choo 15-day Right calf strain April 10 (April 9) May 20 35 19-16 Yu Darvish 15-day Right elbow surgery April 3 (March 25) May 28 48 27-21 Robinson Chirinos 60-day Right forearm fracture April 10 June 9 53 32-21 Shin-Soo Choo 15-day Left lateral hamstring strain May 23 (May 21) June 13 19 14-5 A.J. Griffin 15-day Right shoulder stiffness May 8 June 23 43 29-14 Keone Kela 60-day Right elbow impingement April 21 (April 20) July 15 76 45-31 Yu Darvish 15-day Right shoulder discomfort June 13 (June 9) July 16 32 18-14 Jake Diekman 15-day Left index finger laceration July 15 (July 6) July 22 12 3-9 Bryan Holaday 15-day Left thumb bruise July 6 (July 5) August 1 23 11-12 Shin-Soo Choo 15-day Lower back inflammation July 20 August 4 13 7-6 Drew Stubbs 60-day Left little toe sprain May 23 August 10 70 42-28 Josh Hamilton 60-day Left knee surgery April 3 (March 25) August 23 125 73-52 Derek Holland 60-day Left shoulder inflammation June 22 (June 21) August 23 54 27-27