Texas Rangers (55-40) at Los Angeles Angels (42-52) LHP Martin Perez (7-6, 4.05) vs. LHP Hector Santiago (7-4, 4.27) Game #96 Road #52 (26-25) Wed., July 20, 2016 Angel Stadium of Anaheim 9:05 p.m. (CDT) FSSW / MLBN / 105.3 FM / 1540 AM RANGERS AT A GLANCE Overall...55-40 Home...29-15 Road...26-25 Standing... 1st, +4.5 Road Trip...1-4 One-Run...19-7 2-Run...7-12 HR...45-27 No HR...10-13 White... 12-11 w/ Blue...6-9 w/ Red...6-2 Gray... 11-11 Alt. Blue...18-13 Blue Home...5-1 Blue Road...13-12 Alt. Red (all home)...12-3 Holiday...3-1 Throwback...0-0 Last 5 Games...1-4 Last 10 Games...2-8 Come From Behind Wins... 26 Losses After Lead... 21 Score First...34-17 Opp. Score First...21-23 Columns below listed in a Home/Road/Total format vs. AL West... 14-5/12-10/26-15 vs. AL Central... 3-4/6-6/9-10 vs. AL East...9-4/4-7/13-11 Interleague... 3-2/4-2/7-4 Series...12-2-1/7-7-2/19-9-3 Series Openers... 7-7/8-8/15-15 Series Finales...11-3/6-9/17-12 Rubber Games... 7-1/1-2/8-3 Lead after 6... 24-3/17-2/41-5 Lead after 7... 26-2/19-3/45-5 Lead after 8... 28-2/22-2/50-4 Trail after 6... 4-10/5-19/9-29 Trail after 7... 2-13/4-18/6-31 Trail after 8... 0-12/3-19/3-31 Tied after 6... 1-2/4-4/5-6 Tied after 7... 1-0/3-4/4-4 Tied after 8... 1-1/1-4/2-5 Decided 7th/later... 6-6/8-10/14-16 Shutouts... 0-2/1-1/1-3 Decided final AB... 4-3/3-9/7-12 Walk-off games...2-9 ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST Rank HR Player 46 431 Cal Ripken 47 427 Mike Piazza 48 426 Billy Williams 426 Miguel Cabrera 426 Adrian Beltre 51 414 Darrell Evans 52 412 Alfonso Soriano ALL-TIME RBI LIST Rank RBI Player 48 1529 Jeff Bagwell 1529 Tris Speaker 50 1525 Sam Crawford 51 1523 Adrian Beltre 52 1518 Jeff Kent 53 1512 Carlos Delgado 54 1509 Mickey Mantle WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers lost last night to the Angels, 8-6, and have dropped 2 straight, 6 of 7, 8 of 10 and 11 of 14, going 4-13 since a 4-game win streak from 6/25-28, which was last time club won consecutive contests 4-G losing streak from 7/9-16 matched longest of season now 1-4 on this 9-game, 10-day trip to Chicago-NL (1-2), Los Angeles-AL (0-2) and Kansas City (3 G), with an off day on Thursday in K.C club is 4-11 (.267) in July, 2nd-lowest win pct. in ML this month (TB is 3-12,.200), and tied for most losses in any month in 16 (17-11 in May) Texas still has the 2ndbest record in the A.L. at 55-40 (.579), trailing only CLE (.591, 55-38), 5th-best record in majors Rangers are tied w/ CLE for A.L. lead in wins (55), T4th in MLB to SF (57) and CHC/ WAS (56) Texas was 1st ML team to reach 50 wins (77th game), fewest in A.L. since 2006 current record is T2ndbest 95-game start in club history (see chart) was season high 24 games over.500 on 6/28 (51-27), but currently sit at 15-over, lowest point since 6/14 (40-25) Texas was 20-8 in June, 5th time in club history with 20 wins in one month season-best 7-G win streak 6/14-20 since 5/1/15, Rangers 136-100 (.576) record is 3rd-best in MLB to Cubs (.600, 141-94) and Blue Jays (.577, 135-99), and Rangers 136 wins in that span are 2nd to only Cubs. TEXAS BEST 95-G RECORD W-L YEAR(S) 57-38 2012 55-40 96, 99, 04, 10, 16 54-41 2011, 2013 TEXAS BEST 96-G RECORD W-L YEAR(S) 57-39 2012 56-40 1999, 2010 55-41 1996, 2004, 2011 IN THE LEAD: The Rangers lead the A.L. West by 4.5 games for a 5th straight day, matching smallest advantage since 6/13 (+4.5 GA) Texas has lost 5.5 games in the standings over the last 21 days (10.0 to 4.5 GA), and has not gained ground in the division since win on 6/26 team s 5.5-game lead at the break was Rangers largest ever club has had a season-high 10.0-game lead on 5 different days, just the 4th season in club history to have a lead of 10+ games (1999, 2010, 2011) the club has been in sole possession of 1st place for 47 straight and 51 of the last 52 days team has had at least a share of 1st place for 74 days, sole possession of 1st for 63 days. ON THE ROAD: The Rangers are scheduled to play 19 of 23 on the road from June 27-July 24, going 5-10 in 1st 15 road games in that span team has lost 8 of 10 and 10 of last 13 away games, but has still won 18 of 31 beginning 5/20 at 26-25 (.510), Texas still has the 4th-best road winning percentage in the A.L. VS. LOS ANGELES-AL: This is 4th of 6 series between clubs in 16, and they will not play again until Sept. 9-11 back here in Anaheim Texas is 6-6 vs. Halos in 16, winning both series in Arlington, splitting a 4-game set at the Big A from 4/7-10, and securing a loss in this series Rangers are just 18-32 in the series vs. the Halos since the start of 2014 Angels lead all-time series, 359-329, advantage of 190-146 here at the Big A. GO WEST: Rangers are 26-15 (.634) vs. West in 16, winning 3 of 5, 5 of 8, and 16 of 22 since 5/20 club s record vs. West is 4th-best intradivision mark in MLB, trailing CLE (.690, 29-13 vs. A.L. Central), WAS (.682, 30-14 vs. N.L. East), CHC (.667, 26-13 vs. N.L. Central). KANSAS CITY LIGHTS: The Rangers are scheduled to fly to Kansas City after tonight s game, spending Thursday s off day in K.C. ahead of Friday s series opener at Kauffman Stadium Texas went 4-3 against the eventual champs in 2015, this after a 1-5 mark in 2014 2 of the Rangers 3 defeats last season were one-run losses all 7 regular season meetings between the 2 clubs in 2016 take place over the final 10 days of July, this weekend at KC (3 G) and 7/28-31 in Arlington (4 G). THE LONG BALL: Texas has hit 3 HR in each of the 1st 2 games of this series, just the 3rd time since the start of 2014 for club to HR 3+ times in consecutive games (3, 6/13-15/16; 2-6/29-30/15) this marks just the 5th time in club history to lose consecutive games when hitting 3+ HR in each, other instances 4/13-14/09, 9/9-10/05, 7/30-31/91, and 5/26-27/87 only other ML team with 2 straight losses when hitting 3+ HR in 16 is BAL (June 11-12). This week marks just the 3rd time the Rangers have ever homered 3+ times in back-to-back games of a series at the Big A, the others Sept. 25-26, 1997 and May 12-13, 2000 have never done so in 3 straight at this park, whether in one series or spanning multiple series/seasons. Texas has homered in 27 of the last 30 road games beginning 5/21 (50 total road HR in that span) Rangers have 2nd-highest road HR total in MLB (72) to only Toronto (73). LAST, NOT LEAST: With 2 HR from the last spot in the batting order last night, Rangers now have 12 HR from 9-spot in 2016, tied w/ OAK for most in MLB Rangers 45 RBI from the 9-hole are T2nd in majors (BOS-50, TEX/KC-45). CHIRINOS FOR TWO: Robinson Chirinos 2 HR last night accounted for the game s 1st 3 runs it was Chirinos 3rd career multi-hr game, all on the road (others 8/5/14 at CWS and 6/15/16 at OAK) each of his 2-HR games in 16 have come in 9th spot in the order, 2nd batter in Rangers history w/ 2 multi-hr games while batting last in one season (also Kevin Elster in 1996) since 2012, only other ML hitter to do it twice from the 9-spot in a season was BAL s Ryan Flaherty (2) in 2013 since 2009, only other Texas catcher to have 2+ multi-hr games in a season was Mike Napoli (3 in 2011). Chirinos also became just the 4th batter to hit 2 HR in one game off Tim Lincecum, joining DET s Marcus Thames on 6/16/08 at SF, NYM s Curtis Granderson on 6/8/14 at SF, and MIL s Khris Davis on 5/25/15 vs. SF. IAN DESMOND had 3 hits and a walk last night, 1st Ranger to reach safely 4 times in a game on this trip Desmond s 4 games of reaching 4+ times in 16 are tied with Nomar Mazara for club lead his 12 games of 3+ hits are 4th-most in the A.L. ELVIS ANDRUS matched his season high with 3 hits last night in July, Andrus is batting.362/.396/.574/.971 (17-47), 6th-highest average in the A.L. and his OPS ranks 11th among qualifiers he leads all Rangers this month in avg., OBP, runs (10), RBI (11), and doubles (5) Andrus has RBI in 3 straight and 7 of 8, and has not gone 2 straight without an RBI since 6/21-22 vs. CIN. MANY RUNS IN LOSSES: After last night s 8-6 loss, the Rangers have dropped each of the past 4 games in which the club has scored 5-or-more runs beginning 7/9 it s the longest losing streak of that kind for Texas since Aug. 2005, when club lost the 1st 6 games of a road trip in Boston and New York despite scoring 5+ runs in each contest Rangers have gone 2-8 in last 10 G when scoring 5+ R after a 36-7 mark in such games thru 6/28. THROWBACKS: Both clubs are scheduled to wear throwback uniforms tonight, and the Rangers will wear 1986 road unis eight ML clubs will Turn Back the Clock with iconic throwback uniforms today to celebrate this weekend s Baseball Hall of Fame inductions club last wore throwbacks on 7/18/15 at HOU (powder blue road unis of 1977-82). SHORTS: Rangers have 2 of A.L. s top 3 hitters vs. LHP (Desmond-.394; Andrus-.378) Texas starters last 17 G: 1-10 w/ 6 no decisions this is 4th time in 16 to lose 1st 2 games of a series, swept in 1st 2 instances (4/22-24 at CWS; 5/16-18 at OAK) before a win on Sun. at Wrigley Rangers have scored 1st in 4 straight games. UPCOMING PROBABLES, TIMES & BROADCASTS Date Opponent Pitchers - Texas vs. Opponent Time (CDT) TV/Radio Thursday, July 21 OFF DAY Friday, July 22 at Kansas City RHP Yu Darvish (2-1, 3.15) vs. LHP Danny Duffy (5-1, 3.27) 7:15 p.m. FSSW/105.3/1540 Saturday, July 23 at Kansas City LHP Cole Hamels (10-2, 3.00) vs. RHP Yordano Ventura (6-7, 4.97) 6:15 p.m. FS1/105.3/1540 Sunday, July 24 at Kansas City RHP A.J. Griffin (3-1, 4.26) vs. RHP Edinson Volquez (8-8, 4.72) 1:15 p.m. 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 #33 Martin Perez, LHP (7-6, 4.05) TONIGHT: The 25-year-old left-hander is scheduled to match a career high with his 20th start of the season tonight in the finale of a 3-game series with the Halos has allowed 17 R (12 ER) over 9.2 IP in his last 2 starts to raise season ERA from 3.39 to 4.05 these last 2 starts have followed a stretch in which he went 6-0, 3.28 (18 ER/49.1 IP) over 8 starts from 5/24-7/1 was the 1st Texas starter out of the All-Star break as he took the loss in a 6-0 setback at Wrigley on Friday has 12 quality starts this season, tied with Colby Lewis for 2nd on the club behind Cole Hamels (13) has still gone 7-4, 3.93 (39 ER/89.1 IP) in his last 14 starts beg. 4/27, dropping season ERA from 4.50 opponents are batting.299/.349/.455 over last 8 starts after hitting.239/.331/.349 in 1st 11 starts in that same span, has lowered BB/9 from 4.20 over 1st 11 starts to 3.25 in last 8 starts Rangers are 8-2 in his last 10 starts after going 2-7 in his 1st 9 starts will be working on regular 4-days rest is approaching multiple career highs established in 2013: starts (20), innings (124.1), and wins (10) is the lone member of the Opening Day rotation not to miss a start in 16. LAST START: Took the loss in a 6-0 setback at Wrigley on Friday (5.2 IP, 6 H, 6 R-5 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 89 pitches/58 strikes) permitted just one run through the 1st 5 innings, but the Cubs sent 10 men to the plate in a 5-run 6th inning needed just 65 pitches to get through the 1st 5 innings had retired 10 of last 12 BF (E5 and BB) before each of the 1st 4 Cubs reached safely in the 6th permitted a 2-out, 2-out single to pinch-hitter Matt Szczur, his final batter of the game recorded 1st ML hit with an infield single in the 3rd inning Texas was shut out in a Perez start for the 3rd time this season. VS. THE HALOS: Has gone 2-2, 2.25 (10 ER/40.0 IP) over 7 games/6 starts in his career vs. the Halos, including 1-2, 3.86 (8 ER/18.2 IP) in 3 career starts at Angel Stadium is 1-1, 2.19 (3 ER/12.1 IP) in a pair of starts against the Angels in 2016 has permitted 20 baserunners in the 12.1 innings, but the Angels have combined to go 1-for-10 with RISP took the loss in a 3-1 Texas defeat on 4/10 here in Anaheim (6.1 IP, 7 H, 3 R-ER, 5 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR, 102 pitches/62 strikes) issued a career high 5 walks, but all 7 hits allowed were singles and the Halos were 1-for-6 with RISP earned win over the Angels on 5/24 in Rangers 4-1 victory (6.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 SO, 90 pitches/62 strikes) began an inningending lineout double play to end a 2-on, one-out jam in the 2nd, and whiffed Johnny Giavotella, his last BF, to strand the bases loaded in the 6th Nomar Mazara hit a 2-R HR in the 6th to give Perez a 3-0 lead before his exit, and Rangers tacked on another run in the 8th. ON THE ROAD: Is 1-5, 5.49 (36 ER/59.0 IP) in 10 road starts this season, as his road ERA is nearly 3 runs higher than his home figure (2.48 in 9 GS) is winless in his last 4 road outings, going 0-2, 7.36 (18 ER/22.0 IP) since his lone road victory on 6/14/16 at OAK has allowed 4 or more runs in 5 of his last 6 road starts has logged just 3 quality starts in 10 road outings this season opposition is batting.281/.355/.411 on the road compared to.249/.320/.378 in Globe Life Park is 1-10, 5.21 (59 ER/102.0 IP) in his 18 road starts since the start of 2015 and snapped an 9-game road losing streak with the victory on 6/14 at OAK that streak was T2nd-longest in club history. GROUND CONTROL: Is T1st in the Majors with 21 grounded into double plays (DET s Mike Pelfrey) his 55.2% ground ball percentage is 4th-highest in A.L., and 7th-highest in the MLB has a 52.1% ground ball percentage over his last 10 outings after a 59.4 rate in his 1st 9 starts was just 4th Texas starter to open a season by inducing GIDP balls in at least 1st 6 starts others: Kenny Rogers (10 in 2002), Rick Honeycutt (7 in 1983), and Fergie Jenkins (6 in 1980). CROSSTOWN TRAFFIC: His 48 BB are 3rd-most in A.L, 7th in MLB allowed multiple walks in 10 starts to begin the year, longest streak of his career (singleseason or overall) has allowed multiple walks in 6 of last 7 has averaged 3.81 BB/9, which would be highest figure of his career (currently 3.55 BB/9 over 12 starts as rookie in 2012). his 1.10 SO/BB ratio is 2nd-lowest among all ML qualifiers (DET s Mike Pelfrey). TO THE LEFT: Left-handed batters are just 14-for-84 (.167) through 19 starts, 2nd-lowest in the A.L. and 7th-lowest in the Majors lefties have gone 7-for-45 (.156) over last 10 starts over 28 starts since his return from the DL last year, lefties have hit just.185 (27-146) with 7 extra-base hits (5 2B, 2 HR) HR by David Ortiz on 7/6/16 at BOS snapped a run of 107 PA without a HR by a LHB since Kyle Seager on 9/9/15 at SEA. RANGERS GAME NOTES WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2016 AT LOS ANGELES-AL PEREZ S MAJOR LEAGUE RECORD W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2016 7-6 4.05 19/19 113.1 113 58 51 11 48 53 Career 25-25 4.17 73/67 405.2 427 209 188 35 143 245 PEREZ VS. LOS ANGELES-AL W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2016 1-1 2.19 2/2 12.1 12 3 3 0 7 6 Career 2-2 2.25 7/6 40.0 31 10 10 1 18 24 PEREZ AT ANGEL STADIUM W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2016 0-1 4.26 1/1 6.1 7 3 3 0 5 0 Career 1-2 3.86 3/3 18.2 16 8 8 0 13 10 2016 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Innings: 7.0, 3x, last July 1 at MIN Innings: 9.0, 3x, last April 23, 2014 at OAK Hits: 9, 3x, last July 6 at BOS Hits: 9, 9x, last July 6, 2016 at BOS Runs: 11, July 6 at BOS Runs: 11, July 6, 2016 at BOS ER: 7, July 6 at BOS ER: 8, 2x, last July 28, 2015 vs. NYY SO s: 7, May 8 at DET SO s: 8, 3x, last April 18, 2014 vs. CWS Walks: 5, 2x, last May 8 at DET Walks: 5, 2x, last May 8, 2016 at DET HR: 2, June 19 at STL HR: 3, July 14, 2013 at DET Pitches: 108, June 4 vs. SEA Pitches: 115, Aug. 11, 2013 at HOU CG s: - CG s: 2, last April 18, 2014 vs. CWS Low-Hit CG: - Low-Hit CG: 3, 2x, last April 23, 2014 at OAK CG SHO s: - CG SHO s: 2, last April 23, 2014 at OAK Win Streak: 6, May 24-June 26 Win Streak: 6, 2x, last May 24-June 26, 2016 2016 & CAREER SPLITS 2016 CAREER W L ERA G/S IP ER W L ERA G/S IP ER Home 6 1 2.48 9/9 54.1 15 15 10 3.67 37/33 201.1 82 Road 1 5 5.49 10/10 59.0 36 10 15 4.67 36/34 204.1 106 Day 3 3 4.28 8/8 48.1 23 8 7 3.14 20/19 129.0 45 Night 4 3 3.88 11/11 65.0 28 17 18 4.65 53/48 276.2 143 AVG AB H HR BB SO AVG AB H HR BB SO vs. Left.167 84 14 1 13 16.233 356 83 7 33 82 vs. Right.290 341 99 10 35 37.285 1206 344 28 110 163 TOTALS.266 425 113 11 48 53.273 1562 427 35 143 245 RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total 8 11 12 5-16 6 - - 58 RUN SUPPORT 0R 1R 2R 3R 4R 5R 6R 7R 8R 9R 10R+ Total AVG/9 4 4 2 3 1 3 - - 1 1-53 4.21 BATTER-PITCHER MATCHUPS (Including postseason) Perez vs. the Angels PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI SO Calhoun.091 11 1 0 0 4 Escobar.375 8 3 0 0 1 Giavotella.125 8 1 0 0 2 Petit.500 2 1 0 0 0 Pujols.200 10 2 0 1 0 Simmons.333 3 1 0 0 0 Trout.214 14 3 0 1 4 PEREZ S DAY-BY-DAY Santiago vs. the Rangers PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI SO Andrus.188 32 6 0 1 3 Beltre.250 36 9 3 3 5 Chirinos.250 8 2 1 3 3 Choo.188 32 6 1 1 7 Desmond.333 9 3 0 2 1 Fielder.250 36 9 0 2 7 Mazara.400 5 2 1 1 1 Moreland.308 13 4 0 2 3 Odor.478 23 11 1 5 2 Profar.000 3 0 0 0 2 Rua.455 11 5 1 2 1 Wilson SH in 1 PA Date Opp. Score Dec. ERA IP H R ER HR BB-I SO Left Game Pitches 4/5 vs. SEA 2-10 - 3.00 6.0 2 2 2 1 4-0 3 Tied 2-2 88/54 4/10 at LAA 1-3 L 3.65 6.1 7 3 3 0 5-0 0 Trailing 1-2 102/62 4/15 vs. BAL 5-11 - 3.44 6.0 6 3 2 1 2-0 6 Leading 5-3 102/58 4/22 at CWS 0-5 L 4.50 5.2 5 5 5 0 2-0 2 Trailing 0-4 91/58 4/27 vs. NYY 3-2 W 4.20 6.0 6 2 2 1 2-0 3 Leading 3-2 86/59 April Totals 1-2 4.20 30.0 26 15 14 3 15-0 14 5/3 at TOR 1-3 - 3.60 5.0 4 0 0 0 3-0 4 Leading 1-0 90/46 5/8 at DET 8-3 - 3.51 6.0 2 2 2 0 5-0 7 Trailing 0-2 105/64 5/13 vs. TOR 0-5 L 3.23 6.1 5 2 1 0 3-0 3 Trailing 0-1 100/60 5/18 at OAK 1-8 L 3.48 7.0 8 4 4 1 2-0 3 Trailing 1-4 98/69 5/24 vs. LAA 4-1 W 3.13 6.0 5 0 0 0 2-0 6 Leading 3-0 90/62 5/29 vs. PIT 6-2 W 3.12 6.0 7 2 2 1 1-0 3 Leading 5-2 98/65 May Totals 2-2 2.23 36.1 31 10 9 2 16-0 26 6/4 vs. SEA 10-4 W 3.24 6.0 9 3 3 1 1-0 1 Leading 9-3 108/71 6/9 vs. HOU 5-3 W 3.22 6.0 4 2 2 0 4-0 2 Leading 4-2 100/61 6/14 at OAK 10-6 W 3.38 7.0 9 4 4 0 0-0 2 Leading 8-4 90/65 6/19 at STL 5-4 - 3.57 5.1 8 4 4 2 3-0 0 Tied 3-3 94/56 6/26 vs. BOS 6-2 W 3.44 6.0 6 1 1 1 2-0 2 Leading 5-1 98/54 June Totals 4-0 4.15 30.1 36 14 14 4 10-0 7 7/1 at MIN 3-2 - 3.39 7.0 5 2 2 1 3-0 4 Tied 2-2 101/62 7/6 at BOS 6-11 L 3.85 4.0 9 11 7 1 2-0 1 Trailing 1-11 89/56 7/15 at CHC 0-6 L 4.05 5.2 6 6 5 0 2-0 1 Trailing 0-6 89/58 July Totals 0-2 7.56 16.2 20 19 14 2 7-0 6 Season Totals 7-6 4.05 113.1 113 58 51 11 48-0 53 2016: Ranks among the A.L. leaders in HR/9 (9th, 0.87), and opp. SLG (14th,.395) has the 2nd-lowest SO/9 (4.21) among M.L. qualifiers (DET s Mike Pelfrey, 4.14) Chirinos (6.12 ERA) has caught 5 starts, Holaday (3.54 ERA) has caught 10, Wilson (4.03 ERA) has 4, and Nicholas (0.00 ERA) caught one opponents are 22-for-90 (.244) with RISP, but batting.400 (8-20) in last 2 starts has received a total of 3 runs of support in last 3 starts after club averaged 7.87 runs in 7 starts from 5/24-6/26 over 1st 9 starts club had averaged just 2.15 runs of support per 9 innings, 2nd-lowest in the A.L. and 3rd-lowest in majors Rangers went 21.1 consecutive innings without a run of support for Perez between Rougned Odor s leadoff HR on 5/3 at TOR and Prince Fielder s RBI single in the 6th inning on 5/18 at OAK in loss on 4/10 at LAA, became 1st Texas starter to have zero strikeouts in a quality start since Derek Holland on 6/26/11 vs. NYM owned a career-tying 6-game win streak from 5/24-6/26 (also 8/5-9/3/13) before snapping the streak on 7/6 at BOS. FRIDAY S SCHEDULED STARTER RHP YU DARVISH (2-1, 3.15 in 4 games/starts) The 29-year-old right-hander is scheduled for his 5th start (2nd road) of the season on Friday night s opener against the Royals in Kansas City will make his 2nd start since being activated off of 15-day D.L. prior to last start on Saturday at CHC was on D.L. from June 13-July 16 (retro to June 9) with right shoulder discomfort opponents are hitting just.192 (14-for-73) against him took his 1st loss of the year on Sat. at CHC in Rangers 3-1 defeat (4.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R-ER, 4 BB, 9 SO, 90 pitches/54 strikes) 9 of his 13 outs came via SO, a season-high struck out 5 consecutive batters in the 1st and 2nd is 1-0, 1.93 (3 ER/14.0 IP) in 2 career starts, both quality starts, against Kansas City went 7.0 IP, 3 H, 6 SO in both of his previous starts vs. the Royals is 17-15, 3.55 (103 ER/261.0 IP) in 41 career road starts his lone start at Kauffman Stadium was on 9/3/12 (W, 7.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R-ER, BB, 6 SO, 87 pitches/60 strikes) is 9-4, 3.22 (41 ER/114.2 IP) in 17 G/GS vs. the A.L. Central made 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) during his DL stint despite 3 ML starts since Aug. 2014, his 26 games of 10+ K s since 2012 are the 5th-most in MLB (37 Max Scherzer; 36 Clayton Kershaw; 31 Chris Sale; 27 David Price) enters Friday with 708 career strikeouts, 7 behind current Spanish broadcaster Jose Guzman (715) for 9th-most in Rangers history was with club throughout 2016 spring training in Surprise, when he began throwing from a half-mound, then full-mound, before graduating to regular full-distance bullpen sessions of increasing pitch totals Rangers are 2-2 in his starts.
RANGERS GAME NOTES WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2016 AT LOS ANGELES-AL PAGE 3 TEAM PITCHING W-L-S G ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO Starters 34-23 95 4.18 540.1 530 273 251 72 210 381 Relievers 21-17-33 94 4.99 306.2 332 181 170 51 114 240 Home 29-15-17 44 4.68 400.0 434 222 208 68 136 305 Road 26-25-16 51 4.29 447.0 428 232 213 55 188 316 TEAM CATCHING ERA *W-L CS SBA CS% PB PO Chirinos 5.68 13-12 2 14 14.3 1 0 Holaday 4.19 17-8 4 13 30.2 1 0 Nicholas 2.70 6-4 1 3 33.0 2 0 Wilson 4.37 19-16 6 26 23.1 2 0 Stolen bases against pitchers: 3-for-6 (3 SB, 3 CS) * - as starter BULLPEN BREAKDOWN (RELIEF OUTINGS ONLY) FIRST BATTER PITCHER LAST APP. (Dec.) IP H R ER BB SO NP SV/OPP RET/FACED IR/Sc GB/FB SB/CS 43 Tony Barnette 7/19 at LAA 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 16 0/1 26/38 31/7 59/33 2/1 51 Matt Bush 7/19 at LAA 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0/1 22/28 10/2 29/26 0/0 58 Alex Claudio 7/18 at LAA 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 18 0/0 10/17 14/6 47/14 0/0 47 Sam Dyson 7/17 at CHC (Sv, 19) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 16 19/21 30/45 16/3 70/18 1/1 50 Keone Kela 7/18 at LAA (L, 1-1) 1.0 2 4 4 0 2 21 0/0 6/9 0/0 8/4 0/0 55 Cesar Ramos 7/10 vs. MIN 0.2 5 5 5 0 0 27 1/1 8/12 13/3 42/36 0/0 37 Shawn Tolleson 7/19 at LAA 1.2 2 1 1 0 2 24 11/15 21/35 13/1 63/33 1/3 Totals 33/43, 76.7% 180/278, 64.7% 143/38, 26.6% 452/279 5/6 TEAM PITCHING: After allowing 8 ER in 3-G series vs. Cubs, have permitted 17 R-ER in 16.0 IP in this series staff has 7.63 ERA (100 ER/118.0 IP) in last 14 G to raise season figure from 3.96 to 4.47, 11th in A.L opponents batting.312 (155-497) in that span to raise season mark from.256 to.264 Texas has a 6.23 ERA (144 ER/208.0 IP) over last 24 G beg. 6/21 to rise from 3.90, issuing 8+ runs 11 times in that 24-G span Texas has allowed 30 HR in last 17 G; 25 HR in July 78 BB during 4-13 span since 6/29 are most in MLB has fewest wild pitches (20) in MLB but are 2nd in A.L. in HBP (36) have fewest strikeouts in MLB at 621, but have induced MLB-high 104 GDP s staff s 4.29 ERA on road is 5th-best in A.L. STARTERS: Hamels win Sun. at CHC snapped rotation win drought at 14 G the rotation has 8.67 ERA (61 ER/63.1 IP) in the last 14 G to raise ERA from 3.58 to season-high 4.18, still 3rd-lowest in A.L opponents are batting.332 (93-280) in last 14 G rotation has a 5.09 ERA (151 ER/267.0 IP) in last 49 G beg. 5/25 to rise from 3.38 less than 6.0 IP in 13 of last 14 club-record 7 straight starts of less than 5.0 IP from 7/2-8, tied for longest span in MLB in last 20 years (also 2012 Rockies) have just 5 quality starts in last 27 G but club s 50 QS are 4th-most in A.L rank among A.L. leaders in win pct. (4th,.596, 34-23), opp. avg. (3rd,.257), opp. OPS (T3rd,.741) rotation is 1-10 with 6 no decisions in last 17 G. RELIEVERS: Bullpen has 3.0+ IP in 15 of last 17, including 12 straight from 6/29-7/10, longest span since 6/25-7/7/08 (12) have 6.75 ERA (41 ER/54.2 IP) last 14 G to raise season mark from 4.68 to A.L.-high 4.99, 2nd-highest in MLB (CIN-5.46) have allowed 12 HR in July have a 6.22 ERA (61 ER/88.1 IP/19 HR) last 24 G beg. 6/21 to rise from 4.58 Texas is tied for A.L. lead w/ 33 saves (also BAL) and A.L.-best 60 holds (tied w/ HOU) are T2nd in majors (SF-71) bullpen is 3-for-last-7 in save tries after converting previous 16 opportunities are 33-for-43 overall in save chances rank among A.L. relief leaders in wins (2nd, 21) 2nd-most HR allowed in ML (51/CIN-67). 43 TONY BARNETTE 6-3-0, 2.25 vs. LHB: 23-for-72 (.319) vs. RHB: 18-for-89 (.202) Has pitched in 2 straight and 3 of 5 on trip 1st career blown save Mon. at LAA, but has 10.0 SHO IP over last 7 G has allowed just one UER run last 12 G/18.0 IP to drop season ERA from 3.81 to 2.25, lowest since 5/29 (2.11) and lowest of any Texas reliever his win 7/8 vs. MIN (2.2 IP, 0 R) was 1st relief win by Ranger of 2.2+ SHO IP when entering w/ team trailing and stranding multiple IR since R.A. Dickey, 9/25/04 vs. SEA the 2.2 IP were a career high. Has recorded 3+ outs in 10 of last 12 outings, including 2.0+ IP in 4 G has allowed runs in 8 of 38 G team-high 44.0 relief innings are T8th in A.L. Ranks T3rd on staff w/ 6 wins, T2nd-most for most by any ML reliever (BAL s Mychal Givens-7) has allowed 7 of 31 IR (22.6%) to score, 9th-lowest pct. in the A.L has entered w/ bases loaded 5x has entered in 7th-or-later in 27 of 38 G earned his 1st ML win on 5/2 at TOR. 51 MATT BUSH 3-1-0, 2.30 vs. LHB: 7-for-34 (.206) vs. RHB: 13-for-66 (.197) Has worked 7.0 scoreless IP last 6 outings to lower ERA from 3.10 to 2.30 opponents batting.150 (9-60) w/ 16 K last 18 G/17.1 IP beg. 6/5. Allowed 5 of 7 runs this season in a 3 G stretch, 6/24-29 (5 ER/2.2 IP) suffered 1st career loss and blown save 6/24 vs. BOS in 1st career save chance surrendered game-tying 2-R HR in 9th (Betts), 1st career HR allowed. Overall has allowed runs in 5 of 28 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 3 K s 6/9 vs. HOU had K s in each of 1st 5 ML outings, 1st Ranger reliever to do that since Yoshinori Tateyama (1st 5 in 2011). 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) 1-1-0, 3.47 vs. LHB: 6-for-26 (.231) vs. RHB: 21-for-68 (.309) Has appeared in 4 of last 7 G, with 5.1 IP and 1 R-0 ER in 4 outings since recalled on 7/8 for 4th stint w/ Texas (also 4/13-5/6, 5/8-6/2, 6/16-26) no ER allowed last 5 G/7.1 IP w/ TEX to drop season ERA from 5.06 to 3.47 has allowed baserunners in 14 of 17 G, and has permitted 6 of 14 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 since most recent option after TEX game on 6/26, appeared 3 times: 10.2 IP, 1 R-ER on 7/2 vs. Iowa, in finish of 4/18 suspended game: 6.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R- ER, 1 BB, 3 SO, 91 pitches/60 strikes. 47 SAM DYSON 1-2-19, 2.53 vs. LHB: 16-for-64 (.250) vs. RHB: 19-for-89 (.213) Sunday s save at CHC (3 BF, 3 SO) was just 2nd such save by a Ranger since start of 15 (also Shawn Tolleson on 5/24/15 at NYY). Just 4 G/4.0 IP last 20 days has 4.0 scoreless innings in last 4 G since season-high 4 runs on 6/29 at NYY has allowed runs in just one of last 12 G (4 ER/11.0 IP), but opponents are batting.314 (11-35) with 3 BB in last 9 G has allowed runs in 8 of 45 G. Has converted 19 saves in 21 tries overall is T8th in A.L. in saves and his 17 saves since named closer on 5/18 are 4th in the majors (NYM s Jeurys Familia-20; BAL s Zach Britton and MIA s A.J. Ramos-19) 10 saves in June led ML, one shy of matching club record for a month. Issued 4 R/2 HR in 9th inning on 6/29 at NYY to snap streak of successful saves converted at 16 was 1st BS since 4/23 at CWS in 1st try of season. Is T10th in A.L. in relief innings (42.2) his 45 appearances are T3rd in A.L tied for A.L. lead with 14 appearances in June also led majors w/ 17 appearances in May earned lone win 6/6 vs. HOU. Has 6 G vs. LAA in 2016 last 5 G vs. Halos: 5.0 SHO IP, retiring 11 straight and 15 of 16 BF in that span (lone baserunner at Mike Trout double). 50 KEONE KELA 1-1-0, 9.72 vs. LHB: 2-for-13 (.154) vs. RHB: 7-for-22 (.318) Took loss Mon. at LAA, allowing career-high 4 R in 8th inning after entering w/ game tied, 2nd outing since he was reinstated from 60-day DL on Friday pitched scoreless 7th on Sat. at CHC (3 SO/1 BB) in 1st outing w/ TEX since 4/19 vs. HOU has whiffed 17 of 41 BF in 2016, K s in all 9 outings. Had 4 rehab outings w/ Round Rock and Frisco: 4.0 SHO IP, whiffing 7 of 18 BF, opponents 2-for-16 w/ no BB and a HBP pitched 2 straight w/ Frisco on 7/9-10 vs. NW Arkansas, last on 7/10 (1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 16 pitches) placed on DL 4/21 (retro to 4/20) w/ right elbow impingement had surgery to remove bone spur on rt. elbow on 4/22 performed by Rangers Team Physician Dr. Keith Meister. Went 1-0, 7.11 (5 ER/6.1 IP) in 7 G w/ TEX before DL stint win on 4/16 vs. BAL (23rd b-day) was just 2nd relief bday win ever by a Ranger (also Wes Littleton, 9/2/07 at LAA). 55 CESAR RAMOS (L) 3-3-1, 6.04 vs. LHB: 14-for-50 (.280) vs. RHB: 46-for-138 (.333) Has allowed 5+ R in 2 of last 4 outings (12 ER/6.2 IP) to raise season ERA from 4.39 to season-high 6.04, opponents batting.367 (11-30) w/ 4 HR, 2 2B, 3B in that span is 2-1, 6.83 (21 ER/27.2 IP) in 12 overall relief appearances had worked at least 2.0 IP in 10 of those 12 G. Worked 3.0 IP 5/30 at CLE to earn Rangers 1st save of 3.0+ IP since Michael Kirkman on 4/21/13 vs. SEA (3.0 IP) was 2nd career ML save. Is 1-2, 4.95 (11 ER/20.0 IP) in 4 starts, incl. win on 5/21 at HOU last start was a loss on 6/13 at OAK had contract purchased and made Texas debut in start on 4/25 vs. NYY (6.0 IP, 9 H, 3 R-ER), taking loss in Rangers 3-1 defeat was 1st start since 5/17/14 at LAA while with TB. 37 SHAWN TOLLESON 2-2-11, 7.20 vs. LHB: 21-for-65 (.323) vs. RHB: 29-for-85 (.341) Last 4 outings: 9 R-ER in 5.1 IP, opponents 14-for-29 (.483), to rise from 5.76 to 7.20 on 7/7 vs. MIN, career highs in hits (7) and runs (tied-5) scoreless streak of 9 G/11.2 IP from 6/13-7/5 on MLB Family Medical Emergency List from 5/27-6/2. Matched season best with 3 K on 7/2 at MIN (also 6/13 at OAK) has allowed runs in 12 of 35 G. Removed from closer s role before game on 5/18 in Oakland after permitting walk-off grand slam to K. Davis on 5/17 at OAK converted 2 saves in 5 chances over 6 appearances from 5/3-17 has 4 blown saves, T6th in A.L., 11-for-15 in save tries.
PAGE 4 RANGERS GAME NOTES WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2016 AT LOS ANGELES-AL TEAM BATTING: 1st 2 G of this series marks 5th time in club history to lose 2 straight when hitting 3+ HR (see front page) 72 road HR are 2nd in MLB (73-TOR) 13 hits last night, but club is batting.212 (35-165) in 2nd half to drop season figure from.267 to.264, 6th in A.L Rangers have a.273 (490-1797) avg. in last 52 G beg. 5/22 to rise from.254 17-G HR streak, 6/19-7/6 (25 HR), 4th-longest streak in club history and 2nd-longest in ML in 2016 have 3rd-fewest walks (249) in A.L, exactly 2 BB in 5 straight ranks among A.L. leaders in sac flies (2nd, 32), runs (4th, 459), hits (4th, 857), HBP (T2nd, 40), steals (5th, 56) batting.317 (57-180) w/ RISP last 22 G to go from.281 to A.L.-high.290, 2nd in MLB (STL-.296) club s.250 road avg. is 11th in A.L. 1 ELVIS ANDRUS.296 AVG, 4 HR, 45 RBI,.348 OBP,.421 SLG SHORTSTOP R/R Tues.: 3-for-4, 2B, RBI, R Trip:.333 (5-15), 2B, 3 RBI, R Streak: 3 G (.455, 5-11, 2B, 3 RBI, R) In July, batting.362/.396/.574/.971 (17-47), 6th-highest average in the A.L. and his OPS ranks 11th among qualifiers this month, has raised season avg. from.284 to.296, highest since 6/4 (.298) he leads all Rangers this month in avg., OBP, runs (10), RBI (11), and doubles (5). Has reached safely in 14 of 15 has hit.340 (36-106) last 30 G to rise from.273. Has RBI in 3 straight and 7 of 8, has not gone 2 straight without an RBI since 6/21-22 vs. CIN his 19 RBI (in 20 G) since 6/24 are most among Rangers has 27 RBI last 38 G his 16 RBI in June were his 3rd most RBI ever in a month. Ranks among A.L. leaders in triples (T3rd, 5), avg. w/ RISP (3rd,.392), avg. vs. LHP (3rd,.378) is 5-for-last-6 w/ RISP,.588 (10-17) 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 87 starts at SS, 3rd in A.L. w/.983 (7 E/407 TC) fielding pct one error last 42 G, had 33-G errorless streak from 5/30-7/5. Has more R (77), H (166), and SB (44) vs. LAA than any other club, and.311 (166-533) avg. is 2nd-highest vs. any A.L. opponent (CLE-.373). 29 ADRIAN BELTRE.271 AVG, 13 HR, 56 RBI,.328 OBP,.432 SLG THIRD BASEMAN R/R Tues.: 0-for-4, BB, K Trip:.105 (2-19), HR, RBI, 2 BB, R Streak: 0 G HR Mon. at LAA was 1st since 6/29 at NYY of last 12 hits, has 10 singles, HR, and 2B hitting.200 (11-55) in July to drop from.285 to.271 had 7-day absence from 6/9-15 w/ mild left hamstring strain last 42 G, batting.282 (46-163) with 6 HR/26 RBI/26 R to rise from.260 4 RBI last 16 G. Ranks among A.L. leaders in RISP avg. (5th,.357) and PA per SO (8th, 8.6) season high 10-game hitting streak, 6/21-7/1. Is among all-time leaders in 2B (22nd, 575), XBH (29th, 1036), TB (30th, 4781), HR (T48th, 426), RBI (51st, 1523) 1500th RBI on 5/28 vs. PIT 5/7 at DET was 28th career multi HR game has 4th-most HR ever by a regular 3B. Has started 88 G: 86 at 3B and 2 as DH 3 of his 5 errors have come in his last 9 G at 3rd base, but.980 (5 E/251 TC) fielding pct. is still best among A.L. 3B had 44-game errorless streak end 5/11 vs. CWS, 2nd-longest streak of his career (53 G in 2006) his 2569 career games at 3B are 2nd most all-time behind Brooks Robinson (2870) played 2500th career game at 3rd base 4/22 at CWS, just 8th infielder in ML history w/ 2500 at one position. His career totals vs. LAA are most against any opponent in several categories, including games (230), H (241), 2B (49), HR (37), RBI (142) 37 HR vs. LAA are T6th all-time (next is Ripken-38), 142 RBI rank 5th (next is Palmeiro-153) 19 HR at the Big A are 5th-most ever by an opponent. 61 ROBINSON CHIRINOS.217 AVG, 8 HR, 17 RBI,.283 OBP,.554 SLG CATCHER R/R Tues.: 2-for-4, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, K Trip:.300 (3-10), 2 HR, 2B, 5 RBI, 2 R Streak: 2 G (.429, 3-7, 2 HR, 2B, 5 RBI, 2 R) Team-high 2nd 2-HR game of 16 last night, 3rd career 1st Ranger w/ 2 different multi-hr game from 9-hole in one season since Kevin Elster in 1996. Is batting.290 (9-31) with 4 HR and 10 RBI in last 11 G to go from.173 to.217 of last 14 H, has 2 2B and 7 HR 3-R HR 7/5 at BOS was 1st career 9th inning blast with men on base all 8 HR in 2016 on the road on DL 4/10-6/8 with right forearm fracture sustained on Garrett Richards HBP 4/9 at LAA. Club s Opening Day catcher, hit.267 (4-15) w/ HR and 2 RBI in 5 G/GS behind plate before his DL stint has started 25 games overall for Texas passed ball that allowed walkoff run to score in 9th inning on 6/30 at NYY was his 1st PB since 7/11/15. 17 SHIN-SOO CHOO.260 AVG, 7 HR, 17 RBI,.372 OBP,.472 SLG OUTFIELDER L/L Tues.: 0-for-5, 2 K Trip: 0-6 Streak: 0 G Last night (DH) was 1st start of trip, and has appeared in just 2 of 5 on trip due to continued lower back stiffness missed game 7/6 at BOS after leaving game on 7/5 w/ the back issue, but started each of club s final 4 G before the All-Star break. Is hitting.293 (22-75) with 4 2B, 6 HR and 9 RBI in last 19 G to go from.213 to.260 is batting.271 (29-107) w/ 7 HR/16 RBI in 27 G/GS in RF since return from DL on 6/13 has reached safely in 28 of 33 G in 2016. Had 3 leadoff HR in span of 6 G from 6/30-7/5, and 4 leadoff HR rank T2nd in A.L has 20 career leadoff HR. Played one game w/ TEX from 4/9-6/12 due to a pair of disabled list stints: 4/9-5/19 (right calf strain) and 5/21-6/12 (left lateral hamstring strain). 20 IAN DESMOND.315 AVG, 17 HR, 57 RBI,.369 OBP,.523 SLG OUTFIELDER R/R Tues.: 3-for-4, HR, RBI, BB, R, SB Trip:.200 (4-20), 2 HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 2 R, SB Streak: 1 G (3-4, HR, RBI, R, BB, SB) Last night, became 1st Ranger to reach safely 4x in a game on this trip last night was 12th game of 3+ hits, 4th-most in A.L has 2 of club s 7 HR on trip, but batting.200 (4-20) in 2nd half to drop from.322 to.315, still 5th in A.L is hitting.352 (74-210) over last 52 G since 5/22 to rise from.267 hitting.343 (37-108) after 6th inning, 4th-best in A.L., with 8 HR and 23 RBI. 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 (T2nd, 38), hits (T4th, 117), SB (T5th, 16), runs (T6th, 67), TB (9th, 194) 2nd in A.L. in avg. vs. LHP (.394) batting.344 (85-247) in 60 starts batting 2nd season-high 4 hits on 6/3 vs. SEA, most since 7/21/14 at COL (5) season best 10-game hitting streak, 6/18-28 has strikeouts in 17 of last 21 G and is 6th in A.L. w/ 98 K. Reached on FC (vs. Lester) in 1st and only career All-Star PA 7/12 in San Diego (backup CF) 2nd overall ASG pick (2012 for NL/DNP due to injury). Named Rangers player of month for both May and June has started 93 of team s 95 G in CF (team-high 66) and LF (27), 6 OF assists are T9th in A.L. Hitting.360 (18-50) vs. LAA in 16 w/ 10 R in 12 G, including.436 (17-39) w/ HR, 3 2B, 5 RBI, 7 R last 9 G vs. LAA. 84 PRINCE FIELDER.212 AVG, 8 HR, 44 RBI,.292 OBP,.334 SLG DH/1B L/R Tues.: DNP Trip:.091 (1-11), HBP, R Streak: 0 G Batting.160 (8-50) last 14 G to drop from.221 to.212, is 1-for-last-16 batting.250 (22-88) last 25 G to rise from.197. Has 1 HR/3 RBI last 14 G, 1-for-11 w/ RISP in July career-long 34-G HR drought from 4/20-5/28 among A.L. leaders in sac flies (T5th, 5) has started 88 of 95 at DH (79) and 1B (9) did not play in 2 straight, 6/4-5, 1st time to miss consecutive games while active since 8/24-25/07 with MIL. Season-high 3 hits 6/11 at SEA HR 7/6 at BOS was career 319, tying father Cecil for 116th all-time. Career RBI #1000 on 4/29 vs. LAA on go-ahead single in the 6th Prince (1028) and father, Cecil (1008), join Bobby and Barry Bonds as the only father-son combinations with 1,000 RBI in ML history. 36 JARED HOYING.250 AVG, 0 HR, 5 RBI,.323 OBP,.250 SLG OUTFIELDER L/R Tues.: DNP Trip: Streak: 0 G Allowed solo HR in pro mound debut 7/7 vs. MIN, pitching 9th inn 11th position player to pitch for TEX, 2nd in span of 6 games (Holaday 7/2 at MIN). Last game was 7/10 vs. MIN was recalled from Triple-A Round Rock on 7/6 and is 2-for-5 w/ BB and 2 RBI in 4 G/no starts reached safely in all 3 PA on 7/6 at BOS in 1st ML action since 6/11 was 1st Texas reserve to reach base 3 times in a game since Carlos Peguero on 4/12/15 vs. HOU. Was also with the Rangers, 5/23-6/12, hitting.217 (5-23) with 3 RBI in 11 G/6 GS in LF made his ML debut on 5/23 vs. LAA 1st ML hit on 5/28 vs. PIT 1st ML RBI and run on 5/31 at CLE in his native Ohio is in his sixth season in the Texas organization. Has batted.280 (68-243) with 9 HR and 43 RBI for Round Rock in 2016 led Express in hits and RBI, 2nd in runs (37) and SB (14) at time of promotion. 30 NOMAR MAZARA.277 AVG, 11 HR, 37 RBI,.330 OBP,.411 SLG OUTFIELDER L/L Tues.: 1-for-4, RBI, R Trip:.188 (3-16), 2B, RBI, 2 BB, 2 R, HBP Streak: 2 G (.286, 2-7, 2B, RBI, 2 R, HBP) Made ML debut at Big A on 4/10 (3-4, solo HR), tying club record for hits in a ML debut and 8th Ranger to HR in ML debut hits in all 9 career games vs. LAA:.389 (14-36), 3 HR, 9 RBI, 6 R last 4 G vs. Halos: 7-for-15, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 4 R. Is 7-for-34 (.206) last 11 G and is hitting.204 (23-113) last 32 G to drop from.322 to.277. Has one HR and 10 RBI in last 39 G, no HR last 25 G career-high 4 hits 6/6 vs. HOU has started 80 games (59 in RF; 21 in LF) turned 21 on 4/26, currently youngest position player in ML pair of 10-game hit streaks, (6/1-11 and 6/25-7/4) are longest by A.L. rookie in 16. T3rd in A.L. in SF (6) tops A.L. rookies in hits (89), TB (132), multi-hit games (23), runs (38), BB (24), and RBI (T-37), and 3rd in HR (11). Named A.L. Rookie of the Month for both April and May, 1st TEX rookie ever to win award twice and just 3rd A.L. rookie to win the award in April & May since it was introduced in 2001 (also TB s Rocco Baldelli and SEA s Ichiro Suzuki) team-high 7 HR in May were most for TEX rookie in a month since July 2008 (Chris Davis-8) in April, batted.324 w/ 2 HR/8 RBI over 18 G recalled from Round Rock (AAA) on 4/10. 18 MITCH MORELAND.231 AVG, 12 HR, 35 RBI,.298 OBP,.420 SLG FIRST BASEMAN L/L Tues.: 0-for-5, 2 K Trip:.273 (3-11), HR, 2B, RBI, R, HBP Streak: 0 G Career HR no. 100 on Mon. at LAA, 1st multi-hit game since 6/16 at OAK has started 4 of team s last 13 G (also 5 G as reserve) scratched 7/3 at MIN due to tightness in his right calf is 9-for-42 (.214) in last 17 G has.286 (24-84) average in last 29 G to rise from.206 to.231 season-high 8 G hit streak, 6/8-16 recorded 9th career 2-HR game 6/10 at SEA Sat. at CHC was 20th career start in cleanup spot. Has started 72 G at 1B (69) and DH (3) his.998 (1 E/642 TC) fielding pct. leads A.L. qualifiers, lone miscue on 5/27 vs. PIT, 36 errorless games since.
RANGERS GAME NOTES WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2016 AT LOS ANGELES-AL PAGE 5 12 ROUGNED ODOR.276 AVG, 17 HR, 48 RBI,.295 OBP,.487 SLG SECOND BASEMAN L/R Tues.: 3-for-5, SB, K Trip:.286 (6-21), HR, 2 RBI, R, SB Streak: 2 G (.556, 5-9, HR, 2 RBI, R, SB) Is 5-for-9 in this series to rise from.269 to.276, incl. 17th HR Monday, tied for team lead and a new career high for a season (16 HR in 2015) his 16 HR as 2B in 16 are T3rd in MLB (Cano-21; Kinsler-18) 12 road HR are T7th in A.L., T2nd-most by a Ranger in last 3 seasons (Moreland-14 road HR in 2015) Has 10 HR beginning 6/6, T3rd in A.L. in that span led club with 8 HR in June, T6th in A.L. and his most in a single month team-high 29 HR since the 2015 All-Star break, 5 more than Beltre (24) had an RBI in career high 5 straight games, 6/25-29. Batting.345 (20-58) last 14 G to rise from.263 to.276 batting.292 (49-168) with 10 HR/23 RBI in 41 G since return from 7-G MLB suspension on 6/4. 2nd in A.L. w/ 7 bunt hits GW HR in 11th 6/11 at SEA 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 with 3 2B, 4/30 vs. LAA 1st career multi-hr game 6/15 at OAK. Has 83 starts at 2B and one start at DH tops ML 2B in errors (14), 7 in last 14 G. 19 JURICKSON PROFAR.316 AVG, 4 HR, 14 RBI,.364 OBP,.451 SLG INFIELDER S/R Tues.: 0-for-1 as PH Trip:.167 (1-6), 2 BB, R Streak: 0 G Has started 8 of 12 G (6-1B, 1-3B, 1-SS), appearing in 12 of 13 batting.253 (19-75) last 27 G to go from.397 to.316. Pinch single Fri. at CHC is 3-for-6 w/ 4 RBI in pinch PA s in 16 4 pinch RBI are T3rd in A.L 2nd-most pinch hits by Ranger since start of 15. 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) also hit safely in each of 1st 19 career starts in leadoff slot before an 0-for on 6/11 at SEA. 31 total starts at 2B (9), 1B (9), 3B (8), SS (3), and DH (2) has.400 (10-25) avg. w/ RISP. 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.263 AVG, 7 HR, 19 RBI,.342 OBP,.430 SLG OUTFIELDER/1B R/R Tues.: 1-for-4, R, 2 K Trip:.176 (3-17), 2 BB, 4 R, SB Streak: 1 G (1-4, R) Has gone 8-for-49 (.163) last 21 G to go from.300 to.263 is hitting.269 (28-104) in last 40 G/30 GS since 5/22 has 5 HR since beginning of June, all on the road. Has.333 average vs. LHP, is 2-for-last-17 vs. lefties career-high 4 RBI 5/10 vs. CWS has hit cleanup 4x, all since 6/14, hits in 3 of those 4 G. Had 2 OF assists on 4/24 at CWS has 50 total starts at LF (39), 1B (7), RF (2), CF (1), and DH (1) start in CF 6/22 vs. CIN (1st CF start of career). 6 BOBBY WILSON.237 AVG, 3 HR, 22 RBI,.262 OBP,.328 SLG CATCHER R/R Tues.: DNP Trip:.333 (2-6), 2B, RBI Streak: 1 G (2-3, 2B, RBI) Hits in 3 of 5 (4-for-17, 3 RBI), but is batting.153 (10-65) in last 23 G/20 GS to drop season avg. from.318 to.237 w/ TEX, has hit.246 (29-118) in 38 G/35 GS at catcher career-high 4 hits 5/25 vs. LAA T7th in A.L. in sac hits (4) has career-high 22 RBI. Was acquired by TEX from DET for LHP Chad Bell 5/3 originally drafted by LAA in 2002, spent 1st 10 years of pro career in Angels organization. Had 2 grand slams in 7-day span (5/8 at DET and 5/14 vs. TOR), 1st 2 slams of career 1st Ranger ever with slams for each of his 1st 2 HR in a season 1st Ranger with multiple slams in a season since Nelson Cruz in 2013 2nd TEX catcher w/ multiple slams in a season (Ivan Rodriguez in 2001). Was 2-for-13 w/ 2 RBI in 5 G/4 GS at C for DET opened season at Toledo (1-3, 2 RBI in 1 G) before being purchased by Tigers on 4/12. Acquired by DET from Texas on 3/29 with RHP Myles Jaye for C Bryan Holaday. 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) Adrian Beltre 13 7 4 2-4 9 5 8 2 3 8-4 7/18 at LAA (Tropeano) Robinson Chirinos 8 4 2 2-2 6-8 - 3 3-3 7/19 at LAA (Lincecum-2) Shin-Soo Choo 7 7 - - - 4 3 2 5-4 2-5 7/5 at BOS (Price) Delino DeShields 2 2 - - - - 2-2 1-1-1 5/8 at DET (Lowe) Ian Desmond 17 12 3 2-5 12 8 9 2 9 13-4 7/19 at LAA (Guerra) Prince Fielder 8 4 3 1-2 6 6 2 1 2 5-3 7/6 at BOS (Wright) Bryan Holaday 2-1 1-1 1 1 1 1 1 2-0 5/31 at CLE (Kluber) Nomar Mazara 11 8 2 1-1 10 3 8-3 8-3 6/19 at STL (Leake) Mitch Moreland 12 8 2 2-3 9 5 7 2 2 7-4 7/18 at LAA (Tropeano) Rougned Odor 17 13 4 - - 4 13 5 12 1 7 11-5 7/18 at LAA (Tropeano) Jurickson Profar 4 3 1 - - - 4 3 1 - - 2-2 7/10 vs. MIN (Ramirez) Ryan Rua 7 5 1 1-3 4 2 5 1 1 3-4 7/2 at MIN (Duffey) Drew Stubbs 1 1 - - - - 1 1 - - 1 1-0 5/14 vs. TOR (Floyd) Bobby Wilson 3 1 - - 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 3-0 6/8 vs. HOU (Keuchel) TOTALS 118 80 23 13 2 32 86 46 72 12 40 45-27 GRAND SLAMS (2): Wilson, 5/8 at DET and 5/14 vs. TOR MULTI-HOMER GAMES (5): 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 BACK-TO-BACK HOMERS (4): Odor/Mazara, 5/7 at DET; Wilson/DeShields, 5/8 at DET; Mazara/Beltre, 5/17 at OAK; Odor/Beltre, 7/18 at LAA WALKOFF HOMERS (1): Stubbs, 5/14 vs. TOR DATE June 14 June 17 June 20 June 21 June 22 June 25 June 26 June 27 June 29 July 3 July 4 July 5 July 6 July 7 July 8 July 9 July 15 July 16 July 19 2016 HOME RUNS RECENT TRANSACTIONS 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 TRANSACTION RHP Nick Martinez recalled from Round Rock (AAA) RHP Tom Wilhelmsen optioned to Round Rock. RHP Tom Wilhelmsen declined outright assignment to Round Rock (AAA), becoming free agent. LHP Neal Cotts signed to minor league contract and assigned to Round Rock (AAA). INF Kyle Kubitza acquired from Los Angeles Angels in exchange for cash considerations. LHP Derek Holland placed on 15-day disabled list with left shoulder inflammation RHP Luke Jackson recalled from Round Rock (AAA). RHP A.J. Griffin reinstated from the 15-day disabled list RHP Colby Lewis placed on 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 22, with a strained right latissimus dorsi muscle. LHP Alex Claudio optioned to Round Rock (AAA) after game. RHP Chi Chi Gonzalez recalled from Round Rock (AAA). LHP Eric Surkamp received on a waiver claim from Oakland A s and optioned to Round Rock (AAA) OF Drew Stubbs transferred from 15 to 60-day disabled list. LHP Michael Roth contract purchased from Round Rock (AAA) RHP Luke Jackson optioned to Frisco (AA) RHP Colby Lewis transferred from 15 to 60-day disabled list. RHP Yu Darvish sent to Frisco (AA) on injury rehabiliation assignment RHP Keone Kela sent to Round Rock (AAA) on injury rehabilitation assignment. RHP Jose Leclerc recalled from Round Rock (AAA) LHP Michael Roth designated for assignment OF Ryan Strausborger traded to Seattle Mariners for international slot compensation. OF Jared Hoying recalled from Round Rock (AAA) C Bryan Holaday placed on 15-day disabled list, retroactive to July 5, with a bruised left thumb LHP Michael Roth cleared option waivers and was optioned to Round Rock. LHP Eric Surkmap placed on unconditional release waivers for the purpose of selling his contract rights to the Hanwha Eagles of the Korea Baseball Organization...RHP Keone Kela injury rehab assignment transferred from Round Rock (AAA) to Frisco (AA). LHP Alex Claudio recalled from Round Rock (AAA) RHP Chi Chi Gonzalez optioned to Round Rock RHP Nick Martinez optioned to Round Rock after game. RHP Kyle Lohse contract purchased from Round Rock (AAA). RHP Keone Kela reinstated from 60-day disabled list LHP Jake Diekman placed on 15-day disabled list, retroactive to July 6, with left index finger laceration LHP Derek Holland transferred from the 15-day to the 60-day disabled list. RHP Yu Darvish reinstated from 15-day disabled list RHP Jose Leclerc optioned to Round Rock (AAA). C Bryan Holaday sent to Round Rock (AAA) on injury rehabilitation assignment. 2016 DISABLED LIST Player Type Injury Placed (retro) Reinstated / Eligible Games Missed Record Bryan Holaday 15-day Left thumb bruise July 6 (July 5) July 20 12 4-8 Jake Diekman 15-day Left index finger laceration July 15 (July 6) July 21 11 3-8 Tanner Scheppers 60-day Left knee surgery Feb. 29 June 3 95 55-40 Josh Hamilton 60-day Left knee surgery April 3 (March 25) June 4 (transferred to 60 on 5/7) 95 55-40 Drew Stubbs 60-day Left little toe sprain May 23 June 7 (transferred to 60 on 6/29) 51 30-21 Colby Lewis 60-day Right latissimus dorsi strain June 25 (June 22) July 7 (transferred to 60 on 7/3) 23 9-14 Derek Holland 60-day Left shoulder inflammation June 22 (June 21) Aug. 20 (transferred to 60 on 7/15) 24 9-15 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 May 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