Los Angeles Angels (44-46) at Texas Rangers (42-44) RHP Jesse Chavez (5-9, 4.97) vs. RHP Tyson Ross (1-1, 6.41) Game #87 Home #44 (24-19) Sat., July 8, 2017 Globe Life Park in Arlington 8:05 p.m. (CDT) FSSW / 105.3 FM / 1270 AM RANGERS AT A GLANCE Overall...42-44 Home...24-19 Road...17-26 Standing... T2nd, -16.5 GB Homestand...2-2 One-Run...6-14 2-Run...6-7 HR...37-34 No HR...5-10 White...17-10 w/ Blue...7-2 w/ Red...10-8 Gray...14-12 Alt. Blue...5-12 Blue Home...3-1 Blue Road... 2-11 Alt. Red (all home)...1-4 Special...5-6 Last 5 Games...2-3 Last 10 Games...4-6 Come From Behind Wins... 20 Losses After Lead... 24 Score First...27-18 Opp. Score First...15-26 Columns below listed in a Home/Road/Total format vs. AL West... 9-7/7-12/16-19 vs. AL Central...5-5/4-6/9-11 vs. AL East... 4-6/3-6/7-12 Interleague... 6-1/4-1/10-2 Series... 6-6-2/5-8-1/11-14-3 Series Openers...8-7/5-9/13-16 Series Finales...7-6/8-7/15-13 Rubber Games... 1-2/3-3/4-5 Lead after 6... 17-4/12-8/29-12 Lead after 7... 20-4/12-4/32-8 Lead after 8... 22-3/13-2/35-5 Trail after 6... 4-13/2-14/6-27 Trail after 7... 2-14/1-18/3-32 Trail after 8... 1-14/2-21/3-35 Tied after 6... 4-2/3-3/7-5 Tied after 7... 3-1/4-3/7-4 Tied after 8... 2-2/2-2/4-4 Decided 7th/later...8-8/5-11/13-19 Shutouts... 2-0/2-1/4-1 Decided final AB...5-6/3-7/8-13 Walk-off games...4-4 ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST Rank HR Player 35 462 Jose Canseco 462 Adam Dunn 37 457 Miguel Cabrera 38 452 Carl Yastrzemski 39 451 Adrian Beltre 40 449 Jeff Bagwell 449 Vladimir Guerrero ALL-TIME HITS LIST Rank H Player 27 3020 Rafael Palmeiro 28 3010 Wade Boggs 29 3007 Al Kaline 30 3000 Roberto Clemente 31 2985 Sam Rice 32 2977 Adrian Beltre 33 2963 Sam Crawford WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers shut out the Angels, 10-0, last night to open this final series before the All-Star break...club is now 2-2 on this 6-game, 7-day homestand against BOS (1-2) and LAA (1-0) leading up to the All-Star break the Rangers have won consecutive games for the 1st time since 6/24-25 and are seeking to win 3 in a row for the 1st time since 5 straight wins, 6/9-13, with a victory tonight... Texas has still lost 3 of 5, 6 of 9, and 7 of 11, with club s 8-11 (.421) record beginning 6/18 ranking as T5th-lowest win pct. in A.L. in that span club is still 15-12 (.556) since 6/9, 5th-best in the A.L. in that stretch Texas has won 16 of 29 and 29 of 53 club has a 37-34 (.521) record beginning 4/20, T4th-best in A.L., this after opening the year at 5-10. At 42-44 (.488), the Rangers are 9th in the A.L. in winning percentage club is under.500 for the 9th straight day, this after a.500-or-better record on 6 of the 7 previous days Texas has had a winning record on just 3 occasions in the last 44 days, 34-33 on 6/17, 38-37 on 6/25, and 39-38 on 6/27 current win pct. is same thru 86 G as 2015 (42-44/42-45) club was 53-33/53-34 in 2016. Team is currently 2 games below.500 club has been season-high 3 G above.500 twice, last on 5/21 (24-21), and was a 2017 high 7 games under.500 (13-20) on 5/8 season best 10-G win streak from 5/9-19 was 4th-longest in franchise history the Rangers are 4-3-2 in their last 9 overall series. IN THE STANDINGS: The Rangers are tied with the Angels for 2nd place in the division, this after the club was in 4th place as recently as following a loss on Tuesday vs. BOS... days in each position in 2017 (alone or tied): 1st-0 days, 2nd-27, 3rd-25, 4th-31, 5th-13 Texas has gained ground in the A.L. West just twice in the last 20 days, currently 16.5 games back season-high 17.0-G deficit both Tuesday and Wednesday, team s greatest at any point since end of the 2014 season (21.0 GB) The Rangers are still just 3.0 GB of a wild card spot in the A.L. AT HOME: The Rangers have won 2 straight at Globe Life Park, this after the club dropped 5 of its previous 7 games in Arlington...Texas has still lost 10 of last 17 at home, going 8-11 in home games since 5/29 after opening year w/ a 16-8 record in Arlington that season-opening span included an 8-0 homestand from 5/10-18, just 2nd undefeated homestand of 7+ G in Rangers history (also 8-0, 5/20-29/05) club s 24-19 (.558) record ranks T6th in the A.L. Texas ranks 2nd in A.L. w/ both 244 runs and 5.67 R/G at home in 17 (NYY: 246/6.00). VS. LOS ANGELES-AL: Rangers are 4-3 vs. Halos in 17, after a win in last night s series opener...texas won series 4/11-13 at LAA (2-1) and lost series 4/28-30 in Arlington (1-2) have won 4 of last 6 since dropping 1st meeting of 17 team is 5-2-1 in 8 series vs. Halos in 2016-17 Texas has won 8 of last 13 meetings after a 2-5 span, but is just 26-38 overall since start of 2014 after posting a 15-4 mark in 2013 Texas went 10-9 vs. the Angels last season, winning season series for 1st time since 2013 club was 6-3 in Arlington last year, taking all 3 series, but is just 12-21 in home games vs. LAA since start of 2014 Angels lead all-time series 365-337, but Rangers have leads of 185-170 in Arlington, including 103-98 at GLPIA final 3 series between the clubs come in a span of 28 days from 8/21-9/17. FIRST INNING: The Rangers scored 3 runs in the first inning last night to raise their run total in the opening frame this year to 62, most in the A.L. and 4th-most in MLB (MIL-75; MIA- 67; CIN-64)...Texas is also batting.306 (102-333) in the first inning, 3rd-highest in the majors (MIL/HOU-.308). Nomar Mazara s 14 RBI in the 1st inning are 3rd-most in the A.L. (SEA s Nelson Cruz - 23 and CWS Jose Abreu - 17). 2-OUT RUNS: With all 10 runs scored last night after 2 outs, the Rangers are now 3rd in the majors with 180 2-out runs overall (HOU-208; LAD-195)...the club s 48 2-out home runs are 3 more than any other ML team (BAL-45). ELVIS ACTIVE: Elvis Andrus has been activated from MLB s Paternity Leave List for tonight s game to make room on the roster, Jurickson Profar has been optioned to Round Rock (AAA)...Andrus stint on the Paternity List marked the first time that he had not been on the Rangers active roster in the regular or postseason since he made his big league debut on opening day in 2009. COLE HAMELS imrpoved to 4-0 with 7.2 scoreless innings last night and has totaled 13.1 scoreless innings over his last 2 starts, 3rd-longest active scoreless streak by a starter (NYM s Steven Matz-17.0 IP, PIT s Jameson Taillon-15.1 IP)... with the victory, Hamels improved to 26-6 (.813) since joining the Rangers on 7/31/15...the Elias Sports Bureau notes that Hamels win percentage in that span is the 2nd-highest in the majors among pitchers with 20-or-more decisions, behind only Clayton Kershaw (.825 on a 33-7 record) Hamels is now 13-2 (.867) in 27 career starts at Globe Life Park, more than 100 points better than any other pitcher with at least 25 starts at this facility (Aaron Sele is next at.692, 27-12). SHUTOUT: The Rangers posted their 4th shutout of the season last night, ending a 51-game shutout drought...the drought was the longest in the majors and 13 more than any other club (BOS/COL-38)...the club had also gone 35 games since its last shutout at Globe Life Park on 4/20/17 (1-0 win vs. KC), 3rd-longest shutout drought in Arlington since 2011 (75 G, 9/12/15-8/17/16 and 41 G, 5/31-8/29/15. 5000: Adrian Beltre has hit safely in each of his last 3 games, goign 6-for-12 in that span...with 2 hits last night, Beltrebrought his career total bases figure to 5003, becoming the 21st player in ML history to surpass 5000 TB. HOME RUNS: The Rangers hit 3 more home runs last night and have now homered in 28 of their last 29 games, totaling a ML-high 60 long balls in that span...texas also has multiple home runs in 4 straight, one shy of the club s longest such streak in 17 (5, 6/24-28)...the Rangers have homered in 71 games overall, 2nd-most in the majors (HOU-72)...Texas is now 2nd in the A.L. and 3rd in the majors with 133 home runs overall (HOU-142; MIL-135). All 3 Texas home runs last night came on full counts, just the 2nd time since pitches were first tracked in 1988 that the club has hit 3 such HR in one game (other 9/19/06 vs. SEA: Matthews/Teixiera/Blalock)...Texas now has 14 home runs on full counts this season, T4th-most in the majors, along with a ML-best 39 home runs on the 1st pitch of an at-bat. Rougned Odor has homered in 2 straight, 3 of 4, and 5 of his last 7 games...his 10 home runs since 6/4 are T4th in the A.L. and T7th in the majors over that span. SHORTS: The Rangers will don 1977 powder blue uniforms, while the California Angels will also wear replica 1977 road uniforms for tonight s game...jason Grilli has retired all 6 batters faced with 4 strikeouts over his 1st 2 relief outings with Texas...Shin-Soo Choo has gone 26 consecutive plate appearances without a strikeout, 4th-longest streak in the majors...texas was 4-for-6 w/risp last night and have gone 8-for-18 in their last 2 G, 1st time with 4+ H w/risp in consecutive games since 5/29-30 vs. TB (8-for-20)...Cole Hamels induced 3 ground ball double plays last night, matching the most by a Texas pitcher this season (Andrew Cashner on 5/17 vs. PHI). ADRIAN BELTRE ON ALL-TIME CHARTS Category No. Rank Next-Total Doubles 601 T16th Ba. Bonds-601; C. Ripken-603 At Bats 10416 20th Honus Wagner-10427 Total Bases 5003 21st Mel Ott-5041 XBH 1088 23rd Jim Thome-1089 Games 2753 27th Tony Perez-2777 Hits 2977 32nd Sam Rice-2985 RBI 1596 T32nd G. Brett-1596; G. Goslin-1612 Home Runs 451 39th Carl Yastrzemski-452 UPCOMING PROBABLES, TIMES & BROADCASTS Date Opponent Pitchers - Texas vs. Opponent Time (CDT) TV/Radio Sunday, July 9 vs. Los Angeles-AL RHP Yu Darvish (6-7, 3.56) vs. RHP J.C. Ramirez (7-7, 4.73) 2:05 FSSW/105.3/1270 * For radio broadcasts, most games are on 105.3 The Fan All games are broadcast in Spanish on KFLC 1270 AM All FSSW telecasts can also be viewed on FSGO app.
PAGE 2 TONIGHT S STARTING PITCHER #44 Tyson Ross, RHP (1-1, 6.41) TONIGHT: The 30-year-old right-hander is slated to make his 5th start of the season tonight in the middle game of this 3-game series with the Angels...will be working on extended 5 days rest following Thursday s off day, and took no decision in last start on Sunday at CWS (5.0 IP, 4 R-ER), a 6-5 Texas loss...prior to earning win in season debut on 6/16 vs. SEA, had not appeared in majors since Padres 2016 season opener due to right shoulder issues and eventual 10/13/16 surgery to relieve Thoracic Outlet Syndrome...was the 10th starter used by the Rangers in 2017...his 5.03 BB/9 would be highest since becoming a fulltime starter in 2013...made 4 rehab starts for Triple-A Round Rock this season in his return to the majors, going 2-1 with a 7.71 ERA (16 ER/18.2 IP) signed with Texas as a free agent on 1/19/17 after spending the last 4 seasons with San Diego selected in the 2nd round of the 2008 MLB Draft by Oakland and spent his 1st 5 pro seasons with the A s before being traded to San Diego on 11/16/12. RETURN FROM INJURY: Was the Padres Opening Day starter in 2016 but missed rest of the season with right shoulder trouble that ultimately resulted in surgery to relieve Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in October had surgery on 10/13/16 in St. Louis, performed by Dr. Robert Thompson was not tendered a contract by the Padres prior to 12/2/16 deadline, making him a free agent signed with Texas on 1/19/17 and began season on the 10-day DL before being transferred to the 60-day DL on 5/27 rehab was briefly slowed in April due to back spasms. LAST START: Took ND in a 6-5 Texas loss on Sun. at CWS (5.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R-ER, 5 BB, 3 SO, 1 HR, 97 pitches/54 strikes)...allowed home run to Melky Cabrera in 1st inning, just his 2nd allowed this season...exited with a 5-4 lead, as Texas offense supported him with 5 runs after scoring 3 runs combined over previous 2 starts...issued a season-high 5 walks, but induced a pair of double plays...white Sox took lead on 2-run home run by Yolmer Sanchez off Jose Leclerc in the 8th. VS. LOS ANGELES-AL: Has gone 1-1, 1.98 (8 ER/36.1 IP) in 9 G/5 GS career vs. Halos, his lowest ERA vs. any club with 6+ G against...posted quality starts in 4 of 5 starts, all in Anaheim...last faced Angels on 5/25/15, taking ND for Padres (6.0 IP, 3 R-2 ER)...each of other 8 outings came as member of A s from 2010-12...earned only career save in ML debut on 4/11/10 at LAA (3.0 IP, 1 R-ER). IN ARLINGTON: Tonight marks 3rd home start of 17...has gone 1-1 with a 9.35 ERA (9 ER/8.2 IP) in 2 G/GS in Arlington this season...took loss in last home start on 6/21 vs. TOR (3.0 IP, 7 R-ER), the 4th time in his career to allow 7+ ER... victory in Texas debut on 6/16 vs. SEA (5.2 IP, 2 R-ER) was 1st win since beating Rangers on 8/31/15 at Petco Park...opponents batting.257/.333/.429 at home compared to.171/.318/.286 on the road. ROUND ROCK: Made 4 rehab starts for Triple-A Round Rock, going 2-1 with a 7.71 ERA (16 ER/18.2 IP), 11 SO/11 BB opponents batted.324 (23-71) with 11 XBH (7 2B, 3 HR, 3B) took loss in last rehab outing on 6/9 at OKC (Dodgers AAA) (5.0 IP, 8 R-ER) picked up the win in his 1st start on 5/23 vs. Las Vegas (Mets AAA), tossing 5.0 SHO IP with 5 K s longest rehab outing came on 6/3 vs. New Orleans (Marlins AAA) (5.1 IP, 2 R-ER). KEEP IT DOWN: Induced 60.3% ground balls in his last 2 full seasons on the mound in 2014-15, 2nd in MLB (Dallas Keuchel-63.3) has allowed 0.57 HR/9 in career, lowest among active pitchers (min. 650.0 IP) from 2014-15, was T6th in N.L. with 38 GIDP and 8th with 0.87 GIDP/9...through 4 starts, has induced 39.3% ground balls (22 GB/21 FB) and 3 GIDP, including 2 on Sun. at CWS. BY THE NUMBERS: Right-handed hitters slashing.235/.325/.383/.707 w/ 3 XBH (3 2B, 1 HR), while lefties are.194/.326/.333/.659 w/ 3 XBH (2 2B, HR) is 31-46 with a 3.63 ERA (249 ER/617.2 IP) in 106 career starts, compared to 2-8 with a 4.46 ERA (36 ER/72.2) in 51 relief outings has been used exclusively as a starter since 2nd half of 2013 season, last appearing out of bullpen on 7/7/13 at WAS for Padres career run support average (4.07) ranks 9th-lowest among active starters (min. 650.0 IP), as teammate Andrew Cashner ranks lowest at 3.77 from 2014-15, ranked 3rd in N.L. with 30.5 swing and miss percentage, behind only LAD s Clayton Kershaw (30.6) and PIT s Francisco Liriano (33.5). 2017: Robinson Chirinos has caught 3 starts (1-0, 3.78, 7 ER/16.2 IP) and Jonathan Lucroy caught 6/21 vs. TOR (L, 3.0 IP, 7 R-ER)...victory in Texas debut on 6/16 vs. SEA (5.2 IP, 2 R-ER) was 1st win since beating Rangers on 8/31/15 at Petco Park (7.0 SHO IP)...only other starter in last 25 years (beg. 1993) to allow 2-hits-or-less while recording 17+ outs in their Texas debut was Chi Chi Gonzalez on 5/30/15 vs. BOS (5.2 IP, 2 H) in ML debut...loss on 6/21 vs. TOR (3.0 IP, 7 R-ER) marked 2nd shortest start by a Ranger in 17 (Griffin-1.1 IP on 5/26 at TOR, left game with injury). 2016: Became the 29th different pitcher to start on Opening Day for the Padres, as he took the loss on 4/4/16 vs. Los Angeles-NL (5.1 IP, 8 R-7 ER) in a 15-0 setback felt discomfort following a bullpen session ahead of his next scheduled start and was placed on the 15-day DL on 4/9 with a diagnosis of right shoulder inflammation was assigned to Lake Elsinore (High-A) for rehab assignment on 8/25 and lost start at Rancho Cucamonga (0.2 IP, 4 R-ER) continued to experience soreness, was removed from rehab assignment, and transferred to the 60-day DL on 8/31. RANGERS GAME NOTES SATURDAY, JULY 8, 2017 LOS ANGELES-AL ROSS MAJOR LEAGUE RECORD W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2017 1-1 6.41 4/4 19.2 15 14 14 2 11 15 Career 33-54 3.72 157/106 690.1 629 318 285 44 282 648 ROSS VS. LOS ANGELES-AL W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2017 Career 1-1 1.98 9/5 36.1 32 9 8 2 5 25 ROSS AT GLOBE LIFE PARK W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2017 1-1 9.35 2/2 8.2 9 9 9 1 4 7 Career 3-3 6.35 6/4 22.2 28 16 16 1 8 18 2017 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Innings: 6.0, June 27 at CLE Innings: 9.0, 2x, last June 20, 2015 at ARI Hits: 7, June 21 vs. TOR Hits: 12, May 25, 2012 vs. NYY Runs: 7, June 21 vs. TOR Runs: 9, April 28, 2012 at BAL ER: 7, June 21 vs. TOR ER: 9, April 28, 2012 at BAL SO s: 5, 2x, last June 27 at CLE SO s: 11, 2x, last Sept. 22, 2015 at SF Walks: 5, July 2 at CWS Walks: 7, June 16, 2014 at SEA HR: 1, 2x, last July 2 at CWS HR: 3, 2x, last Sept. 10, 2015 vs. COL Pitches: 98, June 27 at CLE Pitches: 120, July 2, 2014 vs. CIN CG s: - CG s: 2, last June 20, 2015 at ARI Low-Hit CG: - Low-Hit CG: 3, July 2, 2014 vs. CIN CG SHO s: - CG SHO s: 1, July 2, 2014 vs. CIN Win Streak: 1, June 16 vs. SEA Win Streak: 4, July 19 - Aug. 10, 2014 2017 & CAREER SPLITS 2017 CAREER W L ERA G/S IP ER W L ERA G/S IP ER Home 1 1 9.35 2/2 8.2 9 15 24 3.21 74/49 333.2 119 Road 0 0 4.09 2/2 11.0 5 18 30 4.19 83/57 356.2 166 Day 0 0 7.20 1/1 5.0 4 11 13 3.33 48/31 205.2 76 Night 1 1 6.14 3/3 14.2 10 22 41 3.88 109/75 484.2 209 AVG AB H HR BB SO AVG AB H HR BB SO vs. Left.194 36 7 1 7 7.259 1264 328 20 163 296 vs. Right.235 34 8 1 4 8.234 1285 301 24 119 352 TOTALS.214 70 15 2 11 15.247 2549 629 44 282 648 RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING (STARTS ONLY) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total 8 1 4 - - 1 - - - 14 RUN SUPPORT (STARTS ONLY) 0R 1R 2R 3R 4R 5R 6R 7R 8R 9R 10R+ Total AVG/9-1 1 - - 1-1 - - - 15 6.86 BATTER-PITCHER MATCHUPS (Including postseason) Ross vs. Los Angeles-AL PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI SO Calhoun.500 2 1 0 0 1 Escobar.222 9 2 0 1 1 Espinosa.400 5 2 0 1 2 Franklin 1 BB in 1 PA Maldonado.000 3 0 0 0 0 Maybin.167 6 1 0 0 2 Pennington.500 8 4 0 1 1 Pujols.100 10 1 0 0 3 Revere.250 4 1 0 0 0 Simmons.250 4 1 0 1 0 Valbuena.333 6 2 0 1 1 Young Jr..000 4 0 0 0 0 ROSS 2017 DAY-BY-DAY Chavez vs. Texas PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI SO Andrus.286 21 6 1 2 1 Beltre.143 14 2 0 1 2 Chirinos.500 4 2 0 0 0 Choo.143 14 2 0 0 2 DeShields.000 7 0 0 0 2 Gallo.200 10 2 0 2 2 Gomez.385 13 5 0 2 2 Lucroy.200 5 1 0 0 0 Mazara.400 5 2 0 1 1 Napoli.267 15 4 2 4 6 Odor.455 11 5 2 5 0 Profar.500 4 2 0 1 2 Date Opp. Score Dec. ERA IP H R ER HR BB-I SO Left Game Pitches 6/16 vs. SEA 10-4 W 3.18 5.2 2 2 2 0 3-0 5 Leading 7-2 95/57 6/21 vs. TOR 5-7 L 9.35 3.0 7 7 7 1 1-0 2 Trailing 2-7 74/44 6/27 at CLE 2-1 - 6.14 6.0 2 1 1 0 2-0 5 Tied 1-1 98/56 June Totals 1-1 6.14 14.2 11 10 10 1 6-0 12 7/2 at CWS 5-6 - 6.41 5.0 4 4 4 1 5-0 3 Leading 5-4 97/54 July Totals 0-0 7.20 5.0 4 4 4 1 5-0 3 Season Totals 1-1 6.41 19.2 15 14 14 2 11-0 15 ROSS 2017 DAY-BY-DAY WITH ROUND ROCK Date Opp. Score Dec. ERA IP H R ER HR BB-I SO Left Game Pitches 5/23 vs. LV 14-3 W 0.00 5.0 2 0 0 0 1-0 5 Leading 12-0 73/44 5/29 at OMA 8-10 - 6.48 3.1 6 6 6 0 5-0 2 Trailing 1-6 86/39 6/3 vs. NO 4-2 W 5.27 5.1 5 2 2 0 4-0 2 Leading 4-2 93/52 6/9 at OKC 6-12 L 7.71 5.0 10 8 8 3 1-0 2 Trailing 6-8 87/56 Rehab Totals 2-1 7.71 18.2 23 16 16 3 11-0 11 CAREER: Signed with Texas as a free agent on 1/19/17 after spending the last 4 seasons with San Diego was the 2015 Padres Pitcher of the Year and was tabbed Opening Day starter in 2016, but missed the rest of the season with right shoulder trouble that ultimately resulted in surgery to relieve Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in October won 23 games and posted a 3.03 ERA over 64 G/GS for San Diego in 2014-15, and was named to his 1st career All-Star Game in 2014 selected in the 2nd round of the 2008 June draft by Oakland and spent his 1st 5 pro seasons with the A s before being traded to San Diego on 11/16/12 the Berkeley, California native pitched 3 seasons at Cal and ranks 3rd on the Golden Bears all-time strikeout list (271) is a 2005 graduate of Bishop O Dowd (CA) High School in Oakland brother of Washington Nationals pitcher Joe Ross. TOMORROW S SCHEDULED STARTER RHP YU DARVISH (6-7, 3.56 ERA in 18 games/starts) The 30-year-old right-hander is slated to make his 19th start of the season on Sunday afternoon in the final game before the All-Star break is an All-Star selection for the 4th time in his career, but will not pitch in the game due to today s start will be working on regular 4-days rest after he took the loss in an 11-4 Texas setback on Tuesday vs. Boston (4.1 IP, 11 H, 7 R-ER, 0 BB, 4 SO, 1 HR, 88 pitches/59 strikes) matched career highs for hits (11 2x, also 8/6/12 at BOS), runs (7 5x, last 9/17/16 vs. OAK), and earned runs (7 4x, last 9/17/16 vs. OAK) was 7th time in 118 career starts to go 4.1 IP-or-less, shortest outing since 9/4/16 vs. HOU (4.0 IP) has gone 2-5 with a 4.44 ERA (26 ER/52.2 IP) in his last 9 starts to raise season ERA from 2.76 to 3.56, still 10th in the A.L ranks among A.L. leaders in starts (T2nd, 18), opp. avg. (5th,.220), strikeouts (3rd, 119), innings (T4th, 111.1), ERA (10th, 3.56), and SO/9 (10th, 9.62) has a club-best 12 quality starts in 17 outings in 2017, T3rd-most in the A.L is 9-2 with a 3.45 ERA (36 ER/94.0 IP) over 15 career starts vs. the Angels, including 2-0 with a 1.38 ERA (2 ER/13.0 IP) in a pair of starts this season earned his 1st victory of the season on 4/13 at LAA (7.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R-ER, 2 BB, 10 SO, 103 pitches/68 strikes) in the rubber match of a 3-game series threw 125 pitches in club s 6-3 victory on 4/29 vs. LAA (6.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R-ER, 4 BB, 10 SO, 0 HR, 125 pitches/73 strikes) has gone 3-4 with a 4.57 ERA (31 ER/61.0 IP) in 10 G/GS this season in Arlington, quality starts in 6 of 10...home ERA is over 2 full runs higher than road ERA figure (2.32)...has lost 3 of last 4 home starts, with a 7.48 ERA (18 ER/21.2 IP) over that span...has averaged 11.07 SO/9 in his career, highest in ML history among starters w/ 500+ IP his 931 SO rank 6th in Rangers history, 2 shy of matching Colby Lewis (933) for 5th place...rangers are 8-10 in his starts and have lost 7 of last 8.
RANGERS GAME NOTES SATURDAY, JULY 8, 2017 LOS ANGELES-AL PAGE 3 TEAM PITCHING W-L-S G ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO Starters 28-26 86 4.30 489.1 473 250 234 75 174 350 Relievers 14-18-13 85 4.43 276.1 289 160 136 39 118 259 Home 24-19-4 43 4.00 394.0 379 198 175 62 142 311 Road 18-25-9 43 4.72 371.2 383 212 195 52 150 298 TEAM CATCHING ERA *W-L CS SBA CS% PB PO Chirinos 3.87 18-14 4 24 16.7 1 0 Lucroy 4.64 24-29 13 38 34.2 3 0 Stolen bases against pitchers: 0-for-1 (0 SB, 1 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 7/4 vs. BOS 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 15 0/4 13/25 24/14 37/20 0/0 56 Austin Bibens-Dirkx 6/30 at CWS (start - ND) 5.2 8 4 4 0 2 85 0/0 3/5 6/1 13/15 0/0 51 Matt Bush 7/5 vs. BOS 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 8 10/15 25/33 6/1 38/36 7/1 58 Alex Claudio (L) 7/5 vs. BOS 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 9 1/2 23/37 22/8 85/15 0/0 37 Jason Grilli 7/7 vs. LAA 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 9 1/3 18/28 7/3 21/26 1/0 23 Jeremy Jeffress 7/7 vs. LAA 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0/0 21/32 20/4 56/18 1/0 62 Jose Leclerc 7/3 vs. BOS 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 18 1/2 20/24 10/2 17/25 1/0 Totals 13/30, 43.3% 156/245, 63.6% 138/52, 37.7% 401/236 18/5 TEAM PITCHING: Club enters tonight with 12.0 consecutive scoreless innings, and no ER allowed last 19.0 IP, as last night was 4th SHO of 17 with 2 R-0 ER allowed last 2 G/18.0 IP, have lowered season ERA from 4.45 to 4.35, 8th in A.L still have a 5.21 ERA (61 ER/105.1 IP) last 12 G to rise from 4.20, and a 5.08 ERA (110 ER/195.0 IP) over the last 22 G to rise from 4.10 have permitted 5-or-fewer hits in 4 of last 6 G, and have allowed 3-hits-or-less in 2 straight to match a club record (also 6/11-12 at WAS/HOU) staff s 609 SO rank 14th in A.L. (MIN-593), and 292 BB are 3rd-most in A.L. (319-BAL, 313-CWS). STARTERS: Performances by Cashner/Hamels last 2 G mark 1st back-to-back starts of 7.0+ IP and no ER allowed by Rangers since 9/23-24/16 at OAK (Hamels/Darvish), the 1st game by Hamels being the division-clincher the 2 R-0 ER in 14.2 IP last 2 G has lowered season figure from 4.44 to 4.30, 6th in A.L rotation still has a 5.14 ERA (70 ER/122.2 IP) over last 22 G to raise season ERA from 4.03 starters have worked less than 6.0 IP in 7 of last 12 G Texas starters had MLB-best 3.27 ERA thru 5/19 Texas has quality starts in 2 straight for 1st time since 6/27-28, and is 3rd in A.L. w/ 44 QS (49-BOS, 45-DET) starters are 3-3 in last 11 G. RELIEVERS: Bullpen has 3.1 scoreless IP last 2 G, but have 5.84 ERA (24 ER/37.0 IP) last 12 G to raise season figure from 4.21 to 4.43, 11th in A.L relievers have 3.85 ERA (50 ER/117.0 IP) in the last 35 G to drop from 4.86 have 5 of team s last 8 losses, with blown saves in 4 of the 5 defeats over the last 14 G have BS in each of last 2, 3 of 4, 5 of 7, and 9 of last 14 chances tied w/ NYY for MLB lead w/ 17 blown saves, equaling season total for 16, one shy of team record before All-Star break (18 in 94, 02, 06, 08) club is 13-for-30 (43.3%) in save tries, lowest save pct. in MLB 13 saves are 3rd-fewest in MLB (CWS-12; PHI-11) 18 relief losses are 2nd most in A.L. and 4th in MLB (22-PHI, 20-MIL/TB) bullpen has allowed 13 of 17 inherited runners to score in the last 11 games and 37.7% (52 of 138) of IR scoring in 2017 is 2nd highest mark in the A.L. to HOU (40.3%). 43 TONY BARNETTE 1-1-0, 6.58 vs. LHB: 10-for-37 (.270) vs. RHB: 22-for-66 (.333) Reinstated from DL Sun. and has 2.1 SHO IP w/ 4 SO in 2 G since return, dropping season ERA from 7.23 to 6.58 still has a 8.00 ERA (16 ER/18.0 IP) in 16 G since start of May to rise from 3.38 allowed runs in 4 straight outings w/ TEX 5/29-6/14 (8 R-ER/4.1 IP) prior to going on DL. On DL from 6/15-7/1 w/ sprained right ring finger pitched twice w/ Round Rock on rehab prior to his return: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 SO. His 4 blown saves are T4th-most in A.L. and he is 0-for-5 in career save chances. Has allowed 9 of last 10 inherited runners to score, including all 3 IR on Mon. vs. BOS has permitted 14 of 24 IR (58.3%) to score in 17, 2nd-highest pct. in A.L. (HOU s James Hoyt-11/18, 61.1%) has.311 opp. avg., 7th-highest among A.L. qualifiers. 56 AUSTIN BIBENS-DIRKX 3-0-0, 4.04 vs. LHB: 14-for-66 (.212) vs. RHB: 22-for-93 (.237) Last pitched in start 6/30 at CWS, an 8-7 Texas loss (ND, 5.2 IP, 8 H, 4 R-ER, 3 HR, 0 BB, 2 SO) spent nearly all of June in the rotation and has gone 2-0 with a 4.30 ERA (14 ER/29.1 IP) over 5 starts overall has 5 relief outings: 1-0-0, 3.46 ERA (5 ER/13.0 IP) w/ 3 BB/9 SO and.208 (10-48) opp. avg., last 6/6 vs. NYM earned 1st ML win w/ 1.2 SHO IP on 6/6 vs. NYM, stranding 2 IR in 7-day span from 5/20-26, threw 178 pitches in 10.1 IP/3 G in relief. Took a no decision in 1st ML start on 5/31 vs. TB (4.2 IP, 3 ER) was the oldest (32.032) at the time of his 1st major league start in Rangers history. Purchased from Round Rock on 5/7 ML debut on 5/17 vs. PHI (1.0 IP, 1 R-ER) was on active roster for 10 days before making debut, believed to be longest span on active roster before making ML debut with Rangers since Kevin Brown (25 days in Sept. 1986). Was 0-2 with a 3.04 ERA (8 ER/23.2 IP) over 6 G/3 GS for Round Rock signed w/ TEX as a minors free agent on 6/17/16. 51 MATT BUSH 2-4-10, 3.66 vs. LHB: 17-for-59 (.288) vs. RHB: 18-for-70 (.257) Has retired 9 of 10 in 3 G/3.0 SHO IP since removal from closer role matched season high with 3 runs allowed in blown save 6/30 at CWS. Has allowed 14 H and 7 R-ER in 8.0 IP over last 8 G with 3 blown saves and 3 losses over last 13 appearances beginning 5/31 has converted 4 of 8 save tries, allowing 12 R-11 ER in 13.1 IP to raise season ERA from 0.96 to 3.66 from 4/16-5/30, allowed 2 R-0 ER in 16 G/15.0 IP is 10-for-15 in save chances this season and is T2nd in A.L. in blown saves (5) and T4th in relief losses (4). His 4-out save 6/13 at HOU was 1st of >3 outs for TEX in game decided by 3-or-fewer runs since 4/10/11 at BAL (N. Feliz-1.1 IP). Allowed runs in 2 of 1st 3 outings in season before injection in AC joint on 4/12, did not pitch from 4/10-15. 58 ALEX CLAUDIO (L) 1-0-1, 2.70 vs. LHB: 8-for-51 (.157) vs. RHB: 31-for-108 (.287) One outing last 5 days after working 6 of team s previous 10 G in last 4 G, has 6.75 ERA (4 ER/5.1 IP) w/.333 (7-21) opp. avg. and 3 BB to raise season ERA from 2.13 to 2.70, this after 9.1 SHO IP in 9 G from 6/9-25 no runs allowed in 1st 11 G/11.1 IP in relief this year. Team-high 38 G LHB are 7-for-50 since 4/16 but has allowed 2 1B and a SF to last 6 LHB after 2-for-27 stretch. Saw 1st ML start (5/2 at HOU - 4.0 IP, 3 ER, career-high 65 pitches) and 1st career save (5/5 at SEA) in same week, just 9th pitcher (since 1969) w/ 1st start and save in a 4-day span the 5/2 start was a last-minute effort in place of Cole Hamels, who was injured while warming up. 37 JASON GRILLI 2-4-1, 6.35 vs. LHB: 7-for-33 (.212) vs. RHB: 17-for-59 (.288) Has retired all 6 BF in 2 G/2.0 SHO IP w/ 4 SO since joining active roster on Monday acquired in a Sunday trade with TOR along with cash considerations in exchange for minors OF Eduard Pinto. Opened season with Jays, going 2-4 w/ one save and 6.97 ERA (16 ER/20.2 IP) in 26 relief app.,and was designated for assignment on 6/27 last 15 G w/ TOR beg. 5/6: 4.50 ERA (6 ER/12.0 IP) w/ 2 BB/13 SO. With Jays, converted 1 of 3 save chances (save on 4/6 at TB), allowed 3 of 7 IR to score (42.9%), and 1st BF hit.360 (9-25) w/ one BB. Also pitched w/ TEX in 2009, going 2-2, 4.78 (14 ER/26.1 IP) in 30 G after being acquired in a 6/9/09 trade w/ COL. Was N.L. All-Star in 2013 w/ PIT, when he posted 33 saves. 23 JEREMY JEFFRESS 1-2-0, 5.40 vs. LHB: 11-for-33 (.333) vs. RHB: 25-for-85 (.294) Activated from DL Tues., and retired only BF last night vs. LAA in 1st action since 6/20 vs. TOR (0.2 IP, 0 R) on DL 6/21-7/3 w/ lower back muscle strain. Has been scoreless in 4 straight (4.0 IP) and 7 of last 8 outings (4 R-ER/9.1 IP), but has a 6.17 ERA (16 ER/23.1 IP) last 22 G beginning 4/21 to raise ERA from 2.70 to 5.40 opponents batting.337 (32-95) in that span with 13 BB-2 IBB. His.305 opp. avg. is 9th-highest among A.L. relievers 1st batters have reached in 11 of 32 G (7 H, 4 BB). Surrendered back-to-back HR on 6/14 at HOU after just 2 HR allowed to the 1st 118 BF this season. Worked career-high 2.1 IP 5/26 at TOR both losses in 2017 are to Angels (4/28 vs. LAA; walk-off loss 4/11 at LAA). 62 JOSE LECLERC 1-2-1, 3.24 vs. LHB: 8-for-36 (.222) vs. RHB: 5-for-53 (.094) Has allowed runs in 2 of last 5 and 3 of last 10 G (6 R-ER/9.1 IP) to raise season ERA from 1.72 to 3.24 has 4.05 ERA (6 ER/13.1 IP) in 14 G since return from DL on 6/2. Ranks among A.L. relief leaders in SO/9 (6th, 14.04) and opp. avg. (5th,.146) has stranded 8 of 10 inherited runners RH batters are 2-for-last-26 on DL 5/8-6/1 w/ bruised rt. index finger, 2 G on rehab w/ Frisco (2.0 SHO IP). Has posted a strikeout in 22 of 24 G, including 1st 18 outings, longest season-opening streak in club history by a reliever and 2nd-longest season-opening span in MLB in 2017 has 5 relief outings of 3+ SO and 3 1.0-inning outings of 3 K s. 1st ML win 6/13 at HOU K d all 3 BF on 6/11 at WAS. Allowed just one run over 1st 9 G/11.0 IP thru 5/2 1st career save 4/12 at LAA (age 23.114), 3rd-youngest Ranger with a save since 1988 (behind Feliz in 09 and Kela in 15) retired Trout (K) and Pujols (F8) on 4 pitches to end the 8th inning on 4/12.
PAGE 4 RANGERS GAME NOTES SATURDAY, JULY 8, 2017 LOS ANGELES-AL TEAM BATTING: Have 18 R last 2 G, and 10 R last night was 10th double-digit run game in 17, T4th in A.L club is batting.230 (110-478) over last 14 G to drop season avg. from.243 to.241, 2nd-lowest in A.L. (.238-OAK) still have.257 (462-1800) avg. last 53 G beg. 5/9 to rise from.215 rank among A.L. leaders in HR (2nd, 133), SB (2nd, 75), runs (3rd, 439), HBP (3rd, 40), SLG (5th,.431) HR in 29 of last 30 G, multiple HR in 4 straight and 11 of 13 MLB-high 45 HR since 6/17 (42-LAD) 4-for-6 w/ RISP last night and 8-for-18 (.444) last 2 G w/ RISP season-high 20 SO on 5/25 at BOS set franchise mark and matched ML record for 9-inn. game 279 SO in June were most for any month in franchise history club s 805 SO are 3rd-most in A.L. 1 ELVIS ANDRUS.301 AVG, 11 HR, 50 RBI,.347 OBP,.473 SLG SHORTSTOP R/R Fri.: DNP - Paternity List Stand:.250 (2-8), 2B, R Streak: 7 G (.400, 12-30, 2 HR, 2 2B, 5 RBI, 5 R, 2 SB, BB) Activated from MLB Paternity List today, missed games Wed./Fri. for birth of son Elvis Emilio on Thursday morning - 1st child for he and wife Cori his stay on Paternity Leave marked 1st time to not be on active TEX roster since his ML debut on Opening Day 2009 finished 4th in A.L. All-Star Final Vote. Hits in 7 straight and is batting.373 (19-51) over last 12 G to rise from.288 to.301, 16th in A.L batting.345 (48-139) last 33 G to rise from.269 has hits in 31 of last 36 G had 15-G hit streak, 5/25-6/11, one shy of his career best (16 G 2x) and T-longest for TEX since start of 14 (Beltre, 15 G, 6/27-7/11/14). Ranks among A.L. leaders in SB (T2nd, 20), hits (7th, 100), and multi-hit games (T4th, 30) T1st in A.L. w/ 13 GIDP s. Has 4 HR in last 9 G career-high 11 HR (prev. high was 8 HR in 147 G in 2016), this after never hitting more than 4 HR before AS break 2nd career multi-hr game 6/26 at CLE was 1st player to have 10+ HR/50+ RBI/20+ SB/.300+ avg through team s 1st 82 G since Mike Trout in 2013. His 48 RBI as a SS rank 2nd among ML SS (60-Correa) and 50 RBI overall are 2nd among Rangers (55-Mazara), RBI in 7 of last 11 G, w/ 17 RBI last 27 G career-high 5 RBI 5/30 vs. TB, most by a Texas SS since 9/16/07 at OAK (7-M. Young) 20 RBI in May were most in any month in his career. Selected Rangers Player of Month in both May and June has 5 SB last 12 G reached 250 SB 5/26 at TOR. Has started 82 of 86 G at SS (81) and DH (1) 2 E s in last game Tues. vs. BOS after no E s previous 14 G at SS. Career.315/.376/.416/.792 hitter vs. LAA,.338 avg. (27-80) in 2016-17 his G (152), R (88), H (181), and SB (47) are highest figures vs. any opponent. 29 ADRIAN BELTRE.289 AVG, 6 HR, 25 RBI,.385 OBP,.521 SLG THIRD BASEMAN R/R Fri.: 2-for-4, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R Stand:.400 (6-15), HR, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 4 R Streak: 3 G (.500, 6-12, HR, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 4 R) Hits in 3 straight at 6-for-12 to rise from.266 to.289, and has reached safely multiple times via H/BB/HBP in 6 straight has 8 BB last 7 G, with BB in 6 of his last 9 PA s w/ RISP returned from jammed left ankle on 6/6 vs. NYM season-opening 8-G hit streak was longest of his career to begin a campaign. Had 3 RBI last night after 8-G drought, now at 1596 career RBI, passing M. Schmidt (1595) and tying G. Brett (1596) for 32nd all-time has 25 RBI in 33 G to begin the year, averaging 4.84 AB/RBI had HR in 3 straight, 6/25-27, 1st time since 9/1-3/12 GW HR in 9th on 6/27 at CLE. Has 2977 career hits, 32nd all-time (next is Sam Rice-2985) only players w/ 3000 career hits while appearing primarily at 3B are HOFers George Brett (3154) & Wade Boggs (3010) ranks 39th all-time w/ 451 HR his 1596 RBI are T32nd all-time (since 1920) w/ George Brett, behind Goose Goslin (1612) T16th all-time w/ 601 2B (also Barry Bonds) 23rd all-time w/ 1088 XBH (Jim Thome is next at 1089) 21st all-time in TB w/ 5003 (5041-Mel Ott). Was on DL from 3/30-5/28 w/ rt. calf injury played in XST games 5/25-27, going 7-for-17 while playing 3B endured extra soreness after rehab workout on 4/8, and MRI results announced on 4/11 found a mild grade 1 strain in his right calf, a different area of the calf than the injury that caused his season-opening DL stint missed O.D. for 2nd time in his career (also 01) played 4 G w/ Dominican Republic in 2017 World Baseball Classic in March. Vs. LAA, Beltre owns highest career totals vs. any opponent in G (238), R (124), H (257), 2B (51), HR (41), RBI (150) among Halos opponents, the 41 HR are 4th-most ever (70-A. Rodriguez, 49-R. Palmeiro, 45-H. Killebrew). 61 ROBINSON CHIRINOS.224 AVG, 12 HR, 25 RBI,.318 OBP,.560 SLG CATCHER R/R Fri.: DNP Stand: 0-4, BB Streak: 0 G Has started 6 of last 10 G, season-high 3 straight starts 6/27-29 at CLE batting.191 (18-94) last 28 G after hitting.333 (8-24) w/ 4 HR/9 RBI in 1st 9 G/8 GS is averaging 4.60 AB/RBI and 9.58 AB/HR 9 of last 10 hits have gone for extra bases (7 HR, 2 2B) 1st career SB Sun. at CWS. HR in career-high 4 straight, 6/22-28, tied with Napoli s current streak for longest by a Ranger in 17 HR in 7 of his last 15 G/14 GS and his 12 HR are T4th among Rangers, one shy of a career high (13 in 14) career highs in XBH (3) and hits (tied-3) on 6/22 vs. TOR. Has 34 GS at C (32) and DH (2), 1st 2 career starts at DH team is 18-14 in starts at C is 3-for-23 in throwing out steal attempts 1st career start as cleanup: 5/13 vs. OAK 4th career multi-hr game 4/21 vs. KC tying or go-ahead HR in 8th-or-later in 2 straight starts, 6/7 vs. NYM and 6/10 at WAS. Signed contract extension covering the 2018 season on 3/21/17 with club option for 2019 played for Venezuela in 2017 WBC. 17 SHIN-SOO CHOO.251 AVG, 12 HR, 42 RBI,.367 OBP,.416 SLG OUTFIELDER L/L Fri.: 0-for-4, BB, R Stand:.125 (2-16), 2 2B, 2 BB, 2 R, RBI, SF, SB Streak: 0 G Has reached safely in 7 straight, 7-for-26 last 6 G to rise from.249 to.251 batting.193 (11-57) last 14 G to drop from.266 is 5-for-last-8 w/ RISP no K s last 5 G after whiffing in 11 straight contests has hit safely in 5 of 6 G vs. LAA in 17 at.292 (7-24) with 3 BB, HR, and 2 RBI. Ranks T4th in A.L. w/ 49 BB 14-G on-base streak 5/12-31, tied team high in 17. No HR last 10 G after 8 HR from 5/27-6/25 3 HR in 4 G, 5/27-30 has 2 leadoff HR in 17, 22 in career T6th in A.L. w/ 12 GIDP s. Has 76 total starts at DH (36) and RF (40), w/ 23 of last 25 starts in RF starts in 5 different slots (1/2/7/8/9) started in 9-hole 4/26 vs. MIN (1st career), and his 7 TB in 8th inning (HR/3B) were most by a TEX batter in a single inning since Adrian Beltre hit 2 HR (8 TB) on 8/22/12 vs. BAL. 7 DELINO DESHIELDS.284 AVG, 2 HR, 13 RBI,.343 OBP,.366 SLG OUTFIELDER R/R Fri.: 2-for-3, R, SH Stand:.444 (4-9), HR, RBI, 2 R Streak: 2 G (.500, 4-8, HR, RBI, 2 R)_ Has back-to-back multi-hit games at 4-for-8, but is 6-for-26 w/ 10 K s last 11 G to drop from.292 to.284 batting.317 (40-126) last 40 G w/ HR, 6 2B, 10 BB, 8 RBI, 27 R to rise from.217 has scored 7 of last 10 times he has reached safely has started 10 of last 20 G club is 12-5 in his last 17 starts. Is 18-for-22 in steal tries, T4th in A.L, last SB on 6/24 at NYY had run of 11 straight successful steal attempts end w/ CS 6/27 at CLE. Has 67 G/54 GS (39-LF, 14-CF, 1-DH) 47 of last 49 starts have all been in leadoff (34) or 9th slots (13) - hit 8th 2x at WAS hit 1st career leadoff HR 5/2 at HOU walk-off single in 13th inn., 4/20 vs. KC 1st in A.L. w/ 7 sac bunts, 3 more than any other player. 13 JOEY GALLO.194 AVG, 21 HR, 41 RBI,.306 OBP,.508 SLG 1B / 3B / OF L/R Fri.: No PA s as DEF at 1B Stand:.200 (1-5), 2 BB Streak: 1 G (1-2) Left game in 5th inning on Wed. with soreness in the area of his left hamstring single on Wed. vs. BOS was 1st since 6/4 vs. HOU has gone 3-for-24 last 13 G to drop from.201 to.194, T-lowest qualifying avg. in A.L batting.179 (32-179) last 58 G to drop from.232 has 21 HR, 2 3B, 11 2B, 14 singles. Ranks among A.L. leaders in HR (7th, 21), AB/HR (2nd, 11.8) 3rd in A.L. w/ 112 SO BB in 7 of last 11 G missed 2 G 6/24-25 w/ hamstring soreness. Career-high 3 XBH on 6/21 vs. TOR, including 26th inside-the-park HR in Rangers history (8th in GLPIA history) 32 of last 44 hits have been XBH. Has 5 HR last 29 G 21 HR are most by a Ranger prior to All-Star break since 2013 (N. Cruz-22, A. Beltre-21) only Juan Gonzalez and Hank Blalock have hit more pre-asb HR in their age 23-or-younger season has started 73 G: 53-3B, 19-1B, 1-LF. Hit 9 HR in May, T3rd in A.L. and T4th in MLB, most in any month by a Ranger since Aug. 2016 (Beltre-9) 20th career HR 5/19 at DET was 49th career hit, 2nd in ML history w/ 20+ HR in 1st 50 career hits (also M. McGwire - 22/50) - credit Elias walk-off HR, 5/12 vs. OAK 1st multi-hr game, 4/21 vs. KC. 14 CARLOS GOMEZ.250 AVG, 12 HR, 32 RBI,.325 OBP,.481 SLG OUTFIELDER R/R Fri.: 0-for-5, 4 K Stand:.357 (5-14), 2 HR, 3 RBI, BB, 3 R Streak: 0 G Had 4 of Rangers 5 K s last night and has.196 (10-51) avg. last 13 G to drop from.267 has strikeouts in 33 of last 63 PA. Batting.257 (19-74) w/ 8 HR, 19 RBI, and 15 R in 19 G since return from DL the 8 HR and 19 RBI both surpass pre-dl stint totals in 38 G (4 HR/13 RBI). On DL from 5/15-6/15 with right hamstring strain 4 G on rehab w/ Round Rock (2) and Frisco (2). Had season-best 10-G hitting streak (.432, 16-37, 5 HR, 15 RBI over span) spanning DL stint from 5/11-6/22. Batted.320 (24-75) w/ 8 BB in 21 G from 4/22-5/14 before he was injured on 5/14 vs. OAK has 56 total starts, all in CF hit leadoff in 19 of 1st 20 G. 2nd career cycle 4/29 vs. LAA (also 5/7/08 vs. CWS w/ MIN) 10th cycle in TEX history, just 4th Ranger ever to cycle in only 4 PA s in a game. 38 PETE KOZMA.114 AVG, 1 HR, 2 RBI,.204 OBP,.182 SLG INFIELDER R/R Fri.: No PA s as PR-3B Stand:.167 (1-6) Streak: 0 G Snapped 0-for-20 span Tues. vs. BOS w/ 1st hit since 5/21 at DET (HR) HR ended run of 545 homerless AB since last HR on 4/2/13 at ARI (off Heath Bell) is 4-for-35 (.114) w/ HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB, HBP, SH, 17 SO in 26 G/9 GS w/ TEX since being acquired from NYY on a waiver claim on 4/30. Was on Yanks Opening Day roster and went 1-for-9 in 11 G/3 GS, all 3 starts at SS DFA d by NYY on 4/28 when club activated Gregorius from DL. Has started at 3B (6), 2B (2), SS (1) w/ TEX has seen action at all 4 INF positions in ML career, also LF also played w/ STL (2011-15) & NYY (2017). 25 JONATHAN LUCROY.255 AVG, 4 HR, 25 RBI,.300 OBP,.364 SLG CATCHER R/R Fri.: 1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI, GDP Stand:.091 (1-11), 2B, 3 RBI Streak: 1 G (1-4, 2B, 2 RBI) Is 1-for-11 last 3 G and batting.180 (9-50) over last 14 G to drop from.275 to.255 batting.276 (45-163) last 43 G to rise from.211 2 of 5 and 9 of last 36 starts at DH had 10 G hit streak, 5/10-23, longest hit streak w/ TEX, T2nd-longest of career. RBI in 4 of last 5 G (6 RBI) hit 4th in 13 straight starts, 5/11-28 has 13 BB/27 SO, as his 9.59 PA/SO would be 4th in A.L. if he qualified is batting.174 (8-46) w/ RISP, but is 2-for-last-4 has started 63 of 86 G (54-C, 9-DH). Leads MLB in CS since start of 2011 (159 for MIL/TEX) is 13-for-38 in throwing out attempted base stealers played w/ champion USA in the WBC. Has hit safely in 14 of 19 career games vs. LAA at.309 (21-68) with 7 BB, 6 2B, 3 HR, and 16 RBI.
RANGERS GAME NOTES SATURDAY, JULY 8, 2017 LOS ANGELES-AL PAGE 5 30 NOMAR MAZARA.259 AVG, 12 HR, 55 RBI,.334 OBP,.448 SLG OUTFIELDER L/L Fri.: 2-for-3, HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 3 R Stand:.300 (3-10), HR, 4 RBI, 3 BB, 3 R Streak: 1 G (2-3, HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 3 R) Reached safely in 4 of 5 PA s last night, 1st multi-hit game since 6/17 vs. SEA is 4-for-19 last 6 G, and is batting.143 (6-42) last 12 G to drop from.278 to.259 is hitting.162 (12-74) over last 21 G to drop from.292 has team-high 55 RBI. Hit 30th career HR on 6/20 vs. TOR at age 22.055, 3rd-youngest in TEX history to reach 30 HR (Ruben Sierra-21.286 in 1987; Juan Gonzalez-21.312 in 1991) 4 of last 6 HR have come on 1st pitch of at-bat HR 6/29 at CLE was 1st career HR on 0-2 pitch. Reached in 30 straight starts from 5/1-6/10 matched career high w/ 4 H 6/6 vs. NYM (other 6/6/16 vs. HOU) career-high 11-G hit streak, 5/9-23. Has 74 total starts in RF (46), LF (23), and DH (5), with 18 of last 22 starts in LF named A.L. Player of the Week for April 2-9. Career slash line of.349/.394/.628/1.022 in 23 G vs. LAA, personal highs in HR (7) and RBI (20) vs. Angels. 5 MIKE NAPOLI.194 AVG, 18 HR, 39 RBI,.273 OBP,.435 SLG FIRST BASEMAN/DH R/R Fri.: 1-for-3, BB Stand:.200 (3-15), 2 HR, 4 RBI, 3 R, 2 BB Streak: 1 G (1-3, BB) Has reached safely via H/BB in 7 straight at 6-for-25 with 2 BB, 4 HR, and 7 RBI to rise from.188 to.194, T-lowest qualifying avg. in A.L T9th in A.L. w/ 90 SO hitting.197 (13-66) w/ 7 HR, 14 RBI and 9 BB in 20 G/19 GS since return from DL on 6/16 on DL from 6/4-15 w/ lower back strain. HR in 4 straight, July 1-4, 3rd-longest streak of career (5 in 2012 & 2016) and T-longest span by a Ranger in 17 (4-Chirinos, 6/22-28). Has a pair of 2 HR games in 2017, 5/11 vs. SD and 6/17 vs. SEA has 16 career multi-hr game, incl. 8 with TEX, T2nd most since 2011 (10-Beltre, 8-Napoli/Moreland) has 14 HR in 44 G beginning 5/1 24 of 47 hits have XBH (6 2B/18 HR) has 256 career home runs 68 GS at 1B (51) and DH (17). 5th career walk-off HR (1st w/ TEX) on 5/11 vs. SD, 2nd HR of game 1st player in TEX history w/ HR in back-to-back innings, incl. a walk-off (Elias). Career slash line of.332/.434/.655/1.090 vs. LAA (79-238), highest figures vs. any A.L. club hits in 11 of 13 GS vs. LAA since start of 16 at.377 (20-53). 12 ROUGNED ODOR.222 AVG, 17 HR, 40 RBI,.263 OBP,.417 SLG SECOND BASEMAN L/R Fri.: 3-for-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, K Stand:.429 (6-14), 3 HR, 5 RBI, 7 R, BB Streak: 9 G (.387, 12-31, 5 HR, 9 RBI, 10 R, 2 BB, 2 SB) Last 8 PA s: 5-for-6, BB, HBP, 6 R tied season high w/ 3 H last night (also 6/13 at HOU) and is 4-for-5 last 2 G to rise from.213 to.222, highest since 6/18 (higher.222), but still 6th-lowest qualifying avg. in A.L has a caeer high-tying 9-G hit streak at.387 (12-31) to rise from.205. HR in 2 straight, 3 of 4, and 5 of 7 G his 4 July HR are tied w/ Napoli/Moustakas/Jose Ramirez for A.L. lead this month 17 HR are tied for most in MLB by a 2nd baseman (also SEA s R. Cano and BAL s Jonathan Schoop) exited Wed. vs. BOS in the 7th inn. w/ left hand contusion. RBI in 6 of last 9 G (9 total RBI) after 10-G RBI drought 10 of last 22 hits have been XBH (2 2B, 8 HR) 3 BB last 37 G. 5th career multi-hr game 6/13 at HOU (2nd in 17, also Opening Day, 4/3 vs. CLE), a game-tying HR in 7th and GA HR in 8th has 10 HR last 27 G after one HR in 26 G 5/6-6/7 all 5 career multi-hr games since start of 16, T-most among ML 2B (also Robinson Cano). Started Rangers 1st 81 G before non-start Sun. at CWS, but has appeared in all 86 G has 83 starts at 2B, 2 at DH. 18 DREW ROBINSON.333 AVG, 1 HR, 1 RBI,.333 OBP,.333 SLG INF / OF L/R Fri.: DNP Stand: Streak: 1 G (2-4, R, 2B, HR, RBI) Recalled from Round Rock (AAA) yesterday for 4th stint w/tex in 17 (Opening Day-4/12, 5/28-29, 6/24-25) had a HR and 2B in 1st MLB start at 2B on 6/25 at NYY 4th inning HR came in 4th MLB AB and was 1st hit, 1st Ranger with 1st MLB hit as a HR since Jurickson Profar, 9/2/12 at CLE in 1st MLB PA 1st Ranger with a HR within 1st 2 MLB G since Nomar Mazara, 4/10/16 at LAA (1st G). Went 0-for-2 as PH/DH in 1st sint w/tex, 4/5 vs. CLE, his ML debut was batting.268 with 11 HR and 40 RBI in 66 games at Round Rock. BATTERS VS. LOS ANGELES-AL - 2017 AND CAREER 2017 CAREER PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Andrus.375 24 9 2 3.315 575 181 7 50 Beltre.500 4 2 1 3.277 927 257 41 150 Chirinos.286 7 2 0 3.228 92 21 4 21 Choo.292 24 7 1 2.287 300 86 7 38 DeShields.385 13 5 0 0.253 83 21 0 5 Gallo.150 20 3 0 2.115 26 3 0 2 Gomez.250 28 7 3 6.288 163 47 8 21 Kozma.000 0 0 0 0.000 9 0 0 0 Lucroy.350 20 7 1 5.309 68 21 3 16 Mazara.250 28 7 2 6.349 86 30 7 20 Napoli.240 25 6 1 3.332 238 79 20 47 Odor.233 30 7 2 6.220 214 47 8 31 Robinson PITCHERS VS. LOS ANGELES-AL - 2017 AND CAREER 2017 CAREER PLAYER W-L-S ERA G IP H ER W-L-S ERA G IP H ER Barnette 0-0-0 4.50 2 2.0 2 1 0-0-0 1.13 8 8.0 5 1 Bibens-Dirkx Bush 0-0-0 0.00 1 1.0 1 1 1-0-0 0.87 10 10.1 9 1 Cashner 1-0-0 2.70 4 10.0 11 3 Claudio 0-0-0 1 0.0 1 0 0-0-0 3.18 9 5.2 10 2 Darvish 2-0-0 1.38 2 13.0 8 2 9-2-0 3.45 15 94.0 73 36 Grilli 0-0-0 0.00 2 2.0 0 0 2-1-1 3.41 22 29.0 25 11 Hamels 1-0-0 0.61 2 14.2 7 1 3-1-0 2.45 7 47.2 31 13 Jeffress 0-2-0 8.31 5 4.1 7 4 0-2-1 6.23 10 8.2 12 6 Leclerc 0-0-1 0.00 2 2.2 1 0 0-0-1 0.00 3 3.0 2 0 Perez 0-1-0 6.35 1 5.2 8 4 2-4-0 3.53 10 58.2 53 23 Ross 1-1-1 1.98 9 36.1 32 8 2017 HOME RUNS Player Total Solo 2-run 3-run GS LHP RHP Home Road GT GA Record Last Elvis Andrus 11 8 1 2-3 8 2 9 1 1 4-6 7/1 at CWS (Holland) Adrian Beltre 6 3 1 2 - - 6 3 3-1 4-2 7/7 vs. LAA (Nolasco) Robinson Chirinos 12 8 3 1-3 9 7 5 3 1 9-2 6/28 at CLE (Bauer) Shin-Soo Choo 12 7 2 3-1 11 6 6 1 3 6-6 6/25 at NYY (Pineda) Delino DeShields 2 2 - - - 1 1 1 1-1 0-2 7/4 vs. BOS (Scott) Joey Gallo 21 13 6 2-4 17 10 11 1 5 9-11 6/30 at CWS (Pelfrey) Carlos Gomez 12 6 4 2-2 10 9 3-2 8-3 7/5 vs. BOS (Fister) Jared Hoying 1-1 - - - 1 1 - - - 1-0 5/17 vs. PHI (Garcia) Pete Kozma 1 1 - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1-0 5/21 at DET (Boyd) Jonathan Lucroy 4 1 2 1-1 3-4 - - 1-3 6/9 at WAS (Roark) Nomar Mazara 12 6 4 1 1 1 11 7 5-6 7-5 7/7 vs. LAA (Morin) Mike Napoli 18 11 5 2-5 13 10 8 1 6 9-7 7/4 vs. BOS (Boyer) Rougned Odor 17 9 6 2-1 16 9 8 2 6 10-5 7/7 vs. LAA (Nolasco) Jurickson Profar - - - - - - - - - - - 0-0 7/29/16 vs. KC (Volquez) Drew Robinson 1 1 - - - - 1-1 - - 1-0 6/25 at NYY (Pineda) Ryan Rua 3 - - 2 1 1 2 2 1-1 3-0 5/18 vs. PHI (Rodriguez) TOTALS 133 76 35 20 2 24 109 67 66 9 33 37-34 GRAND SLAMS (2): Mazara, 4/7 vs. OAK; Choo, 4/26 vs. MIN MULTI-HOMER GAMES (8): Odor, 4/3 vs. CLE (2); Chirinos, 4/21 vs. KC (2); Gallo, 4/21 vs. KC (2); Napoli, 5/12 vs. SD (2); Odor, 6/13 at HOU (2); Napoli, 6/17 vs. SEA (2); Gomez, 6/22 vs. TOR (2); Andrus, 6/26 at CLE (2) LEADOFF HOMERS (4): Gomez, 4/13 at LAA; DeShields, 5/2 at HOU; Choo, 5/27 at TOR; Choo, 5/30 vs. TB BACK-TO-BACK HOMERS (1): Beltre/Odor, 7/7 vs. LAA PINCH-HIT HOMERS (0): None WALKOFF HOMERS (2): Napoli, 5/11 vs. SD; Gallo, 5/12 vs. OAK INSIDE THE PARK HOMERS (1): Gallo, 6/21 vs. TOR HR BY PITCHERS (0): None 2017 DISABLED LIST Player Type Injury Placed (retro) Reinstated / Eligible Games Missed Record Keone Kela 10-day Right shoulder soreness July 3 (June 30) July 10 7 3-4 Hanser Alberto 60-day Right shoulder tightness April 2 (March 30) April 9 (transferred to 60 on 5/16) 86 42-44 Jake Diekman 60-day Ulcerative colitis surgery Feb. 14 June 1 86 42-44 Prince Fielder 60-day Neck disc herniation surgery Feb. 14 June 1 86 42-44 Chi Chi Gonzalez 60-day Right elbow UCL partial tear April 2 June 1 86 42-44 A.J. Griffin 60-day Left intercostal strain May 27 July 26 (transferred to 60 on 6/19) 37 18-19 Tanner Scheppers 10-day Left abdominal discomfort April 2 (March 30) April 15 10 4-6 Andrew Cashner 10-day Right biceps soreness April 2 (April 1) April 15 10 4-6 Sam Dyson 10-day Right hand contusion April 17 April 28 10 6-4 Brett Nicholas 10-day Left knee surgery April 2 (March 30) April 28 22 10-12 A.J. Griffin 10-day Gout in left ankle April 21 (April 18) May 4 15 6-9 Adrian Beltre 10-day Right calf tightness April 2 (March 30) May 29 51 25-26 Jose Leclerc 10-day Bruised right index finger May 8 June 2 22 13-9 Dario Alvarez 10-day Left elbow strain May 28 (May 26) June 6 9 2-7 Carlos Gomez 10-day Right hamstring strain May 16 (May 15) June 16 26 13-13 Mike Napoli 10-day Lower back strain June 6 (June 4) June 16 9 6-3 Cole Hamels 10-day Right oblique strain May 3 (April 30) June 26 51 27-24 Andrew Cashner 10-day Left oblique strain June 17 (June 15) June 28 13 7-6 Tyson Ross 60-day Thoracic Outlet Syndrome surgery April 2 (March 30) June 16 65 32-33 Tony Barnette 10-day Right ring finger sprain June 16 (June 15) July 2 16 8-8 Martin Perez 10-day Right thumb fracture/laceration June 24 (June 23) July 3 10 4-6 Jeremy Jeffress 10-day Lower back muscle strain June 22 (June 21) July 4 13 5-8