Texas Rangers (13-18) at Seattle Mariners (14-17) RHP Andrew Cashner (0-3, 2.95) vs. LHP Dillon Overton (0-0, 6.14) Game #32 Road #16 (5-10) Sun., May 7, 2017 Safeco Field 3:10 p.m. (CDT) FSSW / 105.3 FM / 1270 AM RANGERS AT A GLANCE Overall...13-18 Home...8-8 Road...5-10 Standing...5th, -7.0 GB Roadtrip...2-4 One-Run...2-6 2-Run...1-1 HR... 11-12 No HR...2-6 White...5-5 w/ Blue...2-1 w/ Red...3-4 Gray...5-4 Alt. Blue...2-7 Blue Home...2-1 Blue Road...0-6 Alt. Red (all home)...1-2 Throwback...0-0 Last 5 Games...2-3 Last 10 Games...4-6 Come From Behind Wins... 5 Losses After Lead... 9 Score First...9-8 Opp. Score First...4-10 Columns below listed in a Home/Road/Total format vs. AL West... 3-3/5-10/8-13 vs. AL Central... 5-5/0-0/5-5 vs. AL East... 0-0/0-0/0-0 Interleague... 0-0/0-0/0-0 Series...2-3-0/1-3-0/3-6-0 Series Openers... 2-3/2-3/4-6 Series Finales...3-2/2-2/5-4 Rubber Games... 1-1/1-1/2-2 Lead after 6... 6-2/4-4/10-6 Lead after 7... 6-2/4-2/10-5 Lead after 8... 6-1/4-1/10-2 Trail after 6... 0-5/0-4/0-9 Trail after 7... 0-5/0-7/0-12 Trail after 8... 0-6/0-7/0-13 Tied after 6... 2-1/1-2/3-3 Tied after 7... 2-1/1-1/3-2 Tied after 8... 2-1/1-1/3-2 Decided 7th/later... 2-3/1-6/3-9 Shutouts... 1-0/1-1/2-1 Decided final AB...2-2/1-3/3-5 Walk-off games...2-2 ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST Rank HR Player 37 452 Carl Yastrzemski 38 450 Miguel Cabrera 39 449 Jeff Bagwell 449 Vladimir Guerrero 41 445 Adrian Beltre 42 442 Dave Kingman 43 440 Jason Giambi ALL-TIME HITS LIST Rank H Player 30 3000 Roberto Clemente 31 2985 Sam Rice 32 2964 Sam Crawford 33 2955 Willie Keeler 34 2943 Frank Robinson 35 2942 Adrian Beltre 36 2935 Barry Bonds WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers fell to the Mariners, 8-2, last night and has won 2 of its last 3 games since ending a 4-game losing streak...club is now 2-4 on this 9-game road trip against Houston (1-3), Seattle (1-1), and San Diego (2 G)...Texas has still lost 6 of 9 and 7 of its last 12, the longer streak beginning 4/24...at 13-18 (.419), Rangers have the 4th-lowest win pct. in the A.L./8th lowest in MLB...the team s 13 wins are tied for T3rd-fewest in the A.L...team was 17-14 at this point in 2016 after 32 G, Texas was 18-14 in 2016 and 14-18 in 2015...Texas has been a season-best one game under.500 twice in 17 (last after win on 4/23)...club was season-high 6 games under.500 following loss on Wednesday at HOU...Rangers lost a season-high 4 consecutive games, last Sunday-Wednesday...had a season-best 4 game win streak, 4/20-23. The Rangers have lost 3 games in the standings over the 7 days and has been 7.0 games back of division leading Houston for a 3rd straight day...team had a season-high 8.0-game deficit following loss on Wednesday at Houston...club is currently alone in 5th place for the 3rd time in the last 4 days, but is just 1.0 GB of 3rd place Seattle. BURN RUBBER: Texas has gone 2-2 in rubber games this season, including 1-1 on the road...club has dropped each of its last 2 rubbers games since a win in its 1st road series on 4/13 at LAA...Rangers are 3-6-0 in series this season... team has lost 3 straight series since a 4-game sweep of KC, 4/20-23, and is seeking to end that streak with a win tonight. ON THE ROAD: The Rangers have won 2 of last 3 road games since ending a 5-game road losing streak...was team s longest road losing streak since 5 straight defeats, 8/30-9/3/14...club has dropped 9 of its last 12 away contests after winning 2 of 3 at LAA to open the road schedule...at 5-10, Texas has its fewest wins through 15 road games since 2008 (5-10/6-10)...the.333 road winning percentage ranks T10th in the A.L. VS. SEATTLE: Rangers are 1-4 vs. SEA to begin 2017, and have dropped 7 of 9 dating to 2016 Rangers have still won 12 of last 21 meetings, going 19-17 beginning 8/8/15 the Rangers went 12-7 vs. the M s in 2016, T3rd-most wins ever in a season against Seattle (15 in 2011; 13 in 2005; 12 in 1978, 2004, 2010, 2013) Texas snapped a 5-game losing streak at Safeco Field with Friday night s win, but is just 15-19 at Safeco since the start of 2014 in the all-time series, Texas leads, 316-306 overall with the M s holding edges of 162-149 in Seattle, 90-83 at Safeco Field Rangers are 18-17-3 in last 38 series at Safeco after going 0-11-2 in 1st 13 series at this park...the teams next meet when Seattle makes its 1st trip to Arlington, 6/16-18. YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE: The Rangers are 4-3 in day games this season, dropping 3 of their last 5 afternoon contests since opening the season with 2 straight wins. BIG INNING: The Rangers allowed 7 runs in the 7th inning last night, the club s most runs allowed in a single inning this season...it was the 1st time for the Rangers to allow 7+ runs in the 7th inning-or-later when the game was tied or Texas led since permitting 9 runs in the 7th inning of a 11-5 loss on 4/15 vs. BAL (led 5-1 entering the 7th). Texas has allowed 16 runs in the 7th inning this season, but 12 of those 16 runs have come in 2 games within the last 6 days (7 runs last night and 5 runs on Monday at Houston)... the Rangers had entered last night s game with just 9 runs allowed in the 7th inning, its lowest total of any frame. ELVIS ANDRUS is the only A.L. player one of just 4 ML players with 5+ home runs and 6 stolen bases this season, joining ARI s Paul Goldschmidt (7 HR, 8 SB), ARI s Ender Inciarte (5 HR, 7 SB), and ARI s Chris Owings (5 HR, 8 SB). DELINO DESHIELDS has batted in the leadoff spot for each of the last 10 games, hitting.316/.409/.447/.856...since moving into the leadoff spot on 4/26, DeShields has scored 10 runs, T4th in the A.L. and T8th in the majors in that span... DeShields also swiped his 6th stolen base of the season last night, tied with Elvis Andrus for the team lead and T4th-most in the A.L. In the leadoff spot, DeShields has averaged 4.13 pitches per plate appearance, 5th-best among A.L. leadoff hitters (min. 40 PA). MORE GIDPS: The Rangers turned 2 more double plays last night and lead the majors with 40 GIDP, 7 more than any other club (TOR-33)...Texas is just 3 GIDP shy of their total through the 1st 31 games in 2016 (43) when the club led the majors with 168 GIDP. The club has induced 13 double plays in 5 games vs. Seattle this season, as the 8 double plays turned during the club s 1st trip from 4/14-16 was T2nd-most in a 3-game series in Rangers history (since the stat was 1st tracked in 1974). Martin Perez induced one of the 2 GIDP last night and ranks T4th in the A.L. with 7 GIDP on the season...the Rangers have 3 of the top 6 pitchers in opponent GIDP this season as Yu Darvish and Cole Hamels are also tied for 4th with 7... Alex Claudio is tied for 7th with 6. POWER RANGERS: The Rangers launched a pair of solo home runs last night and are now T2nd in the A.L. and 4th in the majors with 46 long balls this season (MIL-50, WSH-48, NYM-47)...the 46 home runs are the club s 5th-most in team history through the 1st 31 games of a season and most since 47 in 2012. Mike Napoli went deep for the 5th time this season with a solo shot in the 9th inning last night...the Rangers have joined the Yankees as the only teams in the majors this season with 5 players with 5+ home runs (Gallo-10, Odor-6, Andrus-5, Mazara-5, Napoli -5). Joey Gallo hit his team-leading 10th home run, T2nd in the A.L. and T4th in the majors...gallo is just the 2nd Ranger in the last 12 seasons (2006-17) with 10+ home runs in the 1st 31 games of a season (Josh Hamilton had 14 in 2012)... Gallo is also just the 3rd player in Rangers history to hit 10+ home runs through the 1st 31 games in a season at age 23-or-younger, joining Pete Incaviglia (11 in 1987) and Juan Gonzalez (11 in 1993). VS. SOUTHPAWS: Texas is slated to face a left-hander for just the 7th time in 2017, going 3-3 in their previous 6 games vs. southpaws...team has not faced a lefty starter since the last homestand on 4/28 vs. LAA (Tyler Skaggs)...Texas has won 2 of its last 3 games vs. lefty starters. SAN DIEGO NEXT: The Rangers will close this roadtrip with a 2-game series in San Diego, which will be be immediately followed by 2 games with the Padres in Arlington...the Rangers and Padres will meet for the 1st time since 2015 when Texas went 3-3 against the Friars...the Rangers have won 5 of 6 games played at Petco Park and are 7-7 all-time in San Diego. The series in San Diego will mark the 1st Interleague series for the Rangers in 17...club s 81-53 (.604) mark vs. N.L. since 2010 is 2nd-best in MLB in that span to only Boston (.636, 89-51) the Rangers went 13-7 (.650) against the N.L. last season, T4th-best win percentage in the majors. SHORTS: Happy 29th birthday to Rangers reliever Sam Dyson...Elvis Andrus has 4 starts in the cleanup spot this season, one shy of tying Alex Rodriguez (5 in 2002) for 3rd-most starts in that spot by a Texas shortstop in a single-season... Texas starters have no decisions or losses in 11 of 18 quality starts this season and Martin Perez s 3 QS losses are tied for the ML lead (also SF s M. Bumgarner and BOS R. Porcello). UPCOMING PROBABLES, TIMES & BROADCASTS Date Opponent Pitchers - Texas vs. Opponent Time (CDT) TV/Radio Monday, May 8 at San Diego RHP Nick Martinez (0-1, 4.91) vs. RHP Jered Weaver (0-3, 5.51) 9:10 FSSW/105.3/1270 Tuesday, May 9 at San Deigo RHP A.J. Griffin (3-0, 3.54) vs. RHP Luis Perdomo (0-0, 4.03) 2:40 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 TODAY S STARTING PITCHER #54 Andrew Cashner, RHP (0-3, 2.95) TODAY: The 30-year-old right-hander is slated to make his 5th start of the season today in the series finale against the Mariners here in Seattle...is seeking his 1st win for Texas...took the loss in last outing on 5/1 at HOU (6.0 IP, 3 R-2 ER)... will be making 1st day game start, 3rd road start, and 2nd outing against the Mariners this season...winless in 16 straight road starts, tied for longest active streak among MLB starters...texas is 1-3 in his starts this season has gone 1-7, 4.83 (46 ER/85.2 IP) in last 17 ML starts dating to 7/21/16, lone win in that span coming with Marlins on 9/7/16 vs. PHI (5.1 IP, 0 R)...began the season on the disabled list with upper right biceps soreness and was activated on 4/15 prior to start at SEA spent 2016 with San Diego and Miami and signed with Texas as a free agent on 11/21/16. LAST START: Took the loss on 5/1 at HOU (6.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R-2 ER, 3 BB, 2 SO, 86 pitches/49 strikes), a 6-2 Texas defeat in the opener of a 4-game series...allowed unearned run in 1st on error by Nomar Mazara, one of 3 errors committed by Rangers...issued walk and gave up single in 7th, and was replaced by Tony Barnette...left with 2-1 lead before Astros scored 5 runs (2 charged to Cashner, 3 to Barnette) in the inning...the Conroe, Texas native remained winless in his home state (2 G/GS in Arlington, 7 G/2 GS at HOU)... matched a season high with 6.0 IP. VS. SEATTLE: Today marks 2nd start in Seattle this season...is 0-3 with a 4.05 ERA (12 ER/26.2 IP) over 5 G/4 GS in career vs. Mariners...Cashner s teams are 2-3 in those games...made Rangers debut here in Seattle on 4/15, taking the loss (5.1 IP, 3 ER)...matched SEA s James Paxton with 5.0 SHO IP before allowing 4 R-3 ER in the 6th, including 2 runs on homer allowed by Mike Hauschild...started on 5/30/16 at SEA (L, 6.1 IP, 3 ER)...has received 4 total runs of support in 4 GS vs. SEA...made relief appearance for Cubs on 6/24/10 at SEA (2.0 IP, 1 ER). ON THE ROAD: Will be making 3rd road start of 2017 today, 2nd here at Safeco Field...is 0-8, 7.23 (57 ER, 71.0 IP) in last 16 road starts, including 0-2, 3.97 (5 ER/11.1 IP) this season...last road win came on 9/16/15 at ARI (7.0 IP, 3 ER)... streak of 16 straight winless road starts is tied for the longest active streak among MLB starters (also BAL s Vidal Nuño, who has transitioned to bullpen)... opponents are batting.190 (8-42) on the road compared to.235 (8-34) at home...has not allowed a home run on the road this season. NOT HIS DAY: Has gone 3-17 with a 3.87 ERA (84 ER/195.1 IP) in 65 G/28 GS career in day games...win percentage of.150 is lowest among MLB starters (min. 20 decisions)...seeking 1st day game victory since 4/19/15 at CHC (6.0 IP, 2 R-0 ER), a span of 16 starts. WHERE IS THE LOVE?: Cashner received 2 runs of support in his last outing on 5/1 at HOU, the 1st run support he has received this season (21.1 IP)...this season, run support average (0.84) is lowest among MLB starters...career 3.51 run support average as a starter is lowest among MLB starters since 2010... in 1st 4 starts, has opposed 2 of the A.L. s top 5 in ERA entering today (MIN s Ervin Santana-1st, 0.66; SEA s Paxton-4th, 1.43). I LIKE TEXAS: Is the 1st native-born Texas pitcher to start for the Rangers since Mesquite s Jason Jennings (6 starts in 2008) the Conroe native is still seeking his 1st career win in his native state, as he has gone winless in 2 G/GS at Globe Life Park and in 7 G/2 GS at Minute Maid Park in his career. RETURN FROM INJURY: Missed majority of spring training with upper right biceps soreness that was orginally diagnosed on 3/2 saw Dr. Greg Pearl in Dallas and received 2 injections on 3/10 threw a bullpen on 3/17 in his 1st return to the mound since the injury earned the save (3.0 IP, 0 R-ER) in only A game appearance on 3/31 vs. KC at Globe Life Park in Arlington threw 76 pitches in an extended spring training game on 4/10 in Surprise (5.0 IP, 0 R-ER) was due to start for Double-A Frisco that night, but was sent to extended spring due to inclement weather forecast in the DFW area majority of work this spring came against SD minor leaguers. 2017: Lucroy has caught all 4 starts opposing left-handed hitters are just 7-for- 43 (.163) with 2 XBH (2B, HR) opponents are 8-for-52 (.154) w/ 12 BB over the 1st 4 innings of games, and 8-for-24 (.333) with 4 BB in 5th-7th innings opponents leading off an inning are 3-for-18 (2 2B, HR) with 5 BB opp. are 1-for- 24 w/ RISP (.042), and 5-for-40 (.125) with men on base. BY THE NUMBERS: Is one of 44 major league pitchers with at least 120.0 innings in each of the last 4 campaigns (2013-16), and his run support average of 3.50 in that span was the 2nd-lowest of any big league pitcher (minimum 400.0 IP) ranks 16th all-time among San Diego pitchers in strikeouts (505). IT S MAY: Enters the month of May without a win for the 1st time since converting to starter in 2013...is 6-13, 3.88 (55 ER/127.2 IP) in 33 G/19 GS career in May, tied with March/April for most wins of any month...cashner s RANGERS GAME NOTES SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2017 AT SEATTLE CASHNER S MAJOR LEAGUE RECORD W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2017 0-3 2.95 4/4 21.1 16 9 7 2 16 10 Career 31-56 3.86 206/113 747.2 719 369 321 73 271 618 CASHNER VS. SEATTLE W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2017 0-1 5.06 1/1 5.1 5 4 3 0 3 2 Career 0-3 4.05 5/4 26.2 28 14 12 4 7 13 CASHNER AT SAFECO FIELD W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2017 0-1 5.06 1/1 5.1 5 4 3 0 3 2 Career 0-2 4.61 3/2 13.2 14 9 7 1 5 7 2017 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Innings: 6.0, 2x, last May 1 at HOU Innings: 9.0, 3x, last Sept. 15, 2014 vs. PHI Hits: 5, 2x, last April 25 vs. MIN Hits: 11, June 1, 2015 vs. NYM Runs: 4, April 15 at SEA Runs: 8, July 8, 2016 at LAD ER: 3, April 15 at SEA ER: 8, July 8, 2016 at LAD SO s: 3, 2x, last April 25 vs. MIN SO s: 12, June 1, 2015 vs. NYM Walks: 6, April 25 vs. MIN Walks: 6, 2x, last April 25 vs. MIN HR: 2, April 25 vs. MIN HR: 4, July 8, 2016 at LAD Pitches: 95, April 25 vs. MIN Pitches: 121, Aug. 27, 2015 at WAS CG s: N/A CG s: 3, last Sept. 15, 2014 vs. PHI Low-Hit CG: N/A Low-Hit CG: 1, 2x, April 11, 2014 vs. DET CG SHO s: N/A CG SHO s: 3, last Sept. 15, 2014 vs. PHI Win Streak: N/A Win Streak: 3, 3x, last Sept. 9-20, 2014 2017 & CAREER SPLITS 2017 CAREER W L ERA G/S IP ER W L ERA G/S IP ER Home 0 1 1.80 2/2 10.0 2 22 26 2.84 99/54 377.0 119 Road 0 2 3.97 2/2 11.1 5 9 30 4.90 107/59 370.2 202 Day - - - - - - 3 17 3.87 65/28 195.1 84 Night 0 3 2.95 4/4 21.1 7 28 39 3.86 141/85 552.1 237 AVG AB H HR BB SO AVG AB H HR BB SO vs. Left.163 43 7 1 6 6.262 1330 349 44 153 296 vs. Right.273 33 9 1 10 4.247 1501 370 29 118 322 TOTALS.211 76 16 2 16 10.254 2831 719 73 271 618 RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total 1 - - 1 1 4 2 - - 9 RUN SUPPORT 0R 1R 2R 3R 4R 5R 6R 7R 8R 9R 10R+ Total AVG/9 3-1 - - - - - - - - 2 0.84 BATTER-PITCHER MATCHUPS (Including postseason) Cashner vs. Seattle PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI SO Canó.167 12 2 0 0 0 Cruz.500 4 2 0 1 0 Dyson.250 4 1 0 0 0 Motter.000 1 0 0 0 1 Ruiz.250 4 1 0 0 1 Seager.364 11 4 1 4 2 Segura.267 15 4 0 4 2 Valencia.500 4 2 0 1 0 Zunino.500 4 2 0 0 0 Overton vs. Texas PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI SO Gomez.000 3 0 0 0 2 Napoli 1.000 2 1 0 0 0 CASHNER S 2017 DAY-BY-DAY Date Opp. Score Dec. ERA IP H R ER HR BB-I SO Left Game Pitches 4/15 at SEA 0-5 L 5.06 5.1 5 4 3 0 3-0 2 Trailing 0-2 85/48 4/20 vs. KC 1-0 (13) - 2.38 6.0 3 0 0 0 4-0 3 Tied 0-0 94/53 4/25 vs. MIN 1-8 L 2.93 4.0 5 2 2 2 6-0 3 Trailing 0-2 95/51 April Totals 0-2 2.93 15.1 13 6 5 2 13-0 5/1 at HOU 2-6 L 2.95 6.0 3 3 2 0 3-0 2 Leading 2-1 86/49 Season Totals 0-3 2.95 21.1 16 9 7 2 16-0 10 May SO/9 mark (6.0) is lower than career figure (7.4) and lowest of any month. SPRING TRAINING: Missed time due to injury and returned to make 3 appearances pitched in a minor league game vs. Lake Elsinore (Padres A+) on 3/26 and allowed 4 runs in the 1st inning before retiring 7 of last 8 BF, including 4 on strikeouts also faced Lake Elsinore in 1st minor league outing on 3/22 in Surprise, tossing 2.0 scoreless innings earned a 3.0-inning save on 3/31 vs. KC in Arlington in final outing of spring threw 5.0 scoreless innings with 7 strikeouts in an extended spring training game on 4/10 in Surprise. CAREER: Was signed by Rangers as a free agent on 11/21/16 the Conroe, Texas native split 2016 between SD and MIA (traded to MIA on 7/29/16), going 5-11 in 28 G/27 GS with 2 stints on the disabled list averaged 26 starts and 154.0 innings over his 4 full seasons as a major league starter from 2013-16 was the Padres Pitcher of the Year in 2013 with a career-best 10 wins and a 3.09 ERA made his big league debut with Cubs in 2010 before trade to SD prior to 2012 season was a 4-time selection in MLB June draft before signing with the Cubs as a 1st-round selection in 2008 pitched that spring at TCU, leading team in wins after a 2-year career at Angelina College in Lufkin, Texas. TOMORROW S SCHEDULED STARTER RHP NICK MARTINEZ (0-1, 4.91 ERA in 3 games/starts) The 26-year-old right-hander will be making his 4th start/appearance of the season in Monday s series opener in San Diego was initially recalled for his 2nd stint w/ TEX on 4/21 to take spot in rotation of injured A.J. Griffin, and has remained in the rotation following injury to Cole Hamels took loss in last outing on Wed. at HOU, a 10-1 defeat (L, 5.1 IP, 9 H, 7 R-6 ER, 3 BB, 0 SO, 3 HR, 101 pitches/56 strikes) allowed 4 runs in a 33-pitch 2nd inning, including HR to Carlos Correa and Brian McCann, but club trailed just 4-1 entering the 6th permitted 2-R HR to Marwin Gonzalez in the 6th, when he retired one of 4 BF it was the 1st time in 2017 for a TEX starter to allow 5+ runs was longest start by a Ranger without a strikeout since 6/19/16 at STL (Martin Perez-5.1 IP) has gone winless in his last 9 major league starts dating back to last win as a starter on 8/5/15 vs. HOU took no decisions in each of 1st 2 starts of 17, receiving 4 total runs of support in those outings, 1st time with back-to-back quality starts since June 2015 (3 straight) career-best 7 SO on 4/28 vs. LAA made season debut on 4/22 vs. KC (ND, 7.0 IP, 1 R-ER) is in 2nd stint of 17 w/ TEX: 4/12-14 (in bullpen, did not pitch) and 4/21-current has never faced the Padres and is 2-0, 4.88 (15 ER/27.2 IP) in 6 G/5 GS career in Interleague play is slated for his 2nd road start in 17 and has lost 7 straight on the road since 6/20/15, he has gone 0-7 with a 8.05 ERA (45 ER/50.1 IP) over his last 10 road starts, with opponents batting.344/.423/.633 in that span his 53 starts for Texas since the beginning of 2014 are 3rdmost by any pitcher for the club (Colby Lewis-81, Martin Perez-62, Martinez-53, Cole Hamels-49) spent balance of April with Triple-A Round Rock, going 1-0 with a 5.00 ERA (5 ER/9.0 IP) in 2 games/starts, holding opponents to a.206 (7-34) average with 3 BB/8 SO and 2 HR had 6 G/5 GS with Texas this spring before he was optioned to Round Rock on March 29.
RANGERS GAME NOTES SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2017 AT SEATTLE PAGE 3 TEAM PITCHING W-L-S G ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO Starters 9-11 31 3.50 180.0 155 77 70 25 77 130 Relievers 4-7-3 31 4.93 98.2 115 66 54 14 41 81 Home 8-8-1 16 3.59 148.0 126 66 59 18 62 110 Road 5-10-2 15 4.48 130.2 144 77 65 21 56 101 TEAM CATCHING ERA *W-L CS SBA CS% PB PO Chirinos 3.57 6-4 1 4 25.0 0 0 Lucroy 4.21 7-14 5 17 29.4 0 0 Stolen bases against pitchers: 0-for-0 (0 SB, 0 CS) * - as starter BULLPEN BREAKDOWN (RELIEF OUTINGS ONLY) FIRST BATTER PITCHER LAST APP. (Dec.) IP H R ER BB SO NP SV/OPP RET/FACED IR/Sc GB/FB SB/CS 39 Dario Alvarez (L) 5/6 at SEA 1.0 3 3 3 1 0 21 0/0 6/10 15/8 10/13 1/0 43 Tony Barnette 5/5 at SEA 3.0 2 0 0 1 2 37 0/2 5/12 6/4 22/8 0/0 51 Matt Bush 5/5 at SEA (W, 2-0) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 25 1/2 7/10 1/0 9/15 3/0 58 Alex Claudio (L) 5/5 at SEA (Sv, 1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 11 1/1 8/10 6/0 21/2 0/0 47 Sam Dyson 5/5 at SEA 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 13 0/3 5/10 0/0 22/9 2/0 23 Jeremy Jeffress 5/6 at SEA 1.0 2 0 0 1 0 22 0/0 11/17 10/0 31/5 0/0 50 Keone Kela 5/6 at SEA 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 7 0/1 6/9 6/1 12/6 0/0 62 Jose Leclerc 5/2 at HOU 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 21 1/1 8/9 7/0 9/12 1/0 Totals 3/10, 30.0% 58/93, 62.4% 55/16, 29.1% 165/82 8/0 TEAM PITCHING: Staff has 4.44 ERA (40 ER/81.0 IP) over last 9 G to rise from 3.82 to 4.00, 9th in A.L...opponents batting.287 (93-324) w/ 41 BB against 56 SO in that 9 G span Texas pitchers have a 3.59 ERA (59 ER/148.0 IP) in last 16 G to drop from 4.48 club s 118 BB lead the A.L., while 211 SO rank 13th Rangers 2 SHO are T2nd in A.L. STARTERS: Rotation has 4.26 ERA (32 ER/67.2 IP) over last 12 G to raise season ERA from 3.04 to 3.50, 3rd in A.L...beginning 4/8, starters have a 3.18 ERA (56 ER/158.1 IP) to drop from 5.82 Wed. night (Martinez-7 R/6 ER) was 1st TEX start in 17 of allowing 5-or-more runs, last ML club to see such a start this year...18 quality starts are tied for A.L. lead (DET/BOS) and T2nd in MLB (21-WAS) starters.235 opp. avg. is 3rd-best in A.L. and 4th in majors, but have A.L.-high 77 BB starters have 5.0+ IP in 27 of 1st 31 G. RELIEVERS: Bullpen s has allowed 22 ER in 37.1 IP last 11 G to rise from 4.70 to 4.93, 4th-highest in A.L pen s 6.0 scoreless innings last night was 2nd-longest scoreless outing in 17 (7.0 SHOIP on 4/20 vs. KC)...bullpen issued 9 BB in 4.0 IP Thurs. at HOU, most since 7/28/15 vs. NYY (10)...pen also had season-high 3 holds Thurs. vs. HOU...opponents are batting.326 (43-132) in last 10 G...Claudio recorded team s 3rd save Fri. night, 3-for-10 in save tries, 3 saves are tied for fewest in MLB (also MIA) club s 7 blown saves are T4th in MLB (8-TOR/LAA/TB). 39 DARIO ALVAREZ (L) 1-0-0, 3.00 vs. LHB: 4-for-15 (.267) vs. RHB: 6-for-21 (.286) Matched career-high with 3 runs allowed last night (3x, last 9/17/16 vs. OAK)...had not allowed an earned run over 1st 8.0 IP/9 G...has permitted 16 of 43 BF to reach safely (10 H, 6 BB) 9 of 28 batters he has retired have come via strikeout 1st batter has reached in 5 of 10 season-high 2.0 IP on 4/20 vs. KC, scoreless 12th and 13th to earn his 1st win w/ TEX...LHB are 1-for-8 w/2 BB and 2 SO over last 6 G. Has fewest games/innings of any member of TEX season-opening bullpen made a season-opening roster for the 1st time in his 4th ML season. Saw 1st extended MLB action in 2016, spending time in NYM/ATL/TEX organizations has whiffed 54 of 175 batters faced in his ML career (30.9%) faced 41 LH batters in 2016, whiffed 18 of them (43.9%). 43 TONY BARNETTE 0-0-0, 5.56 vs. LHB: 3-for-17 (.176) vs. RHB: 13-for-31 (.419) Career highs in innings (3.0) and pitches (37) Fri. night...had 3.0 scoreless innings last night after he did not retire any of 3 BF Thurs. at HOU (3 H)... career-high 3 runs allowed in blown save on Mon. at HOU also allowed a pair of IR to score 1st batters faced are 6-for-9 with a BB in last 10 G. Has allowed 4 of 6 (66.7%) inherited runners to score, T4th-highest pct. among A.L. qualifiers...has permitted IR to score in 3 of last 7 outings owns 2 of Rangers 7 blown saves (Dyson-3, Bush-1, Kela-1) is 0-for-3 in career save chances has allowed 7 XBH, tied w/ Mike Hauschild for most vs. a TEX reliever in 2017. Made season-opening roster for the 2nd straight year after making his ML debut in 2016. 51 MATT BUSH 2-0-1, 1.69 vs. LHB: 3-for-21 (.143) vs. RHB: 4-for-18 (.222) Earned 2nd win in 17 with scoreless 12th Fri. night 2nd career save on 4/23 vs. KC (other 8/10/16 vs. COL) has allowed one unearned run over 7 G/7.0 IP since returning from injection in his right AC joint on 4/12, and opp. are 4-for-25 w/ 9 K s in those outings did not pitch 4/10-15. In 10 G this season, opponents batting.179 (7-39) w/ 4 BB/14 SO...3 of 4 BB have come in last 2 G. Allowed runs in 2 of 1st 3 outings before his injection allowed game-tying HR by Encarnacion in season opener 4/3 vs. CLE that resulted in blown save, snapping scoreless streak of 15.2 IP dating to 2016 (reg. and postseason). 58 ALEX CLAUDIO (L) 1-0-1, 1.80 vs. LHB: 3-for-15 (.200) vs. RHB: 8-for-35 (.229) 1st ML save Fri. night with scoreless 13th...made 1st career start Tues. at HOU (3 ER, 4.0 IP), throwing career-high 65 pitches had scoreless inning streak snapped at 15.2 IP dating to 2016..1st ER allowed since 9/14/16 at HOU.T2nd longest outing of career (4.1 IP on 5/10/16 vs. CWS). Over 9 relief outings this season: 11.0 IP, 7 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 SO earned win w/ 3.2 scoreless IP 4/7 vs. OAK, 3rd-longest outing of career and 2nd-longest scoreless effort in career (4.0 SHO IP, 8/16/16 vs. OAK).opponents are 11-for-50 (.220) with 2 BB/5 SO Made Opening Day roster for 1st time in his career in 4th ML season spent bulk of 2016 on active Rangers roster, just 6 appearances in the minors. In 9 career games vs. SEA: 12.0 IP, 9 H, 0 R, 8 SO. 47 SAM DYSON 0-3-0, 13.03 vs. LHB: 9-for-18 (.500) vs. RHB: 8-for-26 (.308) Scoreless inning Fri. night and has retired 7 of 10 BF over last 2 G activated from the disabled list 4/28 and has allowed 1 R-ER in 4 G/5.2 IP, permitting solo HR to Jefry Marte in 9th Sun. vs. LAA outing 4/28 vs. LAA was 1st since 4/16 at SEA (blown save, 2 R-ER, 0.1 IP) on DL from 4/17-27 w/ right hand contusion sustained when he attempted to barehand a comebacker in that 4/16 outing. His 3 relief losses are T1st in MLB (also MIL s N. Feliz/TOR s J. Grilli/DET s F. Rodriguez), this after just 3 total losses w/ TEX in 2015-16 after trade from Marlins has 3 blown saves, T1st in MLB w/ 5 others, this after 5 blown saves in all of 2016 opponents batting.386 (17-44) w/ 8 BB/2 SO and 3 HR. Appeared in back-to-back games, 4/24-25, with Triple-A Round Rock on a rehab assignment (2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R-ER, 1 BB, 2 SO). Has a 1.76 ERA (3 ER/15.1 IP) with 5 saves over 16 career games vs. the M s. 23 JEREMY JEFFRESS 0-2-0, 5.27 vs. LHB: 5-for-15 (.333) vs. RHB: 13-for-39 (.333) Last 7 G: 6 R-ER in 7.0 IP to raise ERA from season-low 2.70 to 5.27 opponents in those 6 G: 14-for-31 w/ HR, 7 BB-1 IBB, 4 SO...matched career high with 3 walks Thurs. at HOU (4x, last 9/23/12 vs. CLE). Tied for A.L. lead with 17 appearances (LAA s J. Alvarez), T2nd-most in MLB 8 of 17 outings have been <3 outs has stranded all 10 inherited runners. Took loss last Fri. vs. LAA (Pujols 3-R HR in 8th), as both losses in 17 are to Angels (also walk-off loss 4/11 at LAA) HR last Fri. was 1st HR allowed since 6/1/16 vs. STL while with MIL (Brandon Moss), 1st by a RH hitter since 4/23/16 vs. PHI (O. Herrera). 50 KEONE KELA 0-1-0, 6.23 vs. LHB: 3-for-11 (.273) vs. RHB: 3-for-21 (.143) Has allowed 6 R over last 3 G/2.1 IP...season highs in K (3) and BB (3) over 1.1 IP Thurs. at HOU...4 of 6 runs allowed this season came on Marwin Gonzalez blown save Tues. at HOU, suffering loss and blown save...1st loss since 7/18/16 at LAA has 8 appearances since he was recalled from Round Rock (AAA) on 4/17 had 7.1 SHO IP over 1st 6 outings pitched 2.0 scoreless innings in TEX win 4/20 vs. KC (10th and 11th innings), matching career high for innings (7th time). Posted no record with 2.25 ERA (1 ER/4.0 IP) over 4 relief appearances with the Express before his promotion, going 1-for-2 in save tries PCL batters hit.294 (5-17) with one BB/8 SO and just one XBH (2B) had been optioned to Triple-A on 3/31 before season-opening roster was set. 62 JOSE LECLERC 0-1-1, 0.82 vs. LHB: 3-for-14 (.214) vs. RHB: 3-for-26 (.115) Retired 3 of 5 BF in scoreless 5th Tues. at HOU ranks among A.L. relief leaders in SO (T15th, 17) and SO/9 (10th, 13.91) over last 15 ML appearances beginning 9/8/16: 18.2 IP, 2 R-1 ER, 4 BB, 24 SO has stranded all 7 inherited runners and retired 34 of 42 BF, as opponents are 6-for-40 w/ 2 BB/17 SO in 9 outings K s in all 9 G. 1st career save 4/12 at LAA (age 23.114), 3rd-youngest Ranger with a save since 1988 younger saves in that span were by Neftali Feliz (21.105 on 8/15/09 vs. BOS) and Keone Kela (22.062 on 6/17/15 at LAD) retired Trout (K) and Pujols (F8) on 4 pitches to end the 8th inning on 4/12. Retired all 6 BF w/ 3 SO in season debut 4/4 vs. CLE in club history, only other relievers as young as Leclerc (23.106) with 2.0+ perfect innings and 3+ SO in an outing were Neftali Feliz (4x) and Mitch Williams (2x) made Opening Day roster for 1st time in his career after ML debut in 2016.
PAGE 4 RANGERS GAME NOTES SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2017 AT SEATTLE TEAM BATTING: Team is batting.237 (110-464) over last 14 G to rise from.205 to.220, 2nd-lowest in A.L., 3rd-lowest in MLB (KC-.212, SD-.217)... Texas is hitting.211 (153-726) in last 22 G to drop from.240...has 10+ strikeouts in 7 straight, longest streak in team history...had 12+ SO in club-record 4 straight, Sun.-Wed., tying A.L. record (4th time), and T4th-longest span in ML history season-high 16 K s on Tues. at HOU 2-or-fewer runs 12 of last 22 club ranks among A.L. leaders in HR (2nd, 46) and runs (T5th, 139), but have 2nd-lowest OBP (.295) season-high 5 HR Tues. at HOU, 1st loss in club history w/ 5+ HR. 1 ELVIS ANDRUS.286 AVG, 5 HR, 13 RBI,.325 OBP,.487 SLG SHORTSTOP R/R Sat.: 0-for-4, 3 K Trip:.333 (8-24), 2 HR, 2 2B, 4 R, 3 BB, 4 RBI Streak: 0 G Season-high 3 K last night after season-high 3 hits Friday night...is batting.333 (13-39) with 3 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, and 5 BB over last 10 G to rise from.263 to.286 is batting.247 (20-81) last 20 G to drop from.368 ranks among A.L. leaders in SB (T4th, 6) and multi-hit games (T3rd, 12) his 5 HR are most prior to the All-Star break in his career walk-off single on 4/23 vs. KC, which was 1st career start in cleanup slot...team-best.840 OPS. With single 4/17 at OAK (career hit 1282), passed Ruben Sierra for sole possession of 5th place in club history. Has started 30 of 31 G at SS has starts in 7 different slots in lineup (2/3/4/6/7/8/9) did not play in spring until 3/11 after offseason sports hernia surgery. 29 ADRIAN BELTRE AVG, 0 HR, 0 RBI, OBP, SLG THIRD BASEMAN R/R 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 expected to miss multiple weeks entered this season with 2942 hits, 35th all-time and one behind Frank Robinson (2943). Placed on DL 4/2 (right calf tightness) and missed an Opening Day for 2nd time in his career (also 2001) played for Dominican Republic in WBC. 61 ROBINSON CHIRINOS.300 AVG, 4 HR, 9 RBI,.432 OBP,.733 SLG CATCHER R/R Sat.: 1-for-3 Trip:.200 (1-5), 2 BB, R Streak: 1 G (1-3) Is 1-for-8 with 2 BB in last 3 starts after batting.364 (8-22) with 4 HR and 9 RBI in 1st 8 G/7 GS all 4 HR/9 RBI came in a 6 G span, 4/9-23 is T5th on club w/ 4 HR his 4 HR as catcher are T3rd in A.L. (5-James McCann/Sal Perez), T4th in MLB 5 of last 8 hits have gone for extra bases (4 HR, 2B). 4/21 vs. KC was 4th career multi-hr game - his 1st in Arlington his 3 multi-hr games since start of 16 are 3rd among Rangers (4-Beltre/Odor). Has 11 G/10 GS at catcher, team is 6-4 in his starts had 2 H, 2 R, 3 RBI in consecutive starts (4/9 vs. OAK; 4/13 at LAA). Is 1-for-4 in throwing out attempted base stealers, and has thrown out 4 of last 7 attempts dating back to 2016. 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.237 AVG, 3 HR, 11 RBI,.339 OBP,.371 SLG OUTFIELDER L/L Sat.: 0-for-4, K Trip:.125 (3-24), R, 2B, BB Streak: 0 G Is batting.143 (4-28) with 1 BB over last 7 G to drop from.275 to.237 reached safely in each of his 8 G on last homestand at.357/.455/.643/1.098 (10-28) w/ 2 HR, 4 RBI, 5 BB, 6 R. Has team-high 15 BB, just out of A.L s top 10 in that category T6th in A.L. w/ 6 GIDP has hit in 5 different slots in 17 has 27 total starts at DH (22) and RF (5) 3 BB on 4/17 at OAK, tied for most by a Ranger in 17. Started in the 9-hole 4/26 vs. MIN for 1st time in his career and matched a season high with 3 hits had a triple and home run in the 8th inning, most total bases (7) by a Texas batter in a single inning since Adrian Beltre hit 2 HR (8 TB) on 8/22/12 vs. BAL. Had 5 RBI 4/16 at SEA, highest total since 9/17/10 at KC while w/ CLE (7) it was his 5th career game with 5+ RBI, his most with Texas. Signed by Seattle as a non-drafted free agent at age 18 in 2000...is 12 career HR vs. SEA are 3rd-most vs. any opponent (13-KC/DET). 7 DELINO DESHIELDS.268 AVG, 1 HR, 4 RBI,.349 OBP,.357 SLG OUTFIELDER R/R Sat.: 2-for-4, 2B, SB, K Trip:.280 (7-25), HR, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 3 R, BB Streak: 3 G (.385, 5-13, 2B, RBI, 2 R, BB) Has started 10 straight in the leadoff slot, going for 12-for-38 with 10 R and 6 BB batting.319 (15-47) last 14 G after opening season at 0-for-9, part of an 0-for-21 span dating to 16 has 20 G/15 GS (13-LF, 1-CF, 1-DH)...Wed. was 1st start of 17 in CF hit 1st-career leadoff HR Tues. at HOU. On 4/26 vs. MIN, became 2nd TEX leadoff batter since 2010 to reach safely 5+ times w/ 3+ R in 9-inning game (also Andrus, 5/18/13 vs. DET) matched career highs with 5 times on base (other 8/27/15 vs. TOR) and 3 BB (4x, last 8/27/15 vs. TOR)...T4th in A.L. with 6 SB. Posted walk-off RBI single in 13th on 4/20 vs. KC, his 1st career walk-off hit in 10-pitch at-bat is 6-for-8 in steal tries in 17. 13 JOEY GALLO.204 AVG, 10 HR, 21 RBI,.305 OBP,.553 SLG 1B / 3B / OF L/R Sat.: 1-for-3, HR, RBI, R, K, E Trip:.174 (4-23), 3 HR, 4 R, 5 RBI, BB Streak: 1 G (1-3, HR, RBI, R) Has homered in 3 of 5 and 8 HR in last 17 G, and his team-high 10 HR are T2nd in A.L...is 5-for-34 w/ one BB/19 SO last 9 G to drop from.232 to.204 matched a career high with 4 times on base 4/26 vs. MIN (3x, last 6/13/15 vs. MIN) has started all 31 G at 3B, played every inning in field until his early exit Wed. night 3rd career 2-error game on Fri. vs. LAA. Named Rangers Player of the Month for April...his 7 HR were most by a Ranger in April since 2012 (Hamilton-9, Napoli-7) 13 of last 17 hits have gone for extra bases ranks among A.L. leaders in XBH (T6th, 15), R (T5th, 20), and strikeouts (1st, 46). Posted 1st career multi-hr game 4/21 vs. KC had 116.1 mph exit velocity in 1st HR in that game, highest for a Ranger in 17 (Baseball Savant site). Career-high 5 RBI on 4/9 vs. OAK, 2nd career HR off a LHP (Manaea) 1st TEX batter w/ 5+ RBI from 8-hole since Napoli (6) on 9/30/12 vs. LAA-G2. 14 CARLOS GOMEZ.233 AVG, 4 HR, 11 RBI,.318 OBP,.422 SLG OUTFIELDER R/R Sat.: 1-for-4, 2 K Trip:.182 (4-22), 2 2B, 2 BB, 2 R Streak: 1 G (1-4) In last 12 G, batting.327 (16-49) w/ HR, 4 2B, 3B, 5 RBI, 5 BB, 3 SB to rise from.164 to.233. Hit for cycle for 2nd time in career last Sat. vs. LAA (also 5/7/08 vs. CWS with the Twins) was 10th cycle in Rangers history, 1st since Adrian Beltre on 8/3/15 vs. HOU just 4th Ranger ever to cycle in only 4 PA s in a game only Ranger w/ 4-hit game in 17. Has reached safely via H/BB in 20 of 23 his 13 BB are T2nd on club has started 30 of 31 G in CF, 1st game off Wed. at HOU hit leadoff in 19 of 1st 20 G, but last 8 starts have come at 3rd (5) and 5th (3)...club is 7-1 when he scores at least once, also 6-2 when has an RBI. Leadoff HR 4/13 at LAA was 11th career, 2nd w/ TEX (other 9/10/16 at LAA) had HR in 2 straight 4/12-13 to match career high (3rd time w/ TEX). 38 PETE KOZMA.091 AVG, 0 HR, 0 RBI,.167 OBP,.091 SLG INFIELDER R/R Sat.: 0-for-1 as DEF Trip: 0-2 Streak: 0 G Pronounced CAWZ-muh played 2 straight, Tues./Wed. (PR and def. replacement), going 0-for-1 made TEX debut as pinch runner Tues. at HOU was received from NYY on a waiver claim Sunday and added to 40-man roster had been DFA d by NYY on Friday when club activated Gregorius from DL. Was on Yanks Opening Day roster and went 1-for-9 in 11 G/3 GS, all 3 starts at SS, last 4/18 vs. CWS last game w/ NYY: 4/23 at PIT (0-1 as PR-SS). Has seen action at all 4 INF positions in ML career, as well as LF career.221 avg. over 286 G in majors w/ STL (2011-15) and NYY (2017) spent 2016 at Scranton Wilkes-Barre (NYY AAA) selected 18th overall (by STL) in 2007 June draft out of Owasso (OK) HS ML debut vs. HOU on 5/18/11 in STL. Has 538 homerless at-bats, longest active streak in the majors. 25 JONATHAN LUCROY.211 AVG, 2 HR, 6 RBI,.268 OBP,.316 SLG CATCHER R/R Sat.: DNP Trip:.231 (3-13), HR, 2 RBI, 3 BB Streak: 0 G Registered 2nd 3-hit game of 17 Tues. at HOU, matching most as a Ranger (4th time, last 4/11 at LAA) also hit 1st homer since 4/11 has reached via hit or walk in 10 straight batting.192 (10-52) last 15 G to drop from.250 to.211 12 of 16 hits have been singles has started 21 of 31 G. Leads MLB in CS since start of 2011 (147 for MIL/TEX) is 5-for-17 in throwing out attempted base stealers. Played with champion Team USA in the WBC: 4-for-15 w/ an RBI, BB, R in 4 G. Has hit safely in 7 of 9 G vs. SEA since joining the Rangers at.303 (10-33) with a home run and 7 RBI. 30 NOMAR MAZARA.233 AVG, 5 HR, 21 RBI,.297 OBP,.388 SLG OUTFIELDER L/L Sat.: 0-for-3, BB Trip:.250 (5-20), HR, 3 RBI, 4 BB, 4 R Streak: 0 G Has reached via hit or walk in 7 of last 8 G at.222 (6-27) w/5 BB...has 2 BB in last 3 G..Tues. at HOU was 1st multi-hit game since 4/23 HR Tues. was 1st since 4/16, span of 14 G batting.172 (17-99) last 25 G beg. 4/8 to drop from.588 still ranks among A.L. leaders in multi-hit games (T9th, 10) has started 30 G in RF (26), LF (1), and DH (3). Is T9th in A.L. w/ 21 RBI, 4 RBI last 16 G was just 3rd player in Rangers history with 17+ RBI thru 14 team games, joining a pair of TEX teammates in 1998: Juan Gonzalez (18) and Lee Stevens (17). Named A.L. Player of the Week for April 2-9 hit 1st-career grand slam 4/7 vs. OAK, career-high 6 RBI 2nd Ranger since start of 13 with 6+ RBI in G (7 by J.P. Arencibia, 7/29/14 vs. NYY) set TEX club record w/ 9 RBI in 1st 4 G of season 1st Ranger w/ 10+ hits in 1st 4 G since Pete O Brien in 1988 (11).
RANGERS GAME NOTES SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2017 AT SEATTLE PAGE 5 5 MIKE NAPOLI.167 AVG, 5 HR, 13 RBI,.228 OBP,.342 SLG FIRST BASEMAN R/R Sat.: 2-for-4, 2B, HR, RBI, R Trip:.240 (6-25), 2 HR, 2 2B, 4 RBI, 3 R Streak: 1 G (2-4, 2B, HR, RBI, R) Had 2B and HR in last 2 PA last night...is 7-for-43 (.163) with 14 K in his last 11 G and is batting.157 (13-83) last 22 G to drop from.194 to.167. Has 8 K in last 23 PA and is 7th in the A.L. in strikeouts (38)...10 of 19 hits have gone for extra bases...all 5 HR in 2017 are solo shots. Is tied for T4th in the A.L. in HBP (3)...has started 29 of 31 at 1B (24) and DH (5). His 21 career HR vs. SEA are 2nd-most vs. any opponent (OAK-24). 12 ROUGNED ODOR.189 AVG, 6 HR, 16 RBI,.238 OBP,.385 SLG SECOND BASEMAN L/R Sat.: 0-for-4 Trip:.160 (4-25), 2 HR, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB Streak: 0 G Has batted 2nd last 4 G, going 4-for-17 with 2B, 2 HR, and 2 BB...3rd career go-ahead HR in the 10th-or-later Friday night, 2nd time here at Safeco Field (6/11/16)...reached base in 1st 3 PA on Wednesday with a BB, 2B, and 1B after entering the contest hitless in previous 11 AB...is 6-for-37 with 10 K in last 9 G and is hitting.154 (16-104) last 26 G after season-opening 5-G hit streak, dropping from.389 to.189 9 of last 15 hits have been singles (also 3 2B, 3 HR) has started all 31 games at 2B. Hit 2 HR off Kluber in season-opener, 4/3 vs. CLE, 4th career multi-hr game 1st ML player to homer in each of his 1st 2 PA s of a team s 1st game of a season since Bryce Harper on 4/1/13 vs. MIA 7th Rangers player to HR twice in a season opener (last I. Rodriguez/Kapler on 4/3/00 vs. CWS). Signed 6-year contract extension (2017-22) on 3/30 w/ club option for 2023, youngest Ranger ever (23) to receive contract of 6+ seasons. Is hitting.210 (13-62) in 14 road games. 16 RYAN RUA.182 AVG, 1 HR, 5 RBI,.234 OBP,.273 SLG OUTFIELDER R/R Sat.: DNP Trip: 1-4, RBI, BB Streak: 0 G Drove in Rangers only run on Wednesday with a 5th inning 1B...had been hitless in 1st 9 road AB in 2017 before that hit...was just 2nd game with an RBI in 2017 (4 on 4/26 vs. MIN). Is 5-for-18 (.278) in last 7 G to rise from.115 to.182 has reached safely via H/BB in 6 of last 7 starts beginning 4/20. 1st career grand slam on 4/26 vs. MIN has appeared in 17 of 31 G, 12 total starts in LF (5) and 1B (7) made the Opening Day roster for 3rd straight year. Batting.298 (17-57) with 2 2B, 2 HR, and 6 RBI in 21 career games vs. the Mariners. BATTERS VS. SEATTLE - 2017 AND CAREER 2017 CAREER PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Andrus.261 23 6 0 1.250 561 140 7 61 Chirinos.333 3 1 0 0.197 61 12 2 5 Choo.188 16 3 1 5.274 274 75 12 41 DeShields.333 12 4 0 0.256 78 20 1 7 Gallo.167 18 3 1 1.185 27 5 2 2 Gomez.150 20 3 0 0.222 158 35 3 19 Kozma.000 1 0 0 0.250 4 1 0 0 Lucroy.133 15 2 0 1.333 54 18 2 11 Mazara.167 18 3 1 2.219 73 16 3 11 Napoli.158 19 3 1 1.239 381 91 21 56 Odor.091 22 2 1 2.238 202 48 10 31 Rua.000 4 0 0 0.298 57 17 2 6 PITCHERS VS. SEATTLE - 2017 AND CAREER 2017 CAREER PLAYER W-L-S ERA G IP H ER W-L-S ERA G IP H ER Alvarez 0-0-0 20.25 2 1.1 3 3 0-0-0 5.79 4 4.2 3 3 Barnette 0-0-0 4.15 2 4.1 5 2 0-1-0 5.25 8 12.0 16 7 Bush 1-0-0 0.00 2 2.0 1 0 3-0-0 2.84 6 6.1 6 2 Cashner 0-1-0 5.06 1 5.1 5 3 0-3-0 4.05 5 26.2 28 12 Claudio 0-0-1 0.00 2 1.1 1 0 0-0-1 0.00 10 12.0 9 0 Darvish 0-0-0 1.29 1 7.0 6 1 5-3-0 4.13 11 69.2 60 32 Dyson 0-1-0 5.40 3 3.1 4 2 0-1-5 1.76 16 15.1 11 3 Griffin 3-3-0 4.97 7 38.0 40 21 Jeffress 0-0-0 0.00 3 3.0 2 0 0-0-0 0.00 4 5.0 3 0 Kela 0-0-0 1 0.0 1 2 0-0-0 4.82 12 9.1 8 5 Leclerc 0-1-0 9.00 1 1.0 3 1 0-1-0 10.13 3 2.2 4 3 Martínez 0-2-0 3.63 5 22.1 25 9 Perez 0-1-0 2.45 2 11.0 14 3 5-3-0 3.05 14 73.2 80 25 2017 HOME RUNS Player Total Solo 2-run 3-run GS LHP RHP Home Road GT GA Record Last Elvis Andrus 5 5 - - - 1 4 1 4 - - 2-3 5/4 at HOU (Feliz) Adrian Beltre - - - - - - - - - - - - 9/25 at OAK (Cotton) Robinson Chirinos 4 3 1 - - 1 3 4-1 - 3-0 4/23 vs. KC (Young) Shin-Soo Choo 3 - - 2 - - 3 2 1-1 1-2 4/30 vs. LAA (Ramirez) Delino DeShields 1 1 - - - - 1-1 - 1 0-1 5/2 at HOU (Fiers) Joey Gallo 10 6 3 1-2 8 6 4 1 2 4-5 5/6 at SEA (De Jong) Carlos Gomez 4 3 1 - - - 4 2 2-2 3-1 4/29 vs. LAA (Valdez) Pete Kozma - - - - - - - - - - - - 4/2/13 at ARI (Bell) Jonathan Lucroy 2-1 1-1 1-2 - - 0-2 5/2 at HOU (Fiers) Nomar Mazara 5 1 3-1 - 5 2 3-2 2-3 5/2 at HOU (Gregerson) Mike Napoli 5 5 - - - - 5 2 3-3 2-3 5/6 at SEA (Altavilla) Rougned Odor 6 2 3 1 - - 6 4 2-4 4-1 5/5 at SEA (Pagan) Ryan Rua 1 - - - 1-1 1 - - - 1-0 4/26 vs. MIN (Belisle) TOTALS 46 27 12 5 2 5 41 24 22 2 15 11-12 GRAND SLAMS (2): Mazara, 4/7 vs. OAK; Choo, 4/26 vs. MIN MULTI-HOMER GAMES (3): Odor, 4/3 vs. CLE (2); Chirinos, 4/21 vs. KC (2); Gallo, 4/21 vs. KC (2) BACK-TO-BACK HOMERS (0): None LEADOFF HOMERS (2): Gomez, 4/13 at LAA; DeShields, 5/2 at HOU PINCH-HIT HOMERS (0): None WALKOFF HOMERS (0): None INSIDE THE PARK HOMERS (0): None HR BY PITCHERS (0): None RECENT TRANSACTIONS DATE TRANSACTION March 31 RHP Keone Kela optioned to Round Rock (AAA) RHP Anthony Bass and C Steven Lerud assigned to minor league camp RHP Dillon Gee released from minor league contract. April 2 RHP Dillon Gee signed to major league free agent contract and optioned to Round Rock (AAA) RHP Chi Chi Gonzalez placed on 60-day disabled list with partial tear of UCL in his right elbow RHP Andrew Cashner placed on 10-day disabled list, retroactive to April 1, with right biceps soreness INF Hanser Alberto placed on 10-day disabled list, retroactive to March 30, with right shoulder tightness 3B Adrian Beltre placed on 10-day disabled list, retroactive to March 30, with right calf tightness C Brett Nicholas placed on 10-day disabled list, retroactive to March 30, following left knee surgery RHP Tyson Ross placed on 10-day disabled list, retroactive to March 30, following Thoracic Outlet Syndrome surgery RHP Tanner Scheppers placed on 10-day disabled list, retroactive to March 30, with left abdominal discomfort. April 6 LHP Andrew Faulkner traded to Baltimore in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations. April 9 RHP Tanner Scheppers sent to Round Rock (AAA) on injury rehabilitation assignment. April 12 RHP Nick Martinez recalled from Round Rock (AAA) INF/OF Drew Robinson optioned to Round Rock. April 15 RHP Andrew Cashner reinstated from 10-day disabled list RHP Nick Martinez optioned to Round Rock (AAA) RHP Tanner Scheppers assigned outright to Round Rock. April 16 RHP Clayton Blackburn acquired from San Francisco Giants in exchange for INF Frandy De La Rosa Blackburn optioned to Round Rock (AAA). April 17 RHP Keone Kela recalled from Round Rock (AAA) RHP Sam Dyson placed on 10-day disabled list with right hand contusion. April 19 RHP Tyler Wagner assigned outright to Round Rock (AAA). April 20 RHP Anthony Bass contract purchased from Round Rock (AAA) RHP Mike Hauschild designated for assignment. April 21 RHP Nick Martinez recalled from Round Rock (AAA) RHP A.J. Griffin placed on 10-day disabled list with gout in left ankle OF Josh Hamilton released from minor league contract. April 22 RHP Mike Hauschild cleared outright waivers and returned to Houston Astros. April 24 RHP Sam Dyson and C Brett Nicholas sent to Round Rock (AAA) on injury rehabilitation assignment. April 28 RHP Sam Dyson reinstated from 10-day disabled list RHP Anthony Bass optioned to Round Rock (AAA) C Brett Nicholas reinstated from 10-day disabled list and optioned to Round Rock (AAA) RHP A.J. Griffin sent to Round Rock (AAA) on injury rehabilitation assignment. April 30 INF Pete Kozma received on waiver claim from New York Yankees...INF-OF Jurickson Profar optioned to Round Rock (AAA). May 3 LHP Cole Hamels placed on 10-day disabled list, retroactive to April 30 with right oblique strain...rhp Anthony Bass recalled from Round Rock (AAA). May 4 RHP A.J. Griffin reinstated from 10-day disabled list...rhp Anthony Bass optioned to Round Rock (AAA). 2017 DISABLED LIST Player Type Injury Placed (retro) Reinstated / Eligible Games Missed Record Hanser Alberto 10-day Right shoulder tightness April 2 (March 30) April 9 31 13-18 Adrian Beltre 10-day Right calf tightness April 2 (March 30) April 9 31 13-18 Tyson Ross 10-day Thoracic Outlet Syndrome surgery April 2 (March 30) April 9 31 13-18 Cole Hamels 10-day Right oblique strain May 3 (April 30) May 10 4 2-2 Jake Diekman 60-day Ulcerative colitis surgery Feb. 14 June 1 31 13-18 Prince Fielder 60-day Neck disc herniation surgery Feb. 14 June 1 31 13-18 Chi Chi Gonzalez 60-day Right elbow UCL partial tear April 2 June 1 31 13-18 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
PAGE 6 TEXAS TEAM BATTING Runs, Game...14, April 26 vs. MIN Runs, Inning...8, April 26 vs. MIN (8th) Hits, Game...14, April 26 vs. MIN Hits, Inning...5, April 26 vs. MIN (8th) Fewest Hits, Game...2, 2x, April 15 at SEA; April 8 vs. OAK Doubles...4, April 7 vs. OAK Triples...2, April 12 at LAA Home Runs...5, May 2 at HOU Home Runs, Both Clubs...8, May 2 at HOU (TEX-5, HOU-3) Extra Base Hits...6, 4x, last May 4 at HOU Total Bases...26, May 2 at HOU Stolen Bases...4, 2x, last April 30 vs. LAA Walks...8, April 26 vs. MIN Strikeouts...16, May 2 at HOU Left on Base (9 innings)...8, 3x, April 26 vs. MIN; April 16 at SEA; April 9 vs. OAK Left on Base (Extras)...8, May 5 at SEA TEXAS INDIVIDUAL BATTING Hits...4, Gomez, April 29 vs. LAA Runs...3, 5x, last Choo/DeShields, April 26 vs. MIN Home Runs...2, 3x, last Chirinos/Gallo, April 21 vs. KC RBI...6, Mazara, April 7 vs. OAK Total Bases...10, Gomez, April 29 vs. LAA Doubles...2, Gomez, April 7 vs. OAK Triples...1, 5x, last Gomez, April 29 vs. LAA Extra-Base Hits...3, Gomez, April 29 vs. LAA Stolen Bases...2, 3x, last DeShields/Gomez, April 26 vs. MIN Walks...3, 2x, DeShields, April 26 vs. MIN; Choo, April 17 at OAK Strikeouts...4, 2x, last Napoli, May 2 at HOU Hitting Streak...5, 3x, Gomez (April 20-25); Andrus (April 9-14); Odor (April 3-8) TEXAS TEAM PITCHING Strikeouts...14, April 20 vs. KC Walks...10, May 4 at HOU Fewest Walks...1, 2x, April 22 vs. KC; April 12 at LAA Runs Allowed, Game...10, May 3 at HOU Runs Allowed, Inning...7, May 6 at SEA Hits Allowed, Game...14, 2x, last April 25 vs. MIN Hits Allowed, Inning...7, April 25 vs. MIN (5th) Home Runs...4, May 3 at HOU Consecutive Scoreless Innings...14.0, 3x, last April 19-20 TEXAS INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Innings, Starter...8.0, 2x, last Darvish, April 23 vs. KC Fewest Innings, Starter...3.1, Griffin, April 7 vs. OAK Innings, Reliever...3.2, Claudio, April 7 vs. OAK Strikeouts, Starter...10, 2x by Darvish, April 29 vs. LAA; April 13 at LAA Strikeouts, Reliever...3, 5x, last Leclerc, April 24 vs. MIN Runs Allowed...7, Martinez, May 4 at HOU Earned Runs Allowed...6, 2x, last Martinez, May 4 at HOU Hits Allowed...10, Bass, April 25 vs. MIN Home Runs Allowed...3, 2x, last Martinez, May 4 at HOU Pitches...125, Darvish, April 29 vs. LAA TEXAS TEAM MISCELLANEOUS Winning Streak...4, April 20-23 Losing Streak...4, April 30-May 3 Longest Game, Innings...13.0, 2x, May 5 at SEA; April 20 vs. KC Longest Game, Time, 9 inn...3:52, May 4 at HOU Longest Game, Time, Xtra...5:02, May 5 at SEA (13 inn.) Shortest Game, Time...2:24, April 15 at SEA Largest Crowd, Home...48,350, April 3 vs. CLE Largest Crowd, Road...41,855, April 14 at SEA Winning Margin...11, April 26 vs. MIN (14-3) Losing Margin...8, April 19 at OAK (1-9) Largest Deficit in Win...2, 2x, April 29 vs. LAA (trailed 2-0 after 4 1/2 inn.); April 26 vs. MIN (trailed 2-0 after 4 1/2 inn.) Largest Deficit in 9th, Win...NA Largest Lead in Loss...5, 3x, April 11 at LAA (led 5-0 after 6 inn.);...april 16 at SEA (led 6-1 after 2 1/2 inn.); May 2 at HOU (led 5-0 after 3 1/2 inn.) Errors...3, 3x, last May 3 at HOU *-Club record #-Ties club record RANGERS GAME NOTES SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2017 AT SEATTLE RANGERS STATISTICS Multi-Hit Games Multi-RBI Games PLAYER 2H 3H 4H 5H Total 2BI 3BI 4BI 5BI+ Total Andrus 11 1 0 0 14 1 0 0 0 1 Chirinos 3 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 3 Choo 5 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 2 DeShields 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Gallo 4 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 1 5 Gomez 5 1 1 0 7 1 1 0 0 2 Kozma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lucroy 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 Mazara 7 2 0 0 9 2 2 0 1 5 Napoli 4 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 2 Odor 4 0 0 0 4 5 0 1 0 6 Robinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rua 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 STARTS BY BATTING ORDER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Andrus - 9 1 4 1 6 4 3 2 Chirinos - - - - - 1 1 5 4 Choo 1 15 - - - - 5 5 1 DeShields 11 - - - - - - - 4 Gallo - - - 1-7 10 12 1 Gomez 19 1 6-3 1 - - - Lucroy - - - - 1 9 4 2 5 Mazara - 2 24 - - 2-2 - Napoli - - - 21 4-4 - - Odor - 4-5 22 - - - - Profar - - - - - - 1-12 Robinson - - - - - - - - - Rua - - - - - 5 2 3 2 STARTS BY POSITION C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH Andrus - - - - 30 - - - - Chirinos 10 - - - - - - - - Choo - - - - - - - 5 22 DeShields - - - - - 13 1-1 Gallo - - - 31 - - - - - Gomez - - - - - - 30 - - Lucroy 21 - - - - - - - - Mazara - - - - - 1-26 3 Napoli - 24 - - - - - - 5 Odor - - 31 - - - - - - Profar - - - - 1 12 - - - Robinson - - - - - - - - - Rua - 7 - - - 5 - - - RUNS BY INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ Texas 16 27 14 8 23 18 5 14 11 3 Opp. 11 10 11 13 21 23 16 16 21 1 RECORD BY MONTH April May June July August Sept. Oct. 11-14 2-4 - - - - - RECORD BY DAY OF WEEK Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. 2-2 1-3 0-4 2-4 3-0 2-2 3-3 RECORD BY HOME RUNS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 2-6 3-5 6-4 2-1 1-0 0-1 - RECORD BY RUNS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ Scored 0-1 1-5 1-5 1-2 - 1-2 2-1 1-2 3-0 - 3-0 Allowed 2-0 3-0 2-1 3-2 1-2 1-2 0-4 - 1-4 0-2 0-1 MARGIN OF VICTORY/DEFEAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11+ Won by 2 1 2 1 3 1 2 - - - 1 Lost by 6 1 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 - - MANAGER S CHALLENGES (8-for-13) April 3 vs. CLE: Bot. 1st, Gomez called out at 2B on steal attempt (Marty Foster) call stands (1:37). April 4 vs. CLE: Top 1st, Lindor ruled safe at 2B on steal attempt (Mike Muchlinski) call overturned (1:45). April 14 at SEA: Bot. 7th, Dyson ruled safe at 2B on steal attempt (Mark Carlson) call confirmed (1:08). April 15 at SEA: Top 6th, Gallo ruled out at 3B advancing (Manny Gonzalez) call overturned (2:55). April 17 at OAK: Top 9th, Andrus ruled out at 1B (Mike Everitt) call confirmed (0:30). April 19 at OAK: Top 3rd, Chirinos called out at 1B (Bruce Dreckman) call overturned (1:10). April 20 vs. KC: Top 12th, Merrifield safe at 2nd (Tom Woodring) call stands (2:55). April 23 vs. KC: Bot 4th, ruled foul ball (not HBP) on Chirinos (Cooper) call overturned (0:53). April 30 vs. LAA: Bot 8th, Mazara call out at 2B on steal attempt (Todd Tichenor)...call overturned (1:29). May 1 at HOU: Bot. 7th, Gurriel safe at 2nd (Rob Drake)...call confirmed (1:17). May 5 at SEA: Top 1st, Andrus fly ball ruled foul (Ben May)...call overturned (2:33). May 5 at SEA: Bot. 1st, Segura safe at second on steal attempt (Ben May)...call overturned (:49). May 5 at SEA: Bot. 11, Heredia safe at second (Ben May)...call overturned. EJECTIONS (2) Game (Inn.) Player/Coach Umpire 4/19 at OAK (3rd) Jeff Banister Bill Welke 4/24 vs. MIN (9th) Jeff Banister Alfonso Marquez 2017 STARTING PITCHING (starts only) Pitcher Last Start W-L Streak GS QS RSA P/GS SB/CS K/9 BB/9 HR/9 GB/FB GIDP Team W-L Darvish May 5 at SEA 3-2 W2 7 5 4.93 104.9 3/1 9.07 4.14 0.99 44/33 7 4-3 Perez May 6 at SEA 1-5 L4 7 3 2.63 92.9 0/1 5.97 4.54 0.72 56/33 7 1-6 Hamels April 26 vs. MIN 2-0 W2 5 4 7.71 98.6 0/1 4.13 3.31 1.10 46/26 7 2-3 Griffin May 4 at HOU 3-0 W3 4 2 11.07 84.3 1/1 10.18 2.21 1.77 18/25 0 4-0 Cashner May 1 at HOU 0-3 L3 4 2 0.84 90.0 3/2 4.22 6.75 0.84 33/21 4 1-3 Martínez May 3 at HOU 0-1 L1 3 2 2.45 93.0 0/0 4.92 1.96 2.45 30/20 1 1-2 Claudio May 2 at HOU 0-0 - 1 0 5.14 65.0 0/0 2.25 0.00 2.22 8/2 0 0-1