Detroit Tigers (40-32) at Texas Rangers (35-40) LHP Drew Smyly (3-6, 3.48) vs. RHP Colby Lewis (5-4, 5.,97) Game #76 Home #36 (16-19) Tues., June 24, 2014 Globe Life Park in Arlington 7:05 p.m. CDT FSSW / MLBN / 103.3 FM / 1540 AM WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers begin a 6-game homestand against Detroit (3 G) and Baltimore (3 G) tonight, this after going 3-6 on a 9-game road trip to Seattle (2-1), Oakland (1-2), and Anaheim (0-3) ahead of yesterday s off day team has lost a season-high 5 straight, longest drought since a 7-game slide from 9/9-16/13 club has lost 6 of 7 and is 7-12 in June, 21-32 since 4/25 club is season-high 5 games under.500 for first time since a 77-82 on 9/24/08 have not been 6-under since 9/23/08 (76-82) this marks Rangers fewest wins thru 75 games since 2007 (30-45/31-45 after 76 games) club has been at.500 or below for 15 straight days since last winning mark on 6/6 at 31-30 has been season-high 6 games over.500 twice club is 1-5-1 in its last 7 series, winning 2 of 3 in SEA, 6/13-15 for lone series win in that span. STANDINGS: Texas has been in 4th place for 8 straight and 20 of the last 21 days beginning 6/3 the club has not been as low as 4th place this late in the season since the end of 2007 (4th) the Rangers have dropped 4.5 games in the standings the last 7 days to go from 7.0 to a season-high 11.5 games behind the division-leading A s (3 straight days w/ 11.5-game deficit) this is the team s largest deficit at any point in a season since the end of 2008 (21.0 GB) Texas had not previously trailed by as many as 11.5 games this early in a season since 2007 (11.5 GB through 49 G). AT HOME: Rangers 16-19 (.457) home record ranks as 2nd-lowest winning pct. in A.L., ahead of only TB (.429, 18-24), 5th-lowest in MLB the 16 wins are T2nd-fewest ever through 35 games in a season at Globe Life Park (1994-2014) only year with fewer home wins at this point at this park was 2001 (14-21) club has dropped 4 of 5 and 11 of last 17 at home, and are 7-16 last 23 home games after opening season with a 9-3 mark in Arlington Rangers won first 4 series here in 14, but are 0-5-3 last 8 home series entering tonight s opener. Texas enters tonight having dropped 4 straight and 5 of 6 homestand openers overall in 14, lone win on 4/11 vs. HOU. Rangers are slated to play 13 of last 20 in the first half in Arlington beginning tonight. VS. DETROIT: Rangers have a 3-1 lead in 2014 entering tonight s series opener, as this 3-game set will wrap up the season series Rangers have taken season series in 2 straight and 3 of last 4 years, needing to win one game this week to add another season series victory Rangers have won 2 straight, 9 of 13 and 11 of last 16 meetings overall dating to 2012 Rangers are 15-7 vs. Tigers in reg. season since 8/4/11 in Arlington, Rangers have won 2 straight, 5 of 6, and 7 of 9, going 17-9 at home beginning 8/20/08 Tigers lead all-time series 234-221, with Texas leading 121-103 in Arlington and 56-38 at Globe Life Park Rangers also won the 6-game 2011 ALCS vs. Tigers. WRAP IT UP: The Rangers will be wrapping up season series against each of the club s next 3 opponents (DET, MIN, BAL - plus NYM if you include that weekend) entering that current stretch, the only A.L. club against which Texas has no more game on the schedule is Boston. NO OFF DAYS: Tonight s tilt begins a stretch in which the Rangers are scheduled to play games for a season-high 20 consecutive days, the longest span allowed in the collective bargaining agreement. Entering tonight, the Rangers are 3-6 in games after an off day this season, losing 4 of 5, and have gone 1-4 in Arlington after a day off. NIGHT BLUES: Rangers are in a stretch of 7 straight night games club is 22-30 (.423) at night, 2nd-lowest winning pct. in A.L. and T5th-lowest in MLB have have lost 4 straight under the lights. TCU NIGHT TOMORROW: Tomorrow night, the Rangers will honor TCU s 2014 baseball team that advanced to the College World Series in Omaha. Head coach Jim Schlossnagle and other members of the Horned Frogs baseball squad, which finished with a 48-18 record and won the Big 12 Conference Post-Season Tournament and both the NCAA Fort Worth Regional and Fort Worth Super Regional, will be recognized on-field prior to the game. Tomorrow is also TCU University Night and discounted tickets for TCU students and alumni are still available for the game at www.texasrangers.com/tcu. The promotion includes reduced ticket prices; a limited edition Texas Rangers cap in TCU purple for the first 1,000 fans that purchase the special tickets; and recognition of TCU on FOX Sports Southwest s live game broadcast. Horned Frogs Head Football Coach Gary Patterson is scheduled to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. PENA ADDED TO ROSTER: This afternoon, the Rangers purchased the contract of 1B Carlos Pena (#21) from Round Rock (AAA) and designated 1B/OF Brad Snyder for assignment Pena, who was with the Angels in spring training before he was released on March 23, signed a minors deal with Texas on June 17 and has batted.333 (8-24) with a HR, 2B, and 2 RBI in 7 games with Round Rock he played for Houston and K.C. in 2013. BACK WITH THE RANGERS: Carlos Pena made his major league debut with the Rangers in 2001 before he was traded to Oakland that offseason it has been 12 years and 259 days since Pena s last game in a Texas uniform on 10/7/01 at SEA, the 01 season finale according to Elias Sports Bureau, the only player to go more than 12 years between games with the Rangers was Sammy Sosa Sosa had a gap of 17 years, 257 days between games with Texas on 7/19/89 and 4/2/07 previous 2nd-longest on that list was Chad Kreuter, a span of 11 years and 353 days between games on 4/13/91 and 4/1/03. ADD ANOTHER: When Carlos Pena first plays for Texas this season, he will become the 42nd player used by the Rangers in 2014 entering today, the Rangers are tied with 5 other teams (LAA, NYM, NYY, PHI, TOR) for most players used this season (41) - credit Elias of the 41, Texas has employed 23 pitchers (including Mitch Moreland), 2nd behind NYY (24) Rangers have also used 11 rookies in 2013, the Rangers used 46 players, 24 pitchers, and 13 rookies over the entire season. The Rangers lead the majors in both overall disabled list uses (20) and current players on DL (14) 2nd in total DL uses in 2014 are CIN, COL, and LAD with 14 each the 20 DL uses are already most by the Rangers since 2010 (25) with the club record being 29 in 2004. WHO S ON FIRST?: Carlos Pena would be the 5th different Ranger to start/appear at first base this season, joining Prince Fielder (39), Mitch Moreland (22), Brad Snyder (8), and Donnie Murphy (6) the team s first basemen have combined for a.232/.322/.375 slash line, with the average and SLG figures both ranking as 6th-lowest in MLB the 9 HR by Texas first basemen is T6th-lowest total in majors, but is still tied for most by any position on the Rangers this season (also 9 HR by leftfielders). SCHEDULED TIME OFF FOR GRIEVE: Rangers TV color analyst Tom Grieve will not be in the booth for the 3-game series with Detroit, due to the series being scheduled as time off for Grieve prior to the start of the season Mark McLemore will fill in for Grieve this week. HITS FROM THE HOT CORNER: Adrian Beltre enters play tonight with 2499 career hits there are only 5 players who spent the majority of their careers as 3rd basemen with at least 2500 career hits (since 1900): 3154--George Brett; 3010--Wade Boggs; 2848--Brooks Robinson; 2726--Chipper Jones; 2514--Buddy Bell since 1900, there have been just 85 players overall in major league history to amass at least 2500 hits. Beltre had 2 hits Sunday in Anaheim and is batting.338 (25-74) with 3 HR, 6 doubles, and 15 RBI in 19 games this month he ranks 8th in the A.L. in average (.309), including a.326 figure in Arlington. NOW LEADING OFF: Leonys Martin has made each of his last 6 starts (6 of Rangers last 8 games) in the leadoff spot and is 8-for-22 (.364) with 5 BB and 4 R in those games Martin had started only one game batting #1 all season prior to this span he has walked in 3 of 4 games (4 total) Martin was in the leadoff position for 31 starts in 2013. THE FUTURE: The Rangers had a pair of minor league players named to the 2014 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game rosters when they were announced this afternoon 3B Joey Gallo was named to the U.S. roster and C Jorge Alfaro was selected for the World squad the 16th edition of the annual Futures Game will be played July 13 at Minneapolis Target Field. MISCELLANEOUS: Tonight s game will be televised by MLB Network (blacked out in Rangers and Tigers markets), with Matt Vasgersian and John Smoltz on the call (Sam Ryan on field) the Rangers enter this homestand as the only MLB club that has yet to see a delay or postponement of any kind in 2014 the Rangers have played 44 games of 9-innings-or-less that have lasted 3+ hours, T4th-most in MLB to only TB (53), NYY (46), and COL (46) the Texas bullpen has allowed one run in last 4 G and 10.1 innings quality starts by Rangers: Darvish-10, all others-16 Rangers last 2 QS were both by Nick Martinez Texas has 3-R-or-less in 4 straight, matching season high (2nd time, also 5/30-6/3). UPCOMING PROBABLES, TIMES & BROADCASTS Date Opponent Pitchers - Texas vs. Opponent Time (CDT) TV/Radio Wednesday, June 25 vs. Detroit LHP Joe Saunders (0-3, 4.11) vs. RHP Anibal Sanchez (4-2, 2.33) 7:05 FSSW/ESPN/103.3/1540 Thursday, June 26 vs. Detroit RHP Nick Martinez (1-4, 4.22) vs. RHP Rick Porcello (9-4, 3.76) 7:05 FSSW/103.3/1540 * For radio broadcasts, most games are on ESPN 103.3 FM, with select games on KLIF 570 AM Most games are broadcast in Spanish on 1540 AM ESPN Deportes.
PAGE 2 TONIGHT S STARTING PITCHER #48 Colby Lewis, RHP (5-4, 5.97) TONIGHT: The 34-year-old right-hander is slated to make his 13th start in tonight s homestand opener against the Tigers is pitching on extended 7 days rest due to off days Thursday and Monday earned his 5th win in club s 14-8 victory on 6/16 in Oakland (5.1 IP, 10 H, 5 R-ER, 3 BB, 2 SO) is club s most recent win is facing a former club for the 2nd straight start his 5 wins are 2nd on the club to Darvish s 7 is 3-3, 6.86 (32 ER/42.0 IP) his last 8 starts to rise from 4.22 to 5.97, opponents hitting.365 (66-181) in that span 5+ ER in 3 of 4 and 5 of 8 has permitted at least 7 hits in 8 of his last 9 outings has departed mid-inning in 9 of his 12 starts opponents are hitting.343 (92-268), highest mark in the majors (min. 50.0 IP) has completed 6.0 innings just once, but has made it at least 5.0 innings in 11 of 12 starts has opened the campaign with 12 consecutive non-quality starts according to STATS Inc., is first Ranger with 12+ straight non-quality starts in a season since Robinson Tejeda had 13 straight in 2007 re-signed to a minor league contract with an invite to spring training this past offseason after surgeries on his elbow and hip the past 2 years Texas Opening Day starter in 2012, he missed the entire 2013 season on the DL prior to his 2014 debut on 4/14 vs. SEA, had not pitched in the majors since July 18, 2012 at OAK underwent season-ending right hip resurfacing surgery on Aug. 22, 2013 also had surgery on July 27, 2012 to repair a torn flexor tendon in his right elbow. LAST START: Earned his 5th win in club s 14-8 series-opening victory 6/16 at OAK (5.1 IP, 10 H, 5 R-ER, 3 BB, 2 SO, 1 HR, 1 WP, 102 pitches/59 strikes) permitted 2 first-inning runs before Texas scored 10 unanswered to go up 10-2 allowed a solo HR in the 5th, then allowed back-to-back doubles in the 6th, his final 2 batters faced left with a runner on 2nd and an 11-4 lead, but runner would score on 3-run HR by Cespedes off Robbie Ross, Jr. issued 1st wild pitch since 6/17/12 vs. HOU. VS. OAKLAND: Is 3-2, 6.02 (27 ER/40.1 IP) in 8 games/7 starts in his career vs. Detroit beat the Tigers in Detroit on 5/25 (W, 5.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R-ER, 5 BB, 2 SO) issued season-high 5 walks has held Detroit to 2 runs in each of his last 2 starts against them (since 2012) after 4+ runs in each of his first 5 starts also pitched a scoreless inning of relief against them on 9/2/07 w/ OAK made 2 relief appearances for the Tigers in 2006. IN ARLINGTON: Has gone 1-3 with a 7.42 ERA (25 ER/30.1 IP) over 7 starts at Globe Life Park this season is 23-19 with a 5.17 ERA (205 ER/357.0 IP) in 68 career games/59 starts at Globe Life Park is 22-18, 5.08 (194 ER/344.0 IP) in the 59 starts ranks among Globe Life Park s all-time leaders (1994-2014) in wins (9th, 23), strikeouts (7th, 281), starts (6th, 59), IP (8th, 357.0), and home runs allowed (5th, 53) was the only Texas pitcher to win a 2010 postseason game in this facility (3-0), accounting for each of the club s 3 playoff wins in Arlington, including a World Series Game 3 win. GETTING OVER THE HUMP: Has completed 6.0 innings just once, but has made it at least 5.0 innings in 11 of 12 starts leads the majors with 11 starts of 5.2-IP-or-less, 2nd-highest single-season total of his career (16, 2003) has completed 6.0 innings-or-less in all 12 starts this season and 13 straight dating back to 2012, the longest streak of his career. NO QUALITY STARTS: Has not earned a quality start (6.0+ IP, 3-ER-or-fewer) in any of his 12 starts this season the major league record for most starts in a season without a quality start is 13, set by Seattle s Steve Trout in 1988 2 other pitchers have made 12 starts in a season, none of them QS: Brian Matusz (BAL) in 2011 and Ron Villone (COL/HOU) in 2001 entering 2014, the Texas single-season record for most starts without a QS was Steve Comer (11 starts) in 1980. 2014: Rangers are 6-6 in his starts has topped 102 pitches in 5 of his last 7 starts after throwing fewer than 92 pitches in his first 5 starts opponents are hitting.343 (92-268), highest mark in the majors (min. 50.0 IP) opposition has a.395 BABIP righties are hitting.303 (36-119) against him this season after he had held them to a.240 average during his career prior to 2014 lefties are 23- for-49 (.469) last 5 starts opponents hitting.385 (35-91) w/ 2 outs Robinson Chirinos (4-2, 5.62 ERA, 26 ER/41.2 IP) has caught 8 starts, J.P. Arencibia (1-1, 4.91 ERA, 6 ER/11.0 IP) has caught twice, and Chris Gimenez (0-1, 8.44, 10 ER/10.2 IP) has caught 2 starts 5 of 7 HR allowed have been solo shots. CONTROL FREAK: Issued a season-high 5 walks in his start on 5/25 at DET, his most in more than a decade (5, 4/12/04 vs. ANA) it snapped a streak of 89 straight starts with 4-walks-or-fewer one of those starts came with Oakland, but the 88 consecutive starts as a Ranger without a 5-walk outing was the 3rd-longest in club history behind Jon Matlack (110) and Fergie Jenkins (94). OTHER STARTS: In 1st ML start in nearly 21 months on 4/14 vs. SEA, took loss in 7-1 defeat to M s allowed 5 of the first 6 batters (1B-ROE-1B-3B-1B) to reach safely in the 6th, leading to a 6-run frame earned win on 4/19 vs. CWS (5.1 IP, 1 R-ER), 1st ML win in 22 months took ND in Rangers come-from-behind 6-3 win on 4/26 at SEA (5.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R-ER) exited with game tied 3-3 in the 6th Rangers scored 3 runs in the 5th off Felix Hernandez, then scored 3 more runs in the final 2 innings to win it claimed 2nd win in series opener on 5/2 in Anaheim matched career high with 12 hits allowed in 5/7 loss vs. COL (3.2 IP, RANGERS GAME NOTES TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2014 DETROIT LEWIS S CAREER RECORD W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2014 5-4 5.97 12/12 63.1 92 43 42 7 26 51 Career 49-48 4.86 164/126 787.0 822 450 425 115 285 664 LEWIS VS. DETROIT W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2014 1-0 3.18 1/1 5.2 5 2 2 0 5 2 Career 3-2 6.02 8/7 40.1 52 31 27 8 16 30 LEWIS AT O.co COLISEUM W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 2014 1-3 7.42 6/6 30.1 49 25 25 3 10 22 Career 23-19 5.17 68/59 357.0 388 223 205 53 132 281 2014 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Innings: 6.0, May 20 vs. SEA Innings: 9.0, 4x, last June 12, 2012 vs. ARI Hits: 12, May 7 vs. COL Hits: 12, 3x, last May 7, 2014 vs. COL Runs: 7, May 7 vs. COL Runs: 10, May 22, 2007 at CWS ER: 7, May 7 vs. COL ER: 10, May 22, 2007 at CWS SO s: 8, May 12 at HOU SO s: 12, May 10, 2012 at BAL Walks: 5, May 25 at DET Walks: 8, April 10, 2003 vs. OAK HR: 2, April 26 at SEA HR: 5, May 10, 2012 at BAL Pitches: 108, 2x, last May 25 at DET Pitches: 122, May 20, 2012 at HOU CG s: N/A CG s: 5, last June 12, 2012 vs. ARI Low-Hit CG: N/A Low-Hit CG: 2, June 19, 2010 at HOU CG SHO s: N/A CG SHO s: 1, May 16, 2011 at CWS Win Streak: 2, April 19-May 2 Win Streak: 6, Aug. 28, 2012 - April 7, 2013 2014 & CAREER SPLITS 2014 CAREER W L ERA G/S IP ER W L ERA G/S IP ER Home 1 3 7.42 6/6 30.1 25 23 20 5.11 81/59 371.2 211 Road 4 1 4.64 6/6 33.0 17 26 28 4.64 83/67 415.1 214 Day 1 0 3.18 1/1 5.2 2 15 11 5.22 46/36 215.1 125 Night 4 4 6.24 11/11 57.2 40 34 37 4.72 118/90 571.2 300 AVG AB H HR BB SO AVG AB H HR BB SO vs. Left.376 149 56 5 15 27.286 1631 466 64 182 325 vs. Right.303 119 36 2 11 24.246 1450 356 51 103 339 TOTALS.343 268 92 7 26 51.267 3081 822 115 285 664 RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total 6 4 7 13 6 7 - - - 43 RUN SUPPORT 0R 1R 2R 3R 4R 5R 6R 7R 8R 9R 10R+ Total AVG/9 2 1 2 2 1 2 - - - 1 1 45 6.39 BATTER-PITCHER MATCHUPS (Including postseason) Lewis vs. Detroit PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI SO Avila.250 16 4 2 2 4 Cabrera.350 20 7 0 4 1 Castellanos.000 1 0 0 0 0 Davis.368 19 7 0 2 4 Hunter.091 22 2 1 1 6 Jackson.417 24 10 1 1 6 Kelly.143 14 2 0 1 3 Kinsler.000 6 0 0 0 0 Martinez.533 15 8 1 4 0 Romine.333 6 2 0 1 1 LEWIS S 2014 DAY-BY-DAY Smyly vs. Texas PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI SO Andrus.222 9 2 0 0 1 Beltre.250 4 1 0 0 1 Chirinos.000 1 0 0 0 1 Choo.167 6 1 0 1 3 Martin.000 4 0 0 0 2 Rios.000 4 0 0 0 0 Date Opp. Score Dec. ERA IP H R ER HR BB-I SO Left Game Pitches 4/14 vs. SEA 1-7 L 6.75 5.1 8 4 4 1 0-0 4 Trailing 0-3 89/56 4/19 vs. CWS 6-3 W 4.22 5.1 6 1 1 0 1-0 4 Leading 5-1 85/59 4/26 at SEA 6-3 - 4.60 5.0 5 3 3 2 3-0 6 Tied 3-3 91/55 April Totals 1-1 4.60 15.2 19 8 8 3 4-0 14 5/2 at LAA 5-2 W 4.22 5.2 7 2 2 0 1-0 6 Leading 3-2 87/61 5/7 vs. COL 2-9 L 6.12 3.2 12 7 7 1 0-0 1 Trailing 2-7 79/47 5/12 at HOU 4-0 W 4.99 5.2 7 0 0 0 2-0 8 Leading 4-0 108/65 5/20 vs. SEA 2-6 L 5.40 6.0 9 5 5 0 3-0 6 Trailing 2-5 104/65 5/25 at DET 12-4 W 5.10 5.2 5 2 2 0 5-0 2 Leading 9-2 108/67 5/30 at WSH 2-9 L 5.44 5.2 9 6 5 1 2-1 5 Trailing 2-6 97/65 May Totals 3-3 5.85 32.1 49 22 21 2 13-1 28 6/5 vs. BAL 8-6 - 5.77 5.0 7 5 5 1 2-0 4 Tied 5-5 98/67 6/10 vs. MIA 5-8 - 5.74 5.0 7 3 3 0 4-1 3 Trailing 1-3 106/59 6/16 at OAK 14-8 W 5.97 5.1 10 5 5 1 3-1 2 Leading 11-4 102/59 June Totals 1-0 7.63 15.1 24 13 13 2 9-2 9 Season Totals 5-4 5.97 63.1 92 43 42 7 26-3 51 LEWIS S MINOR LEAGUE DAY-BY-DAY Date Opp. Score Dec. ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO Left Game Pitches 4/1 at RR* - 5.1 10 5 5-1 5-92/64 4/6 OKC 1-9 L 3.60 5.0 4 4 2 0 3 2 Trailing 0-4 92/62 Season Totals - 5.0 4 4 2 0 3 2 *-exhibition 12 H, 7 R-ER) was shortest outing of the season tossed 5.2 SHO IP in win on 5/12 at HOU, season-high 8 K s took loss on 5/20 vs. SEA despite completing 6.0 IP for 1st time this season (6.0 IP, 9 H, 5 R-ER, 6 SO) claimed win in Texas 12-4 victory on 5/25 at DET (5.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R-ER) despite season-high 5 walks, his most in more than a decade suffered 9-2 loss on 5/30 at WSH (5.2 IP, 6 R-5 ER) all 5 ER came with 2 outs took ND in Rangers 8-6 win on 6/5 vs. BAL (5.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R-ER) held 5-2 lead entering 5th, but gave up 3 runs in that frame to tie the game took ND in club s 8-5 loss on 6/10 vs. MIA (5.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R-ER, 4 BB) suffered a bruised right triceps when struck by Justin Bour s single in the 5th, but was removed prior to the 6th due to pitch count and not due to the bruise. TOMORROW S SCHEDULED STARTER LHP JOE SAUNDERS (0-3, 4.11 in 6 games/starts) The 33-year-old left-hander is slated to make his 7th start of the season in tomorrow s middle game of this series has made 5 starts since return from the DL: 0-2, 3.33 ERA (10 ER/27.0 IP), allowing 2 ER-or-fewer in 4 of 5 outings Rangers are 2-4 in his starts, as Texas has scored 6 runs in support of Saunders in his 30.2 innings (1.76 RSA) took loss in Rangers 7-3 defeat in Friday s series opener in Anaheim (4.2 IP, 10 H, 7 R-4 ER, 3 BB, 3 SO, 1 HR, 110 pitches/62 strikes) allowed leadoff batter to reach in 4 of his 5 frames, including HR to C.J. Cron to lead off the 3rd, his only run allowed over first 3 innings victimized by a Brad Snyder throwing error in the 4th that led to 3 unearned runs was just his 5th career start against the Halos, as he has now lost 4 of those outings, all 4 of which have come at the Big A was still on DL during club s earlier series in Detroit is 1-3, 5.20 (32 ER/55.1 IP) in 10 career starts vs. Tigers only start vs. Tabby Cats since start of 2012 was 9/16/13 at Comerica (L, 5.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R-ER) with the M s, a 4-2 defeat has QS in 3 of those 10 outings vs. Detroit will be just his 3rd home outing w/ Texas, where he has gone 0-1 despite a 3.18 ERA (4 ER/11.1 IP) in his first 2 starts w/ Rangers signed with the Rangers on March 5 and was named to rotation on March 25.
RANGERS GAME NOTES TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2014 DETROIT PAGE 3 TEAM PITCHING W-L-S G ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO Starters 21-27 75 4.59 423.1 486 240 216 48 167 327 Relievers 14-13-16 72 4.37 236.2 245 126 115 23 80 215 Home 16-19-6 35 4.66 319.0 337 183 165 34 119 258 Road 19-21-10 40 4.38 341.0 394 183 166 37 128 284 TEAM CATCHING ERA *W-L CS SBA CS% PB PO Arencibia 5.42 7-12 2 11 18.2 2 0 Chirinos 4.48 20-22 15 35 42.9 4 3 Gimenez 3.40 8-6 1 5 20.0 0 0 Stolen bases against pitchers: 0-for-3 (0 SB, 3 CS) * - as starter BULLPEN BREAKDOWN (RELIEF OUTINGS W/ TEXAS ONLY) FIRST BATTER PITCHER LAST APP. (Dec.) IP H R ER BB SO NP SV/OPP RET/FACED IR/Sc GB/FB SB/CS 25 Scott Baker 6/18 at OAK 3.0 1 0 0 1 1 42 0/0 4/7 2/0 15/30 1/0 56 Neal Cotts (L) 6/21 at LAA (L, 2-4) 2.0 1 1 1 0 1 24 0/5 22/34 28/7 29/27 0/0 44 Jason Frasor 6/21 at LAA 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0/1 21/30 20/6 29/18 1/0 49 Aaron Poreda (L) 6/22 at LAA 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 11 0/1 14/18 11/2 22/13 0/0 39 Ben Rowen 6/20 at LAA 3.0 1 0 0 0 3 33 0/0 3/3 4/1 10/1 0/0 28 Joakim Soria 6/14 at SEA (SV, 15) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 11 15/16 24/26 1/0 26/19 0/0 37 Shawn Tolleson 6/22 at LAA 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 20 0/0 21/30 19/10 42/41 2/2 Totals 16/25, 64.0% 153/211, 72.2% 122/37, 30.3% 283/240 8/4 TEAM PITCHING: The Rangers had a 4.38 ERA (37 ER/76.0 IP) on the previous road trip to drop season ERA to 4.51, 2nd highest in the majors (COL, 4.88)...team allowed 10+ hits in 6 straight from 6/14-6/20, the team s longest such streak since 9 games in a row, 8/6-15/08...the Rangers have a 5.26 ERA (107 ER/183.0 IP) in last 21 games to rise from to 4.22...club matched its season high with 23.0 consecutive scoreless innings from 6/10 (9th) thru 6/14 (4th)...the Rangers are 2nd in the majors in shutouts with 13, two behind STL...the Rangers and Cardinals are only ML teams to record as many as 13 SHO in season s 1st 67 games since 1970 and 2 of 9 since 1914 to accomplish the feat...last A.L. club was CLE in 1968 (14 in 1st 57 games)...13 SHO are team s most since club record 19 in 2011 and are already T7th most all-time...the Rangers have issued 8+ runs in a game 18 times, most in the majors...texas has ML-high.281 opp. avg. (next-highest: COL-.270). STARTERS: Rotation has a 6.27 ERA (23 ER/33.0 IP) in the last 6 games to rise from 4.45 to 4.59, 12th in A.L...starters have a 5.28 ERA (72 ER/122.2 IP) over last 22 starts to rise from 4.31...starters worked 20.1 consecutive scoreless innings over 4 games, 6/10-14...club tops the A.L. in complete games (3)...opponents are hitting.322 (163-506) with 18 HR last 22 starts to rise from.276 to ML-high.290 rotation has issued A.L. high 167 BB. RELIEVERS: Bullpen has allowed one run over 10.1 IP in last 4 G to drop season ERA from 4.53 to 4.37, 11th in A.L...relievers have a 5.40 ERA (39 ER/65.0 IP) in their last 19 games to rise from 3.98...bullpen s.267 opp. avg. is 3rd highest in ML...bullpen has converted 16 of 25 save tries (64.0%), saves in 7 of last 9 wins...rangers 14 relief wins are 3rd in the A.L. (CLE-18; OAK-15)...club has 13 relief losses, T2nd most in the A.L. 25 SCOTT BAKER 0-1-0, 6.68 vs. LHB: 18-75 (.240) vs. RHB: 15-for-52 (.288) Was the finishing pitcher in 2 straight at OAK, 6/17-18, working 4.0 scoreless innings to lower ERA from 7.62 to 6.68..has not allowed a run in 3 of last 4 games, permitting career-high 9 runs in 5.0 IP on 6/9 vs. CLE in other outing is 0-1, 6.00 (8 ER/12.0 IP) in 2 starts and has a 7.08 (16 ER/20.1 IP) in 6 relief appearances...has fanned 7 batters twice in relief this season, most by a Ranger since Ron Mahay (7), 8/18/03 at DET 2nd ML pitcher since 1998 with multiple 7-K relief apps. (MIN s Liam Hendriks, 2 in 2013) is the 1st Texas pitcher with at least 3 relief appearances of 5.0+ IP since Jamie Moyer (3) in 1990 has made 7 appearances since rejoining Texas on 5/14 pitched once in first stint w/ TEX (purchased 5/7, DFA d 5/8, outrighted to Round Rock 5/11) originally signed by Texas to minors contract on 3/28 and began season at Round Rock, going 4-1, 3.32 (14 ER/38.0 IP) in 6 starts spent spring in Seattle s camp as a non-roster invitee but was released on 3/25. 56 NEAL COTTS (L) 2-4-0, 3.48 vs. LHB: 14-for-48 (.292) vs. RHB: 16-for-71 (.225) Had scoreless innings streak end at 8.2 innings when his inherited runner scored in the 10th on Saturday...was charged with 4th loss, T2nd most of any A.L. reliever...worked 2.0 innings on Saturday, longest outing since 7/27/13 at CLE (2.0 IP)...has issued a run in 2 of last 13 appearances (3 ER/13.1 IP) and has a 1.97 ERA (5 ER/23.0 IP) over last 24 games to drop season ERA from 7.88 to 3.48 has allowed runs in 7 of his team high 34 appearances, T17th in A.L. has current season-high 29-game homerless streak, 3rd-longest of career is tied for 2nd in A.L. lead in blown saves (5)...is 1-for-9 in save chances with Texas in 2013-14. 44 JASON FRASOR 1-1-0, 2.25 vs. LHB: 8-for-37 (.216) vs. RHB: 11-for-50 (.220) Allowed game-winning double to Howie Kendrick in 10th on Saturday, only batter faced...has issued hits to all 4 batters faced in last 2 outings, 1st time in ML career has not retired a batter oin consecutive appearances...has a 1.74 ERA (5 R/2 ER/10.1 IP) in last 13 games to go from 2.63 to 2.25...scoreless in 22 of 30 games in 2014 has a 2.14 ERA (14 ER/59.0 IP) in last 70 outings with the Rangers beginning 6/1/13 suffered first blown save on 5/14 at HOU, surrendering 2-run HR to George Springer had not allowed a HR in previous 39 G (31.2 IP) dating to 2013, 2nd-longest streak in club history has entered with the bases loaded 3 times and allowed 3 of 9 IR to score. 49 AARON POREDA (L) 2-0-0, 2.93 vs. LHB: 7-for-23 (.304) vs. RHB: 11-for-36 (.306) Has worked 1.2 scoreless innings in his 3rd stint with the Rangers since recall from Round Rock (AAA) on June 17...was 0-1, 3.09 (11.2 IP, 12 H, 4 R-ER, 4 BB, 20 SO) with 2 saves in 11 overall relief appearances for the Express...had allowed one run in 9.2 innings in last 9 games...had issued one run in 5.1 innings with 11 strikeouts in 4 games since option by Texas on June 5...is 2-0, 2.93 in 17 overall relief appearances with Texas in 2014...was 2-0 in 15 outings between April 19 and May 28 and returned for one day on June 5, allowing 2 hits in 0.1 scoreless innings vs. Baltimore...has allowed 13 hits and 5 runs in 7.0 innings in his last 9 games with Texas beginning 5/14 but 2.1 scoreless innings in last 4 outings. 39 BEN ROWEN 0-0-0, 0.00 vs. LHB: 2-for-6 (.333) vs. RHB: 1-for-11 (.091) Worked an ML best 3.1 IP on Friday and has pitched 5.1 scoreless innings in his 1st 3 big league appearances...retired all 3 batters faced in the 8th inning (IR scored on SF) on 6/15 at SEA in his ML debut...was recalled from Round Rock (AAA) on 6/11 after going 1-0 w/ 2 saves and 2.75 ERA (6 ER/19.2 IP) in 16 relief appearances w/ 2 BB and 14 SO for the Express RHB hit just.196 (10-51) did not allow a run in last 10 outings, totaling 12.1 SHO IP with a BB and 10 SO in that span Rangers 2012 Minor League Reliever of the Year has gone 19-5 w/ 1.46 ERA and 0.967 WHIP figure over 159 career appearances in the minors, all in relief was in major league camp with Rangers this spring, but did not appear in a game due to right biceps tendinitis. 28 JOAKIM SORIA 1-2-15, 1.80 vs. LHB: 10-for-52 (.192) vs. RHB: 3-for-38 (.079) Has not pitched since 6/14 at SEA, longest layoff of season...has worked 7.2 scoreless innings with 7 saves in his last 8 games and has a 0.45 ERA (1 ER/20.0 IP) in his last 21 appearances to drop season ERA from 7.20 to 1.80, 9th among A.L. relievers is 15-for-16 in save chances, converting last 7 since blown save on 5/27 at MIN, ending streak of 15 straight since previous blown save on 8/10/11 at TB...is T5th in A.L. in saves and is T2nd with 93.8 save pct. has 2nd-lowest.079 (3-38) opp. avg. vs. RHB (min. 30 AB by RHB) in majors and has 4th-lowest lowest overall opponents BA (.144) among A.L. relievers 12 SO, 0 BB last 8 outings his 11.33 K/BB ratio (34 K/3 BB) is 4th-best in majors (min. 20.0 IP) has 175 career saves, 9th among active pitchers did not allow a hit from 4/12-5/12, with Jed Lowrie (reached on error) only base runner prior to this year, had not recorded a save since 9/11/11 at SEA 4 of his 6 runs allowed (and 4 of 5 ER) have been in non-save situations...has converted 15 of 17 career save tries vs. DET. 37 SHAWN TOLLESON 2-1-0, 3.57 vs. LHB: 11-for-50 (.220) vs. RHB: 20-for-82 (.244) Worked scoreless inning on Sunday at LAA, ending a run of 3 straight appearances with a run allowed...has allowed 4 runs in 4.1 innings in his last 6 appearances but has posted a 2.45 (5 ER/18.1 IP) in last 17 outings to lower season ERA from 4.86 to 3.57 has allowed 6 of last 8 inherited runners to score, 4 of those on home runs...has surrendered 8 home runs, tied with ARI s Addison Reed and LAA s Ernesto Frieri for most by ML reliever...runs in 12 of 30 G with 10 of 14 runs issued the result of the 8 homers has fanned 30 in 31.0 IP in last 24 G has worked more than 1.0 inning 11 times with season-high 2.1 IP on 4/29 vs. OAK.
PAGE 4 RANGERS GAME NOTES TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2014 DETROIT TEAM BATTING: Texas has scored just 9 runs in the last 4 games and is hitting.214 (36-168) last 5 G to drop from.266 to.263, still 4th-highest in the majors (COL-.281; DET-.274; BAL-.265) 10+ hits just once in last 9 G rank among A.L. leaders in SB (2nd, 56), SH (1st, 25), INF hits (1st, 75), CS (1st, 30), and 3B (3rd, 16) have T4th-fewest HR (54) and have most GIDP (73) in MLB 8 HR last 5 G, including 4 HR on 6/16 at OAK that were most since 9/9/13 at TB (4) team is hitting.197 (34-173) with RISP the last 24 G beginning 5/27 Texas ranks 11th in the A.L. in both home batting average (.255) and OBP (.321), and 13th in SLG (.381). 1 ELVIS ANDRUS.271 AVG, 2 HR, 18 RBI,.320 OBP,.354 SLG SHORTSTOP R/R Sun.: 2-for-3, BB Trip:.351 (13-37), 2 2B, 2 RBI, 4 R, 2 BB, 4 SB Streak: 1 G (.667, 2-3, BB) Has hit safely in 11 of 12, multiple hits in 4 of 6 and 6 of 10 has a.390 (16-41) average last 10 G to rise from.252 to.271 is hitting.307 (54-176) over last 44 G since 5/4 to rise from.217 14 K s last 12 G, this after 19 K s in his 1st 62 G has ML-best 3 hit streaks of 10+ G in 2014 has reached safely via H or BB in 27 of last 31 G is among A.L. leaders in SB (T4th, 18), SH (T3rd, 5), and CS (T3rd, 5) T1st in A.L. with 5 multi-sb games his.158 (9-57) avg. with RISP is 6th-lowest among A.L. qualifiers has a pair of season-high 11-G hit streaks: May 4-14 and March 31-April 12 with latter being 2nd-longest season-opening hit streak in club history (13 by Al Oliver, 1979) has started 72 G at SS w/ 8 errors, 1 E last 45 G, none in last 35 G one start at DH is all-time club leader in steals (183). 29 ADRIAN BELTRE.309 AVG, 8 HR, 35 RBI,.353 OBP,.479 SLG THIRD BASEMAN R/R Sun.: 2-for-4, 2B Trip:.229 (8-35), 3 2B, 6 RBI, 2 R, BB, SF Streak: 3 G (.333, 4-12, 2B) Hit.229 (8-35) on recent road trip to drop from.323 to.309, 8th in the A.L., but has a.356 (52-146) mark in last 37 G to rise from.233 also among A.L. leaders in multi-hit games (T10th, 25) and SLG (13th,.479) has 2499 career hits had 26th career multi-hr game 6/4 vs. BAL on DL April 9-24 with strained left quad has started 57 G at 3B, 3 as DH is tied with Harold Baines for 60th place on the all-time HR list w/ 384 HR, one behind Dwight Evans (385) HR on 5/7 vs. COL was 100th as a Ranger is one of 5 players in ML history with at least 100 HR w/ 3 different teams (Darrell Evans, Reggie Jackson, Alex Rodriguez, Jim Thome) 4th all-time with 2263 G at third base (19 behind Gary Gaetti s 2282) went 8-for-15 (.533) in 4-game set at Comerica Park in May is hitting.427 (32-75) in 19 G vs. DET since start of 2012, multiple hits in 11 of 19. 61 ROBINSON CHIRINOS.234 AVG, 6 HR, 21 RBI,.269 OBP,.407 SLG CATCHER R/R Sun.: DNP Trip:.261 (6-23), 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 3 R Streak: 0 G Is hitless in last 9 AB but is batting.296 (16-54) with 4 2B, 4 HR, and 12 RBI over his last 15 G to rise from.198 to.234 has 2 HR and 5 RBI in last 5 G and 4 HR and 10 RBI in last 11 G is tied for lead among ML catchers in pickoffs (3), most in a season by a Ranger Ivan Rodriguez in 2002 (7) leads qualifying A.L. catchers by throwing out 42.9% of runners trying to steal (15 of 35) and is 3rd in MLB with 15 caught stealings (DET s Alex Avila and CLE s Yan Gomes-16 each) delivered 2nd career walk-off hit (1B) in 12th inning, 4/11 vs. HOU has team-high 42 starts behind the plate. 15 MICHAEL CHOICE.189 AVG, 8 HR, 27 RBI,.268 OBP,.355 SLG OUTFIELDER R/R Sun.: 0-for-3 Trip:.111 (2-18), 2 HR, 3 RBI, 3 R, 3 BB Streak: 0 G Is 3-for-38 (.079) with 14 K s in last 11 G to drop from.221 to.189, lowest since 4/8 (.083) is hitting.152 (15-99) over last 32 G to drop from.242 ejected for 1st time in ML career in 10th inning on Sat. at LAA last 4 hits and 5 of last 7 have been HR, while 9 of last 13 hits have gone for XBH (3 2B, 6 HR) 8 HR are tied w/ Adrian Beltre for team lead is 3rd among A.L. rookies in HR and T6th in A.L. for HR in June (5) ranks 17th in A.L. with team best.318 avg. with RISP has 5 multi-rbi games with career-high 4 RBI, 5/4 at LAA had RBI in career-high and team-best 5 straight games, April 22-27 hit 1st ML HR on 4/12 vs. HOU was 1st player in Rangers history to hit a PH HR for 1st ML homer has starts in LF (23), DH (9), RF (6), and CF (4) is 3-for-13 as a PH. 17 SHIN-SOO CHOO.248 AVG, 7 HR, 28 RBI,.377 OBP,.386 SLG OUTFIELDER L/L Sun.: 0-for-4 Trip:.171 (6-35), HR, 5 RBI, 3 R, 3 BB Streak: 0 G Is batting.136 (9-66) with 11 walks in 19 G in June, 2nd-lowest avg. among A.L. qualifiers for the month 9th inning HR on Sat. at LAA was 1st since 5/22, ending 26-game drought has 10 RBI in last 12 G is hitting.175 (27-154) in last 42 G to drop from.370 to.248, lowest since 4/4 (.214) is 11th in A.L. in OBP (.377), T6th in BB (42) and 1st in HBP (10) is hitless in last 19 AB vs. LHP had season-best 4 RBI on 6/11 vs. MIA leadoff HR 4/21 at OAK was ML-high 12th leadoff HR since start of 2012 has started 47 G in LF and 21 G as DH missed 5 games with left ankle sprain, April 22-27, and continues to deal with soreness in the ankle his 12 career HR vs. DET are most vs. any opponent while 92 hits are 2nd (98 vs. KC). 84 PRINCE FIELDER.247 AVG, 3 HR, 16 RBI,.360 OBP,.360 SLG FIRST BASEMAN L/R Placed on 15-day DL on 5/23 (retro to 5/17; transferred to 60 on 6/20) with a herniated C5-C6 disc in his neck, first career DL placement had surgery for a cervical fusion of the C5-C6 discs in his neck on 5/27 the surgery was performed by Dr. Drew Dossett at the Carrell Clinic in Dallas and went as expected Fielder was discharged on 5/28 will undergo an extended period of rehabilitation and will most likely be sidelined for the balance of the 2014 season. 60 CHRIS GIMENEZ.327 AVG, 0 HR, 7 RBI,.375 OBP,.423 SLG CATCHER R/R Sun.: 0-for-3, BB Trip:.100 (1-10), BB, R Streak: 0 G Has reached base safely via H/BB/HBP in 13 of 14 games with Texas, including 1st 12 has started 14 games behind the plate after having his contract purchased from Round Rock (AAA) on 5/20 team is 8-6 in his starts had ML career-best 8-game hitting streak from 5/22-6/6 at.455 (15-33) had career-high 4 hits 5/22 at DET in 2nd game with Texas, 1st Ranger with a 4-hit game within first 2 G with club since Danny Thompson on 6/4/76 vs. DET is in 2nd stint w/ Texas as he was on team s Opening Day roster on 3/31 but did not appear in game, was DFA d, 4/1 batted.259 (28-108) w/ 4 HR and 16 RBI in 31 G for Express received on waiver claim from Oakland on 3/28. 2 LEONYS MARTIN.273 AVG, 3 HR, 19 RBI,.328 OBP,.370 SLG OUTFIELDER L/R Sun.: 3-for-4, 2 2B, R, CS Trip:.321 (9-28), 3 2B, RBI, 5 R, 5 BB, 4 SB Streak: 3 G (.385, 5-13, 3 2B, 3 R, 3 BB, 2 SB) Matched season highs with 3 hits and 2 doubles on Sun. at LAA each of last 6 starts have been in leadoff spot and is 8-for-22 (.364) with 5 BB in those games had started only one game in leadoff spot all season prior to this span run scored in 5 straight, tying a career high (4/22-27 of this year) BB in career-best 3 straight, Wed.-Sat. is hitting.246 (16-65) in last 21 G to drop from.283 to.273 has 2 RBI in last 18 G ranks among A.L. leaders in sac bunts (T1st, 6), triples (T6th, 3), SB (6th, 17), INF hits (T6th, 13), and CS (2nd, 7) leads team with 5 GWRBI had 3rd career walk-off with single in the 9th, 4/16 vs. SEA has started 65 G in CF, with 4 OF assists one start as DH is 12th in the A.L. with a.320 home average but is just 5-for-30 (.167) over last 11 home games. 16 DONNIE MURPHY.204 AVG, 4 HR, 14 RBI,.276 OBP,.343 SLG INFIELDER R/R Sun.: 0-for-1 Trip:.154 (2-13), 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, SH Streak: 0 G Went 0-for-1 on Sun. at LAA before departing the game with soreness in his left knee is 2-for-24 (.083) in his last 10 G, a pair of homers on 6/16 at OAK was his 4th career 2-HR game, 1st since 8/19/13, CHC vs. WSH is batting.189 (7-37) with 3 HR and 7 RBI in 16 G since returning from DL on 5/23 hitless in 17 of last 21 G, but multiple hits in all 4 games with a hit on DL May 8-22 with a neck strain, an injury suffered 5/7 vs. COL season-high 4 hits 6/1 at WSH in 1st career start at 1B has started 18 games at 2B, 6 at 1B, 5 as DH, and one at 3B played 6 G on rehab w/ Round Rock (AAA): 1-for-19 (.053), 1 RBI, 3 BB, 7 SO received on waiver claim from Cubs on 3/26. 73 ROUGNED ODOR.291 AVG, 3 HR, 17 RBI,.321 OBP,.466 SLG INFIELDER L/R Sun.: 0-for-3 Trip:.231 (6-26), 3B, HR, 3 RBI, 4 R, BB, HBP, SB Streak: 0 G Pronounced ROOG-ned oh-dore is 6-for-19 (.316) in last 6 G and is batting.333 (25-75) with 15 RBI in last 24 G to rise from.179 to.291, 3rd-best among ML rookies (100+ PA) is T6th in A.L. in 3B (3) recorded 1st ML SB on Sat. at LAA has 31 starts, all at 2B set career highs w/ 4 H and 5 RBI 5/24 at DET, matched club record w/ 2 triples 1st player under age 21 w/ 4 H and 2 3B in one game since Rogers Hornsby on 6/28/1916 at CIN (Elias) first player under 21 w/ 4 H and 5 RBI since Al Kaline on 4/17/1955 vs. KC (Elias) hit 1st ML HR 5/12 at HOU (Peacock) was 4th-youngest 2B to HR over last 50 years (Jurickson Profar, Roberto Alomar and Danny Ainge) 1st ML hit off Clay Buchholz, 5/9 vs. BOS had contract purchased from Frisco (AA) on 5/8 at 20 years, 94 days for debut, is youngest player to appear in MLB game this season hit.279 (36-129) in 32 G at Double-A was 7-for-12 in series at Comerica in May. 21 CARLOS PENA AVG, 0 HR, 0 RBI, OBP, SLG FIRST BASEMAN L/L Sun.: Trip: Streak: 0 G The 36-year-old first baseman had his contract purchased from Round Rock (AAA) prior to tonight s game was signed to a minor league contract on 6/17 and batted.333 (8-24) with one HR, one double, and 2 RBI over 7 G with Round Rock hit safely in his 1st 6 G w/ the Express spent spring training with LAA after signing a minors deal with the Halos on 1/28/14 batted.139 (5-26) with no HR and 2 RBI in 20 spring games before 3/23 release was originally a 1st-round pick (10th overall) of Texas in the 1998 draft made his ML debut as a Ranger in 2001 before he was traded to Oakland that offseason is one of 2 players (Sammy Sosa) with at least 12 years between games for the Washington/Texas franchise (Elias) has 285 career HR has topped 25 HR in 6 different seasons, including career-high 46 HR with TB in 2007 was a 2009 All-Star and has also won a Gold Glove Award (2008) and Silver Slugger Award (2007).
RANGERS GAME NOTES TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2014 DETROIT PAGE 5 51 ALEX RIOS.319 AVG, 3 HR, 33 RBI,.352 OBP,.462 SLG OUTFIELDER R/R Sun.: 1-for-4 Trip:.242 (8-33), 2 2B, RBI, 3 R, BB, SF, SB Streak: 4 G (.308, 4-13, 2 2B, R, BB, SB) Is 8-for-37 (.216) in last 10 G to go from.335 to.319, 7th in the A.L. has a.353 (41-116) avg. with 14 multi-hit games in last 30 contests to rise from.297 ranks among A.L. leaders in triples (1st ML, career-high 8), hits (T4th, 92), multi-hit games (T6th, 27), INF hits (T14th, 11), and SB (T12th, 13) ejected in 4th inning on Sat. at LAA, 1st ejection since 9/13/13 leads MLB w/ 16 GIDP has no HR last 34 G, T7th-longest drought of his career one RBI last 11 G and 3 RBI last 25 G was fastest Ranger ever to 8 triples (64 team games), besting previous mark by Ruben Sierra in 1989 (8th triple in game no. 72) already T7th on the club s single-season triple list team high 12-G hit streak from 5/17-29 had 7 straight multi-hit games, May 21-27, longest by MLB batter in 2014 and T3rd-longest in Rangers history has started 68 G in RF and 7 at DH went 9-for-20 in 4-game set vs. Detroit at Comerica Park in May, most hits in a 4-game series by a Ranger since Michael Young had 10, Aug. 15-18, 2011 at LAA has hit safely in 8 straight vs. DET (.417, 15-36). 19 DANIEL ROBERTSON.209 AVG, 0 HR, 4 RBI,.261 OBP,.256 SLG OUTFIELDER R/R Sun.: DNP Trip:.273 (3-11), 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R Streak: 2 G (.273, 3-11, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R) Is 5-for-16 with 2 2B and 3 RBI in last 3 starts and has hit safely in each of last 4 starts at.286 (6-21).suffered non-displaced fractures in face on 5/22 at DET in 3rd inning following collision w/ Alex Rios in RCF overall has started 5 G in CF and 3 in LF has 7 starts in leadoff spot recalled from Round Rock (AAA) on 5/18 for 2nd stint w/ TEX (also 4/23-5/6) hit.222 (6-27) with one HR, 3 RBI, 5 runs, and 2 steals in 7 G for Express since being optioned 5/7 had 1B on 4/30 vs. OAK for 1st ML hit made ML debut on 4/29 vs. OAK as a PR-DH acquired in minors trade with SD for cash on 4/23. 3 LUIS SARDINAS.288 AVG, 0 HR, 2 RBI,.333 OBP,.305 SLG INFIELDER S/R Sun.: DNP Trip:.231 (3-13), R Streak: 0 G Had career-best 7-game hitting streak snapped on Fri. at LAA is batting.360 (9-25) over last 8 G to rise from.235 to.288 career-high 3 H on 6/4 vs. BAL drove in lone run in 1-0 win 5/28 at MIN, 2nd-youngest player in franchise history w/ RBI in 1-0 game has 15 starts overall (11 at 2B; 3 at SS; 1 at 3B) start at 3B on Wed. at OAK was 1st pro start at 3B 1st RBI 5/17 vs. TOR recorded 1st ML hit on 4/20 vs. CWS when he singled on the 1st pitch in 1st ML PA 1st Ranger w/ a hit in first ML PA since Jim Adduci on 9/1/13 vs. MIN in 2nd stint w/ Texas after 5/7 recall from Frisco (AA) also with club April 19-26 hit.253 (22-87) with 5 2B, 9 RBI, and 12 R in 21 G w/ Frisco is 2nd youngest player to appear in majors in 2014 behind teammate Rougned Odor. BATTERS VS. DETROIT - 2014 AND CAREER 2014 CAREER PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Andrus.278 18 5 0 1.286 189 54 1 16 Beltre.533 15 8 1 5.318 286 91 12 47 Chirinos.375 8 3 0 1.333 12 4 0 1 Choice.214 14 3 1 4.214 14 3 1 4 Choo.308 13 4 1 2.297 310 92 12 42 Gimenez.500 10 5 0 2.278 36 10 0 5 Martin.235 17 4 0 1.283 46 13 0 3 Murphy.500 4 2 1 2.150 40 6 2 6 Odor.583 12 7 0 5.583 12 7 0 5 Pena Rios.450 20 9 0 4.277 383 106 11 46 Robertson.500 2 1 0 0.500 2 1 0 0 Sardinas.167 6 1 0 0.167 6 1 0 0 PITCHERS VS. DETROIT - 2014 AND CAREER 2014 CAREER PLAYER W-L-S ERA G IP H ER W-L-S ERA G IP H ER Baker 0-1-0 9.00 1 6.0 8 6 7-6-0 4.90 24 136.0 150 74 Cotts 0-0-0 0.00 1 1.0 2 0 0-1-0 5.68 20 19.0 16 12 Darvish 1-0-0 2.57 1 7.0 6 2 5-0-0 3.60 5 35.0 25 14 Frasor 0-0-0 0.00 1 1.0 1 0 2-2-2 4.66 29 29.0 27 15 Lewis 1-0-0 3.18 1 5.2 5 2 3-2-0 6.02 8 40.1 52 27 Martinez 1-0-0 1.50 1 6.0 8 1 1-0-0 1.50 1 6.0 8 1 Poreda 0-0-0 9.00 1 1.0 2 1 0-0-0 9.00 1 1.0 2 1 Rowen Saunders 1-3-0 5.20 10 55.1 63 32 Soria 0-0-0 0.00 1 0.2 0 0 2-1-15 2.50 35 36.0 31 10 Tepesch 0-1-0 3.60 1 5.0 6 2 Tolleson 0-0-0 0.00 2 2.0 1 0 0-0-0 0.00 2 2.0 1 0 Player Total Solo 2-run 3-run GS LHP RHP Home Road GT GA Record Last Elvis Andrus 2-2 - - - 2 1 1-2 2-0 5/21 vs. SEA (Young) J.P. Arencibia 1 1 - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1-0 5/4 at LAA (Skaggs) Adrian Beltre 8 4 3 1-1 7 5 3 2 4 2-5 6/4 vs. BAL (Norris 2) Robinson Chirinos 6 4 2 - - 3 3 3 3 1 2 4-2 6/16 at OAK (Abad) Michael Choice 8 5 2 1-3 5 4 4 1 2 5-3 6/20 at LAA (Morin) Shin-Soo Choo 7 6 1 - - 2 5 3 4 1 2 5-2 6/11 at LAA (Jepsen) Prince Fielder 3 3 - - - 2 1 3 - - 2 3-0 5/8 vs. COL (Morales) Kevin Kouzmanoff 2 2 - - - - 2 2 - - - 2-0 4/19 vs. CWS (Petricka) Leonys Martin 3 2 1 - - 1 2 2 1-1 3-0 6/1 at WSH (Roark) Mitch Moreland 2 1 1 - - - 2 1 1 1 1 1-1 5/18 vs. TOR (Dickey) Donnie Murphy 4 2 2 - - 2 2-4 - 1 3-0 6/16 at OAK (Abad) Rougned Odor 3 2 1 - - 1 2 1 2 - - 2-1 6/17 at OAK (Milone) Alex Rios 3 1 1 1-2 1 1 2-3 2-1 5/14 at HOU (Feldman) Brad Snyder 2 2 - - - - 2-2 - 1 0-2 6/22 at LAA (Smith) Luis Sardinas - - - - - - - - - - - - - TOTALS 54 35 16 3 0 18 36 26 28 6 21 23-16 GRAND SLAMS (0): None MULTI-HOMER GAMES (2): Beltre, June 4 vs. BAL (2); Murphy, June 16 at OAK (2) BACK-TO-BACK HOMERS (2): Fielder/Kouzmanoff, April 15 vs. SEA; Murphy/Choice, June 16 at OAK LEADOFF HOMERS (1): Choo, April 21 at OAK May 14 May 18 May 20 May 21 May 22 May 28 June 3 June 4 June 5 June 10 June 11 June 17 June 20 June 24 2014 HOME RUNS RECENT TRANSACTIONS PINCH-HIT HOMERS (1): Choice, 4/12 vs. HOU WALKOFF HOMERS (0): None INSIDE THE PARK HOMERS (0): None HR BY PITCHERS (0): None LHP Martin Perez placed on 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 11, with left elbow inflammation LHP Matt Harrison placed on 15-day disabled list with lower back inflammation RHP Justin Germano designated for assignment RHP Nick Tepesch and RHP Miles Mikolas recalled from Round Rock (AAA) RHP Scott Baker contract purchased from Round Rock. OF Daniel Robertson recalled from Round Rock (AAA) RHP Miles Mikolas optioned to Round Rock (AAA). C/INF Chris Gimenez contract purchased from Round Rock (AAA) C J.P. Arencibia optioned to Round Rock (AAA) LHP Martin Perez transferred from 15- to 60-day DL. C J.P. Arencibia outrighted to Round Rock (AAA) RHP Justin Germano accepts outright assignment to Round Rock (AAA). 1B Prince Fielder placed on 15-day disabled list with herniated C5-C6 disc in his neck INF Donnie Murphy recalled from rehab at Round Rock and activated off disabled list. LHP Joe Saunders activated from 15-day disabled list LHP Aaron Poreda optioned to Round Rock (AAA) RHP Phil Irwin received on waiver claim from Pittsburgh and optioned to Round Rock. RHP Tanner Scheppers rehab assignment transferred from Round Rock (AAA) to Frisco (AA) OF Jim Adduci assigned on rehab to Frisco (AA). RHP Alexi Ogando placed on 15-day disabled list with right elbow inflammation LHP Aaron Poreda recalled from Round Rock (AAA). RHP Tanner Scheppers activated from 15-day disabled list LHP Aaron Poreda optioned to Round Rock (AAA) OF Jim Adduci transferred from Frisco (AA) to Round Rock (AAA) on injury rehab assignment. 1B Mitch Moreland placed on 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 8, with Os Trigonum Syndrome in left ankle 1B/OF Brad Snyder contract purchased from Round Rock (AAA) LHP Matt Harrison transferred from 15- to 60-day disabled list. RHP Tanner Scheppers placed on 15-day disabled list with right elbow inflammation RHP Ben Rowen recalled from Round Rock (AAA). LHP Aaron Poreda recalled from Round Rock (AAA) LHP Robbie Ross, Jr. optioned to Round Rock. LHP Justin Marks received on waiver claim from Oakland and optioned to Round Rock (AAA) 1B Prince Fielder transferred from 15- to 60-day disabled list. 1B Carlos Pena contract purchased from Round Rock (AAA) 1B/OF Brad Snyder designated for assignment. 2014 DISABLED LIST Player Type Injury Placed (retro) Reinstated / Eligible Games Missed Record Jim Adduci 15-day Fractured left little finger April 19 May 4 58 25-33 Kevin Kouzmanoff 15-day Herniated L5-S1 disc in lower back April 25 (April 23) May 8 54 22-32 Prince Fielder 60-day Herniated C5-C6 disc in his neck May 22 (May 17) June 1 - moved to 60 on 6/20 28 12-16 Alexi Ogando 15-day Right elbow inflammation June 4 June 19 17 6-11 Mitch Moreland 15-day Os Trigonum Syndrome in left ankle June 10 (June 8) June 23 13 4-9 Tanner Scheppers 15-day Right elbow inflammation June 11 June 26 10 4-6 Joseph Ortiz 60-day Fractured left foot February 14 May 29 75 35-40 Derek Holland 60-day Left knee surgery rehab March 3 May 29 75 35-40 Jurickson Profar 60-day Torn teres major muscle, rt. shoulder March 30 (March 23) May 29 - moved to 60 on 4/12 75 35-40 Engel Beltre 60-day Fractured right tibia March 26 May 29 75 35-40 Geovany Soto 60-day Torn lateral meniscus cartilage, rt. knee March 30 May 29 75 35-40 Pedro Figueroa 60-day Left elbow UCL tear April 23 June 22 - moved to 60 on 5/7 54 22-32 Martin Perez 60-day Left elbow UCL tear May 14 (May 11) July 10 - moved to 60 on 5/20 38 17-21 Matt Harrison 60-day Displaced vertebra/spondylolisthesis May 14 July 13 - moved to 60 on 6/10 35 15-20 Yu Darvish 15-day Neck stiffness March 30 (March 21) April 6 5 2-3 Adrian Beltre 15-day Strained left quad April 13 (April 9) April 25 14 10-4 Matt Harrison 15-day Back surgery rehab March 30 (March 29) April 27 24 15-9 Donnie Murphy 15-day Neck strain May 8 May 23 13 6-7 Joe Saunders 15-day Stress fracture in left ankle April 7 (April 5) April 20 47 23-24 Tanner Scheppers 15-day Right elbow inflammation April 18 June 5 43 20-23
PAGE 6 TEXAS TEAM BATTING Runs, Game...14, 2x, last June 16 at Oakland Runs, Inning...7, April 18 vs. Chicago-AL (3rd) Hits, Game...19, May 24 at Detroit Hits, Inning...6, 2x, last April 18 vs. Chicago-AL (3rd) Fewest Hits, Game...2, April 20 vs. Chicago-AL Doubles...6, April 8 at Boston Triples...2, May 24 at Detroit Home Runs...4, June 16 at Oakland Home Runs, Both Clubs...7, June 9 vs. Cleveland Extra Base Hits...8, May 24 at Detroit Total Bases...33, May 24 at Detroit Stolen Bases...4, 2x, last June 20 at Los Angeles-AL Walks...9, 2x, last May 4 at Los Angeles-AL Strikeouts...15, May 12 at Houston Left on Base (9 innings)...12, April 1 vs. Philadelphia Left on Base (Extras)...16, April 11 vs. Houston TEXAS INDIVIDUAL BATTING Hits...4, 3x, Andrus, May 9 vs. Boston; Gimenez, May 22 at Detroit; Odor, May 24 at Detroit Runs...3, 11x, last Martin, May 29 at Minnesota Home Runs...2, Beltre, June 4 vs. Baltimore; Murphy, June 16 at Oakland RBI...5, 2x, last Beltre, June 4 vs. Baltimore Total Bases...9, Odor, May 24 at Detroit Doubles...2, 6x, last Martin, May 29 at Minnesota Triples...#2, Odor, May 24 at Detroit Extra-Base Hits...3, 2x, Kouzmanoff, April 15 vs. Seattle; Odor, May 24 at Detroit Stolen Bases...2, 6x, last Andrus, June 20 at Los Angeles-AL Walks...3, 3x, last Choo, May 25 at Detroit Strikeouts...5, Choo, April 12 vs. Houston Hitting Streak...12, Rios, May 17-29 TEXAS TEAM PITCHING Strikeouts...14, 3x, last June 1 at Washington Walks...8, May 17 vs. Toronto Fewest Walks...0, 4x, last June 14 at Seattle Runs Allowed, Game...17, June 9 vs. Cleveland Runs Allowed, Inning...7, 2x, last April 30 vs. Oakland (3rd) Hits Allowed, Game...21, May 6 at Colorado Hits Allowed, Inning...8, May 6 at Colorado (6th) Fewest Hits Allowed...2, 3x, last June 13 at Seattle Home Runs...5, June 9 vs. Cleveland Consecutive Scoreless Innings...23.0, May 7 (6th) - May 10 (1st); June 10 (9th)-June 14 (4th) TEXAS INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Innings, Starter...9.0, 3x, last Darvish, June 11 vs. Miami Fewest Innings, Starter...1.2, Harrison, May 13 at Houston Innings, Reliever...5.1, Baker, May 7 vs. Colorado Strikeouts, Starter...12, Darvish, 2x, May 9 vs. Boston; June 1 at Washington Strikeouts, Reliever...7, Baker, 2x, May 31 at Washington; June 9 vs. Cleveland Runs Allowed...10, Ross, April 30 vs. Oakland Earned Runs Allowed...9, Baker, June 9 vs. Cleveland Hits Allowed...12, 2x, last Lewis, May 7 vs. Colorado Home Runs Allowed...3, Baker, June 9 vs. Cleveland Pitches...126, Darvish, May 9 vs. Boston TEXAS TEAM MISCELLANEOUS Winning Streak...5, April 15-19 Losing Streak...5, June 17-current Longest Game, Innings...12, April 11 vs. Houston Longest Game, Time, 9 inn...3:57, May 4 at Los Angeles-AL Longest Game, Time, Xtra...4:11, April 11 vs. Houston Shortest Game, Time...2:15, April 13 vs. Houston Largest Crowd, Home...49,031, March 31 vs. Philadelphia Largest Crowd, Road...43,447, May 24 at Detroit Winning Margin...12, April 18 vs. Chicago-AL Losing Margin...14, April 20 vs. Chicago-AL Largest Deficit in Win...3, April 2 vs. Philadelphia (0-3 in 3rd)...3, April 26 at Seattle (0-3 thru 4th) Largest Deficit in 9th, Win...2, April 2 vs. Philadelphia (1-3) Largest Lead in Loss...5, April 27 at Seattle (5-0 in 4th) Errors...4, 2x, last April 30 vs. Oakland *-Club record #-Ties club record RANGERS GAME NOTES TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2014 DETROIT RANGERS STATISTICS Multi-Hit Games Multi-RBI Games PLAYER 2H 3H 4H 5H Total 2BI 3BI 4BI 5BI+ Total Adduci 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Andrus 13 3 1 0 17 3 0 0 0 3 Arencibia 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 Beltre 20 5 0 0 25 6 1 0 1 8 Chirinos 5 3 0 0 8 5 1 0 0 6 Choice 5 0 0 0 5 4 0 1 0 5 Choo 14 2 0 0 16 4 1 1 0 6 Fielder 8 1 0 0 9 3 0 0 0 3 Gimenez 4 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 Kouzmanoff 3 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 Martin 14 2 0 0 16 4 0 1 0 5 Moreland 6 2 0 0 8 3 2 0 0 5 Murphy 6 1 0 0 7 2 1 0 0 3 Odor 5 1 1 0 7 2 1 0 1 4 Rios 21 6 0 0 27 5 3 0 0 8 Robertson 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Sardinas 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Snyder 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Wilson 3 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 2014 STARTING PITCHING (starts only) STARTS BY BATTING ORDER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Adduci - - - - - 1 - - - Andrus - 68 - - - - 2 2 1 Arencibia - - - - - - 22-7 Beltre - - 17 45 - - - - - Chirinos - - - - - 2 16 14 10 Choice 13 2 - - - 11 5 11 - Choo 48-20 - - - - - - Fielder - - 13 29 - - - - - Gimenez - - - - - 7 6 1 - Kouzmanoff - - - - 12 - - - - Martin 7 1 - - - 3 20 36 - Moreland - - 12-2 30 - - - Murphy - - - - 1 13 12 3 1 Odor - - - - - - - 4 26 Rios - - 14 1 60 - - - - Robertson 7 1 - - - - - - - Sardinas - 2 - - - - - 3 10 Snyder - - - - - 8 - - - Wilson - 1 - - - - 2 1 15 Pitchers - - - - - - - - 5 STARTS BY POSITION C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH Adduci - - - - - - - 1 - Andrus - - - - 72 - - - 1 Arencibia 19 - - - - - - - - Beltre - - - 58 - - - - 3 Chirinos 42 - - - - - - - - Choice - - - - - 23 4 6 9 Choo - - - - - 47 - - 21 Fielder - 40 - - - - - - 3 Gimenez 14 - - - - - - - - Kouzmanoff - - - 12 - - - - - Martin - - - - - - 66-1 Moreland - 21 - - - 2 - - 20 Murphy - 6 18 1 - - - - 5 Odor - - 30 - - - - - - Rios - - - - - - - 68 7 Robertson - - - - - 3 5 - - Sardinas - - 11 1 3 - - - - Snyder - 8 - - - - - - - Wilson - - 16 3 - - - - - RUNS BY INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ Texas 29 40 41 52 38 32 32 24 28 1 Opp. 28 40 51 56 45 50 26 44 15 2 RECORD BY MONTH March April May June July August Sept. 0-1 15-12 13-15 7-12 - - - RECORD BY DAY OF WEEK Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. 6-6 4-6 4-8 6-6 5-0 6-6 4-8 RECORD BY HOME RUNS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 12-24 13-13 9-3 - 1-0 - - RECORD BY RUNS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ Scored 0-3 4-6 1-14 4-7 5-2 5-5 5-1 1-1 3-0 1-0 5-1 Allowed 13-0 - 7-1 7-2 4-6 0-7 2-5 1-3 1-7 0-3 0-7 MARGIN OF VICTORY/DEFEAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11+ Won by 12 4 6 2 3 2 1 2-1 2 Lost by 9 5 3 7 4 3 3 2-1 3 EJECTIONS (7) Game (Inn.) Player/Coach Umpire 4/13 vs. HOU (4th) Elvis Andrus Alan Porter 4/14 vs. SEA (6th) Ron Washington Ted Barrett 5/10 vs. SEA (8th) Mike Maddux Vic Carapazza 5/28 at MIN (6th) Elvis Andrus Pat Hoberg 6/21 at LAA (4th) Alex Rios Vic Carapazza 6/21 at LAA (10th) Michael Choice Vic Carapazza 6/22 at LAA (1st) Ron Washington Bill Miller 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 Scheppers 4/17 vs. SEA (ND) 0-1 L1 4 0 7.36 86.5 1/0 6.4 3.9 2.0 38/18 2 1-3 Perez (L) 5/10 vs. BOS (L) 4-3 L3 8 3 4.73 97.1 0/4 6.1 3.3 0.5 79/30 13 5-3 Ross Jr. (L) 5/17 vs. TOR (ND) 1-4 L4 9 2 1.84 93.7 1/2 6.2 2.9 1.1 95/36 6 2-7 Saunders (L) 6/20 at LAA (L) 0-3 L3 6 2 1.76 97.3 1/0 5.3 3.8 0.9 64/37 5 2-4 Martinez 6/21 at LAA (ND) 1-3 L3 9 4 6.32 90.1 0/3 3.6 3.8 1.7 54/55 2 4-5 Darvish 6/22 at LAA (L) 7-4 L2 14 10 4.48 106.6 8/0 11.0 3.4 0.7 82/100 5 10-4 Lewis 6/16 at OAK (W) 5-4 W1 12 0 6.39 96.2 13/4 7.3 3.7 1.0 72/89 2 7-5 Harrison 5/13 at HOU (L) 1-1 L1 4 1 5.19 85.8 0/0 5.2 6.2 0.5 30/12 1 1-3 Tepesch 6/18 at OAK (L) 2-3 L3 7 3 3.65 91.7 1/2 5.8 3.7 1.2 49/38 1 3-4 Baker 5/27 at MIN (ND) 0-1 L1 2 1 3.75 83.5 0/0 3.8 1.5 2.3 16/16 0 0-2