Texas Rangers (37-46) at Baltimore Orioles (44-39) RHP Miles Mikolas (first ‘14 outing) vs. RHP Chris Tillman (7-4, 4.18) Game #84 • Road #43 (19-23) • Wed., July 2, 2014 • Oriole Park at Camden Yards • 6:05 p.m. CDT • FSSW / 103.3 FM / 1540 AM WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers lost to the Orioles 8-3 last night and are MILES MIKOLAS is scheduled to make his Rangers debut tonight in his 0-2 on this 7-game, 7-day road trip to Baltimore (0-2) and New York-NL (3 first major league start…he would become the 11th different Ranger to G)…Texas has lost 3 straight and 12 of 15, going 23-37 since 4/25…those start this season, most in the American League and 2nd-most in the majors spans include a season-high 8-game losing streak from June 17-26, club’s to only Colorado (12 starters used)…club has not used a new starter in longest drought since dropping 8 in a row from 8/8-16/05…current record over a month, since Scott Baker made his first start on May 23 at Detroit. marks Rangers’ fewest wins thru 83 games since 2007 (35-48/36-48 after 84 games), as club had been .500-or-better in all 6 seasons in the inter- ADRIAN BELTRE went 1-for-3 with a HBP last night, hits in 5 straight and im…club is now a season-low 9 games under .500 for the first time since 10 of last 11…he is hitting .351 (74-211) since the start of May, 2nd-high- a 9-18 record through 4/29/08…last time at 10-or-more-under was when est in MLB (min. 170 PA’s) to only Jose Altuve (.384)…ranked 2nd in A.L. Rangers had a 75-87 record (12-under) to finish the 2007 campaign…club and 4th in MLB with a .392 average in June, highest monthly figure of his has been at .500 or below for 23 straight days since last winning mark on career and highest by any Ranger since Josh Hamilton hit .395 in April 6/6 at 31-30…has been season-high 6 games over .500 twice. 2012…Beltre’s June was just the 7th individual month in club history for a • Texas has gone 2-6-1 in last 9 series, needing wins tonight and tomor- player to hit .392-or-better with 22+ RBI… row to salvage a series split…Texas has gone 3-1-0 in 4-game series this season and 6-1-3 in last 10 series of exactly 4 games. ADAM ROSALES played his first game for Texas in 2014 last night, a start as the designated hitter…it was just his 3rd career start as the DH, 2 of STANDINGS: Texas has been in 4th place for 16 straight and 28 of the last which have come since he joined the Rangers last season…he had a 2-run 29 days beginning 6/3…the club has not been as low as 4th place this late double last night, this after hitting a homer with 3 RBI off Chris Sale in his in the season since the end of 2007 (4th)…the Rangers have dropped 7.0 lone start as DH last year on 8/23/13 at CWS…Rosales now has 5 career games in the standings the last 15 days to double their deficit from 7.0 to a RBI in his 3 starts as the DH. season-high 14.0 games (3rd straight day) behind the division-leading A’s, the team’s largest deficit at any point in a season since the end of 2008 EVERYBODY’S DOING IT: Last night, Adam Rosales became the 10th (21.0 GB)…it has been 15 days since Rangers last gained ground in the different Ranger to start at designated hitter this season…Seattle leads West by beating Oakland on 6/16…currently sit 2.0 games ahead of the majors in that category, having used 12 different players at DH. 5th-place Astros (-16.0 GB)…Texas had not previously trailed by as many as 14.0 games this early in a season since 2007 (14.5 GB through 56 G). EXTRA HITTER: Last night’s 2-run double by Adam Rosales brought the season RBI total by Texas designated hitters to 51, the highest figure by ON ROAD: Rangers have dropped a season-high 7 straight on the road to any position in the Rangers order this season (next is 44 RBI by 3rd base- fall to 19-23 in ‘14, season-high 4 games under .500 on the road…current men)…the 51 RBI rank T4th among all teams’ DH’s this season, although drought is longest road losing streak in over 6 years, since 7 straight, 4/18- 8 HR by DH’s rank T3rd-lowest figure in the A.L. 24/08…last longer road drought was 9 games, 7/31-8/16/05, when Buck MOST RBI BY DESIGNATED HITTERS, 2014 Showalter was the manager…Texas has dropped 10 of last 14 away from RBI Team RBI Team home after opening year with a 15-13 mark. 57 Baltimore 51 Texas • Texas ranks 3rd in both A.L. majors with a .267 road batting average 54 Minnesota 51 Chicago-AL (BAL-.276, KC-.269), hitting .239 (137-573) last 17 road games beg. 5/27 53 Boston 51 Los Angeles-AL to drop season figure from .285…club is averaging 3.18 R/G (54 R) in last 17 road contests after averaging 4.96 R/G in first 25 away tilts. LEADING IN ONE COLUMN: Texas had 2 more hits than Baltimore last night, but still lost by 5 runs…it was the first time to out-hit an opponent BACK TO BALTIMORE: Rangers are 1-4 against the O’s in ‘14 with 2 and suffer a loss by 5-or-more since 6/15/13 vs. TOR (6-1 loss, out-hit Jays meetings remaining, as last night’s loss ensured a defeat in the season 9-8)…had not happened on road since 5/21/12 at SEA (6-1 loss, out-hit series…club’s lone win this season on 6/5 in Arlington snapped a 7-game M’s 6-5)…Rangers had not lost on the road by 5+ runs while having at losing streak vs. BAL…prior to the current 1-9 stretch against O’s that be- least 2 more hits than the opponent since 8/8/05 at BOS (11-6 loss, out-hit gan on 7/10/13, Rangers had gone 12-2 from start of 2011 thru 7/9/13… Sox 16-12)…manager Buck Showalter’s squad went 4-for-17 w/ RISP in have now lost season series in 3 of last 5 years, but are still 13-11 vs. O’s the loss…Texas opened the year with a 25-5 record when having more hits since start of 2011 and have 45-38 lead since start of 2005…Texas split a than the opponent, but have now dropped 3 of last 5 such games. 4-game series in Baltimore last year, winning first 2 G by scoring 8 runs in each, and losing last 2 G by scoring one run in each…at Camden Yards, ADD ANOTHER: Adam Rosales made his season debut last night, be- have won 7 of 12, going 14-11 at this park beginning 8/10/08…O’s lead all- coming the 43rd player used by the Rangers this season…Miles Mikolas time series 244-194-1, including leads of 122-98 in Baltimore and 55-52-1 would become the 44th player used with his first pitch tonight…entering at Camden Yards…O’s also won ‘12 A.L. Wild Card Game in Arlington. tonight, the 43 players used by Texas this season are tied with Philly for • Texas is 5-12 vs. A.L. East in 2014, 2-6 on the road, losing 8 of last 10 2nd-most in MLB (see charts)…Mikolas would be the club’s 24th pitcher overall against the East. used this season (including Mitch Moreland), which would tie the Yankees for 2nd-most in MLB…Rangers have also used 11 rookies (note Mikolas FEW RUNS AT CAMDEN: Texas has dropped 4 straight at Camden Yards is not a rookie)…in 2013, Rangers used 46 players, 24 pitchers, and 13 for just the 4th time in this park’s history, longest losing streak here since rookies over the entire season. team-record 9 straight losses in 2003-04…Rangers have scored a total of • The Rangers lead the majors in both overall disabled list uses (20) and 6 runs in the 4 losses, this after scoring 8 runs in each of the club’s 2 wins current players on DL (14)…the 20 DL uses are already most by the Rang- here last year. ers since 2010 (25) with the club record being 29 in 2004. ENGEL BELTRE went 1-for-6 for Round Rock (AAA) last night in the club’s MLB LEADERS IN 2014 11-inning loss, and he now has hits in 2 straight…it was the 4th game on Players Used Team Pitchers Used Team Beltre’s injury rehab assignment, as he has been on the disabled list the 44 Los Angeles-AL 25 Los Angeles-AL 43 Texas 24 New York-AL entire season with fractured right tibia.