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MEXICO CITY RED DEVILS at TEXAS RANGERS RHP David Reyes vs. RHP Yu Darvish (1-1, 1.98) Thurs., March 28, 2013 • Rangers Ballpark • 7:05 p.m. (CDT) • TXA21/1540 TODAY’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS - SURPRISE TEXAS RANGERS ARIZONA SPRING TRAINING AT A GLANCE 65 Jerad Eickhoff RHP 35 Trevor Cahill RHP 39 Jeff Beliveau LHP 30 David Hernandez RHP Record .....................................................................................15-16-2 29 Alec Asher RHP 45 Matt Reynolds LHP Home ...........................................................................................9-7-1 53 Wilmer Font RHP 47 Joe Paterson LHP Road ............................................................................................6-9-1 70 Victor Payano LHP Current streak ..................................................................................L3 51 Kevin Pucetas RHP Last 5 games ..................................................................................2-3 33 Sam Stafford LHP 56 Nick Martinez RHP Longest winning streak .................................................3 (March 9-10) 65 Johan Yan RHP Longest losing streak.................................................... 5 (Feb. 23-27) TEX scores 1st/Opp. scores 1st ........................................12-4/3-12-2 TONIGHT’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS - ARLINGTON TEX out-hits/Opp. out-hits/Hits even ...........................11-3/0-12-2/4-1 TEXAS RANGERS MEXICO CITY HR/No HR ..........................................................................11-6-2/3-10 11 Yu Darvish RHP 57 David Reyes RHP Error/Error-less ....................................................................3-9/12-7-2 58 Joe Ortiz LHP Lead after 6/7/8 .................................................. 13-0-1/13-0-1/13-0-1 25 Josh Lindblom RHP Trail after 6/7/8 ................................................... 1-14-1/2-14-1/2-15-1 57 Cory Burns RHP Tied after 6/7/8 ...................................................................1-2/0-2/0-1 55 Derek Lowe RHP One-run games............................................................................... 5-4 FIRST SERIES IN HOUSTON: Manager Ron Washington announced yesterday Come-from-behind wins .................................................................... 6 that Alexi Ogando is the probable starter for game no. 3, and that Derek Holland is vs. A.L. .........................................................................................6-9-1 the probable for game no. 4, the home opener on 4/5 vs. LAA…this means that the matchups for the season-opening series in Houston are as follows: vs. N.L. ........................................................................................9-7-1 Date Texas vs. Houston March 31 LHP Matt Harrison vs. RHP Bud Norris April 2 RHP Yu Darvish vs. RHP Lucas Harrell April 3 RHP Alexi Ogando vs. RHP Philip Humber YESTERDAY’S GAME: The Rangers lost to the Angels yesterday, 6-3 in Tempe… eight of the nine Texas starters left the game after 2 at-bats, although Adrian Beltre WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers lost yesterday to the Angels in Tempe, and (2-for-2, RBI) and A.J. Pierzynski (2-for-2, double, stolen base) both posted 2 hits… have dropped 3 in a row after having won previous 2 contests…this is the 2nd- Leonys Martin played the entire game, going 2-for-4 with a double…Lance Berk- longest losing streak for the Rangers this spring, the other a 5-game slide from Feb. man added an RBI double, and Ian Kinsler and Elvis Andrus both singled…Berk- 23-27 after a spring-opening tie game…including today, Rangers have 3 Cactus man went 8-for-20 (.400) in his fi nal 7 games in Arizona…Andrus has hit safely in League games remaining, needing to go 3-0 in those contests (barring any ties) to 15 of his last 16 at .435 (20-46) and owns a .400 average in spring training games… fi nish above .500 for the fi rst time since 3 straight winning springs from 2007-09… former Angel Brad Mills started for the Rangers, his fi rst outing in a Texas uniform… Rangers are now 8-9 in past 17 games, having won 11 of 20…are 13-9-1 in last Mills allowed one run in 4.0 innings and exited with a 2-1 lead, but took a no deci- 23, 14-10-1 last 25, and 15-11-1 in last 27 contests, this following a 0-5-1 start in sion…Tanner Scheppers tossed a perfect 8th inning with 2 strikeouts, as he now Cactus League play…of the 11 losses in the past 27 games, 7 have come against has 6.0 scoreless innings over his last 5 outings…Leury Garcia went 1-for-2 with a Seattle (3x), San Francisco (twice), and the Cubs (twice)…Rangers are now 10th sac fl y and stolen base…Texas loaded the bases in both the 7th and 8th innings, in Cactus League. but managed a single run over those 2 frames. TONIGHT’S GAME: The Rangers are set to play the Mexico City Red Devils (Diab- MINORS YESTERDAY: RHP Nick Tepesch pitched in a game for Round Rock los Rojos del Mexico) of the Triple-A Mexican League in an exhibition game tonight (AAA) against Tucson (Padres AAA) yesterday in Surprise: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R-1 ER, 1 in Arlington…this is the 2nd consecutive year that the Rangers will play the Red BB, 5 SO, 1 HR, 92 pitches…Tepesch traveled with the team to Arlington last night. Devils team in Arlington…Texas won last year’s contest, 13-4, before a crowd of 30,829 on April 2, 2012…it was the fi rst time that the Rangers had played a Mexi- UPCOMING BROADCASTS: There will be no radio broadcast of today’s game in can League team in Arlington…tonight will be the fi rst of 3 games the Rangers will Surprise, but tonight’s contest against Mexico City will be televised on TXA21 in the play in Texas to conclude their 2013 spring training schedule, although the contest DFW market, and there will be a Spanish radio broadcast on ESPN Deportes 1540 marks the team’s only exhibition this spring that will not count in Cactus League AM as well…both of the fi nal 2 games against the Padres in San Antonio will be statistics…the Red Devils, who are managed by former Ranger Miguel Ojeda, televised (TXA21) and broadcast (103.3 and 1540). fi nished fourth in the league’s North Division with a 61-52 record in 2012…Mexico City was defeated by Monterrey in the fi rst round of the playoff in four games… MORELAND OF LATE: Mitch Moreland 0-for-2 yesterday at LAA and is 1-for-7 past Diablos Rojos del Mexico have won 15 Mexican League championships in their his- 3 games…still ranks among CL leaders in SLG (8th, .702), total bases (T9th, 40), tory, the most of any club…injured Texas reliever Joakim Soria pitched for Mexico doubles (T8th, 6), and OBP (10th, .453)…Moreland leads the team in HR (4), 2B City from 2005-06. (6), XBH (10), and RBI (13)…he has hit safely in 7 of 9 at 11-for-24 in that span, and has hits in 11 of his last 14 games at .447 (17-38) to rise from .263 to .386. REYES TO START FOR RED DEVILS: The Red Devils will start 21-year-old right- hander David Reyes in tonight’s exhibition. On Tuesday, Reyes was named the BATTING NOTES: Batters have just 7 runs the past 3 games, scoring 3 times yes- 2012-13 Rookie of the Year at Liga Mexicana del Pacifi co. During the Serie del terday despite 14 hits…have still scored at least 6 runs in 5 of last 9…have 12+ hits Caribe tournament, pitching for the Mexican team (Yaquis), he came on in relief and in 5 of last 7 contests, and have posted 5 of spring’s 6 highest hit totals in the past retired consecutive 13 batters from the Dominican Republic team (7 via strikeout). 11 games…have 39 runs and 31 XBH the past 7 games…club is hitting .323 (127- He also started the Red Devils’ opening game in Cancun on Saturday, fanning 9 393) past 11 games to rise from .267 to .286…30 of Rangers’ 31 HR have been solo batters over 6.0 innings in a no-decision. (11) or 2-run (19) shots, just one HR past 3 G…Elvis Andrus went 1-for-2 yesterday at LAA and has hits in 15 of 16, batting .435 (20-46) in that span to rise to .400… PRE-GAME FESTIVITIES: Former NBA forward Eduardo Najera will throw out the Andrus is 4-for-last-5 w/ RISP…Jeff Baker has gone 4-for-19 his last 9 games, but ceremonial fi rst pitch prior to tonight’s exhibition game. There will also be pre-game has still hit safely in 12 of last 17 at .472 (17-36) with 4 walks…has multiple hits in 4 performances by Ballet Folklórico de Fort Worth and Mariachi Michoacán and Nor- of last 8 starts and has hit safely in 14 of last 21 overall at 22-for-47 (.468) with a HR, ma Valles will sing both the American and Mexican National Anthems. 4 doubles, 7 RBI, and 12 runs…Baker is no longer in percentage CL leaders due to lack of PA’s…Julio Borbon is 10-for-22 (.455) his past 10 games with a double, SAN ANTONIO TOMORROW/SATURDAY: The Rangers will play exhibitions on triple, 2 walks, 3 RBI, and 6 runs, raising spring average from .257 to .333…is 8-for- Friday and Saturday in San Antonio against the San Diego Padres as part of the 18 w/ RISP, more BB (7) and SO (6)…Ian Kinsler is 8-for-22 (.364) with a homer, 2013 H-E-B Big League Weekend at the Alamodome…those 2 games will count in double, 4 RBI and 4 runs the past 7 games…Leonys Martin has hits in 3 straight Cactus League statistics…the media gate will be at the South Loading Dock, and at 4-for-10, and ranks 2nd on club w/ 12 RBI…Lance Berkman has reached safely will open on Friday at 2:00 p.m.