Oakland Athletics (31-30) at Texas Rangers (26-37) RHP Daniel Mengden (6-4, 2.91) Vs
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Oakland Athletics (31-30) at Texas Rangers (26-37) RHP Daniel Mengden (6-4, 2.91) vs. RHP Bartolo Colon (2-3, 4.31) Game #64 • Home #32 (12-19) • Wed., June 6, 2018 • Globe Life Park in Arlington • 7:05 p.m. (CDT) • FSSW / 105.3 FM / 1270 AM RANGERS AT A GLANCE WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers beat the Athletics, 7-4, THE COMEBACKS: Each of the Rangers’ last 7 wins have on Monday night to open this 6-game, 6-day homestand vs. been come-from-behind victories over team’s past 13 G be- Overall ..............................26-37 Oakland (1-0) and Houston (4 G)...club finished with a 3-4 ginning 5/23…it is longest span for each win to be a come- record on the 7-G road trip to Seattle (2-2) and Anaheim (1- back W since 9 straight, 6/9-26/13…the Rangers had just Home ................................12-19 Road .................................14-18 2) prior to this homestand…club has lost 3 of 5 and 5 of last 4 comeback victories in 1st 19 wins/50 games of the 2018 9, but is still 5-5 in last 10 G, winning 8 of last 14 contests… season...Texas has gone 10-3 in games decided in the 7th- Standing .............. 5th, -13.5 GB team’s 8-6 (.571) record since 5/22 ties LAA for 2nd-best in or-later since 5/1, this after opening the season with a 2-7 A.L. West in that span (SEA is 11-3)…have gone 10-13 since record in those contests. Homestand ...........................1-0 5/12. One-Run ...............................7-5 • At 26-37 (.413), the Rangers have the 4th-lowest winning POWER SURGE: The Rangers belted a season-high 5 home 2-Run ....................................6-8 percentage in the A.L. and 6th-lowest in MLB (ahead of BAL, runs last night, the club’s most in a game since also hitting CWS, MIA, CIN, KC)…the 26 wins are the team’s fewest 5 long balls on 5/2/17 at HOU...the team had not gone deep HR ....................................20-25 No HR.................................6-12 through 63 games since 2007 (23-40/23-41), T7th fewest 5 times in a home game since 8/31/16 vs. SEA (5)...entering ever, and T2nd-fewest through 63 games in last 17 seasons play last night, Texas had totaled 9 home runs in their previ- White .................................. 4-11 (beginning 2003). ous 6 games. w/ Blue ................................2-9 • Texas has been under the .500 mark since a season best w/ Red ................................2-2 1-1 on 3/30…club was season-high 13-under .500 mark on Outside of the 5 home runs Gray ......................................4-9 A LITTLE SMALL BALL TOO: Alt. Blue ............................15-16 5/21 (18-31)…longest win streak of 2018 is 3 games, 4/25- hit by the Rangers last night, none of the club’s other 3 hits Blue Home .........................6-7 28…team had a season-long 5-G losing streak, 4/8-13. left the infield...Delino DeShields and Rougned Odor each Blue Road ..........................9-9 reached via bunt hits to raise the clubs season total 10, T2nd- Alt. Red (all home) ...............2-1 IN THE STANDINGS: The Rangers have been 13.5 GB of di- most in the majors this season (CIN-12; SF-10)...DeShields Throwback ............................1-0 vision-leading SEA for 3 straight days, matching largest defi- (T1st, 4) and Odor (T5th, 3) both rank among the A.L.’s bunt Last 5 Games .......................2-3 cit in 2018 (7 days total)…have gained ground in the division hit leaders this season. Last 10 Games .....................5-5 on 3 of last 8 and 4 of last 11 days, and have been between 11.5 and 13.5 GB for 16 straight days…current deficit of 13.5 ADRIÁN BELTRÉ provided the decisive long ball last night Come From Behind Wins ...... 11 Losses After Lead ................. 12 GB is 5th largest in the majors (BAL: -23.0 GB; CIN: -16.0 with a go-ahead, solo shot in the 8th...it was Beltré’s 4th go- GB; TOR -15.5 GB; MIA -14.5 GB)…club has been in 5th ahead HR in the 8th or later as a Ranger, tied with Rougned Score First ........................18-10 place in the A.L. West for the last 58 days and in either 4th or Odor for most among current Rangers...it was also the 23rd Opp. Score First .................8-27 5th place for 68 of the 69 days this season (T2nd following such home run of his career, 2nd-most among active players win on 3/30). (Pujols-30)...since his ML debut in 1998, the only players with Columns below listed in a Home/Road/Total format more are Pujols, David Ortiz (30), and Adam Dunn (29)...he SERIES STUFF: Texas is seeking a series sweep of this ab- has hit 4 of those home runs vs. Oakland, tied with Cleveland vs. AL West ..... 4-10/9-10/13-20 breviated 2-game set with a win tonight...club has not swept for most vs. any single opponent. vs. AL Central .......... 4-3/2-5/6-8 a series of 2 G vs. OAK since 9/23-24/97 at the Coliseum…at • The home run was Beltré’s 1122nd career extra-base hit, vs. AL East .............. 4-6/3-3/7-9 Interleague .............. 0-0/0-0/0-0 home, team has gone 2-6-1 in 9 series this season, including tying Manny Ramirez for 16th place all-time…it also gave 2-0-1 in last 3 after dropping each of 1st 6…Rangers are 0-4- him 5170 total bases, passing Cal Ripken Jr. (5168) for 17th Series ............ 2-6-1/2-5-3/4-11-4 2 in last 6 series vs. A.L. West clubs since taking 2 of 3 from place on the all-time list. Series Openers.............3-7/2-8/5-15 4/13-15 at HOU. Series Finales ..............4-5/3-7/7-12 Rubber Games ........ 2-1/1-4/3-5 BULLISH ON THE PEN: Texas relievers have earned the AT HOME: The Rangers have gone 12-19 (.387) in Arling- last 5 and 6 of the last 7 Rangers wins…5 straight wins by re- Lead after 6 ........... 8-3/9-1/17-4 ton this season, 4th-lowest win pct. in A.L. and 6th-lowest in lievers match the club’s longest streak since the start of 2017 Lead after 7 ..........9-1/11-1/20-2 MLB…team has won 5 of 7, 6 of 9, and 7 of last 11 at home, (5 in a row, 5/10-14/17)...the last longer streak by the Texas Lead after 8 ....... 10-0/10-0/20-0 but have dropped 18 of last 29 at home…have gone 7-4 in pen was 7 in a row, 9/9-20/16...the Rangers are only MLB Trail after 6 ........ 2-14/3-15/5-29 last 11 G in Arlington after opening year at 5-15…the 12-19 team with as many relief wins as rotation wins (13 each), and Trail after 7 ........ 0-16/2-15/2-31 mark matches 2nd-slowest 31-G start at home in club history club’s 10 relief wins since the start of May lead the majors. Trail after 8 ........ 0-16/1-18/1-34 (11-20 in 2001/12-19 in 1982 and 1990)…slowest 32-G start • Jose Leclerc stranded a pair of inherited runners last night in team history is 12-20 in 2001. and has allowed just 1 of 22 (4.8%) IR to score the season, Tied after 6 .............. 2-2/2-2/4-4 Tied after 7 .............. 3-2/1-2/4-4 • Over 15 home games since the start of May, the Rangers 2nd-best rate in the majors (SD’s Brad Hand: 0-of-15). Tied after 8 .............. 2-3/3-0/5-3 are averaging 1.87 HR/G (4th in MLB) and 5.40 R/G (T3rd in • Keone Kela has started the season 14-for-14 in save MLB), this after ranking in the bottom 6 in those categories at chances this season, the 3rd-longest season-opening save Decided 7th/later.........4-5/8-5/12-10 home through the end of April (0.69 HR/G; 3.56 R/G). streak in team history (19: Francisco Cordero, 4/7-6/10/04; Shutouts ........................... 0-0/1-2/1-2 Decided final AB .........3-3/5-4/8-7 16: Joe Nathan, 4/5-5/25/13). Walk-off games ....................2-1 THE SWINGIN’ A’S: The Rangers are 4-4 vs. the Athletics in 2018...Texas has lost 5 of 9, 12 of 18, 14 of 23, and 18 ALL ABOARD: Shin-Soo Choo has a 21-game on-base ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST of last 32 vs. A’s…Rangers have gone 22-20 vs. OAK be- streak, the longest active streak in the majors and T6th-lon- Rank HR Player 32 473 Carlos Delgado ginning 6/14/16…Texas was 8-11 against Oakland in 2017, gest in the A.L. this season (DET’s Jeimer Candelario had a 33 468 Chipper Jones and Rangers have lost season series vs. A’s in 4 of last 6 league-best 28 G streak, 4/21-6/3)...since the start of his on- 34 465 Dave Winfield seasons…Rangers went 7-3 vs.