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Texas Rangers (0-3) at Milwaukee Brewers (0-2) LHP Ross Detwiler (0-0, ––) vs. RHP Wily Peralta (0-0, ––) Spring #4 • Road #2 (0-1) • Sat., March 7, 2015 • Maryvale Ballpark • 2:05 p.m. CDT • 105.3 FM / MLBN* TODAY’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS TEXAS RANGERS MILWAUKEE SPRING TRAINING AT A GLANCE 47 Ross Detwiler LHP 38 Wily Peralta RHP 22 Nick Martinez RHP 51 Jonathan Broxton RHP Record .......................................................................................0-3 25 Jamey Wright RHP 21 Jeremy Jeffress RHP Home .........................................................................................0-2 53 Luke Jackson RHP 29 Jim Henderson RHP Road ..........................................................................................0-1 76 Martire Garcia LHP *70 Juan Perez LHP In Surprise .................................................................................0-3 * - minor league camp Away from Surprise ...................................................................0-0 Current streak ............................................................................. L3 TOMORROW’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS VS. INDIANS Last 5 games .............................................................................0-3 TEXAS RANGERS CLEVELAND 63 Anthony Bass RHP 58 T.J. House LHP Longest winning streak .............................................................. NA 44 Spencer Patton RHP 43 Josh Tomlin RHP Longest losing streak......................................................3 (current) 21 Kyuji Fujikawa RHP 37 Cody Allen RHP TEX scores 1st/Opp. scores 1st ..........................................0-1/0-2 56 Jerad Eickhoff RHP 49 Austin Adams RHP TEX out-hits/Opp. out-hits/Hits even .............................0-0/0-2/0-1 35 Phil Klein RHP 20 Chen-Chang Lee RHP 58 Alex Claudio LHP 51 Anthony Swarzak RHP HR/No HR ............................................................................0-2/0-1 57 Juan Carlos Oviedo RHP 53 Jeff Manship RHP Error/Error-less ....................................................................0-1/0-2 71 Shawn Armstrong RHP Lead after 6/7/8 .............................................................0-1/0-1/0-1 Trail after 6/7/8 ..............................................................0-2/0-2/0-2 TOMORROW’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS AT CUBS Tied after 6/7/8 ..............................................................0-0/0-0/0-0 TEXAS RANGERS CHICAGO-NL 51 Ross Ohlendorf RHP 49 Jake Arrieta RHP One-run games..........................................................................0-1 65 Ross Wolf RHP 67 Tsuyoshi Wada LHP Come-from-behind wins ............................................................... 0 67 David Martinez RHP 43 Eric Jokisch LHP vs. A.L. .......................................................................................0-2 36 Jon Edwards RHP 54 Neil Ramirez RHP vs. N.L. ......................................................................................0-1 59 Zac Rosscup LHP vs. N.L. Central ..........................................................................0-1 63 Brian Schlitter RHP RANGERS FALL TO GIANTS: Texas lost to the Giants yesterday, 12-3 in Sur- prise…Rangers have now opened Cactus League play at 0-3, just the 2nd time MINOR LEAGUE EXTRAS FOR TODAY since moving spring training to Arizona that Texas has dropped the first 3 con- The Rangers have several extra minor league players available today, and the list tests (also 0-3 in inaugural 2003 spring)…each of the Rangers’ first 3 spring of players can be found on the travel roster in the press box. contests were against 2014 World Series clubs in Surprise, losing first 2 vs. Royals and yesterday vs. the champion Giants…Thursday’s loss to Royals was a walk-off defeat w/ 2 outs in 9th after Rangers had led for most of the game. DARVISH UPDATE: Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish, who left his start after 1.0 inning on Thurs. at KC, underwent an MRI and examination by Team Physician NOTES FROM FIRST 3 CONTESTS: Rangers’ .216 batting average is 3rd- Dr. Keith Meister late Friday…the test and examination indicated that Darvish lowest in ML (MIL-.190; TB-.197), while club’s 9.79 ERA is over 2 1/2 runs has a sprain of the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow…Dr. Meister and higher than any other club in the early going…opponents have 10+ hits in all 3 the Rangers have discussed with Darvish the potential options, one of which G, as opp. avg. is .325 (38-117)…Texas is batting .192 (5-26) w/ RISP…team is ligament reconstruction surgery…the Rangers and Darvish will consult with has no errors last 2 G after 2 errors in opener on Wed. vs. KC…no steal at- other orthopedic surgeons over the next several days before making a final tempts in first 3 contests…have exactly 2 XBH in each of first 3 games, scoring determination on the course of action. 4-runs-or-less in each contest…team has used 23 pitchers (24 appearances) over first 3 G…Robinson Chirinos and Jared Hoying each went 2-for-3 Thurs. ADDTIONAL INJURIES: SS Elvis Andrus (left knee soreness) and LHP Der- at KC, only players with a multi-hit game over first 3 CL contests…Hoying has ek Holland (left shoulder soreness) were both evaluated by Dr. Keith Meister team-high 3 hits this spring…Ryan Ludwick homered in the opener Wed. vs. this morning and continue to progress toward appearing in games, possibly next KC after going 2-for-2 in Sunday’s intrasquad game…Jake Smolinski has hits week…LHP Michael Kirkman (left shoulder stiffness) has been limited since in each of his 2 G played, including one of Rangers’ 2 HR this spring in 9th in- participating in the first pitcher/catcher workout on 2/21…has been playing long ning yesterday vs. SF…of the 60 players in camp that are expected to play in toss and could progress to a bullpen soon…1B Mitch Moreland (left ankle games at this point (excluding Beimel/Harrison/Perez/Profar), 47 have played surgery rehab) is participating in practice and could play in a game in the next over first 3 contests…4 of the 47 have appeared in all 3 games: Alfaro, Gallo, few days…1B Kyle Blanks (left Achilles tendinitis) continues to increase his Field, and Johnson. workload in practice…INF Jurickson Profar underwent right shoulder surgery on 2/23 at the Trinity Surgery Center in Arlington, when Rangers Team Physi- VS. MILWAUKEE: Today is first of 3 meetings between Rangers and Brew- cian Dr. Keith Meister repaired a labrum tear in the shoulder…Profar is not in ers this spring, the others both in Surprise on 3/15 and 3/21…clubs last met camp and is expected to be sidelined for the entire 2015 season. in regular season in 2013, splitting a pair of 2-game series in both Milwaukee and Arlington…clubs have met 3 times in interleague and played each other ROSTER / LATE ADDITIONS: The Rangers spring roster currently has 64 play- regularly in the A.L. from 1972-97…Rangers lost 9-3 with a split squad last year ers, including Jurickson Profar (on 60-day DL)…while Jamey Wright (signed on in Maryvale on 3/18/14…that was the Rangers’ first full game in Maryvale since 2/14) made it into the Rangers media guide (last 4 pages of guide), Texas added 3/27/10 (3-1 Texas loss), as games there in 2011-12-13 had been shortened or INF Elliot Johnson on 3/23 and LHP Joe Beimel yesterday…a supp. bio for cancelled due to rain. Johnson can be found in the press box, and a Beimel bio will be available soon. The Texas/Milwaukee game today will TODAY’S GAME ON MLB NETWORK: BELTRE UNDER CONTRACT THROUGH 2016: On 2/23, the Rangers an- be televised on MLB Network, with the Brewers TV feed airing in the DFW mar- nounced that the club had amended the contract of 3B Adrian Beltre to extend ket on a one hour delay beginning at 3pm CT. him through the 2016 season…Beltre had agreed to a 6-year contract with the Rangers on 1/5/11, with the 6th year being a vesting option. BEIMEL ADDED TO CAMP: Yesterday, the Rangers signed free agent LHP Joe Beimel (#97) to a one-year major league contract for the 2015 season… BROADCAST INFO: The Rangers will provide TV/radio/webcast coverage on Beimel threw a live BP in Rangers camp this morning…the 37-year-old returned 25 spring training games in 2015…today is the first of 2 straight days of games to MLB last season after a 2-year absence and went 3-1 with a 2.20 ERA (11 on 105.3 The Fan in the DFW market, with Eric Nadel and Matt Hicks calling ER/45.0 IP) in 56 relief appearances for Seattle, holding LH batters to .188 (15- the action. 80) w/ 2 BB and 17 SO…Beimel was in spring training with the Rangers in 2012 before he was released on 3/26/12 and had Tommy John ligament replacement NEW FACES ON STAFF: In addition to new manager Jeff Banister, who is surgery on his left elbow in May 2012. in his first season with the Rangers after 29 years in the Pirates organization, there are also 4 new faces on the major league coaching staff: Tony Beasley MINOR LEAGUE CAMP: While several minor leaguers have been participating (3rd base), Steve Buechele (bench), Hector Ortiz (1st base), and Jayce Tingler in early workouts, minor league camp officially starts tomorrow, with the first day (field coordinator)…Andy Hawkins (bullpen), Bobby Jones (asst. hitting), Mike of games vs. other clubs being 3/16. Maddux (pitching), and Dave Magadan (hitting) all return for 2015. UPCOMING PROBABLES, TIMES, AND BROADCASTS Date Opponent Pitchers - Texas vs. Opponent Time (MT) TV/Radio Sun., March 8 vs. Cleveland RHP Anthony Bass (0-0, ––) vs. LHP TJ House (0-0, 0.00) 1:05 p.m. 105.3 at Chicago-NL RHP Ross Ohlendorf (0-0, ––) vs. RHP Jake Arrieta (0-0, ––) 1:05 p.m. None Mon., March 9 vs. Oakland RHP Colby Lewis (0-1, 54.00) vs. RHP Jesse Hahn (0-0, 18.00) 1:05 p.m. Webcast Tues., March 10 at Los Angeles-AL RHP Yovani Gallardo (0-0, 21.60) vs. LHP Hector Santiago (0-0, 0.00) 1:05 p.m.