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Spring #4 • Road #2 (0-1) • Sat., March 7, 2015 • Maryvale Ballpark • 2:05 p.m. CDT • 105.3 FM / MLBN* TODAY’S SCHEDULED TEXAS RANGERS MILWAUKEE AT A GLANCE 47 Ross Detwiler LHP 38 Wily Peralta RHP 22 RHP 51 RHP Record...... 0-3 25 RHP 21 Jeremy Jeffress RHP Home...... 0-2 53 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 RHP 58 T.J. House LHP Longest winning streak...... NA 44 Spencer Patton RHP 43 RHP Longest losing streak...... 3 (current) 21 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 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 RHP One- games...... 0-1 65 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 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 , who left his start after 1.0 on Thurs. at KC, underwent an MRI and examination by Team Physician NOTES FROM FIRST 3 CONTESTS: Rangers’ .216 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- 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/ 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 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 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 , 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 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. (pitching), and (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 (0-1, 54.00) vs. RHP (0-0, 18.00) 1:05 p.m. Webcast Tues., March 10 at Los Angeles-AL RHP (0-0, 21.60) vs. LHP Hector Santiago (0-0, 0.00) 1:05 p.m. Webcast PAGE 2 TEXAS SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES • SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2015 • AT MILWAUKEE

SCHEDULED STARTER: #47 ROSS DETWILER (0-0, ––) LHP #53 LUKE JACKSON (0-0, ––) RHP Started Sunday’s intrasquad, tossing a scoreless frame with 2 …Detwiler Will be seeking his first career appearance in a spring ‘A’ game today…allowed 2 runs (pronounced DET-wiy-ler) was acquired from the Nationals for INF Chris Bostick and on 4 hits in 1.0 inning of work in Sunday’s intrasquad…the 23-year-old right-hander RHP on 12/12/14…is competing for a spot in the starting rota- is entering his 5th professional season, and is in major league camp for the first time tion after pitching exclusively out of the bullpen for the Nationals in 2014…made 50 after being added to the 40-man roster in November…has posted dominating num- starts for Washington from 2010-12, posting career bests with 27 starts, 10 wins, bers at the -A level, and, despite some growing pains in his first career -A 164.1 , and 105 strikeouts in 2012…had just 13 starts in 2013 due to missing action in 2014, has averaged 9.6 strikeouts per 9 innings and just 0.7 home runs per 9 101 games, including season’s final 3 months with back issues…was the 6th overall in his brief professional career…has posted at least 120.0 innings in each of the last 3 player selected in the 2007 MLB 1st Year Player Draft and made major league debut seasons…the Rangers 2013 Minor League Pitcher of the Year was origi- with the Nats at end of that season after just 9 minor league appearances. nally selected in the supplemental first round (45th overall) of the 2010 June draft. Date Opp. Dec. ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR TBF P/S Date Opp. Dec. ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR TBF P/S 3/1 Intrasquad - - 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 5 22/15 3/1 Intrasquad S - 1.0 4 2 2 0 1 0 6 22/13

#22 NICK MARTINEZ (0-0, ––) RHP #76 MARTIRE GARCIA (0-0, 0.00) LHP Martinez followed Detwiler in Sunday’s intrasquad, tossing a perfect 2nd inning on Pronounced mahr-tuh-RAY…tossed perfect 9th in spring debut Wed. vs. KC, whiffing 11 pitches…is in his 1st major league training camp in 2015 after making 24 starts first 2 BF and throwing just 10 pitches…the left-hander, who turned 25 on Sunday, for the Rangers a year ago, 2nd most by a Texas rookie in the last 9 seasons…due is in his second season in the Texas system…is in big league camp for the first time to injuries, was named to Texas’ 2014 rotation the last week of March after splitting last year with the Rangers’ top 3 farm affiliates, and is still seeking his despite never being in big league spring camp prior to the announcement…won his major league debut…prior to joining the Rangers, spent the 2012-13 seasons in the 1st ML game on 5/24 but did not post 2nd win until 8/10…pitched well late in the year, Japanese minor leagues…has averaged 9.5 strikeouts per 9 innings in the Twins going 2-2, 2.29 in final 6 starts…had pitched in just 5 games about the High-A level (2007-11) and Rangers (2014) systems. prior to 2014…was an 18th round selection by Texas out of Fordham University in the 2011 1st Year Player Draft after playing primarily at 2nd base with the Rams. Date Opp. Dec. ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR TBF P/S 3/4 vs. KC - 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 10/7 Date Opp. Dec. ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR TBF P/S 3/1 Intrasquad - - 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 11/7 #70 - LHP Juan Perez: Is in minor league camp but scheduled to today… the 36-year-old has ML time with (2006-07), Philly (2011), Milwaukee #25 JAMEY WRIGHT (0-0, ––) RHP (2012), and Toronto (2013)…released by Toronto last spring (3/23/14) and pitched in The 19-year major league veteran signed a minor league contract with the Rangers Dominican Winter League for Cibao (2-1, 1.93 in 15 G). on February 14 and is seeking a spot in the Texas bullpen… the native and current resident pitched for the Dodgers in 2014…has made postseason #20 - RHP Jesus Pirela: Is in minor league camp but could pitch today…is not in rosters in each of the last 2 years, making 2 appearances for the Rays in the 2013 media guide, as he was signed by Texas on Wednesday… the 25-year-old went 1-3 playoffs, this after no postseason action in his first 17 seasons…he needs 3 wins with 20 saves and a 1.51 ERA (9 ER/53.2 IP) and over 50 G with Veracruz in the to reach 100 for his career…owns a career 1.94 ERA (44 ER/203.2 IP) in 87 relief last season…held opponents to a .140 average (24-172) with 61 outings of 2.0-or-more innings…left-handed batters have hit .234/.313/.332 over the strikeouts against just 18 walks. past 2 seasons…previously pitched for the Rangers in 2007-08, including a career- high 75 appearances in 2008, and was briefly in the Texas farm system in 2003…he made his major league debut with Colorado in 1996 and pitched primarily as a starter through 2007…Wright made 8 consecutive Opening Day rosters from 2006-13 after entering spring training as a non-roster invitee.

2015 TRANSACTIONS Jan. 5 INF Adam Rosales signed as free agent to a one-year contract…RHP Matt West designated for assignment. Jan. 14 RHP Matt West assigned to Toronto on waiver claim. Jan. 19 RHP Yovani Gallardo acquired from Milwaukee in exchange for RHP , INF Luis Sardinas, and RHP Marcus Diplan. Jan. 20 RHP Gonzalez Germen acquired from New York-AL in exchange for cash considerations. Jan. 21 C Carlos Corporan acquired from Houston in exchange for RHP Akeem Bostick…RHP Gonzalez Germen designated for assignment. Jan. 23 RHP Gonzalez German assigned to on waiver claim. Jan. 27 RHP acquired from Boston in exchange for LHP Robbie Ross Jr. Feb. 4 OF Ryan Ludwick signed to minor league contract. Feb. 14 RHP Jamey Wright signed to minor league contract. Feb. 23 3B Adrian Beltre contract amended to extend him through 2016…INF Elliot Johnson signed to minor league contract. Feb. 24 LHP Edgar Olmos received on waiver claim from Seattle…INF Jurickson Profar placed on 60-day disabled list following right shoulder surgery. Feb. 27 P Lisalverto Bonilla, Alexander Claudio, Jon Edwards, Jerad Eickhoff, Spencer Patton, Anthony Ranuado, and Nick Tepesch, C and Tomas Telis, INF , , and Jurickson Profar, and OF , Delino DeShields, , and Jake Smolinski agreed to 2015 contracts. March 4 P Luke Jackson, Phil Klein, Nick Martinez, Roman Mendez, and , along with C Robinson Chirinos agreed to 2015 contracts… RHP Shawn Tolleson contract renewed for 2015. March 6 LHP Joe Beimel signed as free agent to one-year contract…LHP Edgar Olmos waiver claim of Feb. 24 reversed, Olmos returned to Seattle.

2015 SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE/RESULTS (0-3) DATE OPPONENT RESULT WINNER LOSER FIRST PITCH/TOG TV-RADIO/ATT. March 4 L, 2-13 Brooks (1-0) Lewis (0-1) 2:58 7,195 March 5 at Kansas City Royals L, 4-5 Mariot (1-0) Asher (0-1) 2:53 5,147 March 6 L, 3-12 Petit (1-0) Tepesch (0-1) 3:05 7,497 March 7 at Milwaukee Brewers 1:05 p.m. 105.3 March 8 1:05 p.m. 105.3 at Chicago Cubs 1:05 p.m. March 9 Oakland A’s 1:05 p.m. Webcast March 10 at 1:05 p.m. Webcast March 11 at 1:05 p.m. March 12 Chicago White Sox (ss) 1:05 p.m. Webcast March 13 at San Francisco Giants 1:05 p.m. Webcast March 14 at 1:05 p.m. 105.3 March 15 Milwaukee Brewers (ss) 1:05 p.m. TXA21/105.3 March 16 at Los Angeles Angels 1:05 p.m. March 17 1:05 p.m. TXA21 March 18 Open Date March 19 at 1:05 p.m. Webcast March 20 1:05 p.m. Los Angeles Dodgers (ss) Alamodome 7:05 p.m. CT TXA21/105.3 March 21 Milwaukee Brewers 1:05 p.m. Los Angeles Dodgers (ss) Alamodome 1:05 p.m. CT FSSW/105.3 March 22 at Seattle Mariners 1:05 p.m. 105.3 March 23 Cincinnati Reds 6:05 p.m. TXA21/105.3 March 24 Los Angeles Angels 1:05 p.m. Webcast March 25 at Cincinnati Reds 7:05 p.m. TXA21/105.3 March 26 6:05 p.m. FSSW/105.3 March 27 at Oakland A’s 1:05 p.m. March 28 San Diego Padres 1:05 p.m. FSSW/105.3 March 29 at Los Angeles Dodgers (ss) 1:05 p.m. TXA21/105.3 March 30 Kansas City Royals 1:05 p.m. March 31 Chicago Cubs 1:05 p.m. TXA21 at 1:05 p.m. April 1 at Colorado Rockies 1:05 p.m. April 2 Open Date April 3 Globe Life Park in Arlington 7:05 p.m. CT TXA21/105.3/1540 April 4 New York Mets Globe Life Park in Arlington 1:05 p.m. CT FSSW/105.3/1540

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