Cleveland Indians (6-7-2) at Texas Rangers (8-4-1) RHP Carlos Carrasco (1-0, 0.00) Vs
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Cleveland Indians (6-7-2) at Texas Rangers (8-4-1) RHP Carlos Carrasco (1-0, 0.00) vs. LHP Martin Perez (0-0, ––) Spring #14 • Home #6 (2-2-1) • Tues., March 15, 2016 • Surprise Stadium • 3:05 p.m. CDT • Webcast TODAY’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS TEXAS RANGERS CLEVELAND SPRING TRAINING AT A GLANCE 33 Martin Perez LHP 59 Carlos Carrasco RHP 22 Nick Martinez RHP 50 Tom Gorzelanny LHP Record ....................................................................................8-4-1 71 Sam Freeman LHP 62 Joba Chamberlain RHP Home ......................................................................................2-2-1 57 Francisco Mendoza RHP 49 Austin Adams RHP Road ..........................................................................................6-2 44 Ross Detwiler LHP In Surprise ..............................................................................4-2-1 Away from Surprise ...................................................................4-2 THURSDAY’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS TEXAS RANGERS MILWAUKEE Current streak ............................................................................. L2 23 Nick Tepesch RHP 26 Taylor Jungmann RHP Last 5 games .............................................................................2-3 56 Andrew Faulkner LHP 13 Will Smith LHP Longest winning streak .......................................................3, 3/7-9 43 Tony Barnette RHP 54 Michael Blazek RHP Longest losing streak......................................................2 (current) 58 Alex Claudio LHP 39 Chris Capuano LHP TEX scores 1st/Opp. scores 1st .......................................4-0-1/4-4 53 Sean Nolin LHP TEX out-hits/Opp. out-hits/Hits even ......................... 7-1-1/1-3/0-0 WINS AND LOSSES: Texas has lost 2 in a row for the 1st time this spring, now HR/No HR .........................................................................6-2/2-2-1 2-3 in last 5 G, but have still won 5 of 8…at 8-4-1, Rangers are in 3rd place in Error/Error-less .................................................................6-2/2-2-1 Cactus League with a .667 win pct.…team’s 8 wins are 3rd-most in Cactus Lead after 6/7/8 ...................................................7-0-1/7-0-1/7-0-1 League…with one more win, Rangers can match last spring’s win total (9-19-5). Trail after 6/7/8 ..............................................................0-4/1-4/1-4 Tied after 6/7/8 ..............................................................1-0/0-0/0-0 MINORS GAMES YESTERDAY: The Rangers had 2 pitchers appear for Round One-run games..........................................................................1-0 Rock (AAA) yesterday against Oklahoma City (Dodgers AAA) on Rangers Field 6 here in Surprise: Come-from-behind wins ............................................................... 4 -RHP Chi Chi Gonzalez - 3.2 IP, 5 H, 6 R-ER, 1 BB, 1 SO, 2 HR, 1 HBP, 71 vs. A.L. ......................................................................................4-4 pitches vs. N.L. ...................................................................................4-0-1 -LHP Andrew Faulkner: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 SO, 24 pitches MINORS GAMES TODAY: Texas also has 5 pitchers scheduled to appear in MINOR LEAGUE EXTRAS FOR TODAY minor league games today…Cole Hamels is slated to start an 11:30 a.m. 19 Chad Bell LHP 73 Ronald Guzman (L) 1B game today on Nolan Ryan Field in Surprise against a group of Royals mi- 44 Sam Wolff RHP 75 Isiah Kiner-Falefa INF nor league players…the other 4 pitchers from ML camp are scheduled to 70 Chad Smith RHP 85 Adam Quintana RHP pitch for High Desert (A+) against Rancho Cucamonga (Dodgers High-A) on 71 Jose Trevino C 97 Andy Ibanez INF Rangers Field 6 beginning at 1:00 p.m.: Jeremy Guthrie, Shawn Tolleson, *-Pronunciations: KYE-nuhr fuh-LEE-fuh Tom Wilhelmsen, and Keone Kela. 6 RBI are T2nd among Rangers…Bobby Wilson has hits in 3 of 4 G at 5-for-9… YESTERDAY IN GOODYEAR: The Rangers made a late comeback attempt Drew Robinson last 9 G: 5-for-17 (.294), HR, 3B, 2 BB, 2 RBI, 3 R…Lewis Brin- yesterday, but lost to the Indians 4-2 in Goodyear…Texas out-hit the Tribe 11-to- son is 5-for-14 (.357) in A games, incl. 2-for-2 w/ RISP…minor leaguer Ronald 9 and totaled 13 baserunners, but club was held scoreless until the 7th inning… Guzman is 6-for-14 (.429) in 7 A game appearances, including 4-for-6 w/ RISP Texas trailed 4-0 after 6 innings, but brought the go-ahead run to the plate in the and a walkoff single 3/7 vs. SF. 9th…Ronald Guzman came off the bench and drove in both Texas runs with a double in the 7th inning and sacrifice fly in the 9th…Pedro Ciriaco had 3 infield RUA / MAZARA / CIRIACO: Ryan Rua tripled in his only PA Sunday in Tempe, hits and scored both of the club’s runs…Prince Fielder had a pair of hits, includ- and he does not have enough PA’s to qualify for Cactus League leader status… ing his first double of the spring…Bobby Wilson also recorded a multi-hit effort… with a slash line of .450/.500/.750 in 22 PA’s, his avg. and OBP would either lead Texas starter A.J. Griffin allowed a pair of runs over 2.2 innings of work…Tony or be tied for CL lead, and his SLG would be 7th if he qualified…ranks T4th in Barnette (1.0 IP) and Alex Claudio (1.1 IP) each logged scoreless appearances CL w/ 4 doubles…beginning with B game on 3/6, has gone 11-for-16 with 2 BB out of the bullpen. in his last 18 PA’s…has scored in 6 straight…tied for team lead w/ 15 TB (also Mazara)…3-for-5 with RISP. UPCOMING: Tomorrow is the Rangers’ lone scheduled off day in Arizona this spring (also have off day on 3/31 before 2 exhibition games in Arlington)…club Pedro Ciriaco ranks among CL leaders in hits (T1st, 12), avg. (4th, .429), steals is slated to play its 1st night game of the spring on Thursday vs. MIL (8:05 (T8th, 3), and OBP (10th, .414)…has 3 straight multi-hit games and owns a p.m. CDT)…early Thursday afternoon, the team’s party traveling to San An- 6-G hit streak, batting .571 (12-21) last 8 G. tonio for games Friday/Saturday vs. KC will leave camp…club will play split squad games both Friday and Saturday, as Thursday will be the Rangers’ Nomar Mazara went 0-for-5 yesterday to snap spring-opening 7-G hit streak…is lone game in Surprise over the next 4 days (Wed.-Sat.). still tied for CL lead w/ .440 avg. and ranks among CL leaders in hits (T4th, 11) and RBI (T5th, team-high 8)…if you include a 2/29 intrasquad, he has BATTING NOTES: The Texas offense enters today with MLB’s highest batting gone 14-for-29 this spring. average (.323) and OBP (.383)…club’s 151 hits are most among A.L. clubs, 2nd-most in CL (ARI-172 in 15 G), and 4th-most in MLB…batters’ 85 runs are TRIBE FOR TWO: Rangers and Indians are playing the 2nd of back-to-back 2nd-most in A.L. (DET-92), 2nd-most in CL (ARI-104 in 15 G), and 4th-most in games today, the first 2 of 4 meetings in the exhibition season…teams will also MLB (PHI-96)…team’s 13 steals are T3rd-most in CL…10+ hits in 9 of 13… play April 1-2 in Arlington to wrap up spring slate…Rangers were 3-3 vs. Tribe club had 6-G HR streak snapped yesterday, this after homering in just 2 of 1st in 2015 and are just 5-14 the past 3 seasons, this after a 26-8 edge over 4-year 6 G…just 2-for-19 w/ RISP past 2 G…MLB-leading 11 sac flies…Ryan Cordell span from 2009-12. is 6-for-13 with a BB and HBP in A games this spring, and went 2-2 w/ a HR and 3 RBI in Saturday’s B game vs. CWS…Ian Desmond has hits and runs in INJURY REPORT: 2B Rougned Odor was scratched from the lineup on 3/8 at 4 of 5 and is batting .412 (7-17) with a .474 OBP…Prince Fielder has reached OAK with a tight right oblique and has not played in a game since…did a full via H or BB in 4 straight, going 4-for-10 w/ a BB in that span…Adrian Beltre is workout today and will stay with the club in Arizona this weekend…RHP Shawn 6-for-15 this spring, incl. 3-for-6 w/ RISP…Elvis Andrus has reached safely in 9 Tolleson (lower back spasms) is scheduled to pitch in a minor league game of 17 PA’s this spring (5 hits, 3 BB, 1 HBP)…Drew Stubbs has reached safely today…1B Ike Davis has a mild right knee sprain and is day-to-day…RHP Yu in 6 of last 8 and 7 of 10 overall…Delino DeShields has reached safely in 7 of 8 Darvish (3/17/15 Tommy John surgery) threw another bullpen yesterday morn- G and ranks among CL leaders in triples (T2nd, 2) and average (10th, .348)… ing as he continues to progress in his rehab…Texas announced on 2/24 that Shin-Soo Choo has reached safely in 5 of his last 10 PA’s (3 H, 2 BB)…includ- OF Josh Hamilton (left knee soreness) would open the season on the disabled ing 3/6 B game, Robinson Chirinos is 5-for-his-last-13 with 5 RBI and a BB… list…Hamilton had a stem cell injection in his left knee on 2/23 in Alabama after James Jones HR’d Sunday in Tempe and is tied for team lead w/ 2 HR…Jones a visit to Dr. Jeffrey Dugas and could go out on a rehab assignment in April… is batting .304 (7-23) in A games, and went 2-for-4 w/ a 2B in B contest 3/6 vs.