Kansas City Royals (7-9) at Texas Rangers (7-10) RHP Ian Kennedy (0-2, 2.37) Vs
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Kansas City Royals (7-9) at Texas Rangers (7-10) RHP Ian Kennedy (0-2, 2.37) vs. RHP Nick Martínez (1st start in ‘17) Game #18 • Home #9 (4-4) • Sat., April 22, 2017 • Globe Life Park in Arlington • 7:05 p.m. (CDT) • FSSW / 105.3 FM / 1270 AM RANGERS AT A GLANCE WINS AND LOSSES: Texas defeated the Royals, 6-2, last ROBINSON CHIRINOS: logged his 4th career multi-home night and has won back-to-back games for the 2nd time in run game last night, but his 1st at Globe Life Park, as each Overall ................................7-10 2017 (also 4/12-13 at LAA)...club last won 3 in a row, 9/27- of the 3 previous instances occurred on the road...since the 30/16...Rangers have won 3 of last 5 G after a season-high start of 2014, Chrinos’ 4 multi-home run games are 5th-most Home ....................................4-4 Road .....................................3-6 3-game losing streak...team finished 3-6 on the 9-game, among all catchers behind Brian McCann, Russell Martin, 9-day road trip to LAA (2-1), SEA (0-3), and OAK (1-2) that Jonathan Lucroy, and Yasmani Grandal (all with 5)...Chirinos Standing ................ 3rd, -5.0 GB preceded this homestand…at 7-10 (.412), Rangers have has averaged a home run every 13.58 at-bats since the start 4th-lowest win pct. in A.L. (TOR: 4-12, .200; SEA and LAA: of last season, 4th-lowest in the A.L. (min. 150 PA) in that Homestand ...........................2-0 7-11, .389)...Rangers are one of 5 A.L. clubs with 7 victories, span, trailing only NYY’s Gary Sanchez (10.52), OAK’s Khris One-Run ...............................1-4 T2nd-fewest on the circuit behind TOR (4)... after 18 G, Tex- Davis (12.57), and KC’s Mike Moustakas (13.25)...using the 2-Run ....................................0-1 as was 10-8 in 2016 and 7-11 in 2015. same 150 PA minimum since the start of 2016, Chirinos has • The Rangers are 5.0 games back in the A.L. West behind an OPS of .869 as a catcher, which is 3rd-highest in the ma- HR ........................................5-7 No HR...................................2-3 division leader HOU for a 3rd straight day…however, club is jors in that span (NYY’s Gary Sanchez - 1.002 and HOU’s in 3rd place for the 1st time since after Opening Day (tied)... Evan Gattis - .949). White ....................................2-2 Texas had been either 4th or 5th in the division for 17 con- w/ Blue ................................1-0 secutive days. JOEY GALLO leads the Rangers and is tied for 3rd in the w/ Red ................................1-2 A.L. with 5 home runs after his 1st career multi-home run Gray ......................................3-3 Alt. Blue ................................1-4 SERIES STUFF: Rangers have won each of the 1st 2 games game last night...according to MLB Statcast, there have been Blue Home .........................1-1 of this 4-game set and could clinch a series victory with a 5 home runs hit with an exit velocity of 115 mph-or-more in Blue Road ..........................0-3 win either tonight or Sunday afternoon...this is the club’s 1st MLB this season and Gallo owns 2 of those homers (116.1 Alt. Red (all home) ...............1-1 4-game series in ‘17 after team was 4-3-2 in such series in mph last night and 115.6 mph on 4/4 vs. CLE). Throwback ............................0-0 ‘16...Texas last won a series of 4-games 8/25-28/16 vs. CLE, Last 5 Games .......................2-3 taking 3 of 4 games...club entered this weekend at 2-3-0 STARTED AT THE BOTTOM: Chirinos and Gallo hit their Last 10 Games .....................3-2 in series...club’s 2 series wins have come by taking rubber home runs last night from the 6th and 8th spots in the or- game series finales, as team has been swept twice and lost der respectively...according to the Elias Sports Bureau, there Come From Behind Wins ........ 2 Losses After Lead ................... 5 Wednesday’s rubber game in Oakland. was only one other game in which teammates batting sixth or lower in the order hit at least two homers each over the last Score First ............................6-4 AT HOME: Texas has won 4 of its last 5 home games af- three seasons, and that was also by the Rangers. Chirinos Opp. Score First ...................1-6 ter dropping 3 straight to open the season...team is slated (batting ninth) and Rougned Odor (batting sixth) did the dam- to play 15 of its 24 April games in Arlington…team opened age in a 7–5 win at Oakland last June. Columns below listed in a Home/Road/Total format at 6-3 at home in 2016, 2-7 in 2015 after 9 home contests… • The bottom 4 spots in the Texas lineup have driven in 7 of Texas went 53-28 (.654) at home in 2016, T2nd-best mark the club’s 8 runs over the last 3 games...Chirinos and Gal- vs. AL West ............. 2-1/3-6/5-7 and T2nd-most wins in MLB, and the highest home win pct. lo combined for 5 RBI last night, Delino DeShields (batting vs. AL Central .......... 2-3/0-0/2-3 and win total in Rangers history. 9th) drove in the lone run on Thursday night, and Gallo’s solo vs. AL East .............. 0-0/0-0/0-0 Interleague .............. 0-0/0-0/0-0 home run from the 7-hole on Wednesday was the club’s only VS. KANSAS CITY: The Rangers have won 8 straight over run in that contest...Mike Napoli’s RBI single in the 5th last Series ..............1-1-0/1-2-0/2-3-0 the Royals after winning the 1st 2 games of this series...the night is the only RBI from the top of the order in that span. Series Openers............... 2-1/1-2/3-3 current 8-G win streak is the longest ever against the Royals, Series Finales ................1-1/1-2/2-3 Rubber Games ........ 1-0/1-1/2-1 surpassing the previous high of 7 in 1998-99...Rangers were COUNT ON COLE: Last night, Cole Hamels became the 6-1 against the Royals in 2016, winning the final 6 straight af- 1st Texas starter to complete 8.0 innings this season...Texas Lead after 6 ............. 3-2/3-2/6-4 ter a loss on 7/22/16 in KC...this marks 3rd straight season to starters have completed 8.0 innings in 15 starts since Hamels Lead after 7 ............. 3-2/3-1/6-3 play a 4-G set in Arlington vs. KC…at Globe Life Park, Rang- joined the Rangers on 7/31/15 and Hamels has accounted Lead after 8 ............. 3-1/3-1/6-2 ers have won 6 straight and 9 of last 11 beginning 8/24/14, for 7 of those outings...Hamels has now opened each of the Trail after 6 .............. 0-2/0-3/0-5 but are just 2-2-1 in series in this park dating to 2012…the all- last 2 seasons with 3 ER-or-less allowed in each of his 1st Trail after 7 .............. 0-2/0-4/0-6 time series is now tied at 255-255-1, while Texas has leads of 4 starts. Trail after 8 .............. 0-2/0-4/0-6 140-112 in Arlington and 63-38 at GLPIA...the Rangers and Royals other series in ‘17 will take place immediately follow- STARTING BLOCKS: Texas starters have now allowed one- Tied after 6 .............. 1-0/0-1/1-1 Tied after 7 .............. 1-0/0-1/1-1 ing the All-Star break from 7/14-16 at KC. or-zero runs in 8 of their last 13 games...since 4/8, the Texas Tied after 8 .............. 1-1/0-1/1-2 • The 8-game win streak vs. KC is the club’s longest streak rotation’s 2.50 ERA (21 ER/75.2 IP) ranks 2nd in the majors against a single opponent since a 12-game win streak to only the Royals (2.10)...in that same span, Texas starters Decided 7th/later............. 1-2/0-3/1-5 against the Astros, 7/7/13-4/11/14...the last longer streak have held opponents to a .213/.302/.343/.645 slash line. Shutouts ........................... 1-0/1-1/2-1 Decided final AB .........1-2/0-2/1-4 vs. a non-A.L. West club was a 10-gamer vs. the Blue Jays, Walk-off games ....................1-2 4/24/02-4/30/03. ALMOST A NIGHT OFF: Last night was just the 2nd time this season the Rangers have used just one reliever in a game... ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST POWER RANGERS: The Rangers clubbed a season-best the Texas bullpen has 54 games in relief this season, 4th- Rank HR Player 4 home runs last night after totaling 3 home runs in their most in the A.L. (SEA-58, TOR-57, TB-55). 37 452 Carl Yastrzemski previous 7 games...the 4 home runs were the club’s most in • Jeremy Jeffress made his A.L.-high 11th appearance of the 38 449 Jeff Bagwell a game since 5 long balls on 8/31/16 vs. SEA...Texas now season last night...he is tied for the major league lead with 449 Vladimir Guerrero leads the American League with 25 home runs this season NYM’s Jerry Blevins and PIT’s Felipe Rivero...he is the 1st 449 Miguel Cabrera and rank 3rd in the majors (MIL-33, NYM-25)...the 25 home Texas reliever ever to appear 11 times in the 1st 17 games 41 445 Adrian Beltre 42 442 Dave Kingman runs through the 1st 17 games of a season is 6th-most in of a season.