(30-13) at Texas Rangers (18-30) RHP Masahiro Tanaka (4-2, 4.73) Vs
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New York Yankees (30-13) at Texas Rangers (18-30) RHP Masahiro Tanaka (4-2, 4.73) vs. RHP Bartolo Colon (2-1, 2.82) Game #49 • Home #24 (7-16) • Mon., May 21, 2018 • Globe Life Park in Arlington • 7:05 p.m. (CDT) • FSSW / MLBN / 105.3 FM / 1270 AM RANGERS AT A GLANCE WINS AND LOSSES: Texas lost to the White Sox yesterday, BUSH ADDED TODAY: RHP Matt Bush was recalled from 3-0, as team finished 3-6 on the 9-game, 10-day road trip Round Rock (AAA) today and RHP Kevin Jepsen has been Overall ..............................18-30 to HOU (1-2), SEA (1-1), and CWS (1-3) that preceded this designated for assignment…Bush was 1-1, 2.00 (2 ER/9.0 homestand…Rangers are 2-3 in last 5 G, 4-6 in last 10, and IP) in 8 G at Triple-A, including 6.2 SHO IP over his final 6 Home ..................................7-16 Road ................................. 11-14 5-7 in last 12…have also lost 3 of 4, 6 of 8, 7 of 11, and 10 of outings w/ 3 BB/12 SO. 15, and have a 7-13 record since season-best 3-G win streak Standing .............. 5th, -12.0 GB from 4/25-28…club’s back-to-back wins on 5/9-11 marked KINGS OF CRASH: Joey Gallo entered today T5th in both team’s 3rd win streak in 2018…current 12-under .500 mark the A.L. and MLB with 13 HR, although he has hit one HR in Road Trip ..............................3-6 is season low point, 1st time to be 12-under since 9/28/14 his last 12 games…on 4/3 at OAK, Gallo hit career HR no. One-Run ...............................4-4 (67-95), and only 2nd season in last 11 years (beg. 2008) to 50, becoming the 11th-fasted (204th game) to reach 50 HR in 2-Run ....................................4-6 be 12-under at any point…club had season-long 5-G losing MLB history (according to baseball-reference.com)…the only streak, 4/8-13…team is 10-23 in last 33 9-inn. games (4-1 in active players ahead of Gallo on that list: Gary Sanchez (161 HR ....................................14-21 No HR...................................4-9 extras in span). G), Ryan Braun (171 G), and Aaron Judge (174 G)…Judge/ • At 18-30 (.375), the Rangers have the 4th-lowest winning Gallo/Sanchez own 3 of the 5 highest AB/HR ratios in ML White ..................................3-10 percentage in the A.L. and 6th-lowest in MLB (ahead of only history among players with 750+ AB’s. w/ Blue ................................1-8 CWS, BAL, KC, CIN, MIA)…Rangers’ 30 losses are T4th- BEST AB/HR RATIOS, MLB HISTORY (min. 750 AB) w/ Red ................................2-2 most in MLB (32-BAL/CIN/KC; 30-CWS/TEX)…at 18-30, this Gray ......................................4-8 AB/HR Player HR AB Alt. Blue .............................. 9-11 is T5th-slowest 48-game start in Rangers history…the list: 10.61 Mark McGwire 583 6187 Blue Home .........................3-5 1973 (16-32), 1982/1985/2001 (all 17-31), and 2007/2018 11.76 Babe Ruth 714 8399 Blue Road ..........................6-6 (18-30). 11.78 Aaron Judge 67 789 Alt. Red (all home) ...............1-1 • Team has been in 5th place in the A.L. West for the last 42 Throwback ............................1-0 12.43 Joey Gallo 61 758 days…club has gained ground in the division 9 times since 12.55 Gary Sanchez 65 816 Last 5 Games .......................2-3 4/17, and on just 12 days total in 2018…team is season-high Last 10 Games .....................4-6 12.0 GB for the 1st time, 3rd-earliest date (5/20) to be 12+ AGELESS WONDER: Bartolo Colon starts for Texas tonight, back in club history: 5/9 in 2001 and 5/18 in 1982…Texas just 3 days shy of his 45th birthday…he posted 7.2 SHO IP Come From Behind Wins ........ 4 Losses After Lead ................. 11 has been in either 4th or 5th place for 52 of the 53 days this in his last start Wed. at SEA, joining Jamie Moyer (2x, once season (T2nd following win on 3/30). in 2008 and 2010) as only pitchers aged 44.357 or older in Score First ..........................16-9 last 20 seasons (1999-2018) w/ at least 7.2 SHO IP in a start. Opp. Score First .................2-21 SERIES STUFF: After yesterday’s loss, Texas is now 3-10- • Colon ranks among A.L. leaders in ERA (9th, 2.82), BB/9 2 in series this season, going 0-2-1 in 3 series on road trip Columns below listed in a rate (1st, 0.71), SO/BB rate (1st, 8.00), pitches per inning Home/Road/Total format and 1-4-1 in last 6 series overall…team won last home series (1st, 13.8), WHIP (3rd, 0.84), and ground ball pct. (6th, 50.6). from 5/7-9 vs. DET (2-1), this after losing each of 1st 6 home • Colon has 242 career wins, one shy of matching HOFer vs. AL West ......... 3-10/6-6/9-16 series in 2018, a club record to begin a season. Juan Marichal (243) for most wins in MLB history by a native vs. AL Central .......... 2-1/2-5/4-6 • Team is 4-11 in series openers this season, winning 3 of of Dominican Republic…only other Latin American native w/ vs. AL East .............. 2-5/3-3/5-8 Interleague .............. 0-0/0-0/0-0 5 and 4 of last 7 after beginning the year with a 0-8 mark in more career victories: Nicaragua’s Dennis Martinez (245). openers…Texas has logged 9 of its 18 wins this season in Series ............1-6-0/2-4-2/3-10-2 the 2nd game of series, going 9-6. WHAT A RELIEF: Texas relievers posted 3.0 SHO IP yes- Series Openers............. 2-5/2-6/4-11 terday at CWS and have a 1.71 ERA (4 ER/21.0 IP) in club’s Series Finales ................3-4/3-5/6-9 Rubber Games ........ 1-1/1-3/2-4 AT HOME: The Rangers begin a 7-G, 7-day homestand last 6 G to drop season figure from 4.35 to 4.02, 8th in the against NYY (3 G) and KC (4 G) tonight…team has gone A.L. and lowest since 4/20 (3.71)…since 5/6, the Rangers’ Lead after 6 ........... 5-3/8-1/13-4 7-16 in Arlington this season, losing 4 of 6, 12 of 17, and 15 of 2.06 relief ERA (10 ER/43.2 IP) ranks as 2nd-best in MLB to Lead after 7 ........... 6-1/9-1/15-2 last 21 here…club’s .304 home win pct. is 3rd-lowest in A.L. only HOU (1.45). Lead after 8 ........... 6-0/9-0/15-0 and 4th-lowest in MLB, ahead of only CWS (.273, 6-16) and Trail after 6 .........1-11/1-11/2-22 CIN/KC (both .280, 7-18)…the 7-16 mark is slowest 23-G NO WALKS, BUT NO WIN: Texas pitchers posted no walks Trail after 7 .........0-13/1-11/1-24 start at home in club history (prev. 8-15 in 1982/1984/1985)… and 13 strikeouts yesterday, but the club lost 3-0 to the White Trail after 8 ........ 0-13/0-14/0-27 team will also have slowest 24-G start in Arlington regardless Sox…it was the pitching staff’s 2nd walkless game in 2018, of tonight’s outcome, as previous low for wins after 24 G were but club is 0-2 in those contests (also 4/18 at TB)…yesterday Tied after 6 .............. 1-2/2-2/3-4 Tied after 7 .............. 1-2/1-2/2-4 9-15 starts in 1982, 1984, 1985, 1990, and 2001. marked just the 8th different 9-inning game in club history for Tied after 8 .............. 1-3/2-0/3-3 pitchers to have 0 BB and 13+ SO (last 9/19/15 vs. SEA), but VS. NEW YORK-AL: The Rangers and Yankees begin the it was only the 2nd time in those 8 instances to suffer a loss Decided 7th/later...........2-5/5-5/7-10 season series with this week’s 3-G set in Arlington, as other (other a 1-0 defeat, 10/3/99 at ANA). Shutouts ........................... 0-0/1-1/1-1 Decided final AB .........1-3/3-4/4-7 meetings will come in a 4-G series from 8/9-12 in New York… Walk-off games ....................1-1 Texas went 3-3 against NYY in 2017, dropping last 2 of 3 G BLANKED: The Rangers were shut out yesterday for the 1st in Arlington from 9/8-10/17…3 of the 6 meetings last year time this season, as TEX joined NYY as the only MLB teams ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST were 1-or-2 run games…Rangers have gone .500-or-better that had yet to be blanked in 2018 entering Sunday…club Rank HR Player vs. Yankees in 3 straight and 4 of last 5 years…have won went the 1st 47 G of the year without being shut out, 7th-lon- 32 473 Carlos Delgado 3 of 5, 7 of 12, and 13 of last 21 meetings beg.