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08-26-2020 Rangers Game Notes Oakland Athletics (21-10) at Texas Rangers (11-18) RHP Mike Fiers (3-1, 5.81) vs. LHP Kolby Allard (0-2, 7.82) Game #30 • Home #16 (8-7) • Wed., August 26, 2020 • Globe Life Field • 7:05 p.m. (CDT) • FSSW / 105.3 FM / 1270 AM RANGERS AT A GLANCE WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers lost to the A's last night, THE DIFFERENCE: Texas currently sports the lowest run dif- 10-3…team is 1-1 on this 7-day, 7-game homestand against ferential in MLB (-52) after being outscored 77-36 (-41) over Overall .............................. 11-18 OAK (1-1) and LAD (3 G)…club has gone 1-9 in last 10 its last 10 G...it is the team's lowest run diff. ever thru 29 G, as G after posting a 7-1 record from 8/7-15…at 11-18 (.379), the club has been outscored by 7 more runs than its previous Home ....................................8-7 team has 3rd-lowest win pct. in the A.L. and 4th-lowest in low mark thru 29 G (-45, 2008). Road ................................... 3-11 MLB…the 18 losses rank T4th-most in A.L./MLB…the 11- 18 start matches the club's worst record through 29 G since TWO-BAGS TREVINO: Matched his career high with 2 dou- Standing .................4th, -9.0 GB 2000 (also 11-18 in 2018, 2007-08), as the team last had a bles last night (also 8/30/19 vs. SEA) in his 1st career start Homestand ...........................1-1 worse record at this point in the season in 1985 (9-20)…TEX as a DH...his 6 doubles since being recalled from the Alter- dropped a season-high 8 straight from 8/16-23, one of the nate Training Site on 8/14 lead the club and are T3rd-most in One-Run ...............................4-2 3 longest slides in MLB in 2020 (9 G by BOS, 8/10-18; and MLB over that span (8-M. Sano, 7-A. Verdugo, 6-C. Biggio/C. 2-Run ....................................3-3 DET, 8/11-20)…only other TEX drought of 8+ G since start of Hernandez/J. Trevino)...in just 12 G (38 AB) this year, Trevi- 2015 was 0-8 span from 7/13-22/19…team had season-best no has pulled within one double of tying Todd Frazier for the HR ......................................6-12 4-G win streak from 8/11-15, which was longest winning span team lead (7), and is tied for the ML lead among catchers No HR...................................5-6 since a 4-G sweep from 9/5-8/19 at BAL…team had a 10-9 (also CHC's Willson Contreras/KC's Salvador Perez). record after win on 8/15 at COL, just 2nd time with a winning White ....................................6-6 record all season (also 1-0 after Opening Day win vs. COL)… MORE TREVINO: Since his recall, Trevino leads the club w/ Blue ................................3-4 w/ Red ................................3-2 team is season-high 7 G under .500 for the 2nd time in '20 in several offensive categories, including batting average Alt. Red (Home) ...................1-0 (also 10-17 after loss on Sun. at SEA). (.353), slugging percentage (.618), hits (12), extra-base hits Powder Blue (Home) ............1-1 (7) and total bases (21)...his 0.5 fWAR (FanGraphs.com) is Gray ......................................1-5 IN THE STANDINGS: Club is in 4th place in the A.L. West already the highest among Texas batters in 2020, while his Alt. Blue (Road) ....................2-6 after owning sole possession of 3rd place for 9 straight days 0.4 rWAR (baseball-reference.com) ranks 3rd behind Joey dating back to 8/16…Rangers were last in 4th place-or-low- Gallo (0.8) and Isiah Kiner-Falefa (0.7). Last 5 Games .......................1-4 er on 8/7 after 4-8 start to the season (4th, 5.0 GB)...team Last 10 Games .....................1-9 is season-high 9.0 GB for the 2nd time in 3 days following SPEAKING OF IKF: The versatile infielder plated a run on last night's loss, this after climbing to 8.0 GB with win over a single in the 2nd inning as the Rangers' 8-hole hitter last Come From Behind Wins ........ 6 OAK on Monday...Texas has lost ground in the standings just night, the 13th RBI Texas has received from a hitter batting Losses After Lead ................. 10 5 times in last 10 days despite posting a 1-9 record in that in the 8th spot this season...just 4 A.L. clubs have generat- Score First ............................6-9 span. ed more RBI out of the 8th spot in their lineups this season Opp. Score First ...................5-9 (19-NYY, 18-HOU, 17-DET, 14-OAK), with only DET seeing SERIES STUFF: Rangers have lost 3 consecutive series vs. a larger share of it's RBI production coming from that spot GLF Roof Open ....................0-1 SD (0-2), at SD (0-2), and at SEA (0-3), counting for 3 of the (13.71%-DET, 13.13%-TEX)...Rangers' highest RBI totals by GLF Roof Closed .................8-6 4 instances in which TEX has lost all games of a series in batting order position in '20: 4th (19), 1st (15), 8th (13). 2020 (also 0-3 from 8/4-6 at OAK)…club is 3-6-1 overall in Columns below listed in a series in '20…1st time to lose 3 straight series since going ANTHYING BUT LACKLUSTER: Including last night's 2-hit Home/Road/Total format 0-4-0 from 9/13-26/19…current drought was preceded by 3 performance, Nick Solak is leading Texas batters in both hits straight series wins from 8/7-16, 1st time to win 3 in a row (27) and multi-hit games (8) this year...he has compiled the vs. AL West ............. 6-2/0-6/6-8 Interleague ............ 2-5/3-5/5-10 since 5/14-22/19. 3rd-most hits among A.L. rookies (40-SEA's Kyle Lewis, 29- • TEX is 2-2-1 in home series this season, going 2-1-1 in last CWS' Luis Robert), and ranks among the league's rooks in Series ..............2-2-1/1-4-0/3-6-1 4 series at Globe Life Field entering this homestand. on-base percentage (2nd, .354), walks (T2nd, 12), doubles Series Openers.............3-3/1-4/4-7 (T3rd, 5) and batting average (4th, .270). Series Finales ............... 3-2/1-4/4-6 AT HOME: Texas has gone 1-3 in last 4 home games, but Rubber Games ........ 1-1/0-0/1-1 has still won 7 of its last 11 in Arlington…that 7-4 span comes HE'S GOT THE STUFF: Taylor Hearn has logged exactly after a 1-3 start at the new Globe Life Field, as club’s 8-7 2.0 SHO IP in each of his last 2 outings...including last night, Lead after 6 ............. 7-0/1-2/8-2 (.533) home mark ranks T6th in the A.L…the 8 home wins Hearn has been scoreless in each of his last 5 relief app. Lead after 7 ............. 6-0/2-0/8-0 also rank 6th in the A.L…team has a -17 run diff. at home (6.2 IP) since allowing 2 R-ER in his season debut on 8/10 Lead after 8 ............8-0/3-0/11-0 (53-70) and a -35 mark on the road (54-89). vs. SEA, dropping his season ERA from 18.00 to season-low Trail after 6 ............ 1-7/1-9/2-16 • Rangers are 6-2 at home vs. A.L. West clubs, joining OAK 2.35...it is the 2nd-longest active scoreless streak on staff Trail after 7 ............ 1-7/0-9/1-16 (11-2) and HOU (8-2) as division foes with winning home re- (7.0-Joely Rodríguez). Trail after 8 .......... 0-7/0-10/0-17 cords against West clubs in '20. LET'S GET SHIFTY: Joey Gallo has faced a shift in 92.8% Tied after 6 .............. 0-0/1-0/1-0 THE SWINGIN' A'S: The Rangers are hosting the A's for 7 of his 112 plate appearances this season...according to Tied after 7 .............. 1-0/1-2/2-2 games in a span of 21 days here at GLF from 8/24-9/13, Baseball Savant (Statcast), MIN's Max Kepler is the only Tied after 8 .............. 0-0/0-1/0-1 wrapping up the season series…TEX is 1-4 vs. OAK, los- batter in MLB (min. 100 PA) to face a higher shift rate in ing all 3 G at the Coliseum from 8/4-6 and last night's 10-3 2020 (97.6%)...since the start of 2019, Gallo's .372 wOBA Decided 7th/later............. 2-0/2-4/4-4 rout…Rangers are 2-11 in last 13 G vs. A’s dating to 2019, (weighted on-base average) against non-traditional infield Shutouts ........................... 2-0/0-0/2-0 Decided final AB .........2-0/0-3/2-3 the wins coming on Monday and 9/22/19 at OAK…since the alignments is 26th-highest in all of baseball. Walk-off games ....................0-3 start of 2018, TEX is 13-30 (.302) vs. the A's, 2nd-lowest win pct. against any A.L. opponent in that span (4-10, .286 vs.
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