Arizona Diamondbacks (1-2) at Texas Rangers (1-3) RHP Taijuan Walker (0-0, ––) vs. RHP Nick Martinez (0-0, ––) Spring #5 • Home #3 (0-2) • Tues., February 28, 2017 • Surprise Stadium • 2:05 p.m. CDT • Webcast TODAY’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS SPRING TRAINING AT A GLANCE TEXAS RANGERS ARIZONA 22 Nick Martinez RHP 99 Taijuan Walker RHP 65 Yohander Mendez LHP 61 Silvino Bracho RHP Record .......................................................................................1-3 74 Ariel Jurado RHP 47 Keyvius Sampson RHP Home .........................................................................................0-2 58 Alex Claudio LHP 53 Tyler Jones RHP Road ..........................................................................................1-1 *99 Anthony Carter RHP 67 Miller Diaz RHP *98 Sam Wolff RHP 72 Daniel Gibson LHP In Surprise .................................................................................1-2 62 Josh Taylor LHP Away from Surprise ...................................................................0-1 * - Minor league camp 65 Joey Krehbiel RHP Current streak ............................................................................. L2 Last 5 games .............................................................................1-3 TOMORROW’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS Longest winning streak ................................................................. 1 TEXAS RANGERS LOS ANGELES-AL Longest losing streak......................................................2 (current) 33 Martin Perez LHP 40 Jesse Chavez RHP TEX scores 1st/Opp. scores 1st ..........................................1-1/0-2 64 A.J. Griffin RHP 23 Alex Meyer RHP 56 Andrew Faulkner LHP 60 Justin Miller RHP TEX out-hits/Opp. out-hits/Hits even .............................0-0/1-3/0-0 57 Wesley Wright LHP 51 Austin Adams RHP HR/No HR ............................................................................1-1/0-1 77 Adam Loewen LHP 53 Blake Parker RHP Error/Error-less ....................................................................0-2/1-1 83 Keynan Middleton RHP Lead after 6/7/8 .............................................................1-0/1-0/1-0 Trail after 6/7/8 ..............................................................0-2/0-2/0-3 ZERO-FOR-TWO: The Rangers dropped a pair of split squad games on Mon- day, losing 5-0 against Milwaukee in Surprise and 3-2 versus Cleveland in Tied after 6/7/8 ..............................................................0-1/0-1/0-0 Goodyear…both Texas runs for the day came on a Nomar Mazara 2-run home One-run games..........................................................................0-1 run in the first inning in Goodyear…Jurickson Profar tripled ahead of the Mazara Come-from-behind wins ............................................................... 0 home run in what was Profar’s last action before he leaves Rangers camp to vs. A.L. .......................................................................................1-2 join Team Netherlands for the World Baseball Classic…Travis Snider doubled vs. N.L. ......................................................................................0-1 and walked in the road game, and he is now 2-for-4 with 2 walks over the last two days…James Loney was 2-for-3 against Cleveland today…Shin-Soo Choo (double) and Rougned Odor both went 1-for-2 in the Milwaukee game…Chi Chi MINOR LEAGUE EXTRAS FOR TODAY Gonzalez (at Cleveland), Eddie Gamboa, and Connor Sadzeck (vs. Milwaukee) 76 Tyler Sanchez C 90 Luis Marte 2B all posted 2.0 scoreless innings yesterday. 77 Ryne Slack LHP 91 Preston Beck (L) 1B 78 Charles Moorman CF 92 Scott Heineman CF Eight players are tied for team lead with 3 games played: BATTING NOTES: 80 Matt Lipka LF 93 Preston Claiborne RHP Hanser Alberto, Doug Bernier, Delino DeShields, Joey Gallo, Ronald Guzman, 83 Jason Martinson SS 94 Isiah Kiner-Falefa 2B Jared Hoying, Cesar Puello, and Drew Robinson…DeShields and Gallo are the only players to start 3 games…DeShields has team highs with 2 R and 2 85 Michael De Leon (S) SS 95 Cody Palmquist RHP SB…Texas went a combined 1-for-10 with RISP yesterday, but still have a .308 86 Alex Burg UT 96 Jimmy Reyes LHP (8-26) mark w/ RISP this spring…Texas has lowest batting avg. (.175) and OBP 87 Juremi Profar 3B 97 Clayton Cook RHP (.246) in MLB this spring, 2nd-lowest SLG at .294 (LAA-.274)…have been out-hit in all 88 Jose Cardona CF 98 Sam Wolff RHP 4 games…there are 4 Rangers with multiple hits: Nomar Mazara and Rougned Odor 89 Andy Ibanez 2B 99 Anthony Carter RHP (both 2-for-4), along with Travis Snider (2-4) and James Loney (2-6)…Mazara has a *-Pronunciations: JURR-amy; KYE-nuhr fuh-LEE-fuh team-high 3 RBI…Texas has had hits in just 3 of 18 innings in its 2 home games this spring…3 of 4 games have been decided by a one or 2 runs. on the wrist during PFP practice…he is day-to-day…3B Adrian Beltre suffered a Grade 1 left calf strain during a workout at his California home on 2/14…he SIMULATED GAME ON WEDNESDAY: Four Texas pitchers are scheduled has been participating in baseball activities since he reported to camp on 2/17… to appear in a simulated game tomorrow here in Surprise: Cole Hamels, Matt he has not been ruled out for the first round of the WBC at this point…RHP Bush, Tony Barnette, and Keone Kela…it will be the first action for each of those Tyson Ross had surgery to relieve Thoracic Outlet Syndrome performed on his 4 pitchers this spring. right side on 10/13/16 in St. Louis by Dr. Robert Thompson…he is currently on a throwing program and is expected to miss the start of the 2017 season…SS El- WEBCAST FOR HOME GAME / BROADCAST SCHEDULE: Today’s game vis Andrus had surgery on 11/1/16 to repair a sports hernia that he first suffered can be found on a free audio webcast at texasrangers.com, with Matt Hicks in May 2016…he has been participating in all workouts and is expected to be and Jared Sandler on the call…the Rangers’ 2017 spring training broadcast ready for the start of the regular season, but the date of his first spring game has schedule includes 16 television games, 16 radio contests, and 12 free webcasts not been determined…C Brett Hayes (oblique) has shown improvement and he on texasrangers.com Gameday Audio…FOX Sports Southwest is scheduled to is expected to ramp up his baseball activity…RHP Jose Valdespina was struck carry five Texas productions and also five opponents’ TV broadcasts, starting in the groin area by a batted ball from CLE’s Bradley Zimmer in the 8th inning with tomorrow’s FS West TV broadcast for the Angels game in Tempe…there yesterday in Goodyear…he threw to 1st base to retire Zimmer, walked off under are also five games on TXA21…TV games will be on FOX Sports Southwest or his own power, and checked out OK with the training staff…was slated to see a TXA21, while radio games are on 105.3 The FAN as well as a number of sta- urologist today as a follow-up. tions on the Texas Rangers radio network…Dave Raymond, Tom Grieve, and C.J. Nitkowski will provide television coverage while Eric Nadel, Matt Hicks, and VS. ARIZONA: The Rangers and Diamondbacks meet twice this spring, with Jared Sandler will call the majority of the spring radio games. the other contest being on 3/14 at Salt River Fields…in the regular season, Rangers lead 20-13 all-time, although club was just 1-3 vs. ARI the last time RANGERS IN WBC: The Rangers are currently scheduled to have 8 players they met in 2015…teams are not slated to play in the regular season in 2017. from the organization participate in the World Baseball Classic: 3B Adrian Bel- tre (Dominican Republic), C Robinson Chirinos (Venezuela), LHP Alex Claudio CAMP ROSTER / LATE ADDITIONS: There are 61 players in Rangers camp, (Puerto Rico), RHP Sam Dyson (USA), C Jonathan Lucroy (USA), INF Rougned a figure which includes Jake Diekman and Prince Fielder, who are currently on Odor (Venezuela), LHP Martin Perez (Venezuela), and INF Jurickson Profar the 60-day disabled list…of the 61 players, 6 have been added since Feb. 8: C (Netherlands)…Profar is scheduled to leave for Korea today…the players for Brett Hayes, RHP Anthony Bass, LHP Adam Loewen, RHP Eddie Gamboa, 1B the U.S. and Dominican are slated to leave on Sunday…additionally, minor Mike Napoli, and C A.J. Jimenez…the only player of the 6 to not make the Texas league LHP Reiver Sanmartin is on the Designated Pitcher Pool for Colombia, media guide was Jimenez. but is not currently listed as active…LHP Adam Loewen, who was originally slated to pitch for Team Canada when he signed with the Rangers on 2/13, is SHORTS: Adrian Beltre was excused from camp today for a personal day… no longer on his country’s roster for the tournament. MLB Network was in camp this morning filming the Rangers’ appearance in the 30 Clubs in 30 Days series…the show, which includes an appearance by Hall of INJURY REPORT: OF Josh Hamilton had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee Famer John Smoltz in the club’s free throw competition this morning, is sched- yesterday performed by Dr. Walt Lowe in Houston…he was scheduled to have uled to air tonight at 6pm CT on MLBN…Texas is slated to play 2 straight road a follow-up with Dr. Lowe today and there is no timetable on his return to Ari- games the next 2 days, the only time in Arizona this spring in which the club will zona…Hamilton initially felt stiffness in his left knee on the day of the club’s first not play in Surprise for consecutive days…tomorrow also begins a stretch of 3 full squad workout on Tuesday, and was evaluated on Wednesday in Houston straight games against the other 3 A.L. West Cactus League teams…today will by Dr. Lowe, who performed surgery on 6/8/16 to repair a torn ACL and carilage be the Rangers’ 5th February game of the spring, which will be club’s 2nd-most damage in the knee…Hamilton returned to camp on Thursday and had been ever in Cactus League play (2003-17) to only 2013 (7 G in Feb.)…Alex Claudio participating in light activity…RHP Sam Dyson was scratched from his sched- would be the 1st Texas pitcher with multiple ‘A’ game appearances when he uled appearance in today’s game with a mild sprain of his right wrist…Dyson fell enters today’s contest.