Texas Rangers (41-55) at Baltimore Orioles (27-69) LHP Mike Minor (6-5, 4.56) Vs
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Texas Rangers (41-55) at Baltimore Orioles (27-69) LHP Mike Minor (6-5, 4.56) vs. TBA Game #97 • Road #50 (22-27) • Sun., July 15, 2018 • Oriole Park at Camden Yards • 12:05 p.m. (CDT) • FSSW / 105.3 FM / 1270 RANGERS AT A GLANCE WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers conclude this roadtrip HITTING THE HALF-CENTURY MARK: Shin-Soo Choo had and the pre-All-Star break portion of the 2018 schedule this a single and 2 walks on Saturday and enters the final day of Overall ..............................41-55 afternoon...Texas is 3-6 on this 10-game, 11-day trip to DET the pre All-Star break schedule having reached base via a (2-2), BOS (0-3), and BAL (1-1)...club has lost 4 of 5 and 6 , a single sea- Home ................................19-28 hit, walk, or HBP in 50 consecutive games Road .................................22-27 of 8 and is 3-9 in July, 3rd lowest winning percentage in A.L. son club record, 4 more than Julio Franco (7/28-9/15/93)... for the month...club is 14-11 (.560) beginning 6/16, 7th best the only longer such streak for a Ranger over multiple sea- Standing .............. 5th, -22.0 GB winning percentage in the A.L. in that span. sons is 58 games for Will Clark (9/6/95-5/11/96). • At 41-55 (.427), Rangers rank 11th in A.L. in winning pct... • Over the last 12 seasons beginning in 2007, Choo is just Road Trip ..............................3-6 the 41 wins are the fewest for Texas after 96 games since the 2nd ML player to reach safely in at least 50 consecutive One-Run ........................... 10-11 2014 (39-57) and 2nd fewest in last 11 seasons (beg. 2008). games over one or multiple seasons, the other BAL’s Kev- 2-Run ..................................7-12 • Texas has been under the .500 mark since a season best in Millar (6/20-8/25/07)...since 2001, Choo’s streak matches 1-1 on 3/30…Rangers were a season-high 17 games under the 6th longest over a single season: 63--Orlando Cabrera, HR ....................................32-33 No HR.................................9-22 .500 following loss on 6/15 vs. COL, just 4th season in TEX 2006; 57--Barry Bonds, 2003; 56--Ryan Klesko, 2002; 53-- history to be 17+ under as early as 6/15 (last 2007, club-re- Alex Rodriguez, 2004; 52--Kevin Millar, 2007; 50--Gary Shef- White ..................................8-16 cord 6/3)...club lost a season high 7 straight games from 6/7- field, 2002. w/ Blue .............................. 6-11 15 and directly followed that with a 2018 best 7 consecutive • During the on-base streak which began on 5/13, Choo has w/ Red ................................2-5 wins from 6/16-23. batted .332/.462/.579/1.041 (63-190) with 45 BB to raise his Gray ....................................6-13 Alt. Blue ............................23-24 batting average from .239 to .290. Blue Home .......................8-10 IN THE STANDINGS: Texas fell to a season high 22.0 GB • Choo’s 60 walks would be the 3rd most by a Ranger at the Blue Road ......................15-14 the division-leading Astros on Saturday, one game shy of All-Star break: 82--Toby Harrah, 1985; 62--Mike Hargrove, Alt. Red (all home) ...............3-2 team’s largest deficit in all of 2017 (23.0 GB)...club has lost 1978. Throwback ............................1-0 5.5 games in the standings over the last 11 days…current • Choo’s .441 career OBP at Oriole Park is the 2nd highest Last 5 Games .......................1-4 deficit is 4th-largest in the majors…club has been in 5th place all-time among players with 120+ PA behind Travis Hafner Last 10 Games .....................3-7 in the A.L. West for the last 96 days and in either 4th or 5th (.451) while his .343 (37-108) average here ranks 8th best. place for 106 of 107 days (T2nd following win on 3/30). Come From Behind Wins ...... 16 Losses After Lead ................. 19 OFF TO D.C.: Choo will represent the Rangers in Major ON THE ROAD: Texas is 22-27 (.449) away from Arlington League Baseball’s 89th All-Star Game on Tuesday night at Score First ........................28-17 this season, the 8th best winning percentage in A.L...club has Nationals Park...he was selected to A.L. All-Star Team as an Opp. Score First ...............13-38 dropped 4 of 5 and 7 of last 10 on the road...Rangers are 8-7 MLB selection, his 1st career ASG honor...he becomes just away from home beginning 6/18. the 3rd native of South Korea to ever be selected as an All- Columns below listed in a Home/Road/Total format • The Rangers have a 3.92 ERA on the road, 6th lowest in Star, joining LAD’s Chan Ho Park in 2001 and ARI’s Byung- the A.L. and compared to 5.32 home mark...team has posted Hyun Kim in 2002...Choo, who celebrated his 36th birthday vs. AL West ..... 5-16/9-10/14-26 a 2.99 ERA (55 R/46 ER/138.1 IP) in the last 16 road games. on Friday, will be the 2nd oldest 1st-time All-Star in Rangers’ vs. AL Central ...... 6-4/9-8/15-12 ..team’s .224 road batting average is 14th in the A.L. history...RHP Charlie Hough was 38 when he was selected vs. AL East ............ 4-6/4-7/8-13 Interleague .............. 4-2/0-2/4-4 for his lone ASG in 1986. VERSUS BALTIMORE: The Rangers and Orioles have split Series ..........6-8-1/4-7-4/10-15-5 a pair of one-run games in this series...Texas holds a 12-11 ADRIAN BELTRE singled in the 6th inning on Saturday for Series Openers.......5-10/6-10/11-20 advantage over the O’s beginning 2015 but Rangers have his 3,114th career hit, one behind Alex Rodriguez for 19th all- Series Finales ......... 7-8/5-10/12-18 Rubber Games ........ 4-1/1-4/5-5 lost 7 of 8 and 9 of 12...at Camden Yards, the Rangers have time...Beltre has the 2nd best average among A.L. qualifiers dropped 5 of 6 and are 5-12 since the start of 2014...the Ori- in day games at .393 (24-61) in 2018. Lead after 6 ....... 14-4/16-1/30-5 oles hold all-time leads of 258-206-1 all-time, 132-103-1 in Lead after 7 ....... 14-2/19-1/33-3 Baltimore, and 65-57-1 at Camden Yards. IN RELIEF: The Texas bullpen has not allowed a run in its Lead after 8 ....... 16-0/18-0/34-0 • Texas is 8-12 vs. the A.L. East, 4-6 on the road. last 7.0 innings and has posted a 2.08 ERA (6 ER/26.0 IP) Trail after 6 ........ 3-19/3-23/6-42 with 33 K’s over the 1st 9 G of this trip (1 CG). Trail after 7 ........ 1-23/2-23/3-46 RUBBER MATCH: This is the 11th time that Texas has split • Since 5/6, the Rangers have the 3rd lowest relief ERA in Trail after 8 ........ 1-23/1-26/2-49 the 1st 2 games of a 3-game series in 2018...club is 5-5 in the majors at 2.81 (62 ER/198.2 IP) behind NYY (2.17) and the finale of those series, 4-1 at home and 1-4 on the road, HOU (2.49). Tied after 6 .............. 2-5/3-3/5-8 Tied after 7 .............. 4-3/1-3/5-6 losing the last 4 away games since winning in HOU on 4/15. • Keone Kela’s 23 saves before the All-Star break match the Tied after 8 .............. 2-5/3-1/5-6 5th most in club history, the highest total since Joe Nathan’s AT THE BREAK: Today will mark the Rangers’ 97th game of club record 30 in 2013...Kela has converted all 23 save tries Decided 7th/later.........6-8/9-6/15-14 2018, the team’s 2nd most ever before the All-Star break... in 2018 with a string of 25 consecutive saves converted be- Shutouts ........................... 0-0/2-5/2-5 Decided final AB .....5-5/5-5/10-10 club had played 98 games when the ASG was held on ginning 5/21/17. Walk-off games ....................3-2 7/23/74...Texas’ current .427 (41-54) winning percentage would be its 7th lowest ever at the break and lowest since FUTURES GAME PARTICIPIANTS: Frisco LHP C.D. Pel- ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST 2014 at .400 (38-57)...this will also be the 2nd time in the last ham (US Team) and Down East OF Leody Taveras (World Rank HR Player 30 475 Stan Musial 11 years that the club has occupied last place at the break Team) will participate in today’s SiriusXM All-Star Futures 475 Willie Stargell (also 5th in 2014)...current deficit of 22.0 GB HOU would be Game at Nationals Park. 32 473 Carlos Delgado 2nd largest deficit ever at All-Star break to 28.0 GB in 2001. 33 468 Chipper Jones • Club’s current team batting average of .236 would rank as POST-BREAK HOMESTAND: The Rangers will open a 34 466 Adrian Beltre its 2nd lowest ever before the All-Star Game to a .226 mark 7-game homestand on Friday that features 3 games with 35 465 Dave Winfield in 1972..Texas’ average at the break a year ago was .240, CLE and 4 with OAK...this marks the 1st time since 2013 that 465 Miguel Cabrera which is currently the 2nd lowest ever.