(0-1) at (1-0) RHP (0-0, ––) vs. RHP Kyle Zimmer (0-0, ––)

Spring #2 • Road #1 (0-0) • Sun., February 26, 2017 • • 2:05 p.m. CDT • No TV / 105.3 FM TODAY’S SCHEDULED TEXAS RANGERS KANSAS CITY AT A GLANCE 11 Yu Darvish RHP 45 Kyle Zimmer RHP 36 Dillon Gee RHP 50 Miguel Almonte RHP Record...... 0-1 56 Andrew Faulkner LHP 54 Scott Alexander LHP Home...... 0-1 49 Mike Hauschild RHP 73 Jonathan Dziedzic LHP Road...... 0-0 57 LHP 75 Malcolm Culver RHP 77 Adam Loewen LHP 61 Kevin McCarthy RHP In Surprise...... 0-1 43 Brandon League RHP Away from Surprise...... 0-0 47 Bobby Parnell RHP Current streak...... L1 Last 5 games...... 0-1 TOMORROW’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS - HOME GAME Longest winning streak...... NA TEXAS RANGERS MILWAUKEE Longest losing streak...... 1 (current) 78 RHP 41 Junior Guerra RHP 59 Connor Sadzeck RHP 71 Josh Hader LHP TEX scores 1st/Opp. scores 1st...... 0-0/0-1 72 Brady Dragmire RHP 46 Corey Knebel RHP TEX out-hits/Opp. out-hits/Hits even...... 0-0/0-1/0-0 39 Dario Alvarez LHP 53 Jhan Mariñez RHP HR/No HR...... 0-0/0-1 62 Jose Leclerc RHP 45 Tyler Cravy RHP Error/Error-less...... 0-0/0-1 51 Damien Magnifico RHP 74 Stephen Kohlscheen RHP Lead after 6/7/8...... 0-0/0-0/0-0 64 Forrest Snow RHP Trail after 6/7/8...... 0-0/0-0/0-1 Tied after 6/7/8...... 0-1/0-1/0-0 TOMORROW’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS - ROAD GAME One- games...... 0-0 TEXAS RANGERS CLEVELAND Come-from-behind wins...... 0 21 Chi Chi Gonzalez RHP 59 Carlos Carrasco RHP vs. A.L...... 0-1 55 Allen Webster RHP 34 Zach McAllister RHP 53 Tyler Wagner RHP 61 Dan Otero RHP vs. N.L...... 0-0 74 R.J. Alvarez RHP 76 Adam Plutko RHP 76 Jose Valdespina RHP 49 Chris Narveson LHP MINOR LEAGUE EXTRAS FOR TODAY 83 Travis Banwart RHP 59 Anthony Carter RHP 83 Tyler Sanchez C OPENER RECAP: The Rangers lost to the Royals in Saturday’s Cactus League 62 Jimmy Reyes LHP 84 Luis Marte UT opener, 7-5 in Surprise…after falling behind 5-0, Texas produced baserunners 74 Bobby LaFromboise LHP 89 Chuck Moorman C for 7 consecutive batters in a 5-run 3rd to tie the game…each of the 76 Cody Palmquist RHP 90 Isiah Kiner-Falefa INF club’s 5 hits in yesterday’s loss all came in a 5-batter span during that rally in 78 Preston Claiborne RHP 93 Jairo Beras OF the 3rd…’s 2-run double finished off the rally in that frame, and 79 Josh Morgan INF 97 Matt Lipka OF it was immediately preceded by 3 other RBI hits from Nomar Mazara (single), 80 Juremi Profar UT 99 Andy Ibanez INF/DH Mike Napoli (single), and (double)…Napoli also walked in his *-Pronunciations: lah-frahm-BOYSS; JURR-amy; KYE-nuhr fuh-LEE-fuh other plate appearance…Mazara recorded an outfield assist in the first inning on a play at the plate to retire Lorenzo Cain…Delino DeShields had 2 walks, a SPLIT TOMORROW: Texas is scheduled to play a pair of split squad games run, and a stolen base in 3 plate appearances, as he has walked in 4 of his 6 tomorrow vs. MIL and at CLE, the first of 4 split dates this spring…the others: PA’s over the last two days between the Rangers’ intrasquad game and Cactus 3/11 (vs. CWS/at OAK), 3/17 (vs. LAA/vs. CLE in San Antonio), and 3/18 (at League opener…Doug Bernier made a diving stop to retire Alex Gordon in the CIN/vs. CLE in San Antonio)…the only other year in which Texas played a split 5th inning, and also had a walk in 2 plate appearances. squad as early as the 3rd day in Cactus League play (beginning 2003) came in 2004, when team lost both a home game vs. KC and a road game at MIL on TODAY’S GAME ON RADIO / BROADCAST SCHEDULE: Today’s game will 3/6/04, also the 3rd day of the spring schedule. be carried on 105.3 The FAN in the DFW market for a 2nd straight day, with Matt Hicks and Jared Sandler on the call…the Rangers’ 2017 spring training INJURY REPORT: OF has left camp and is flying to Houston broadcast schedule includes 16 television games, 16 radio contests, and 12 today…he is scheduled to vist Dr. Walt Lowe tomorrow with the possibility for free webcasts on texasrangers.com Gameday Audio…FOX Sports Southwest arthroscopic surgery on the knee…Hamilton initially felt stiffness in his left knee is scheduled to carry five Texas productions and also five opponents’ TV broad- on the day of the club’s first full squad workout on Tuesday, and was evaluated casts…there are also five games on TXA21…TV games will be on FOX Sports on Wednesday in Houston by Dr. Lowe, who performed surgery on 6/8/16 to Southwest or TXA21, while radio games are on 105.3 The FAN as well as a repair a torn ACL and carilage damage in the knee…Hamilton returned to camp number of stations on the Texas Rangers radio network…Dave Raymond, Tom on Thursday and had been participating in light activity…3B Adrian Beltre suf- Grieve, and C.J. Nitkowski will provide television coverage while Eric Nadel, fered a Grade 1 left calf strain during a workout at his California home on 2/14… Matt Hicks, and Jared Sandler will call the majority of the spring radio games. he has been participating in activities since he reported to camp on Friday, 2/17, and was slated for another session of live batting practice today… RANGERS IN WBC: The Rangers are currently scheduled to have 8 players he has not been ruled out for the first round of the WBC at this point…RHP from the organization participate in the : 3B Adrian Bel- Tyson Ross had surgery to relieve Thoracic Outlet Syndrome performed on his tre (Dominican Republic), C Robinson Chirinos (Venezuela), LHP Alex Clau- right side on 10/13/16 in St. Louis by Dr. Robert Thompson…he is currently on dio (Puerto Rico), RHP Sam Dyson (USA), C Jonathan Lucroy (USA), INF a throwing program and is expected to miss the start of the 2017 season…SS Rougned Odor (Venezuela), LHP Martin Perez (Venezuela), and INF Jurickson had surgery on 11/1/16 to repair a sports hernia that he first suf- Profar (Netherlands)…Profar will leave for Korea on Tuesday…the players for fered in May 2016…he has been participating in all workouts and is expected to the U.S. and Dominican are slated to leave on Sunday, 3/5…additionally, minor be ready for the start of the regular season, but the date of his first spring game league LHP Reiver Sanmartin is on the Designated Pool for Colombia, has not been determined…C Brett Hayes (oblique) has shown improvement but is not currently listed as active…LHP Adam Loewen, who was originally and he is expected to ramp up his baseball activity. slated to pitch for Team Canada when he signed with the Rangers on 2/13, is no longer on his country’s roster for the tournament. VS. KANSAS CITY: Texas dropped yesterday’s spring opener vs. KC, 7-5… clubs are scheduled to meet 5 times this spring (3 in Surprise, 2 in Arlington)… BEASLEY IS BACK: Rangers third base Tony Beasley was in the 3rd teams will play each other for 1st 2, and also final 3 games of the exhibition base coach’s box yesterday for the his first contest of record since 2015 ALDS season…Texas has played multiple games vs. K.C. to begin the spring in each Game 5 at Toronto…Beasley was not on the field at any point, and was away of those years except 2008 (opened vs. K.C., then played 2 straight vs. Angels). from the team for portions of the 2016 season, while he underwent success- ful cancer treatment…other members of the coaching staff returning this year The Rangers went 6-1 against the Royals in 2016, winning the final 6 straight are (pitching), Steve Buechele (bench), Brad Holman (), after a loss on 7/22/16 in KC…clubs play in 2017 from 4/20-23 in Arlington (4 G) (hitting), Justin Mashore (asst. hitting), and Hector Ortiz (1st and 7/14-16 at KC (3 G), the latter series following the All-Star break. base)…new major league field coordinator Josh Bonifay replaces Jayce Tingler, who was promoted to assistant general . SHORTS: DeShields and Gallo are starting for a 3rd straight day, as the pair also started Friday’s intrasquad and yesterday’s Cactus League opener…today YEAR NO. 15: The Rangers are in the organization’s 15th season of conducting will be DeShields’ 1st appearance in the field (DH in other 2 games)…Shin-Soo spring training in Surprise, Arizona…this is the team’s 15th season in the Cac- Choo, the DH today in his spring debut, did not play either Friday or Saturday… tus League…the only previous spring training locations in Texas history were LHP Bobby LaFromboise, a potential minor league extra today, is not in the Pompano Beach, Fla. (15 years, 1972-86) and Port Charlotte, Fla. (16 years, media guide…he was signed on 2/13…was 1-3, 5.94 in 13 G for Lehigh Valley 1987-2002). (PHI AAA) in 2016 and pitched in majors w/ SEA (2013) and PIT (2014-15).

UPCOMING PROBABLES, TIMES, AND BROADCASTS Date Opponent Pitchers - Texas vs. Opponent Time (MT) TV/Radio Mon., Feb. 27 vs. Milwaukee RHP Eddie Gamboa (0-0, ––) vs. RHP Junior Guerra (0-0, ––) 1:05 p.m. Webcast at Cleveland RHP Chi Chi Gonzalez (0-0, ––) vs. RHP Carlos Carrasco (0-0, ––) 1:05 p.m. None Tues., Feb. 28 vs. Arizona RHP Nick Martinez (0-0, ––) vs. RHP Taijuan Walker (0-0, ––) 1:05 p.m. Webcast PAGE 2 TEXAS SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES • SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2017 • AT KANSAS CITY

#11 YU DARVISH (0-0, ––) RHP #56 ANDREW FAULKNER (0-0, ––) LHP After making just three starts before the 2016 All-Star break as he returned from Seeking his first extended major league action in 2017, the young left-hander will be ‘Tommy John’ surgery the previous year, Darvish found his old form in the second just 24 years old for the bulk of this season…spent most of last year at Triple-A Round ‘half’, when he ranked among the American League’s top 10 in , opponents Rock and will be in major league spring training for a second straight season…club’s average, and WHIP…he will enter 2017 at full health having made just 39 total starts minor league reliever of the year in 2015, he joins Keone Kela and as over the last three seasons…since making his major league debut in 2012, Darvish the Rangers’ only drafted pitchers since 2011 to appear in multiple campaigns before has compiled a 46-30 career record with a 3.29 ERA over exactly 100 starts…a three- their age-24 season…began his career as a starter before moving to the bullpen in time All-Star (2012-13-14), he has twice been the Rangers Pitcher of the Year (2013- July 2015 while with Double-A Frisco…has allowed one HR to a left-handed batter 14) and ranked among A.L. vote-getters in both 2013 (2nd) and since the start of 2014 (by Arkansas’ Jared Mitchell on 7/13/15 with Frisco)…enters 2012 (9th)…has piled up strikeouts at a historic pace, as his 812 K’s over his first his 7th season in the Texas organization after being selected in the 14th round of the 100 career starts set a major league record, 46 more than Chris Sale (766) over 2011 June draft out of South Aiken (SC) High School. his first 100 starts (credit Elias Sports Bureau)…led the majors with 277 strikeouts in 2013, the 2nd-highest single-season total ever by a Ranger, and his 2.83 ERA #49 MIKE HAUSCHILD (0-0, ––) RHP that year was 6th-lowest in team history…in 2012, he became the second rookie in Hauschild is attending his 1st major league spring training camp after being selected A.L. history with at least 16 wins and 221 strikeouts in a season…has retired at least by Texas in the MLB on 12/8/16…has spent his entire 5-year pro career in the 1st 15 batters in a game 5 different times in his career, twice taking a no-hitter the Houston organization, compiling a 3.50 ERA over 124 games/87 starts …posted into the 8th inning…his .216 career opponents average is second-best in Rangers the PCL’s 4th lowest ERA at 3.22 and pitched in the Triple-A All-Star Game for Fresno history (-.197), and Darvish already ranks among all-time club leaders in 2016…made his pro debut in 2012 after being picked by the Astros in the 33rd in ERA (3rd, 3.29), win pct. (3rd, .605), WHIP (5th, 1.183), and strikeouts (7th)… round of the MLB 1st Year Player Draft…pitched 4 years at the University of Dayton. had a 7-year career with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of the Japanese Pacific League in Nippon (NPB) from 2005-11…was a 2-time Pacific #57 WESLEY WRIGHT (0-0, ––) RHP League Most Valuable Player (2007 and 2009) and one of 10 pitchers in the history of Wright was signed to a minor league contract with a spring training invitation on Japanese professional baseball to win multiple MVP awards in a career. 1/27/17…made 19 relief appearances for Boston’s Triple-A Pawtucket club in 2016… had seen major league action in each of 8 previous seasons from 2008-15 with HOU #36 DILLON GEE (0-0, ––) RHP (2008-13), TB (2013), CHC (2014), BAL (2015), and LAA (2015), working in 205 Gee was signed to a minor league contract with a spring training invitation on games from 2012-14…appeared in 71 contests and was named the Astros Rookie of 1/17/17…spent the majority of 2016 with Kansas City, working as both a starter and the Year in 2008…had been selected by HOU in December 2007 MLB Rule 5 Draft in relief…prior to last season was with the organization for his entire after spending 1st 5 pro campaigns in LAD organization. career, making 95 starts for the big league club from 2010-15…pitched a career best 199.0 in 2013 with a high of 13 victories in 2011…is a graduate of Cleburne #77 ADAM LOEWEN (0-0, ––) LHP (TX) High School and pitched 3 seasons at the University of Texas-Arlington…still Loewen (pronounced LOW-en) is in his first season in the Texas organization after resides in Fort Worth, TX. signing a minor league deal just before the start of spring training…has been primarily a pitcher in his pro career, but also played as an from 2009-14, span which included brief stint in majors with Toronto…was on the Team Canada roster for the 2017 World Baseball Classic when it was announced on Feb. 8, but has since been removed from WBC participation after signing with Texas…a highly-touted prospect out of high school, Loewen was the fourth overall selection in the 2002 June draft by Baltimore, and remains the highest drafted Canadian in MLB history…led Kennedy- Surrey Little League to the 1996 Little League .

2017 TRANSACTIONS DATE TRANSACTION Jan. 13 C Robinson Chirinos, LHP Jake Diekman, RHP Sam Dyson, RHP A.J. Griffin, RHP Jeremy Jeffress, INF Jurickson Profar, and RHP Tanner Scheppers agreed to terms on 2017 contracts. Jan. 17 OF Josh Hamilton and RHP Dillon Gee signed to minor league contracts. Jan. 19 RHP Tyson Ross signed as free agent to one-year contract…RHP Brady Dragmire designated for assignment. Jan. 27 RHP Brady Dragmire assigned outright to Round Rock (AAA). Feb. 8 C Brett Hayes signed to minor league contract. Feb. 10 RHP Anthony Bass signed to minor league contract. Feb. 13 LHP Adam Loewen signed to minor league contract. Feb. 14 RHP Eddie Gamboa aquired from Tampa Bay in exchange for PTBNL or cash considerations. Feb. 16 1B Mike Napoli signed as free agent to one-year contract. Feb. 17 C A.J. Jimenez signed to minor league contract. Feb. 23 INF Hanser Alberto, LHP Dario Alvarez, RHP , LHP Alex Claudio, LHP Andrew Faulkner, RHP Chi Chi Gonzalez, RHP Mike Hauschild, RHP Jose Leclerc, RHP Nick Martinez, OF Nomar Mazara, C , 2B Rougned Odor, INF/OF Drew Robinson, OF Ryan Rua, and RHP Tyler Wagner agreed to terms on 2017 contracts. Feb. 25 OF Delino DeShields, 3B , RHP Eddie Gamboa, 1B Ronald Guzman, RHP Keone Kela, LHP Yohander Mendez, and RHP Connor Sadzeck agreed to terms on 2017 contracts.

2017 SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE/RESULTS (0-1) DATE OPPONENT RESULT WINNER LOSER FIRST PITCH/TOG TV-RADIO/ATT. Feb. 25 Kansas City Royals L, 5-7 Stout (1-0) Bass (0-1) Caramo (1) 2:41 5,134 Feb. 26 Kansas City Royals 1:05 p.m. 105.3 Feb. 27 Webcast Feb. 28 1:05 p.m. Webcast March 1 1:10 p.m. FSSW*/Webcast March 2 Oakland A’s 1:05 p.m. Webcast March 3 1:05 p.m. Webcast March 4 Milwaukee Brewers 1:05 p.m. 105.3 March 5 1:05 p.m. FSSW/105.3 March 6 Seattle Mariners 1:10 p.m. Webcast March 7 1:05 p.m. Webcast March 8 Open Date March 9 Team Venezuela 1:05 p.m. FSSW March 10 7:05 p.m. 105.3 March 11 1:05 p.m. TXA21/105.3 Oakland A’s 1:05 p.m. March 12 Chicago White Sox (ss) 12:05 p.m. 105.3 March 13 6:05 p.m. FSSW/105.3 March 14 Arizona Diamondbacks 1:10 p.m. FSSW*/Webcast March 15 Cleveland Indians 1:05 p.m. Webcast March 16 Open Date March 17 Los Angeles Angels 1:05 p.m. FSSW* Cleveland Indians (ss) 7:05 p.m. CT TXA21/105.3 March 18 1:05 p.m. Cleveland Indians (ss) 2:05 p.m. CT FSSW/105.3 March 19 Seattle Mariners 1:05 p.m. TXA21/105.3 March 20 7:10 p.m. FSSW*/Webcast March 21 Chicago White Sox 6:05 p.m. 105.3 March 22 Los Angeles Angels (ss) 1:10 p.m. FSSW*/Webcast March 23 Los Angeles Dodgers 4:05 p.m. ESPN March 24 San Diego Padres 1:05 p.m. Webcast March 25 Seattle Mariners 1:10 p.m. 105.3 March 26 Los Angeles Dodgers 1:05 p.m. TXA21/105.3 March 27 Colorado Rockies 1:05 p.m. March 28 Colorado Rockies 12:10 p.m. March 29 Kansas City Royals 12:05 p.m. March 30 Open Date March 31 Kansas City Royals 7:05 p.m. CT TXA21/105.3 April 1 Kansas City Royals 1:05 p.m. CT FSSW/105.3/1270

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