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Los Angeles Angels (83-75) at Texas Rangers (86-72) LHP Andrew Heaney (6-3, 3.29) vs. LHP Derek Holland (3-3, 4.99) Game #159 • Home #78 (41-36) • Thurs., Oct. 1, 2015 • Globe Life Park in Arlington • 7:05 p.m. (CDT) • FSSW / 105.3 FM / 1540 AM RANGERS AT A GLANCE WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers beat the Tigers last CHOO’S SEPTEMBER: Shin-Soo Choo led all of MLB with night, 6-2 and have now won 2 straight…club is 2-1 to begin a .515 on-base percentage for September, the highest sin- Overall ..............................86-72 this season-ending 7-day, 7-game homestand against Detroit gle-month OBP by a Texas batter since Mike Napoli in Sep- (2-1) and Los Angeles-AL (4 G)…Texas has captured 6 of 9, tember 2011 (.518)...he also led the majors in batting (min. Home ................................41-36 Road .................................45-36 7 of 11, and 12 of 17...team’s 18-10 (.643) mark in September 75 PA) with a .404 average, becoming the 1st Ranger (100+ ranked 3rd in the A.L (LAA and TOR--18-9, .667)…team has PA’s) to hit .400 in September...he also ranked among the Standing ................1st, +2.5 GA won 13 of 19, 15 of 23, 22 of 33, 25 of 38, 31 of 46, and 39 MLB September leaders in hits (T1st, 42), walks (7th, 21), of the last 59 games, the longer span beginning 7/29…club and RBI (T9th, 20)...Choo’s post All-Star break OBP now sits Homestand ...........................2-1 has gone 43-23 (.652) beginning 7/21, 2nd-best in A.L. to at .460, the 2nd-highest in club history behind Napoli’s .466 One-Run ...........................27-20 TOR at .703 (45-19)…team’s 44-26 (.629) record since the in 2011. 2-Run ................................18-14 All-Star break is T3rd-best in ML (see chart at left)…club is 74-54 starting 5/10 and 78-56 since 5/4…at 86-72 (.544), MIKE NAPOLI has batted .392 (20-51) with 2 doubles, 5 HR ....................................64-30 No HR...............................22-42 team is tied for the 3rd-best record in the A.L…season high home runs, 10 RBI, and 8 walks vs. left-handed pitchers since 15 games above .500 on 9/25 at 84-69, best record since joining the Rangers on 8/8...in that span he ranks among the White ................................33-27 end of 2013 (91-72)…team was a season high 8 G under A.L. leaders vs. LHP in OBP (2nd, .483), SLG (4th, .725), Gray ..................................20-15 .500 on 5/3 (8-16)). average (5th), and HR (T5th). Alt. Blue ............................23-25 • Napoli is batting .326/.444/.708/1.152 in 52 career games Blue Home .........................0-4 Blue Road ......................23-21 POSTSEASON CLINCHES: WWithith a vvictoryictory ttonight,onight, TTexasexas vs. the Angels, including 5 multi-home run games...of those 5 Alt. Red (all home) ...............8-6 ccanan cclinchlinch a spotspot inin thethe ppostseason...theostseason...the onlyonly timetime forfor thethe games, 3 have come as a Ranger during the fi nal week of the Camo Road ..........................1-0 RRangersangers toto cclinchlinch a postseasonpostseason berthberth withoutwithout a divisiondivision titletitle regular season...he has averaged a homer run every 9.89 AB Stars Home...........................0-1 wwasas 22012...the012... dates and games for the 6 times Texas has vs. the Angels in his career, highest of any Angels opponent Powder Blue Road................1-0 clinched a trip to the postseason: with at least 200 PA (Alex Rodriguez is 2nd at 11.27)...TOR’s Last 5 Games .......................2-3 TEXAS RANGERS POSTSEASON CLINCH DATES Jose Bautista (8.38 vs. MIN) is the only active player with a Last 10 Games .....................6-4 1996: Sept. 27, Game 161…lost to Angels at home but clinched with Seattle loss AB/HR ratio vs. a single opponent better than Napoli. 1998: Sept. 25, Game 160…lost at Seattle but clinched with Angels loss 1999: Sept. 26, Game 155…won vs. Oakland at home Come From Behind Wins ...... 31 2010: Sept. 25, Game 154…won at Oakland ADRIAN BELTRE: drove in a pair of runs last night to fi nish Losses After Lead ................. 30 2011: Sept. 23, Game 157…won vs. Seattle at home, then clinched with Angels loss 2012: Sept. 30, Game 159...won vs. Angels (Game 2 of DH) September with 29 RBI, 2nd-most in the majors for the month Score First ........................65-24 (COL’s Nolan Arenado-32)...the RBI total also matched the Opp. Score First ...............21-48 WINNING RECORD: AAtt 886-72,6-72, tthishis iiss tthehe RRangers’angers’ 66thth wwin-in- 2nd-highest monthly total of his career (30 in 7/2006, 29 in 9/2011)...since 8/15, Beltre is averaging a RBI every 3.91 Columns below listed in a nninging seasonseason inin thethe lastlast 7 yearsyears (beginning(beginning 20092009 everyevery yearyear Home/Road/Total format bbutut 22014),014), oonene ofof justjust 4 MLML clubsclubs toto accomplishaccomplish thatthat featfeat toto AB, the 3rd-best rate in the majors (TOR’s Edwin Encarna- ddateate ((7--NYY7--NYY aandnd SSTL;TL; 66--LAD).--LAD). cion-3.28 and BOS’s David Ortiz-3.75)...Beltre drove in both vs. AL West . 15-19/19-19/34-38 • TThehe RRangersangers havehave wonwon 523523 gamesgames sincesince thethe startstart ofof 2010,2010, of the runs with his 412th career home run, matching Alfonso vs. AL Central ...... 9-7/9-7/18-14 Soriano for 50th on the all-time list. vs. AL East .......12-5/11-6/23-11 ttyingying TTBB fforor tthehe 33rdrd mmostost iinn tthehe mmajorsajors iinn tthathat sspanpan bbehindehind Interleague .............5-5/6-4/11-9 SSTLTL ((551)551) aandnd NYYNYY ((542).542). BULLISH PEN: The Texas bullpen fi nished the month of Series ...12-11-2/11-10-5/23-21-7 DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENT: At 86-72, Texas has 19 more September with a 2.05 ERA (19 ER/83.1 IP) and .197 opp. Series Openers..12-13/15-11/27-24 average, both the lowest fi gures in the majors for the month... Series Finales ...13-11/13-13/26-24 wins than in all of 2014 (67-95)…the 19-win improvement Rubber Games ......5-5/3-7/8-12 represents 2nd-biggest jump in wins from 2014 to 2015 it was the lowest ERA posted by the Texas bullpen in a single among ML clubs (CHC-20)…the 18-win improvement is 3rd- month since April 2012 (1.98 ERA)...the pen closed out the Lead after 6 .......37-5/30-4/67-9 best in Rangers history (full seasons only). month on a 9.2 IP scoreless streak in the fi nal 3 G vs. DET. Lead after 7 .......35-4/31-3/66-7 • Sam Dyson allowed just one unearned run over 13.0 in- Lead after 8 .......37-3/36-1/73-4 MOST INCREASE IN WINS FROM ONE YEAR TO NEXT No. Wins in 1st Year Wins in Next Year nings of work in September, the most innings without an Trail after 6 ........ 3-28/6-30/9-58 27 57 in 1973 84 in 1974 earned run allowed in the A.L. for the month, 2nd in MLB Trail after 7 ........ 1-29/5-30/6-59 25 62 in 1985 87 in 1986 (NYM’s Addison Reed-14.0). Trail after 8 ........ 1-29/2-31/3-60 19 67 in 2014 86 in 2015 HOME STRETCH: Texas has a 7-game homestand to end Tied after 6 ............ 3-3/7-2/10-5 Tied after 7 ............ 7-3/7-3/14-6 FIRST PLACE RANGERS: Texas has had sole possession the regular season, 41-36 (.532) in Arlington in 2015…Rang- Tied after 8 ............ 5-4/5-4/10-8 of 1st place in the A.L. West for the last 16 days beginning ers have won 8 of 11, 13 of 17, 14 of 20, and 22 of last 29 9/15…that is the team’s longest span of being along at the home games, with club’s 25-8 (.758) home mark beg. 7/29 Decided 7th/later.... 10-9/14-9/24-18 ranking tied for best in MLB with TOR…Rangers’ 25 home Shutouts ........................... 3-1/6-8/9-9 top since 23 straight days, 8/10-9/1/13…the Rangers have Decided fi nal AB ...10-7/7-7/17-14 lost 2.0 games in the standings the last 5 days, 1st time that wins since 7/29 are also tied for the MLB lead with TOR, Walk-off games ....................7-6 has happened since 5/13-15 (lost 3.0 G)…4.5-game advan- which is slated to fi nish the year on the road. tage on 9/25 was Texas’ largest division lead since 5/26/13 • Over the 25-8 span at home beg. 7/29, Rangers are batting .303/.370/.492/.862 (338-1117) w/ 191 R (5.8 R/G) and have ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST (+4.5 GA) and was the club’s biggest division lead in Septem- Rank HR Player ber since 9/24/12 (+5.0 GA). a 3.67 ERA (122 ER/299.0 IP). 47 428 Mike Piazza • Texas had not been alone in 1st place all season until win 48 426 Billy Williams on 9/15 vs. HOU in game #144…became just 6th team in VS.