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Texas Rangers (7-12) at Tampa Bay Rays (4-13) LHP Cole Hamels (1-2, 4.50) vs. RHP Jake Faria (0-1, 8.18) Game #20 • Road #10 (5-4) • Wed., April 18, 2018 • Tropicana Field • 12:10 p.m. (CDT) • FSSW / 105.3 FM / 1270 AM RANGERS AT A GLANCE WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers and Rays conclude their INJURY REPORT: INF Jurickson Profar is in concussion pro- series this afternoon...Texas is 3-2 on this trip to HOU (2-1) tocol after hitting the right side of his head on the infield dirt in Overall ................................7-12 and TB (1-1), winning 3 of its last 4...club won consecutive a coillision at 2B in the 2nd inning on Monday and leaving the games for the 1st time in 2018 on Saturday and Sunday in game...he remains on the active roster ...OF Delino DeSh- Home ....................................2-8 Road .....................................5-4 HOU...Texas has dropped 7 of 11 overall. ields (fractured left hamate bone) is doing full baseball ac- • At 7-12 (.368), the Rangers have the 6th lowest winning tivities and is expected to begin a rehab assignment shortly. Standing .................5th, -7.0 GB percentage in the A.L....Rangers’ 12 losses match BAL and KC for 2nd most in A.L. behind TB (13)...club’s 7 wins through ISIAH KINER-FALEFA was 4-for-5 on Tuesday, the 1st Roadtrip ................................3-2 19 games match 1973, 1985, 2008, and 2015 for 3rd fewest Ranger to produce 4+ hits in a game since Elvis Andrus on One-Run ...............................1-1 in team history..fewest victories through 20 games: 6-14 in 9/6/17-Game 1 at ATL...some other notes on the effort: 2-Run ....................................1-1 1982 and 2002; 7-13 in 1973, 1985, 2008, and 2015. • Kiner-Falefa’s 4 hits came in just his 7th ML game...only 3 • Team has been in 5th place in the A.L. West for the last 9 other players in club history have produced a game of 4+ hits HR ........................................6-9 No HR...................................1-3 days...club gained a game in standings on Tuesday with cur- in their 1st 7 big league contests and all 3 did it with 4 hits in rent 7.0 game deficit the lowest since 4/12 (7.0 GB)...Texas their 6th games: Donnie Scott, 6/4/84 at MIN; Travis Hafner, White ....................................1-5 has been in either 4th or 5th place for 19 of the 20 days this 8/11/02 at CLE; and Julio Borbon, 8/5/09 at BOS...last Texas w/ Blue ................................0-4 season (T2nd following win on 3/30)…Rangers have gained rookie with a 4-hit game was Jared Hoying, 5/17/17 vs. PHI. w/ Red ................................1-1 ground in the division standings on just 4 days in 2018 • It was the 1st 4-hit game by a Hawaii native since MIN’s Gray ......................................1-2 Alt. Blue ................................4-4 , including 2 of last 3. Kurt Suzuki went 4-for-5 on 6/21/16 vs. PHI. Blue Home .........................1-2 • Before Tuesday, the last 3 instances of a 4-hit game on the Blue Road ..........................3-2 ON THE ROAD: The Rangers are 5-4 away from home in road by a Ranger had all come from Andrus…last non-An- Alt. Red (all home) ...............0-1 2018, winning 4 of the last 6...team’s .556 winning percent- drus instance?: Adrián Beltré on 8/19/16 here at The Trop. Throwback ............................1-0 age is T6th in A.L...club is 13-11 in its last 23 road games Last 5 Games .......................3-2 beginning 8/29/17...Texas is just 2-8 at home in 2018 and SPEAKING OF FOURS: On Tuesday, Shin-Soo Choo be- Last 10 Games .....................4-6 has lost 4 straight. came the 1st Ranger to score as many as 4 runs in a game • The Rangers have posted a 2.96 ERA (26 ER/79.0 IP) in since Rougned Odor on 7/22/15 at COL...Choo’s effort ended Come From Behind Wins ........ 1 Losses After Lead ................... 1 their 9 road games as opposed to a 5.80 (58 ER/90.0 IP) MLB’s 2nd-longest active drought without an individual player mark in 10 contests at Globe Life Park in Arlington. scoring 4-or-more runs in a game…the only club that has Score First ............................6-1 gone longer without an individual 4+ run game is BAL (last Opp. Score First ................. 1-11 SERIES STUFF: A victory today would give the Rangers con- Chris Davis on 5/20/14 at PIT)…Tuesday was just the 2nd secutive series wins after the club started the year 0-3-1 in time since the start of 2014 that a Ranger scored 4 runs in Columns below listed in a Home/Road/Total format its 1st 4 series...Texas has not won consecutive series since a game...it was the 3rd time Choo had scored 4 times in a taking 3 in a row, 8/29-9/6/17...club has not captured back-to- game, the 1st since 6/30/12 at BAL with CLE. vs. AL West ............. 1-6/4-3/5-9 back series on a single roadtrip since going 3-0 in WAS and vs. AL Central .......... 0-0/0-0/0-0 2-1 in HOU, 6/9-14/17. 20-GAME NUMBERS: Joey Gallo enters play on Wednes- vs. AL East .............. 1-2/1-1/2-3 Interleague .............. 0-0/0-0/0-0 • The Rangers are 1-1 in “rubber games” in 2018, losing on day tied with Mike Trout for the A.L. lead with 6 homers in 4/7 to TOR and winning on 4/15 at HOU. season’s 1st 19 games...the last Rangers with as many as 6 Series ..............0-3-0/1-0-1/1-3-1 homers through the team’s 1st 20 games of a season were Series Openers............... 0-3/0-3/0-6 VERSUS TAMPA BAY: The Rangers and Rays have split the Josh Hamilton (9) and Mike Napoli (6) in 2012. Series Finales ................0-3/2-0/2-3 Rubber Games ........ 0-1/1-0/1-1 1st 2 games of this series with Texas winning 4 of the last 5 • Overall, the Rangers have hit 11 homers in their last 6 meetings, all at TB, beginning 7/21/17...Texas is 12-9 vs. the games, accounting for 16 of the club’s 24 total runs in Lead after 6 ............. 2-0/4-0/6-0 Rays since the start of 2015, going 7-5 at St. Petersburg in that span...Texas had just 10 total HR in the year’s 1st 13 Lead after 7 ............. 2-0/4-0/6-0 that span...all-time, the Rangers lead, 95-80 in the regular games...Texas is 5th in the A.L.,with 22 HR behind: 26--LAA; Lead after 8 ............. 2-0/3-0/5-0 season with the Rays holding a slim 42-41 edge at Tropicana 24--OAK; 22--NYY and TOR. Trail after 6 .............0-8/1-3/1-11 Field...Texas defeated the Rays in the 2010 (3-2) and 2011 Trail after 7 .............0-8/1-3/1-11 (3-1) ALDS while losing the 2013 A.L. Wild Card Tiebreak- SOME NUMBERS IN THE FIELD: The Rangers had 4 dou- Trail after 8 ............ 0-8/0-4/0-12 er...the Rangers are 43-43 overall in the regular season at ble plays on Tuesday and lead the Majors with 22 DPs for the Tropicana Field including the 2-1 series win over HOU, 8/29- season...club has committed 2 errors in each game of this Tied after 6 .............. 0-0/0-1/0-1 Tied after 7 .............. 0-0/0-1/0-1 31/17 in a series moved from Houston to St. Petersburg due series with at least one miscue in each of the last 6 games Tied after 8 .............. 0-0/2-0/2-0 to Hurricane Harvey. (9 E)...the Rangers had just 6 total errors in season’s 1st 13 games...Kiner-Falefah became the 4th different Ranger Decided 7th/later............. 0-0/2-2/2-2 7-UP: The 7 runs scored by the Rangers on Tuesday are a to see action at shortstop in 2018 last night (Andrus, Profar, Shutouts ........................... 0-0/0-0/0-0 Decided final AB .........0-0/2-1/2-1 season high, the team’s most in a game since 9/30/17 vs. Robinson), matching CIN for the most SS used in the majors. Walk-off games ....................0-0 OAK (8)...prior to last night, Texas had been the only Major League club not to score as many as 7 runs in a game in HEADING HOME: Following today’s game, the Rangers re- ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST 2018...the 18 games at the start of a year without a contest turn to Arlington for a pair of 3-game series with SEA and Rank HR Player of 7+ runs is the 4th longest such streak in franchise history: OAK beginning Friday night...the Mariners are the only A.L. 32 473 Carlos Delgado 27--1988; 22--1965 and 1978. West Division opponent Texas has not faced in 2018...the 33 468 Chipper Jones 34 465 Dave Winfield • Tuesday’s 7-2 win also represented the Rangers’ largest Rangers were 8-11 vs.