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Los Angeles Angels (11-8) at Texas Rangers (6-12-1) RHP Alex Meyer (0-0, 5.79) vs. RHP Mike Hauschild (0-1, 1.74) Spring #21 • Home #10 (4-4-1) • Fri., March 17, 2017 • Surprise Stadium • 3:05 p.m. CST • FSSW+* * - FSSW+ will carry Angels’ FS West feed TODAY’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS IN SURPRISE TEXAS RANGERS LOS ANGELES-AL SPRING TRAINING AT A GLANCE 49 Mike Hauschild RHP 23 Alex Meyer RHP 52 Tanner Scheppers RHP 90 Manny Banuelos LHP Record ..................................................................................6-12-1 23 Jeremy Jeffress RHP 53 Blake Parker RHP Home ......................................................................................4-4-1 64 Mike Morin RHP Road ..........................................................................................2-8 83 Kenyan Middleton RHP In Surprise ..............................................................................5-4-1 TONIGHT’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS AT SAN ANTONIO Away from Surprise ...................................................................1-8 TEXAS RANGERS CLEVELAND Current streak ............................................................................W1 64 A.J. Griffin RHP 31 Danny Salazar RHP Last 5 games .............................................................................3-2 53 Tyler Wagner RHP 48 Boone Logan LHP Longest winning streak ..................................................2 (3/12-13) 62 Jose Leclerc RHP Longest losing streak....................................................5 (2/27-3/2) 78 Eddie Gamboa RHP TEX scores 1st/Opp. scores 1st .......................................4-4/2-8-1 TOMORROW’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS AT GOODYEAR BALLPARK TEX out-hits/Opp. out-hits/Hits even ....................... 4-0-1/2-12/0-0 TEXAS RANGERS CINCINNATI HR/No HR .........................................................................5-4-1/1-7 11 Yu Darvish RHP 61 Bronson Arroyo RHP Error/Error-less .................................................................2-7-1/4-5 60 Anthony Bass RHP 47 Sal Romano RHP Lead after 6/7/8 .............................................................5-2/4-2/6-1 57 Wesley Wright LHP 41 Louis Coleman RHP 39 Dario Alvarez LHP 77 Alejandro Chacin RHP Trail after 6/7/8 ....................................................... 1-9-1/1-8-1/0-9 Tied after 6/7/8 .......................................................... 0-1/1-2/0-2-1 One-run games..........................................................................1-4 TOMORROW’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS AT SAN ANTONIO TEXAS RANGERS CLEVELAND Come-from-behind wins ............................................................... 3 36 Dillon Gee RHP 52 Mike Clevinger RHP vs. A.L. .......................................................................................5-6 55 Allen Webster RHP vs. N.L. ...................................................................................1-6-1 72 Brady Dragmire RHP 75 R.J. Alvarez RHP MINOR LEAGUE EXTRAS FOR TODAY WINS AND LOSSES: Texas entered today at 6-12-1 overall in Cactus League 37 Michael O’Neill OF 67 Austin Pettibone RHP games, winning 3 of 4 and 4 of 6 ahead of the weekend split squad games after 39 Ricardo Valencia C 68 Jhonny Alvarez C going 2-10-1 in 1st 13 games this spring…club dropped an exhibition vs. Team 49 Eric Aguilera (L) 1B 71 Anderson Tejeda (L) SS Venezuela on 3/9 that did not count for Cactus League purposes…at 6-12-1 53 Carlos Arroyo (L) UT 75 Luis Silva INF (.333), Rangers are tied with SD (6-12) for fewest wins and lowest win pct. of 55 Jason Martinson INF 79 Eduard Pinto (L) OF any club in Cactus League…the 6 wins are T3rd-fewest in MLB (5 for MIA and TOR)…Rangers are 5-4-1 in Surprise with a 4-4-1 mark as the home team… 60 Preston Beck (L) 1B/OF 81 Jaye Chapman RHP team is 2-8 in road games, including 1-7 away from Surprise, as Sunday’s win 62 Josh Altmann 3B 88 Nick Gardewine RHP over White Sox in Glendale remains team’s lone win outside of Surprise. 63 Royce Bolinger 1B/OF 89 Clayton Cook RHP 65 Brallan Perez 2B 97 Preston Claiborne RHP BIG LEAGUE WEEKEND / STAFF IN SURPRISE: The fifth H-E-B Big League Weekend is scheduled for tonight and tomorrow at the Alamodome in San An- VS. LOS ANGELES-AL: The Rangers and Angels play 2nd of 3 spring meet- tonio, with the Rangers serving as the home team against the Cleveland Indi- ings today (next on Wed. in Tempe)…Texas suffered a 3-2 walkoff loss on 3/1 ans…both games in San Antonio will be televised along with radio broadcasts in Tempe…Texas went 10-9 against the Angels last season, winning the season on 105.3 The Fan. series for the 1st time since 2013…team was 4-1-1 in the 6 series vs. the Halos in 2016…teams play 19 games this season, including the Rangers’ 1st road With the split squad games today and tomorrow, manager Jeff Banister has series of the season from 4/11-13 in Anaheim. remained in Surprise along with four coaches from the major league staff: Josh Bonifay, Doug Brocail, Hector Ortiz, Justin Mashore. BATTING NOTES: Club had spring highs with 12 runs and 16 hits on Wed. vs. CLE…batting .302 (64-212) with 15 2B, a 3B, 5 HR, and 41 R (6.8 R/G) over WILD WIN WEDNESDAY: The Rangers had a full off day in camp yesterday, last 7 G to raise batting avg. from .201 to spring-best .235…hitting .299 (23-77) with no major league or minor league workouts or games…in the club’s last with RISP over last 6 G…have 17 R last 3 road games, this after 8 total runs in game on Wed. vs. CLE, Rangers overcame an early 6-run deficit and posted 1st 6 G away from Surprise…still have 3rd-lowest avg. in MLB at .235…club has a 12-11 walkoff win…Jared Hoying hit a game-ending RBI single in the 9th… been out-hit in 14 of 19 games…Drew Robinson he has reached safely via hit or Birdville High School product Jason Martinson had 4 RBI as a minor league walk in 10 of his last 13 G and has a 1.006 OPS this spring…he leads the Rang- call-up for the game, including a game-tying 3-R HR off Cody Allen in the 7th ers in HR, SLG (.606), OBP (.400), total bases (20), XBH (tied-5), RBI (tied-8), inning…Shin-Soo Choo, Will Middlebrooks, and Doug Bernier all started for the runs (tied-8), and BB (tied-6)…Carlos Gomez has gone 7-for-14 with 2 HR, 3 Rangers and collected a pair of hits…Ronald Guzman and Hoying each had 2 2B, 2 BB, a HBP and 8 runs over his last 6 Cactus League contests…Gomez’s hits off the bench…Carlos Gomez had 2 runs, a HBP, single, and sacrifice fly… 5 XBH are tied for team lead, and he is T2nd on club with 17 TB…Joey Gallo the Rangers and Indians combined for 31 hits, 8 walks, and 4 hit batsmen in the has hits in 4 of 5, 4 RBI in that span…Gallo’s 2 HR are T2nd on club, and his 6 contest…Dario Alvarez (1.1 IP) and Anthony Bass (2.0 IP) each had scoreless BB are tied for most among Rangers…Mike Napoli has hits in 5 of 6 and 7 of outings out of the bullpen. 10 overall this spring for a .292/.333/.458/.791 slash line in 27 PA’s…has RBI in 4 of 5 and 6 of 10 overall, and is 4-for-10 w/ RISP…Nomar Mazara has reached MINORS TODAY: After 5 pitchers from major league camp appeared in minor safely in 7 of his 10 spring games, going 5-for-13 w/ RISP…Ryan Rua is tied league games on Wednesday, RHP Tony Barnette is slated to pitch in a minors for club lead with 8 RBI…Rua has hits in 4 straight and 7 of last 8 at 8-for-25 intrasquad game this morning at 11 a.m. on Rangers Field 6 in Surprise. (.320), and also homered in the Thursday exhibition vs. Team Venezuela…Rua is 4-for-last-6 w/ RISP…Delino DeShields leads the Cactus league with 5 stolen 99 PROBLEMS BUT A JIC AIN’T ONE: The Rangers enter today’s games hav- bases (tied), going 5-for-5 in steal tries…DeShields has 4 runs scored in his last ing used 99 players this spring: 51 position players and 48 pitchers…there are 3 games…Hanser Alberto has reached via hit or walk in 4 straight and 6 of 7 at 7 players from minor league camp available today who have yet to appear in an 7-for-18 (.389) with a walk…Will Middlebrooks has hits and runs in 4 straight at ‘A’ game this spring (see list in right column): Aguilera, Alvarez, Arroyo, O’Neill, 6-for-14 with a HR, 3B, and 2 RBI…Jared Hoying and Ronald Guzman are tied Pinto, Silva, Valencia. for the team lead with 17 games, and Gallo has team-high 13 starts. WBC UPDATE: The Rangers have 8 players from the organization participat- INJURY REPORT: INF Hanser Alberto (sore rt. shoulder) is scheduled to be ing in the World Baseball Classic, and all have advanced to the second round: evaulated by Rangers Team Physician Dr. Keith Meister today to determine 3B Adrian Beltre (Dominican Republic), C Robinson Chirinos (Venezuela), LHP when he will begin a throwing program…RHP Andrew Cashner has right upper Alex Claudio (Puerto Rico), RHP Sam Dyson (USA), C Jonathan Lucroy (USA), biceps soreness, as first announced on 3/2…saw Dr. Greg Pearl in Dallas and INF Rougned Odor (Venezuela), LHP Martin Perez (Venezuela), and INF Ju- received 2 injections on 3/10…scheduled for a 20-pitch bullpen off the mound rickson Profar (Netherlands). today…RHP Tyson Ross had surgery to relieve Thoracic Outlet Syndrome per- formed on his right side on 10/13/16 in St. Louis by Dr. Robert Thompson…is Netherlands has advanced to the semifinals and is scheduled to play the top expected to miss the start of 2017…scheduled for a 35-pitch bullpen today…SS seed from Pool F (San Diego pool) on Monday at Dodger Stadium at 6pm AZ Elvis Andrus had surgery on 11/1/16 to repair a sports hernia…has played in time…Profar in 6 G in WBC: 12-for-23 (.522), HR, 5 2B, 3 BB, 6 R…the US 4 of the last 5 games, his 1st game action of the spring…C Brett Nicholas had squad (1-0 in Pool F) is the visitor tonight against Puerto Rico (1-0) at 6 pm AZ successful arthroscopic surgery for torn medial meniscus in left knee performed time in San Diego…the Dominican (1-1) beat Venezuela (0-2) by a 3-0 score by Dr.