Oakland Athletics (16-19) at Texas Rangers (17-20) RHP Sonny Gray (0-1, 4.22) Vs
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Oakland Athletics (16-19) at Texas Rangers (17-20) RHP Sonny Gray (0-1, 4.22) vs. RHP Nick Martínez (0-2, 5.18) Game #38 • Home #20 (11-8) • Sat., May 13, 2017 • Globe Life Park in Arlington • 7:05 p.m. (CDT) • FSSW / 105.3 FM / 1270 AM RANGERS AT A GLANCE WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers have posted consecutive THAT BALL IS HISTORY: Joey Gallo hit a walk-off 3-run HR walk-off victories to extend current win streak to 4 games, last night after Mike Napoli had pulled the trick the previous Overall ..............................17-20 matching longest in ‘17 (also 4/20-23)…team’s last win night…it marks just the 4th time in club history to win at least streak longer than 4 games was 7 straight, 8/27 - 9/3/16… 2 consecutive contests on game-ending home runs…the Home .................................. 11-8 Road ...................................6-12 club is 3-0 to begin this 8-game, 9-day homestand against other instances: Aug. 5-6, 1978 vs. CLE (John Lowenstein/ SD (2-0), OAK (1-0), and PHI (3 G)…team is 6-3 in last 9 G, Gary Gray), Oct. 2-3, 1981 vs. CAL (Mark Wagner/Bobby Standing .................5th, -8.5 GB 6-6 in May, and 12-10 since 4/20, but has lost 8 of 15 and Johnson), and July 29-30-31, 2013 vs. LAA (Geovany Soto/ is 9-9 in last 18 G…team’s 6 May wins are T5th-most in the Leonys Martin/Adrian Beltre). Homestand ...........................3-0 A.L…at 17-20 (.459), Rangers have the 5th-lowest win pct. in • According to Elias Sports Bureau, it was the 2nd time in One-Run ...............................3-7 the A.L. and team’s 17 wins are T5th-fewest in the league… MLB this season for a team to win consecutive games on 2-Run ....................................1-1 team was 21-16 at this point last year after also holding a walk-off HR, also the A’s on 5/7 vs. DET (Ryon Healy) and 15-22 mark in 2015, but ‘15 was the only other time in last 5/8 vs. LAA (Jed Lowrie). HR ....................................14-13 No HR...................................3-7 9 seasons (beg. 2009) to be under .500 thru 37 games… after 38 G, Texas was 22-16 in 2016 and 16-22 in 2015…club WALK-OFF TALLY: Last night was the Rangers’ 4th walk-off White ....................................8-5 was a season high 7 games under .500 following Monday’s win of ‘17, tied with LAA for most in MLB…only other A.L. w/ Blue ................................2-1 loss at SD…Texas has been a season-best one game under clubs with more than 2 such wins are BAL (3) and OAK (3)… w/ Red ................................6-4 .500 twice in ‘17 (last after win on 4/23)…Rangers lost a sea- Texas has also lost a pair of walk-off games (4-2), as the 6 Gray ......................................6-5 Alt. Blue ................................2-8 son-high 4 straight, 4/30-5/3. total walk-off games are T2nd-most in MLB…the list: PHI (7, Blue Home .........................2-1 • Despite the 4-G win streak, Texas has not gained ground 3-4), BAL (6, 3-3), LAA (6, 4-2), TEX (6, 4-2), and WAS (6, Blue Road ..........................0-7 in the division since beating Houston on 5/4, the only date 3-3). Alt. Red (all home) ...............1-2 in May the team has shaved its division deficit…current 8.5- Throwback ............................0-0 game deficit in the A.L. West matches largest of ‘17 (5th GALLO AGAIN: Joey Gallo’s game-ending blast last night Last 5 Games .......................4-1 straight day), tied w/ OAK for largest division margin for any was his 12th HR of the year, 2nd-most in the A.L. (13-NYY’s Last 10 Games .....................6-4 A.L. club. Aaron Judge) and T4th-most in MLB…he is one of just 6 ML players with at least 12 HR in 2017…Gallo has HR in 3 of 6, 4 Come From Behind Wins ........ 7 Losses After Lead ................. 10 AT HOME: Texas is 11-8 at home, winning 3 straight, 5 of 7, of 8, and 7 of his last 10 games with a plate appearance, and 10 of 14, and 11 of last 16 in Arlington…after playing 15 of he is one of 3 A.L. players with at least 5 HR in May (7-Yonder Score First ..........................10-8 25 April games at home, will play just 11 of 29 G this month Alonso, 5-Gallo/Manny Machado). Opp. Score First .................7-12 at Globe Life Park…since start of ‘16, Rangers’ 64-36 (.640) record at home is 2nd-best in A.L. to BAL (63-34, .649) and EIGHT IS ENOUGH: Gallo’s blast last night came from the Columns below listed in a Home/Road/Total format 4th-best in the majors…club is batting .236/.317/.417/.734 8-spot in the batting order…it was the 1st walk-off HR by a at home compared to .207/.285/.381/.666 on the road…the Ranger batting 8th or 9th since 9/26/13 vs. LAA (J. Profar). vs. AL West ..........4-3/5-11/9-14 club’s ERA at home (3.39) is nearly a run lower than its road vs. AL Central .......... 5-5/0-0/5-5 figure (4.28). STARTERS KEEP IT GOING: Andrew Cashner allowed just vs. AL East .............. 0-0/0-0/0-0 Interleague .............. 2-0/1-1/3-1 one run in 6.0 innings last night, as the Texas rotation has SERIES STUFF: Texas is 4-7-1 in series this season after 7 quality starts in the club’s last 8 games…starters have a Series ..............3-3-0/1-4-1/4-7-1 sweeping the 2-game series with the Padres here in Arlington 2.35 (15 ER/57.1 IP) over the last 9 G to drop season ERA Series Openers............... 4-3/2-4/6-7 this week…team has gone 1-4-1 in 6 series since a 4-game from 3.67 to 3.32, 2nd-best in MLB (TB-3.22)…the staff has Series Finales ................4-2/3-3/7-5 Rubber Games ........ 1-1/1-2/2-3 sweep of KC, 4/20-23, but could secure a 2nd straight series an A.L.-high 23 quality starts, tied with Washington for most win by winning tonight and/or Sunday. in MLB. Lead after 6 ............6-2/5-5/11-7 Lead after 7 ........... 7-2/5-2/12-4 VS. OAKLAND: Rangers have gone 4-3 vs. OAK in 2017, POWER RANGERS: The Rangers now lead the American Lead after 8 ........... 7-1/5-1/12-2 losing 2 of last 3 after winning 3 of 1st 4 meetings…the home League with 53 home runs, 3rd-most in the majors (Milwau- Trail after 6 ............ 1-5/0-5/1-10 club has won the 1st 2 series this year…after Sunday, Rang- kee-59; Washington-55)...in the last 2 games, the club has Trail after 7 ............ 2-5/0-8/2-13 ers/A’s will next play August 25-27 at the Coliseum…Rangers scored 8 of its 10 runs via the long ball and home runs have Trail after 8 .......... 2-6/0-10/2-16 have won 10 of 16 and 18 of last 30 overall…are 8-5 in Ar- accounted for 89 of club’s 168 runs (52.9%) this season. lington since the start of ‘16…Texas won season series 10-9 • Joey Gallo and Mike Napoli have been responsible for 9 Tied after 6 .............. 4-1/1-2/5-3 Tied after 7 .............. 2-1/1-2/3-3 last year, 4th straight season for TEX/OAK season series to of the team’s MLB-best 19 home runs in the month of May... Tied after 8 .............. 2-1/1-1/3-2 be decided by 10-9 margin…all-time, Rangers lead 357-344 Gallo ranks T2nd in the majors with 5 home runs this month, and have advantages of 187-163 in Arlington and 99-97 at while Napoli is tied for 8th with 4. Decided 7th/later...........4-3/1-7/5-10 GLPIA. Shutouts ........................... 1-0/2-1/3-1 Decided final AB .........4-2/1-4/5-6 MOTHER’S DAY WEEKEND: For the first time MLB play- Walk-off games ....................4-2 VS. A.L. WEST: The Rangers are 9-14 vs. A.L. West oppo- ers will have the opportunity to use pink bats both today and nents, dropping 6 of their last 9 beginning 4/30…team has tomorrow on Mother’s Day weekend…authenticated, game- ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST played just 7 of its 23 intradivision games this season in Ar- used Louisville Slugger pink bats and other pink items from Rank HR Player lington, going 4-3 in those contests. Mother’s Day weekend games will be auctioned exclusively 37 452 Carl Yastrzemski on MLB.com/auction to benefit the fight against breast can- 38 450 Miguel Cabrera TAKE ANOTHER LOOK: Texas had a successful manager’s cer…this weekend, players and on-field personnel also will 39 449 Jeff Bagwell challenge using instant replay in the 1st inning last night… wear the symbolic pink ribbon on their uniforms along with 449 Vladimir Guerrero Jeff Banister has been successful in 5 straight, 7 of 8, and pink wristband…players will wear specially-designed uni- 41 445 Adrian Beltre 42 442 Dave Kingman 10 of 15 challenges overall this season…of the 5 unsuccess- forms that incorporate pink into the Clubs’ regular logos as 43 440 Jason Giambi ful challenges, 3 have been confirmed, and each of those 3 well as caps highlighted by a graphite crown and pink visor… have come in the 7th-or-later - when managers can ask for a please see the MLB press release for more details.