Baltimore Orioles (28-27) at Texas Rangers (29-28) RHP Ubaldo Jimenez (2-6, 4.65) Vs
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Baltimore Orioles (28-27) at Texas Rangers (29-28) RHP Ubaldo Jimenez (2-6, 4.65) vs. LHP Joe Saunders (0-1, 4.15) Game #58 • Home #27 (13-13) • Tues., June 3, 2014 • Globe Life Park in Arlington • 7:05 p.m. CDT • FSSW / 103.3 FM / 1270 AM WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers beat that Nationals 2-0 on Sunday RIOS SELECTED RANGERS MAY PLAYER OF MONTH: Alex Rios has to finish 7-4 on a season-long 11-game, 11-day road trip to Detroit (3-1), been voted as Texas Rangers May Player of the Month by media who cov- Minnesota (3-1), and Washington, D.C. (1-2)…club has lost 2 of 3, but has er the team on a regular basis…Rios batted .312 (34-109) with 5 2B, 5 3B, won 6 of 9, 8 of 12 and 9 of 14…team has lost 19 of 33 and 20 of 35…club 2 HR, 17 RBI, and 16 R in 28 G in May…it was the first 5-triple month by was 2 games over .500 with Thursday’s win for the first time since May 9 any player in Rangers history…he had a 12-G hit streak from May 17-29. (19-17), seeking to get back to that point with a win tonight…Texas has twice reached season-low 3-under (last after loss on 5/20)…before this ANOTHER SHUTOUT: The Rangers posted club’s MLB-best 11th shutout month, team had not been 3-under since 4/23/09 (6-9)…have been sea- of the season on Sunday at Washington, and have posted shutouts in 2 son-high 6 games over .500 twice, last after win on 4/26 (15-9). of its last 4 games…Texas has one more SHO than the next-closest team • Texas won 2 of 3 series on the road trip after having gone 1-6-2 in pre- (STL-10) and 3 more than any other A.L. club (TOR-8), this despite ranking vious 9 series. 13th in the league with a 4.29 ERA…club recorded its 11th SHO in game no. 57, becoming just the 3rd team since 1970 to reach that total in club’s STANDINGS: Rangers are in a tie with Seattle for 3rd place in the A.L. first 57 games (1974 Dodgers and 1989 Angels both had 11 in first 57). West, 6.0 games behind Oakland…Texas has lost 2.0 games in the divi- • With 11 SHO, Rangers have already surpassed staff’s season total in sion over the past 4 days after not doing so since since May 20…the 4.0- each of the past 2 years (10 each in 2012 and 2013), as current total is game deficit after Thursday’s win had been smallest since May 12 (-4.0)… already T8th-most in team history…the 11 SHO are most by Rangers since this is 9th straight day in 3rd place after being in 4th for 12 straight and 13 team-record 19 in 2011. of 14 days from May 11-24…prior to this season, Rangers had not been anywhere other than first or 2nd in the division this late since 9/22/08 (3rd UTAH! GET ME TWO: The Rangers won 2-0 on Sunday, snapping a 14- place)…season-high 8.0-game deficit May 20-21. game losing streak for the club when scoring exactly 2 runs (last was 2-1 win on 8/31/13 vs. MIN…team had won 3 different 1-0 games in between AT HOME: Tonight’s game begins a 9-game, 9-day homestand against the past 2 wins with exactly 2 runs. Baltimore (3 G), Cleveland (4), and Miami (2)…Rangers’ 13-13 (.500) home record ranks 7th in A.L., the club’s slowest start in Arlington since an YU CAN DO IT: Yu Darvish tossed 8.0 shutout innings on Sunday to earn 11-15 home mark to open the 2007 campaign, and one of just 6 times to the win…it was the 4th start this season for Darvish to throw at least 7.0 be .500-or-worse thru 26 home games in the “Ballpark Era”…have won 2 shutout innings, T2nd-most in MLB (STL’s Adam Wainwright - 6x) and of last 3 home games, but have dropped 5 of 7 at home and are 4-10 last tied with TOR’s Mark Buehrle for most such outings by any A.L. pitcher 14 home games after opening season with a 9-3 mark in Arlington…club in 2014…the 4 scoreless starts of 7.0+ innings are already T5th-most in a has posted 6 shutouts in first 26 home games…Rangers won first 4 series single season in Rangers history, 2 shy of Derek Holland’s club record of here in ‘14, but are 0-3-2 last 5 home series. 6 such games in 2013…Darvish has at least 11 strikeouts in 3 of his last 4 starts, and his A.L.-best 10.77 SO per 9 innings ranks 2nd in MLB to only VS. BALTIMORE: This is first of 2 meetings this season, as clubs will wrap WSH’s Stephen Strasburg (10.90)…Darvish is 2nd in the A.L. in both ERA up season series with 4 games in Baltimore, June 30-July 3…from start of (2.08) and opponents average (.210). 2011 thru 7/9/13, Rangers went 12-2 vs. O’s, but have dropped 5 in a row • Elias Sports Bureau notes that Darvish has 41 K’s over his last 4 starts… beginning 7/10/13…have lost season series in 2 of last 4 years, but still Elias says the only other MLB pitcher with 40+ K’s over a 4-G span in ‘14 12-7 vs. O’s since start of 2011 and have 44-34 lead since start of 2005… is MIA’s Jose Fernandez (42 from April 16 to May 4), and the only other Rangers were swept in 3-G series in Arlington last year (July 19-21) and pitcher to have 3 games with 11 or more strikeouts is CLE’s Corey Kluber. are just 8-10 at home vs. O’s since start of 2009 (not including Wild Card Game loss)…Baltimore leads all-time series 240-193-1, including 121-95 PLAYERS USED / DL STINTS: The Rangers enter today having used 39 edge in Arlington…Texas has a 49-40 lead at Globe Life Park. players, 4th-most in MLB behind LAA, NYM, and TOR (40 each)…club’s 22 pitchers used (including Mitch Moreland on 5/6 at COL) is most in MLB, UNDER THE LIGHTS: Beginning tonight, Rangers play 4 straight, 9 of 11, ahead of 5 teams with 21…Texas has used 9 rookies, T5th-most in MLB… and 29 of final 38 in first “half” at night…while Texas has the majors’ 3rd- Rangers have not used a new player since Chris Gimenez made his Texas best winning pct. in day games (13-6, .684), club has the A.L.’s 4th-lowest debut on May 21 vs. SEA…Rangers lead MLB with 12 players currently on winning pct. at night (16-22, .421)…Rangers are 1-8 in last 9 night con- the DL and 17 DL uses overall in 2014. tests, 6-17 under the lights beginning April 25 after opening the season DISABLED LIST PLACEMENT HIGHS IN 2014, MLB with a 10-5 record at night…7 of the Rangers’ 16 night wins this season Through Monday transactions have been shutouts…Rangers 4.35 night ERA is 4th-highest in MLB, while Current Team Season Team 3.39 runs per game at night is 3rd-lowest average in majors. 12 Texas 17 Texas 8 Boston 13 Cincinnati SCHEPPERS AND ADDUCI ON REHAB: The Rangers announced today 7 Arizona 12 Los Angeles-NL that RHP Tanner Scheppers has been transferred from Round Rock (AAA) 7 Baltimore 11 Boston to Frisco (AA) as he continues an injury rehab assignment…OF Jim Adduci 7 Washington 11 Washington has been assigned to Frisco (AA) to begin his injury rehab assignment tonight when Frisco hosts San Antonio at 7:05 p.m. CDT…Scheppers was FEW HOME RUNS: Leonys Martin hit a solo homer for the game’s first run placed on the 15-day DL April 18 with right elbow inflammation and has on Sunday in the 7th inning to snap the team’s 6-game drought…Shin-Soo allowed 6 runs (5 earned) over 4.2 IP spanning 4 G/2 GS on rehab with Choo leads the Rangers with 6 HR, as Texas is one of 4 MLB clubs without a Frisco and Round Rock…Adduci was placed on the 15-day DL on April 19 7-HR player in 2014 (also KC, SD, and TB)…Rangers have MLB-low 2 play- with a fractured left little finger. ers w/ 4+ HR…club’s 35 HR are 3rd-fewest in MLB (KC-25; STL-30), and less than half the Rangers’ HR total thru 57 G in 2013 (72 HR)…the 35 HR SCORING CHANGE: Major League Baseball has made a scoring change thru 57 G are T5th-fewest in club history, lowest total since 1984 (also 35). for the Rangers’ game on May 24 at Detroit…a ball hit to left-center by Mitch Moreland in the top of the 6th was originally scored an RBI double, BARD TO HICKORY: RHP Daniel Bard, who is under a minor league con- but has been changed by MLB to a 2-base error with no RBI…the change tract with the Rangers, has been assigned to Class A Hickory in the South is reflected in today’s official statistics.