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Los Angeles Angels (9-15) at Texas Rangers (7-14-3) RHP Nick Tropeano (1-0, 8.10) vs. LHP Martin Pérez (0-0, ––) Spring #25 • Home #11 (5-3-2) • Sun., March 18, 2018 • Surprise Stadium • 3:05 p.m. CT • TXA21 / MLBN / 105.3 FM TODAY’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS TEXAS RANGERS LOS ANGELES-AL SPRING TRAINING AT A GLANCE 33 Martin Pérez LHP 35 Nick Tropeano RHP 51 Matt Bush RHP 33 Jim Johnson RHP Record ..................................................................................7-14-3 60 Erik Goeddel RHP 46 Blake Wood RHP Home ......................................................................................5-3-2 47 Ian Krol LHP Road .....................................................................................2-11-1 90 Luke Bard RHP In Surprise ..............................................................................6-4-2 TOMORROW’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS Away from Surprise ..............................................................1-10-1 TEXAS RANGERS COLORADO Current streak .............................................................................T1 43 Tony Barnette RHP 55 Jon Gray RHP Last 5 games ..........................................................................1-3-1 58 Alex Claudio LHP 71 Wade Davis RHP Longest winning streak ................................................................. 1 32 Kevin Jepsen RHP 60 Zac Rosscup LHP 52 Steve Delabar RHP 51 Jake McGee LHP Longest losing streak.........................................................3 (3/2-4) 59 Harrison Musgrave LHP TEX scores 1st/Opp. scores 1st ................................... 6-9-1/1-5-2 TEX out-hits/Opp. out-hits/Hits even .................... 6-1-2/0-12-1/1-1 WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers are 1-3-1 in last 5, 2-5-1 in last 8, and 4-8-1 HR/No HR .........................................................................4-9/2-5-3 in last 13 games…6 of club’s 7 spring wins have come in Surprise, 5 as the home Error/Error-less ........................................................... 4-12-1/3-2-2 team and one as the road club in Surprise…team is 1-10-1 in games away from Lead after 6/7/8 ...................................................6-3-2/5-2-1/7-0-1 Surprise, losing 8 straight such contests since lone win on 3/1 at OAK…only other Trail after 6/7/8 ................................................. 1-10/0-12-2/0-14-1 club with 2-or-fewer road wins this spring is NYM (2)…13 of the 1st 20 contests Tied after 6/7/8 ....................................................... 0-1-1/2-0/0-0-1 were away tilts (including one road game in Surprise)…7 of the Rangers’ final 11 contests in Arizona are home games, with 8 of the 11 in Surprise (one game as One-run games..........................................................................2-5 road team in Surprise)…6 of the Rangers’ 7 wins this spring have come at Sur- Come-from-behind wins ............................................................... 2 prise Stadium, as Texas has gone 5-2-1 in last 8 G in this park…the Rangers have vs. A.L. ....................................................................................4-8-1 scored first in 16 of 24 games, including at least 4-run leads in 8 of past 20 G (4-4-1 vs. N.L. ...................................................................................3-6-2 in those 9 G)…Rangers’ .333 win pct. is lowest in Cactus League and 2nd-lowest in MLB to NYM (.286, 6-15-3)…have yet to win 2 in a row. has right shoulder inflammation and saw some improvement after a PRP injection but has no plans to begin a throwing program at this time…the Rangers have 4 ROSTER MOVES THIS MORNING: Texas optioned LHP Yohander Méndez to players in camp who are returning from ‘Tommy John’ surgery last year…the pitch- Round Rock (AAA) this morning and reassigned RHP Deolis Guerra to minor ers and the dates of their surgeries: RHP Chi Chi Gonzalez (7/24/17), LHP Joe league camp…the Rangers now have 45 players on the club’s spring training ros- Palumbo (4/26/17), RHP Shawn Tolleson (5/17/17), and RHP Edinson Vólquez ter, including 14 non-roster invitees, and one player (Palumbo) on the 60-day DL… (8/4/17)…Palumbo was placed on the 60-day DL on 2/23 when the club formally three pitchers on the list of non-roster invitees are rehabbing from 2017 Tommy signed RHP Jesse Chavez. John surgery: Chi Chi Gonzalez, Shawn Tolleson, and Edinson Volquez. INJURIES IN MINORS: LHP Cole Ragans, the 30th overall selection in the 2016 HAMELS IN MINORS TOMORROW: LHP Cole Hamels is scheduled to pitch in a June draft, has a torn left ulnar collateral ligament and is expected to have ‘Tommy minor league game tomorrow at 1pm on Rangers Field 6…tomorrow’s AAA and AA John’ ligament replacement surgery performed by Dr. Keith Meister at some point games are in Surprise against Reds affiliates. in the next week…additionally, RHP Kyle Cody has right elbow soreness and will not throw for 3-4 weeks before being reevaluated. NO LUCK IN ST. PADDY’S DAY TWINBILL: The Rangers went 0-1-1 in yester- day’s day/night doubleheader against the Royals in Surprise, losing the day game BATTING NOTES: Club hit spring-high 4 HR on Fri. vs. SEA, most in a spring 7-6 and tying the night tilt 5-5 in 9 innings…in the night game, Jurickson Profar game since 3/18/17 vs. CLE (4)…batting .292 (71-243) in last 7 G to raise overall hit an RBI double and scored…Delino DeShields doubled and walked twice to avg. from .252 to .264…batting .200 (22-110) with RISP over last 13 G to drop continue his productive spring…Nomar Mazara posted his 2nd consecutive multi- spring avg. w/ RISP from .306 to .250…have HR in 13 of last 17…club has multiple hit game…Jesse Chavez allowed 3 runs in the 7th inning after having retired 18 XBH in 23 straight…team’s 54 2B rank T2nd in MLB this spring: 58-LAD, 54-TEX/ consecutive batters faced spanning 2 outings…in the day loss, Rougned Odor KC/PIT…club has hit .298/.362/.477/.839 with 62 R in 10 home games (6.2 R/G), generated 1st run almost entirely on his own, beating out an infield single before with a .239/.298/.386/.684 line and 55 R in 14 G as road club (3.9 R/G)…have stealing 2nd and 3rd and then scoring on an error…Shin-Soo Choo doubled… steals in 9 of last 10, and 24 spring SB are 2nd-most in A.L. and 4th-most in MLB Destin Hood hit a 3-R HR in the 9th, his 2nd straight day with a HR in the 9th in- (30-COL, 27-SEA, 26-CHC, 24-TEX)…Delino DeShields has reached in 19 of his ning, and the club’s lone HR in the twinbill. last 40 PA’s overall, and has reached via H or BB in 13 of last 14 games…leads all Rangers this spring in H (15), 2B (tied-5), BB (7), and R (10), posting a .905 OPS TV TIME: Today’s game will be televised on TXA21 and that telecast will also air figure in 15 G…ranks among Cactus League leaders in BA (5th, .349), OBP (6th, live on MLB Network across the U.S…the team of Dave Raymond, C.J. Nitkowski, .440), 2B (T7th, 5), R (T10th, 10), and SB (T10th, 4)…Elvis Andrus has hits in 4 and Emily Jones will cover the game on TV…there will also be a radio broad- straight and 8 of 9 overall, reaching safely in all 9 (10-for-20 w/ 2 BB)…his 7 RBI cast today on 105.3 The FAN with Eric Nadel and Matt Hicks in the booth…there rank 5th on club as he is 4-for-7 w/ RISP…Adrián Beltré has hits in 3 straight and are Rangers games televised on MLB Network for 5 straight days from 3/17-21… 5 of his 1st 7 G…Shin-Soo Choo has gone 11-for-his-last-25 (.440) at the plate Tuesday’s White Sox TV broadcast on NBCSC will air live on MLBN. with 3 BB, 2 HR, 3 doubles, and 7 RBI, compiling a .367/.472/.667/1.139 slash line over his first 13 spring games…has 6 BB (T2nd on team) and 3 SO…Ryan Rua is VS. LOS ANGELES-AL: Today marks the 2nd of 2 meetings between Rangers tied for team lead w/ 11 RBI, T10th-most in CL…ranks 2nd on club w/ 6 XBH and and Halos this spring, with both falling on consecutive Sundays (also last Sunday 3 HR are tied for team lead…Destin Hood in his last 7 G: 6-for-12, 3 HR, 3 2B, in Tempe)…Texas lost last Sunday, 4-3 in Tempe…in that game, Nomar Mazara 8 RBI, 5 R…has HR in 2 straight…his 11 RBI are tied for team lead and T10th- blasted his 1st HR of the spring in the 4th inning to tie the game at 1-1…Mazara most in CL…his 5 2B are tied for team lead and rank T7th in CL…has team-best 8 later drove in the tie-breaking run in the 6th on an odd fielder’s choice to left field… XBH…has gone 4-for-7 w/ RISP in ‘A’ games…Joey Gallo is 4-for-12 over his last that Texas lead was short-lived, however, as Justin Upton hit a 3-R HR in the bot- 4 G w/ a 2B, RBI, 2 R…has 4 BB against 7 SO…Jurickson Profar has hits in 5 tom of the 6th to put the Angels ahead for the duration…Destin Hood’s RBI double straight at 5-for-12 w/ a HR, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 3 R…his 12 hits rank 3rd on team and he in the 8th made it a one-run game and provided the final margin…Bartolo Colon owns .828 OPS this spring…Rougned Odor has K’s in 12 of last 26 PA’s…Nomar allowed just one unearned run in 4.0 innings…it was the Rangers’ shortest game Mazara has back-to-back multi-hit games and has reached safely via H/BB in 6 of the spring at 2 hours, 25 minutes.