Philadelphia Phillies (14-21) at Texas Rangers (19-20) RHP Jerad Eickhoff (0-3, 4.76) vs. RHP Yu Darvish (3-2, 2.96) Game #40 • Home #22 (13-8) • Tues., May 16, 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 beat the A’s in last game GOMEZ TO DL: Carlos Gomez was placed on the 10-day on Sunday, 6-4, and club has won a season-best 6 straight DL today with a right hamstring strain (expected to miss 4-6 Overall ..............................19-20 (see below)…club is 5-0 to begin this 8-game, 9-day home- weeks), and Jared Hoying (#31) had his contract purchased stand against SD (2-0), OAK (3-0), and PHI (3 G)…team is from Round Rock…Hoying will be seeking his 1st ML action Home ..................................13-8 Road ...................................6-12 8-3 in last 11 G and 14-10 since 4/20, but is 11-9 in last 20 in ‘17…Gomez has started 38 of the club’s 1st 39 games in G…team is 8-6 (.571) in May, 6th-best win pct. in A.L. and center field, and the only other Ranger to start there in ‘17 is Standing ............... 2nd, -7.5 GB 4th-most wins in the league this month…at 19-20 (.487) on Delino DeShields (5/3 at HOU). the year, Rangers have the 9th-highest win pct. in the A.L. Homestand ...........................5-0 and team’s 19 wins are T6th-most in the league…currently YU THE MAN: Yu Darvish enters tonight’s start with a 2.26 One-Run ...............................4-7 one game under .500 to match high-water mark in ‘17 (4th career ERA vs. N.L., 2nd-lowest Interleague figure by any 2-Run ....................................2-1 time, last 9-10 on 4/23), this after reaching season-high 7 pitcher with 12+ starts…only pitcher with a lower mark?: games under .500 with loss on 5/8 at SD before the start of Clayton Kershaw - 2.22 in 28 G/GS…Darvish is 5-2, 1.97 (14 HR ....................................14-13 No HR...................................5-7 the current win streak…team was 22-17 at this point last year ER/64.0 IP) in his last 10 starts vs. N.L. beginning 6/30/13. after holding a 16-23 mark in 2015, but ‘15 was the only other • Darvish has averaged 11.91 SO/9 in his Interleague career, White ....................................8-5 time in last 9 seasons (beg. 2009) to be under .500 thru 39 2nd-highest mark in history among any pitcher with 12+ Inter- w/ Blue ................................2-1 games…after 40 G, Texas was 22-18 in 2016 and 17-23 in league starts (Stephen Strasburg-12.04). w/ Red ................................6-4 2015…Rangers lost a season-high 4 straight, 4/30-5/3. • Philly will be the 23rd different opponent for Darvish in his Gray ......................................6-5 Alt. Blue ................................2-8 • Despite the 6-G win streak, Texas has gained just 1.0 game ML career…in 22 career starts when facing a team for the 1st Blue Home .........................2-1 in the division since beating Houston on 5/4, as Rangers have time (in reg. season), he has gone 13-6 with a 2.78 ERA (47 Blue Road ..........................0-7 shaved its division deficit on only 2 dates this month (also w/ ER/149.0 IP), 58 BB and 182 SO (10.99 SO/9). Alt. Red (all home) ...............1-2 Sunday’s win)…current 8.0-G deficit in A.L. West matches Special ..................................2-0 the 2nd-largest club has faced in ‘17 (season-high is 8.5 GB). VS. PHILADELPHIA: Rangers are 5-7 all-time vs. Phillies, Last 5 Games .......................5-0 including 4-2 in Arlington, winning both series here (6/29- Last 10 Games .....................7-3 STREAK AT SIX: The Rangers’ current season-best 6-game 27/08 and 3/31-4/2/14)…the season-opening series in 2014 win streak is the longest active run in MLB, T3rd-longest was also the last overall meeting between the teams, and Come From Behind Wins ...... 10 Losses After Lead ................. 10 streak in MLB and T2nd-longest in A.L. in 2017…the only TEX posted a pair of walk-off victories to finish that 3-G set. longer win streaks in the majors this year were by NYY (8 G, Score First ..........................12-8 4/9-17) and WAS (7 G, 4/16-23)…it is the longest Rangers INTERLEAGUE PLAY: The Rangers are in a stretch of play- Opp. Score First .................7-12 win streak since 7 straight, 8/27-9/3/16…Texas has not had ing 7 of 10 games against N.L. foes, having gone 3-1 in a a win streak this long fall so early in the season since 8 in a home-and-home series vs. SD last week…Texas has won Columns below listed in a Home/Road/Total format row, 4/12-21/12…some notes on the streak: 3 straight, 5 of 6, 10 of 14, 22 of 32, 31 of 48, and 34 of last • Club has batted .295 (56-37) with 37 R (6.2 R/G) and an 55 vs. N.L…club’s 84-54 (.609) mark vs. N.L. since 2010 is vs. AL West ........6-3/5-11/11-14 .823 OPS during the win streak, raising team’s season figure 2nd-best in MLB in that span to only Boston (.629, 90-53)… vs. AL Central .......... 5-5/0-0/5-5 from .215 to .2269, highest since 4/16 (.2272) - one month club has posted a winning season vs. N.L. in each of the vs. AL East .............. 0-0/0-0/0-0 Interleague .............. 2-0/1-1/3-1 ago…the .295 figure since last Tuesday is best in the A.L. last 2 campaigns, and have gone .500-or-better against se- and 3rd in MLB (MIL-.325; ARI-.307)…pitching staff has com- nior circuit for 10 straight years beginning 2007…all-time, the Series ..............4-3-0/1-4-1/5-7-1 piled a 2.67 ERA (16 ER/54.0 IP) since 5/9, lowest in MLB in Rangers are 196-172 in Interleague play. Series Openers............... 4-3/2-4/6-7 that stretch, dropping season mark from 4.06 to 3.85. • At home: Rangers have won 4 straight, 8 of 11, 17 of 26, Series Finales ................5-2/3-3/8-5 Rubber Games ........ 1-1/1-2/2-3 18 of 28, and 20 of last 31 vs. N.L. in Arlington, going 41-25 SERIES STUFF: The 3-0 weekend vs. OAK marked the 3rd in such contests beginning 6/22/10…Texas is 13-3-5 in last Lead after 6 ............6-2/5-5/11-7 time this season for Texas to win all games of a series (4-0 21 home series vs. senior circuit. Lead after 7 ........... 9-2/5-2/14-4 vs. KC from 4/20-23; 2-0 vs. SD from 5/10-11)…club has won Lead after 8 ........... 9-1/5-1/14-2 consecutive series for 2nd time in ‘17 (also 2 in a row, 4/7-13 TRIPLE PLAY TOTAL: Sunday’s Park Place Dealerships Trail after 6 ............ 3-5/0-5/3-10 vs. OAK and at LAA). Texas Rangers Triple Play Game Show Spectacular raised Trail after 7 ............ 2-5/0-8/2-13 over $700,000 through table sales and live and silent auc- Trail after 8 .......... 2-6/0-10/2-16 WINNING LATE: Each of the Rangers’ last 5 victories have tions. The net proceeds will benefit the Texas Rangers Base- been decided in the 7th-or-later…notes from STATS LLC: ball Foundation and the completion of the Texas Rangers Tied after 6 .............. 4-1/1-2/5-3 Tied after 7 .............. 2-1/1-2/3-3 • This is the first time in Rangers history (1972-2017) to win MLB Youth Academy at Mercy Street Sports Complex, pre- Tied after 8 .............. 2-1/1-1/3-2 5 straight when each game was decided in the 7th-or-later. sented by Toyota. • Last MLB team to win 5 straight games decided in 7th-or- Decided 7th/later...........7-3/1-7/8-10 later was San Francisco, April 29-May 4, 2013. MINORS APRIL AWARD WINNERS: Rangers announced Shutouts ........................... 1-0/2-1/3-1 Decided final AB .........4-2/1-4/5-6 • Last time Texas won at least 5 straight after trailing at some today the club’s minor league award winners for April: …OF Walk-off games ....................4-2 point in each contest was Aug. 5-10, 2013 (also 5 straight). Yanio Perez (Player), RHP Collin Wiles (Pitcher), OF Leody • Before winning 5 straight decided in 7th-or-later, Texas had Taveras (Defender) and RHP Ricardo Rodriguez (Reliever)… ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST been 3-10 in such games to begin the year. the 21-year-old Perez batted .358/.453/.642 in 23 G at Low-A Rank HR Player • With the last 5 victories, Rangers have doubled club’s sea- Hickory, posting the highest OPS (1.095) in the South Atlan- 37 452 Carl Yastrzemski son total for come-from-behind wins…the current 10 such tic League, 9th-highest in all of minor league baseball…the 38 450 Miguel Cabrera wins are T7th in MLB and T4th in the A.L.: 16-HOU, 15-LAA, Cuba native signed with Texas as a free agent on 9/23/16 39 449 Jeff Bagwell 11-DET, 10-TEX/BAL/NYY/OAK/TB/TOR.