Oakland Athletics (64-83) at Texas Rangers (88-60) RHP Raul Alcantara (0-1, 7.27) vs. RHP Yu Darvish (5-4, 3.28) Game #149 • Home #71 (48-22) • Sat., Sept. 17, 2016 • 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 defeated the Athletics WALK-OFF WINNER: Jonathan Lucroy’s 2-run single in the in a 7-6, walk-off win last night to open this 6-game home- 9th marked Rangers’ 4th win in ‘16 in which club has trailed Overall ..............................88-60 stand...Rangers fi nished 5-5 on a 10-game road trip to SEA with 2 outs in the 9th inning…the others: 6/11 at SEA (Fielder (1-3), LAA (2-1), and HOU (2-1) prior to this homestand… solo HR in 9th, Odor go-ahead HR in 11th), 7/25 vs. OAK Home ................................48-22 Road .................................40-38 team has won 3 of 4 and 5 of 7, going 6-4 in last 10 G, but (Beltre 2-R walkoff HR in 9th), and Tues. at HOU (Andrus RBI is 6-6 in last 12…Texas has won 13 of 19, 15 of 22, 19 of triple, Profar RBI single in 9th). Standing ...................... 1st, +9.5 29, and 25 of the last 38 games…club is 33-18 (.647) since • According to Elias, the Rangers have 9 wins this season 7/23, 2nd-best in ML to CHC at .692 (36-16) and is 66-41 in which they were trailing in the 9th inning or later, the most Homestand ...........................1-0 since 5/20…at 88-60 (.595), Texas has the best record and in one season in franchise history...the club’s previous high One-Run ...........................34-10 most wins in the A.L.…club has ML’s 3rd-best win pct. to was 8 such wins in 1967, 1971 and 1991...the last team to 2-Run ................................12-15 CHC (.639, 94-53) and WAS (.599, 88-59) and 88 wins for win 9 games in that fashion in one season was the Athletics Texas are tied w/ WAS for 2nd-most in MLB…current record in 2012 (9). HR ....................................74-42 No HR...............................14-18 matches best 148-game start in club history (see charts)…88 wins rank T9th most in club history, matching last year’s to- THE COMEBACKS: Texas leads MLB with 45 comeback White ................................25-15 tal…2016 is Texas’ 7th winning season in last 8 years (be- wins, including ML-best 8 wins when trailing after 8 innings… w/ Blue ............................ 12-11 ginning 2009 every year but 2014), one of just 4 ML clubs to team’s 19 last at-bat wins are tied with CWS for most in the w/ Red ..............................13-4 accomplish that feat to date (LAD/NYY/STL)…Texas was 1st majors…the 45 comeback wins are T2nd in club history (50- Gray ..................................19-18 Alt. Blue ............................23-17 ML team to reach 50 wins (77th game), fewest games in A.L. 2013; 45-1986, 1999, 2007). Blue Home .........................5-1 to reach 50 wins since 2006…also 1st in A.L. to 70 and 80 • Texas has won 11 of last 13 one-run games to improve to Blue Road ......................17-17 wins…club is currently a season-best 28 games above .500 MLB-best 34-10 (.773)…the 34 one-run wins lead the ma- Alt. Red (all home) .............18-6 and has not reached 29-over since 9/24/12 (91-62). jors, 2nd-most in club history (37-1990). Holiday .................................3-1 Throwback ............................1-1 TEXAS’ BEST 148-G RECORD TEXAS’ BEST 149-G RECORD W-L YEAR(S) W-L YEAR(S) JONATHAN LUCROY delivered the walk-off hit with a 2-run Last 5 Games .......................3-2 88-60 1999, 2012, 2016 89-60 1999, 2012 in the 9th last night...it was the 5th career game-ending RBI Last 10 Games .....................6-4 84-64 2011 85-64 2011 for Lucroy and the 1st since 7/22/14vs. CIN with Milwaukee... 83-65 1996, 2010 84-65 1996 Come From Behind Wins ...... 45 the 2-run single was just the 2nd time Lucroy had a walk- Losses After Lead ................. 27 off hit with his team trailing...the other was a 2-run, walk-off IN THE LEAD: The Rangers enter tonight with an 9.5-game home run off Aroldis Chapman on 8/6/13...Lucroy was just Score First ........................51-20 lead in the A.L. West for the 6th time in the last 8 days… the 3rd Texas catcher ever to deliver a walk-off hit with the Opp. Score First ...............37-39 last larger lead was season-high 10.5 game lead on 9/3, the team trailing, joining Pudge Rodriguez (GS on 9/8/98 vs. KC) 2nd-largest league/division lead on any date in franchise his- Columns below listed in a and Mike Stanley (2-run 2B on 7/27/87 vs. MIL). Home/Road/Total format tory to 11.0 games, 9/30/10 after a win vs. LAA…club has • Lucroy’s 77 RBI as a catcher are tied for most among all ML led by at least 8.5 games for 19 consecutive days…current backstops (WAS’ Wilson Ramos also has 77). vs. AL West ... 24-8/19-17/43-25 9.5-game lead is best in A.L. and 3rd-best in baseball to the vs. AL Central .... 12-7/7-7/19-14 Cubs (+18.0 GA in N.L. Central) and Nationals (+10.0 GA vs. AL East .........9-4/6-11/15-15 HOMER STREAK CONTINUES: Carlos Gomez’s solo home Interleague .............4-3/7-3/11-6 in N.L. East)…this is just the 4th season in club history to run in the 7th inning extended the Rangers homer streak to have a lead of 10+ games (1999, 2010, 2011)…Texas has 17 straight games (30 total HR), matching the club’s longest Series .. 18-4-2/12-10-3/30-14-5 had share of 1st for 134 days, sole possession of 1st for 125 streak in 2016 (17 G, 6/19-7/6)...it is tied for the 4th-longest Series Openers ..16-7/12-13/28-20 days…club has been in 1st place for 110 consecutive days Series Finales .15-7/10-15/25-22 streak in the majors this season and the Rangers have joined Rubber Games ......7-3/3-3/10-6 beginning 5/29. STL as the only teams with multiple streaks of 17+ games... there have only been 3 longer streaks in club history and the Lead after 6 .......38-4/24-2/62-6 IN ARLINGTON: Rangers are 48-22 (.686) at home, best Rangers could match the 3rd-longest streak with a long ball Lead after 7 .......40-4/27-3/67-7 record in A.L. and 2nd-best in MLB (CHC-.712, 52-21)… tonight...Texas has homered in 116 of 148 games this sea- Lead after 8 .......43-2/34-2/77-4 with 11 home games remaining, Rangers are just 4 wins shy son, 3 more than the next closest team (BOS-113). Trail after 6 ...... 7-16/7-32/14-48 of matching club record for home wins in a season (52-29 in • Gomez’s home run was the club’s 199th this season, 12th- Trail after 7 ...... 4-18/8-31/12-49 2011, 52-30 in 1978)…current record is best 70-game home most in team history…club has hit 200 HR in a season 11 Trail after 8 ........ 3-19/5-32/8-51 mark in club history by 3 wins…went 8-2 on last homestand times, last in 2012 (200 HR). from 8/25-9/4, T2nd-best win pct. in any homestand of 10+ Tied after 6 ............ 3-2/9-4/12-6 Tied after 7 .............. 4-0/5-4/9-4 games in club history and most wins in any homestand since NOMAR MAZARA has multiple hits in 2 straight after not Tied after 8 .............. 2-1/1-4/3-5 an 8-2 run in July 2011…loss in home game 9/4 vs. HOU having multiple hits since 8/26 vs. CLE...Mazara’s 131 hits snapped a 7-G win streak in Arlington, tied for longest in ‘16 this season are the 7th-most by a Texas rookie and the most Decided 7th/later 13-8/17-10/30-18 (also 5/28-6/7)…Texas has won 12 of 14, 32 of 45, and 42 Shutouts .................. 2-4/2-4/4-8 since Mark Teixeira had 137 in 2003. Decided fi nal AB .11-3/8-9/19-12 of last 60 at home…since 2015 All-Star break, club’s 75-34 Walk-off games ....................7-9 (.688) home mark is 2nd-best in MLB (CHC: .697, 76-33). CARLOS BELTRAN matched a season high with 2 doubles last night, including a one-out double in the 9th that would be ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST TEXAS’ BEST 70-G HOME RECORD TEXAS’ BEST 71-G HOME RECORD Rank HR Player W-L YEAR(S) W-L YEAR(S) the tying run...with the 2 doubles last night, Beltran passed 48-22 2016 46-25 2004 35 462 Jose Canseco Lou Gehrig (534) and moved into 38th on the all-time list.