Texas Rangers (27-42) at Los Angeles Dodgers (34-32) LHP Cole Hamels (3-6, 3.86) vs. RHP Kenta Maeda (4-4, 3.61) Game #70 • Road #34 (13-24) • Wed., June 13, 2018 • Dodger Stadium • 9:10 p.m. (CDT) • FSSW / 105.3 FM / 1270 AM RANGERS AT A GLANCE WINS AND LOSSES: Texas lost to the Dodgers, 12-5, SOCAL COLE: San Diego native Cole Hamels is slated for last night in the 1st contest of this brief 2-game road trip to 4th career start at Dodger Stadium tonight...in his 3 previous Overall ..............................27-42 Chavez Ravine...current road trip is sandwiched between a outings, Hamels has gone 1-1 with a 1.64 ERA (4 ER/22.0 pair of off days...team has lost 5 straight, matching a season IP)...the Southern California native has gone 8-3 with a 2.02 Home ................................13-23 Road .................................14-19 high (4/8-13)...last longer losing streak by the club was 7 in a ERA (28 ER/125.0 IP) over 18 career starts in MLB’s 3 South- row from 9/22-28/17...team has also dropped 5 of 8 and 8 of ern California stadiums (Dodger Stadium, Angel Stadium, Standing .............. 5th, -17.0 GB last 11 contests...have gone 9-11 in last 20 G, and are 11-18 Petco Park). since 5/12. Road Trip ..............................0-1 • At 27-42 (.391), the Rangers have the 4th-lowest winning ADRIÁN AND ICHIRO: Adrián Beltré recorded a pair of hits One-Run ...............................7-7 percentage in the A.L. and 6th-lowest in MLB (ahead of BAL, last night in his 1st game at Dodger Stadium since 2009... 2-Run ....................................6-8 KC, CIN, CWS, MIA)…the 27 wins are the team’s fewest with the 2 hits, Beltré now has 3,089 career hits to match through 69 games since 2007 (26-43/26-44). Ichiro Suzuki for the most career hits by a non U.S. native... HR ....................................21-27 No HR.................................6-15 • Texas has been under the .500 mark since a season best the pair are also tied for 21st on the all-time list, 21 shy of 1-1 on 3/30…club is currently a season-high 15 games under 20th place Dave Winfield (3,110). White ..................................5-12 the .500…longest win streak of 2018 is 3 games, 4/25-28. • Beltré has batted .329/.379/.536/.915 (154-468) in 121 in- w/ Blue ..............................3-10 terleague games since joining the Rangers in 2011...he owns w/ Red ................................2-2 The Rangers are season-high 17.0 GB the 6th-highest average in that span (min. 220 PA), trailing Gray ....................................4-10 IN THE STANDINGS: Alt. Blue ............................15-19 of division-leading SEA, just 3rd time in club history with a only Miguel Cabrera (.337), Jose Abreu (.336), Mookie Betts Blue Home .......................6-10 deficit so large as early as 6/13 (6/8 in 2003, 5/16 in 2001)… (.332), Carlos Gonzalez (.331), and Jose Altuve (.330). Blue Road ..........................9-9 club has lost 4.5 games in the standings since Thursday, this Alt. Red (all home) ...............2-1 after the team had been between 11.5 and 13.5 GB for 19 STARTED AT THE TOP: Shin-Soo Choo and Delino DeSh- Throwback ............................1-0 straight days from 5/21-6/7…club has still gained ground 4x ields combined to reach in 7 of 10 PA last night (5-for-8, 2 Last 5 Games .......................0-5 in the last 15 days…current deficit of 16.0 GB is 2nd largest BB)...in the 3 G that Choo has batted leadoff followed by Last 10 Games .....................3-7 in the majors (BAL-26.0 GB)…club has been in 5th place in DeShields in the 2-hole, the pair has combined to go 9-for-23 the A.L. West for the last 65 days and in either 4th or 5th with 7 BB. Come From Behind Wins ...... 11 Losses After Lead ................. 14 place for 75 of the 76 days this season (T2nd following win on 3/30). CHOO CHOO: Shin-Soo Choo matched his season high Score First ........................19-12 with 3 hits last night to extended his career-best on-base Opp. Score First .................8-30 LET’S PLAY TWO: Texas is set for its 3rd 2-game series of streak to 27 games, 4th-longest in the majors this season the season here at Dodger Stadium, the 3rd of 7 different ((PHI’s Odubel Herrera-40; DET’s Jeimer Candelario-28; Columns below listed in a Home/Road/Total format 2-game sets for the club in ‘18…club is 1-0-1 in previous 2 PHI’s Cesar Hernandez-28)...it is also the longest streak 2-G series...after going 1-1 in series on the previous home- by a TEX batter since Chirinos reached safely in 28 straight vs. AL West ..... 5-14/9-10/14-24 stand, the Rangers are now 5-12-4 in 21 series, including a games, 8/8-9/16/17...during the streak, Choo has batted vs. AL Central .......... 4-3/2-5/6-8 2-5-3 record in road series. .327/.465/.574/1.039 (33-101)...Choo also has both of the vs. AL East .............. 4-6/3-3/7-9 Interleague .............. 0-0/0-1/0-1 • Texas has logged 14 of its 27 wins this season in the 2nd Texas home runs in the last 5 games. game of series, going 14-7. Series ............3-7-1/2-5-3/5-12-4 DELINO DESHIELDS: Since making his 1st start of the sea- Series Openers.............3-8/2-9/5-17 ON THE ROAD: Texas is 14-19 away from Arlington this sea- son in the 2nd spot in the lineup on Saturday, Delino DeSh- Series Finales ..............5-6/3-7/8-13 Rubber Games ........ 2-1/1-4/3-5 son, dropping 4 of last 5 road contests...club is 7-14 in last 21 ields has reached in 9 of 15 plate appearances, going 5-for- road games after opening the season with a 7-5 record...club 10 with 4 walks...DeShields has 7 BB in his 1st 9 games this Lead after 6 ........... 9-3/9-1/18-4 has one more win on road (14) than at home (13) despite 3 month, 2nd-most on the club (Choo-8, Gallo-7)...DeShields Lead after 7 ........10-1/11-1/21-2 fewer road contests…this is 2nd straight year to be under also recorded his A.L.-best 5th bunt hit last night, 2nd-most in Lead after 8 ........11-0/10-0/21-0 .500 after 33 road games, this after going .500-or-better at MLB (CIN’s Jose Peraza-6). Trail after 6 ........ 2-16/3-16/5-32 this point for 5 straight years from 2012-16...Texas’ .424 road Trail after 7 ........ 0-20/2-16/2-36 winning pct. is 10th in the A.L. MILESTONE STRIKEOUT: Bartolo Colon notched his 2500 Trail after 8 ........ 0-19/1-19/1-38 • Texas pitchers have posted a 4.31 ERA on the road, over career strikeout in the 1st inning, becoming the 34th player in a full run lower than the staff’s home figure (5.36)...Rangers major league history to reach the milestone...Colon now has Tied after 6 .............. 2-4/2-2/4-6 Tied after 7 .............. 3-2/1-2/4-4 batters have posted a .666 OPS away from Arlington, more 2502 career strikeouts, tied with Christy Mathewson for 33rd Tied after 8 .............. 2-4/3-0/5-4 than 100 points lower than the club’s home OPS (.739). place on the all-time strikeout list. Decided 7th/later.........4-7/8-5/12-12 VS. THE DODGERS: Texas has dropped the 1st of 4 meet- ROCKIES NEXT: Following Thursday’s off day, the Rangers Shutouts ........................... 0-0/1-2/1-2 Decided final AB .........3-4/5-4/8-8 ings with the Dodgers...Rangers have gone 11-13 all-time vs. will host the Colorado Rockies in a 3-game weekend set at Walk-off games ....................2-1 the Dodgers, including a 3-1 record vs. Los Angeles in 2015... Globe Life Park...Texas is 17-16 all-time vs. the Rockies, in- the Dodgers will visit Arlington for a 2-game series, 8/28-29. cluding a 9-6 record in Arlington...the clubs did not play in ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST • Texas is visiting Chavez Ravine for just the 2nd time since 2017, but faced each other in every season from 2014-16... Rank HR Player 32 473 Carlos Delgado 2002, and has gone 5-6 all-time at this park...the Rangers the Rangers won 6 of 11 meetings in that stretch. 33 468 Chipper Jones split a pair of games here in 2015. 34 465 Dave Winfield ANDRUS REHAB UPDATE: Elvis Andrus is scheduled to 465 Miguel Cabrera INTERLEAGUE PLAY: The Rangers dropped their 1st inter- play 7 innings at shortstop tonight for Frisco (AA) vs. San 36 464 Adrian Beltre league game of this season last night...Prior to this series, Antonio at 7 p.m. as he continues his rehab assignment... 37 462 Adam Dunn Texas was the only ML team that had yet to play an inter- Andrus was 1-for-4 with a R as the DH yesterday, and has 462 Jose Canseco league game in 2018...Texas was 14-6 (.700) against the Se- gone 1-for-7 in his 1st 2 rehab games.