Texas Rangers (7-20-3) at San Diego Padres (13-9-5) LHP Martin Pérez (0-1, 1.80) vs. RHP Bryan Mitchell (0-1, 4.50) Spring #31 • Road #17 (2-13-1) • Fri., March 23, 2018 • Peoria Sports Complex • 8:40 p.m. CT • 105.3 FM / *FSSW+ * - FSSW+ will carry Padres’ FS San Diego feed TONIGHT’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS TEXAS RANGERS SAN DIEGO SPRING TRAINING AT A GLANCE 33 Martin Pérez LHP 50 Bryan Mitchell RHP 41 Jake Diekman LHP Record ..................................................................................7-20-3 66 Anthony Gose LHP Home ......................................................................................5-7-2 58 Alex Claudio LHP Road .....................................................................................2-13-1 In Surprise ..............................................................................6-8-2 TOMORROW’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS Away from Surprise ..............................................................1-12-1 TEXAS RANGERS CLEVELAND Current streak ............................................................................. L6 35 Cole Hamels LHP 28 Corey Kluber RHP 50 Keone Kela RHP 34 Zach McAllister RHP Last 5 games .............................................................................0-5 62 José Leclerc RHP 61 Dan Otero RHP Longest winning streak ................................................................. 1 31 Chris Martin RHP 50 Evan Marshall RHP Longest losing streak......................................................6 (current) 58 Alex Claudio LHP TEX scores 1st/Opp. scores 1st ............................... 6-10-1/1-10-2 TEX out-hits/Opp. out-hits/Hits even .................... 6-1-2/0-18-1/1-1 WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers have lost 6 consecutive games, longest spring skid since dropping 8 in a row from 3/27/15 - 4/3/15…club is also 0-8-1 in last 9 HR/No HR .......................................................................4-12/2-8-3 G after having gone 4-4 in previous 8 contests…team began spring with a 2-6- Error/Error-less ........................................................... 4-15-1/3-5-2 2 mark, then went 5-6 in next 11, and have gone 0-8-1 in last 9…current 9-G Lead after 6/7/8 ...................................................6-4-2/5-2-1/7-0-1 drought without a win is longest for Texas since going 0-8-1 to end the 2015 spring Trail after 6/7/8 ................................................. 1-15/0-17-2/0-19-1 slate…last win was 3/15 vs. MIL, and team has yet to win 2 in a row…6 of club’s Tied after 6/7/8 ....................................................... 0-1-1/2-1/0-1-1 7 spring wins have come in Surprise, 5 as the home team and one as the road club in Surprise…team is 1-12-1 in games away from Surprise, losing 10 straight One-run games..........................................................................2-7 such contests since lone win on 3/1 at OAK…Texas has an MLB-low 2 road wins Come-from-behind wins ............................................................... 2 this spring…7 of the Rangers’ final 11 contests in Arizona are home games, with vs. A.L. ..................................................................................4-11-1 8 of the 11 in Surprise (one game as road team in Surprise)…Rangers have few- vs. N.L. ...................................................................................3-9-2 est wins (7), most losses (20), and lowest win pct. (.259) of any MLB team this spring…current 20 losses are the most ever by Texas in a single spring. BATTING NOTES: Rangers lost twice last night despite hitting 2 HR in both PLOUFFE RELEASED / JOSEPHE OPTIONED / ROSTER UPDATE: Earlier to- games, this after not having multiple HR since last Fri. (spring-high 4 HR on 3/16 day, the Rangers released infielder Trevor Plouffe and optioned recently acquired vs. SEA)…have 12 R last 5 G…offense has batted .194 (38-196) with 14 runs 1B Tommy Joseph to Double-A Frisco…the Rangers now have 41 players on the during current 6-G losing skid, going 5-for-36 w/ RISP (.139)…overall spring avg. club’s spring training roster, including 10 non-roster invitees, and 3 players (Black- has dropped from .264 to .250 during the 6-G slide, lowest in Cactus League (ARI burn/Herrera/Palumbo) on the 60-day DL…three pitchers on the list of non-roster has a higher .250)…batting .185 (27-146) with RISP over last 18 G to drop spring invitees are rehabbing from 2017 Tommy John surgery: Chi Chi Gonzalez, Shawn avg. w/ RISP from .306 to .234…Delino DeShields has reached via H or BB in 15 Tolleson, and Edinson Volquez. of last 17 games…leads all Rangers this spring in H (18) and R (11), posting an .868 OPS figure in 18 G…ranks among Cactus League leaders in OBP (8th, .413), ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Rangers lost a pair of one-run games on Thursday R (T9th, 11), hits (T10th, 18), and SB (T10th, 4)…Elvis Andrus went 0-for-5 last night in the club’s final split squad date of the spring…in Surprise, the Rangers’ night vs. CIN to snap 7-G hit streak and drop spring avg. from .481 to .406…has comeback attempt versus the Reds fell short in a 7-6 loss…Texas trailed 7-2 after hits in 7 of 8 and 11 of 13 overall…is T3rd on club w/ 8 RBI in just 13 G…Adrián 3 innings, but put the go-ahead run on base in the 9th inning…Joey Gallo’s 3rd Beltré posted his 2nd multi-hit game of spring last night, and he is 3-for-7 last 2 home run of the spring, a 2-run blast, cut the deficit to one in the 7th inning… G to rise from .333 to .360…Shin-Soo Choo had 2 walks last night and now has Rougned Odor homered for the first time this spring with a solo shot in the 3rd team-high 8 BB this spring against just 5 SO…has gone 1-for-9 past 3 G, but owns inning…Delino DeShields, Nomar Mazara, and Odor all tallied multiple hits in the a .308/.426/.538/.964 slas line in 16 G this spring…is also 4-for-12 w/ RISP…his 8 contest…the Texas starters played all 9 innings for the first time this spring. Mike RBI rank T3rd on club…Ryan Rua has a team-high 13 RBI, and also leads team Minor allowed 6 runs on 9 hits over the first 3 innings, but set down the final 10 with 5 hits w/ RISP (5-for-17)…Nomar Mazara leads team w/ 26 TB, also ranking batters he faced…Jake Diekman, Matt Bush, and Jose Leclerc combined to hold among team leaders in hits (2nd, 17) and RBI (T3rd, 8)…has multiple hits in 4 of the Reds hitless over the final 3.0 innings. last 6 G at 8-for-18 to rise from .265 to .327…has reached safely via H/BB in 9 of 10…Destin Hood is 1-for-10 the last 3 G…still ranks T4th in CL with team-high 6 In Peoria, the Rangers endured a 5-4 walk-off loss in the 9th against Seattle… 2B…also leads club w/ 9 XBH, and also ranks 2nd w/ 11 RBI and T2nd w/ 25 TB… Bartolo Colon pitched 5.1 scoreless innings to lower his spring ERA to 3.00 over hit HR in back-to-back games on Fri/Sat…has gone 4-for-9 w/ RISP in ‘A’ games… 5 starts…Juan Centeno capped a 3-hit game with a tie-breaking solo HR to right Jurickson Profar is 0-for-last-10 since single on Sun. at LAA…had team-high 5th field in the 9th inning before the M’s plated 2 runs in the bottom half…Centeno’s GIDP Tues. at CWS, as he owns 5 of team’s 15 GIDP’s…Rougned Odor hit his 3rd HR of the spring came against Mariners reliever Edwin Díaz after Seattle had 1st HR of spring last night vs. CIN, also 1st multi-hit game and 3rd RBI…Carlos tied the game in the 7th inning…Texas scored twice in the first inning on RBI hits Tocci is tied with MIL’s Keon Broxton for MLB lead w/ 7 stolen bases this spring… from Drew Robinson and Centeno…Carlos Tocci led off the game with a single and Tocci has played more games (22) than any other Ranger. recorded his team-best 7th stolen base. TWO TO GO: Tonight’s game in Peoria marks the Rangers’ penultimate Arizo- VS. SAN DIEGO: Tonight’s game is last of 2 meetings with the Padres this spring, na contest ahead of Saturday’s noon finale against the Indians in Surprise…the as clubs played to a 9-9, 9-inning tie on 3/1 in Surprise, when Rangers were split… Rangers are scheduled to fly back to the DFW Metroplex following tomorrow’s the teams will play a pair of 3-game series in the regular season in 2018: 6/25-27 in game and have an off day on Sunday ahead of exhibition games against Cincin- Arlington and 9/14-16 in San Diego…Rangers went 3-1 in a pair of May home-and- nati on Monday (7:05 p.m. CT) and Tuesday (1:05 p.m. CT) at Globe Life Park in home series last season, winning the final 3 meetings…this will be 2nd straight Arlington. year and 3rd time in 4 years for Rangers and Padres to meet in the reg. season… Texas leads the all-time series, 19-16. HAMELS TO START OPENER: Cole Hamels, who is scheduled for his final spring outing in tomorrow’s game with the Indians, has been tabbed as the starting pitch- INJURY REPORT: RHP Tim Lincecum (blister on right middle finger) was er for the Rangers’ season opener on Thursday vs.