Texas Rangers (45-47) at Baltimore Orioles (43-49) RHP Tyson Ross (2-1, 5.33) vs. RHP Dylan Bundy (8-8, 4.33) Game #93 • Road #48 (20-27) • Tues., July 18, 2017 • Oriole Park at Camden Yards • 6:05 p.m. (CDT) • FSSW / 105.3 FM / 1270 AM RANGERS AT A GLANCE WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers lost last night’s series BELTRE CHASING 3000: Adrian Beltre had 2 of the Rang- opener to the O’s, 3-1, and are now 2-2 on this 10-day, 10- ers’ 3 hits last night, bringing his career total fo 2982, just 3 Overall ..............................45-47 game road trip to KC (2-1), BAL (0-1), and TB (3 G)…team shy of matching HOFer Sam Rice (2985) and 18 short of be- has dropped 2 in a row after winning 1st 2 G after the break, coming 31st player in MLB history to reach 3000 hits…Beltre Home ................................25-20 Road .................................20-27 but have won 5 of 8 and gone 18-15 (.545) since 6/9, 6th-best is currently tied with Barry Bonds for 16th place all-time with in A.L. in that stretch…club has a 6-6 record in July and has 601 doubles, just 2 shy of matching Cal Ripken Jr. (603). Standing .............. 3rd, -16.5 GB dropped 9 of 15, 10 of 17, and 14 of 25…Texas has won 19 of 35 and 32 of 59…club has 40-37 (.519) record beginning ADRIAN AND THE O’S: Since 2009, Adrian Beltre has been Road Trip ..............................2-2 4/20, 5th-best in A.L./10th in MLB. a .343/.385/.629/1.014 (86-251) hitter vs. Baltimore with 18 One-Run .............................7-15 • At 45-47 (.489), Rangers are 9th in the A.L. in winning per- HR, 18 2B, 50 RBI, and 45 runs in 64 G…among batters with 2-Run ....................................7-8 centage…club reached .500 mark with Saturday’s win for 1st 200+ PA’s vs. BAL in that span, his 1.014 OPS ranks 3rd (M. time since 6/28 (39-39), but have not had a winning mark Cabrera-1.204; K. Youkilis-1.080) and the .343 avg. is 4th. HR ....................................39-35 No HR.................................6-12 since 6/27 (39-38)…Texas has had a winning record on just 3 occasions in the last 54 days…club was 54-38/55-38 thru ANOTHER LATE LOSS: Both TEX losses in the 2nd ‘half’ White ................................ 17-11 92/93 G in ‘16. have come in the 7th-or-later…it was the 21st time for Rang- w/ Blue ................................7-2 • Club has been season-high 3 G above .500 twice, last on ers to lose in 7th-or-later and 25th loss when holding the lead w/ Red ..............................10-9 5/21 (24-21), and was a 2017 high 7 games under .500 (13- at some point, T2nd-most in the A.L. (27-TB, 25-TEX/SEA). Gray ..................................14-13 Alt. Blue ..............................7-13 20) on 5/8…season best 10-G win streak 5/9-19 was 4th-lon- Blue Home .........................3-1 gest in franchise history…Rangers are 6-3-2 in their last 11 ON A ROLL: Texas pitchers have allowed 3-or-fewer ER in 8 Blue Road ........................4-12 overall series after securing a series win in KC. straight, the team’s longest single-season streak since 1988 Alt. Red (all home) ...............1-4 (8, 8/7-14/88) and tied with the Cubs (8 G, 6/17-24) for lon- Special ..................................5-6 Throwback ............................1-0 IN THE STANDINGS: The Rangers are in 3rd place in the gest such stretch in MLB in 2017…last longer span for Tex- A.L. West, 16.5 games behind HOU…held at least a share as?: 10 G, 9/20-30/83…CLE had an MLB-best 14-G streak in Last 5 Games .......................2-3 of 2nd place for 10 straight days (incl. AS break) until last 2016 (6/17-7/1/16). Last 10 Games .....................5-5 night’s loss…days in each position in 2017 (alone or tied): Come From Behind Wins ...... 21 1st-0 days, 2nd-36, 3rd-26, 4th-31, 5th-13…Saturday was STARTERS TOO: Andrew Cashner posted the TEX rota- Losses After Lead ................. 25 just 4th time in 30 days to gain ground in the West…sea- tion’s 5th consecutive quality start last night, 7th in last 8 G… son-high 17.0-G deficit both 7/4-5, team’s greatest at any the 5 straight QS matches longest streak for TEX in ‘17 (also Score First ........................29-19 point since end of the 2014 season (-31.0 GB)…still just 2.5 4/20-24 and 5/9-13), but starters have a 1-2 record in that Opp. Score First ...............16-28 GB of a wild card spot in the A.L. span, receiving 2-or-fewer runs of support 4x in those 5 G… Columns below listed in a last longer QS streak was 7 in a row, 4/23-30/16…rotation’s Home/Road/Total format VS. BALTIMORE: Rangers lost last night’s season opener 49 QS are T2nd in A.L. (54-BOS, 49-TEX/DET), T4th in MLB. between the clubs, last A.L. team that Texas had yet to face • TEX rotation’s 3.03 ERA (26 ER/77.1 IP) in July ranks 4th vs. AL West ..... 10-8/7-12/17-20 in 2017…club is 4-4 vs. O’s since start of ‘16 and Rangers in MLB (2.00-LAD, 2.03-WAS, 2.53-BOS) and .227 opp. avg. vs. AL Central .......5-5/6-7/11-12 vs. AL East ............ 4-6/3-7/7-13 have a 10-5 advantage since 2015…Texas has gone 11-16 this month ranks 5th. Interleague ............ 6-1/4-1/10-2 since 7/10/13, but leads 23-19 since start of 2011…club is 4-4 at Camden Yards since 2015, but is 4-10 at this park BRING BACK THE BATS: Through the game on 7/8 vs. Series ..........7-6-2/6-8-1/13-14-3 since 7/10/13…both series in ‘17 take place this month, also LAA, the penultimate contest prior to the AS break, Texas Series Openers.........8-7/6-10/14-17 Series Finales ............7-7/8-8/15-15 7/28-30 in Arlington…O’s have leads in all-time series (252- had homered in 14 straight and 30 of 31 games, and from Rubber Games ........ 1-2/3-3/4-5 204-1), in BAL (128-102-1), and at Camden Yards (61-56-1). 6/16-7/8 had averaged 6.18 R/G (136 R/22 G)…over the last 5 contests beginning 7/9, Texas has batted .160 (24-150) Lead after 6 ..... 18-4/12-8/30-12 HOMER HAPPY?: Over the last 10 seasons (2008-17), the with 4 HR and 10 R (2.0 R/G), going homerless 3 times…the Lead after 7 ....... 21-4/13-4/34-8 Rangers have averaged 1.33 HR/G at Camden Yards (53 3 homerless games in that 5-G span equal the total for the Lead after 8 ....... 23-3/14-2/37-5 HR/40 G), club’s highest figure in any A.L. park in that span… Rangers’ previous 48 contests from 5/16-7/8…TEX is 3-for- Trail after 6 ........ 4-14/2-15/6-29 it is the 4th-highest average for any A.L. team at this facility in 23 with RISP the past 6 G. Trail after 7 ........ 2-15/1-20/3-35 that 10-season stretch, trailing only BOS (1.54 HR/G), DET • Last night’s 3 hits matched Rangers’ lowest total ever Trail after 8 ........ 1-15/2-22/3-37 (1.43), and BAL (1.36)…for comparison’s sake, TEX has av- at Camden Yards, also 8/2/16 (5-1 loss) and 7/30/97 (3-1 Tied after 6 .............. 4-2/5-4/9-6 eraged 1.23 HR/G at Globe Life Park since 2008. loss)…in the 2016 instance, tonight’s O’s starter Dylan Bundy Tied after 7 .............. 3-1/5-3/8-4 tossed 7.0 one-hit scoreless frames. Tied after 8 .............. 2-2/3-3/5-5 ON THE ROAD: The Rangers are 2-2 in last 4 and 3-3 in last 6 away games, but have dropped 6 of 9, 7 of 11, and 9 of last RUNS ON HOME RUNS: Texas has gone without a HR in 3 Decided 7th/later.......8-8/7-13/15-21 Shutouts ........................... 2-1/3-1/5-2 15 road tilts since a season-best 6-G road win streak from of the past 5 G, and has scored a total of 2 runs in those 3 Decided final AB .......5-6/4-8/9-14 5/28-6/13…club is still 12-9 in road contests since 5/28…pri- contests…27 of the Rangers’ 42 runs (64.3%) in the last 10 Walk-off games ....................4-5 or to this 12-9 span, the club had won just 6 of its previous G have scored via the HR…for the year, Texas has plated 17 away contests…the Rangers’ .426 (20-27) road winning 225 of its 454 runs (49.6%) on HR, 3rd-highest pct.