Chicago White Sox (28-54) at Texas Rangers (38-46) RHP Reynaldo López (3-5, 3.73) vs. LHP Cole Hamels (4-6, 3.61) Game #85 • Home #45 (19-25) • Sun., July 1, 2018 • Globe Life Park in Arlington • 2:05 p.m. (CDT) • FSSW / 105.3 FM / 1270 AM RANGERS AT A GLANCE WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers defeated the White Sox CHOO NAMED PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Shin-Soo Choo last night, 13-4, and team has a 4-1 record on this 8-game, has been selected as the Rangers Player of the Month for Overall ..............................38-46 10-day homestand vs. SD (2-1), CWS (2-0), and HOU (2 June by writers and broadcasters who cover the team on G)…TEX has won 3 straight, 4 of 5, and 11 of last 13 games, a regular basis...Choo reached base safely in every game Home ................................19-25 Road .................................19-21 going 20-15 since 5/22…team has gone 4-2 since a sea- during the month, batting .347/.466/.621/1.087 (33-95)...he son-best 7-G win streak from 6/16-23, team’s longest run ranked among the A.L.’s monthly leaders in OBP (2nd), times Standing .............. 5th, -16.5 GB since going 7-0 from 8/27-9/3/16…the 7-G win streak fol- on base (2nd, 54), walks (T2nd, 20), OPS (3rd), average lowed a season-long 7-G losing skid (6/7-15), as Rangers (5th), and hits (T5th). Homestand ...........................4-1 became just 5th ML club since 2000 to win at least 7 in a row • Choo enters today with a 41-G on-base streak, the longest One-Run ...............................9-9 after dropping previous 7+ straight (last 2014 Red Sox). streak of his career and tied for the longest streak in MLB 2-Run ....................................6-9 • At 38-46 (.452), Rangers own the 6th-lowest winning pct. this season (PHI’s Odubel Herrera-41 G, 3/30-5/19)…the last in the A.L. and 10th-lowest in MLB, although team’s 27-27 longer single-season streak in the majors was a 46-gamer HR ....................................29-29 No HR.................................9-17 (.500) mark since start of May is 8th-best in the A.L…the 38 by ATL’s Freddie Freeman, 8/6-9/28/16, and the last longer wins are fewest for Texas after 84 games since 2014 (37-47). streak in the A.L. was 43 games by MIN’s Joe Mauer, 8/7- White ..................................8-13 • Texas has been under the .500 mark since a season best 9/24/15…it is the 4th-longest on-base streak in Rangers his- w/ Blue ..............................6-10 1-1 on 3/30, currently 8-under for 1st time since 5/11 (16- tory (see chart on page 8). w/ Red ................................2-3 24)…club was last 7-under on 5/3 (13-20)…Rangers were Gray ....................................5-10 Alt. Blue ............................21-21 a season-high 17 games under .500 following loss on 6/15 BARTOLO AND EL PRESIDENTE: Bartolo Colon recorded Blue Home .......................8-10 vs. COL, just 4th season in TEX history to be 17+ under as career win no. 245 in last night’s victory to match Nicaragua’s Blue Road ...................... 13-11 early as 6/15 (last 2007, club-record 6/3), but team is 11-2 Dennis Martinez for most in MLB history by a native of Latin Alt. Red (all home) ...............3-2 since that point. America. Throwback ............................1-0 • Texas has won season-best 5 straight series, longest span Last 5 Games .......................4-1 for club since club-record 10 straight series victories from HITTING ON THE HOMESTAND: The Rangers are batting Last 10 Games .....................8-2 5/20-6/20/16. .322/.388/.565/.953 through the 1st 5 games of the current homestand...the club has also totaled 38 runs in this home- Come From Behind Wins ...... 16 Losses After Lead ................. 16 IN THE STANDINGS: Texas is 16.5 GB of division-leading stand, while posting 2 of its 6 largest run totals in 2018. HOU, gaining ground on 5 of last 12 days after no gains since • Texas has posted a 7-run inning in each of the 1st 2 games Score First ........................25-14 6/6…team was season-high 19.0 GB for 4 straight days from of this series, the club’s 2 largest innings this season...it is Opp. Score First ...............13-32 6/15-18…club has lost 3.0 games in the standings since 6/7, the 1st instance of 7+ run innings in consecutive games by this after the team had been between 11.5 and 13.5 GB for the Rangers since 5/22 (7-R 3rd) and 5/23 (10-R 3rd) at NYY. Columns below listed in a Home/Road/Total format 19 straight days from 5/21-6/7…club gained ground on just • The Rangers’ 9-run last night was the club’s largest victory 7 of the 30 days of June…current deficit of 16.5 GB is T3rd in 2018, this after Friday night’s 8-run win was largest since a vs. AL West ..... 5-14/9-10/14-24 largest in the majors (BAL-32.0 GB; KC-19.5 GB; CWS-16.5 12-2 triumph on 8/29/17 at HOU in a game at Tropicana Field vs. AL Central ........ 6-3/7-6/13-9 GB)…club has been in 5th place in the A.L. West for the last due to Hurricane Harvey. vs. AL East .............. 4-6/3-3/7-9 Interleague .............. 4-2/0-2/4-4 83 days and in either 4th or 5th place for 93 of the 94 days this season (T2nd following win on 3/30). JOEY AT 20: Joey Gallo has homered in each of the 1st 2 Series ..........6-7-1/4-6-3/10-13-4 games of this series to reach 20 HR for the 2nd consecutive Series Openers.............5-9/4-9/9-18 AT HOME: The Rangers have gone 19-25 (.432) in Arlington season...Gallo is averaging a home run every 11.40 AB in Series Finales ............7-6/4-9/11-15 Rubber Games ........ 4-1/1-4/5-5 this season, 4th-lowest home win pct. in A.L. and 8th-lowest his career vs. the White Sox, 7th-most frequent rate among in MLB…team has won 3 straight and 6 of last 7 at home players with at least 70 career PA vs. CWS...Gallo’s 61 home Lead after 6 ....... 14-4/14-1/28-5 after a 5-G home losing skid, 2nd-longest home losing streak runs since the start of last season are now 5th-most in MLB. Lead after 7 ....... 14-2/16-1/30-3 in 2018 (0-6, 4/8-21)…Rangers went 8-6 at home in June • Gallo’s home run last night was his 6th of the season off Lead after 8 ....... 16-0/15-0/31-0 and are 12-8 in last 20 G at home, this after opening year a southpaw, T2nd-most among left-handed batters (ATL’s Trail after 6 ........ 3-17/3-17/6-34 at 5-15…the overall 19-25 is the slowest 44-G start at home Freddie Freeman-8; Nomar Mazara-6). Trail after 7 ........ 1-21/2-17/3-38 since opening 16-28 in 2015. Trail after 8 ........ 1-21/1-20/2-41 EXTRA CREDIT FOR ROBBIE: Robinson Chirinos’ 3-run VS. THE WHITE SOX: The Rangers and White Sox enter double extended a pair of streaks for the Texas backstop, Tied after 6 .............. 2-4/2-3/4-7 Tied after 7 .............. 4-2/1-3/5-5 this afternoon’s series finale with the season series tied 3-3... stretching his RBI streak to 5 games and extra-base hit Tied after 8 .............. 2-4/3-1/5-5 club is seeking its 1st series sweep of the White Sox since streak to 6 games...Chirinos has 12 RBI since the streak be- 8/28-30/07 here in Arlington...Rangers have 8-11 record vs. gan last Sunday in Minnesota, most in MLB over that span... Decided 7th/later.........6-7/8-6/14-13 Sox since start of 2016…club has lost 13 of 21 and 25 of last he has recorded an extra-base hit in each of his last 6 games, Shutouts ........................... 0-0/1-2/1-2 Decided final AB .......5-4/5-5/10-9 43 vs. the White Sox beg. 7/3/12…Texas has gone 4-0-1 in longest streak for a Texas batter since Rougned Odor’s 6-G Walk-off games ....................3-2 last 5 series vs. Pale Hose in Arlington, splitting a 4-G set streak, 8/30-9/5/16. here in 2017…White Sox lead the all-time series 268-247, ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST but Rangers have leads of 148-114 in Arlington and 62-46 REHAB UPDATES: LHP Martin Pérez (6.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R-ER, 3 Rank HR Player 30 475 Stan Musial at Globe Life Park…Texas went 3-4 against the Sox in 2017, BB, 4 SO, 0 HR, 73 pitches/48 strikes) made his 2nd start on 475 Willie Stargell the 6th time in 7 seasons to finish .500-or-less against the rehab assignment last night in Double-A Frisco’s 5-1 win over 32 473 Carlos Delgado Pale Hose.