Texas Rangers (37-37) at New York Yankees (40-32) RHP Nick Martinez (2-3, 4.33) vs. RHP Michael Pineda (7-3, 3.56) Game #75 • Road #36 (15-20) • Sun., June 25, 2017 • Yankee Stadium • 1:05 p.m. (CDT) • FSSW / MLBN / 105.3 FM / 1270 AM RANGERS AT A GLANCE WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers and Yankees conclude DAY GAMES: The Rangers are 13-8 in day games in 2017, their series this afternoon...Texas has split the 1st 2 games of winning 5 of 6...club is 7-4 on the road in the daytime, winning Overall ..............................37-37 of this 10-game roadtrip to NYY (1-1), CLE (4 G), and CWS the last 4 since a loss on 5/27 at TOR. (3 G)...club has won 2 of 3 and 3 of the last 5 games with a Home ................................22-17 Road .................................15-20 10-5 mark beginning 6/9...Texas has also won 11 of 17, 13 CARLOS GOMEZ is 10-for-30 (.333) with 6 homers and 16 of 24, 24 of 41, and 25 of 45…club has a 32-27 (.542) record RBI in 8 games since being activated from the DL on 6/16...in Standing ............T3rd, -13.0 GB beginning 4/20 after opening the year at 5-10...club has not this 9-day span, he leads the majors in HR and RBI, ranks won consecutive games since 6/16-17. 2nd in SLG (.967), and is 3rd in runs scored (11)...he had 4 Roadtrip ................................1-1 • At 37-37, the Rangers are T9th in the A.L. in winning per- HR and 13 RBI in 38 games prior to going on the DL... One-Run .............................4-12 centage...this is the 6th time in the last 12 days that Texas Gomez has hit safely in 7 of 8 games in this span and overall 2-Run ....................................6-5 has been at the .500 mark but the club has had a winning has hit safely in 11 of his last 12 contests at .386 (17-44) to record just once in the last 31 days, 34-33 on 6/17...through raise his average from .,219 to .262. HR ....................................32-27 No HR.................................5-10 74 games, the Rangers were 47-27/48-27 in 2016 and 37- 37/38-37 in 2015. CHIRINOS AND THE LONG BALL: Robinson Chirinos has White ................................16-10 • Team has been season-high 3 G above .500 twice, last on homered in each of his last 2 games with 5 HR and 8 RBI in w/ Blue ................................6-2 5/21 (24-21), and was a 2017 high 7 games under .500 (13- his last 8 contests beginning 6/7...for the season, Chirinos w/ Red ..............................10-8 20) on 5/8...season best 10-G win streak from 5/9-19 was has 10 homers in 95 at bats and his ratio of a homer ever 9.5 Gray ..................................13-10 Alt. Blue ..............................3-10 4th-longest in franchise history, 2nd-longest in MLB in 2017 AB is the best in the majors among all players with at least 10 Blue Home .........................2-1 (11-HOU, 5/25-6/6). HR: 9.55 (22/210)--Cody Bellinger, LAD; 9.64 (14/135)--Fred- Blue Road ..........................1-9 die Freeman, ATL; 9.85 (26/256)--Aaron Judge, NYY. Alt. Red (all home) ...............1-4 IN THE STANDINGS: The Rangers are tied for 3rd with LAA • This is the 3rd time in his 4 seasons with Texas that Chiri- Special ..................................4-3 for the 3rd time in the last 4 days after spending 5 straight nos has hit 10+ homers (13 in 2014; 10 in 2015)...the only Last 5 Games .......................3-2 days in 2nd place...days in each place in ‘17 (alone or tied): other Texas catchers with at least 3 seasons of 10+ homers Last 10 Games .....................5-5 1st-0 days, 2nd-24, 3rd-19, 4th-27, 5th-13…club has been are Hall of Famer Ivan Rodriguez (10) and Rod Barajas (3)... 13.0 GB for 4 straight days after dropping 7.5 games in the Chirinos has homered every 19.3 AB (42/809) in his Texas Come From Behind Wins ...... 18 Losses After Lead ................. 19 standings in the previous 29 days (5.5 to 13.0 GB)...the cur- career, 11th best in team history (750+ AB). rent 13.0 G deficit matches largest since 6/11 (-13.0 GB)… Score First ........................33-15 season-high 15.5 G deficit after off day 6/5, team’s greatest A 10-SPOT: With homers by Chirnos and Gomez on Satur- Opp. Score First ...............13-22 at any point since the end of the 2014 season (21.0 GB). day, the Rangers now have 7 players with at least 10 long balls in 2017: 19--Gallo; 14--Napoli; 12--Odor; 11--Choo; Columns below listed in a Home/Road/Total format ON THE ROAD: Texas snapped a 2-game away losing 10--Chirinos, Gomez, Mazara...that matches HOU for the streak on Saturday and has won 7 of 9 road contests begin- most in the majors this season...BAL and NYY each have 6... vs. AL West ....... 8-7/7-12/15-19 ning 5/28...prior to this 7-2 span, the club had won just 6 of its Texas has homered at least once in 17 of the last 18 games vs. AL Central .......... 5-5/2-1/7-6 previous 17 away contests...the Rangers’ .429 (15-20) road (32 total HR) and is T5th in the A.L. with 105 HR. vs. AL East ............ 3-4/2-6/5-10 Interleague ............ 6-1/4-1/10-2 winning percentage ranks 9th in the A.L. and is the team’s lowest away percentage through 35 games since 2007 at PASSING ONE SAM, CLOSING IN ON ANOTHER: Adrian Series .......... 6-5-2/4-6-1/10-11-3 .314 (11-24/11-25)...club was 21-15/20-15 in 2016. Beltre’s 2 hits on Saturday gave him 2964 in his career, mov- Series Openers...........7-6/5-7/12-13 • Texas has won consecutive road series entering this set ing hin past Sam Crawford (officially 2963) into 32nd place Series Finales ............6-6/7-5/13-11 Rubber Games ........ 1-2/2-2/3-4 with NYY after going 2-6-1 in season’s 1st 9 road series. all-time..the other player now between Beltre and the 3,000 • The Rangers’ .220 team road average is the lowest in the hit mark is Sam Rice with 2985. Lead after 6 ..... 14-4/11-6/25-10 major leagues (SD-.223). • Beltre’s double on Saturday was the 598th of his career, Lead after 7 ........17-4/11-2/28-6 17th place all-time, 3 fewer than Barry Bonds...that was ca- Lead after 8 ....... 18-3/12-1/30-4 VERSUS NEW YORK: The Rangers snapped a 3-game los- reer extra base hit #1081, 23rd most in ML history, 8 back of Trail after 6 .........4-11/2-11/6-22 ing streak vs. the Yankees on Saturday for their 1st win in Jim Thome...Beltre’s 2741 total games are 28th all-time and Trail after 7 ........ 2-12/1-15/3-27 the series since 6/28/16 at Yankee Stadium...Texas is 17-13 6 fewer than Derek Jeter. Trail after 8 ........ 2-12/2-17/4-29 (.567) vs. NYY since the start of 2013, the 2nd best winning percentage of any A.L. club against the Yankees in that span CLAUDIO AND KELA: Alex Claudio and Keone Kela are Tied after 6 .............. 4-2/2-3/6-5 Tied after 7 .............. 3-1/3-3/6-4 to OAK at .636 (21-12)...the Rangers were just 27-48 vs. both working on scoreless innings streaks entering Sunday’s Tied after 8 .............. 2-2/1-2/3-4 NYY from 2004-12...Texas is 9-7 at Yankee Stadium since action...Claudio has pitched 9.1 shutout innings in his last 8 the start of 2013...in the all-time series, NYY leads, 260-196 games beginning 6/9 and has permitted jusdt one R-ER in Decided 7th/later.........8-7/4-9/12-16 overall, 149-84 in New York, 21-14 at new Yankee Stadium. his last 11 appearances (15.0 IP) to drop his season relief Shutouts ........................... 1-0/2-1/3-1 Decided final AB .......5-5/2-5/7-10 • Texas has won 4 of last 7 vs. the A.L. East but is 5-10 over- ERA from 2.41 to 1.60, 7th-lowest among A.L. qualifiers and Walk-off games ....................4-3 all in that division, 2-6 on the road. 2nd best among lefthanders to KC’s Scott Alexander (1.38)... Kela has worked 7.0 scoreless innings in his last 7 outings ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD: Texas is 3-4 in the finale of beginning 6/10 with a 1.15 ERA (2 ER/15.2 IP) in his last 15 Rank HR Player 3-game series tied at 1-1 in 2017, losing 4 of the last 5..club games to drop his season ERA from 4.85 to 2.83...Kela has 35 462 Jose Canseco is 2-2 in road “rubber games”. held opponents to a .133 batting average, 2nd lowest among 462 Adam Dunn • The Rangers are 3-0-2 in their last 5 overall series entering A.L.