POSTGAME NOTES Texas Rangers (43-25) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (35-31) Friday, June 17, 2016 R H E Starting Pitcher (Pitch Count) Pitcher of Record Texas 1 6 0 Cole Hamels (96 pitches/65 strikes) WIN: Cole Hamels (7-1) St. Louis 0 3 0 Michael Wacha (103 pitches/72 strikes) LOSS: Michael Wacha (2-7) SAVE: Sam Dyson (12) First Pitch: 7:16 p.m. Gametime Temperature: 85° – Clear Time of Game: 2:23 Attendance: 44,064 Cardinals Notes • Michael Wacha made his 14th start of the season, first against the Rangers in 2016 and in his career…has not earned a win since 4/23 at SD…leads MLB with losses in seven straight decisions…threw 7.2 innings, his 2nd-longest outing of the season (8.0 IP, 5/3 vs. PHI)…his 3rd outing this season allowing one run or less…became the first Cardinals pitcher to lose seven straight decisions since Kip Wells (2007)…tied with Jon Lester for most losses this season when allowing one run (2). • Matt Carpenter extended his hitting streak to a season-high nine games (16-36, .421) with a single in the 1st inning; has 5 multi- hit games during the streak…18th multi-hit game of the season…has multiple walks for the 13th game this season, tied with Paul Goldschmidt and trailing only Bryce Harper (16) in MLB…his 4th career game reaching safely in exactly four plate appearances and the 2nd this season. • Jedd Gyorko snapped an 0-for-16 with a single to centerfield in the 5th inning (last hit: 6/7 at CIN). • The Cardinals have been shutout for the 4th time this season…last 1-0 loss was vs. PHI (5/3/16 vs. Aaron Nola), also a Michael Wacha start…15th shutout loss in Interleague play and 3rd 1-0 Interleague loss (6/22/2006 at CWS & 6/16/1996 at MIL)…are 0-4 against the Rangers in St. Louis in the regular season…tonight was the 3rd 1-0 Interleague game of the 2016 MLB season. Rangers Notes • Cole Hamels made his 14th start of the season, first against the Cardinals in 2016 (1-0) and 13th career start vs. the Cardinals (4- 4)…recorded his longest scoreless outing of the season (7.2 IP); his longest scoreless outing since a no-hitter vs. CHI (7/25/15) at Wrigley Field…has thrown 7.0 or more innings in each of his four June starts and seven for the season…made his 320th career start, 2nd only to C.C. Sabathia (463) among active left-handed pitchers…surpassed 2,100 career innings tonight. • Rougned Odor has hit safely in his last five games (7-21, .333) with three home runs and seven runs scored…has scored in five straight games, one shy of his career best (6, 5/11-16/16)…has six home runs in the month of June, most on the Rangers and entered today T6th among A.L. batters in the month…9 of his 17 hits in June have been for extra bases. • Nomar Mazara snapped an 0-for-23 with a single to left field in the 6th inning…last multi-hit game with the first game of this road trip at SEA (6/10). • Matt Bush has thrown seven consecutive scoreless appearances (5.2) and 15-of-17 scoreless appearances on the season. • Sam Dyson has four saves in five opportunities during this current road trip. • The Rangers threw their 2nd shutout of the season (4/12 at SEA, 8-0)…last 1-0 win was 9/7/14 vs. SEA…last 1-0 win on road was 6/13/14 at SEA…have 13 1-0 wins in team history on solo home runs (last 8/28/12 vs. TAM, Ian Kinsler HR)...last on road (7/20/08 at MIN, Taylor Teagarden HR)…Rangers' only 1-0 win in Interleague play was 6/13/12 vs. ARI (Craig Gentry RBI single in 8th). Today’s Home Runs TEX – Rougned Odor #13 (5th inn, 0 on, 0 out, 0-0 count, off Michael Wacha) – 433 feet (38th career HR) .