Texas Rangers (62-59) at Detroit Tigers (59-62) RHP Yovani Gallardo (9-9, 3.39) vs. LHP Randy Wolf (1st start in ‘15) Game #122 • Road #64 (34-29) • Sat., Aug. 22, 2015 • Comerica Park • 6:08 p.m. (CDT) • FS1 / 105.3 FM / 1540 AM RANGERS AT A GLANCE WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers shut out the Tigers, COLBY LEWIS notched his 14th victory of the season last 2-0, last night and have split the fi rst 2 of games in this brief night to match his career high (14-10 in 2011) and gain a Overall ..............................62-59 4-game road trip to Detroit...club fi nished 5-1 on its previous share of the A.L. wins lead (also HOU’s Dallas Keuchel and 6-day, 6-game homestand against Tampa Bay (3-0) and Se- SEA’s Felix Hernandez)...Lewis has recorded 10 of those vic- Home ................................28-30 Road .................................34-29 attle (2-1)…club has alternated wins and losses over its last tories since 6/2, most in the A.L. over that span and 2nd-most 5 games, but has won 7 of 9, 13 of 18, and 16 of its last 22 in the majors (CHC’s Jake Arrieta)...his 14 wins are the most Standing ................ 3rd, -4.0 GB games...had a 5-game win streak, 8/13-17, 2nd-longest by by a Texas pitcher since Matt Harrison (18) and Yu Darvish the Rangers in 2015 (7 G, 5/20-26)…team is 12-7 in August (16) in 2012...the victory was his 68th as a Ranger, moving Road Trip ..............................1-1 (.632), T2nd-highest win pct. in the A.L. and higher than its him into a tie for 6th with Rick Helling on the Rangers on all- One-Run ...........................22-19 win total for the entire month of July (10)…have gone 19-10 time wins list...the Rangers have won 6 of Lewis’ last 7 starts. 2-Run ................................13-10 (.655) beginning 7/21, 2nd in A.L. and T3rd in MLB in that • After 14 losses in 2014, Lewis is the 5th Ranger ever to span, and team’s 20-13 (.606) record since the All-Star break lose 14 games in one season and then win at least 14 games HR ....................................47-24 No HR...............................14-36 is 2nd in A.L. (TOR-.710, 22-9) and T5th in MLB…club is the following campaign...the last instance was Jose Guzman, 50-41 starting 5/10 and 54-43 since 5/4…the Rangers have who went 9-15 in 1986 and then 14-14 in 1987...according to White ................................22-22 been 3 games above the .500 mark on 3 of the last 5 days, STATS, LLC, the last instance in the A.L. was Phil Hughes Gray ..................................13-13 but have not reached 4 games above since 6/21 (37-33) and (4-14 w/NYY in ‘13 and 16-10 w/MIN in ‘14). Alt. Blue ............................19-20 are seeking to reach that mark with a win tonight...the club Blue Home .........................0-4 Blue Road ......................19-16 has been a season-best 6 games above .500 twice (36-30 SHAWN TOLLESON registered his 24th save of the season Alt. Red (all home) ...............6-5 on 6/17; 37-31 on 6/19) and a season high 8 games under last night, recording 3 consecutive strikeouts after a leadoff Camo Road ..........................1-0 .500 on 5/3 (8-16)...after 121 G, Texas was 47-74 in 2014 and double...yesterday was the 2nd time for Tolleson to record Stars Home...........................0-1 70-51 in 2013. 3 strikeouts in a save and his 61 strikeouts overall are now Powder Blue Road................1-0 tied for 8th among A.L. relievers...Tolleson has recorded all Last 5 Games .......................3-2 IN THE STANDINGS: The Rangers enter play today 4.0 24 saves since 5/20, most in the A.L. and T3rd in MLB (PIT’s Last 10 Games .....................7-3 games behind 1st-place Houston in the A.L. West…club is in Mark Melancon-29 and STL’s Trevor Rosenthal-25) in that 3rd place for a 55th straight day, 0.5 game behind 2nd-place span...according to Stats, LLC, Tolleson is tied for the highest Come From Behind Wins ...... 21 Losses After Lead ................. 24 LAA, and have not had a share of 2nd place since 6/3-27… save percentage over a reliever’s fi rst 25 career save chanc- team has lost ground just twice in the last 16 days and have es since the save was instituted in 1969...the only other pitch- Score First ........................48-17 gained 4.0 games in the division over the last 19 days. ers to go 24-for-25 to start their career were MIN’s LaTroy Opp. Score First ...............14-42 • Texas is a 0.5 game behind the Angels for the 2nd A.L. Wild Hawkins (2000-01) and LAD’s Eric Gagne (2002)...the fi gure Card spot, tied with BAL (-0.5 GB) in the Wild Card stand- is easily the highest for a Ranger, besting Neftali Feliz’s pre- Columns below listed in a Home/Road/Total format ings…the Rangers have not held one of the top 2 spots in the vious mark of 88.0% (22-of-25). A.L. Wild Card standings since 6/17, when Texas led the A.L. vs. AL West ... 8-16/12-13/20-29 WC race by a half-game over both MIN and NYY. SHUTOUTS: Lewis, Keone Kela, and Tolleson combined on vs. AL Central ...... 7-6/7-7/14-13 the Rangers’ 6th shutout of the season last night...all 6 shut- vs. AL East ...........8-3/11-6/19-9 Interleague .............. 5-5/4-3/9-8 SERIES STUFF: Rangers are 6-2-1 in last 9 series beg. outs have been since 5/30, T6th in the A.L. in that span...al- 7/20…club is 8-8-4 in road series in 2015...Texas dropped though the Rangers’ 6 shutouts are tied for 3rd-fewest in the Series ..........7-9-2/8-8-4/15-17-6 both series on its previous road trip after going 4-0-1 in previ- A.L. this season, 5 have occurred on the road, which is tied Series Openers...... 9-10/12-9/21-19 ous 5 series entering the trip. for 3rd most...entering play last night, the Tigers had been Series Finales .......9-10/9-10/18-20 Rubber Games ......3-4/2-6/5-10 • This weekend is the 7th series of 4 games for Texas this shutout just 4 times, tied for fewest in the majors...it was the season...club has dropped the opener in 4 of 7 series, incl. 5th Texas shutout ever at Comerica Park and fi rst since a Lead after 6 .......24-4/23-4/47-8 Thurs., but is 12-7 in the remainder of the series, including 2-0 win over Verlander on 4/11/11 (Alexi Ogando-Darren Ol- Lead after 7 .......23-3/23-3/46-6 8-2 over the fi nal 3 games of the last 4 series...the Rangers iver-Neftali Feliz). Lead after 8 .......24-2/27-1/51-3 are 2-0-4 in 4-game series this season. Trail after 6 ........ 3-23/5-23/8-46 ELVIS ANDRUS was the only Ranger with multiple hits last Trail after 7 ........ 1-24/4-23/5-47 ON THE ROAD: Texas has won 2 of last 3 road games, but night, going 2-for-3 with a double and run scored...Andrus Trail after 8 ........ 1-24/2-24/3-48 has lost 6 of 8 since the end of a 4-game win streak, 7/21- has scored 20 runs in 29 games since 7/21, tied for 9th-most 25...own a 34-29 (.540) record in away games…the 34 wins in the A.L. over that span...he is batting .300 (39-130) with 7 Tied after 6 .............. 2-3/5-2/7-5 Tied after 7 .............5-3/6-3/11-6 are the most in MLB, and .540 winning pct. leads the A.L. doubles, 3 home runs, and 17 RBI over 34 games since 7/12. Tied after 8 .............. 4-4/4-4/8-8 and is 3rd in MLB (CHC 33-25, .569 and STL 31-25, .554)… the 34-29 mark is T5th-best in club history after 63 away WILL VENABLE collected his fi rst hit and RBI as a Ranger Decided 7th/later.......8-8/11-9/19-17 games…3 of club’s 6 best 63-game road records have come with a run-scoring double in the 2nd inning last night...Ven- Shutouts ........................... 1-1/2-5/3-6 Decided fi nal AB .....8-6/6-7/14-13 in the last 4 seasons, as team was 37-26 at this point in 2013 able also threw out Miguel Cabrera at home to end the 4th Walk-off games ....................6-6 and 35-28 in 2012. inning for his fi rst career outfi eld assist as a leftfi elder...Ven- able had played 64 games without an assist in LF prior to last VS. DETROIT: Texas won last night to snap a 4-game los- night despite a combined 18 assist in CF and RF. ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST Rank HR Player ing streak to the Tigers that dated back to last season...the 49 414 Darrell Evans Tigers were the only A.L.