Oakland Athletics (57-43) at Texas Rangers (42-58) LHP Brett Anderson (1-2, 6.08) vs. LHP Cole Hamels (5-8, 4.36) Game #101 • Home #51 (20-30) • Mon., July 23, 2018 • Globe Life Park in Arlington • 7:05 p.m. (CDT) • FSSW / 105.3 FM / 1270 AM RANGERS AT A GLANCE WINS AND LOSSES: Texas shut out the Indians, 5-0, on ODOR NAMED A.L. PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Rougned Sunday, and club is 1-2 to begin this 2nd ‘half’ opening 7-day, Odor has been selected as the A.L. Player of the Week for Overall ..............................42-58 7-game homestand against CLE (1-2) and OAK (4 G)…team the period ending 7/22...Odor is the 1st Ranger to be select- snapped a 4-G losing streak on Sunday, but has still dropped ed for the award since Adrián Beltré for 7/24-30/17...it marks Home ................................20-30 Road .................................22-28 4 of 5, 7 of 9, and 10 of 12...at 4-12 (.250), Texas has the the 3rd time Odor has won the league’s weekly award, also 2nd-lowest win pct. in MLB this month (SD-.235, 4-13)…TEX taking the honors for 8/27-9/4/16 and 7/20-26/15...Odor went Standing .............. 5th, -23.0 GB has more losses this month (4-12) than in entire month of 8-for-13 (.615) with a HR, 3 RBI, and 2 R in the weekend June (14-11)...the 4 wins this month have come against DET series against Cleveland, and he ranks among A.L. leaders Homestand ...........................1-2 (2), BAL (1), and CLE (1), and 2 of the 4 wins have been in hits (1st, 8) and total bases (2nd, 11) since the All-Star One-Run ...........................10-13 SHO…team still has a 15-14 record beginning 6/16. break...his 3 SB in the second ‘half’ are the most in MLB. 2-Run ..................................7-12 • At 42-58 (.420), Rangers rank 12th in A.L. in winning pct… the 42 wins are the fewest for Texas after 100 games since ODOR OF LATE: Rougned Odor matched season highs HR ....................................33-36 No HR.................................9-22 2014 (40-60) and 2nd fewest in last 16 seasons (beg. 2004). in both hits (3) and RBI (3) on Sunday afternoon...Odor is • Texas has been under the .500 mark since a season best now batting .364/.438/.582/1.019 (20-55) with 3 HR and 8 White ..................................8-17 1-1 on 3/30…following loss on Saturday, Rangers matched RBI in July to raise his season average from .229 to .259, w/ Blue ..............................6-12 low mark of season at 17 games under .500 (2nd time, also highest since Opening Day...in his last 47 G since 5/24, Odor w/ Red ................................2-5 27-44 thru 6/15)…this was just 4th season in TEX history to is batting .299/.374/.467/.841 (50-167), posting the 4th-high- Gray ....................................6-13 Alt. Blue ............................23-25 be 17+ under as early as 6/15 (last 2007, club-record 6/3)… est OPS among ML second baseman (min. 165 PA) in that Blue Home .......................8-10 club lost a season high 7 straight games from 6/7-15 and span behind only Jose Altuve (.930), Javier Baez (.894), and Blue Road ......................15-15 directly followed that with a 2018 best 7 consecutive wins Scooter Gennett (.845). Alt. Red (all home) ...............4-3 from 6/16-23. Throwback ............................1-0 SHUTOUT: The Rangers have posted 3 shutouts in 2018, Last 5 Games .......................1-4 SERIES STUFF: Rangers are 0-4-1 in last 5 series after hav- including a pair of shutouts in the month of July...Texas is tied Last 10 Games .....................3-7 ing won a season-best 5 consecutive series from 6/15-7/1… for the 2nd-most SHO in the majors this month...this is the team is still 6-3-1 in last 10 series in Arlington, only losses in 1st time Texas has posted multiple shutouts in a single month Come From Behind Wins ...... 16 Losses After Lead ................. 21 that span to the Astros (0-4 from 6/7-10; 0-2 from 7/3-4)...the since July 2017 (2). Rangers have gone 11-21 in series openers, but have won Score First ........................29-19 the 1st game in 6 of their last 9 series. TURN THE PAGE: Yesterday’s shutout came after Texas Opp. Score First ...............13-39 pitching allowed 25 runs in the 1st 2 G of the series with the IN THE STANDINGS: Texas is 23.0 GB of division-leading Indians...the 25 runs scored by the Tribe in the 1st 2 games Columns below listed in a Home/Road/Total format HOU, gaining ground yesterday for the 1st time since an off of the weekend series matched the most ever against Texas day on 7/12...club was season high 24.0 GB following loss in 2 contests preceding a shutout (also 6/9-11/14, 25 R by vs. AL West ..... 5-16/9-10/14-26 on Saturday, the 2nd-earliest date ever for Rangers to have a CLE/MIA before Rangers’ 6-0 SHO on 6/11 vs. MIA)...Texas vs. AL Central ...... 7-6/9-8/16-14 24-game deficit (6/4 in 2001) and just the 10th season overall also allowed 16 runs in Saturday’s loss, just 3rd instance in vs. AL East ............ 4-6/4-8/8-14 Interleague .............. 4-2/0-2/4-4 in club history to have a deficit so large…only other season club history to allow 16+ R in game prior to a SHO...the oth- with a 24+ game deficit in last 16 seasons (beg. 2004) was ers: 9/4-5/05 at KC/MIN - lost 17-8 at The K, then won 7-0 Series ..........6-9-1/4-8-4/10-17-5 2014…club has lost 6.5 games in the standings over the last at Metrodome and 4/20-21/07 vs. OAK - lost 16-4 then won Series Openers.......5-11/6-10/11-21 19 days…current deficit is 3rd-largest in the majors…club next game 7-0. Series Finales ..........8-8/5-11/13-19 Rubber Games ........ 4-1/1-5/5-6 has been in 5th place in the A.L. West for the last 104 days and in either 4th or 5th place for 114 of 115 days (T2nd fol- RUA IN RESERVE: Ryan Rua has 2 home runs off the bench Lead after 6 ....... 15-4/16-1/31-5 lowing win on 3/30). this season (2-R HR yesterday and pinch-hit 3-R HR on 7/13 Lead after 7 ....... 15-2/19-1/34-3 at BAL)...Rua joins Mitch Moreland (2012), David Murphy Lead after 8 ....... 17-0/18-0/35-0 AT HOME: Texas is 20-30 (.400) in Arlington this season, (2013), and Leonys Martin (2015) as the only Rangers with Trail after 6 ........ 3-21/3-24/6-45 4th-lowest home win pct. in A.L. and 6th-lowest in MLB… multiple HR off the bench in a single season since 2006 (all Trail after 7 ........ 1-25/2-24/3-49 team snapped 5-G home losing streak yesterday...the 5-G hit 2 HR)...Rua is the only A.L. player this season with multi- Trail after 8 ........ 1-25/1-27/2-52 losing streak was preceded by a 6-1 stretch in Arlington from ple home runs as a sub. 6/16-6/30…team is 7-6 in last 13 at home, this after a 5-G Tied after 6 .............. 2-5/3-3/5-8 Tied after 7 .............. 4-3/1-3/5-6 losing skid from 6/7-15, and are 13-13 in last 26 G after open- RUNNING RANGERS: Texas swiped a season-high 4 stolen Tied after 8 .............. 2-5/3-1/5-6 ing year at 5-15…overall 20-30 record is 2nd-slowest 50-G bases yesterday, most since another 4 steal game on 9/1/17 start at home in TEX history (19-31 in 2014). vs. LAA...the Rangers have 15 stolen bases in their 1st 16 Decided 7th/later.........6-9/9-6/15-15 this month, 2nd-most in the A.L. and T3rd in MLB (CLE-19; Shutouts ........................... 1-0/2-5/3-5 Decided final AB .....5-6/5-5/10-11 THE SWINGIN’ A’S: The Rangers are 5-4 vs. OAK in ‘18, MIL-17; PIT-15)...the 15 stolen bases this month already Walk-off games ....................3-2 only A.L. West opponent with a winning record against…TEX matches the clubs total for the entire month of June. has won 3 straight and 4 of last 6 vs. A’s, and have a 3-2 ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST mark in Arlington…Rangers have gone 23-20 vs. OAK begin- HIP HIP JOSÉ: José Leclerc has held opponents 2-for-32 Rank HR Player 30 475 Stan Musial ning 6/14/16…Texas was 8-11 against Oakland in 2017, and with 17 strikeouts over his last 10 outings after a scoreless 475 Willie Stargell Rangers have lost season series vs. A’s in 4 of last 6 sea- inning of relief yesterday...Leclerc has 31 SO in 17.0 IP since 32 473 Carlos Delgado sons…Rangers went 7-3 vs.