Texas Rangers (2-5) at Oakland Athletics (3-4) LHP Martin Pérez (0-0, —) vs. RHP Daniel Mengden (0-1, 7.94) Game #8 • Road #4 (1-2) • Thurs., April 5, 2018 • Oakland Coliseum • 2:35 p.m. (CDT) • FSSW / 105.3 FM / 1270 AM RANGERS AT A GLANCE WINS AND LOSSES: Texas has lost 4 of last 5 G after losing MAZ THE MACHINE: Nomar Mazara has gone 5-for-7 with last night at OAK, 6-2…club enters series finale needing a a BB in his last 8 plate appearances in this series…he has Overall ..................................2-5 win to split the 4-game set for 2nd time in as many series a team-high 5 hits in this series, scoring 3 of the Rangers’ 7 to begin the year…Rangers’ only 2 wins have come in 2nd runs…Mazara leads all Rangers in ‘18 with 5 runs scored, Home ....................................1-3 Road .....................................1-2 game of each series…team’s 5 losses are tied for most in and his 8 hits and 2nd-most on the club. majors with BAL, LAD, SD, and TB…club has opened with a Standing .................5th, -4.0 GB 2-5 record for a 2nd straight year, this after having 3+ wins af- ODOR’S STREAK ENDS: Rougned Odor had played in 168 ter 7 games in every season from 2007-16…thru 8 G, Rang- consecutive games for Texas before he did not appear last Road Trip ..............................1-2 ers had a 3-5 record in 2017, tied with 2009 and 2015 for night…it marked the 1st time Odor had not appeared in a reg. One-Run ...............................0-0 slowest start since 2006 (2-6)…Texas has not been above season game for Texas since the 2016 season finale, 10/2/16 2-Run ....................................0-1 .500 thru 8 G since 2013 (6-2)…going back to ‘17, TEX has vs. TB, which was also a Profar start at 2B. is 4-13 in last 17 G, with 3 of those 4 wins against the A’s. HR ........................................2-3 No HR...................................0-2 • Team is currently in 5th place in the A.L. West, 4.0 games PÉREZ RETURNS: Martin Pérez is slated to be activated back of division-leading Houston…team’s 4.0 GB is tied for today and make his season debut…is seeing a delayed start White ....................................1-2 largest division deficit in MLB with BAL, TB, and SD. to the season after offseason surgery on his right (non-throw- w/ Blue ................................0-1 ing) elbow…Pérez turned 27 years old yesterday, and will w/ Red ................................1-1 Texas wraps its 1st road trip and 2nd series be the youngest Ranger to make a start this season…only Gray ......................................0-1 THE FINALE: Alt. Blue ................................1-2 of the season today at the Coliseum…Rangers are trying to pitcher under 30 to have started for Texas prior to today was Blue Home .........................0-1 earn a 2-2 split in this series and avoid taking losses in the Matt Moore (28.286 on 3/31 vs. HOU). Blue Road ..........................1-1 1st 2 series of a season for the 1st time since 2006 (dropped Alt. Red (all home) ...............0-0 1st 3 series)…Rangers did not win its season-opening series BELTRÉ TIED WITH CAREW: Adrián Beltré’s lone hit in this Throwback ............................0-0 for a 4th straight season after going 1-3 vs. HOU (2-2 at OAK series on Tuesday was career no. 3053, tying Rod Carew for Last 5 Games .......................1-4 in 2015, 1-2 vs. SEA in 2016, 0-3 vs. CLE in 2017)…club had 25th place on the all-time list…it also tied Carew, who was Last 10 Games .....................2-5 won its 1st series in 4 consecutive campaigns from 2011-14. born in Panama, for most hits all-time by a native of Latin America…Beltré was already the all-time hits leader among Come From Behind Wins ........ 0 Losses After Lead ................... 1 VS. OAKLAND: After today, next 3 series vs. A’s will take players born in the Dominican Republic…with 3 hits in to- place in Arlington, as Rangers do not return to the Coliseum day’s series finale, Beltré could also pass OAK great Rickey Score First ............................2-1 until 8/20-22…overall, Rangers have lost 3 of 4, 10 of 13, Henderson (3055) on all-time list. Opp. Score First ...................0-4 12 of 18, and 16 of last 27 vs. A’s, but have a 19-18 advan- tage beginning 6/14/16…Texas was 8-11 against Oakland in THE KING: Elvis Andrus had just one hit last night, but he still Columns below listed in a Home/Road/Total format 2017, and Rangers have lost season series vs. A’s in 4 of has an MLB-best 29 plate appearances this season without last 6 seasons…Texas leads all-time series 362-354, while a strikeout, 11 more than the next-closest batter (KC’s Whit vs. AL West ............. 1-3/1-2/2-5 A’s have 188-171 edge at the Coliseum. Merrifield-18)…Andrus has missed on just 7 of 52 (13.5%) vs. AL Central .......... 0-0/0-0/0-0 • Rangers lost 9 straight games at the Coliseum before Tues- swings in 2018, the 11th-lowest figure among A.L. qualifiers vs. AL East .............. 0-0/0-0/0-0 Interleague .............. 0-0/0-0/0-0 day’s win, as the team’s previous win in this facility had been this season. on 4/17/17…it was T3rd-longest drought in any single road Series ..............0-1-0/0-0-0/0-1-0 city in Rangers history, as club had 0-11 runs at San Francis- LONGEST ACTIVE STREAKS OF PA’S WITH NO K’S Series Openers............... 0-1/0-1/0-2 co and Comerica Park. Credit Elias Sports Bureau Series Finales ................0-1/0-0/0-1 Rubber Games ........ 0-0/0-0/0-0 PA Player Team(s) Start Date ON THE ROAD: Texas is 1-2 to begin its road schedule in 45 Whit Merrifield KC 9/25/17 Lead after 6 ............. 1-0/1-0/2-0 2018, losing 5 of last 6 away contests dating to last season… 30 Elvis Andrus TEX 10/1/17 Lead after 7 ............. 1-0/1-0/2-0 each of those 5 defeats have come here at the Coliseum… 23 Zack Cozart LAA 3/31/18 Lead after 8 ............. 1-0/1-0/2-0 going back to 2017, Rangers are 5-5 in last 10, 7-8 in last 22 Mookie Betts BOS 3/29/18 Trail after 6 .............. 0-3/0-1/0-4 15, 11-9 in last 20, and 18-16 in away games beg. 7/21/17… Trail after 7 .............. 0-3/0-2/0-5 Rangers finished 37-44 (.457) on the road in 2017, club’s COME PICK ME UP: Jesse Chavez (2.1 IP) and Jose Le- Trail after 8 .............. 0-3/0-2/0-5 2nd-lowest away win pct. in the last 10 years beginning 2008 clerc (2.0 IP) combined for more innings last night than (34-47, .420 in 2014). starter Doug Fister (3.2), 2nd game for Texas to have that Tied after 6 .............. 0-0/0-1/0-1 Tied after 7 .............. 0-0/0-0/0-0 happen in 2018 (also Sat. vs. HOU)…Rangers’ 27.0 relief Tied after 8 .............. 0-0/0-0/0-0 HARD SUN: Texas has gone 0-3 in day games this season, innings this season are just 7.0 less than the rotation (34.0), losing all 3 day tilts in the HOU series to begin the year… and the figure ranks as 5th-most in MLB (35.1-MIA, 30.1- Decided 7th/later............. 0-0/0-1/0-1 offense has batted .161 (15-93) with 6 R and 34 SO in those LAA, 28.0-ATL, 27.1-MIL)…the 25 relief appearances for the Shutouts ........................... 0-0/0-0/0-0 Decided final AB .........0-0/0-0/0-0 3 games, going 1-for-12 w/ RISP…pitching staff has allowed Texas bullpen ranks T5th-most in majors: 31-LAA, 27-ATL, Walk-off games ....................0-0 21 R-ER in 27.0 IP…in daytime, Rangers have lost 6 straight, 26-MIA/PHI, 25-TEX/TOR. 8 of 9, 13 of 16, and 18 of 23 beginning 7/2/17…current 6-G ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST slide is longest in daytime since 7 in a row, 6/30/16-7/16/16… RARE ERROR: Last night’s error on Robinson Chirinos on a Rank HR Player play at the plate led to the Rangers’ 1st unearned runs of the 32 473 Carlos Delgado HEADED HOME: Rangers are scheduled to fly back to the season…would you believe that the Rangers’ .987 (3 E/237 33 468 Chipper Jones 34 465 Dave Winfield DFW Metroplex after today’s game and begin a 6-game, TC) fielding pct. ranks as 5th-best in the A.L.?…the club’s 35 463 Miguel Cabrera 6-day homestand against the Blue Jays on Friday night… only other errors this season came in the 2nd game on Sat. 36 462 Jose Canseco Texas was 3-4 vs. TOR in 2017, losing season series for a vs. HOU, when Andrus and Odor both committed miscues.