Texas Rangers (56-70) at Oakland Athletics (74-50) RHP Bartolo Colon (7-10, 5.19) vs. RHP Mike Fiers (8-6, 3.38) Game #127 • Road #60 (27-32) • Mon., Aug. 20, 2018 • Oakland Coliseum • 9:05 p.m. (CDT) • FSSW / 105.3 FM / 1270 AM RANGERS AT A GLANCE WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers beat the Angels yester- BELTRÉ CLOSING IN ON MR. PADRE: Adrián Beltré did day, 4-2, and team finished with a 4-2 record on the 6-game, not play yesterday after returning to the lineup as the DH on Overall ..............................56-70 7-day homestand vs. ARI (1-1) and LAA (3-1) that preceded Saturday…he left the game last Monday vs. Arizona with a this road trip…Texas has won 3 of 4 and 10 of last 17 G, left hamstring strain…Beltré enters this week with 3138 ca- Home ................................29-38 Road .................................27-32 going 4-4 in last 8, 5-5 in last 10, and 7-7 in last 14 G… reer hits, 19th all-time and 3 shy of matching the great Tony team’s 14-8 (.636) record since 7/27 is 5th-best in MLB to Gwynn for 18th place on the all-time hits list…with 1685 ca- Standing .............. 5th, -20.0 GB BOS (.810, 17-4), STL (.739, 17-6), CLE (.727, 16-6), and reer RBI, Beltré is also just 10 shy of matching Cal Ripken OAK (.650, 13-7)…have lost 19 of 35 and 21 of last 38 G, the Jr for 24th on the all-time RBI list…Beltré has batted .355 Homestand ...........................4-2 longer span beginning 7/6…team is 29-26 beginning 6/16. (11-31) with a HR, 3 2B, and 6 RBI over his last 8 games vs. One-Run ........................... 11-16 • The Rangers are 10-7 (.588) in August, T4th-best record OAK this season. 2-Run ................................12-14 in the A.L. and T5th-best in MLB…the 10 August wins have already surpassed last month’s total, as 8-17 (.320) record ODOR DOES IT ALL: Rougned Odor drove in all 4 Texas HR ....................................45-40 No HR............................... 11-30 in July marked lowest win pct. in A.L. and 2nd-lowest in MLB runs yesterday in a 4-2 win over the club from Anaheim…it (SD: 5-20, .200)…at 15-14 (.517) since the AS break, TEX is was just the 2nd time a Texas batter drove in each of club’s White ................................10-20 T5th-best record in the A.L., as just 6 of the 15 teams in the 4-or-more runs in a game since the start of 2016, with the w/ Blue ..............................7-14 league have a record above .500 in the 2nd ‘half’. other instance also by Odor on 9/14/17 vs. SEA (10-4 loss)… w/ Red ................................3-6 • At 56-70 (.444), Rangers are 10th in the A.L. in winning per- but yesterday was the 1st time a Texas hitter had RBI for Gray ....................................9-15 Alt. Blue ............................26-28 centage…the 56 wins are fewest for Texas after 126 G since every Rangers run (4-or-more) in a win since 7/9/93 at TOR, Blue Home .......................9-12 2014 (49-77) and 2nd-fewest for club since start of 2008. when Rafael Palmeiro had 4 RBI in club’s 4-2 victory at Blue Road ......................17-17 • Texas has been under the .500 mark since a season best SkyDome…Odor’s effort yesterday was just the 7th such in- Alt. Red (all home) .............10-6 1-1 on 3/30…club currently sits 14-under to match high point stance in a win in club history, just the 3rd in Arlington (others Throwback ............................1-0 since the AS break (5th time), and have not been 13-under by Darrell Porter on 9/19/86 vs. MIN; and Dave Hostetler on Last 5 Games .......................3-2 since 41-54 after win 7/13 at BAL…team was season-high 8/1/82 vs. NYY. Last 10 Games .....................5-5 20 G under .500 at 42-62 on 7/26…TEX won season-high 7 • Odor’s MLB-leading 23 RBI in August are easily the most straight from 6/16-23, which was preceded by longest losing in a month in his career, and already match the most by any Come From Behind Wins ...... 25 Losses After Lead ................. 25 skid at 7 G, 6/7-15. Ranger in one month in 2018 (Mazara-23 RBI in May). Score First ........................35-21 SERIES STUFF: Texas has a 4-1-2 record in club’s last 7 se- BIG SWING FOR ROUGIE: Rougned Odor hit a go-ahead Opp. Score First ...............21-49 ries, this after having gone 0-5-1 in previous 6 series…club is 3-R HR during a 7th-inning downpour yesterday against the 1-1-1 in last 3 road series, dropping 3 of 4 at NYY in last away Angels in Arlington…it was the 1st go-ahead HR in the 7th- Columns below listed in a Home/Road/Total format series from 8/9-12…Rangers are 2-2-3 in road series vs. A.L. or-later with the Rangers trailing since 9/10/16 at LAA, when West, going 3-7-0 in home series against the division…Rang- Jonathan Lucroy hit a 2-R HR in the 8th of an eventual 8-5 vs. AL West . 10-22/12-10/22-32 ers have won 3 of last 4 series openers on the road. Texas victory…it was the 2nd such HR of Odor’s career, the vs. AL Central ...... 7-6/9-8/16-14 other a walkoff 2-R shot on 8/30/16 vs. SEA (Edwin Diaz). vs. AL East .........7-7/5-11/12-18 Interleague .............. 5-3/1-3/6-6 IN THE STANDINGS: After sitting between 21.0 and 23.0 games back in the A.L. West for 20 consecutive days from THE HALF OF IT: The Rangers’ offense continues to lead Series ........9-10-2/5-9-5/14-19-7 7/28-8/16, Rangers are 20.0 GB of division-leading HOU for MLB in many offensive categories in the 2nd ‘half’, leading Series Openers.......8-13/8-11/16-24 a 3rd straight day, smallest division deficit since 7/6 (-19.5 majors with 187 R, 6.45 R/G, 45 HR (tied w/ LAD), .834 OPS, Series Finales ........9-11/6-13/15-24 Rubber Games ........ 4-1/1-5/5-6 GB)…there are 7 MLB teams with larger division deficits than .279 BA, 287 H, 494 TB, and .311 BA w/ RISP…club has had Texas, including BAL’s MLB-high 50.5-game deficit in the a double-digit run total 7 times since the break, most in MLB. Lead after 6 ....... 22-6/20-1/42-7 A.L. East…season high deficit of 25.0 G on 7/26…club has TEXAS BATTING BEFORE AND AFTER ALL-STAR BREAK Lead after 7 ....... 23-4/24-1/47-5 been in 5th place in the A.L. West for the last 132 days and Lead after 8 ....... 26-2/23-0/49-2 (With A.L. rank) in either 4th or 5th place for 142 of 143 days (T2nd following R R/G HR BA OPS BA/RISP Trail after 6 ........ 5-26/3-28/8-54 win on 3/30). Pre-ASB 424 (t7) 4.37 (9) 109 (10) .236 (14) .713 (11) .222 (13) Trail after 7 ........ 2-30/2-28/4-58 Post-ASB 187 (1) 6.45 (1) 45 (1) .279 (1) .834 (1) .311 (1) Trail after 8 ........ 1-30/1-31/2-61 ON THE ROAD: Texas is 27-32 (.458) away from Arlington this season, 8th-best winning percentage in A.L…club has LECLERC WITH THE FINISH: Jose Leclerc has posted 10.0 Tied after 6 .............. 2-6/4-3/6-9 Tied after 7 .............. 4-4/1-3/5-7 dropped 4 of 5, but has won 5 of last 9 away tilts, going 6-6 in SHO IP over his last 10 appearances, and he owns a 0.83 Tied after 8 .............. 2-6/3-1/5-7 last 12, and has a 13-12 road record beginning 6/18. ERA (2 ER/21.2 IP) in his last 22 outings…in his last 8 G beg. 7/30, opponents have gone 2-for-26 with one BB and Decided 7th/later.... 8-13/10-7/18-20 VS. OAKLAND: The Rangers are 5-8 vs. OAK in ‘18, losing 15 SO, as he has whiffed 15 of 27 (55.6%) BF in that span Shutouts ........................... 1-0/2-6/3-6 Decided final AB .....6-9/5-5/11-14 4 straight to the Athletics…TEX 4-6 in last 10 G vs. A’s and while converting all 5 save chances and finishing 6 TEX wins. Walk-off games ....................3-2 has gone 23-24 vs. OAK beginning 6/14/16…Rangers have • Leclerc saved all 3 TEX wins in the 4-G weekend series vs. lost season series vs. A’s in 4 of last 6 seasons, and would LAA, 1st Ranger w/ 3 saves in a single series since Shawn ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST need to go 5-1 in final 6 meetings to take the 2018 series… Tolleson, 4/19-21/16 vs.