Minnesota Twins (30-55) at Texas Rangers (53-34) RHP Kyle Gibson (2-5, 4.82) vs. LHP Cole Hamels (9-2, 2.93) Game #88 • Home #42 (28-13) • Fri., July 8, 2016 • Globe Life Park in Arlington • 7:05 p.m. (CDT) • FSSW / 105.3 FM / 1540 AM RANGERS AT A GLANCE WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers lost to the Twins 10-1 last THE STOPPER: Since joining the Rangers last July, Cole night in the opener of this brief 4-game homestand against Hamels has gone 5-1 with a 3.71 ERA (21 ER/51.0 IP) over Overall ..............................53-34 Minnesota leading up to the All-Star break…club has lost 2 8 starts following a Texas loss...Hamels lone loss in a start straight, 5 of 6 and is 2-7 in its last 9 games, fewest wins in following a team defeat came last Sunday in a 5-4 loss to the Home ................................28-13 Road .................................25-21 any 9-game span in 2016…Texas had not seen a 2-7 stretch Twins in Minnesota...according to STATS LLC, Hamels is tied since July 2015 prior to the All-Star break…team has not won for the 6th-highest win percentage (min. 5 decisions) among Standing ...................... 1st, +6.5 consecutive games since a 4-G win streak from 6/25-28… A.L. pitchers in starts following a team loss..the Rangers team fi nished 4-6 on the 10-game road trip to NYY (2-2), have a 6-2 record in Hamels’ 8 starts following a team loss. Homestand ...........................0-1 MIN (1-2), and BOS (1-2) that preceded this homestand… One-Run .............................18-7 the Rangers have still won 14 of 23, 16 of 26, 22 of 34, 28 POSITION PLAYERS ON THE MOUND: Jared Hoying made 2-Run ....................................7-9 of 42, and 38 of last 58 G…Texas has the best record in his major league debut on the mound last night, retiring 3 of the A.L. at 53-34 (.609), 3rd-best record in the majors to SF the 4 batters he faced...he became the 11th different posi- HR ....................................44-23 No HR................................. 9-11 (.621, 54-33) and CHC (.612, 52-33)…Rangers’ A.L.-high 53 tion player (13 total occasions) to pitch in a regular season wins are 2nd in MLB to only SF…Texas was 1st ML team game for the Rangers with Jeff Kunkel and Adam Rosales White ................................ 11-10 to reach 50 wins (77th game), fewest in A.L. since 2006… doing it twice...Hoying joins Bryan Holaday (Saturday at MIN) w/ Blue ................................5-8 current record matches the best 87-game start in club as Rangers position players to pitch in 2016...this is the 3rd w/ Red ................................6-2 history, needing a win tonight for best 88-game record (see straight season for Texas use a position player on the mound Gray .................................... 11-8 Alt. Blue ............................17-12 chart)…was season high 24 games over .500 on 6/28 (51- multiple times, but just the 2nd time to use different players Blue Home .........................5-1 27), its most since the end of the 2011 season (96-66)… (Mitch Moreland/Chris Gimenez/J.P. Arencibia in 2014)...the Blue Road ...................... 12-11 since 5/1/15, Rangers have best record and most wins in full chart is available on page 133 of the media guide. Alt. Red (all home) .............12-2 A.L. (134-94, .588), 2nd-best in MLB in both categories to Holiday .................................3-1 Throwback ............................0-0 only the Cubs (137-90, .604)…Texas was 20-8 in June, 5th IAN DESMOND was held hitless last night for just the 5th in time in club history with 20 wins in one month…season-best his last 23 games, but reached base twice via walk...Des- Last 5 Games .......................1-4 7-G win streak 6/14-20. mond already has 6 games with multiple walks this season, Last 10 Games .....................3-7 matching a career high (2011 and 2015)...through 86 games, TEXAS’ BEST 87-G RECORD TEXAS’ BEST 88-G RECORD Come From Behind Wins ...... 25 W-L YEAR(S) W-L YEAR(S) Desmond has totaled 28 walks after entering this season with Losses After Lead ................. 17 53-34 2012, 2016 53-35 2012 an average of 41 walks per 162 games through his 1st 6 full 51-36 1996 51-37 1996, 2004, 2013 seasons...Desmond has been on base 139 times this sea- Score First ........................32-14 50-37 2004, 2010, 2013 50-38 2010 son, 8th-most in the A.L. Opp. Score First ...............21-20 • In his last 31 games at Globe Life Park, Desmond is bat- Columns below listed in a IN THE LEAD: The Rangers lead the A.L. West by 6.5 ting .416/.455/.656/1.111...Desmond still leads the A.L. Home/Road/Total format games for a 2nd straight day…Texas has lost 3.5 games in in home average at .373 (2nd in the majors to COL’s D.J. the standings over the last 9 days (10.0 to 6.5 GA)…the 6.5- LeMahieu-.388) and his 1.009 OPS at home this season vs. AL West ..... 14-5/12-8/26-13 game lead matches CLE in the A.L. Central and SF in the ranks 6th in the A.L. vs. AL Central .......... 2-2/6-6/8-8 vs. AL East ...........9-4/4-7/13-11 A.L. West for the 2nd largest advantage in any division to Interleague .............. 3-2/3-0/6-2 CHC’s 8.0-game edge in the N.L. Central…club has had a ELVIS ANDRUS drove in the lone Texas run last night with season-high 10.0 game lead on 5 different days, just the 4th a RBI single in the 9th...Andrus has now reached base safe- Series .........12-1-1/7-5-2/19-6-3 season in club history to have a lead of at least 10 games ly in 8 straight at .346 (9-26) with 3 doubles, 5 RBI, and 4 Series Openers ... 7-7/8-6/15-13 Series Finales ....11-2/5-9/16-11 (1999, 2010, 2011)…the club has been in sole possession of walks...he also has RBI in 4 of 6 and 8 of his last 13 games Rubber Games ........7-1/1-2/8-3 1st place for 35 straight and 39 of the last 40 days…team has (12 total)...Andrus’ rate of an RBI every 7.55 at bats would be had at least a share of 1st place for 62 days, sole possession a career best, nearly 2 at-bats lower than his previous best Lead after 6 .......23-3/16-2/39-5 of 1st for 51 days. (9.25 in 2013). Lead after 7 .......25-2/18-3/43-5 Lead after 8 .......27-2/21-2/48-4 IN ARLINGTON: Club’s 28-13 (.683) home record is 3rd-best OPEN LATE: With the Rangers run in the 9th inning last Trail after 6 .......... 4-8/5-15/9-23 in MLB to KC (.718, 28-11) and BAL (.705, 31-13)…it is also night, Texas has scored 12 of its 19 runs in the last 4 games Trail after 7 .........2-11/4-14/6-25 T2nd-best 40-game home record in club history…Texas has in the 7th-inning-or-later...Texas has totaled 135 runs after Trail after 8 ........ 0-10/3-15/3-25 won 12 of 16, 18 of 25, and 22 of last 31 at home…since the 7th inning this season, 4th-most in the A.L. Tied after 6 .............. 1-2/4-4/5-6 2015 All-Star break, Rangers’ 55-25 (.688) home mark is best Tied after 7 .............. 1-0/3-4/4-4 in MLB. ROUGNED ODOR: recorded his 2nd triple of the season last Tied after 8 .............. 1-1/1-4/2-5 • This series marks the Rangers’ only scheduled home night, T2nd-most on the club...Odor has a team-leading 15 games from June 27-July 24…according to STATS LLC, the extra-base hits (5 2B, 3B, 9 HR) since June 6...that total is Decided 7th/later .6-6/8-9/14-15 Shutouts .................. 0-2/1-1/1-3 Rangers would be the fi rst club with 4-or-fewer home games also tied for 11th in the A.L. over that span...since 6/15/15, Decided fi nal AB ....4-3/3-9/7-12 in a span of 28-or-more days during a regular season since Odor’s .506 slugging percentage ranks 4th among ML sec- Walk-off games ....................2-9 the 2004 Rays. ond baseman behind only SEA’s R. Cano (.536), NYM/WAS’ D. Murphy (.528), and HOU’s J. Altuve (.525). ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST TEXAS’ BEST 41-G HOME RECORD TEXAS’ BEST 42-G HOME RECORD Rank HR Player W-L YEAR(S) W-L YEAR(S) FOUR GAME SERIES: The Rangers have gone 2-1-2 in their 46 431 Cal Ripken 29-12 1996 30-12 1996 47 427 Mike Piazza 28-13 2004, 2010, 2016 29-13 2004, 2010 5 series consisting of 4 games this season, including 2-0-1 48 426 Billy Williams 27-14 2012 27-15 1978, 2012 in their last 3 such series...beginning 5/28/15, the Rangers 426 Miguel Cabrera have gone 5-2-5 in 4-game series...in those 12 series, Texas 50 425 Adrian Beltre VS.