Texas Rangers (28-26) at Kansas City Royals (30-21) RHP Chi Chi Gonzalez (1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Edinson Volquez (4-3, 2.95) Game #55 • Road #29 (17-11) • Fri., June 5, 2015 • Kauffman Stadium • 7:10 p.m. (CDT) • FSSW / 105.3 FM / 1540 AM RANGERS AT A GLANCE WINS AND LOSSES: The Rangers beat the White Sox 2-1 BIG LEAGUE CHOO: Shin-Soo Choo hit a walk-off RBI sin- in 11 innings last night to finish 5-2 on a 7-game homestand gle in the 11 inning last night vs. CWS…Elias Sports Bureau Overall ..............................28-26 against Boston (3-1) and Chicago-AL (2-1)…Rangers have notes that it was the 7th time Choo has produced a walk- won 5 of 6, 12 of 15, and 13 of last 17…team is 16-9 begin- off plate appearance in his career, including 5 in the last 3 Home ................................ 11-15 Road ................................. 17-11 ning 5/10 and 20-10 (.667) beginning 5/4, latter record rank- seasons…Elias says the only player with more walk-off plate ing 2nd-best in MLB behind only MIN (.679, 19-9)…Rangers’ appearances since the beginning of 2013 is Josh Donaldson Standing ............. T2nd, -5.5 GB 20 wins since 5/4 are most in MLB…club is season-best 2 (8)…others with 5 in that span: Freddie Freeman, Paul Gold- games over .500 for 2nd time in 3 days, this after not having schmidt, Russell Martin. Homestand ...........................5-2 been 2-over since 5/29/14 (28-26)…last time to be 3-over • 2 of Choo’s 7 walk-off PA’s have come as a Ranger, the One-Run .............................10-5 was 5/4/14 (17-14)…season-best 7-game win streak, 5/20- other a game-ending walk on 4/2/14 vs. Philadelphia. 2-Run ....................................4-5 26…club has 3 win streaks of 4+ G this season, all have • Choo has reached safely via H/BB/HBP 3 times in 3 straight come since beg. of May…team had same 28-26 record at games…only other Rangers to reach 3+ times in 3 straight HR ....................................21-12 No HR.................................7-14 this point in ‘14, and was 34-20 thru 54 G in 2013. in ‘15: Prince Fielder (4, 5/23-26) and Delino DeShields (3, 5/12-14). White .................................. 7-11 SERIES STUFF: Rangers have won season-high 5 consec- Gray ......................................4-5 utive series for 1st time since 6 in a row, Aug. 17-Sept. 6, KANSAS CITY, HERE I COME: Among all players with 150+ Alt. Blue ..............................12-7 2012…club is 6-1-2 in last 9 series after going just 0-6-2 in plate appearances in Kauffman Stadium history (since 1973), Blue Home .........................0-1 Blue Road ........................ 11-6 season’s 1st 8 series. the Rangers feature 2 of the top 5 in batting average at this Alt. Red (all home) ...............4-3 park…all-time leader Adrian Beltre (.370) is on the disabled Throwback ............................0-0 IN THE STANDINGS: The Rangers enter today T2nd in the list, but Shin-Soo Choo (.353) ranks 5th…Choo was 10-for- Camo ....................................1-0 A.L. West with the Angels, 5.5 games behind 1st-place Hous- 18 (.556) w/ 2 HR and 4 RBI in 4 G vs. KC last month, career Last 5 Games .......................4-1 ton…this is just 2nd day since 4/18 for club to have at least a .339/.433/.547 slash line vs. KC are his highest figures vs. Last 10 Games .....................7-3 share of 2nd place (also T2nd after win 5/26 at CLE)…club’s any A.L. opponent…hits in 13 of last 14 G vs. Royals at .410 5.0-game deficit after Sunday’s win was smallest since 4/27 (25-61), 12 RBI last 10 G. Come From Behind Wins ........ 8 (-5.0 GB)…team has been more than 6.5 games back just Losses After Lead ................... 9 HIGHEST CAREER AVERAGES AT KAUFFMAN once in last 11 days. Minimum 150 PA’s Score First ..........................24-6 Avg. Player H / AB Avg. Player H / AB Opp. Score First .................4-20 ON THE ROAD: Texas has won 7 of 8, 8 of 10, and 13 of the .3704 Adrian Beltre 60/162 .354 Asdrubal Cabrera 86/243 last 17 away from home, the longer span begining 4/26…had .3696 Ichiro Suzuki 95/257 .353 Shin-Soo Choo 55/156 Columns below listed in a 7 straight road wins, 5/20-26, longest away winning streak .361 Carlos Santana 52/144 .350 Chris Chambliss 49/140 Home/Road/Total format since 9 victories in a row, 8/4-23/13…Rangers’ 17-11 (.607) posted his MLB-leading 25th multi-hit vs. AL West ......... 3-9/7-6/10-15 road record is 2nd-best in MLB to only HOU (.652, 15-8)…the PRINCE FIELDER vs. AL Central .......... 5-5/2-1/7-6 17 wins thru 28 road G are T2nd-most in club history (18-10 game of the season last night…the only Ranger with more vs. AL East ............ 3-1/7-3/10-4 in 1992)…win tonight would match best 29-game road start multi-hit games through 54 team contests in club history was Interleague .............. 0-0/1-1/1-1 ever by Rangers (18-11 in 1977, 1992, 1999)…club is 21-12 Will Clark (27 in 1994)…Prince has 77 hits this season, 2nd- most ever by a Ranger in the first 54 games of a season Series ..............2-5-1/4-2-3/6-7-4 in its last 33 away games beginning 9/16/14. Series Openers............... 2-6/6-3/8-9 • Rangers are 4-2-3 in road series, 4-0-1 in last 5 away se- behind only Michael Young in 2004 (78). Series Finales ................3-5/6-2/9-7 ries since dropping 2 of 3 from 4/24-26 at LAA. • Fielder had hits and RBI in all 4 games against the Royals Rubber Games ........ 1-3/1-1/2-4 in May (7-for-15, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 2 HBP)…since the start of 2012 vs. KC: .342 (51-149), 8 HR, 31 RBI in 41 G. Lead after 6 ......... 9-2/12-2/21-4 VS. KANSAS CITY: Rangers split a 4-G set w/ KC, 5/11-14 Lead after 7 ......... 8-1/12-1/20-2 in Arlington, are 3-7 vs. Royals since start of ‘14 and have Lead after 8 ......... 8-1/15-1/23-2 dropped 10 of last 15 beg. 6/1/13…went 1-5 vs. KC in 2014, TWO WILL DO: Thursday was the Rangers’ 4th win since fewest wins ever vs. Royals in a season, this after having the start of May by a 2-1 score, accounting for all of the club’s Trail after 6 .......... 1-12/3-9/4-21 won or split season series in 6 straight years from 2008-13… wins this season with 2-runs-or-less…only other teams with 4 Trail after 7 ........ 1-12/2-10/3-22 such wins since the start of May: LAD (5), STL (5), WAS (5), Trail after 8 ........ 1-12/1-10/2-22 still lead 38-25 since 8/14/07…KC leads all-time series, 253- 245-1, with leads of 141-111-1 in KC and 136-107 at The K… BOS (4), and CHC (4). Tied after 6 .............. 1-1/2-0/3-1 Texas was swept in a 3-G set here 9/1-3/14, and have lost 4 Tied after 7 .............. 2-2/3-0/5-2 DELINO DESHIELDS has multiple hits in 4 of last 5 at Tied after 8 .............. 2-2/1-0/3-2 straight and 5 of 6 in KC, but 17-12 (.586) record here since start of ‘08 is 2nd-best by an A.L. club (LAA-.645, 20-11)… .391 (9-23) to rise from .264 to .291, his highest since 5/15 Decided 7th/later............. 3-4/6-2/9-6 club is 5-2-2 last 9 series at this park. (.311)…since the beginning of May, DeShields is among the Shutouts ........................... 1-0/0-2/1-2 best club regulars in runs (1st, 24), average (2nd, .313), OBP Decided final AB .........3-3/2-1/5-4 (2nd, .411), BB (2nd, 18)…his team-best 13 steals in 2015 Walk-off games ....................3-1 WINNING THE CLOSE ONES: Five of the Rangers’ last 8 victories have been come-from-behind wins, this after just 3 are 3rd-most in the A.L. such wins in the season’s 1st 43 contests…the Rangers are ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST 10-5 (.667) in games decided by one run, the highest win- BUNTING: DeShields and Leonys Martin are tied for the A.L. Rank HR Player ning pct. in one-run games in MLB…SF and WAS are both lead with 5 bunt hits each, no other A.L. player has more than 49 414 Darrell Evans 3 bunt hits…Rangers’ MLB-high 14 bunt hits are 4 more than 50 412 Alfonso Soriano 10-6 (.625)…Texas has won 5 straight and 9 of the last 11 any other club (ARI and DET each have 10). 51 407 Duke Snider one-run games. 52 401 Adrian Beltre 401 Miguel Cabrera ANOTHER WALK-OFF: Last night’s victory against the REHAB FRONT: Ryan Rua (rt.