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Friday, September 14, 2018

2017 Standings Through Week 3

Posted on September 14, 2018 at 03:10 PM.

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After suffering a 4-game sweep and losing 5 of their last 6, the Texas Rangers are now the worst team in the American League, one game behind the Minnesota Twins.

Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets - both 15-4 - are already running away with their divisions 3 weeks in with 4.0 and 4.5-game leads, respectively.

Chicago White Sox are the best team in the AL at 14-4. The tightest division race is the AL East, where the first-place Blue Jays are only three games ahead of the last-place Tampa Bay Rays, and everyone in between.

MLB Standings - Updated: Apr 24, 2017
AL EAST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Toronto Blue Jays	11	7	-	99	75
New York Yankees	9	9	2.0	72	61
Boston Red Sox	9	10	2.5	68	63
Baltimore Orioles	8	9	2.5	66	75
Tampa Bay Rays	9	11	3.0	59	85
AL CENTRAL	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Chicago White Sox	14	4	-	85	68
Kansas City Royals	12	6	2.0	84	74
Cleveland Indians	10	9	4.5	89	94
Detroit Tigers	8	11	6.5	68	66
Minnesota Twins	7	12	7.5	71	69
AL WEST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Los Angeles Angels	11	9	-	94	92
Houston Astros	11	9	-	78	76
Seattle Mariners	10	10	1.0	83	69
Oakland Athletics	8	12	3.0	77	92
Texas Rangers	6	13	4.5	75	91
AL WILD CARD RACE	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Kansas City Royals	12	6	-	84	74
Los Angeles Angels/Houston Astros	11	9	-	94/78	92/76
Cleveland Indians	10	9	0.5	89	94
Seattle Mariners	10	10	1.0	83	69
New York Yankees	9	9	1.0	72	61
Boston Red Sox	9	10	1.5	68	63
Baltimore Orioles	8	9	1.5	66	75
Tampa Bay Rays	9	11	2.0	59	85
Detroit Tigers	8	11	2.5	68	66
Oakland Athletics	8	12	3.0	77	92
Minnesota Twins	7	12	3.5	71	69
Texas Rangers	6	13	4.5	75	91
NL EAST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
New York Mets	15	4	-	80	52
Washington Nationals	10	8	4.5	74	54
Atlanta Braves	10	8	4.5	72	57
Miami Marlins	5	13	9.5	48	64
Philadelphia Phillies	5	13	9.5	49	90
NL CENTRAL	W	L	GB	RS	RA
St. Louis Cardinals	12	7	-	79	67
Chicago Cubs	11	7	0.5	79	66
Pittsburgh Pirates	10	8	1.5	67	64
Milwaukee Brewers	7	13	5.5	55	81
Cincinnati Reds	5	14	7.0	51	85
NL WEST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Los Angeles Dodgers	15	4	-	90	40
San Francisco Giants	11	8	4.0	82	69
Arizona Diamondbacks	10	10	5.5	76	88
Colorado Rockies	9	10	6.0	72	70
San Diego Padres	5	15	10.5	45	90
NL WILD CARD RACE	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Chicago Cubs	11	7	-	79	66
San Francisco Giants	11	8	-	82	69
Washington Nationals	10	8	0.5	74	54
Pittsburgh Pirates	10	8	0.5	67	64
Atlanta Braves	10	8	0.5	72	57
Arizona Diamondbacks	10	10	1.5	76	88
Colorado Rockies	9	10	2.0	72	70
Milwaukee Brewers	7	13	4.5	55	81
Miami Marlins	5	13	5.5	48	64
Philadelphia Phillies	5	13	5.5	49	90
Cincinnati Reds	5	14	6.0	51	85
San Diego Padres	5	15	6.5	45	90

Friday, August 17, 2018

Royals Complete Four-Game Sweep

Posted on August 17, 2018 at 02:41 AM.

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ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Kansas City Royals used the same formula Sunday they had all series, getting strong pitching to go with efficient offense to complete a four-game sweep of the Texas Rangers on the road at Globe Life Park.

As they did all series, it was two-out runs that gave the Royals (12-6) the edge on Sunday. Back-to-back two-out RBI doubles by the No. 8 and No. 9 hitters in their lineup, Alcides Escobar and Whit Merrifield, gave Kansas City a 2-0 lead in the fifth inning and broke what had been a 0-0 pitchers' duel.

Escobar added a sacrifice fly in the seventh to make it 3-0. Ian Kennedy (3-1) went eight innings with six strikeouts and three walks. The Rangers only mustered four hits on the day.

In the series, Kansas City outscored Texas, 24-11, and outhit them, 46-37. The Rangers have now lost four straight and five of their last six. Texas had won three of its last four series entering its tilt versus Kansas City. All three series that Texas has lost this season has been via a sweep.

The Rangers will look for a boost when they host the 7-12 Minnesota Twins for a three-game series starting Monday.

Kansas City Royals at Texas Rangers
Apr 23, 2017	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City (12-6)	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	5	0
Texas (6-13)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
W: Joakim Soria (1-0) L: Jeremy Jeffress (0-1)

Kansas City Royals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Lorenzo Cain, CF	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.295
Billy Burns, LF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.143
Eric Hosmer, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253
Jorge Soler, DH	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.321
Mike Moustakas, 3B	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	.242
Paulo Orlando, RF	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	.269
Brayan Pe�a, C	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250
Alcides Escobar, SS	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	.188
Whit Merrifield, 2B	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	.317
TEAM TOTALS	30	3	5	3	1	8	0
BATTING: 2B: Escobar (2), Merrifield (5) RBI: Escobar 2 (4), Merrifield (7) HBP: Moustakas SF: Escobar GIDP: Hosmer
BASERUNNING: SB: Moustakas (1), Orlando (3)

Texas Rangers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Delino DeShields Jr., LF	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.295
Elvis Andrus, SS	3	0	1	0	1	2	0	.289
Adrian Beltre, 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.184
Rougned Odor, 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.359
Nomar Mazara, DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.323
James Loney, 1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.313
Jonathan Lucroy, C	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.286
Joey Gallo, CF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.185
Jared Hoying, RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222
TEAM TOTALS	28	0	4	0	3	6	0
BATTING: HBP: Hoying GIDP: Mazara
BASERUNNING: CS: DeShields Jr. (5)

Kansas City Royals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Ian Kennedy (W, 3-1)	8.0	4	0	0	3	6	0	2.17
Kelvin Herrera (S, 7)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	4	0	0	3	6	0

Texas Rangers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Andrew Cashner (L, 1-2)	7.0	4	3	3	1	6	0	4.05
Tanner Scheppers	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2.03
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	5	3	3	1	8	0

Monday, August 13, 2018

Texas Bullpen Blows Lead Late, KC Escapes In Extras

Posted on August 13, 2018 at 12:52 AM.

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ARLINGTON, Texas -- A pitchers' duel broke out Saturday at Globe Life Park after two days of powerful offense, but it still ended with runs being scored in bunches, as the Kansas City Royals clinched a series victory with their third straight win over the host Texas Rangers, this time eeking out a 6-4 win in 13 innings.

The Rangers (6-12) turned the tables on the Royals (11-6) this time, taking a 1-0 lead in the first inning thanks to Adrian Beltre's fourth home run of the young season. And after the Royals tied the game by scoring in the third inning for the third straight game, Nomar Mazara put Texas back ahead with an RBI double to make it 2-1.

It stayed that way until the eighth inning when the Royals loaded the bases with no outs versus Rangers reliever Matt Bush. After an infield popup, Bush gave way to Texas closer Sam Dyson for a five-out save. He induced a shallow fly ball to left, but the runner tagged up anyway and *barely* beat the throw home to tie the game at 2-2. Then yet another 2-out run scored to give KC a 3-2 advantage, this one coming in the form of a pinch-hit, two-out, two-strike, opposite field, seeing-eye single by the worst player on the Royals' roster, backup catcher Brayan Pe�a.

The Rangers didn't lie down though, as Mazara led off the bottom of the ninth with a triple and tied the game on Jonathan Lucroy's RBI double to make it 3-3. But they would leave the winning run on third base in the ninth, an inning after they left the tying and go-ahead runs both in scoring position in the eighth.

Kansas City scored even another 2-out run in the 11th to go up 4-3 after Whit Merrifield's ball *barely* got under Rougned Odor's glove up the middle, but again the Rangers answered. Shin-Soo Choo doubled to the right-center field gap with two outs in the bottom of the 11th, scoring Robinson Chirinos all the way from first base to tie it again at 4-4.

The Royals finally put it to bed in the 13th with three consecutive one-out singles against Texas reliever Jeremy Jeffress (0-1), going up 5-4 before scoring their third 2-out run of the game on a wild pitch for insurance. Kansas City tied the game or took the lead on three different occasions with two-out runs.

The Rangers got the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the 13th with one out, but Mazara couldn't complete his cycle bid with the home run he needed, and Chirinos worked a 2-0 count before flying out to end the game. Beltre was also a triple short of the cycle in a breakout game for him, raising his batting average by nearly 30 points in just one game.

The Rangers, having lost four of their last five games and being outscored in the series 21-10 (and outhit 41-33) will try to avoid getting swept for the third time in this first month of the season and snap their current three-game losing streak. Andrew Cashner (1-1, 4.12 ERA) takes the mound against Ian Kennedy (2-1, 3.00 ERA).

Kansas City Royals at Texas Rangers
Apr 22, 2017	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
Kansas City (11-6)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0 1 0 2	6	14	0
Texas (6-12)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0 1 0 0	4	11	0
W: Joakim Soria (1-0) L: Jeremy Jeffress (0-1)

Kansas City Royals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Billy Burns, CF	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	.167
Paulo Orlando, RF	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	.266
Lorenzo Cain, PR-RF	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	.281
Eric Hosmer, 1B	7	1	2	1	0	1	0	.268
Jorge Soler, DH	6	0	2	0	0	3	0	.346
Alex Gordon, LF	5	0	0	0	1	3	0	.305
Salvador Perez, C	5	0	1	1	0	1	0	.233
Mike Moustakas, 3B	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.254
Brayan Pe�a, PH	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.333
Cheslor Cuthbert, 3B	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	.435
Alcides Escobar, SS	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	.179
Whit Merrifield, 2B	6	0	2	2	0	1	0	.317
TEAM TOTALS	52	6	14	5	4	11	0
BATTING: 2B: Cuthbert (2), Orlando (5) RBI: Hosmer (17), Perez (9), Pe�a (1), Merrifield 2 (6) SF: Perez
BASERUNNING: SB: Cain (4), Burns (1)

Texas Rangers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Elvis Andrus, SS	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	.287
Carlos Gomez, CF	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	.224
Adrian Beltre, 3B	6	2	3	1	0	0	1	.181
Rougned Odor, 2B	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	.365
Nomar Mazara, LF	6	1	3	1	0	1	0	.344
Jonathan Lucroy, C	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	.295
Delino DeShields Jr., PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.317
Robinson Chirinos, C	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.111
Shin-Soo Choo, RF	5	0	1	1	0	1	0	.328
James Loney, 1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333
Mike Napoli, PH-1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212
Joey Gallo, DH	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	.167
TEAM TOTALS	49	4	11	4	2	6	1
BATTING: 2B: Choo (5), Beltre (1), Lucroy (3), Mazara (2) 3B: Mazara (1) HR: Beltre (4) RBI: Choo (9), Beltre (6), Lucroy (3), Mazara (9)

Kansas City Royals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Jason Hammel	6.1	4	2	2	2	5	1	3.22
Jason Vargas	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.12
Bobby Parnell (H, 4)	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.45
Matt Strahm (H, 4)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86
Kelvin Herrera (BS, 1)	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2.00
Joakim Soria (W, 1-0)	3.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1.29
TEAM TOTALS	13.0	11	4	4	2	6	1
PITCHING: WP: Strahm (1)

Texas Rangers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Tyson Ross	5.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	3.16
Jake Diekman (H, 2)	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00
Matt Bush (H, 3)	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	9.00
Sam Dyson (BS, 3)	3.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	4.38
Keone Kela	1.2	1	0	0	1	3	0	5.19
Jeremy Jeffress (L, 0-1)	1.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	6.75
TEAM TOTALS	13.0	14	6	6	4	11	0
PITCHING: WP: Jeffress (1)

Sunday, August 12, 2018

Slugfest Goes Royals' Way

Posted on August 12, 2018 at 09:06 PM.

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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Paulo Orlando led off Friday's game with a solo home run, and the host Rangers answered with three home runs of their own throughout the game, but the Royals emerged victorious again with another impressive offensive performance in game two, beating Texas 8-6 at Globe Life Park.

Kansas City's (10-6) victory was a near mirror image to Thursday's series-opening win. Orlando's first-inning shot gave the Royals a 1-0 first-inning lead for the second straight day, and a big third inning made it 4-1 early, after Mike Napoli's solo shot in the second had tied it at 1-1, like the score was after the first on Thursday. But it was their three-run sixth that put them ahead for good and held off a Texas rally.

The Royals logged hit after hit after hit in the sixth, chasing starter Cole Hamels (0-3) and even teeing off against reliever Alex Claudio before the inning was finally ended. Then came back-to-back homers by Rougned Odor and Adrian Beltre in the bottom of the sixth, followed by a three-run seventh by the Rangers that made it 7-6. Texas had the tying run on second and just one out with Beltre at bat in the seventh, but Odor was picked off and one pitch later Beltre grounded out to end the threat.

The Rangers will try to salvage a split in the series starting Saturday with Tyson Ross on the mound against Jason Hammel.

Kansas City Royals at Texas Rangers
Apr 21, 2017	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City (10-6)	1	0	3	0	0	3	0	1	0	8	13	0
Texas (6-11)	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	6	13	0
W: Danny Duffy (2-1) L: Cole Hamels (0-3) S: Kelvin Herrera (6)

Kansas City Royals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Paulo Orlando, RF	5	2	3	1	0	1	1	.250
Alcides Escobar, SS	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180
Lorenzo Cain, CF	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	.286
Eric Hosmer, 1B	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	.266
Alex Gordon, LF	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	.333
Salvador Perez, C	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	.236
Mike Moustakas, 3B	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.263
Cheslor Cuthbert, DH	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	.381
Whit Merrifield, 2B	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.315
TEAM TOTALS	38	8	13	8	0	4	1
BATTING: 2B: Hosmer (6), Perez (3) HR: Orlando (2) RBI: Moustakas (13), Cain (8), Hosmer 2 (16), Perez (8), Gordon (12), Cuthbert (1), Orlando (2) GIDP: Escobar, Merrifield
BASERUNNING: SB: Cain (3)

Texas Rangers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Delino DeShields Jr., LF	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	.317
Elvis Andrus, SS	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	.311
Rougned Odor, 2B	4	1	2	3	0	0	1	.377
Adrian Beltre, 3B	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	.152
Jonathan Lucroy, C	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.293
Carlos Gomez, CF	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.230
Mike Napoli, 1B	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.233
Shin-Soo Choo, RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.339
Robinson Chirinos, DH	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.125
Nomar Mazara, PR-DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.327
TEAM TOTALS	38	6	13	6	0	4	3
BATTING: 2B: Odor (3), Lucroy (2) HR: Beltre (3), Napoli (3), Odor (7) RBI: Beltre (5), Napoli (6), Odor 3 (12), Andrus (10)
BASERUNNING: SB: Gomez (2), DeShields Jr. (4) CS: DeShields Jr. (4)

Kansas City Royals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Danny Duffy (W, 2-1)	6.1	10	5	5	0	2	3	4.94
Jason Vargas	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	3.31
Seth Maness (H, 3)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Joakim Soria (H, 4)	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Kelvin Herrera (S, 6)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	13	6	6	0	4	3

Texas Rangers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Cole Hamels (L, 0-3)	5.0	6	5	5	0	1	1	4.68
Alex Claudio	2.1	7	3	3	0	0	0	5.87
Jake Diekman	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.50
Jeremy Jeffress	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4.76
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	13	8	8	0	4	1
PITCHING: WP: Hamels (3)

Royals Bust Out Bats In Opener

Posted on August 12, 2018 at 01:46 PM.

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Every single player in the Kansas City lineup had at least one hit Thursday as the Royals racked up six extra-base hits, including two home runs, for seven runs on 14 hits to beat the host Texas Rangers, 7-1, in the opener of a four-game series at Globe Life Park.

The Royals (9-6) got to Texas No. 1 starter Yu Darvish (2-2) in the third inning, scoring four runs to break open what was a 1-1 game at the time. Alex Gordon's two-run home run capped the rally. Mike Moustakas put the icing on the cake with another two-run homer in the eighth off of Texas reliever Tanner Scheppers. It was the second straight outing that Scheppers had allowed a HR.

Five Royals recorded multi-hit games as KC collected four doubles to go with its two long balls. It was the second time in three games the Rangers gave up multiple home runs and at least seven runs in a game.

Texas did well to answer in the first inning after back-to-back doubles in the top half of the inning gave Kansas City an early 1-0 lead. Delino DeShields led the game off with an infield single, stole second base, moved over to third on a groundout and scored on a two-out opposite-field bloop single by Rougned Odor to tie the game at 1-1.

Kansas City Royals at Texas Rangers
Apr 20, 2017	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City (9-6)	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	14	0
Texas (6-10)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	0
W: Travis Wood (2-0) L: Yu Darvish (2-2)

Kansas City Royals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Delino DeShields Jr., LF	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.278
Elvis Andrus, SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.319
Adrian Beltre, 3B	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	.145
Rougned Odor, 2B	4	0	3	1	0	1	0	.369
Mike Napoli, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.231
Carlos Gomez, CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.228
Jonathan Lucroy, C	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.278
Shin-Soo Choo, RF	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	.345
Robinson Chirinos, DH	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.077
TEAM TOTALS	34	1	9	1	2	6	0
BATTING: RBI: Odor (9)
BASERUNNING: SB: DeShields Jr. (3)

Texas Rangers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Lorenzo Cain, CF	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	.269
Paulo Orlando, RF	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	.218
Eric Hosmer, 1B	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	.250
Jorge Soler, DH	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	.348
Alex Gordon, LF	4	2	2	2	0	1	1	.320
Salvador Perez, C	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.235
Mike Moustakas, 3B	4	1	1	2	0	0	1	.264
Alcides Escobar, SS	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.196
Whit Merrifield, 2B	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.320
TEAM TOTALS	39	7	14	7	0	3	2
BATTING: 2B: Hosmer (5), Gordon (5), Orlando (4), Merrifield (4) HR: Moustakas (7), Gordon (4) RBI: Moustakas 2 (12), Hosmer 2 (14), Gordon 2 (11), Soler (6) SF: Hosmer GIDP: Soler
BASERUNNING: SB: Cain (3)

Kansas City Royals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Yu Darvish (L, 2-2)	7.1	10	6	6	0	3	1	3.64
Tanner Scheppers	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	1	2.38
Keone Kela	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	6.43
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	14	7	7	0	3	2

Texas Rangers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Travis Wood (W, 2-0)	7.0	5	1	1	2	3	0	3.38
Seth Maness	2.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	9	1	1	2	6	0

Saturday, August 11, 2018

Perez Pitches Rangers Past A's

Posted on August 11, 2018 at 08:16 PM.

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Texas lefty Martin Perez turned in his second straight quality start in Wednesday's series finale at Oakland, pitching into the eighth inning and scattering three hits with no walks as the Rangers clinched their second straight AL West Division series victory with a 3-2 win over the A's at Oakland Colesium.

Perez struck out three and retired the first 15 batters he faced in a row before finally giving up a leadoff single to Adam Rosales in the sixth inning to lose the perfect game bid. Single runs by the Rangers in the third and fifth innings gave them a 2-0 advantage, but it was Rougned Odor's eigth-inning 400-foot shot to the right-center field bleachers that gave Texas all it needed, making it 3-1 at the time.

The A's had the tying run on base in both the eigth and ninth innings, but relievers Matt Bush (hold) and Sam Dyson (save) helped get Perez his second straight victory.

The Rangers return to Arlington to host the Kansas City Royals in a four-game series starting Thursday.

Texas Rangers at Oakland Athletics
Apr 19, 2017	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas (6-9)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	9	0
Oakland (6-10)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	4	0
W: Martin Perez (2-1) L: Sonny Gray (1-2) S: Sam Dyson (2)

Texas Rangers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Delino DeShields Jr., CF	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.281
Elvis Andrus, SS	4	0	1	2	0	1	0	.323
Rougned Odor, 2B	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.344
Nomar Mazara, DH	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.333
Adrian Beltre, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.136
Jonathan Lucroy, C	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.280
Shin-Soo Choo, RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333
James Loney, 1B	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	.349
Joey Gallo, LF	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	.158
TEAM TOTALS	34	3	9	3	0	9	1
BATTING: 2B: DeShields Jr. (3) HR: Odor (6) RBI: Odor (8), Andrus 2 (9) GIDP: Loney
BASERUNNING: CS: DeShields Jr. (3)

Oakland Athletics
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Rajai Davis, CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
Mark Canha, 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.279
Khris Davis, LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.302
Marcus Semien, SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152
Ryon Healy, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288
Trevor Plouffe, DH	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.237
Adam Rosales, 2B	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	.326
Joey Wendle, PR-2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Matt Joyce, CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160
Jed Lowrie, PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000
Stephen Vogt, RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289
Josh Phegley, C	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	.143
TEAM TOTALS	31	2	4	2	1	3	0
BATTING: 2B: Rosales (3) RBI: Phegley (4), Rosales (8)

Texas Rangers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Martin Perez (W, 2-1)	7.1	3	2	2	0	3	0	3.00
Matt Bush (H, 2)	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.38
Sam Dyson (S, 2)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.82
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	4	2	2	1	3	0
PITCHING: WP: Perez (1), Bush (3)

Oakland Athletics
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Sonny Gray (L, 1-2)	6.0	6	2	2	0	5	0	5.18
Daniel Coulombe	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6.75
Ryan Dull	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	3.86
Liam Hendriks	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.60
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	9	3	3	0	9	1

A's Crush Rangers To Even Series

Posted on August 11, 2018 at 07:38 PM.

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The Oakland Athletics hit three home runs, had five extra-base hits, scored eight runs and had double-digit hits on the day as they beat the Texas Rangers, 8-2, to even their AL West Division three-game series.

Andrew Cashner (1-1) suffered his first loss of the season and saw his ERA balloon by nearly three runs after he surrendered seven earned runs on nine hits, including two long balls to Mark Canha and Khris Davis, in just 4 1/3 innings pitched. He entered the game with just a 1.17 ERA in his first two starts of the year.

Texas reliever Tanner Scheppers was also a victim of the A's (6-9) power on Tuesday, giving up a solo shot in the seventh to Adam Rosales after he had entered the game with a miniscule 1.00 ERA.

Delino DeShields Jr. walked twice and scored both of the Rangers' runs from the leadoff spot, doing a good job of filling his role. Several Rangers were given the day off Tuesday, including starters Rougned Odor, Shin-Soo Choo and Jonathan Lucroy.

The regular starting lineup will be back tomorrow as the Rangers look to win their second straight series against division competition.

Texas Rangers at Oakland Athletics
Apr 18, 2017	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas (5-9)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	0
Oakland (6-9)	0	4	0	1	2	0	1	0	X	8	10	1
W: Chris Bassitt (2-1) L: Andrew Cashner (1-1)

Texas Rangers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Delino DeShields Jr., SS	3	2	0	0	2	1	0	.250
Carlos Gomez, CF	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.245
Adrian Beltre, 3B	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	.145
Nomar Mazara, DH	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.360
Mike Napoli, LF	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	.273
Jared Hoying, RF	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	.235
James Loney, 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.325
Joey Gallo, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.125
Robinson Chirinos, C	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.100
TEAM TOTALS	31	2	4	2	5	8	0
BATTING: RBI: Beltre (4), Hoying (2) HBP: Beltre GIDP: Chirinos
BASERUNNING: SB: DeShields Jr. (2)

Oakland Athletics
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Marcus Semien, SS	5	0	1	1	0	1	0	.161
Alejandro De Aza, RF	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	.242
Khris Davis, LF	4	1	1	2	0	0	1	.322
Mark Canha, 1B	4	2	3	1	0	0	1	.281
Ryon Healy, DH	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.309
Stephen Vogt, C	4	1	2	1	0	1	0	.289
Trevor Plouffe, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.232
Adam Rosales, 2B	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	.300
Matt Joyce, CF	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	.174
TEAM TOTALS	32	8	10	8	4	5	3
BATTING: 2B: Joyce (2), De Aza (2) HR: Davis (2), Rosales (3), Canha (4) RBI: Vogt (5), Davis 2 (6), Joyce 2 (4), Semien (6), Rosales (7), Canha (6) HBP: Joyce GIDP: Davis, Joyce
FIELDING: E: Bassitt (2)

Texas Rangers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Andrew Cashner (L, 1-1)	4.1	9	7	7	1	2	2	4.12
Jeremy Jeffress	1.2	0	0	0	2	1	0	5.79
Tanner Scheppers	2.0	1	1	1	1	2	1	1.64
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	10	8	8	4	5	3
PITCHING: WP: Cashner (1)

Oakland Athletics
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Chris Bassitt (W, 2-1)	5.0	2	2	1	4	3	0	2.00
Liam Hendriks (H, 1)	2.1	2	0	0	1	3	0	4.00
Ryan Dull	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	3.24
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	4	2	1	5	8	0

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Mazara's Late HR Saves Rangers From Mistakes

Posted on July 31, 2018 at 02:06 AM.

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The Texas Rangers nearly gave away Monday's series opener in Oakland, committing three errors and giving up a go-ahead solo home run in the seventh, but Nomar Mazara's two-run home run in the top of the eighth gave Texas back the lead for good as the Rangers went on to win the opener, 3-2, at Oakland Colesium.

Multiple Texas errors in the sixth led to the A's (5-9) first run and tied the game. Rajai Davis reached on a dribbling infield single to the mound, then ran all the way to third with one out when Rangers starter Tyson Ross' (1-1) pick-off throw went down the right field line.

He got Marcus Semien to line out for the second out of the inning and was nearly out of the jam when he got Khris Davis to hit a ground ball to third base. But Joey Gallo threw the ball wide of first base, pulling James Loney off the bag and allowing Khris Davis to reach safely and allowing Rajai Davis to score from third, making it 1-1.

Ross' next mistake in the seventh was falling behind 3-0 to Stephen Vogt. Not wanting to walk the leadoff man in a tie game in the late innings, Ross had to come into the strikezone with a fastball, and Vogt made him pay by homering off the right-field foul pole, giving the A's a 2-1 lead.

But Mazara righted everything for the Rangers in the eighth. The rally started with Rougned Odor getting called safe at first for an infield single after an umpire's review overturned the original ruling of out. He then stole second to set up Mazara's swing. Facing new-into-the-game reliever Santiago Casilla and an 0-2 count, Mazara bombed a ball over the centerfield fence just to the left of dead center, giving the Rangers back the advantage.

Ross earned his first victory of the season in three starts and dropped his ERA below 4.00. He no-hit the A's for the first four innings until Vogt led off the fifth with a double.

The Rangers look to clinch a series victory in game two Tuesday with Andrew Cashner (1-0, 1.17 ERA) on the mound versus Chris Bassitt (1-1, 2.08 ERA).

Texas Rangers at Oakland Athletics
Apr 17, 2017	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas (5-8)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	11	3
Oakland (5-9)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	0
W: Tyson Ross (1-1) L: Santiago Casilla (0-1) S: Sam Dyson (1)

Texas Rangers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Elvis Andrus, SS	5	0	3	0	0	1	0	.328
Carlos Gomez, CF	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	.260
Nomar Mazara, DH	4	1	2	2	0	1	1	.370
Rougned Odor, 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.351
Joey Gallo, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.167
Jonathan Lucroy, C	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.283
Shin-Soo Choo, RF	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.340
Mike Napoli, PH-LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300
James Loney, 1B	4	1	2	0	0	2	0	.333
Jared Hoying, LF-RF	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.233
TEAM TOTALS	37	3	11	3	0	13	1
BATTING: HR: Mazara (3) RBI: Gomez (10), Mazara 2 (8) SF: Gomez GIDP: Odor
BASERUNNING: SB: Gomez (1)
FIELDING: E: Ross (1), Odor (1), Gallo (1)

Oakland Athletics
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Rajai Davis, CF	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	.268
Marcus Semien, SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.158
Khris Davis, LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.327
Mark Canha, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245
Stephen Vogt, C	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	.268
Ryon Healy, DH	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.333
Trevor Plouffe, 3B	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.250
Alejandro De Aza, RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226
Joey Wendle, 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
TEAM TOTALS	32	2	3	1	1	7	1
BATTING: 2B: Vogt (2) HR: Vogt (3) RBI: Vogt (4)

Texas Rangers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Tyson Ross (W, 1-1)	7.0	3	2	1	0	6	1	3.48
Keone Kela (H, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	7.94
Sam Dyson (S, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.40
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	3	2	1	1	7	1

Oakland Athletics
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Daniel Mengden	6.0	6	1	1	0	9	0	10.38
Daniel Coulombe	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	9.00
Santiago Casilla (L, 0-1)	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	1	5.79
Sean Doolittle	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	11	3	3	0	13	1

2017 Standings Through Week 2

Posted on July 31, 2018 at 12:17 AM.

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Checking in on the standings through 2 weeks of the season.

Texas Rangers are 2 games farther back in the standings (AL West, 1 more back in the Wild Card), while the Houston Astros have gone from last to first thanks to a 6-0 week.

New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers (10-3) are both first to 10 wins, with the Washington Nationals (8-4) and San Francisco Giants (9-5) following close behind (1.5 GB), respectively.

Chicago White Sox (9-3) have best record in AL, with just 1-game lead over Kansas City Royals (8-4) in AL Central.

MLB Standings - Updated: Apr 17, 2017
AL EAST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Toronto Blue Jays	8	4	-	65	48
Boston Red Sox	6	6	2.0	34	27
New York Yankees	6	6	2.0	53	44
Tampa Bay Rays	6	7	2.5	39	50
Baltimore Orioles	5	6	2.5	43	50
AL CENTRAL	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Chicago White Sox	9	3	-	52	48
Kansas City Royals	8	4	1.0	58	50
Cleveland Indians	7	5	2.0	56	56
Minnesota Twins	5	7	4.0	49	39
Detroit Tigers	4	9	5.5	41	55
AL WEST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Houston Astros	8	5	-	57	54
Los Angeles Angels	7	6	1.0	63	59
Seattle Mariners	5	8	3.0	55	54
Oakland Athletics	5	8	3.0	55	74
Texas Rangers	4	8	3.5	56	55
AL WILD CARD RACE	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Kansas City Royals	8	4	+1.0	58	50
Cleveland Indians	7	5	-	56	56
Los Angeles Angels	7	6	0.5	63	59
Boston Red Sox	6	6	1.0	34	27
New York Yankees	6	6	1.0	53	44
Tampa Bay Rays	6	7	1.5	39	50
Baltimore Orioles	5	6	1.5	43	50
Minnesota Twins	5	7	2.0	49	39
Seattle Mariners	5	8	2.5	55	54
Oakland Athletics	5	8	2.5	55	74
Texas Rangers	4	8	3.0	56	55
Detroit Tigers	4	9	3.5	41	55
NL EAST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
New York Mets	10	3	-	52	31
Washington Nationals	8	4	1.5	49	32
Atlanta Braves	6	5	3.0	51	39
Philadelphia Phillies	4	8	5.5	37	63
Miami Marlins	3	9	6.5	24	36
NL CENTRAL	W	L	GB	RS	RA
St. Louis Cardinals	7	5	-	47	48
Pittsburgh Pirates	7	5	-	46	44
Milwaukee Brewers	7	6	0.5	42	42
Chicago Cubs	6	6	1.0	43	43
Cincinnati Reds	2	11	5.5	26	56
NL WEST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Los Angeles Dodgers	10	3	-	59	23
San Francisco Giants	9	5	1.5	63	52
Arizona Diamondbacks	6	7	4.0	45	56
Colorado Rockies	6	8	4.5	54	57
San Diego Padres	3	10	7.0	25	54
NL WILD CARD RACE	W	L	GB	RS	RA
San Francisco Giants	9	5	+1.0	63	52
Washington Nationals	8	4	-	49	32
St. Louis Cardinals/Pittsburgh Pirates	7	5	1.0	47/46	48/44
Milwaukee Brewers	7	6	1.5	42	42
Atlanta Braves	6	5	1.5	51	39
Chicago Cubs	6	6	2.0	43	43
Arizona Diamondbacks	6	7	2.5	45	56
Colorado Rockies	6	8	3.0	54	57
Philadelphia Phillies	4	8	4.0	37	63
Miami Marlins	3	9	5.0	24	36
San Diego Padres	3	10	5.5	25	54
Cincinnati Reds	2	11	6.5	26	56

Thursday, July 26, 2018

Homers Highlight Series Finale As Seattle Avoids Sweep

Posted on July 26, 2018 at 04:35 AM.

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Sunday's series finale in Seattle between the two bottom teams in the AL West saw both strong pitching and powerful hitting, as each starting pitcher turned in a quality start and all the game's runs were scored on home runs, as the Mariners avoided a three-game sweep at the hands of the Rangers, snapping a five-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory at Safeco Field.

James Paxton (1-2) and Cole Hamels (0-2) both posted three consecutive shutout innings to start the game. But the heart of the Mariners' lineup would finally help the team score its first runs since Friday's series opener in the fourth, as Nelson Cruz and Robinson Cano hit back-to-back home runs to quickly make it 3-0.

Texas' Nomar Mazara hit a pinch-hit solo home run to deep right-center field on a 3-2 count in the eighth inning, but it was too little too late. the Rangers brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth but couldn't score again.

The Rangers next travel to Oakland for their second series against the Athletics of the young season. The three-game set will conclude Texas' current nine-game road trip, kicking off with Tyson Ross (0-1, 4.61 ERA) facing Daniel Mengden (0-2, 18.00 ERA).

Texas Rangers at Seattle Mariners
Apr 16, 2017	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas (4-8)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	1
Seattle (5-8)	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	X	3	6	0
W: James Paxton (1-1) L: Cole Hamels (0-2) S: Edwin Diaz (1)

Texas Rangers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Elvis Andrus, SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.304
Carlos Gomez, CF	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.261
Jonathan Lucroy, C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286
James Loney, PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.313
Jared Hoying, PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231
Adrian Beltre, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154
Rougned Odor, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.358
Shin-Soo Choo, RF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.364
Joey Gallo, DH	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	.250
Mike Napoli, 1B	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.316
Robinson Chirinos, C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Nomar Mazara, PH-CF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	.357
Delino DeShields Jr., LF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.280
TEAM TOTALS	30	1	5	1	1	11	1
BATTING: HR: Mazara (2) RBI: Mazara (6)
BASERUNNING: SB: DeShields Jr. (1) CS: Gallo (2)
FIELDING: E: Andrus (1)

Seattle Mariners
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Jarrod Dyson, CF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.260
Jean Segura, SS	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	.208
Nelson Cruz, RF	4	1	1	2	0	0	1	.225
Robinson Cano, 2B	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.235
Kyle Seager, 3B	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.319
Danny Valencia, DH	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.333
Leonys Martin, LF	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.211
Carlos Ruiz, C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263
Dan Vogelbach, 1B	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.189
TEAM TOTALS	28	0	1	0	0	6	0
BATTING: 2B: Dyson (4) HR: Cano (2), Cruz (4) RBI: Cano (4), Cruz 2 (8)
BASERUNNING: SB: Segura (2), Martin (4)

Texas Rangers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Cole Hamels (L, 0-2)	6.0	6	3	3	1	7	2	3.60
Alex Claudio	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.38
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	6	3	3	1	8	2

Seattle Mariners
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
James Paxton (W, 1-2)	7.1	3	0	0	1	11	0	3.44
Nick Vincent (H, 3)	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	6.00
Edwin Diaz (S, 1)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	18.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	5	1	1	1	11	1

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Darvish's Near No-No Clinches Series For Texas

Posted on July 18, 2018 at 03:59 AM.

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Yu Darvish was one strike away from a no-hitter Saturday at Safeco Field, holding the host Seattle Mariners hitless until two outs in the bottom of the ninth when No. 1 batter Jean Segura singled up the middle on a 1-2 count to break up the bid, as the Rangers won for the second straight day in a 7-0 shutout.

Darvish (2-1) lost the perfect game in the second inning when he hit Kyle Seager with a pitch, but he would not allow another baserunner until Segura's single in the ninth. He finished the game for his second career shutout and first complete game of the season, winning his second consecutive start. The Rangers ensured a series win over the Mariners (4-8) and climbed out of the AL West cellar with their second straight victory.

The Rangers also clobbered three home runs in the game, their second straight multi-home run game. Adrian Beltre (2), Rougned Odor (5) and Nomar Mazara (1) all hit long balls in the game. Texas chased a second straight Seattle ace before they could get through the sixth. After beating Felix Hernandez in the opener, the Rangers sent Hisashi Iwakuma (2-1) home with a loss after he entered the game with a 2-0 record and sub-1.00 ERA.

Texas will go for the interdivision sweep on Sunday with Cole Hamels facing James Paxton, who enters the game winless with a 5.73 ERA.

Texas Rangers at Seattle Mariners
Apr 15, 2017	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas (4-7)	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	7	13	0
Seattle (4-8)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
W: Yu Darvish (2-1) L: Hisashi Iwakuma (2-1)

Texas Rangers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Elvis Andrus, SS	5	0	2	3	0	0	0	.308
Carlos Gomez, CF	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279
Adrian Beltre, 3B	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	.167
Rougned Odor, 2B	4	2	3	1	0	0	1	.388
Nomar Mazara, DH	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	.341
Jonathan Lucroy, C	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.286
Shin-Soo Choo, RF	4	2	3	1	0	1	0	.390
James Loney, 1B	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.290
Delino DeShields Jr., LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.273
Jared Hoying, PH-LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231
TEAM TOTALS	38	7	13	7	0	4	3
BATTING: 2B: Choo (4), Odor (2) HR: Beltre (2), Odor (5), Mazara (1) RBI: Choo (8), Beltre (3), Odor (7), Mazara (5), Andrus 3 (7) GIDP: Gomez, Loney

Seattle Mariners
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Jean Segura, SS	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.184
Jarrod Dyson, CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261
Nelson Cruz, RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222
Robinson Cano, 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234
Kyle Seager, 3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.341
Danny Valencia, DH	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333
Leonys Martin, LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.222
Dan Vogelbach, 1B	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.206
Carlos Ruiz, C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286
TEAM TOTALS	28	0	1	0	0	6	0
BATTING: HBP: Seager
FIELDING: E: Vogelbach (2)

Texas Rangers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Yu Darvish (W, 2-1)	9.0	1	0	0	0	6	0	2.42
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	1	0	0	0	6	0

Seattle Mariners
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Hisashi Iwakuma (L, 2-1)	5.1	8	3	3	0	1	2	1.61
Steve Cishek	1.2	2	1	1	0	2	0	3.38
Casey Fien	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	6.00
Evan Scribner	1.0	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.12
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	13	7	6	0	4	3
PITCHING: WP: Scribner (2)

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Early Long Balls Give Rangers Series-Opening Win in Seattle

Posted on July 17, 2018 at 05:54 AM.

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Two first-inning solo home runs Friday helped the Texas Rangers jump ahead early against Seattle ace Felix Hernandez, as the Rangers held on late to win game one of a three-game AL West series at Safeco Field.

Shin-Soo Choo, who was moved up to the No. 2 spot in the lineup for this game, hit a solo home run in the first to give Texas (3-7) a 1-0 lead. Rougned Odor hit his fourth HR of the season two batters later to make it 2-0 after one half-inning.

The Mariners got a run back in the bottom half of the first after two doubles from Jarrod Dyson and Kyle Seager. But Martin Perez (1-1) rebounded nicely from his disaster of a season debut last week against the Athletics, in which he only lasted 2/3 of an inning and allowed seven runs, to throw seven innings with just one run allowed, six strikeouts and no walks.

Jake Diekman earned his first save of the season with two innings of work, as he and Perez helped relieve a taxed bullpen that just worked back-to-back extra-inning games in Anaheim before traveling to the Pacific Northwest. Diekman gave up a two-out, two-run home run to Danny Valencia in the bottom of the ninth, making it 4-3, but he struck out Leonys Martin to end the game and earn the save.

The Rangers' top of the rotation comes back up for game two tomorrow, with Yu Darvish throwing against Seattle's Hisashi Iwakuma, who is off to a hot start at 2-0 and a 0.53 ERA.

Texas Rangers at Seattle Mariners
Apr 14, 2017	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas (3-7)	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	6	0
Seattle (4-7)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	0
W: Martin Perez (1-1) L: Felix Hernandez (1-2) S: Jake Diekman (1)

Texas Rangers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Elvis Andrus, SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298
Shin-Soo Choo, RF	4	1	2	2	0	2	1	.351
Adrian Beltre, 3B	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.159
Joey Gallo, PR-3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167
Rougned Odor, 2B	4	1	1	1	0	2	1	.356
Nomar Mazara, DH	4	0	1	0	0	3	0	.324
Jonathan Lucroy, C	4	0	1	0	0	3	0	.316
Jared Hoying, LF	3	1	0	0	1	2	0	.240
James Loney, 1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259
Delino DeShields Jr., CF	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	.316
TEAM TOTALS	32	4	6	4	2	14	2
BATTING: 2B: DeShields Jr. (2) HR: Choo (2), Odor (4) RBI: Choo 2 (7), Odor (6), DeShields Jr. (2)
BASERUNNING: CS: Gallo (1)

Seattle Mariners
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Jarrod Dyson, CF	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.286
Jean Segura, SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178
Robinson Cano, 2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.250
Kyle Seager, 3B	4	0	2	1	0	2	0	.357
Danny Valencia, DH	4	1	1	2	0	1	1	.357
Leonys Martin, LF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.242
Mitch Haniger, RF	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Dan Vogelbach, 1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226
Carlos Ruiz, C	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.313
TEAM TOTALS	32	3	5	3	0	9	1
BATTING: 2B: Dyson (3), Cano (2), Seager 2 (3) HR: Valencia (4) RBI: Seager (10), Valencia 2 (12) HBP: Vogelbach

Texas Rangers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Martin Perez (W, 1-1)	7.0	3	1	1	0	6	0	3.52
Jake Diekman (S, 1)	2.0	2	2	2	0	3	1	5.40
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	5	3	3	0	9	1

Seattle Mariners
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Felix Hernandez (L, 1-2)	5.0	5	4	4	1	8	2	3.15
Evan Scribner	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.35
Chris Heston	3.0	0	0	0	1	5	0	3.24
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	6	4	4	2	14	2

Another Extra-Innings Walk-Off HR Gives Angels Series Sweep

Posted on July 17, 2018 at 03:20 AM.

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The Texas Rangers can't wait to get out of Anaheim after blowing another lead in late innings Thursday and watching another walk-off home run sail out of the park in extras, this time off the bat of Kole Calhoun, as the Angels completed a three-game sweep.

Texas (2-7) came from behind for the second straight day and for the second straight game held a lead after the seventh inning but couldn't hold onto it. The Angels tied the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the eighth on an Albert Pujols sacrifice fly after runners had moved into scoring position on a wild pitch.

Calhoun's walk-off, two-run home run came with one out in the bottom of the 10th after Ben Revere reached on an infield popup single. Texas reliever Keone Kela (0-1) fell behind Calhoun 3-0, delivered a changeup for strike one, and not wanting to walk the winning run into scoring position, threw a fastball on the inner half & lower third of the plate, which Calhoun scooped out of the park over the right-center field wall.

The Rangers have now been swept in two of their first three series of the year (Cleveland) and next travel to AL West foe Seattle for their first meeting of the year.

Rangers at Angels \|
Apr 13, 2017	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
Texas (2-7)	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	14	1
Los Angeles (6-4)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	8	0
W: Nick Tropeano (2-0) L: Keone Kela (0-1)

Texas Rangers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Elvis Andrus, SS	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	.326
Carlos Gomez, CF	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.316
Adrian Beltre, 3B	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.171
Jared Hoying, PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273
Joey Gallo, 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167
Rougned Odor, 2B	5	1	2	0	0	1	0	.366
Nomar Mazara, DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333
Jonathan Lucroy, C	4	2	3	1	0	1	0	.324
Shin-Soo Choo, RF	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	.333
James Loney, 1B	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.292
Delino DeShields Jr., LF	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.313
TEAM TOTALS	40	3	14	3	0	3	0
BATTING: 2B: Choo (3) RBI: Choo (5), Lucroy (2), Loney (6) GIDP: Gomez, Odor, Mazara
FIELDING: E: Loney (1)

Los Angeles Angels
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Ben Revere, LF	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	.341
Kole Calhoun, RF	4	1	2	2	1	1	1	.308
Mike Trout, CF	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	.385
Albert Pujols, 1B	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	.135
C.J. Cron, DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.273
Yunel Escobar, SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.211
Kaleb Cowart, 3B	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.171
Andrelton Simmons, 2B	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	.229
Carlos Perez, C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240
Cameron Maybin, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
Martin Maldonado, C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
TEAM TOTALS	35	5	8	4	2	5
BATTING: 2B: Trout (7) HR: Calhoun (2) RBI: Calhoun 2 (8), Pujols (4), Simmons (4) HBP: Calhoun SF: Pujols GIDP: Perez
BASERUNNING: SB: Revere (2)

Texas Rangers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Andrew Cashner	7.1	6	3	2	1	3	0	1.17
Keone Kela (L, 0-1)	2.0	2	2	2	1	2	1	9.64
TEAM TOTALS	9.1	8	5	4	2	5	1
PITCHING: WP: Kela (2)

Los Angeles Angels
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Jesse Chavez	5.2	9	3	3	0	1	0	4.63
Nick Tropeano (W, 2-0)	4.1	5	0	0	0	2	0	2.84
TEAM TOTALS	10.0	14	3	3	0	3	0

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Angels Emerge Victorious Wild Back-and-Forth Game For Bullsh*t Victory

Posted on July 11, 2018 at 03:57 AM.

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12 total runs were scored in the last three innings of regulation with two lead changes, two ties and three home runs to boot in just those three innings, but it was the Los Angeles Angels (and the CPU) who weaseled their way to a series-clinching 10-9 walk-off victory in 15 innings over the Texas Rangers Wednesday.

The Rangers (2-6) had 18 hits Wednesday, including 3 home runs - 2 from Rougned Odor and the second of the year from Mike Napoli. But that wasn't enough. Tyson Ross widely outpitched his starting counterpart Andrew Heaney, getting into the 7th inning and striking out 7 with no walks. But that wasn't enough.

Texas had taken a 4-0 lead through the top of the 6th, but the Angels went to work to come back in the Bottom of the 6th and continued to do WHATEVER it took to ensure they got the victory Wednesday. Let's take a look at some of the RIDICULOUS, CONVENIENT things the CPU-controlled Angels did to "earn" the win, which was clinched with a Luis Valbuena walk-off, opposite-field HR with one out in the 15th ::

With Texas leading 4-0, Mike Trout doubled home 2 runs in the 6th. The Angels got 2 leadoff singles by their No. 9 and No. 1 hitters, but everyone around Trout (2, 4 & 5 hitters) all struck out. But OF COURSE he got a 2 run double, making it 4-2.
In the Bottom 7th, Cowart strikes out looking but reaches on a passed ball (would've been 2 outs, 0 on, now its 1 out & 1 on). So OF COURSE the very next batter doubles and he scores from 1st, making it 4-3.
I bring in a reliever (Matt Bush) in the 7th to get out of this tight jam (tying run on 2nd, 1 out). He strikes out the 1st guy he faces -- Well *THAT'S* not OK, so suddenly the computer makes him stricken with an elbow injury and I have to pull him. Next guy grounds to 3rd but in my frustration I've forgotten there's no one on 1st (just 2nd), so I throw the ball to 2nd thinking I'll turn 2, but instead Ben Revere is just safe at 1st and now there's runners on the corners w/ 2 outs.
So I get the next guy (Kole Calhoun) to hit another groundball, but instead of letting me out of this quietly, he "singles" (OF COURSE it's not an error, even though it was hit RIGHT. AT. the fielder and it hit off of him) as the ball deflects off of my SS and into CF, scoring the guy from 3rd and tying the game at 4-4.
And HERE'S THE ADDITIONAL KICKER -- I get the ball back into the infield, throwing to 2nd base. But instead of just killing the action and moving on to the next screen as there is no movement and the ball is being held, the CPU keeps it *LIVE*, and runs 92-speed Ben Revere from third to score the go-ahead run, making it 5-4, literally while I'm STANDING THERE with the ball at 2nd base, waiting for the game to go to the next screen, as it ***ALWAYS*** does
Napoli hits a 2-run HR in the Top 8th, righteously giving me back a 6-5 lead. But of course, Not To Be OutDone... the computer hits a 1-out triple, then SUICIDE SQUEEZES him home to tie it again at 6-6
OK, now... I score **3** runs in the Top 9th. I'm good, right?? Another 2-run HR and an RBI single, all with 2 outs. So I'm again righteously ahead at 9-6 with just 3 outs to go. I'm good, right?
~~NOPE~~. Let's see if we can just GUESS what happened -- Let's see, 1-out double by Revere, ANOTHER 1-out double by Calhoun makes it 9-7, and then of-F**KING COURSE... 2-run, game-tying home run by Trout. Thanks for coming.
At that point, I played out what I could in the next 6 innings, but I was never gonna win that game in extra innings. Had a few hits but never really threatened.

Texas Rangers at Anaheim Angels
Apr 12, 2017	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
Texas (2-6)	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	3	0 0 0 0 0 0	9	18	1
Los Angeles (5-4)	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	3	0 0 0 0 0 1	10	15	0
W: Huston Street (1-0) L: Tanner Scheppers (0-1)

Texas Rangers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Elvis Andrus, SS	7	0	3	1	0	1	0	.342
Carlos Gomez, CF	7	0	1	1	0	3	0	.333
Adrian Beltre, 3B	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	.167
Rougned Odor, 2B	7	2	2	3	0	0	2	.361
Jonathan Lucroy, C	7	2	3	0	0	0	0	.267
Joey Gallo, DH	6	0	1	0	0	4	0	.167
Nomar Mazara, PH-DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.345
Mike Napoli, 1B	7	2	2	2	0	2	1	.375
Shin-Soo Choo, RF	7	0	2	1	0	4	0	.310
Delino DeShields Jr., LF	7	2	3	0	0	1	0	.250
TEAM TOTALS	62	9	18	9	0	15	3
BATTING: 2B: Napoli (1), Lucroy (1), Andrus (1), DeShields Jr. (1) 3B: Choo (1) HR: Napoli (2), Odor 2 (3) RBI: Gomez (9), Choo (4), Beltre (2), Napoli 2 (5), Odor 3 (5), Andrus (4) HBP: Beltre GIDP: Odor
FIELDING: E: Napoli (1)

Los Angeles Angels
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Ben Revere, LF	7	3	2	0	0	0	0	.333
Kole Calhoun, RF	7	1	3	3	0	2	0	.286
Mike Trout, CF	7	1	3	4	0	2	1	.389
Albert Pujols, 1B	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	.147
C.J. Cron, DH	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	.310
Danny Espinosa, PR-DH	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222
Yunel Escobar, SS	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	.206
Kaleb Cowart, 3B	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	.194
Cameron Maybin, PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.600
Luis Valbuena, 3B	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	.333
Andrelton Simmons, 2B	6	1	1	1	0	2	0	.194
Carlos Perez, C	6	1	2	0	0	1	0	.261
TEAM TOTALS	60	10	15	10	1	13	2
BATTING: 2B: Calhoun (2), Trout (6), Simmons (2), Cron (4), Revere (2) 3B: Trout (1), Cron (1) HR: Trout (4), Valbuena (1) RBI: Escobar (6), Calhoun 3 (6), Trout 4 (18), Valbuena (1), Simmons (3) GIDP: Revere
BASERUNNING: SB: Espinosa (1)

Texas Rangers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Tyson Ross	6.1	6	4	2	0	7	0	4.61
Matt Bush (H, 1)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.50
Jake Diekman (BS, 1)	0.1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0.00
Jeremy Jeffress (BS, 1)	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	9.00
Sam Dyson (BS, 2)	3.2	6	3	3	1	1	1	6.14
Tanner Scheppers (L, 0-1)	2.2	1	1	1	0	1	1	1.00
TEAM TOTALS	14.1	15	10	7	1	13	2
PITCHING: WP: Ross (1), Dyson (1)

Los Angeles Angels
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Andrew Heaney	5.0	7	3	3	0	3	1	4.50
Yusmeiro Petit	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	2.00
Kirby Yates	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Cam Bedrosian (BS, 1)	1.2	4	4	4	0	2	1	21.60
Jose Alvarez	1.1	4	1	1	0	3	1	9.00
Mike Morin	3.0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0.00
Huston Street (W, 1-0)	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	15.0	18	9	9	0	15	3

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Trout Powers Angels To Win In Opener

Posted on July 10, 2018 at 03:56 AM.

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Mike Trout hit a three-run go-ahead homer in the third and drove in more insurance in the eighth as he helped power his Los Angeles Angels to a 6-2 series-opening win over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night.

Trout's two-out, three-run bomb in the third erased what was a 1-0 Rangers (2-5) lead after Shin-Soo Choo had hit a leadoff solo shot in the top half of the inning. The three-run blast was a culmination of a two-out rally by the top of LA's order. Ben Revere got a two-out single, Kole Calhoun worked a two-out walk, then Trout homered to give them the lead for good.

Another quality start by Cole Hamels (0-1) was wasted by the Rangers after he went seven innings, only allowing the three runs on Trout's long ball and striking out seven. Keone Kela entered in relief in the eighth having struck out every batter he's faced this year (six Ks in two innings pitched), but he proceeded to give up hits to four of the first five batters he faced, including back-to-back RBI doubles to both Trout and Albert Pujols, allowing the Angels to open up what was a one-run game into a 6-2 advantage.

Texas Rangers at Los Angeles Angels
Apr 11, 2017	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas (2-5)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0
Los Angeles (4-4)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	X	6	10	1
W: Matt Shoemaker (1-1) L: Cole Hamels (0-1) S: Mike Morin (1)

Texas Rangers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Elvis Andrus, SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.323
Carlos Gomez, CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.385
Adrian Beltre, 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167
Rougned Odor, 2B	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.379
Nomar Mazara, DH	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.357
Jonathan Lucroy, C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217
Shin-Soo Choo, RF	3	1	2	2	0	0	1	.318
James Loney, 1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300
Jared Hoying, LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.273
TEAM TOTALS	32	2	6	2	0	4	1
BATTING: HR: Choo (1) RBI: Choo 2 (3)

Los Angeles Angels
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Ben Revere, LF	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	.345
Kole Calhoun, RF	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	.250
Mike Trout, CF	4	2	3	4	0	0	1	.379
Albert Pujols, 1B	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	.185
Yunel Escobar, SS	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.222
Danny Espinosa, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.267
Andrelton Simmons, DH	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200
Kaleb Cowart, 3B	4	0	1	0	0	3	0	.214
Martin Maldonado, C	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
TEAM TOTALS	34	6	10	6	1	8	1
BATTING: 2B: Trout (5), Pujols (2), Revere (1) HR: Trout (3) RBI: Escobar (5), Trout 4 (14), Pujols (3) HBP: Simmons
FIELDING: E: Escobar (1)

Texas Rangers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Cole Hamels (L, 0-1)	7.0	5	3	3	1	7	1	3.21
Keone Kela	0.2	5	3	3	0	0	0	10.13
Jeremy Jeffress	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	9.00
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	10	6	6	1	8	1

Los Angeles Angels
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Matt Shoemaker (W, 1-1)	6.1	6	2	2	0	2	1	3.86
Jose Alvarez (H, 1)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.82
Mike Morin (S, 1)	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	6	2	2	0	4	1