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| 973 | TEXAS | +115 | Ov 6.5,-120 | +115 | Ov 7,-105 | | 974 | SAN DIEGO | -125 | Un 6.5,+100 | -125 | Un 7,-115 |
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| All Games | 68-61 | +23.7 | 55-67 | 4.5 | 0.257 | 0.315 | 0.410 | 0.724 | 4.6 | 0.263 | 0.326 | 0.419 | 0.744 | | Road Games | 36-29 | +22.1 | 28-36 | 4.3 | 0.243 | 0.296 | 0.389 | 0.686 | 4.2 | 0.257 | 0.318 | 0.415 | 0.733 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 44-36 | +16.8 | 30-45 | 4.5 | 0.266 | 0.322 | 0.422 | 0.744 | 4.0 | 0.251 | 0.309 | 0.404 | 0.713 | | Past 7 Games | 5-2 | +3.2 | 2-5 | 4.4 | 0.308 | 0.362 | 0.474 | 0.837 | 3.6 | 0.219 | 0.297 | 0.335 | 0.632 | | Grass Games | 65-57 | +23.3 | 51-64 | 4.6 | 0.259 | 0.316 | 0.413 | 0.729 | 4.6 | 0.264 | 0.327 | 0.419 | 0.745 | | Night Games | 49-43 | +19.2 | 41-48 | 4.4 | 0.258 | 0.312 | 0.417 | 0.729 | 4.6 | 0.262 | 0.326 | 0.420 | 0.746 | | Interleague | 9-8 | +3 | 7-9 | 4.8 | 0.254 | 0.314 | 0.405 | 0.719 | 3.9 | 0.247 | 0.317 | 0.385 | 0.702 |
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| All Games | 4.5 | 0.257 | 0.315 | 129 | 4402 | 1132 | 215 | 26 | 135 | 0.410 | 536 | 369 | 986 | 75 | 883 | 95 | 94 | 132 | 67 | | Road Games | 4.3 | 0.243 | 0.296 | 65 | 2233 | 543 | 103 | 11 | 67 | 0.389 | 259 | 169 | 535 | 39 | 419 | 43 | 49 | 58 | 24 | | Righty Starters | 4.5 | 0.266 | 0.322 | 80 | 2696 | 716 | 139 | 20 | 81 | 0.422 | 327 | 225 | 573 | 56 | 537 | 67 | 56 | 73 | 37 |
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| All Games | 4.49 | 1.392 | 406.7 | 212 | 203 | 397 | 52 | 169 | 365 | 20-17 | 38 | 15 | 71.7% | | Road Games | 4.53 | 1.345 | 186.7 | 98 | 94 | 172 | 24 | 79 | 185 | 12-8 | 24 | 8 | 75% |
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| All Games | 63-67 | -6.6 | 75-51 | 4.1 | 0.244 | 0.296 | 0.383 | 0.679 | 4.4 | 0.252 | 0.314 | 0.416 | 0.729 | | Home Games | 31-30 | -4.3 | 36-23 | 4.0 | 0.244 | 0.294 | 0.386 | 0.680 | 4.3 | 0.246 | 0.308 | 0.410 | 0.718 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 47-54 | -8.6 | 59-38 | 3.9 | 0.241 | 0.293 | 0.379 | 0.672 | 4.6 | 0.259 | 0.318 | 0.425 | 0.743 | | Past 7 Games | 2-5 | -3.6 | 4-2 | 3.9 | 0.237 | 0.277 | 0.379 | 0.656 | 6.0 | 0.270 | 0.348 | 0.482 | 0.830 | | Grass Games | 63-67 | -6.6 | 75-51 | 4.1 | 0.244 | 0.296 | 0.383 | 0.679 | 4.4 | 0.252 | 0.314 | 0.416 | 0.729 | | Night Games | 47-44 | +1.5 | 50-38 | 4.2 | 0.245 | 0.298 | 0.384 | 0.682 | 4.3 | 0.255 | 0.315 | 0.411 | 0.726 | | Interleague | 6-11 | -4.4 | 9-7 | 3.0 | 0.204 | 0.263 | 0.307 | 0.569 | 6.2 | 0.285 | 0.350 | 0.507 | 0.856 |
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| All Games | 4.1 | 0.244 | 0.296 | 130 | 4410 | 1074 | 200 | 29 | 119 | 0.383 | 507 | 331 | 1067 | 71 | 825 | 98 | 73 | 112 | 93 | | Home Games | 4.0 | 0.244 | 0.294 | 61 | 2000 | 488 | 86 | 12 | 58 | 0.386 | 229 | 142 | 491 | 32 | 366 | 52 | 35 | 62 | 48 | | Righty Starters | 3.9 | 0.241 | 0.293 | 101 | 3424 | 825 | 151 | 25 | 91 | 0.379 | 382 | 250 | 806 | 59 | 637 | 73 | 51 | 96 | 61 |
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| All Games | 3.99 | 1.218 | 395 | 189 | 175 | 350 | 46 | 131 | 375 | 22-17 | 37 | 11 | 77.1% | | Home Games | 4.12 | 1.208 | 198.7 | 100 | 91 | 169 | 25 | 71 | 188 | 7-7 | 18 | 4 | 81.8% |
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| 8/17/2015 | HAMELS(L) | SEATTLE | WALKER(R) | 4-3 | W | -140 | 8.5 ov | U | 13 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | | 8/18/2015 | GONZALEZ(R) | SEATTLE | IWAKUMA(R) | 2-3 | L | +130 | 9.5 ev | U | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | | 8/19/2015 | HOLLAND(L) | SEATTLE | MONTGOMERY(L) | 7-2 | W | -140 | 9 un | P | 11 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | | 8/20/2015 | PEREZ(L) | @ DETROIT | SIMON(R) | 0-4 | L | -105 | 9.5 un | U | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | | 8/21/2015 | LEWIS(R) | @ DETROIT | VERLANDER(R) | 2-0 | W | 115 | 8.5 ov | U | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | | 8/22/2015 | GALLARDO(R) | @ DETROIT | WOLF(L) | 5-3 | W | -105 | 9 un | U | 10 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 1 | | 8/23/2015 | HAMELS(L) | @ DETROIT | BOYD(L) | 4-2 | W | -130 | 8.5 un | U | 7 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | | 8/25/2015 | HOLLAND(L) | TORONTO | BUEHRLE(L) | 5-6 | L | +120 | 9 un | O | 12 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | | 8/26/2015 | LEWIS(R) | TORONTO | PRICE(L) | 4-12 | L | +170 | 8.5 un | O | 10 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | | 8/27/2015 | GALLARDO(R) | TORONTO | ESTRADA(R) | 4-1 | W | +105 | 9.5 un | U | 11 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 1 | | 8/28/2015 | HAMELS(L) | BALTIMORE | GAUSMAN(R) | 4-1 | W | -125 | 8.5 ov | U | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | | 8/29/2015 | PEREZ(L) | BALTIMORE | JIMENEZ(R) | 4-3 | W | +115 | 9 ev | U | 12 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | | 8/30/2015 | HOLLAND(L) | BALTIMORE | GONZALEZ(R) | 6-0 | W | -120 | 9.5 un | U | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | | 8/31/2015 | LEWIS(R) | @ SAN DIEGO | ROSS(R) | | | 9/1/2015 | GALLARDO(R) | @ SAN DIEGO | CASHNER(R) | | | 9/2/2015 | HAMELS(L) | @ SAN DIEGO | KENNEDY(R) | | | 9/4/2015 | PEREZ(L) | @ LA ANGELS | RICHARDS(R) | | | 9/5/2015 | HOLLAND(L) | @ LA ANGELS | WEAVER(R) | | | 9/6/2015 | LEWIS(R) | @ LA ANGELS | SANTIAGO(L) | | | 9/7/2015 | | @ SEATTLE | | |
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| 8/17/2015 | REA(R) | ATLANTA | PEREZ(R) | 5-3 | W | -155 | 7 ov | O | 9 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | | 8/18/2015 | SHIELDS(R) | ATLANTA | WISLER(R) | 9-0 | W | -185 | 7 un | O | 13 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 0 | | 8/19/2015 | ROSS(R) | ATLANTA | TEHERAN(R) | 3-2 | W | -155 | 6.5 ov | U | 8 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | | 8/21/2015 | CASHNER(R) | ST LOUIS | LACKEY(R) | 9-3 | W | +105 | 6.5 ov | O | 13 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | | 8/22/2015 | KENNEDY(R) | ST LOUIS | MARTINEZ(R) | 8-0 | W | +120 | 6.5 ov | O | 12 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 1 | | 8/23/2015 | REA(R) | ST LOUIS | WACHA(R) | 3-10 | L | +135 | 7 un | O | 11 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 1 | | 8/25/2015 | SHIELDS(R) | @ WASHINGTON | STRASBURG(R) | 3-8 | L | 175 | 7 un | O | 7 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | | 8/26/2015 | ROSS(R) | @ WASHINGTON | GONZALEZ(L) | 6-5 | W | 125 | 7 un | O | 10 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | | 8/27/2015 | CASHNER(R) | @ WASHINGTON | ROSS(R) | 2-4 | L | 160 | 7.5 un | U | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 1 | | 8/28/2015 | KENNEDY(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | NOLA(R) | 1-7 | L | -125 | 8 un | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | | 8/29/2015 | REA(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | MORGAN(L) | 3-4 | L | -155 | 8.5 ov | U | 8 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | | 8/30/2015 | SHIELDS(R) | @ PHILADELPHIA | ASHER(R) | 9-4 | W | -150 | 8 ov | O | 16 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | | 8/31/2015 | ROSS(R) | TEXAS | LEWIS(R) | | | 9/1/2015 | CASHNER(R) | TEXAS | GALLARDO(R) | | | 9/2/2015 | KENNEDY(R) | TEXAS | HAMELS(L) | | | 9/3/2015 | REA(R) | LA DODGERS | LATOS(R) | | | 9/4/2015 | SHIELDS(R) | LA DODGERS | WOOD(L) | | | 9/5/2015 | ROSS(R) | LA DODGERS | ANDERSON(L) | | | 9/6/2015 | CASHNER(R) | LA DODGERS | GREINKE(R) | | | 9/7/2015 | | COLORADO | | |
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| |  | TEXAS: When Yu Darvish pitched only one inning this spring before season-ending elbow surgery, the Texas Rangers were already off to an ominous start.
The Rangers lost their ace even before what they are still hoping will be a comeback season.
''There is no way to spin that, other than it's a tough deal for us. He's one of the best pitchers in the game,'' general manager Jon Daniels said this spring. ''That being said, it's one guy. It's not 17. Good teams and good organizations have had similar news at similar times before and found a way. That's got to be our mentality.''
Texas had 22 different players spend time on the disabled list last season, including Darvish missing the final seven weeks with elbow inflammation before needing Tommy John ligament-replacement surgery this spring.
The aching result for the Rangers was the American League's worst record (67-95) and their most losses since 1985, ending an impressive four-year run of 90-win seasons with their only two World Series appearances (2010-11).
Darvish was 10-7 and an All-Star again before getting sidelined last season.
As for the top of the rotation without him, the January trade to get local pitcher Yovani Gallardo proved even more important. Gallardo, who can be a free agent after this season, started the last five season openers for Milwaukee.
Derek Holland, who didn't pitch until September last season after knee surgery, had a strong finish. Shoulder soreness slowed the left-hander this spring, but that likely set him up to start the home opener April 10 against Houston, in the fifth game of the season.
Also among the injured in 2014 were slugger Prince Fielder and Shin-Soo Choo, the big offensive additions before last season.
Fielder had missed only one game the previous five seasons with Detroit and Milwaukee before being limited to only 42 games and three home runs in his Rangers debut because a herniated disk in his neck that required surgery. Choo played 123 games, but his on-base percentage dipped from .423 in 2013 for Cincinnati to .340 before operations late last season for a bone spur in his left elbow and torn cartilage in his left ankle.
''There's no telling what this ballclub can do,'' new manager Jeff Banister said. ''They've yet to have an opportunity to play together. Let's hope they get a really strong shot of playing together for 162-plus (games).''
Here are a few things to know about the Rangers, who open the season April 6 at Oakland:
CLOSING TIME: Neftali Feliz is back in his World Series role for the Rangers as their closer after an ill-fated and injury-plagued attempt to be a starter. The right-hander was 3-1 with a 3.16 ERA in eight games (seven starts) in 2012 before Tommy John surgery. Feliz was 2-1 with 13 saves in 14 chances with a 1.99 ERA in 30 relief appearances after rejoining the Rangers last July, just before Joakim Soria was traded.
BELTRE'S IMPACT: Third baseman Adrian Beltre is going into his 17th major league season, his fifth with the Rangers and signed through next season. ''He's the heart and soul of this club,'' Banister said. ''A shining light in the storm, that's what he was last year. ... Do yourself a favor and watch that last at-bat he put together in 2014.'' Determined not to be the final out of the season, Beltre went from an 0-2 count to getting a single on the third straight slider thrown after that.
LEFT OF CENTER: With pretty much every other defensive position set, Jake Smolinski and Ryan Ruo entered spring as candidates in left field. Both showed promising glimpses in short stints in their major league debuts the second half of last season. Ryan Ludwick, who made his major league debut with Texas in 2002 and played for five other teams the past decade, was a non-roster invitee who could play left. Michael Choice, who got 35 of his 55 outfield starts in left last year, was the early man out when optioned to the minors in mid-March. Choo moves from left to right after Alex Rios departed in free agency.
MISSING WORK: The 26 different DL stints for the Rangers last season amounted to 2,281 days lost. That was 833 more than Arizona, who had the second most, and more than double any other American League team. | | SAN DIEGO: San Diego Padres manager Bud Black turned the corner to meet the press on the first day of spring training and was taken aback at the throng of reporters waiting.
''What are we, the Yankees?'' Black asked.
No, but they're no longer the anonymous Padres, the light-hitting, star-less team planted near the bottom of the NL West.
Thanks to first-year general manager A.J. Preller's wild offseason, the Padres have been remade. There's suddenly star power. And expectations, too.
''The organization, from top on down, there's a different vibe,'' Black said.
A new ace in James Shields joins an already strong rotation. Matt Kemp, Justin Upton and Wil Myers make for a brand new power-hitting outfield. Derek Norris is now catching. Newcomers Yangervis Solarte and Will Middlebrooks have had great springs as they compete at third base.
''I'm impressed,'' Kemp said. ''We've got a lot of great players in this clubhouse. We have a really good chance of winning some games.''
It's been a long time since people have been saying that about the Padres. They were last in the postseason in 2006. They haven't had a winning season since 2010 and last year finished 18 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West.
A lost season included a shake-up at the top. Preller, a former assistant GM with Texas, replaced the fired Josh Byrnes in August. Preller was then the clear star of baseball's hot stove season.
Kemp, who acknowledged he was shocked the Dodgers traded him, thinks the Padres now have the best outfield in the game.
Shields, who helped get Kansas City to the World Series last season, was the last piece. He signed in February.
''Shields wanted to be here. Kemp, Upton, Norris, those guys are happy to be here,'' Black said. ''They're happy to be in San Diego. They're happy to be a Padre. That's a good thing.''
Now it will be up to Black, lauded for squeezing as much as he can out of bad rosters, to make them winners. The Padres expect to contend for at least a wild card spot.
''I've been in San Diego for 40 years. That energy is back,'' Padres executive chairman Ron Fowler said. ''People are talking baseball and it's fun to be a Padre right now.''
ROTATION WORKHORSES: Adding Shields gives the Padres baseball's most durable pitcher on a staff already known for eating innings. The right-hander has tossed 1,785 2/3 innings since 2007. No pitcher has thrown more. Tyson Ross (195 2/3) and Ian Kennedy (201) were workhorses in 2014. Right-hander Andrew Cashner was the exception, but last year's opening-day starter has looked dominant as he returns from arm issues. Brandon Morrow and Odrisamer Despaigne are contending for the fifth spot. And Josh Johnson, coming back from elbow surgery, could be ready by June. ''The one thing we do have is pitching depth,'' Shields said. ''And you can never have too much.'' The one issue: no left-handers.
CAN THEY FIELD?: The new outfield packs power, but can they cover spacious Petco Park? Kemp's arthritic hips were made public during trade discussions and he no longer has the speed for center. Myers has only played there in the minors. ''They read the noise that we're not going to play defense,'' Black said. ''Players have a lot of pride.'' Veteran Wil Nieves, a non-roster invite, is the likely backup catcher with Tim Federowicz sidelined following knee surgery.
WHO PLAYS THIRD?: Solarte, acquired last summer from the Yankees, has impressed at the plate and can also play second and first. Middlebrooks, coming off a poor, injury-plagued 2014 in Boston, has hit well and looked smooth in the field. ''I'm not too worried about it. I know I'm a good player,'' Middlebrooks said. ''He's a good player as well. We're both going to be on the field at some point.''
WHAT HAPPENS TO QUENTIN?: Preller's next task is to figure out what to do with all his spare outfielders. That includes Carlos Quentin, the oft-injured two-time All-Star. ''Everyone knows there's a DH in the American League,'' said Quentin, who is open to a trade. Will Venable and Cameron Maybin also face uncertain futures.
PRESSURE ON BLACK: Black found a way to win 77 games last year with a roster that scored 535 runs, 38 fewer than any other team. But Preller declined to extend his contract in the offseason. ''We're both in the last year before we're free agents,'' Kennedy said, grinning. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NL PREVIEW (TEXAS-SAN DIEGO) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Rangers-Padres Preview* ========================
By KEVIN MASSOTH STATS Writer
Texas (67-61) at San Diego (62-67), 10:10 p.m. EDT
The last time the Texas Rangers faced the San Diego Padres, they were stumbling through July. This time around, the Rangers are one of the hottest teams in baseball.
Texas looks to keep rolling as it starts a season-high road trip against San Diego on Monday night.
The Rangers (68-61) look to cap a strong August that boosted them into the second wild-card spot. They've won four straight and are 13-4 since Aug. 13, giving them the most wins in the AL in that span.
Sunday's 6-0 victory over Baltimore completed a three-game sweep as Texas exceeded its 2014 win total.
"It's a big homestand. We still gotta go out and keep playing," Derek Holland said after pitching a three-hitter with 11 strikeouts and no walks. "We gotta turn the page now, it's over, we gotta look forward to San Diego now, that's the big thing, and take those games and go out there and gain as much ground as we can, or take what we think is ours."
The Rangers - starting a 10-game, 11-day trip through San Diego, Anaheim and Seattle - are seven games above .500 for the first time since the end of the 2013 season. They've moved past four teams in the wild-card race since Aug. 13 and cut their deficit behind AL West-leading Houston from five games to three.
Things didn't look as bright when San Diego (63-67) handed them two losses in a three-game set July 10-12. That was part of a 2-10 stretch for the Rangers, who fell to nine back in the division and seven behind in the wild card.
Colby Lewis (14-6, 4.38 ERA) pitched in that series and will try to turn in another strong start as he looks to tie for the AL lead in wins.
Lewis - 8-4 with a 3.71 ERA on the road - pitched seven innings of three-run ball with five strikeouts in a 6-5 loss July 11. Matt Kemp, hitting .340 in his last 13 games, homered off Lewis in that contest.
Lewis struggled with command his last time out, walking a season-high four in a 12-4 loss to Toronto on Wednesday. He surrendered five runs - four earned - over five innings in his shortest outing since July 5.
The Padres will close out an August in which they lost seven of their first nine, won nine of 11 and then dropped five of seven.
Tyson Ross (9-9, 3.42) beat Washington 6-5 on Wednesday, tying his season high with nine strikeouts while allowing four runs in 6 1-3 innings. The right-hander threw 6 2-3 scoreless innings and gave up three hits to beat the Rangers 2-1 on July 12.
Ross looks to benefit from a San Diego offense that broke out in a 9-4 win over Philadelphia on Sunday. The Padres, who had scored six runs in dropping three straight, collected 16 hits and got home runs from Kemp, Yangervis Solarte and Justin Upton.
"As a group the offense has to feel good about today," interim manager Pat Murphy said. "Our big guys came up big."
Texas hopes to have second baseman Rougned Odor back Monday, six days after he tore a fingernail on his throwing hand.
Lewis last batted in July 2014 and has a four-game hitting streak - a Rangers record for a pitcher.
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