Texas Rangers Report

Lineups: Ian Kinsler DH in opener

June, 4, 2012

6/04/12

6:25

PM CT

By Jeff Fletcher | ESPNDallas.com

Ian Kinsler will get a day off from playing the field but will still hit leadoff as the Rangers' DH in the opener of a four-game series with the Oakland Athletics. Scott Feldman (0-3, 4.50) gets the start against Jarrod Parker (1-2, 2.88). Here are the lineups for tonight's game, which starts at 9:07 pm on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM/1540 AM/FSSW.

Rangers
Ian Kinsler, DH
Elvis Andrus, SS
Josh Hamilton, CF
Adrian Beltre, 3B
Michael Young, 2B
Nelson Cruz, RF
David Murphy, LF
Mike Napoli, C
Mitch Moreland, 1B

A's
Jemile Weeks, 2B
Collin Cowgill, LF
Josh Reddick, RF
Yoenis Cespedes, CF
Seth Smith, DH
Brandon Inge, 3B
Kila Ka'aihue, 1B
Kurt Suzuki, C
Cliff Pennington, SS

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Lineup, Josh Hamilton, David Murphy, Ian Kinsler, Michael Young, Elvis Andrus, Nelson Cruz, Mitch Moreland, Mike Napoli, Adrian Beltre

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UPCOMING GAMES

	W-L	HM	AW	STK	L10
TEX	31-17	15-7	16-10	W2
SEA	20-28	11-10	9-18	L7

	W-L	HM	AW	STK	L10
TEX	31-17	15-7	16-10	W2
SEA	20-28	11-10	9-18	L7

	W-L	HM	AW	STK	L10
TEX	31-17	15-7	16-10	W2
ARI	27-21	13-11	14-10	W1

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TEAM LEADERS

BA LEADER

Ian Kinsler

BA	HR	RBI	R
.302	7	20	24

OTHER LEADERS

RBI

OPS

.908

ERA

2.84

MAY 2013

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
			1 CHW L 2 - 5	2 CHW L 1 - 3	3 BOS W 7 - 0	4 BOS W 5 - 1
5 BOS W 4 - 3	6 @CHC L 2 - 9	7 @MIL L 3 - 6	8 @MIL W 4 - 1	9	10 @HOU W 4 - 2	11 @HOU W 8 - 7
12 @HOU W 12 - 7	13 @OAK L 1 - 5	14 @OAK W 6 - 5	15 @OAK W 6 - 2	16 DET W 10 - 4	17 DET L 1 - 2	18 DET W 7 - 2
19 DET W 11 - 8	20 OAK L 2 - 9	21 OAK L 0 - 1	22 OAK W 3 - 1	23	24 @SEA W 9 - 5	25 @SEA 9:10 PM CT
26 @SEA 3:10 PM CT	27 @ARI 2:40 PM CT	28	29 ARI 7:05 PM CT	30 ARI 1:05 PM CT	31 KC 7:05 PM CT

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
						1 KC 3:05 PM CT
2 KC 2:05 PM CT	3	4 @BOS 6:10 PM CT	5 @BOS 6:10 PM CT	6 @BOS 6:10 PM CT	7 @TOR 6:07 PM CT	8 @TOR 12:07 PM CT
9 @TOR 12:07 PM CT	10 CLE 7:05 PM CT	11 CLE 7:05 PM CT	12 CLE 7:05 PM CT	13 TOR 7:05 PM CT	14 TOR 7:05 PM CT	15 TOR 3:05 PM CT
16 TOR 2:05 PM CT	17 OAK 7:05 PM CT	18 OAK 7:05 PM CT	19 OAK 7:05 PM CT	20 OAK 1:05 PM CT	21 @STL 7:15 PM CT	22 @STL 6:15 PM CT
23 @STL 1:15 PM CT	24	25 @NYY 6:05 PM CT	26 @NYY 6:05 PM CT	27 @NYY 12:05 PM CT	28 CIN 7:05 PM CT	29 CIN 6:15 PM CT
30 CIN 2:05 PM CT

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
	1	2 SEA 7:05 PM CT	3 SEA 7:05 PM CT	4 SEA 7:05 PM CT	5 HOU 7:05 PM CT	6 HOU 6:15 PM CT
7 HOU 2:05 PM CT	8 @BAL 6:05 PM CT	9 @BAL 6:05 PM CT	10 @BAL 6:05 PM CT	11 @BAL 6:05 PM CT	12 @DET 6:08 PM CT	13 @DET 6:15 PM CT
14 @DET 12:08 PM CT	15	16	17	18	19 BAL 7:05 PM CT	20 BAL 7:05 PM CT
21 BAL 6:05 PM CT	22 NYY 7:05 PM CT	23 NYY 7:05 PM CT	24 NYY 7:05 PM CT	25 NYY 1:05 PM CT	26 @CLE 6:05 PM CT	27 @CLE 6:05 PM CT
28 @CLE 12:05 PM CT	29 LAA 7:05 PM CT	30 LAA 7:05 PM CT	31 LAA 7:05 PM CT

TEAM	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Texas	31	17	0.0	226	174
Oakland	26	23	5.5	224	214
LA Angels	22	27	9.5	225	234
Seattle	20	28	11.0	174	218
Houston	14	34	17.0	190	280

MLB

Final R H E
Rangers 9 13 0
Mariners 5 14 0

Final	R	H	E
Rangers	9	13	0
Mariners	5	14	0

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