Texas Rangers Report

Lineup: Geovany Soto finally gets a rest

August, 24, 2012

8/24/12

4:35

PM CT

By Jeff Caplan | ESPNDallas.com

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Ron Washington meant to sit hot-hitting catcher Geovany Soto Thursday, but he put him in the lineup anyway. Today, the recent acquisition from the Chicago Cubs will take a seat. Luis Martinez will be behind the plate for the Texas Rangers in the second of four games against the Minnesota Twins. Josh Hamilton will assume the DH spot with Craig Gentry getting the start in center field and batting ninth.

Here are tonight's lineups:

RANGERS
2B Ian Kinsler
SS Elvis Andrus
DH Josh Hamilton
3B Adrian Beltre
RF Nelson Cruz
LF David Murphy
1B Mitch Moreland
C Luis Martinez
CF Craig Gentry

TWINS
CF Ben Revere
RF Darin Mastroianni
C Joe Mauer
1B Justin Morneau
LF Ryan Doumit
DH Trevor Plouffe
3B Jamey Carroll
2B Alexi Casilla
SS Pedro Florimon

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	R	H	E
	6	7	1	» Recap » Box Score » Play-By-Play » Conversation
	2	3	1

UPCOMING GAMES

	W-L	HM	AW	STK	L10
OAK	43-30	22-12	21-18	W1
TEX	39-32	20-15	19-17	L1

	W-L	HM	AW	STK	L10
OAK	43-30	22-12	21-18	W1
TEX	39-32	20-15	19-17	L1

	W-L	HM	AW	STK	L10
TEX	39-32	20-15	19-17	L1
STL	45-26	20-13	25-13	L1

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TEAM LEADERS

BA LEADER

Adrian Beltre

BA	HR	RBI	R
.303	14	38	40

OTHER LEADERS

RBI

OPS

.857

ERA

2.84

137

JUNE 2013

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
						1 KC L 1 - 4
2 KC W 3 - 1	3	4 @BOS L 5 - 17	5 @BOS W 3 - 2	6 @BOS L 3 - 6	7 @TOR L 1 - 6	8 @TOR L 3 - 4
9 @TOR W 6 - 4	10 CLE W 6 - 3	11 CLE L 2 - 5	12 CLE L 2 - 5	13 TOR L 1 - 3	14 TOR L 0 - 8	15 TOR L 1 - 6
16 TOR L 2 - 7	17 OAK W 8 - 7	18 OAK L 2 - 6	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 7:00 PM CT	24	25 @NYY 6:05 PM CT	26 @NYY 6:00 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

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

TEAM	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Oakland	43	30	0.0	341	288
Texas	39	32	3.0	306	291
Seattle	32	40	10.5	252	309
LA Angels	31	40	11.0	321	328
Houston	27	45	15.5	277	365

MLB

Final R H E
Athletics 6 7 1
Rangers 2 3 1

Final	R	H	E
Athletics	6	7	1
Rangers	2	3	1

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