Texas Rangers Report

Lineups: Leonys Martin (hamstring) back in action

March, 7, 2013

Mar 7

10:27

AM CT

By Ron Matejko | ESPNDallas.com

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- The Texas Rangers (4-7-1) open a stretch of four out of five games on the road when they travel to Glendale to face the Los Angeles Dodgers for the first time this spring at 2:05 p.m. CT. The Rangers posted a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday and have won two in a row and three out of four. Leonys Martin is back in the lineup after sitting a day with a tight hamstring. Adrian Beltre is playing his third game in a row, and Lance Berkman is getting a scheduled day off.

The Rangers' lineup for today's game:

2B Ian Kinsler
CF Craig Gentry
LF David Murphy
3B Adrian Beltre
DH Jeff Baker
C A.J. Pierzynski
1B Mitch Moreland
CF Leonys Martin
SS Jurickson Profar

Pitchers
RHP Randy Wells
RHP Joe Nathan
LHP Joe Ortiz
RHP Evan Meek
LHP Nate Robertson
RHP Josh Lindblom

DODGERS
SS Dee Gordon
2B Alfredo Amezaga
LF Yasiel Puig
RF Jeremy Moore
3B Elian Herrera
C Tim Federowicz
CF Tony Gwynn
1B Scott Van Slyke
DH Ramon Castro

Pitchers
RHP Chad Billingsley
RHP Mark Lowe
RHP Peter Moylan
RHP Josh Wall

Tags:

Texas Rangers, MLB, Lineup, 2013 Spring Training, Los Angeles Dodgers, Lance Berkman, Adrian Beltre, Leonys Martin

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	7	8	1	» Recap » Box Score » Play-By-Play » Conversation
	8	12	0

UPCOMING GAMES

	W-L	HM	AW	STK	L10
OAK	42-30	22-12	20-18	L1
TEX	39-31	20-14	19-17	W1

	W-L	HM	AW	STK	L10
OAK	42-30	22-12	20-18	L1
TEX	39-31	20-14	19-17	W1

	W-L	HM	AW	STK	L10
OAK	42-30	22-12	20-18	L1
TEX	39-31	20-14	19-17	W1

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TEAM LEADERS

BA LEADER

Adrian Beltre

BA	HR	RBI	R
.308	14	38	40

OTHER LEADERS

RBI

OPS

.899

ERA

2.64

127

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 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 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	42	30	0.0	335	286
Texas	39	31	2.0	304	285
Seattle	31	39	10.0	246	296
LA Angels	30	39	10.5	308	322
Houston	26	45	15.5	267	364

MLB

Final R H E
Blue Jays 7 12 1
Rangers 2 8 0

Final	R	H	E
Blue Jays	7	12	1
Rangers	2	8	0

MLB

Final R H E
Athletics 7 8 1
Rangers 8 12 0

Final	R	H	E
Athletics	7	8	1
Rangers	8	12	0

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