Rangers Lineup vs. Rockies: Playing Matchups Against Jose Quintana
Monday has the potential to be a kind of days for the generally offensively challenged Texas Rangers.
Normally, a visit to Coors Field in Denver – the place the stadium is one mile above sea stage, the air is skinny and the balls fly out of the ballpark – is an effective factor for any visiting workforce. But the Rangers have a difficulty they can not get round. The Rockies are beginning a left-handed pitcher and that poses a risk to the Rangers profitable the primary recreation of the sequence. First pitch is set for 7:40 pm central.
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Colorado will begin veteran Jose Quintanawho is just 1-2 however is having a stable season. But it is not a lot its effectiveness that is an issue for Texas. The drawback is he throws baseballs together with his left hand.
Texas is slashing .193/.277/.269 towards left-handed pitching this season. The Rangers solely have 4 house runs and 25 RBI. This is a workforce that does its harm towards right-handers, with a slash of .238/.320/.387 with 38 house runs and 138 RBI.
Texas is coming off an 8-0 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday during which his offense exploded for 5 runs within the seventh inning with out Corey Seagerwho will not be in Monday’s lineup whereas he will get his again spasms checked out in Arlington. But how will the Rockies throwing a left-handed pitcher at Texas counteract the batting order?
The Rangers are likely to stack left-handed hitters towards right-handed pitching. It stands to purpose that lots of these left-handers will likely be on the bench for not less than a part of the sport on Monday evening.
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Rangers Lineup on May 18
L.F. Andrew McCutchen
RF Brandon Nimmo (L)
3B Josh Jung
1B Jake Burger
H.H Ezequiel Duran
L.F. Sam Haggerty
C.F. Michael Helman (S)
LHP MacKenzie Gore
The Rangers have been utilizing Joc Pederson as a leadoff hitter for the previous 4 video games. But these video games had been all towards right-handers. Pederson is a platoon left-handed bat who solely hits towards proper handers. So the Rangers went with Andrew McCutchen and stored Brandon Nimmo within the No. 2 spot.
Sam Haggerty is within the lineup as a result of he is a swap hitter, regardless that his numbers have been sub-par on the plate all season. Michael Helman, who was promoted on Monday, is within the No. 9 spot as a result of he is a right-handed hitter.
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If one appears to be like at previous Quintana matchups, Nimmo and Andrew McCutchen are two hitters to observe. Nimmo is batting .400 with a house run and an RBI in 5 at-bats. McCutchen is batting .296 with a house run and three RBI in 27 at-bats.
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