SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2015 at BALTIMORE ORIOLES RH Nathan Karns (1-1, 4.76) vs. RH Wei-Yin Chen 0-1, 2.78) RAY MATTER—The Rays have split the first 2 games of this unscheduled 3-game home series…Rays have scored 2 runs and have just 8 hits in the first 2 games…going back to the 7th inning of Wednesday’s 13-inning win at New York, the Rays are 9-for-their-last 74 (.121) in their last 24 innings and have scored 3 runs over that span, dropping their average from .244 to .230…Rays are 7-3 in their last 10 games while pitching to a 2.66 ERA (88-IP, 64-H, 26-ER) and holding the opposition to a .193 (64-for-332) aver- age…the Rays’ 13-11 record matches the 3rd-best 24-game mark in club history behind 17-7 in 2010 and 16-8 in 2012…today is the 14th day the Rays have been over .500 this season, 6 more days than all of 2014. JENNINGS IS 14th TO JOIN DL; BUTLER BECOMES 12th ROOKIE—OF Desmond Jennings was placed on the 15-day disabled list this morning (ret- roactive to April 26) with left knee bursitis and OF Joey Butler was selected from Triple-A Durham…Jennings is the major league high 14th different Rays player to go on the disabled list in 2015 (11th currently on the DL)…see page 6 for complete list…Butler becomes the 37th different player and 12th dif- ferent rookie to play for the Rays this season…both are also major league highs…he will also become the 16th player to make his Rays debut this sea- son…Butler has batted .317 (24-for-78) with 2 HR and 15 RBI in 22 games… was 2-for-4 with a double last night in Durham’s 2-1 loss at Pawtucket (Red Sox)…he has played in 14 big league games with Texas and St. Louis. Most Players Most Rookies Most Players on DL 37, Rays 12, Rays 14, Rays 33, Rangers 9, Rangers 12, Rangers 33, Dodgers 8, 6 teams 10, Mets, A’s SHUTOUTS APLENTY—The Rays were blanked 4-0 last night, the 3rd time they have been shutout in 2015, all at home…since the start of 2014, they have been blanked at home 15 times, most in the majors, compared to 6 times on the road…6 of the Rays 24 games have resulted in shutouts (3-3) which is consistent with last season when 40 (22-18) of their 162 games were shutouts, most combined shutouts in a season by a major league team since 1968. “ROAD” GAMES AT THE TROP—MLB announced Tuesday it was moving this series from Oriole Park at Camden Yards to Tropicana Field due to unrest in the city of Baltimore…the Orioles are batting last in each game of this series…game times have remained the same as were scheduled in Balti- more…the Rays are wearing away uniforms…statistically, according to rule 2.00 in the MLB rule book, the home team is “the team on whose grounds the game is played”; therefore, statistics from the games will be recorded as home games for the Rays…the Rays will finish the season with 84 home games and the Orioles with 84 road games…however, attendance figures will reflect home attendance for the Orioles. HOME TEAM BATTING FIRST—According to Stats LLC, this is the fifth time since 2007 in which the home team batted first…the last occasion was July 23, 2013 at Pac Bell Park when the Giants batted first vs. the Reds in Game 2 of a doubleheader which was a makeup of a game rained out on July 4 in Cincinnati…the Giants won, 5-3. RAYS vs. ORIOLES—After today, the Orioles will have played 10 games at Camden Yards and 6 games here…O’s lead the season series, 3 games to 2 and the all-time series, 151-150…in the season series, the Rays are batting .173 (26-for-150) and the Orioles .183 (28-for-153)…since the start of 2014, the Rays have been held to 3 runs in fewer in 16 of 24 games. UP NEXT, AT BOSTON AND THE GREAT OUTDOORS—Rays travel to Fenway Park to start a 3-game series there tomorrow in the 2nd meeting of 2015 between these two…tomorrow nght will be just the Rays 4th game outdoors..after today, they will have played 22 of 25 games at either Tropi- cana Field, Marlins Park and Rogers Centre (all with the roofs closed)… Rays took 2 of 3 from Boston at Tropicana Field, April 21-23…Brad Box- berger earned both wins…Rays held the Sox to 7 runs and a .192 (19- for-99) avg. in the 3 games…the Rays are 25-21 at Fenway since 2010… pitching has dominated the series the past four seasons as neither team has batted above .250…Rays have lost only one season series to the Red Sox since becoming the Rays in 2008…they are 70-61 (.534) since then… they were 58-111 (.343) as the Devil Rays. DEFENSE MATCHES BEST START—The Rays have committed 7 errors, 2nd fewest in the majors behind Miami (6)…this matches 2014 for the few- est errors the Rays have ever made through the first 24 games of the sea- son…Rays are one of only 5 major league teams without an outfield error this season…Miami and the Rays are the only teams without a multi-error game…in 2011, the Rays went a club-record 52 games into the season before committing more than one error in a game. MAJORS BEST KEYSTONE COMBINATION—Asdrubal Cabrera is the only shortstop in the majors to start 20 or more games and not make an error this season…the Rays are the only team without an error at the short- stop position this year…furthermore, they have only one error at 2B, giving them the fewest errors at the keystone combination in the majors…with 22 games played, no other shortstop in Rays history has had more consecu- tive errorless games to start the season…previous high was 15 games by Yunel Escobar in 2014. RUNS, HITS ARE TOUGH TO COME BY—The Rays have gone 11 consec- utive games since they last allowed 10 hits in a game, matching the longest stretch in the majors this year (also the Mets)…the longest streak in club history is 14 in 2008. Ê In the Rays last 7 games (4-3), there have been a combined total of 34 runs scored by both teams and that includes a 13-inning game. Ê After 24 games, the Rays have allowed only 94 runs…in only 2 sea- sons have they allowed less at this point: 2011 (89) and 2010 (80)… meanwhile, the Rays have scored 89 runs…in only 2 seasons have they scored less at this point: 2004 (85) and 2001 (84). Ê Opponents are batting a major league low .211 against Rays pitching. Ê Offensively, the Rays have gone 5 games without a HR and have only one in the last 7 games (Brandon Guyer’s leadoff HR, April 26 off TOR Mark Buehrle)…the club record is 8 consecutive games set in 2007. RAYS STAND ALONE—There are 10 MLB teams averaging under 4.0 R/G and the Rays (13-11, 3.71 R/G) are the only team with a winning record. SHORT AND SWEET—Last night’s game was 2 hours, 33 minutes…their last 5 games at Tropicana Field have all been 2:33 or shorter; in 2014, the shortest game in this building was 2:34. 1,000 HITS—Evan Longoria needs two hits to become the third player to reach 1,000 hits in a Rays uniform, joining Carl Crawford and Ben Zo- brist…today is Longoria’s 984th game…Orioles Hall of Famer third base- man Brooks Robinson reached 1,000 hits in his 989th game…SS As- drubal Cabrera needs 9 hits to reach the 1,000 mark…he would join 10 other active switch-hitters to reach 1,000 career hits, including Zobrist, who reached that mark in 2014 with the Rays. RAYS PITCHERS ARE MAJORS’ YOUNGEST—The Rays have used 19 pitchers this season, tops in the majors…according to Baseball-Reference, that group is the youngest in the majors with an average age of 27.1. RAYS LEAD AL IN ROOKIE WINS, HRS—Rays rookies lead the AL with 4 combined wins…they are a combined 4-2 with 2 saves and 4.09 ERA (66-IP, 30-ER)…today’s starter RH Nathan Karns leads all AL rookies in innings pitched (28.1) and strikeouts (25)…today is the Rays 10th game out of 25 started by a rookie…Rays rookies also lead the AL with a combined 9 home runs (Steven Souza Jr.-4, Tim Beckham-3, Allan Dykstra-1, Mikie Mah- took-1)…Rays rookies have hit 9 of the team’s 19 HR as well as 9 of the 22 HR hit by AL rookies. OFF THE BENCH—Rays non-starters have come off the bench and hit .382/.452/.764 (21-for-55) with 4 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 18 RBI, 13 runs scored and 7 BB…they led the majors in R, H, 2B, HR, RBI and SLG off the bench and their .382 average is 2nd (behind Baltimore)…meanwhile, Rays starters are batting .219 with 163 hits, both 29th in the majors. NETWORK NEWS—Rays CF Kevin Kiermaier will appear on MLB Net- work’s MLB Now tomorrow from Fenway Park at 4:30 p.m. …show hosts are Ken Rosenthal, Dan O’Dowd and Scott Braun. First Pitch: 1:35 p.m. | Location: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla. | TV: Sun Sports | Radio: WDAE 620 AM Game No.: 25 (13-11) | Home Game No.: 15 (7-7) | All-Time Game No.: 2,777 (1,285-1,491) | All-Time Home Game No.: 1,390 (709-680) Upcoming Games Opp. Time TV Rays Starting Pitcher Opp. Starting Pitcher Mon., May 4 @BOS 7:10 p.m. Sun Sports RH Jake Odorizzi (2-2, 2.41) RH Clay Buchholz (1-3, 5.76) Tue., May 5 @BOS 7:10 p.m. Sun Sports LH Drew Smyly (0-0, 3.38) RH Rick Porcello (2-2, 5.34) Wed., May 6 @BOS 7:10 p.m. Sun Sports RH Alex Colome (1-0, 0.00) RH Justin Masterson (2-0, 4.71) * Due to unrest in the city of Baltimore, game moved from Oriole Park at Camden Yards to Tropicana Field. Orioles will play as the home team. **All games broadcast on WDAE 620 AM; Sat and Sun games will be broadcast in Spanish on WGES 680 AM. All times Eastern Standard Time (EST).**
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SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2015 at BALTIMORE ORIOLESRH Nathan Karns (1-1, 4.76) vs. RH Wei-Yin Chen 0-1, 2.78)
RAY MATTER—The Rays have split the first 2 games of this unscheduled 3-game home series…Rays have scored 2 runs and have just 8 hits in the first 2 games…going back to the 7th inning of Wednesday’s 13-inning win at New York, the Rays are 9-for-their-last 74 (.121) in their last 24 innings and have scored 3 runs over that span, dropping their average from .244 to .230…Rays are 7-3 in their last 10 games while pitching to a 2.66 ERA (88-IP, 64-H, 26-ER) and holding the opposition to a .193 (64-for-332) aver-age…the Rays’ 13-11 record matches the 3rd-best 24-game mark in club history behind 17-7 in 2010 and 16-8 in 2012…today is the 14th day the Rays have been over .500 this season, 6 more days than all of 2014.
JENNINGS IS 1 4th TO JOIN DL; BUTLER BECOMES 12th ROOKIE—OF Desmond Jennings was placed on the 15-day disabled list this morning (ret-roactive to April 26) with left knee bursitis and OF Joey Butler was selected from Triple-A Durham…Jennings is the major league high 14th different Rays player to go on the disabled list in 2015 (11th currently on the DL)…see page 6 for complete list…Butler becomes the 37th different player and 12th dif-ferent rookie to play for the Rays this season…both are also major league highs…he will also become the 16th player to make his Rays debut this sea-son…Butler has batted .317 (24-for-78) with 2 HR and 15 RBI in 22 games…was 2-for-4 with a double last night in Durham’s 2-1 loss at Pawtucket (Red Sox)…he has played in 14 big league games with Texas and St. Louis.Most Players Most Rookies Most Players on DL37, Rays 12, Rays 14, Rays33, Rangers 9, Rangers 12, Rangers 33, Dodgers 8, 6 teams 10, Mets, A’s
SHUTOUTS APLENTY—The Rays were blanked 4-0 last night, the 3rd time they have been shutout in 2015, all at home…since the start of 2014, they have been blanked at home 15 times, most in the majors, compared to 6 times on the road…6 of the Rays 24 games have resulted in shutouts (3-3) which is consistent with last season when 40 (22-18) of their 162 games were shutouts, most combined shutouts in a season by a major league team since 1968.
“ROAD” GAMES AT THE TROP—MLB announced Tuesday it was moving this series from Oriole Park at Camden Yards to Tropicana Field due to unrest in the city of Baltimore…the Orioles are batting last in each game of this series…game times have remained the same as were scheduled in Balti-more…the Rays are wearing away uniforms…statistically, according to rule 2.00 in the MLB rule book, the home team is “the team on whose grounds the game is played”; therefore, statistics from the games will be recorded as home games for the Rays…the Rays will finish the season with 84 home games and the Orioles with 84 road games…however, attendance figures will reflect home attendance for the Orioles. HOME TEAM BATTING FIRST—According to Stats LLC, this is the fifth time since 2007 in which the home team batted first…the last occasion was July 23, 2013 at Pac Bell Park when the Giants batted first vs. the Reds in Game 2 of a doubleheader which was a makeup of a game rained out on July 4 in Cincinnati…the Giants won, 5-3.
RAYS vs. ORIOLES—After today, the Orioles will have played 10 games at Camden Yards and 6 games here…O’s lead the season series, 3 games to 2 and the all-time series, 151-150…in the season series, the Rays are batting .173 (26-for-150) and the Orioles .183 (28-for-153)…since the start of 2014, the Rays have been held to 3 runs in fewer in 16 of 24 games.
UP NEXT, AT BOSTON AND THE GREAT OUTDOORS—Rays travel to Fenway Park to start a 3-game series there tomorrow in the 2nd meeting of 2015 between these two…tomorrow nght will be just the Rays 4th game outdoors..after today, they will have played 22 of 25 games at either Tropi-cana Field, Marlins Park and Rogers Centre (all with the roofs closed)…Rays took 2 of 3 from Boston at Tropicana Field, April 21-23…Brad Box-berger earned both wins…Rays held the Sox to 7 runs and a .192 (19-for-99) avg. in the 3 games…the Rays are 25-21 at Fenway since 2010…pitching has dominated the series the past four seasons as neither team has batted above .250…Rays have lost only one season series to the Red Sox since becoming the Rays in 2008…they are 70-61 (.534) since then…they were 58-111 (.343) as the Devil Rays.
DEFENSE MATCHES BEST START—The Rays have committed 7 errors, 2nd fewest in the majors behind Miami (6)…this matches 2014 for the few-est errors the Rays have ever made through the first 24 games of the sea-son…Rays are one of only 5 major league teams without an outfield error this season…Miami and the Rays are the only teams without a multi-error game…in 2011, the Rays went a club-record 52 games into the season before committing more than one error in a game.
MAJORS BEST KEYSTONE COMBINATION—Asdrubal Cabrera is the only shortstop in the majors to start 20 or more games and not make an error this season…the Rays are the only team without an error at the short-stop position this year…furthermore, they have only one error at 2B, giving them the fewest errors at the keystone combination in the majors…with 22 games played, no other shortstop in Rays history has had more consecu-tive errorless games to start the season…previous high was 15 games by Yunel Escobar in 2014. RUNS, HITS ARE TOUGH TO COME BY—The Rays have gone 11 consec-utive games since they last allowed 10 hits in a game, matching the longest stretch in the majors this year (also the Mets)…the longest streak in club history is 14 in 2008.
Ê In the Rays last 7 games (4-3), there have been a combined total of 34 runs scored by both teams and that includes a 13-inning game.
Ê After 24 games, the Rays have allowed only 94 runs…in only 2 sea-sons have they allowed less at this point: 2011 (89) and 2010 (80)…meanwhile, the Rays have scored 89 runs…in only 2 seasons have they scored less at this point: 2004 (85) and 2001 (84).
Ê Opponents are batting a major league low .211 against Rays pitching. Ê Offensively, the Rays have gone 5 games without a HR and have only
one in the last 7 games (Brandon Guyer’s leadoff HR, April 26 off TOR Mark Buehrle)…the club record is 8 consecutive games set in 2007.
RAYS STAND ALONE—There are 10 MLB teams averaging under 4.0 R/G and the Rays (13-11, 3.71 R/G) are the only team with a winning record.
SHORT AND SWEET—Last night’s game was 2 hours, 33 minutes…their last 5 games at Tropicana Field have all been 2:33 or shorter; in 2014, the shortest game in this building was 2:34.
1,000 HITS—Evan Longoria needs two hits to become the third player to reach 1,000 hits in a Rays uniform, joining Carl Crawford and Ben Zo-brist…today is Longoria’s 984th game…Orioles Hall of Famer third base-man Brooks Robinson reached 1,000 hits in his 989th game…SS As-drubal Cabrera needs 9 hits to reach the 1,000 mark…he would join 10 other active switch-hitters to reach 1,000 career hits, including Zobrist, who reached that mark in 2014 with the Rays. RAYS PITCHERS ARE MAJORS’ YOUNGEST—The Rays have used 19 pitchers this season, tops in the majors…according to Baseball-Reference, that group is the youngest in the majors with an average age of 27.1.
RAYS LEAD AL IN ROOKIE WINS, HRS—Rays rookies lead the AL with 4 combined wins…they are a combined 4-2 with 2 saves and 4.09 ERA (66-IP, 30-ER)…today’s starter RH Nathan Karns leads all AL rookies in innings pitched (28.1) and strikeouts (25)…today is the Rays 10th game out of 25 started by a rookie…Rays rookies also lead the AL with a combined 9 home runs (Steven Souza Jr.-4, Tim Beckham-3, Allan Dykstra-1, Mikie Mah-took-1)…Rays rookies have hit 9 of the team’s 19 HR as well as 9 of the 22 HR hit by AL rookies.
OFF THE BENCH—Rays non-starters have come off the bench and hit .382/.452/.764 (21-for-55) with 4 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 18 RBI, 13 runs scored and 7 BB…they led the majors in R, H, 2B, HR, RBI and SLG off the bench and their .382 average is 2nd (behind Baltimore)…meanwhile, Rays starters are batting .219 with 163 hits, both 29th in the majors.
NETWORK NEWS—Rays CF Kevin Kiermaier will appear on MLB Net-work’s MLB Now tomorrow from Fenway Park at 4:30 p.m. …show hosts are Ken Rosenthal, Dan O’Dowd and Scott Braun.
First Pitch: 1:35 p.m. | Location: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla. | TV: Sun Sports | Radio: WDAE 620 AM Game No.: 25 (13-11) | Home Game No.: 15 (7-7) | All-Time Game No.: 2,777 (1,285-1,491) | All-Time Home Game No.: 1,390 (709-680)
Upcoming Games Opp. Time TV Rays Starting Pitcher Opp. Starting PitcherMon., May 4 @BOS 7:10 p.m. Sun Sports RH Jake Odorizzi (2-2, 2.41) RH Clay Buchholz (1-3, 5.76) Tue., May 5 @BOS 7:10 p.m. Sun Sports LH Drew Smyly (0-0, 3.38) RH Rick Porcello (2-2, 5.34)Wed., May 6 @BOS 7:10 p.m. Sun Sports RH Alex Colome (1-0, 0.00) RH Justin Masterson (2-0, 4.71)
* Due to unrest in the city of Baltimore, game moved from Oriole Park at Camden Yards to Tropicana Field. Orioles will play as the home team.**All games broadcast on WDAE 620 AM; Sat and Sun games will be broadcast in Spanish on WGES 680 AM. All times Eastern Standard Time (EST).**
TODAY’S STARTER—RH NATHAN KARNS (1-1, 4.76)
Ê LAST START—On Mon at NYY, carried a shutout into the 5th but did not make it through the inning…retired 14 of his first 16 BF before load-ing the bases with two outs in the 5th…the game’s first run was walked in by RH Brandon Gomes…marked his shortest start and fewest pitch-es this season…his line: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 5 SO, 87 pit, 51 str.
Ê Threw first-pitch strikes to 6 of 19 BF…prior to that, had thrown first-pitch strikes to 64.4 pct. of batters this season.
Ê THE LONG BALL—In his major league career, 23.6 pct. of his fly balls have gone for homers…his HR/FB pct. this season is 17.9…the major league average so far is 10.3 pct. …2014 avg. was 9.5 pct.
Ê Has allowed 13 HR in 52.1 career innings (2.24 HR/9 IP). Ê Has allowed 8 HR in 40.1 innings with the Rays (2014-15)…all
8 HR have come in 21.2 IP spanning 4 starts at Tropicana Field.
Ê FEAST OR FAMINE—Since the start of the 2014 season, has made 35 starts between Durham (including postseason) and the Rays…has yielded 1 ER or fewer 15 times and 5 ER or more 12 times.
Ê HARD TO HIT—Opponents are hitting .192 (19-for-99) against him, 9th in the AL…however, 9 of his 19 hits allowed have gone for extra bases…his .197 batting avg. on balls in play (BABIP) is 4th in the AL.
Ê Only 11.8 pct. of his balls in play are line drives, lowest in the ma-jors, according to FanGraphs…next is MIN Mike Pelfrey (12.7 pct.)…the major league avg. is 20.9 percent.
Ê THE CENTRUY MARK—Has reached 100 pitches in 3 of his 5 starts, including a season-high 108 pitches in his last home start on April 22 vs. BOS…averages 100.4 pitches per game, T-10th in the AL and most among major league rookies.
Ê UNCLE CHARLIE—28.3 pct. of his pitches this year have been curve-balls, 2nd most in the AL and 3rd in the majors, behind OAK Drew
Pomeranz (32.6 pct.) PIT A.J. Burnett (31.6 pct.)…of his 25 SO, 10 have come with the curveball…also has 14 with the fastball and 1 with the changeup.
Ê WILD THING—Ranks 2nd in the AL and T-4th in the majors with 16 BB…ranks T-1st in the majors with 4 WP…has allowed nearly as many walks (16) as he has hits (19)…his 16 BB are 6 more than the next clos-est Ray (Chris Archer, 10) and were the most by a Ray in April since Scott Kazmir had 16 in 2009.
Ê RESPECT YOUR ELDERS—The 27-year-old made his first Opening Day roster and is the oldest member of the Rays current starting rota-tion…RH Alex Cobb, on the 15-day DL (right forearm tendonitis), is seven weeks his senior.
Ê HIGHLY REGARDED—Entered 2015 rated by Baseball America as the No. 7 prospect in the Rays system and No. 2 pitching prospect behind Alex Colome…the publication also recognized him as Best Curveball in the organization.
Ê KARNS, WITH A K—Has struck out 515 batters in 449.1 IP lifetime in the minors (10.3 SO/9 IP) while holding opponents to a .215 avg.
Ê 2014 REVIEW—Made a career-high 30 starts between Triple-A Dur-ham (regular and postseason) and the Rays…spent most of the season with Durham before making 2 starts for the Rays in September…also recalled for 2 days (May 3-4) after Heath Bell was designated for as-signment, but did not pitch.
Ê WHERE HE RANKED—In 2014, led all Rays minor leaguers with 153 SO and tied Rochester’s (Twins) Alex Meyer for most among Triple-A pitchers…ranked 2nd in the International League with 9.47 SO/9 IP, tied for 2nd with 27 starts and 3rd with 62 BB.
#16 KEVIN CASH, MANAGER Ê The Rays went 12-10 in April, the first Rays manager out of five to have
a winning record in his first month and just one of nine active managers. Ê Earned his first ejection as a manager on April 16 at TOR in the 8th inn.
by HP umpire Laz Diaz for arguing the result of an instant replay review. Ê 37-year-old rookie manager is the youngest skipper in the majors since
ARI A.J. Hinch (34) in 2009 and youngest active manager/head coach in the four major sports, ahead of Orlando Magic interim head coach James Borrego (37)…Cash is 24 days younger.
Ê Is the fifth manager in Rays history…is the sixth Tampa-born manager in ML history and second to manage the Rays…joins Hall of Famers Al Lopez and Tony La Russa, Lou Piniella, Dave Miley and John Hart.
Ê Played 12 professional seasons as a catcher, including parts of eight sea-sons in the majors (2002-10)…spent two years (2005-06) in the Rays org., and appeared in 13 major league games in 2005 for Lou Piniella.
Ê LAST START—On Tue at NYY, lost his second straight decision de-spite pitching into the 7th for the fifth time in as many starts…allowed a season high 9 hits and 4 runs, 3 of which were driven in by Brian Mc-Cann (1-run double in 1st, 2-run double in 5th), who went to 10-for-16 with 3 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR and 9 RBI lifetime against Odorizzi…
Ê Finished May with a 2.41 ERA, the 2nd-best calendar month of his career (min. 3 GS) after June 2014 (2.40).
Ê A.L. LEADERS—Ranks among AL leaders in ERA (2.41, 12th), innings pitched (33.2, 8th), WHIP (0.86, 4th), H/9 IP (5.61, 4th), opp avg. (.175, 4th), opp OBP (.231, 3rd) and opp SLG (.242, 5th).
Ê ROAD IMPROVEMENT—Has a 3.14 ERA (14.1-IP, 5-ER) in two road starts this season…in 2014, had a 6.32 ERA (68.1-IP, 44-ER) in 14 road starts, compared to a 2.62 ERA at home—the largest home-road differential in the majors (min. 100 IP)…his road ERA was 2nd highest in club history among season qualifiers—only Mark Hendrickson (6.53 in 2005) was higher.
Ê REDEFINING THE QUALITY START—Has already made 3 starts this season of at least 6 IP and allowing no more than 3 hits and 1 ER…has made 11 such starts in his career, all coming since the start of 2014…that’s 3 more than any other pitcher in the majors during that span (see chart).
Ê UNSUPPORTED—Since the start of 2014, the Rays offense has been shut out in 7 of his 36 starts, most recently April 18 vs. NYY…this season has received 1.60 runs per 9 innings, 4th lowest in the majors and 2nd in the AL after LAA C.J. Wilson (1.36).
Ê vs. BOSTON—Is 1-2 with a 3.69 ERA (31.2-IP, 13-ER) in 6 career starts against the Red Sox but 0-2 with a 8.25 ERA (12-IP, 11-ER) in 3 starts at Fenway Park…last season, pitched there twice and only went 3.1 and 3 IP…this will be his secnd start against the Red Sox in 2015, along with April 23 at Tropicana Field (6.2-IP, 3-H, 1-ER) when he received no decision but the Rays won on a walk-off single by Rene Rivera.
TOMORROW’S STARTER—RH JAKE ODORIZZI (2-2, 2.41)
YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO HR Avg.2014 Durham 9-9 5.08 27 27 0 0 145.1 142 89 82 62 153 16 .257
2015 SPLITSvs. RH: .204 (10-49), 3-HRvs. LH: .180 (9-50), 2-HRHome: 0-1, 7.02 ERA (16.2-IP, 13-ER)Road: 1-0, 1.54 ERA (11.2-IP, 2-ER)
KARNS vs. ORIOLESCAREER—Is 0-1 with an 8.10 ERA (10-IP, 9-ER) in 2 career starts against the Orioles…started the Rays second game of the season and absorbed a 6-5 loss opposite Wei-Yin Chen, allowing 5 H and 6 R in his first 2 IP…major league debut (with Washington) was May 28, 2013 vs. BAL (4.1-IP, 3-ER).
2015 GAME LOGGAME DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP P/K FINAL OPP. LEFT4/7 vs. BAL L-1 9.53 5.2 5 6 6 4 4 1 1 1 95/53 L, 5-6 Chen down, 3-64/12 at MIA W-1 4.97 7.0 2 2 1 2 6 0 0 2 106/72 W, 8-5 Alvarez up, 7-24/17 vs. NYY -- 4.58 5.0 2 2 2 4 7 2 0 0 106/68 L, 4-5 Warren up, 4-24/22 vs. BOS -- 5.32 6.0 7 5 5 4 3 2 1 1 108/66 W, 7-5 Kelly tied, 5-54/27 at NYY -- 4.76 4.2 3 1 1 2 5 0 0 0 87/51 L, 1-4 Warren tied, 0-0APRIL 1-1 4.76 28.1 19 16 15 16 25 5 2 4 -- -- -- --
RAYS HITTER NOTES#1 TIM BECKHAM, INF Sat: 1-3 Series: 1-3 NYY Series: 0-8, BB vs. LH: .308 (8-26), 3-HR2015: .259/.317/.481, 3-HR, 10-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.333, 1-3) RISP: .231 (3-13) vs. RH: .214 (6-28)
Ê Ranks T-2nd on the team with 10 RBI (Souza Jr., 11)…among rookies, his 10 RBI ranks T-6th in the majors and 4th in the AL. Ê Batting .184/.256/.211 (7-for-38) in 12 games as a starter compared to .438/.471/1.125 (7-for-16) with 3 HR and 7 RBI off the bench. Ê All 3 HR have come vs. LHP in 2-strike counts…batting .263/.333/.553 (10-for-38) with 3 HR and 7 RBI in 2-strike counts…23 of the 28 outs are SO. Ê Has played 22 G with 12 starts (6-2B, 3-SS, 3-DH)…is the 1st Rays rookie with two PH HR in a season and the 7th Ray all-time to do it. Ê In April, had 3 multi-hit games off the bench, most by the end of April since DET Barbaro Garbey in 1984…last season, OAK Derek Norris had the
most such games in the majors—3 over the entire season.
#9 JOEY BUTLER, OF Sat: -- Series: -- NYY Series: -- vs. LH: --Triple-A: .317/.404/.488, 2-HR, 15-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: -- RISP: -- vs. RH: --
Ê 29-year-old was selected from Triple-A Durham today, replacing Desmond Jennings (15-day DL) on the active roster. Ê Hit .317/.404/.488 (26-for-82) with 9 XBH (6-2B, 1-3B, 2-HR) and 15 RBI for Triple-A Durham…led the Bulls in hits, RBI and total bases at the time
of his selection…hit .256/.326/.487 (10-for-39) with 2 HR and 7 RBI in 22 G with the Rays this spring, playing the corner outfield positions and DH. Ê Becomes the 37th different player and 12th different rookie to play for the Rays this season…both are major league highs. Ê Prior to joining the Rays, played a combined 14 games at the major league level: 8 G with Texas in 2013 and 6 G with St. Louis in 2014.
#13 ASDRUBAL CABRERA, INF Sat: 0-4 Series: 0-7, BB, R NYY Series: 3-13, 2-2B, 2-RBI, 2-BB vs. LH: .048 (1-21)2015: .196/.253/.272, 0-HR, 8-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-13 RISP: .125 (3-24) vs. RH: .239 (17-71)
Ê Hitless in his last 13 AB…from April 22-28, had a 7-game stretch where he hit .296/.367/.444 (8-for-27) with 3 XBH…reached 3x on Tue at NYY. Ê Homerless in his last 44 games, dating back to the end of the 2014 season…career long drought is 45 games from Sep 11, 2007–May 10, 2008. Ê Is 9 hits shy of 1,000 for his career…leads the team in at-bats (92) and ranks T-3rd in the AL in triples (2). Ê Has hit 3rd in all 23 starts (21-SS, 2-DH)…has yet to make an error in 66 chances at shortstop…is the only shortstop to start at least 20 G without one. Ê Batting .048 (1-for-21) vs. left-handed pitching…entered this season with a higher career avg. vs. LHP (.280) than RHP (.262). Ê Since 2011, ranks among ML switch-hitter leaders in HR (69, 6th), RBI (293, 6th), 2B (136, 2nd) and hits (589, 6th).
#7 DAVID DEJESUS, OF Sat: 0-3, BB Series: 0-7, BB NYY Series: 1-13, R vs. LH: 1.000 (1-1)2015: .241/.317/.333, 1-HR, 8-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-17 RISP: .444 (4-9) vs. RH: .226 (12-53), 1-HR
Ê Hitless in his last 17 AB…is 3-for-his-last-30, dropping his avg. from .417 to .241…has hit leadoff in 13 of his 14 starts (11-DH, 3-LF). Ê Only has 1 PA vs. LHP this season…it was April 25 vs. TOR in the 8th inning, a single to RF…marked his first hit vs. LHP since May 26, 2014 at TOR. Ê Batting .267 with a .353 OBP (8-for-30) in 11 home games this season but all 3 XBH and 8 RBI have come in his 7 road games (6 starts). Ê Batting .190 (8-for-42) with the bases empty, .417 (5-for-12) with runners on base and .444 (4-for-9) with RISP. Ê Had a go-ahead, 3-run homer on April 12 at MIA (Henderson Alvarez), the 5th HR of his career on an 0-2 pitch (last June 13, 2013 vs. CIN).
Ê On April 22 vs. BOS, became the 13th in Rays history to hit a HR in his first at-bat with the team, first since Ryan Roberts on July 25, 2012 at BAL. Ê Was selected from Triple-A Durham on April 22 as Ryan Brett was placed on the 15-day DL and Jeff Beliveau was transferred to the 60-day DL. Ê Hit .333/.462/.333 (14-for-42) with 5 RBI for the Bulls, having reached in each of his 12 games…his .462 OBP ranked T-2nd in the IL. Ê Has spent parts of 3 seasons in the majors with ARI, HOU and CIN…over 2 stints with the Astros in 2013, appeared at all 9 positions (incl. pitcher).
#11 LOGAN FORSYTHE, INF Sat: 2-3, 2B Series: 2-6, 2B NYY Series: 4-11, 2B, 3B, RBI, R vs. LH: .250 (7-28), 1-HR2015: .286/.368/.468, 2-HR, 10-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.667, 2-3) RISP: .188 (3-16) vs. RH: .306 (15-49), 1-HR
Ê Already has 9 XBH (6-2B, 1-3B, 2-HR) and 10 RBI in 2015…last year, his 9th XBH came on June 29 and his 10th RBI came on June 30. Ê Ranks T-2nd on the team with 10 RBI (Souza Jr., 11)…on Tue at NYY had an RBI triple, his first 3-base hit since June 24, 2014 vs. PIT. Ê Has played 24 games with 21 starts (16-2B, 4-1B, 1-3B)…is 1 of 2 AL players with starts at 1B, 2B and 3B, along with TEX Adam Rosales. Ê Has walked in all 3 of his PA with the bases loaded, leading the majors with 3 bases-loaded walks…didn’t have one in his career before 2015. Ê Has played 40.1 innings at 1B…his only previous regular season action there was 1 inning on April 17, 2014 vs. NYY. Ê Is a career .269/.338/.431 (105-for-390) hitter with 11 HR vs. LHP compared to .221/.290/.306 (149-for-673) with 9 HR vs. RHP.
#5 BRANDON GUYER, OF Sat: DNP Series: 2-3 NYY Series: 0-7 vs. LH: .172 (5-29), 1-HR2015: .240/.361/.380, 1-HR, 7-RBI, 2-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.667, 2-3) RISP: .429 (3-7) vs. RH: .333 (7-21)
Ê Had 2 of the Rays 4 hits on Fri vs. BAL…marked his 3rd multi-hit game of the season (April 26 vs. TOR, April 10 at MIA). Ê On April 26 vs. TOR, had his first career leadoff homer and first by a Ray since Desmond Jennings on June 28, 2014 at BAL…added a sac fly and
2-run single for a career-high 4 RBI…it was the first 4 RBI game by a Rays leadoff hitter since Ben Zobrist on April 13, 2014 at CIN. Ê Has played 19 G with 12 starts (11-LF, 1-DH)…has started at leadoff in all 6 Rays games vs. LHP…five of his 7 career HR have come vs. LHP.
#39 KEVIN KIERMAIER, OF Sat: 1-3, 2B Series: 1-6, 2B NYY Series: 4-11, 2B, 3B, 2-RBI, BB vs. LH: .300 (6-20)2015: .294/.324/.544, 2-HR, 7-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.333, 1-3) RISP: .313 (5-16) vs. RH: .292 (14-48), 2-HR
Ê Had a hustle double yesterday vs. BAL, extending his team lead with his 11th XBH (7-2B, 2-3B, 2-HR)…his 7 2B ranks T-6th in the AL and 2 3B is T-3rd. Ê On Wed at NYY, hit his 10th career triple in his 129th game—the same number it took Rays all-time career triples leader Carl Crawford to do it. Ê Batting .310/.333/.448 (9-for-29) in his last 9 games (8 starts) since April 23. Ê On April 24 vs. TOR, was the first to score on a 4-base error since NYM Jason Bay on April 21, 2011 vs. HOU (Elias)…he was the first Ray to do it. Ê Has played 22 games with 19 starts (17-CF, 2-RF)…has made starts at leadoff and the No. 6, 7, 8 and 9 spots in the lineup. Ê His first 7 XBH came in the Rays 1st 6 games, a combination (4 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR) unmatched in the majors through 6 G since TEX Ruben Sierra in 1992.
#21 JAMES LONEY, 1B Sat: 0-4 Series: 1-8, RBI NYY Series: 4-12, RBI, BB, 2-R vs. LH: .250 (2-8)2015: .281/.324/.438, 1-HR, 5-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-6 RISP: .333 (4-12) vs. RH: .292 (7-24), 1-HR
Ê Batting .300/.323/.467 (9-for-30) since returning from the DL on April 24 vs. TOR…had a 4th-inning RBI single on Fri vs. BAL (4th inn.). Ê Had a go-ahead RBI single in the 13th inning on Wed at NYY…it was the 3rd time he’s had a go-ahead hit in the 13th inning or later. Ê Had a game-tying, pinch-hit double on April 25 vs. TOR, giving him 4 hits in his last 5 PH at-bats dating back to Sep 23, 2013. Ê Went 2-for-5 with a 2B, HR on April 24 vs. TOR, his first game back from the DL…it was his first multi-XBH hit game April 29, 2014 at BOS. Ê Marked his first major league DL stint…his only time on the DL as a pro was in 2004 for Class-A Jacksonville (LAD) with a broken left middle fingertip. Ê Made his 8th straight Opening Day start at 1B…led the 2014 Rays in hits and batting avg. and ranked 2nd to Evan Longoria in RBI (69).
#3 EVAN LONGORIA, 3B Sat: 0-4 Series: 1-7, 2B, RBI, BB, R NYY Series: 3-13, BB vs. LH: .563 (9-16)2015: .280/.381/.415, 1-HR, 5-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-5 RISP: .067 (1-15) vs. RH: .212 (14-66), 1-HR
Ê Is 2 hits shy of 1,000 for his career…will be the 3rd Ray to reach 1,000, joining Carl Crawford (1,480) and Ben Zobrist (1,016). Ê On Fri vs. BAL, gave the Rays a 1-0 lead with a 2-out, 4th-inning RBI double off Chris Tillman…has a career .395 avg. and .947 SLG vs. Tillman. Ê April 25-26 vs. TOR had career high streaks of 7 consecutive hits and 8 consecutive PA reaching base, one shy of both club records…Ty Wigginton
(July 15-17, 2007) and Aubrey Huff (Sep 22-24, 2004) had hits in 8 straight AB, and B.J. Upton reached in 9 straight PA (Sep 11-12, 2011). Ê Is T-4th in the AL with 8 doubles…was batting .186 at the end of play on April 21 vs. BOS…since then has raised his avg. to .280. Ê Tied a career high with 4 hits April 26 vs. TOR (5th time, last April 27, 2013 at CWS)…it was his first such game at Tropicana Field. Ê Only HR was Opening Day vs. BAL (solo shot)…has gone 23 games without one, a career long streak (prev. 19, 3x-last May 12–June 1, 2013). Ê Is the franchise’s all-time leader in homers (185), doubles (234), extra-base hits (431), RBI (640) and SLG (.492). Ê Has made 193 consecutive starts, the active ML leader, according to Elias…has played in 266 straight games, the longest active streak as SF Hunter
Pence (383) begins the year on the DL…was 1 of 3 players to start every game last year (ATL Freddie Freeman, KC Alcides Escobar). Ê Would need to play every day until July 2029 (age 43) to pass Cal Ripken Jr.’s consecutive games streak (2,632).
#44 RENE RIVERA, C Sat: DNP Series: 0-3 NYY Series: 1-7 vs. LH: .190 (4-21)2015: .143/.178/.214, 1-HR, 5-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-9 RISP: .174 (4-23) vs. RH: .122 (6-49), 1-HR
Ê Hitless in his last 9 at-bats…had a season-high 4-game hitting streak from April 23-27, incl. his first HR as a Ray on April 24 vs. TOR. Ê On April 23 vs. BOS, had his 2nd career walk-off hit, along with Aug 27, 2014 vs. MIL with the Padres (single off Zach Duke)…including postseason,
it was the first walk-off by a Rays catcher since Jose Lobaton homered into the Rays Touch Tank to end Game 3 of the 2013 ALDS vs. BOS. Ê Has made 19 starts (17-C, 1-1B, 1-DH), including his first career starts at 1B and DH. Ê Has caught 31 of 99 attempted base stealers since the start of 2014 (31.3 pct.).
#20 STEVEN SOUZA JR., OF Sat: 0-4 Series: 0-8 NYY Series: 2-13, 2-BB, 2-R vs. LH: .211 (4-19), 2-HR2015: .214/.305/.393, 4-HR, 11-RBI, 4-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-13 RISP: .056 (1-18) vs. RH: .215 (14-65), 2-HR
Ê On Fri vs. BAL, was 0-for-4 with 4 SO, tying the club record (65th time)…ranks 2nd in the majors with 35 SO behind CHC Jorge Soler (36). Ê On Wed at NYY, drew a 1-out walk off Chasen Shreve in the 13th inning and scored the go-ahead run on an RBI single by James Loney. Ê Finished April with 4 HR, 11 RBI and 4 SB, numbers matched by only 5 other rookies in ML history: OAK Yoenis Cespedes (2012), BOS Nomar Garciap-
arra (1997), CAL Devon White (1987), OAK Mitchell Page (1977) and SF Dave Kingman (1972)…his 4 HR were a Rays rookie record for April and his 11 RBI ranked 4th among Rays rookies all-time for April, trailing Rocco Baldelli (20) in 2003, Delmon Young (13) in 2007 and Bobby Smith (12) in 1998.
Ê Among ML rookies, ranks 6th in hits (18), 4th in homers (4), 5th in RBI (11), 3rd in walks (11) and T-1st in SB (4). Ê Only two others in the AL can match his combination of HR (4) and SB (4): LAA Mike Trout (6-HR, 6-SB) and HOU George Springer (4-HR, 9-SB).
#46 BOBBY WILSON, C Sat: 0-3 Series: 0-3 NYY Series: 0-5 vs. LH: .083 (1-12)2015: .125/.222/.125, 0-HR, 1-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-15 RISP: .250 (2-8) vs. RH: .167 (2-12)
Ê Has played 11 games with 7 starts at catcher…hitless in his last 15 at-bats after starting the season 3-for-9. Ê Became the first catcher to make the Rays Opening Day roster as a non-roster invite…marked his 4th Opening Day roster (2010-12 with LAA). Ê Aside from a September stint last year, spent the season with Triple-A Reno (D-backs)…caught a Triple-A best 54.1 pct. of attempted base stealers. Ê Became the 12th Tampa Bay-area native to play for the Rays…attended Seminole High School and St. Petersburg College.
RAYS BULLPEN NOTES#26 BRAD BOXBERGER, RH Last App: 5/1 vs. BAL (SV, 1.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 3-SO) Saves-Opps: 6-6 vs. LH: .235 (4-17)2015: 2-1-6, 1.74 ERA, 11 G Long Relief App: 1.0, 10x-last 5/1 vs. BAL IR-RS: -- vs. RH: .056 (1-18)
Ê Struck out the side Fri vs. BAL for his 6th save…has faced the Orioles 3 times this season with 7 SO over 3 scoreless innings. Ê Ranks 6th in the AL in saves (6) and T-4th in the AL in games finished (9). Ê All 11 apps have come with the Rays down 1, tied or holding a lead of 3 runs or fewer. Ê Threw a season-high 26 pitches on Wed at NYY…snapped a streak of 16 straight apps with a strikeout, 3 shy of the club record (19, Jake McGee). Ê Got the win in consecutive apps on April 22-23 vs. BOS…took the loss on April 10 at MIA, allowing a walk-off single to Christian Yelich. Ê In 2014, had a club relief record 104 SO…struck out 42.1 pct. of batters, highest rate in AL history by a right-handed reliever.
#31 XAVIER CEDEÑO, LH Last App: 5/2 vs. BAL (1.0-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-2 vs. LH: .222 (2-9)2015: 0-0-0, 4.22 ERA, 7 G Long Relief App: 1.0, 3x-last 5/2 vs. BAL IR-RS: 8-2 vs. RH: .222 (2-9), 1-HR
Ê Has made 2 scoreless apps with the Rays…his Rays debut was Tue at NYY, retiring a pair of lefties with an intentional walk in between. Ê Added to the roster on Tuesday, as LH Everett Teaford was designated for assignment…the 28-year-old is the only lefty in the Rays bullpen, but the
fourth LH reliever they’ve used this year, following Jeff Beliveau, C.J. Riefenhauser and Teaford in the absence of Jake McGee (left elbow surgery). Ê The Rays are his 3rd team in a span of 2 weeks…made the Nationals Opening Day roster, appeared in 5 games and was DFA on April 14…traded
to the Dogers on April 22, DFA on April 24—without having appeared in a game for them…acquired for cash considerations by the Rays on April 27. Ê Has spent parts of five years in the majors with the Astros (2011-13), Nationals (2013-15) and Dodgers (2015).
. #43 ERNESTO FRIERI, RH Last App: 5/2 vs. BAL (1.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: 2-3 vs. LH: .267 (4-15), 2-HR2015: 1-0-2, 4.22 ERA, 10 G Long Relief App: 1.1, 3x-last 4/19 vs. NYY IR-RS: 4-1 vs. RH: .182 (4-22), 1-HR
Ê Pitched the 13th inning on Wed at NYY for his 2nd save…induced a double play grounder off the bat of Alex Rodriguez to end the game. Ê His last 5 apps spanning 5.1 IP have been scoreless…April 25 vs. TOR marked his first win since July 1, 2014 vs. ARI (with PIT)…struck out the
side, his first app with 3 SO since June 9, 2014 vs. OAK (with LAA)…prior to this scoreless stretch, allowed homers in 3 straight apps April 12-17. Ê Since 2011, has allowed 37 HR, most among major league relievers…has allowed 14 HR since the start of 2014, 2nd among ML relievers, in 52.1 IP. Ê On April 12 at MIA recorded his first save since June 9, 2014 vs. OAK and his first save of 4 or more outs since Sep 15, 2013 at HOU. Ê 29-year-old made his fifth consecutive Opening Day roster…is the first Colombian-born player in Rays history.
#54 STEVE GELTZ, RH Last App: 5/1 vs. BAL (1.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 2-SO) Saves-Opps: 1-1 vs. LH: .095 (2-21)2015: 1-0-1, 2.84 ERA, 11 G, 1 GS Long Relief App: 1.2, 4/29 at NYY IR-RS: 5-0 vs. RH: .182 (4-22), 1-HR
Ê Has struck out 8 of his last 9 BF starting with his final out recorded on April 25 vs. TOR. Ê Struck out all 5 BF on Wed at NYY, becoming the 2nd pitcher to Rays history to face at least 5 batters and strike out all of them…the other was
Joaquin Benoit on May 17, 2010 vs. CLE (5-BF, 5-SO)…last to do it in the majors was KC Luke Hochevar on Sep 10, 2013 at CLE. Ê Pitched a scoreless 9th on April 22 vs. BOS for his first career save…it was the Rays 15th game and his 8th app…to that point in the season he had
made his first career start (April 10 at MIA) and recorded his first career win (April 14 at TOR) and first career save (April 22 vs. BOS). Ê Is 1 of 4 pitchers to start a game and record a save this season, along with TB Matt Andriese, OAK Jesse Chavez and HOU Sam Deduno. Ê Made his first career start on April 10 at MIA after 256 career relief apps between the minors and majors.
#47 BRANDON GOMES, RH Last App: 5/1 vs. BAL (1.0-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: .278 (5-18), 1-HR2015: 1-1-0, 1.86 ERA, 7 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 3x-last 4/29 at NYY IR-RS: 10-1 vs. RH: .059 (1-17)
Ê Has made 7 apps since being selected on April 19, six of them scoreless…has pitched every other day since joining the Rays. Ê Got the win on Wed at NYY, throwing 29 pitches over a season-high-tying 2 IP (11th and 12th innings). Ê Took the loss on Mon at NYY, ending a streak of 4 scoreless apps and 5.2 IP to begin the season. Ê Has only allowed 1 of 10 inherited runners to score…that was Mon at NYY when he inherited the bases loaded and walked his first batter faced. Ê Was 0-1 with a 3.38 ERA (5.1-IP, 2-ER) and 7 SO in 4 apps for the Bulls…it’s his fifth straight season (2011-15) split between Durham and the Rays. Ê In his career, has held righties to .190/.269/.308 (50-for-263), while lefties have hit .294/.366/.486 (52-for-177).
#40 KEVIN JEPSEN, RH Last App: 5/1 vs. BAL (1.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 2-SO) Saves-Opps: 1-1 vs. LH: .059 (1-17)2015: 0-1-1, 0.87 ERA, 10 G Long Relief App: 1.1, 4/29 at NYY IR-RS: 3-1 vs. RH: .111 (2-18)
Ê Had a perfect 8th Fri vs. BAL…has pitched the 8th inning in 9 of his 10 apps. Ê Nine of his 10 apps have been scoreless…no other AL reliever can match his combination of IP (10.1) and baserunners (4). Ê Wed at NYY was his longest app (1.1 IP) since Aug 27, 2014 vs. MIA…took the loss on April 17 vs. NYY, allowing his first (and only) run as a Ray
(RBI single to Alex Rodriguez)…inherited a no-out, bases-loaded jam on April 16 at TOR and only allowed one run to score. Ê Pitched a perfect 9th on April 14 at TOR for his 6th career save and 1st with the Rays. Ê His last major league win was June 27, 2013 at DET, having made 108 apps since then…only three pitchers in AL history made more apps than he
did last season (74) and not earned a win.
#30 ERASMO RAMIREZ, RH Last App: 4/28 at NYY (1.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: .222 (4-18)2015: 0-1-0, 12.71 ERA, 5 G, 2 GS Long Relief App: 2.0, 4/10 at MIA IR-RS: -- vs. RH: .455 (15-33), 1-HR
Ê Has a 1.50 ERA (6-IP, 4-H, 1-ER) over his last 3 apps (1 start)…had a 25.31 ERA (4-IP, 15-ER) in his first 2 apps (1 start) to start the season. Ê On Tue at NYY pitched a perfect 9th on 11 pitches…two of his 3 relief apps have come against the Yankees and he has retired all 6 BF. Ê Since allowing 6 hits and 7 runs in 2 IP of relief on April 10 at MIA in his Rays debut, his ERA has gone down with each app: from 31.50 to 25.31,
21.32, 13.94 and 12.71…his 7 runs allowed were the most by a Rays reliever since Gary Glover on July 10, 2008 at CLE. Ê Acquired from Seattle on March 31 in exchange for LH Mike Montgomery.
RAYS BY THE NUMBERSCurrent Streak: L1 When commit error: 4-4 Hit homer: 7-6Current Record: 13-11 Ahead after 6-7-8: 8-0/9-0/11-0 Homer with men on: 3-4Home/Road: 7-7/6-4 Behind after 6-7-8: 0-10/1-9/0-11 Hit multiple homers: 2-3Day/Night: 4-2/9-9 Tied after 6-7-8: 5-1/3-2/2-0 Score first: 10-0Grass/Turf: 9-8/4-3 1-run games: 4-4 Score 5 or more: 4-3vs. East: 11-10 2-run games: 5-2 Score less than 5: 8-7vs. Central: 0-0 Extra innings: 0-1 Outhit opponents: 10-1vs. West: 0-0 Win in last at-bat: 3 Outhit by opponents: 1-8vs. National League: 2-1 Come-from-behind wins: 4 Collect 10 or more hits: 4-2vs. RH/LH starters: 10-8/3-3 Opp. come-from-behind wins: 2 Opp. 10 or more hits: 0-4Series W-L-T (home): 2-2-0 Series W-L-T (road): 2-1-0 Wearing white/gray/navy/lt. blue: 5-3/1-5/6-2/1-1
LAST HR OFF ’15 MOST HITS GAME ’15 MOST RBI GAMEBeckham 4/24 vs. TOR Francis 2, 5x-last, 4/26 vs. TOR 2, 4x-last, 4/25 vs. TORButler - - - -Cabrera 9/3/14 at LAD Correia 3, 4/10 at MIA 2, 4/10 at MIADeJesus 4/12 at MIA Alvarez 2, 3x-last, 4/18 vs. NYY 3, 2x-last, 4/12 at MIAElmore 4/22 vs. BOS Mujica 1, 4/22 vs. BOS 1, 4/22 vs. BOSForsythe 4/17 vs. NYY Warren 3, 4/17 vs. NYY 2, 4/7 vs. BALGuyer 4/26 vs. TOR Buehrle 2, 3x-last, 5/1 vs. BAL 4, 4/26 vs. TORKiermaier 4/10 at MIA Haren 2, 7x-last, 4/29 at NYY 2, 3x-last, 4/29 at NYYLoney 4/24 vs. TOR Dickey 2, 3x-last, 4/29 at NYY 2, 4/24 vs. TORLongoria 4/6 vs. BAL Tillman 4, 4/25 vs. TOR 1, 5x-last, 5/1 vs. BALRivera 4/24 vs. TOR Dickey 3, 4/12 at MIA 2, 2x-last, 4/24 vs. TORSouza Jr. 4/22 vs. BOS Kelly 3, 2x-last, 4/19 vs. NYY 3, 2x-last, 4/19 vs. NYYWilson 8/31/12 at SEA Luetge 1, 3x-last, 4/15 at TOR 1, 4/15 at TOR
RAYS SEASON HIGHSTEAM BATTING INDIVIDUAL BATTINGLongest win streak 5, April 22-26 Most runs, game, TB 2, 15x-last, Beckham, 4/26 vs. TORLong loss streak 4, April 17-21 Most runs, game, Opp 4, Gordon, 4/10 at MIAMost runs game, TB 12, 4/24 vs. TOR Most hits, game, TB 4, Longoria, 4/25 vs. TORMost runs game, Opp 12, 4/15 at TOR Most hits, game, Opp 3, 10x-last, Ellsbury, 4/29 at NYYMost runs, inn, TB 7, 4/10 at MIA Most 2B, game, TB 2, 2x-last, Rivera, 4/12 at MIAMost runs, inn, Opp 7, 4/18 vs. NYY Most 2B, game, Opp 2, McCann, 4/28 at NYYMost hits, game, TB 14, 4/12 at MIA Most HR, game, TB 1, 19x-last, Guyer, 4/26 vs. TORMost hits, game, Opp 13, 2x-last, 4/15 at TOR Most HR, game, Opp 2, Rodriguez, 4/17 vs. NYYMost hits, inn, TB 5, 4/22 vs. BOS Most RBI, game, TB 4, Guyer, 4/26 vs. TORMost hits, inn, Opp 5. 2x-last, 4/18 vs. NYY Most RBI, game, Opp 4, 2x-last, Young, 4/18 vs. NYYMost doubles, game, TB 6. 4/12 at MIA Most x-base hits, game, TB 2, 7x-last, Loney, 4/24 vs. TORMost doubles, game, Opp 4. 4/10 at MIA Most x-base hits, game, Opp 2, 4x-last, McCann, 4/28 at NYYMost HR, game, TB 3. 4/24 vs. TOR Most steals, game, TB 2, Jennings, 4/13 at TORMost HR, game, Opp 3, 3x-last, 4/17 vs. NYY Most steals, game, Opp 2, 4x-last, Ellsbury, 4/28 at NYYMost x-base hits, game, TB 8. 2x-last, 4/24 vs. TOR Hitting Streak 6, 2x-last, Longoria, April 22-28Most x-base hits, game, Opp 6. 4/15 at TOR TEAM/INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most stolen bases, game, TB 4, 4/14 at TOR Most SO, TB Starter 11, Archer, 4/16 at TORMost stolen bases, game, Opp 3. 2x-last, 4/28 at NYY Most SO, Opp Starter 10, Buchholz, 4/23 vs. BOSMost walks, game, TB 8. 4/8 vs. BAL Most SO, TB Reliever 5, Geltz, 4/29 at NYYMost walks, game, Opp 6. 3x-last, 4/19 vs. NYY Most IP, TB Reliever 3.0, Andriese, 4/24 vs. TORMost strikeouts, game, TB 13, 4/29 at NYY Most walks, game, TB 4, 4x-last, Archer, 5/2 vs. BALMost strikeouts, game, Opp 16, 4/29 at NYY Most walks, game, Opp 5, 2x-last, Dickey, 4/13 at TORMost LOB, game, TB 10, 4/28 at NYY Most SO, Team, TB 16, 4/29 at NYYMost LOB, game, Opp 10, 2x-last, 4/27 at NYY Most walks, Team, TB 6, 2x-last, 4/19 vs. NYYMost errors, game, TB 1. 7x-last, 4/28 at NYY Low-Hit Game 2, 3 Pitchers, 4/11 at MIAMost errors, game, Opp 1, 8x-last, 5/1 vs. BAL Consecutive Scoreless IP 16.0, Archer, April 11-21Longest game, time 3:58, 4/29 at NYY Shortest game, time 2:19, 5/1 vs. BALLongest game, time (9 inn.) 3:22, 4/7 vs. BAL Shortest game, time (9 inn.) 2:19, 5/1 vs. BAL
Grand Slams (-): -Back-to-Back (2): Dykstra/Forsythe (4/17 vs. NYY, A Warren)2-HR games (-): -3-HR games (-): -Pinch-hit (2): Beckham-2 (4/11 at MIA, M Dunn; 4/16 at TOR,
A Loup)
Walk-off (-): -Lead-off (1): Guyer-1 (4/26 vs. TOR, M Buehrle)Inside-the-park (-): -
HOME RUNS
CATCHERSPCT CS ATT
Rivera .167 2 12Wilson .143 1 7TOTALS .158 3 19
Game-Tying & Go-Ahead RBI: Souza Jr. (5), Rivera (3), Longoria (3), DeJesus (2), Forsythe (2), Guyer (2),Cabrera (1), Jennings (1), Dykstra (1), Loney (1), Kiermaier (1)2-Out RBI: Beckham (5), Kiermaier (5), DeJesus (4), Guyer (3), Longoria (3), Loney (3), Cabrera (2), Mahtook (2), Souza Jr. (2), Rivera (2), Forsythe (2), Wilson (1), Elmore (1)Outfield Assists: Souza Jr. (2), Jennings (1)Bunt Singles: Souza Jr. (1), Beckham (1), Kier-maier (1), Cabrera (1)Ejections: Cash-1 (4/16 at TOR, 8th inn.)Batted Around: 4/10 at MIA (7th inn., 11 batters), 4/15 at TOR (9th inn., 9 batters), 4/22 vs. BOS (6th inn., 9 batters)
INSTANT REPLAY CHALLENGESGAME CHALLENGED BY INN. PLAYER OF REFERENCE INITIAL CALL RULING DELAYApril 6 vs. BAL Tampa Bay T5 James Loney Out at Home Confirmed 1:28April 6 vs. BAL Baltimore T8 Steve Pearce Out at Home Overturned 2:34April 8 vs. BAL Baltimore T1 Desmond Jennings Safe at 2nd Overturned 1:12April 8 vs. BAL Tampa Bay B4 Logan Forsythe Out at 1st Stands 2:05April 8 vs. BAL Umpire B7 Steven Souza Jr. Out at 2nd Confirmed 0:57April 14 at TOR Tampa Bay T6 Desmond Jennings Out at 2nd Stands 1:41April 15 at TOR Tampa Bay T2 Desmond Jennings Out at 2nd Stands 2:34April 16 at TOR Tampa Bay B8 Josh Donaldson Hit-by-pitch Confirmed 1:06April 18 vs. NYY Tampa Bay T7 Chase Headley Safe at Home Stands 1:05April 19 vs. NYY Tampa Bay B6 Allan Dykstra Out at 1st Stands 0:53April 21 vs. BOS Tampa Bay B6 Brandon Guyer Out at 2nd Stands 2:06April 22 vs. BOS Tampa Bay B8 Rene Rivera, Brandon Guyer Out at 1st, Out at 3rd Confirmed 2:09April 25 vs. TOR Umpire B8 Tim Beckham Double Confirmed 0:40April 25 vs. TOR Toronto T9 Edwin Encarnacion Out at 1st Confirmed 0:51April 26 vs. TOR Toronto T9 Josh Donaldson Out at 1st Confirmed 0:34
1, April 23 vs. BOS (W 2-1)—Rene Rivera single to left field…off Anthony Varvaro (9th inning).
WALK-OFF WINS
1, April 10 at MIA (L 9-10)—Christian Yelich single to right field…off Brad Boxberger (10th inning).
W-L BY BATTING ORDER (STARTS)W-L BY POSITION (STARTS)
RAYS ON THE DISABLED LIST (11)POS. PLAYER DL INJURY DATE ON RETRO FIRST DATE OFF GMS MISSED RECORDLHP Jeff Beliveau 60-day Left labrum tear April 17 April 16 June 16 15 8-7INF Ryan Brett 15-day Left shoulder subluxation April 22 April 21 May 6 10 7-3RHP Alex Cobb 15-day Right forearm tendonitis April 5 March 27 April 11 24 13-11INF Nick Franklin 15-day Left oblique strain April 5 March 27 April 11 24 13-11OF John Jaso 60-day Left wrist contusion April 10 April 7 June 6 23 13-10OF Desmond Jennings 15-day Left knee bursitis May 3 April 26 May 11 6 3-3LHP Jake McGee 15-day Offseason elbow surgery April 5 - April 19 24 13-11LHP Matt Moore 60-day Tommy John surgery April 5 - June 5 24 13-11LHP C.J. Riefenhauser 15-day Left shoulder inflammation April 23 April 19 May 4 12 7-5RHP Burch Smith 60-day Tommy John surgery April 8 - June 8 22 13-9RHP Kirby Yates 15-day Strained right pectoral April 15 - April 30 16 8-8
Others (Games Missed): RH Alex Colome (22, pneumonia, 12-10), 1B James Loney (15, mild right oblique strain, 8-7), LH Drew Smyly (16, left shoulder tendonitis, 8-8)
Apr 15 Placed RH Kirby Yates (strained right pectoral) on the 15-day DL; recalled RH Jose Dominguez from Durham.
Apr 17 Placed LH Jeff Beliveau (left shoulder soreness) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 16; optioned OF Mikie Mahtook to Durham; recalled INF Ryan Brett and LH C.J. Riefenhauser from Durham.
Apr 19 Designated RH Grant Balfour for assignment; selected RH Brandon Gomes from Durham.Apr 22 Transferred LH Jeff Beliveau (left labrum tear) to the 60-day DL; placed INF Ryan Brett
(left shoulder subluxation) on the 15-day DL; selected INF Jake Elmore from Durham.Apr 23 Placed LH C.J. Riefenhauser (left shoulder inflammation) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to
April 19; recalled OF Mikie Mahtook from Durham.Apr 24 Optioned OF Mikie Mahtook and 1B Allan Dykstra to Durham; reinstated LH Drew Smyly
(left shoulder tendonitis) and 1B James Loney (mild right oblique strain) from 15-day DL.Apr 25 Designated 1B Allan Dykstra for assignment; optioned RH Jose Dominguez to Dur-
ham; selected LH Everett Teaford from Durham.Apr 27 Acquired LH Xavier Cedeño from the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for cash con-
siderations; transferred OF John Jaso (left wrist contusion) to the 60-day DL.Apr 28 Added LH Xavier Cedeño to the active roster; designated LH Everett Teaford for assignment.Apr 30 Optioned RH Matt Andriese to Durham.May 1 Reinstated RH Alex Colome (pneumonia) from the 15-day DL.May 3 Placed OF Desmond Jennings (left knee bursitis) on 15-day DL, retroactive to April
26; selected OF Joey Butler from Durham.
OPENING DAY ROSTER
PITCHERS (12): RH Matt Andriese, RH Chris Archer, RH Grant Balfour, LH Jeff Beliveau, RH Brad Boxberger, RH Ernesto Frieri, RH Steve Geltz, RH Kevin Jepsen, RH Nathan Karns, RH Jake Odorizzi, RH Erasmo Ramirez, RH Kirby Yates
CATCHERS (2): Rene Rivera, Bobby Wilson
INFIELDERS (5): Tim Beckham, Asdrubal Cabrera, Logan Forsythe, James Loney, Evan Longoria
OUTFIELDERS (6): David DeJesus, Brandon Guyer, John Jaso, Desmond Jennings, Kevin Kiermaier, Steven Souza Jr.
DL (6): RHP Alex Cobb (15-day), RHP Alex Colome (15-day), INF Nick Franklin (15-day), LHP Jake McGee (15-day), LHP Matt Moore (60-day), LHP Drew Smyly (15-day)
# GAME FINAL WINNER LOSER W-L GA/GB ATT. CUM.1 4/6 vs. BAL L, 2-6 Tillman (1-0) Archer (0-1) 0-1 T-4/-1.0 31,042 31,0422 4/7 vs. BAL L, 5-6 Gausman (1-0) Karns (0-1) 0-2 5/-2.0 13,906 44,9483 4/8 vs. BAL W, 2-0 Odorizzi (1-0) Gonzalez (0-1) 1-2 5/-1.0 13,569 58,517
4/9 - OFF (1) T-4/-1.04 4/10 at MIA L, 9-10 (10) Morris (1-0) Boxberger (0-1) 1-3 T-5/-2.0 17,3755 4/11 at MIA W, 2-0 Archer (1-1) Cosart (0-1) 2-3 4/-2.0 17,8306 4/12 at MIA W, 8-5 Karns (1-1) Alvarez (0-2) 3-3 T-3/-1.0 20,1997 4/13 at TOR W, 2-1 Odorizzi (2-0) Dickey (0-1) 4-3 T-2/-1.0 48,4148 4/14 at TOR W, 3-2 Geltz (1-0) Castro (0-1) 5-3 2/-1.0 17,2649 4/15 at TOR L, 7-12 Buehrle (2-0) Ramirez (0-1) 5-4 T-2/-1.0 15,08610 4/16 at TOR W, 4-2 Archer (2-1) Sanchez (0-2) 6-4 2/-0.5 14,43311 4/17 vs. NYY L, 4-5 Betances (2-0) Jepsen (0-1) 6-5 2/-1.5 15,752 74,26912 4/18 vs. NYY L, 0-9 Tanaka (2-1) Odorizzi (2-1) 6-6 T-3/-1.5 20,824 95,09313 4/19 vs. NYY L, 3-5 Pineda (2-0) Andriese (0-1) 6-7 T-3/-1.5 21,791 116,884
4/20 - OFF (2) T-3/-2.014 4/21 vs. BOS L, 0-1 Miley (1-1) Archer (2-2) 6-8 5/-3.0 14,307 131,19115 4/22 vs. BOS W, 7-5 Boxberger (1-1) Mujica (1-1) 7-8 T-4/-2.0 12,733 143,92416 4/23 vs. BOS W, 2-1 Boxberger (2-1) Varvaro (0-1) 8-8 4/-1.0 13,834 157,75817 4/24 vs. TOR W, 12-3 Dominguez (1-0) Dickey (0-2) 9-8 T-3/1-.0 11,897 169,65518 4/25 vs. TOR W, 4-2 Frieri (1-0) Cecil (1-2) 10-8 T-1/+1.0 19,772 189,42719 4/26 vs. TOR W, 5-1 Archer (3-2) Buehrle (3-1) 11-8 T-1/+1.0 21,107 210,53420 4/27 at NYY L, 1-4 Wilson (1-0) Gomes (0-1) 11-9 T-2/-1.0 34,59021 4/28 at NYY L, 2-4 Whitley (1-0) Odorizzi (2-2) 11-10 T-2/-2.0 36,93422 4/29 at NYY W, 3-2 (13) Gomes (1-0) Shreve (1-1) 12-10 T-2/-1.0 30,055
4/30 - OFF (3) T-2/-1.023 5/1 vs. BAL* W, 2-0 Colome (1-0) Tillman (2-3) 13-10 2/-1.0 9,94524 5/2 vs. BAL* L, 0-4 Gonzalez (3-1) Archer (3-3) 13-11 2/-2.0 12,78925 5/3 vs. BAL* 1:3526 5/4 at BOS 7:1027 5/5 at BOS 7:1028 5/6 at BOS 7:1029 5/7 vs. TEX 7:1030 5/8 vs. TEX 7:1031 5/9 vs. TEX 6:10 Evan Longoria Walk-Up Music Bobblehead (All fans)32 5/10 vs. TEX 1:10 Shared Moments Picture Frame (All women)33 5/11 vs. NYY 7:1034 5/12 vs. NYY 7:1035 5/13 vs. NYY 7:1036 5/14 vs. NYY 7:1037 5/15 at MIN 8:1038 5/16 at MIN 2:1039 5/17 at MIN 2:10
5/18 - OFF (4)40 5/19 at ATL 7:1041 5/20 at ATL 7:1042 5/21 vs. OAK 7:1043 5/22 vs. OAK 7:1044 5/23 vs. OAK 4:1045 5/24 vs. OAK 1:10 Camo Tank Top (Kids 14 & under)46 5/25 vs. SEA 7:1047 5/26 vs. SEA 7:1048 5/27 vs. SEA 1:10
5/28 - OFF (5)49 5/29 at BAL 7:0550 5/30 at BAL 4:0551 5/31 at BAL 1:3552 6/1 at LAA 10:0553 6/2 at LAA 10:0554 6/3 at LAA 10:0555 6/4 at SEA 10:1056 6/5 at SEA 10:1057 6/6 at SEA 10:1058 6/7 at SEA 4:10
6/8 - OFF (6)59 6/9 vs. LAA 7:1060 6/10 vs. LAA 7:1061 6/11 vs. LAA 7:1062 6/12 vs. CWS 7:10 MLB Network Reusable Tote Bag (All fans)63 6/13 vs. CWS 4:1064 6/14 vs. CWS 1:10 Rays Etch A Sketch (Kids 14 & under)65 6/15 vs. WAS 7:1066 6/16 vs. WAS 7:1067 6/17 at WAS 7:0568 6/18 at WAS 7:0569 6/19 at CLE 7:1070 6/20 at CLE 7:1071 6/21 at CLE 1:1072 6/22 vs. TOR 7:1073 6/23 vs. TOR 7:1074 6/24 vs. TOR 12:10 Rays Cheer Sticks (Kids 14 & under)
6/25 - OFF (7)75 6/26 vs. BOS 7:10 Rays Cowboy Hat (All women)76 6/27 vs. BOS 4:10 Rays Retro Headband (All fans)77 6/28 vs. BOS 1:10 Rays Retro Tin Lunch Box (Kids 14 & under)78 6/29 vs. CLE 7:1079 6/30 vs. CLE 7:1080 7/1 vs. CLE 7:1081 7/2 vs. CLE 12:10 Rays Cheer Sticks (Kids 14 & under)82 7/3 at NYY 7:0583 7/4 at NYY 1:0584 7/5 at NYY 1:05
POS. HOME# GAME FINAL WINNER LOSER W-L GA/GB ATT. CUM.85 7/6 at KC 8:1086 7/7 at KC 8:1087 7/8 at KC 8:1088 7/9 at KC 2:1089 7/10 vs. HOU 7:1090 7/11 vs. HOU 4:1091 7/12 vs. HOU 1:10 Rays Inflatable Chair (Kids 14 & under)
7/13 - All-Star Break7/14 - All-Star Game Great American Ball Park (Cincinnati Reds)7/15 - All-Star Break7/16 - All-Star Break
92 7/17 at TOR 7:0793 7/18 at TOR 1:0794 7/19 at TOR 1:0795 7/20 at PHI 7:0596 7/21 at PHI 7:0597 7/22 at PHI 1:05
7/23 - OFF (8)98 7/24 vs. BAL 7:1099 7/25 vs. BAL 6:10100 7/26 vs. BAL 1:10 Rays Surprise Christmas Present (Kids 14 & under)101 7/27 vs. DET 7:10102 7/28 vs. DET 7:10103 7/29 vs. DET 12:10 Rays Cheer Sticks (Kids 14 & under)
7/30 - OFF (9)104 7/31 at BOS 7:10105 8/1 at BOS 1:35106 8/2 at BOS 1:35107 8/3 at CWS 8:10108 8/4 at CWS 8:10109 8/5 at CWS 2:10
8/6 - OFF (10)110 8/7 vs. NYM 7:10 DJ Kitty Cat Face Bag (All women)111 8/8 vs. NYM 6:10 Rays Fedora (All fans)112 8/9 vs. NYM 1:10 Raymond Soap Dispenser (Kids 14 & under)
8/10 - OFF (11)113 8/11 vs. ATL 7:10114 8/12 vs. ATL 7:10
8/13 - OFF (12)115 8/14 at TEX 8:05116 8/15 at TEX 8:05117 8/16 at TEX 3:05118 8/17 at HOU 8:10119 8/18 at HOU 8:10120 8/19 at HOU 8:10121 8/20 at HOU 8:10122 8/21 at OAK 10:07123 8/22 at OAK 9:07124 8/23 at OAK 4:07
8/24 - OFF (13)125 8/25 vs. MIN 7:10126 8/26 vs. MIN 7:10127 8/27 vs. MIN 7:10128 8/28 vs. KC 7:10129 8/29 vs. KC 6:10 Kevin Kiermaier Outlaw Action Figure (All fans)130 8/30 vs. KC 1:10 DJ Kitty Drawstring Bag (Kids 14 & under)131 8/31 at BAL 7:05132 9/1 at BAL 7:05133 9/2 at BAL 7:05
9/3 - OFF (14)134 9/4 at NYY 7:05135 9/5 at NYY 1:05136 9/6 at NYY 1:05137 9/7 at DET 1:08138 9/8 at DET 7:08139 9/9 at DET 7:08
9/10 - OFF (15)140 9/11 vs. BOS 7:10141 9/12 vs. BOS 6:10 DJ Kitty Plush Window Cling (All fans)142 9/13 vs. BOS 1:10 Rays Superhero Cape T-Shirt (Kids 14 & under)143 9/14 vs. NYY 7:10144 9/15 vs. NYY 7:10145 9/16 vs. NYY 7:10146 9/17 vs. BAL 7:10147 9/18 vs. BAL 7:10148 9/19 vs. BAL 6:10 Fan Vote Bobblehead (All fans)149 9/20 vs. BAL 1:10 Rays Skull Cap (Kids 14 & under)150 9/21 at BOS 7:10151 9/22 at BOS 7:10152 9/23 at BOS 7:10153 9/24 at BOS 7:10154 9/25 at TOR 7:07155 9/26 at TOR 1:07156 9/27 at TOR 1:07
9/28 - OFF (16)157 9/29 vs. MIA 7:10158 9/30 vs. MIA 7:10159 10/1 vs. MIA 7:10160 10/2 vs. TOR 7:10161 10/3 vs. TOR 6:10 Rays Oktoberfest Freezer Mug (All fans)162 10/4 vs. TOR 3:10 Raymond Halloween Mask (Kids 14 & under)
* DUE TO UNREST IN THE CITY OF BALTIMORE, GAME MOVED FROM ORIOLE PARK AT CAMDEN YARDS TO TROPICANA FIELD. ORIOLES PLAYED AS THE HOME TEAM.
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