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FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2015 vs. NEW YORK METS RH Jake Odorizzi (6-6, 2.86) vs. LH Jacob deGrom (10-6, 2.09) COMMUNITY CORNER—Today RH Nathan Karns visited Grow Financial on the MacDill Air Force Base, signing autographs and chatting with those stationed at the base and their families. Ê The Bradenton Junior RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities) Baseball Team (ages 13-15) has qualified for the RBI World Series in Arlington, Texas next week and the Rays will give them a sendoff tomorrow…the team will be introduced pregame and meet Rays players. RAY MATTER—Tampa Bay returns home tonight from 3-3 road trip (1-2 at Boston, 2-1 at Chicago)…Rays had a 3-game win streak snapped in the fi- nal game of the road trip, losing 6-5 to the White Sox in 10 innings, their 6th consecutive extra-inning loss…the Rays lost on a walk-off walk…it was the 129th walk-off loss in club history, but only the 8th that ended on a walk… the Rays are 5-4 in their last 9 games and 8-10 since the All-Star break, all coming against teams below .500…beginning with this series, the Rays will play 22 of their next 27 against teams currently above .500…the Rays have been between one game under .500 and one game over .500 for 51 days this season and for 26 of the last 31 days. LATE AND CLOSE—In Wednesday’s 10-inning, 6-5 loss at Chicago, the Rays suffered their 8th walk-off loss, tied for the ML lead…the Rays have enjoyed only one walkoff win…Rays All-Star Brad Boxberger suffered his club-record 5th walk-off loss of the season, most in the majors…only two AL pitchers in the 2000s have been tagged with as many in one season: LAA Scot Shields (6) in 2005 and BOS Derek Lowe (5) in 2001…the Rays are 2-8 in extra innings, worst record in the majors, and 4-12 in games decided in the 9th inning or later. Ê The Rays have been part of 60 games decided by 2 runs or fewer (31- 29), 4th most in the majors…only the Braves (34-30), Mariners (28-34) and Cardinals (35-26) have been taken part in more. ROAD TRIP RECAP—On their just-completed 3-3 road trip, the Rays bat- ted .300 (69-for-230) with 25 extra-base hits and 37 runs scored, the most runs they have scored over any 6-game span in over a year (July 12-22, 2014)…Rays were led by John Jaso, Asdrubal Cabrera and Evan Longo- ria, who were a combined 29-for-59 (.492) with 7 BB, 10 XBH and 10 RBI… Jaso (5-for-8), Longoria (12-for-26) and Cabrera (12-for-25). HOMESTAND PREVIEW—The Rays begin a 5-game interleague homes- tand vs. the Mets and Braves…Rays took 2 of 3 from Detroit in their most recent home series (July 27-29) and are looking to win back-to-back home series for the first time since April 21-26…the Rays started the season los- ing 6 of their first 7 home games, but are 26-24 since. NAVA BECOMES THE 49TH RAY—Newly acquired OF Daniel Nava will be in a Rays uniform for the first time today, wearing No. 7…he becomes the 49th different player to suit up for the Rays this season, 3 shy of the club mark of 52 set in 2000…only the Rangers (52) and Yankees (50) have used as many… Nava is the only current Ray to have played with Rays 37-year-old Manager Kevin Cash in the majors (Boston in 2010)—Joey Butler played with Cash at Triple-A Round Rock in 2011…Nava is the 24th player make his Rays debut in 2015…Rays have now made 108 roster moves since Opening Day. RAYS vs. METS—Mets and Rays play for the first time since June 12-14, 2012 when New York swept a 3-game series here while scoring 29 runs, the most against the Rays in a 3-game series at the Trop during the Rays era (since 2008)…Jake McGee and Desmond Jennings are the only current Rays who played in that series; Evan Longoria was on the DL…it’s only the third time these two have met in the last 14 years…Mets lead all-time 11-7. Interesting 2015 Parallels Mets Rays Average Age 28.6 28.6 Runs Per Game Scored 3.7 3.7 Runs Per Game Allowed 3.5 3.8 Interleague ERA 3.87 3.87 Starters ERA (overall) 3.47 3.29 Shutouts (pitchers) 9 9 Team Batting Avg. Rank 15th in NL T-15th in AL Home Runs 96 100 Errors 61 61 RAYS AND INTERLEAGUE PLAY—The Rays have hosted only 2 inter- league games (1-1) so far this season, fewest in the majors…they have interleague home series remaining with Mets, Braves and Marlins…overall, Rays are 7-5 in interleague play while hitting .271 and averaging 4.4 runs per game, compared to .238 and 3.6 R/G vs. the AL…Rays have allowed only 5 HR in 107 innings…during the Rays era (since 2008), the Rays have had only one losing season vs. the NL and are 82-60 (.577), 6th best in the majors over that span…Rays are 156-164 (.489) all-time vs. the NL. Ê The AL leads the season series 121-110 (.524) and is looking to win the series for the 12th consecutive season…all-time, the AL leads 2,519-2,276 (.525) since interleague play began in 1997. TRENDING—Beginning May 30, the Rays are 15-3 when an opponent has started a lefty, but 15-27 during that span when a righthander starts. Ê The Rays have 7 hits (one extra-base hit) in their last 41 at-bats with the bases loaded…that includes 15 strikeouts. Ê The Rays have made 14 errors in the past 15 games after making only 47 in their first 94. Ê The Rays have allowed 414 runs, their fewest ever after 109 games, despite placing 10 pitchers on the disabled list…they have scored 404 runs, their 2nd fewest ever after 109 games. RAYS SET ROOKIE HR MARK—Rays rookies have hit 39 home runs this season, most in one season in club history, surpassing Evan Longoria’s rookie season of 2008 (38)…rookies have accounted for 39 pct. of the home runs hit by the Rays this season (39 of 100) and 39 of the 152 home runs (26 pct.) hit by AL rookies this year…the Rays have used a club-record 17 rookies this season…rookie pitchers have contributed 19 of the Rays 54 victories (35 pct.) and are a combined 19-15 with 4 saves and a 3.78 ERA (340.1-IP, 143-ER)…Rays rookies lead the majors in IP…the club record for innings pitched by rookies is 427 (2006) and wins is 25 (2009, 2011). BULLPEN BUSIEST—Wednesday at Chicago was the 46th time the Rays have used 4 or more relievers in a game, most in the AL…that includes 24 wins, also an AL-high…Rays relievers have thrown a major-league-most 361.2 innings, have 5 more saves than any other AL bullpen and have an AL-high 40 decisions (18-22)…rookie Steve Geltz made his AL-high appearance on Wed…the last rookie to lead the AL in appearances was CWS Kelly Wunsch in 2000 with 83. REHAB NEWS—LH Drew Smyly (torn left labrum) made his third rehab start (of his current assignment) yesterday for Durham vs. Indianapolis, to- taling 4.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R/ER, 2 BB, 5 SO, 1 HR, 74 pit, 47 str…he will throw a bullpen tomorrow…OF Desmond Jennings (left knee bursitis) will play 7 innings in the outfield for Durham tonight. CABRERA MAJORS’ HOTTEST HITTER SINCE RETURN—SS Asdrubal Cabrera has 9 hits in his last 14 at-bats, and 4 straight multi-hit games, the 2nd-longest streak of his career…also has a 9-game hitting streak… over the past 2 seasons, the Rays have had only 2 longer streaks and both were 10-gamers: Desmond Jennings (over 2014-15) and Evan Longoria (2015)…since returning from the disabled list (right hamstring) on July 28, he has hit safely in all 8 games and is leading the majors in hitting with a .500 mark (16-for-32, 3-BB), raising his overall average from .223 to .249— the highest it’s been since the season’s first week. LONGO BEING LONGO—In his last 12 games, Evan Longoria is 18-for- 48 (.396) with 6 2B, 3 HR and 6 RBI…it’s the most hits he’s recorded over 12 games since May 6-18, 2013 when he had the same 19-for-48 numbers. MR. EXCITEMENT—CF Kevin Kiermaier has an assist in 4 of the last 5 series and has 12 total, T-2nd among major league outfielders and one shy of leader TEX Leonys Martin…he also leads all players in defensive runs saved (28 rating), 10 more than any other major league player…Defensive Runs Saved (DRS) is a defensive statistic calculated by The Fielding Bible that rates indi- vidual players as above or below average on defense…also has 7 ESPN Web Gems, 2nd among major league outfielders behind TOR Kevin Pillar (10). A LITTLE HELP—Tonight’s starter Jake Odorizzi has a 3.69 career ERA, yet only a .447 (17-21) career winnning pct…among active pitchers with 50- plus starts, only two have a lower ERA and a lower win pct. for their career: San Diego’s Tyson Ross (.385, 3.63) and Andrew Cashner (.393, 3.45). AUGUST 7, 1999Wade Boggs homers off Cleveland lefty Chris Haney in the 6th inning at Tropicana Field, becoming the 23rd member of the 3,000- hit club and the first to do it with a home run…it is Wade’s third hit of the day in a game won by the Indians 15-10 that features 33 hits and 11 walks…it happens on a wild Saturday night in front of a near-sellout crowd of 39,512. First Pitch: 7:10 p.m. | Location: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FLA | TV: Sun Sports | Radio: WDAE 620 AM Game No.: 110 (54-55) | Home Game No.: 58 (27-30) | All-Time Game No.: 2,862 (1,326-1,535) | All-Time Home Game No.: 1,423 (729-703) April: 12-10 | May: 14-15 | June: 16-12 | July: 9-16 | August: 3-2 | Pre All-Star Break: 46-45 | Post All-Star Break: 8-10 Upcoming Games Opp. Time TV Rays Starting Pitcher Opp. Starting Pitcher Sat., Aug 8 NYM 6:10 p.m. Sun Sports RH Nathan Karns (6-5, 3.37) RH Noah Syndergaard (6-5, 2.66) Sun., Aug 9 NYM 1:10 p.m. Sun Sports RH Chris Archer (10-8, 2.54) RH Bartolo Colon (10-10, 4.72) **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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Page 1: FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2015 vs. NEW YORK METSmlb.mlb.com/documents/3/3/8/141765338/8_7_15_PREGAME... · 2020. 4. 20. · FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2015 vs. NEW YORK METS RH Jake Odorizzi (6-6,

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2015 vs. NEW YORK METSRH Jake Odorizzi (6-6, 2.86) vs. LH Jacob deGrom (10-6, 2.09)

COMMUNITY CORNER—Today RH Nathan Karns visited Grow Financial on the MacDill Air Force Base, signing autographs and chatting with those stationed at the base and their families.

Ê The Bradenton Junior RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities) Baseball Team (ages 13-15) has qualified for the RBI World Series in Arlington, Texas next week and the Rays will give them a sendoff tomorrow…the team will be introduced pregame and meet Rays players.

RAY MATTER—Tampa Bay returns home tonight from 3-3 road trip (1-2 at Boston, 2-1 at Chicago)…Rays had a 3-game win streak snapped in the fi-nal game of the road trip, losing 6-5 to the White Sox in 10 innings, their 6th consecutive extra-inning loss…the Rays lost on a walk-off walk…it was the 129th walk-off loss in club history, but only the 8th that ended on a walk…the Rays are 5-4 in their last 9 games and 8-10 since the All-Star break, all coming against teams below .500…beginning with this series, the Rays will play 22 of their next 27 against teams currently above .500…the Rays have been between one game under .500 and one game over .500 for 51 days this season and for 26 of the last 31 days.

LATE AND CLOSE—In Wednesday’s 10-inning, 6-5 loss at Chicago, the Rays suffered their 8th walk-off loss, tied for the ML lead…the Rays have enjoyed only one walkoff win…Rays All-Star Brad Boxberger suffered his club-record 5th walk-off loss of the season, most in the majors…only two AL pitchers in the 2000s have been tagged with as many in one season: LAA Scot Shields (6) in 2005 and BOS Derek Lowe (5) in 2001…the Rays are 2-8 in extra innings, worst record in the majors, and 4-12 in games decided in the 9th inning or later.

Ê The Rays have been part of 60 games decided by 2 runs or fewer (31-29), 4th most in the majors…only the Braves (34-30), Mariners (28-34) and Cardinals (35-26) have been taken part in more.

ROAD TRIP RECAP—On their just-completed 3-3 road trip, the Rays bat-ted .300 (69-for-230) with 25 extra-base hits and 37 runs scored, the most runs they have scored over any 6-game span in over a year (July 12-22, 2014)…Rays were led by John Jaso, Asdrubal Cabrera and Evan Longo-ria, who were a combined 29-for-59 (.492) with 7 BB, 10 XBH and 10 RBI… Jaso (5-for-8), Longoria (12-for-26) and Cabrera (12-for-25).

HOMESTAND PREVIEW—The Rays begin a 5-game interleague homes-tand vs. the Mets and Braves…Rays took 2 of 3 from Detroit in their most recent home series (July 27-29) and are looking to win back-to-back home series for the first time since April 21-26…the Rays started the season los-ing 6 of their first 7 home games, but are 26-24 since.

NAVA BECOMES THE 49TH RAY—Newly acquired OF Daniel Nava will be in a Rays uniform for the first time today, wearing No. 7…he becomes the 49th different player to suit up for the Rays this season, 3 shy of the club mark of 52 set in 2000…only the Rangers (52) and Yankees (50) have used as many…Nava is the only current Ray to have played with Rays 37-year-old Manager Kevin Cash in the majors (Boston in 2010)—Joey Butler played with Cash at Triple-A Round Rock in 2011…Nava is the 24th player make his Rays debut in 2015…Rays have now made 108 roster moves since Opening Day.

RAYS vs. METS—Mets and Rays play for the first time since June 12-14, 2012 when New York swept a 3-game series here while scoring 29 runs, the most against the Rays in a 3-game series at the Trop during the Rays era (since 2008)…Jake McGee and Desmond Jennings are the only current Rays who played in that series; Evan Longoria was on the DL…it’s only the third time these two have met in the last 14 years…Mets lead all-time 11-7.

Interesting 2015 Parallels Mets RaysAverage Age 28.6 28.6Runs Per Game Scored 3.7 3.7 Runs Per Game Allowed 3.5 3.8Interleague ERA 3.87 3.87Starters ERA (overall) 3.47 3.29Shutouts (pitchers) 9 9Team Batting Avg. Rank 15th in NL T-15th in ALHome Runs 96 100Errors 61 61

RAYS AND INTERLEAGUE PLAY—The Rays have hosted only 2 inter-league games (1-1) so far this season, fewest in the majors…they have interleague home series remaining with Mets, Braves and Marlins…overall, Rays are 7-5 in interleague play while hitting .271 and averaging 4.4 runs

per game, compared to .238 and 3.6 R/G vs. the AL…Rays have allowed only 5 HR in 107 innings…during the Rays era (since 2008), the Rays have had only one losing season vs. the NL and are 82-60 (.577), 6th best in the majors over that span…Rays are 156-164 (.489) all-time vs. the NL.

Ê The AL leads the season series 121-110 (.524) and is looking to win the series for the 12th consecutive season…all-time, the AL leads 2,519-2,276 (.525) since interleague play began in 1997.

TRENDING—Beginning May 30, the Rays are 15-3 when an opponent has started a lefty, but 15-27 during that span when a righthander starts.

Ê The Rays have 7 hits (one extra-base hit) in their last 41 at-bats with the bases loaded…that includes 15 strikeouts.

Ê The Rays have made 14 errors in the past 15 games after making only 47 in their first 94.

Ê The Rays have allowed 414 runs, their fewest ever after 109 games, despite placing 10 pitchers on the disabled list…they have scored 404 runs, their 2nd fewest ever after 109 games.

RAYS SET ROOKIE HR MARK—Rays rookies have hit 39 home runs this season, most in one season in club history, surpassing Evan Longoria’s rookie season of 2008 (38)…rookies have accounted for 39 pct. of the home runs hit by the Rays this season (39 of 100) and 39 of the 152 home runs (26 pct.) hit by AL rookies this year…the Rays have used a club-record 17 rookies this season…rookie pitchers have contributed 19 of the Rays 54 victories (35 pct.) and are a combined 19-15 with 4 saves and a 3.78 ERA (340.1-IP, 143-ER)…Rays rookies lead the majors in IP…the club record for innings pitched by rookies is 427 (2006) and wins is 25 (2009, 2011). BULLPEN BUSIEST—Wednesday at Chicago was the 46th time the Rays have used 4 or more relievers in a game, most in the AL…that includes 24 wins, also an AL-high…Rays relievers have thrown a major-league-most 361.2 innings, have 5 more saves than any other AL bullpen and have an AL-high 40 decisions (18-22)…rookie Steve Geltz made his AL-high appearance on Wed…the last rookie to lead the AL in appearances was CWS Kelly Wunsch in 2000 with 83.

REHAB NEWS—LH Drew Smyly (torn left labrum) made his third rehab start (of his current assignment) yesterday for Durham vs. Indianapolis, to-taling 4.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R/ER, 2 BB, 5 SO, 1 HR, 74 pit, 47 str…he will throw a bullpen tomorrow…OF Desmond Jennings (left knee bursitis) will play 7 innings in the outfield for Durham tonight.

CABRERA MAJORS’ HOTTEST HITTER SINCE RETURN—SS Asdrubal Cabrera has 9 hits in his last 14 at-bats, and 4 straight multi-hit games, the 2nd-longest streak of his career…also has a 9-game hitting streak…over the past 2 seasons, the Rays have had only 2 longer streaks and both were 10-gamers: Desmond Jennings (over 2014-15) and Evan Longoria (2015)…since returning from the disabled list (right hamstring) on July 28, he has hit safely in all 8 games and is leading the majors in hitting with a .500 mark (16-for-32, 3-BB), raising his overall average from .223 to .249—the highest it’s been since the season’s first week.

LONGO BEING LONGO—In his last 12 games, Evan Longoria is 18-for-48 (.396) with 6 2B, 3 HR and 6 RBI…it’s the most hits he’s recorded over 12 games since May 6-18, 2013 when he had the same 19-for-48 numbers.

MR. EXCITEMENT—CF Kevin Kiermaier has an assist in 4 of the last 5 series and has 12 total, T-2nd among major league outfielders and one shy of leader TEX Leonys Martin…he also leads all players in defensive runs saved (28 rating), 10 more than any other major league player…Defensive Runs Saved (DRS) is a defensive statistic calculated by The Fielding Bible that rates indi-vidual players as above or below average on defense…also has 7 ESPN Web Gems, 2nd among major league outfielders behind TOR Kevin Pillar (10).

A LITTLE HELP—Tonight’s starter Jake Odorizzi has a 3.69 career ERA, yet only a .447 (17-21) career winnning pct…among active pitchers with 50-plus starts, only two have a lower ERA and a lower win pct. for their career: San Diego’s Tyson Ross (.385, 3.63) and Andrew Cashner (.393, 3.45).

AUGUST 7, 1999—Wade Boggs homers off Cleveland lefty Chris Haney in the 6th inning at Tropicana Field, becoming the 23rd member of the 3,000-hit club and the first to do it with a home run…it is Wade’s third hit of the day in a game won by the Indians 15-10 that features 33 hits and 11 walks…it happens on a wild Saturday night in front of a near-sellout crowd of 39,512.

First Pitch: 7:10 p.m. | Location: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FLA | TV: Sun Sports | Radio: WDAE 620 AMGame No.: 110 (54-55) | Home Game No.: 58 (27-30) | All-Time Game No.: 2,862 (1,326-1,535) | All-Time Home Game No.: 1,423 (729-703)

April: 12-10 | May: 14-15 | June: 16-12 | July: 9-16 | August: 3-2 | Pre All-Star Break: 46-45 | Post All-Star Break: 8-10

Upcoming Games Opp. Time TV Rays Starting Pitcher Opp. Starting PitcherSat., Aug 8 NYM 6:10 p.m. Sun Sports RH Nathan Karns (6-5, 3.37) RH Noah Syndergaard (6-5, 2.66) Sun., Aug 9 NYM 1:10 p.m. Sun Sports RH Chris Archer (10-8, 2.54) RH Bartolo Colon (10-10, 4.72)

**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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TONIGHT’S STARTER—RH JAKE ODORIZZI (6-6, 2.86)

Ê LAST START—On Sun at BOS, threw a career-high-tying 113 pitches (also May 20, 2014 vs. OAK)…went 6 IP for a second consecutive start, after failing to go 6 in his previous 4 starts…didn’t face more than 5 batters in any inning…allowed 3 H and 2 R in the 1st inning, on an RBI double to Hanley Ramirez and RBI single to Mike Napoli…only run allowed after that was a 3rd-inning RBI double by David Ortiz…left the game trailing by a run, but the Rays rallied for a 4-3 win giving him no decision…his line: ND, 6 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 5 SO, 1 HBP, 113 pit, 68 str.

Ê HE LIKES IT HERE—Ranks 3rd in the majors (min. 40 IP) with a 1.41 ERA (44.2-IP, 7-ER) at home (see chart)…has made 7 home starts this season, allow-ing 1 run or fewer in 6 of those 7, but the Rays are only 4-3 in his home starts…has gotten 2.42 R/9 IP of run support at home, 5th-lowest in the majors.

Ê Has a 2.24 ERA (144.1-IP, 36-ER) at Tropicana Field since the start of last season, 4th in the AL over that span (min. 80 IP)…comparatively, has a 5.23 ERA (127.1-IP, 74-ER) on the road during that time frame.

Ê Has yielded 1 earned run or fewer in 9 of his last 10 home starts, since Aug 30, 2014 vs. BOS…is 5-2 with a 1.11 ERA (65-IP, 8-ER) at home over that span.

Ê INTERLEAGUE—Is 3-3 with a 3.52 ERA (46-IP, 18-ER) in 8 career interleague apps (all starts), having allowed 2 runs or fewer in his last 6 IL starts (since June 10, 2014 vs. STL)…is 0-2 with a 6.30 ERA (20-IP, 14-ER) in 4 career starts vs. NL East opponents.

Ê UNSUPPORTED—Has received the 4th-lowest run support in the AL (min. 10 starts) at 3.21 R/9 IP (103.2-IP, 37-RS)…currently ranks as the 3rd-lowest in club history, ahead of Mark Hendrickson (2.71) and Jae Seo (2.90), both in 2006…the Rays have scored 2 runs or fewer for him 12 times in 17 starts and have given him a total of 7 runs in his 6 losses.

Ê SINCE HIS RETURN—Is 2-1 with a 4.00 ERA (27-IP, 12-ER) in 5 starts since returning from the 15-day DL (left oblique strain)…has allowed 3 runs or fewer in 4 of those 5 starts, but a season-high 6 on July 17 at

TOR…this stretch has increased his season ERA from 2.47 to 2.86, which still ranks 7th in the AL (min. 75 IP).

Ê ABOUT THAT RECORD—The pitcher with the lowest ERA in club history to finish with a .500 record or lower was Jeremy Hellickson (10-11, 3.10) in 2012…in his career, is 17-21 (.447) with a 3.70 ERA—only 2 other ac-tive pitchers (min. 50 starts) have an ERA as low and a lower career winning pct.: SD Tyson Ross and SD Andrew Cashner.

Ê COBBYCAT—31.1 pct. of his pitches have been changeups, most in the AL (min. 60 IP), according to FanGraphs…has 40 strikeouts with the changeup, accounting for 46.0 percent of his total strikeouts…borrowed his changeup grip from Alex Cobb in the 2013-14 offseason.

Ê Opponents are batting .207 (32-for-155) with 5 2B, 3 3B, 2 HR and 40 SO in at-bats ending with the changeup, per PITCHf/x.

Ê 1ST INNING—Has allowed 1st-inning run(s) in 4 of his last 8 starts…has a 4.24 ERA (17-IP, 8-ER) in the 1st inning this season, and a 2.60 ERA (86.2-IP, 25-ER) after that…averaging 18.2 pitches to get through the 1st this season, and has thrown 20-plus pitches in the 1st eight times.

Ê GROUNDED—Has a 1.22 GB/FB ratio this season, below the AL aver-age (1.42), but up considerably from his 0.65 GB/FB ratio last season—2nd lowest in the majors to SEA Chris Young (0.42)…has gotten 5 GIDP behind him this season, compared to 1 in 2014.

Ê THE LONG BALL—Twelve of his 17 starts have been homerless…dating back to the end of last season, has allowed 15 HR in his last 24 starts spanning 142 IP, and 7 of those 15 HR have come in 3 starts spanning 16.2 IP against the Orioles.

Ê WANTED MAN—As a prospect, was twice included in trades for an All-Star pitcher…the Brewers traded him to Kansas City on Dec 19, 2010 in a six-player deal for Zack Greinke…two years later, the Royals traded him to the Rays in a seven-player deal for James Shields.

Ê TOP ROOKIE—In 2014, was named the Rays Rookie of the Year by the Tampa Bay Chapter of the BBWAA…led all major league rookies with 174 SO and 31 starts, and ranked 2nd with 168 IP…his 174 SO fell one shy of the club rookie record (175 by Matt Moore in 2012).

#16 KEVIN CASH, MANAGER

Ê LAST START—On Mon at CWS, only yielded 1 hit through 5 IP, then al-lowed a game-tying, 2-run homer to Jose Abreu in the 6th, his last batter faced…marked his 10th no decision, tied for most in the AL…was his 9th start of 3 hits or fewer this season, most in the majors…his line: ND, 5.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R/ER, 2 BB, 7 SO, 1 HR, 79 pitches, 50 strikes.

Ê INTERLEAGUE—Has never faced the Mets…is 2-0 with a 3.72 ERA (19.1-IP, 8-ER) in 4 career interleague apps (all starts), having made 2 IL starts in 2013 and 2 in 2015…has won both interleague starts this season (April 12 at MIA, July 21 at PHI), going 2-0 with a 0.75 ERA (12-IP, 1-ER), 5th-lowest IL ERA in the majors (min. 2 starts).

Ê GOOD COMPANY—Has made 16 total starts of 2 runs or fewer, tied for the AL lead with TB Chris Archer and OAK Sonny Gray…the only NL starter with as many is LAD Zack Greinke (18)…Archer, Gray and Gre-inke all made the All-Star Team this year…only two rookies in franchise history have made more starts of 2 runs or fewer in a single season: Rolando Arrojo (18, 1998) and Jeff Niemann (17, 2009).

Ê THE TURNAROUND—A comparison of his first 4 starts (through April 22) and last 17 starts (since April 27):Thru 4/22: 1-1, 5.32 ERA, 23.2 IP, 16 H, 15 R, 14 ER, 14 BB, 20 SO, 5 HRSince 4/27: 5-4, 2.89 ERA, 96.2 IP, 86 H, 32 R, 31 ER, 28 BB, 93 SO, 8 HR

TOMORROW’S STARTER—RH NATHAN KARNS (6-5, 3.37)

Ê His 42-39 record at the midway point made him one of 11 active manag-ers with a winning mark through their first 81 career ML games.

Ê 37-year-old 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 Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens (38).

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 Has been ejected twice as manager: April 16 at TOR, May 10 vs. TEX.

YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO HR Avg.2014 Tampa Bay 11-13 4.13 31 31 0 0 168.0 156 79 77 59 174 20 .2422015 Tampa Bay 6-6 2.86 17 17 0 0 103.2 89 34 33 27 87 8 .226

Charlotte (A) 0-0 0.93 2 2 0 0 9.2 4 1 1 2 8 0 .118Major League Totals 17-21 3.70 57 54 0 0 308.2 281 130 127 98 287 32 .239Minor League Totals 43-27 3.43 123 110 0 0 614.2 543 263 234 194 621 55 .236

2015 SPLITSvs. RH: .215 (37-172), 7-HRvs. LH: .235 (52-221), 1-HRHome: 3-2, 1.41 ERA (44.2-IP, 7-ER)Road: 3-4, 3.97 ERA (59.0-IP, 26-ER)

ODORIZZI vs. METSCAREER—Has never faced the Mets.

2015 GAME LOGGAME DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP P/K FINAL OPP. LEFT4/8 vs. BAL W-1 0.00 6.2 2 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 94/66 W, 2-0 Gonzalez up, 1-04/13 at TOR W-2 0.61 8.0 2 1 1 3 3 0 0 1 103/63 W, 2-1 Dickey up, 2-14/18 vs. NYY L-1 1.74 6.0 5 3 3 2 9 0 0 0 102/64 L, 0-9 Tanaka down, 2-04/23 vs. BOS -- 1.65 6.2 3 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 93/57 W, 2-1 Buchholz tied, 1-14/28 at NYY L-2 2.41 6.1 9 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 98/65 L, 2-4 Whitley down, 4-2APRIL 2-2 2.41 33.2 21 9 9 8 26 0 1 1 -- -- -- --5/4 at BOS W-3 2.21 7.0 7 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 110/78 W, 5-1 Buchholz up, 5-15/10 vs. TEX -- 2.09 6.2 7 1 1 0 7 1 0 1 91/62 L, 1-2 Rodriguez tied, 1-15/15 at MIN L-3 2.36 6.0 8 3 3 0 5 1 0 2 104/68 L, 2-3 Hughes tied, 2-25/20 at ATL L-4 2.43 6.0 4 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 83/56 L, 1-2 Perez down, 2-15/25 vs. SEA L-5 2.31 7.0 5 2 1 2 7 0 0 0 108/73 L, 1-4 Elias down, 2-15/31 at BAL W-4 2.61 6.0 7 4 4 2 6 3 1 0 98/61 W, 9-5 Tillman up, 7-4MAY 2-3 2.79 38.2 38 13 12 6 33 5 1 3 -- -- -- --6/5 at SEA -- 2.47 4.1 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 74/49 W, 1-0 Happ tied, 0-0JUNE 0-0 0.00 4.1 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 -- -- -- --7/11 vs. HOU W-5 2.30 5.2 2 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 89/52 W, 3-0 Keuchel up, 3-07/17 at TOR L-6 2.80 4.1 6 6 6 5 1 2 0 0 93/55 L, 2-6 Hutchison down, 6-17/22 at PHI -- 2.85 5.0 5 2 2 2 5 0 0 0 83/57 L, 4-5 (10) Morgan up, 3-27/28 vs. DET W-6 2.76 6.0 6 1 1 1 8 1 0 0 101/67 W, 10-2 Price up, 5-1JULY 2-1 3.86 21.0 19 9 9 11 19 3 0 0 -- -- -- --8/2 at BOS -- 2.86 6.0 7 3 3 1 5 0 1 0 113/68 W, 4-3 Miley down, 3-2

2015 GAME LOG (A)GAME DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP P/K FINAL OPP. LEFT7/1 at BRD -- 2.25 4.0 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 -- W, 5-2 Duncan up, 2-17/6 vs. PMB -- 0.93 5.2 2 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 -- W, 4-0 Kaminsky tied, 0-0

LOWEST HOMEERA, MLB, 2015*

Scott Kazmir, OAK/HOU 1.22Dallas Keuchel, HOU 1.26Jake Odorizzi, TB 1.41Lance McCullers, HOU 1.50Zack Greinke, LAD 1.54

minimum 40 IP

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RAYS HITTER NOTES#1 TIM BECKHAM, INF Wed: 0-2 (PH in 8th) CWS Series: 0-6 Trip: 1-10 vs. LH: .262 (17-65), 3-HR2015: .229/.288/.435, 5-HR, 22-RBI, 3-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-7 RISP: .226 (7-31) vs. RH: .197 (13-66), 2-HR

Ê Batting .270/.341/.459 (10-for-37) in 15 games (11 starts) since his July 12 recall, his third stint with the Rays this season. Ê 46.7 percent of his hits this season have gone for extra bases, incl. 9 of his last 15 hits…16 of his 22 RBI have come in the 7th inning or later. Ê On July 28 vs. DET, had career-high 4 RBI (prev. 2, 6x-last July 24 vs. BAL), first 4 RBI game by a Rays rookie since Kiermaier, July 9, 2014 vs. KC. Ê Has played 52 games with 34 starts (15-SS, 15-2B, 4-DH)…batting .262 (17-for-65) vs. LHP, including .286 (8-for-28) vs. LHP since May 17.

#9 JOEY BUTLER, OF Wed: 0-3 CWS Series: 2-7, 2B, 2-R Trip: 2-15, 2B, RBI, BB, 3-R vs. LH: .282 (24-85), 3-HR2015: .279/.335/.412, 6-HR, 22-RBI, 5-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-4 RISP: .216 (11-51) vs. RH: .277 (39-141), 3-HR

Ê Batting .153/.247/.181 (11-for-72) since June 24, compared to .338/.378/.519 before that…has hit into a team-leading 14 GIDP, T-9th in the AL. Ê Has gone 89 at-bats since his last homer on June 19 at CLE…had 6 HR in his first 137 AB this season…5 of his 6 HR have come on the road. Ê Among AL rookies, ranks 4th in OBP (min. 200), 7th in HR (6) and T-8th in RBI (22), despite not being selected from Triple-A until May 3. Ê According to Baseball Reference, is batting .487/.487/.821 (19-for-39) when going to the opposite field, with 3 HR and 8 RBI. Ê Has played in 73 games with 56 starts (36-DH, 18-LF, 2-RF)…has 14 BB in his last 38 games (since June 14), compared to 2 BB in first 35 games.

#13 ASDRUBAL CABRERA, INF Wed: 4-5, 2B, 2-RBI, E6 CWS Series: 8-13, 2B, HR, 3- RBI, 2-BB, 3-R Trip: 12-25, 3-2B, HR, 4-RBI, 3-BB, 7-R vs. LH: .264 (23-87), 1-HR2015: .249/.301/.399, 7-HR, 28-RBI, 3-SB Current Hitting Streak: 9G (.515, 17-33) RISP: .188 (15-80) vs. RH: .244 (60-246), 6-HR

Ê Had a season-high 4 hits on Wed at CWS, his most since May 8, 2014 vs. MIN (4, with CLE) and one shy of tying a career high and franchise re-cord…extended his hitting streak to 9 games, his longest since April 18–May 1, 2013 (10)…career long is 12, 2x-last May 25–June 10, 2012…has also recorded 4 consecutive multi-hit games, one shy of the longest such streak of his career (5, Sep 20-27, 2008 with CLE).

Ê Since his return from the 15-day DL on July 28, batting .500/.543/.844 (16-for-32) with 5 2B, 2 HR and 6 RBI, highest avg. in the majors over that span. Ê Has raised his avg. 50 points since June 18, from .199 to .249, batting .348/.383/.580 (39-for-112) in 31 games (30 starts) since then. Ê Leads AL shortstops with 32 XBH…has 10 XBH in his last 12 games since July 8 at KC, before his DL stint…batting .338 (22-for-65) vs. LHP since

May 9, after a 1-for-22 start vs. LHP…ranks 2nd among AL shortstops with a .987 fielding pct.

#19 CURT CASALI, C Wed: 1-1, R (PH in 8th) CWS Series: 1-5, R Trip: 1-13, R vs. LH: .222 (4-18), 2-HR2015: .242/.292/.606, 7-HR, 11-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (1.000, 1-1) RISP: .211 (4-19) vs. RH: .250 (12-48), 5-HR

Ê Snapped an 0-for-16 on Wed at CWS with an 8th-inning PH single…was his first hit since hitting 2 HR in consecutive games on July 27-28 vs. DET. Ê Has 7 HR in 72 PA this year, after 0 HR in 84 PA last year…6 of his last 9 hits have been homers, and 9 of his last 12 hits have been XBH (3-2B, 6-HR). Ê Became the second rookie catcher in ML history with multiple homers in back-to-back games, joining SEA Kenji Johjima (June 24-27, 2006, at SD, at

ARI), according to the Elias Sports Bureau…was the first catcher (regardless of rookie status) to do it since TEX Mike Napoli (Sep 27-28, 2011 at LAA). Ê Has played in 26 games with 21 starts (20-C, 1-DH) since his June 13 recall…has thrown out 4 of 18 attempted base stealers this season.

#11 LOGAN FORSYTHE, INF Wed: 1-4, 2B, RBI, BB, 2-R CWS Series: 4-11, 2-2B, HR, 5-RBI, 3-BB, 5-R Trip: 6-25, 2-2B, 2-HR, 8-RBI, 4-BB, 6-R vs. LH: .282 (31-110), 8-HR2015: .280/.366/.447, 13-HR, 50-RBI, 7-SB Current Hitting Streak: 3G (.364, 4-11) RISP: .230 (23-100) vs. RH: .280 (73-261), 5-HR

Ê Reached 50 RBI on Wed at CWS, T-2nd among ML 2B with DET Ian Kinsler, trailing MIN Brian Dozier (57)…no other 2B in the majors can match his combination of avg., HR and RBI…has more than doubled his prev. career high HR total and is 2 RBI shy of doing so with RBI (prev. 26, 2x).

Ê Ranks among team leaders in RBI (1st), HR (2nd), doubles (21, T-2nd), XBH (35, T-2nd) and multi-hit games (25, T-1st). Ê Three of his last 4 HR have come vs. LHP (last Tue at CWS, off Chris Sale)…his 13 HR are the most by a Rays 2B since Ben Zobrist in 2012 (20). Ê Since the All-Star break, is batting .311/.411/.590 (19-for-61) with 5 2B, 4 HR and 15 RBI…batting .438 (7-for-16) with RISP since then. Ê Has played in 106 G and made career-high 102 GS (82-2B, 13-1B, 4-3B, 3-DH)…has made 7 errors, including 4 errors since July 8 at KC.

#5 BRANDON GUYER, OF Wed: 2-4, 2B, RBI, HBP CWS Series: 2-8, 2B, RBI, BB, R Trip: 4-15, 2-2B, HR, 3-RBI, 5-BB, 3-R vs. LH: .243 (28-115), 4-HR2015: .250/.357/.382, 5-HR, 23-RBI, 10-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.500, 2-4) RISP: .302 (13-43) vs. RH: .258 (25-97), 1-HR

Ê Has been hit by pitch in consecutive games, bringing his total to 15 HBP this season, 2nd in the majors behind CHC Anthony Rizzo (22)…nine of his last 10 HBP have been vs. LHP…his 15 HBP are the 2nd-most in a single season in club history, after Sean Rodriguez in 2011 (18).

Ê Had a leadoff homer on Sun at BOS off Wade Miley, the second of his career…has the only two for the Rays this season (also April 26 at TOR). Ê Ranks among team leaders in SB (10, T-2nd), HBP (15, 1st—2nd in the majors) and OBP (.357, 2nd—min. 100 PA), trailing Logan Forsythe (.366). Ê Has played in 84 games with 52 starts (27-LF, 13-RF, 11-CF, 1-DH)…is 1 of 3 AL players with at least 10 starts at all 3 OF positions (Jarrod Dyson,

Colby Rasmus)…has started all 32 Rays games vs. left-handed starters, including 31 of 32 at leadoff.

#28 JOHN JASO, 1B/OF/DH Wed: 0-1 (PH in 5th) CWS Series: 0-2 Trip: 5-8, 2-2B, 2-RBI, BB, 2-R vs. LH: .333 (2-6)2015: .339/.408/.500, 1-HR, 7-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-2 RISP: .400 (4-10) vs. RH: .339 (19-56), 1-HR

Ê Batting .339/.400/.500 (21-for-62) since being reinstated from the 60-day DL on July 7. Ê Hasn’t started since Sat at BOS, when he reached 4 times to tie a career high (10th time) and had a career-high-tying 3 hits (17th time). Ê Batting .160/.276/.240 (4-for-25) in 10 games (8 starts) at home, compared to .459/.500/.676 (17-for-37) in 15 games (8 starts) on the road. Ê On July 31 at BOS, had his first multi-RBI game since July 27, 2014 at TEX (with OAK)…had a 2-out, 2-run, go-ahead PH double. Ê Has played in 25 games and made 16 starts (13-DH, 3-LF)…has made 13 starts at leadoff…his 3 starts in LF are the first of his career in the OF…

played 39 innings in LF this spring, his first time in the outfield since high school…suffered a left wrist contusion on Opening Day; missed 83 G.

#39 KEVIN KIERMAIER, OF Wed: 0-5, E8 CWS Series: 3-15, 2-RBI, R Trip: 6-24, 3B, 3-RBI, R vs. LH: .244 (19-78)2015: .244/.276/.398, 4-HR, 21-RBI, 11-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-5 RISP: .300 (21-70) vs. RH: .244 (66-271), 4-HR

Ê Leads the majors with 11 triples (last Sun at BOS), more than the Mets have as a team (10)…nine of his 11 3B have come on the road. Ê Ranks among team leaders in 2B (20, 4th), XBH (35, T-2nd), SB (11, 1st) and multi-hit games (22, 3rd)…all 11 SB have come since May 16, T-7th in

the AL over that span…has gone 184 at-bats since his last homer on June 3 at LAA, a 10th-inning solo shot on June 3 at LAA off Huston Street. Ê On Tue at CWS had his first multi-RBI game since May 7 vs. TEX…had a pair of singles vs. Chris Sale, first multi-hit game vs. LH since April 26 vs. TOR. Ê Has played 104 games with 88 starts (86-CF, 2-RF)…on Wed at CWS made a 1st-inning fielding error, his first error since May 23 vs. OAK…has 12

OF assists, 2nd among ML CF and T-3rd among Rays CF in club history for a single season…leads the majors with 20.6 UZR, per Fangraphs…Ultimate Zone Rating puts a run value to defense, attempting to quantify how many runs a player has saved (or given up) defensively.

#21 JAMES LONEY, 1B Wed: 1-4, IBB CWS Series: 2-6, 2-BB Trip: 6-16, 2B, 3-RBI, 2-BB vs. LH: .214 (9-42), 1-HR2015: .265/.320/.345, 3-HR, 20-RBI, 2-SB Current Hitting Streak: 2G (.400, 2-5) RISP: .314 (16-51) vs. RH: .278 (44-158), 2-HR

Ê Batting .355 (11-for-31) in his last 10 games (7 starts) since July 25, after hitting .111 (4-for-36) in his previous 11 games (10 starts). Ê Last homered on July 7 at KC (G1), bringing him to within 2 HR of 100 for his career…only has 1 XBH in 23 games (19 starts) since then. Ê Batting .314 (16-for-50) with RISP, highest on the team (min. 20 AB)…is 3-for-5 with RISP in August, after hitting .158 (3-for-19) with RISP in July. Ê Has made 4 errors this season, all since July 7 at KC (G2)…had 2 in the same at-bat on July 20 at PHI, his second career multi-error game. Ê Has made two DL stints this season (April 8-23, May 25–July 2), after none from 2006-14.

#3 EVAN LONGORIA, 3B Wed: 3-5, 2B, HR, RBI, 2-R CWS Series: 7-14, 2-2B, HR, 3-RBI, 2-R Trip: 12-26, 3-2B, HR, 4-RBI, 3-BB, 4-R vs. LH: .330 (29-88), 4-HR2015: .279/.348/.435, 12-HR, 48-RBI, 3-SB Current Hitting Streak: 6G (.462, 12-26) RISP: .256 (22-86) vs. RH: .264 (80-303), 8-HR

Ê On Wed at CWS had his 3rd 3-hit game in his last 6 G, and his first multi-XBH game since June 27 vs. BOS, fourth this season…has a 6-game hitting streak, has hit safely in 12 of his last 13 and has reached base in all 13 games since July 22, his longest since April 25–May 22, 2013 (25).

Ê Batting .292/.338/.528 (21-for-72) with 8 2B, 3 HR and 7 RBI since the All-Star break…ranks T-2nd in the majors in doubles since the break. Ê Ranks among team leaders in RBI (48, 2nd), doubles (25, 1st), HR (12, 3rd), hits (109, 1st), walks (39, 2nd), runs scored (47, T-1st), multi-hit games (25,

T-1st) and game-winning RBI (10, 1st—and T-5th in the AL)…is the club’s all-time leader in HR (196), 2B (251), XBH (459), RBI (683) and SLG (.488). Ê Is 5-for-his-last 7 with RISP…ranks 9th in the AL with a .413 OBP vs. LHP…has made 7 errors this season, 5 of them since June 19.

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#7 DANIEL NAVA, 1B/OF Wed: -- CWS Series: -- Trip: -- vs. LH: .125 (1-8)2015: .152/.260/.182, 0-HR, 7-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-9 RISP: .278 (5-18) vs. RH: .155 (9-58)

Ê Claimed off waivers on Wednesday from Boston…hit .152/.260/.182 in 29 games, 18 starts (12-RF, 5-1B, 1-LF) and was DFA on July 28. Ê Will be the 49th player to play for the Rays this year…is the only current Ray to have played with Manager Kevin Cash in the majors (Boston in 2010). Ê Spent 48 games on the DL from May 26–July 20 with a left thumb sprain…is a career .285/.377/.415 (289-for-1015) hitter vs. RHP. Ê Hit a grand slam on his first pitch seen in the majors on June 12, 2010 vs. PHI with BOS, becoming the second player in major league history to do that.

#44 RENE RIVERA, C Wed: 0-3 CWS Series: 3-8, RBI Trip: 4-11, RBI vs. LH: .195 (16-82)2015: .183/.215/.290, 5-HR, 25-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-4 RISP: .220 (13-59) vs. RH: .177 (30-170), 5-HR

Ê Has thrown out 11 of his last 21 potential base-stealers and 17 of his last 34 (50 pct.) after starting the season 2-for-14…his 39.6 pct. eraser rate is 3rd in the majors behind DET James McCann (41.7) and SF Buster Posey (41.4)…his 19 CS ranks T-2nd in the AL.

Ê Has made 76 starts (73-C, 2-1B, 1-DH)…has 9 errors, most among major league catchers; most by a Rays catcher since Dioner Navarro in 2007 (14…has only started 4 of the last 11 team games (36.4 percent), compared to 69 of the first 98 team games (70.0 percent).

Ê Has 16 RBI in his last 54 games (48 starts) since May 15, compared to 19 RBI in his first 31 G (28 GS) this year.

#36 RICHIE SHAFFER, INF Wed: 0-1, BB CWS Series: 1-11, HR, RBI, 3-BB, 2-R Trip: 1-11, HR, RBI, 3-BB, 2-R vs. LH: .000 (0-5)2015: .143/.455/.571, 1-HR, 1-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-2 RISP: .000 (0-2) vs. RH: .500 (1-2), HR

Ê On Tue at CWS became the 8th Ray to homer for his first major league hit, 3rd this season (also Nathan Karns and Mikie Mahtook). Ê Batting .143 (1-for-7) with 1 HR, 1 RBI, 3 BB and 5 SO since his selection from Triple-A Durham on Mon at CWS…made his major league debut that

night and was HBP in his first career PA, joining Delmon Young (Aug 29, 2006 at CWS) as the only Rays to ever do that. Ê 24-year-old has played 3B (75 G), 1B (11 G, all for Durham) and DH (8 games) in the minors this year…selected in 2012 (No. 25 overall) out of

Clemson, joining Evan Longoria as the only 3B drafted in the first round by the Rays…wore No. 8 from Little League through college as a nod to Cal Ripken Jr. …had 3 multi-HR games for Durham: May 24 at SWB in his Triple-A debut, June 12 at LOU (3 HR) and July 9 at CHA.

#24 GRADY SIZEMORE, OF Wed: 0-2 (PH in 6th) CWS Series: 2-6, 2B, HR, 2-RBI, 3-R Trip: 2-11, 2B, HR, 2-RBI, 3-R vs. LH: .308 (4-13), HR2015: .238/.268/.344, 3-HR, 15-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-4 RISP: .211 (8-38) vs. RH: .231 (34-147), 2-HR

Ê Has been up since Aug 1 for his second stint with the Rays this season (also June 28-July 20). Ê Is 2-for-11 since his recall, both hits coming on Mon at CWS—a game-tying HR in the 8th and a PH double in the 7th…became the fifth player in Rays

history to record 2 XBH after entering as a sub, first since Matt Joyce on Sep 29, 2012 at CWS (2 HR) Ê Batting .262 (33-for-126) in 41 games (30 starts) since the beginning of May, compared to .147 (5-for-34) in 17 games (7 starts) this April. Ê Has made 14 starts (7-DH, 5-RF, 2-LF) for the Rays…has 3 HR and 9 RBI in 19 G (14 starts) with TB, compared to 0 HR and 6 RBI in 39 G (23 starts) with PHI. Ê Hit .409 (9-for-22) in his first 6 games (5 starts) with the Rays, including 3 hits in his Rays debut on June 28 vs. BOS, tying a club record for a debut.

RAYS BULLPEN NOTES#26 BRAD BOXBERGER, RH Last App: 8/5 at CWS (L, 0.1-IP, 1-H, 1-R, 3-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: 27-29 vs. LH: .225 (20-89), 2-HR2015: 4-7-27, 3.07 ERA, 48 G Long Relief App: 1.2, 7/22 at PHI IR-RS: 10-3 vs. RH: .222 (16-72), 3-HR

Ê On Wed at CWS, took his 7th loss, most among ML relievers, after yielding a 10th-inning, bases-loaded walk following a leadoff single and 2 inten-tional walks…was his club-record 5th walk-off loss of the season and the 8th time in club history the Rays lost on a walk-off walk.

Ê Ranks T-2nd in the AL in saves, trailing MIN Glen Perkins (29)…ranks 7th among AL relievers in SO (56) and T-1st in BB (24). Ê According to Baseball Reference, 172 of his 190 BF—90.5 pct.—have come in “Late & Close” situations (PA in the 7th inning or later with the batting

team tied, ahead by one or the tying run on deck)…it’s the 2nd-highest rate in the majors behind Jake McGee (91.7). Ê Has converted his last 12 save opportunities (last Mon at CWS)…hasn’t blown a save since June 13 vs. CWS.

#31 XAVIER CEDEÑO, LH Last App: 8/3 at CWS (0.1-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-2 vs. LH: .206 (14-68)2015: 1-1-0, 2.59 ERA, 48 G Long Relief App: 1.1, 5/13 vs. NYY IR-RS: 31-5 vs. RH: .308 (16-52), 3-HR

Ê Has made 9 straight scoreless apps since the All-Star break, spanning 6.2 IP (since July 19)…has 3 H, 0 BB and 10 SO in that span. Ê Since joining Rays on April 28, is T-2nd in the AL (behind DET Blaine Hardy, 45) with 43 apps—37 scoreless—and has compiled a 2.22 ERA (28.1-IP, 7-ER). Ê Has inherited 24 baserunners with the Rays…has only allowed 3 to score (12.5 pct.—T-2nd in the AL)…inherited 7 runners with the Nationals. Ê Left-handed batters are 2-for-their-last-24 against him…has only yielded 2 XBH to LHB all season (last Seth Smith double on June 4 at SEA).

. #37 ALEX COLOME, RH Last App: 8/4 at CWS (1.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 2-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: .288 (49-170), 4-HR2015: 4-4-0, 4.37 ERA, 21 G, 13 GS Long Relief App: 3.0, 7/26 vs. BAL IR-RS: 2-2 vs. RH: .283 (41-145), 5-HR

Ê On Sat at BOS, pitched a scoreless 4th inning in relief before allowing 4 of his 6 BF to reach in the 5th inning (2-1B, 2-BB). Ê Had 4 SO on July 26 vs. BAL, most by a Rays reliever since Andrew Bellatti on May 16 at MIN (4)…was the longest scoreless relief app of his career (3-IP). Ê Has 14 SO to 3 BB in 13.1 IP since moving to the bullpen, compared to a 1.83 SO/BB ratio (44-SO, 24-BB) in his 13 starts this season. Ê Has a 2.70 ERA (13.1-IP, 4-ER) over his 8 relief apps this year…has a 0.90 ERA (10-IP, 1-ER) in 6 relief apps since the All-Star break.

. #54 STEVE GELTZ, RH Last App: 8/5 at CWS (1.0-IP, 2-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: 2-3 vs. LH: .213 (17-80), 2-HR2015: 2-4-2, 3.66 ERA, 52 G, 2 GS Long Relief App: 2.0, 2x-last 6/24 vs. TOR IR-RS: 20-2 vs. RH: .150 (15-100), 4-HR

Ê On Wed at CWS, pitched scoreless 7th inn…allowed 2 1B before a SO and his third GIDP this season…leads AL with 52 apps (2 starts, both at NL parks). Ê Allowed a 2-R HR to Carlos Sanchez in the 7th inning on Mon at CWS, giving the White Sox a 4-3 lead, his first blown save of the year. Ê Earned the win on Sun at BOS, inducing a flyout to Xander Bogaerts, his only batter faced, in the 7th…Rays rallied for 2 runs in the 8th…was first

Rays pitcher to earn a win after facing one batter since Brandon Gomes on Sep 18, 2013 vs. TEX (12th inning). Ê Has a 6.75 ERA (17.1-IP, 13-ER) in his last 19 apps (since June 26) after a 2.10 ERA (34.1-IP, 8-ER) in his first 33 apps. Ê Only 2 of his 20 IR have scored (10.0 pct.—2nd in the AL, min. 20 IR)…had a club-record streak of 32 consecutive batters retired end on June 24 vs. TOR.

#47 BRANDON GOMES, RH Last App: 8/5 at CWS (1.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 2-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-1 vs. LH: .231 (15-65), 1-HR2015: 1-4-0, 4.38 ERA, 39 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 3x-last 4/29 at NYY IR-RS: 23-6 vs. RH: .286 (22-77), 4-HR

Ê On Wed at CWS, didn’t allow baserunner for 5th time in his last 11 apps (since July 7)…has allowed at least 2 baserunners in other 6 apps during that span. Ê Has allowed run(s) in 8 of his last 20 apps since June 12, increasing his ERA from 2.14 to its current 4.38…only allowed run(s) in 4 of his first 20

apps this season before that…has a 7.31 ERA (16-IP, 13-ER) over that stretch of 20 apps, and a 9.64 ERA (9.1-IP, 10-ER) over his last 11 apps. Ê Has inherited 23 baserunners, 2nd on the team (Cedeño, 24), but has only entered with runners on base once in his last 18 apps (since June 17 at WAS). Ê Has only allowed 10 BB in 39 apps this season, but 7 BB have come over his last 16 apps since June 20.

#57 JAKE MCGEE, LH Last App: 8/5 at CWS (1.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 1-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: 5-7 vs. LH: .176 (6-34), 1-HR2015: 1-1-5, 1.88 ERA, 30 G Long Relief App: 1.1, 7/10 vs. HOU IR-RS: 2-0 vs. RH: .171 (12-70), 1-HR

Ê On Wed at CWS, pitched scoreless 8th inn., yielding only a 2-out BB…was second time in 30 apps he didn’t induce a swinging strike (also July 27 vs. DET). Ê Pitched perfect 8th inning on Mon at CWS to earn first win of the season…was just his third perfect outing in his last 11 apps. Ê Allowed a 2-R HR to BOS Mike Napoli July 31 at BOS, his first HR allowed since Kyle Seager’s grand slam on May 26 vs. SEA. Ê From May 29–July 24 made 21 consecutive scoreless apps, tied for the 2nd-longest streak in club history (behind J.P. Howell, 24 straight apps in 2012). Ê According to Baseball Reference, 100 of 109 BF (91.7 pct.) have been in “Late & Close” situations, the highest rate in the majors (min. 50 BF)…see Brad

Boxberger’s notes for details…ranks 3rd among AL relievers with a 7.80 SO/BB ratio (39-SO, 5-BB), and 4th striking out 35.8 pct. of BF.

#49 KIRBY YATES, RH Last App: 8/4 at CWS (1.0-IP, 1-H, 1-R, 0-BB, 0-SO, 1-HR) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: .389 (7-18), 3-HR2015: 0-0-0, 7.71 ERA, 10 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 4/14 at TOR IR-RS: 6-3 vs. RH: .304 (7-23), 2-HR

Ê Has allowed a home run in 4 straight apps, first Rays reliever to do so since Doug Creek on June 25-July 19, 2002…yieled a solo homer in the 9th, his 9th HR allowed in 45.1 career innings…the only Rays reliever to allow a HR in 5 straight apps was Jason Standridge in apps spanning 2001 to 2002.

Ê Recalled on July 31 for his third stint with the Rays this season (also June 23-30 and Opening Day-June 9; placed on 15-day DL on April 15, rein-stated and subsequently optioned on June 9)…went 0-2-5 with a 6.00 ERA (18.0-IP, 12-ER), 23 SO and 9 BB in 17 apps with Durham.

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RAYS BY THE NUMBERSCurrent Streak: L1 When commit error: 17-30 Hit homer: 38-29Current Record: 54-55 Ahead after 6-7-8: 41-7/44-2/50-0 Homer with men on: 18-10Home/Road: 27-30/27-25 Behind after 6-7-8: 6-39/4-43/0-46 Hit multiple homers: 16-8Day/Night: 15-21/39-34 Tied after 6-7-8: 7-9/6-10/4-9 Score first: 39-15Grass/Turf: 23-22/31-33 1-run games: 16-19 Score 5 or more: 25-12vs. East: 24-26 2-run games: 15-10 Score less than 5: 29-43vs. Central: 10-13 Extra innings: 2-8 Outhit opponents: 38-15vs. West: 13-11 Win in last at-bat: 8 Outhit by opponents: 10-35vs. National League: 7-5 Come-from-behind wins: 21 Collect 10 or more hits: 19-13vs. RH/LH starters: 34-43/20-12 Opp. come-from-behind wins: 19 Opp. 10 or more hits: 5-23Series W-L-T (home): 6-9-3 Series W-L-T (road): 9-7-1 Wearing white/gray/navy/lt. blue: 22-21/11-13/17-16/3-5

HOME RUNS1R 2R 3R GS TOTAL

Souza Jr. 9 3 3 15Forsythe 10 3 13Longoria 8 1 3 12Cabrera 6 1 7Casali 5 2 7Butler 4 2 6Beckham 2 3 5DeJesus 4 1 5Guyer 4 1 5Rivera 2 1 2 5Kiermaier 3 1 4Loney 2 1 3Mahtook 2 1 3Sizemore 3 3Elmore 1 1 2Dykstra 1 1Franklin 1 1Jaso 1 1Karns 1 1Shaffer 1 1TOTALS 68 21 11 - 100

RUN SUPPORT FOR STARTING PITCHERSPITCHER STARTS RUNS RUNS/START RUNS/9-IP CLUB RECORD QUALITYAndriese 7 16 2.29 4.45 4-3 1Archer 23 64 2.78 3.87 13-10 15Colome 13 21 1.61 2.74 3-10 3Geltz 2 0 0.00 0.00 1-1 0Karns 21 46 2.19 3.44 10-11 8Moore 6 16 2.67 5.40 1-5 0Odorizzi 17 37 2.18 3.21 9-8 11Ramirez 17 45 2.65 4.43 11-6 5Smyly 3 6 2.00 3.24 2-1 2

RAYS PITCHING BY THE NUMBERS

LAST HR OFF ’15 MOST HITS GAME ’15 MOST RBI GAMEBeckham 5/22 vs. OAK Leon 2, 8x-last, 7/28 vs. DET 4, 7/28 vs. DETButler 6/19 at CLE Carrasco 4, 5/31 at BAL 2, 5x-last, 6/12 vs. CWSCabrera 8/4 at CWS Webb 4, 8/5 at CWS 2, 4x-last, 8/5 at CWSCasali 7/28 vs. DET Price 3, 3x-last, 7/28 vs. DET 3, 2x-last, 7/28 vs. DETForsythe 8/4 at CWS Sale 3, 6x-last, 6/26 vs. BOS 3, 2x-last, 8/1 at BOSGuyer 8/2 at BOS Miley 3, 5/30 at BAL 4, 4/26 vs. TORJaso 7/7 at KC (2) Volquez 3, 2x-last, 8/1 at BOS 2, 7/31 at BOSKiermaier 6/3 at LAA Street 3, 2x-last, 8/4 at CWS 2, 5x-last, 8/4 at CWSLoney 7/7 at KC (1) Young 4, 5/17 at MIN 3, 5/17 at MINLongoria 8/5 at CWS Rodon 4, 4/25 vs. TOR 3, 5x-last, 7/8 at KCNava 9/14/14 at KC Crow 2, 3x-last, 5/13 at OAK 2, 2x-last, 4/11 at NYYRivera 7/8 at KC Blanton 3, 3x-last, 8/4 at CWS 4, 5/14 vs. NYYShaffer 8/4 at CWS Webb 1, 8/4 at CWS 1, 8/4 at CWSSizemore 8/3 at CWS Duke 4, 5/16 vs. ARI 2, 2x-last, 7/2 vs. CLE

RAYS SEASON HIGHSTEAM BATTING INDIVIDUAL BATTINGLongest win streak 5, April 22-26 Most runs, game, TB 3, 4x-last, Cabrera, 8/4 at CWSLong loss streak 7, June 28-July 4 Most runs, game, Opp 5, Shaw, 8/1 at BOSMost runs game, TB 12, 4/24 vs. TOR Most hits, game, TB 4, 4x-last, Cabrera, 8/5 at CWSMost runs game, Opp 16, 6/16 vs. WAS Most hits, game, Opp 5, 2x-last, Escobar, 6/18 at WASMost runs, inn, TB 7, 4/10 at MIA Most 2B, game, TB 2, 9x-last, Cabrera, 7/28 vs. DETMost runs, inn, Opp 7, 4/18 vs. NYY Most 2B, game, Opp 2, 3x-last, Smith, 5/25 vs. SEAMost hits, game, TB 19, 5/17 at MIN Most HR, game, TB 2, 3x-last, Casali, 7/28 vs. DETMost hits, game, Opp 23, 6/16 vs. WAS Most HR, game, Opp 2, 8x-last, Shaw, 8/1 at BOSMost hits, inn, TB 5, 6x-last, 8/4 at CWS Most RBI, game, TB 4, 3x-last, Beckham, 7/28 vs. DETMost hits, inn, Opp 5, 6x-last, 7/25 vs. BAL Most RBI, game, Opp 6, Seager, 5/26 vs. SEAMost doubles, game, TB 6, 2x-last, 5/31 at BAL Most x-base hits, game, TB 3, Souza Jr., 5/31 at BALMost doubles, game, Opp 5, 6/9 vs. LAA Most x-base hits, game, Opp 3, Shaw, 8/1 at BOSMost HR, game, TB 4, 8/4 at CWS Most steals, game, TB 2, 7x-last, Guyer, 6/27 vs. BOSMost HR, game, Opp 5, 5/11 vs. NYY Most steals, game, Opp 3, DeShields, 5/7 vs. TEXMost x-base hits, game, TB 8, 3x-last, 5/31 at BAL Hitting Streak 10, Longoria, May 16-27Most x-base hits, game, Opp 7, 2x-last, 6/16 vs. WAS TEAM/INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most stolen bases, game, TB 5, 6/22 vs. TOR Most SO, TB Starter 15, Archer, 6/2 at LAAMost stolen bases, game, Opp 4, 6/24 vs. TOR Most SO, Opp Starter 14, Kluber, 7/2 vs. CLEMost walks, game, TB 9, 5/6 at BOS Most SO, TB Reliever 5, Geltz, 4/29 at NYYMost walks, game, Opp 9, 7/3 at NYY Most IP, TB Reliever 4.0, 2x-last, Andriese, 6/17 at WASMost strikeouts, game, TB 19, 7/2 vs. CLE Most walks, game, TB 5, 4x-last, Odorizzi, 7/17 at TORMost strikeouts, game, Opp 16, 4/29 at NYY Most walks, game, Opp 6, Masterson, 5/6 at BOSMost LOB, game, TB 14, 6/22 vs. TOR Most SO, Team, TB 16, 4/29 at NYYMost LOB, game, Opp 12, 2x-last, 6/15 vs. WAS Most walks, Team, TB 9, 7/3 at NYYMost errors, game, TB 3, 2x-last, 7/31 at BOS Low-Hit Game 2, 3x-last, 5 Pitchers, 6/17 at WASMost errors, game, Opp 3, 4x-last, 7/22 at PHI Consecutive Scoreless IP 20.1, McGee, May 29-July 24Longest game, time 4:30, 7/3 at NYY Shortest game, time 2:09, 5/30 at BALLongest game, time (9 inn.) 3:39, 8/1 at BOS Shortest game, time (9 inn.) 2:09, 5/30 at BAL

Grand Slams (-): -Back-to-Back (4): Dykstra/Forsythe (4/17 vs. NYY, A Warren),

Forsythe/Butler (5/11 vs. NYY, C Sabathia), Longoria/Forsythe (7/26 vs. BAL, W Chen),

Cabrera/Shaffer (8/4 at CWS, D Webb)2-HR games (3): Longoria-1 (5/6 at BOS, J Masterson/A Ogando),

Casali-2 (7/27 vs. DET, A Sanchez, B Rondon; 7/28 vs. DET, D Price, D Price)

3-HR games (-): -Pinch-hit (3): Beckham-2 (4/11 at MIA, M Dunn; 4/16 at TOR,

A Loup), Guyer-1 (5/8 vs. TEX, A Claudio)Walk-off (-): -Lead-off (2): Guyer-2 (4/26 vs. TOR, M Buehrle; 8/2 at BOS, W

Miley)Inside-the-park (1): Forsythe-1 (7/8 at KC, J Guthrie)

HOME RUNS

CATCHERSPCT CS ATT

Casali .222 4 18Rivera .396 19 48Wilson .250 5 20TOTALS .326 28 86

Game-Tying & Go-Ahead RBI: Longoria (19), For-sythe (16), Souza Jr. (14), Cabrera (10), DeJesus (9), Loney (9), Guyer (8), Jaso (6), Kiermaier (6), Rivera (6), Butler (5), Elmore (5), Beckham (4), Sizemore (4), Casali (2), Mahtook (2), Wilson (2), Dykstra (1), Jennings (1), Karns (1)2-Out RBI: Forsythe (17), Rivera (12), Cabrera (10), DeJesus (10), Guyer (9), Kiermaier (9), Longoria (9), Loney (8), Souza Jr. (8), Beckham (7), Elmore (7), Butler (4), Mahtook (4), Casali (3), Jaso (3), Sizemore (3), Franklin (2), Wilson (2), Krauss (1)Outfield Assists: Kiermaier (12), Souza Jr. (8), DeJesus (3), Butler (1), Jaso (1), Jennings (1), Sizemore (1) Bunt Singles: Cabrera (3), Kiermaier (3), Souza Jr. (2), Beckham (1), Franklin (1)Ejections: Cash-2 (4/16 at TOR, 8th inn.; 5/10 vs. TEX, 5th inn.), Cabrera-1 (6/22 vs. TOR, 5th inn.), Shelton-1 (5/10 vs. TEX, 5th 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), 5/17 at MIN (6th inn., 10 batters), 6/3 at LAA (6th inn., 9 batters), 8/4 at CWS (6th inn., 10 batters)

MISC.

1. May 11 vs. NYY—Tim Beckham pop out to SS Didi Gregorius hit off the B-ring catwalk…off Branden Pinder (9th inning).2. June 16 vs. WAS—Clint Robinson home run off the C-ring catwalk in right field (449 feet)…off Alex Colome (2nd inning).3. July 27 vs. DET—Curt Casali home run off the B-ring catwalk in left field (355 feet)…off Bruce Rondon (8th inning).

CATWALKS

LAST HR & PLAYER SEASON HIGHS

Rays Totals (bold): 38 challenges (11 overturned, 13 stand, 14 confirmed) | Opp Totals: 27 challenges (11 overturned, 5 stand, 11 confirmed) Umpire Totals: 10 challenge (0 record keeping, 2 overturned, 2 stand, 6 confirmed)

RUNS BY INNING1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X Total

Opponent 54 47 38 42 47 44 45 49 38 10 414Tampa Bay 41 38 26 43 59 63 49 49 32 4 404

W-L-S G ERA IP H ER BB SO HRTotals 54-55-43 109 3.60 974.1 859 390 319 892 109Starters 36-33-0 109 3.47 612.2 539 236 179 557 63Relievers 18-22-43 109 3.83 361.2 320 154 140 335 46Home 27-30-22 57 3.59 517.0 452 206 158 504 62Road 27-25-21 52 3.62 457.1 407 184 161 388 47April 12-10-10 22 3.70 199.1 155 82 71 184 20May 14-15-11 29 3.10 255.2 216 88 83 248 28June 16-12-13 28 3.32 254.2 245 94 78 235 31July 9-16-7 25 4.04 220.1 196 99 72 183 23August 3-2-2 5 5.48 44.1 47 27 15 42 7

INSTANT REPLAY CHALLENGES (since July 17)GAME CHALLENGED BY INN. PLAYER OF REFERENCE INITIAL CALL RULING DELAYJuly 17 at TOR Toronto T2 Logan Forsythe Safe at 1st Stands 1:57July 18 at TOR Tampa Bay T3 Tim Beckham Out at 1st Overturned 0:45July 18 at TOR Tampa Bay T5 Tim Beckham Out at Home Confirmed 0:57July 20 at PHI Umpire B5 Jeff Francoeur Out at Home Confirmed 0:59July 22 at PHI Tampa Bay T3 Brandon Guyer Foul Ball Overturned 2:30July 22 at PHI Tampa Bay B8 Cody Asche Safe at Home Overturned 3:42July 28 vs. DET Umpire T2 J.D. Martinez Triple Stands 2:42Aug 1 at BOS Tampa Bay T6 Kevin Kiermaier Out at 3rd Stands 2:23Aug 3 at CWS Umpire B6 Jose Abreu Home Run Confirmed TBAAug 5 at CWS Tampa Bay T7 Asdrubal Cabrera Out at 2nd Stands TBA

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).2. May 29 at BAL (L 1-2)—J.J. Hardy single to left field…off Steve Geltz (9th inning).3. June 21 at CLE (L 0-1)—David Murphy sacrifice fly to center field…off Kevin Jepsen (9th inning).4. July 3 at NYY (L 5-7)—Brian McCann home run to right field…off Steve Geltz (12th inning).5. July 4 at NYY (L 2-3)—Ramon Flores sacrifice bunt, throwing error on pitcher…off Brad Box-berger (9th inning).6. July 7 at KC, G1 (L, 5-9)—Paulo Orlando grand slam to left field…off Brad Boxberger (9th inning).7. July 22 at PHI (L 4-5)—Odubel Herrera single to left field…off Brad Boxberger (10th inning).8. August 5 at CWS (L 5-6)—Avisail Garcia bases-loaded walk…off Brad Boxberger (10th inning).

WALK-OFF LOSSES

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C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH 6TH 7TH 8TH 9TH Beckham - - 6-9 - 5-10 - - - 2-2 - 1-0 - - 1-2 1-4 2-7 7-7 1-1Brett - - 0-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0-1 -Butler - - - - - 8-10 - 1-1 19-17 - 20-19 1-0 - 3-6 1-1 - 3-2 -Cabrera - - - - 44-42 - - - 2-0 1-1 0-1 13-10 - 3-1 7-9 22-20 - -Casali 8-12 - - - - - - - 0-1 - - - - - - 1-1 1-1 6-11DeJesus - - - - - 18-25 - 0-1 12-8 8-5 4-0 0-2 6-13 3-2 8-12 1-0 - -Dykstra - 7-4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-4 - 1-0 -Elmore - 14-8 2-3 3-3 2-2 1-2 - - - 1-0 1-0 - - - 7-2 6-6 7-10 -Forsythe - 4-10 43-38 1-3 - - - - 2-1 - 3-1 0-2 18-11 17-29 5-4 7-4 0-1 -Franklin - 2-3 3-5 - 3-1 - - - 1-0 - - - - - 0-1 2-0 7-7 -Guyer - - - - - 19-8 6-5 5-8 0-1 19-12 2-0 - - 1-0 1-1 3-5 4-4 -Jaso - - - - - 1-2 - - 6-7 5-8 2-1 - - - - - - -Jennings - - - - - 6-4 4-3 - 0-1 - - - - 9-7 1-1 - - -Kiermaier - - - - - - 39-47 2-0 - 19-24 - - - - 2-0 5-7 14-14 1-2Krauss - 0-4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0-1 0-3 -Loney - 24-26 - - - - - - 0-1 - - 3-2 13-17 3-4 5-4 - - -Longoria - - - 49-50 - - - - 4-2 - - 37-39 16-13 - - - - -Mahtook - - - - - 1-1 4-0 2-0 - - - - - - 1-0 3-0 3-1 -Rivera 36-37 2-0 - - - - - - 0-1 - - - - - - 2-3 5-4 31-31Shaffer - 1-0 - 1-0 - - - - 0-1 - - - - - 2-0 0-1 - -Sizemore - - - - - 0-2 - 1-4 0-7 0-4 1-7 - 0-1 - 0-1 - - -Souza Jr. - - - - - - - 42-41 - 1-1 20-26 - - 13-3 8-11 - - -Wilson 10-6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-0 9-6

W-L BY BATTING ORDER (STARTS)W-L BY POSITION (STARTS)

RAYS ON THE DISABLED LIST (6)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 16 100 49-51RHP Alex Cobb 60-day Tommy John surgery April 5 March 27 May 27 109 54-55OF Desmond Jennings 60-day Left knee bursitis May 3 April 26 June 25 91 44-47RHP Burch Smith 60-day Tommy John surgery April 8 - June 8 107 54-53LHP Drew Smyly 60-day Torn left labrum May 9 May 6 July 5 82 40-42OF Steven Souza Jr. 15-day Left hand fracture Aug 2 Aug 17 4 3-1

Others (Games Missed): INF Tim Beckham (25, strained right hamstring, 16-9), RH Andrew Bellatti (27, right shoulder tendonitis, 12-15), INF Ryan Brett (34, left shoulder subluxation, 18-16), SS Asdrubal Cabrera (11, right hamstring strain, 5-6), RH Alex Colome (22, pneumonia, 12-10), INF Nick Franklin (38, left oblique strain, 20-18), OF John Jaso (83, left wrist contusion, 43-40), 1B James Loney (15, mild right oblique strain, 8-7; 36, left middle finger fracture, 18-18), LH Jake McGee (36, offseason elbow surgery, 20-16), LH Matt Moore (80, Tommy John surgery, 42-38), RH Jake Odorizzi (33, left oblique strain, 14-19), LH C.J. Riefenhauser (37, left shoulder inflammation, 18-19), LH Drew Smyly (16, left shoulder tendonitis, 8-8), OF Steven Souza Jr. (11, right finger laceration, 4-7), RH Kirby Yates (50, strained right pectoral, 25-25)

June 1 Placed INF Tim Beckham (strained right hamstring) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 31; recalled RH Andrew Bellatti.

June 2 Designated RH Ernesto Frieri for assignment; recalled OF Mikie Mahtook from Durham.June 6 Optioned RH Andrew Bellatti to Durham; recalled LH Enny Romero from Durham.June 9 Placed RH Jake Odorizzi (strained left oblique) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June

6; recalled RH Andrew Bellatti from Durham.June 10 Optioned LH Enny Romero to Durham; recalled RH Preston Guilmet from Durham;

reinstated RH Kirby Yates (strained right pectoral) from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Durham.

June 12 Designated C Bobby Wilson for assignment; placed RH Andrew Bellatti (right shoul-der tendonitis) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 10; optioned RH Preston Guilet to Durham; recalled LH Enny Romero, LH C.J. Riefenhauser and RH Matt Andriese from Durham.

June 13 Optioned OF Mikie Mahtook to Durham; recalled C Curt Casali from Durham.June 17 Optioned LH C.J. Riefenhauser to Durham; selected RH Ronald Belisario from Durham.June 23 Optioned LH Enny Romero to Durham; recalled RH Kirby Yates from Durham.June 25 Acquired 1B/OF Marc Krauss from the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for minor

league RH Kyle Winkler; optioned INF Nick Franklin to Durham.June 26 Selected 1B/OF Marc Krauss from Durham.June 27 Reinstated INF Tim Beckham (strained right hamstring) from the 15-day DL and op-

tioned him to Durham.June 28 Transferred OF Desmond Jennings (left knee bursitis) to the 60-day DL; optioned RH

Matt Andriese to Durham; selected OF Grady Sizemore from Charlotte.July 1 Designated RH Ronald Belisario for assignment; optioned RH Kirby Yates to Dur-

ham; recalled RH Preston Guilmet and LH C.J. Riefenhauser from Durham.July 2 Optioned INF Marc Krauss to Durham; reinstated LH Matt Moore (Tommy John sur-

gery) from the 60-day DL.July 3 Optioned RH Preston Guilmet to Durham; reinstated 1B James Loney (left middle

finger fracture) from the 15-day DL.

July 4 Designated 1B Marc Krauss for assignment; optioned LH C.J. Riefenhauser to Dur-ham; selected LH Everett Teaford from Durham.

July 7 Designated RH Preston Guilmet for assignment; placed OF Steven Souza Jr. (right finger laceration) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 6; reinstated OF John Jaso (left wrist contusion) from the 60-day DL; added RH Matt Andriese from Durham per MLB’s 26th Man Rule.

July 8 Returned RH Matt Andriese to Durham per MLB’s 26th Man Rule; designated LH Everett Teaford for assignment; reinstated RH Andrew Bellatti (right shoulder ten-donitis) from the 15-day DL.

July 11 Optioned RH Andrew Bellatti to Durham; reinstated RH Jake Odorizzi (left oblique strain) from the 15-day DL.

July 12 Placed SS Asdrubal Cabrera (right hamstring strain) on the 15-day DL; recalled INF Tim Beckham from Durham.

July 21 Optioned OF Grady Sizemore to Durham; reinstated OF Steven Souza Jr. (right fin-ger laceration) from the 15-day DL.

July 28 Optioned INF Jake Elmore to Durham; reinstated SS Asdrubal Cabrera (right ham-string strain) from the 15-day DL…acquired minor league RH Eduar Lopez from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in exchange for OF David DeJesus.

July 29 Selected C Bobby Wilson from Durham.July 30 Designated C Bobby Wilson for assignment.July 31 Acquired minor league RH Chih-Wei Hu and minor league RH Alexis Tapia from the

Minnesota Twins in exchange for RH Kevin Jepsen…recalled OF Mikie Mahtook and RH Kirby Yates from Durham.

Aug 1 Optioned OF Mikie Mahtook to Durham; recalled OF Grady Sizemore from Durham.Aug 2 Placed OF Steven Souza Jr. (left hand fracture) on the 15-day DL; recalled OF Mikie

Mahtook from Durham.Aug 3 Optioned LH Matt Moore to Durham; selected INF Richie Shaffer from Durham.Aug 5 Claimed 1B/OF Daniel Nava off waivers from the Boston Red Sox.Aug 6 Optioned OF Mikie Mahtook to Durham.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

2014 CAREERPLAYER W L SV IP H ER SO ERA AVG W L SV IP H ER SO ERA AVGArcher - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Boxberger - - - - - - - - - 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 3 0.00 .125Cedeño 0 0 0 1.2 2 0 2 0.00 .286 0 0 0 5.0 4 0 8 0.00 .211Colome - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Geltz - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Gomes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Karns - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -McGee - - - - - - - - - 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 1 0.00 .000Odorizzi - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Ramirez 0 1 0 7.0 5 2 10 2.57 .200 0 1 0 7.0 5 2 10 2.57 .200Yates - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

RAYS PITCHERS vs. METS

RAYS HITTERS vs. METS2014 CAREER

PLAYER G AB H HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP G AB H HR RBI BB SO AVG OBPBeckham - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Butler - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Cabrera 10 38 7 1 1 7 9 .184 .311 13 49 8 2 5 7 9 .163 .281Casali - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Forsythe - - - - - - - - - 13 37 9 0 1 1 7 .243 .300Guyer - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Jaso 4 11 4 0 1 1 3 .364 .417 4 11 4 0 1 1 3 .364 .417Kiermaier - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Loney - - - - - - - - - 43 150 38 2 14 9 29 .253 .294Longoria - - - - - - - - - 3 11 4 0 1 2 2 .364 .462Nava - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Rivera 3 10 3 1 3 0 3 .300 .300 6 20 7 1 4 0 6 .350 .350Shaffer - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Sizemore 10 25 5 1 4 4 7 .200 .310 19 48 10 1 5 6 15 .208 .296

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RAYS 2015 DAY-BY-DAYPOS. HOME

# 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* L, 2-4 Hunter (1-1) Geltz (1-1) 13-12 T-2/-3.0 16,65226 5/4 at BOS W, 5-1 Odorizzi (3-2) Buchholz (1-4) 14-12 2/-2.0 34,54127 5/5 at BOS L, 0-2 Porcello (3-2) Smyly (0-1) 14-13 2/-3.0 33,68828 5/6 at BOS W, 5-3 Colome (2-0) Masterson (2-1) 15-13 2/-2.0 35,06029 5/7 vs. TEX L, 4-5 Claudio (1-0) Archer (3-4) 15-14 2/-3.0 8,701 219,23530 5/8 vs. TEX W, 8-2 Karns (2-1) Gallardo (2-5) 16-14 2/-3.0 11,704 230,93931 5/9 vs. TEX W, 7-2 Bellatti (1-0) Detwiler (0-4) 17-14 2/-2.0 20,943 251,88232 5/10 vs. TEX L, 1-2 Kela (3-1) Jepsen (0-2) 17-15 2/-3.0 14,521 266,40333 5/11 vs. NYY L, 5-11 Sabathia (1-5) Colome (2-1) 17-16 2/-4.0 10,619 277,02234 5/12 vs. NYY W, 4-2 Jepsen (1-2) Eovaldi (3-1) 18-16 2/-3.0 10,417 287,43935 5/13 vs. NYY W, 3-2 Karns (3-1) Warren (2-2) 19-16 2/-2.0 11,924 299,36336 5/14 vs. NYY W, 6-1 Ramirez (1-1) Whitley (1-2) 20-16 2/-1.0 11,977 311,34037 5/15 at MIN L, 2-3 Hughes (3-4) Odorizzi (3-3) 20-17 2/-1.0 24,01838 5/16 at MIN L, 4-6 Duensing (1-0) Jepsen (1-3) 20-18 2/-2.0 27,12839 5/17 at MIN W, 11-3 Archer (4-4) Gibson (3-3) 21-18 2/-1.0 23,708

5/18 - OFF (4) 2/-1.040 5/19 at ATL W, 5-3 Ramirez (2-1) Foltynewicz (2-1) 22-18 T-1/+2.5 20,12041 5/20 at ATL L, 1-2 Cunniff (2-0) Odorizzi (3-4) 22-19 T-1/+2.5 24,54942 5/21 vs. OAK W, 3-0 Colome (3-1) Chavez (1-4) 23-19 1/+0.5 10,605 321,94543 5/22 vs. OAK W, 5-2 Archer (5-4) Kazmir (2-3) 24-19 1/+1.5 12,329 334,27444 5/23 vs. OAK L, 0-5 Graveman (2-2) Karns (3-2) 24-20 1/+1.5 15,207 349,48145 5/24 vs. OAK L, 2-7 Gray (5-2) Ramirez (2-2) 24-21 1/+1.5 15,692 365,17346 5/25 vs. SEA L, 1-4 Elias (2-1) Odorizzi (3-5) 24-22 1/+0.5 10,401 375,57447 5/26 vs. SEA L, 6-7 (10) Rodney (2-2) Boxberger (2-2) 24-23 2/-0.5 9,628 385,20248 5/27 vs. SEA L, 0-3 Hernandez (8-1) Boxberger (2-3) 24-24 2/-1.5 10,365 395,567

5/28 - OFF (5) 2/-1.049 5/29 at BAL L, 1-2 O’Day (1-0) Gomes (1-2) 24-25 T-2/-1.0 45,50550 5/30 at BAL W, 3-0 Ramirez (3-2) Chen (1-4) 25-25 2/-1.0 38,17751 5/31 at BAL W, 9-5 Odorizzi (4-5) Tillman (2-7) 26-25 T-1/+2.0 36,94552 6/1 at LAA L, 3-7 Richards (5-3) Colome (3-2) 26-26 2/-1.0 27,07853 6/2 at LAA W, 6-1 Archer (6-4) Wilson (3-4) 27-26 2/-1.0 28,77154 6/3 at LAA W, 6-5 (10) Boxberger (3-3) Street (2-2) 28-26 2/-1.0 28,24555 6/4 at SEA W, 2-1 Ramirez (4-2) Elias (2-3) 29-26 2/-0.5 16,09656 6/5 at SEA W, 1-0 Bellatti (2-0) Rodney (2-3) 30-26 2/-0.5 20,69557 6/6 at SEA L, 1-2 Hernandez (9-2) Geltz (1-2) 30-27 2/-1.5 31,10658 6/7 at SEA W, 3-1 Archer (7-4) Montgomery (0-1) 31-27 2/-1.5 27,906

6/8 - OFF (6) 2/-1.559 6/9 vs. LAA L, 2-8 Shoemaker (4-4) Karns (3-3) 31-28 2/-2.5 11,617 407,18460 6/10 vs. LAA W, 4-2 Ramirez (5-2) Weaver (4-6) 32-28 2/-1.5 10,088 417,27261 6/11 vs. LAA L, 2-6 Richards (6-4) Jepsen (1-4) 32-29 2/-2.0 10,779 428,05162 6/12 vs. CWS W, 7-5 Andriese (1-1) Danks (3-6) 33-29 2/-1.0 13,448 441,49963 6/13 vs. CWS W, 5-4 Boxberger (4-3) Putnam (1-2) 34-29 T-1/+1.0 20,248 461,74764 6/14 vs. CWS W, 2-1 Riefenhauser (1-0) Sale (6-3) 35-29 T-1/+1.0 17,962 479,70965 6/15 vs. WAS W, 6-1 Ramirez (6-2) Gonzalez (4-4) 36-29 1/+1.0 10,216 489,92566 6/16 vs. WAS L, 4-16 Roark (3-2) Colome (3-3) 36-30 1/+1.0 11,491 501,41667 6/17 at WAS W, 5-0 Andriese (2-1) Zimmermann (5-5) 37-30 1/+1.0 28,92968 6/18 at WAS W, 5-3 Archer (8-4) Fister (2-3) 38-30 1/+1.0 29,24269 6/19 at CLE W, 4-1 Karns (4-3) Carrasco (8-6) 39-30 1/+1.0 22,81170 6/20 at CLE W, 4-1 Cedeño (1-0) Kluber (3-9) 40-30 1/+1.0 24,67071 6/21 at CLE L, 0-1 Allen (1-2) Jepsen (1-5) 40-31 1/+1.0 20,84772 6/22 vs. TOR L, 5-8 Hutchison (7-1) Andriese (2-2) 40-32 1/+1.0 10,324 511,74073 6/23 vs. TOR W, 4-3 Archer (9-4) Dickey (3-7) 41-32 1/+2.0 11,474 523,21474 6/24 vs. TOR L, 0-1 (12) Cecil (2-4) Gomes (1-3) 41-33 1/+1.0 18,469 541,683

6/25 - OFF (7) 1/+1.575 6/26 vs. BOS L, 3-4 (10) Ogando (2-0) Geltz (1-3) 41-34 1/+0.5 17,508 559,19176 6/27 vs. BOS W, 4-1 Andriese (3-2) Miley (7-7) 42-34 1/+0.5 23,876 583,06777 6/28 vs. BOS L, 3-5 Masterson (3-2) Archer (9-5) 42-35 T-1/+0.5 21,963 605,03078 6/29 vs. CLE L, 1-7 Anderson (1-0) Karns (4-4) 42-36 T-1/+0.5 11,802 616,83279 6/30 vs. CLE L, 2-6 Salazar (7-3) Ramirez (6-3) 42-37 T-1/+0.5 10,437 627,26980 7/1 vs. CLE L, 1-8 Carrasco (10-6) Colome (3-4) 42-38 T-3/-1.0 11,394 638,66381 7/2 vs. CLE L, 4-5 (10) Shaw (1-1) Cedeño (1-1) 42-39 T-3/-1.0 16,353 655,01682 7/3 at NYY L, 5-7 (12) Shreve (6-1) Geltz (1-4) 42-40 T-3/-2.0 43,14183 7/4 at NYY L, 2-3 Betances (5-1) Boxberger (4-4) 42-41 T-3/-3.0 35,50884 7/5 at NYY W, 8-1 Ramirez (7-3) Nova (1-2) 43-41 T-3/-2.0 35,050

POS. HOME# GAME FINAL WINNER LOSER W-L GA/GB ATT. CUM.

7/6 at KC - PPD - Rain (1) - Rescheduled for July 7 3/-2.085 7/7 at KC (1) L, 5-9 Holland (3-0) Boxberger (4-5) 43-42 4/-2.5 22,38686 7/7 at KC (2) L, 1-7 Finnegan (2-0) Gomes (1-4) 43-43 4/-2.5 28,11987 7/8 at KC L, 7-9 Guthrie (7-5) Archer (9-6) 43-44 4/-3.5 28,20488 7/9 at KC L, 3-8 Ventura (4-6) Karns (4-5) 43-45 4/-4.5 32,30889 7/10 vs. HOU W, 3-1 Ramirez (8-3) McHugh (9-5) 44-45 T-3/-4.5 17,129 672,14590 7/11 vs. HOU W, 3-0 Odorizzi (5-5) Keuchel (11-4) 45-45 T-3/-3.5 18,479 690,62491 7/12 vs. HOU W, 4-3 Moore (1-0) McCullers (4-3) 46-45 2/-3.5 16,458 707,082

7/13 - All-Star Break7/14 - All-Star Game AL 6, NL 3 at Great American Ball Park (Cincinnati Reds)7/15 - All-Star Break7/16 - All-Star Break

92 7/17 at TOR L, 2-6 Hutchison (9-2) Odorizzi (5-6) 46-46 T-2/-4.5 32,90893 7/18 at TOR W, 3-2 Jepsen (2-5) Tepera (0-1) 47-46 2/-3.5 41,58394 7/19 at TOR L, 0-4 Estrada (7-5) Archer (9-7) 47-47 T-3/-4.5 41,68395 7/20 at PHI L, 3-5 Buchanan (1-5) Moore (1-1) 47-48 4/-5.0 20,14896 7/21 at PHI W, 1-0 Karns (5-5) Nola (0-1) 48-48 T-3/-5.0 28,70397 7/22 at PHI L, 4-5 (10) Papelbon (2-1) Boxberger (4-6) 48-49 T-3/-6.0 22,252

7/23 - OFF (8) 3/-6.598 7/24 vs. BAL W, 3-1 Colome (4-4) O’Day (5-1) 49-49 T-2/-5.5 17,838 724,92099 7/25 vs. BAL L, 1-5 Gonzalez (9-6) Ramirez (8-4) 49-50 3/-6.5 24,327 749,247100 7/26 vs. BAL L, 2-5 Chen (5-6) Moore (1-2) 49-51 4/-7.5 18,613 767,860101 7/27 vs. DET W, 5-2 Karns (6-5) Sanchez (10-8) 50-51 4/-7.5 13,348 781,208102 7/28 vs. DET W, 10-2 Odorizzi (6-6) Price (9-4) 51-51 3/-7.5 16,326 797,534103 7/29 vs. DET L, 1-2 Verlander (1-3) Archer (9-8) 51-52 4/-7.5 28,057 825,591

7/30 - OFF (9) 4/-7.0104 7/31 at BOS L, 5-7 Tazawa (2-3) McGee (0-1) 51-53 4/-8.0 36,715105 8/1 at BOS L, 7-11 Kelly (3-6) Moore (1-3) 51-54 4/-8.0 35,944106 8/2 at BOS W, 4-3 Geltz (2-4) Tazawa (2-4) 52-54 4/-8.0 35,699107 8/3 at CWS W, 5-4 McGee (1-1) Robertson (4-3) 53-54 4/-7.5 16,496108 8/4 at CWS W, 11-3 Archer (10-8) Sale (9-7) 54-54 4/-7.5 18,499109 8/5 at CWS L, 5-6 (10) Robertson (5-3) Boxberger (4-7) 54-55 4/-7.5 20,028

8/6 - OFF (10) 4/-8.0110 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)

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