OPENING DAY—SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 2017 vs. NEW YORK YANKEESRH Chris Archer (3rd Opening Day Start) vs. RH Masahiro Tanaka (3rd Opening Day Start)

OPENING DAY SCHEDULE—A detailed schedule of today’s events: Ê Parking Lots Open to Fans 8:00 a.m. Ê Media Gate (Gate 4) Opens 8:00 a.m. Ê Clubhouse Opens to Media 8:45 a.m. Ê Rays Manager Kevin Cash Available to Media 9:45 a.m.

(Rays dugout) Ê Gates Open to Fans 10:00 a.m. Ê Rays Batting Practice 10:05 a.m. Ê Yankees Manager Joe Girardi Available to Media 10:30 a.m.

(Yankees dugout) Ê Yankees Batting Practice 11:05 a.m. Ê Team Introductions 12:45 p.m. Ê National Anthem 12:58 p.m. Ê Ceremonial First Pitch 1:00 p.m. Ê Rays Take the Field 1:07 p.m. Ê First Pitch 1:09 p.m.

20TH OPENING DAY—The Rays will open their 20th season at Tropicana Field today against the New York Yankees…the contest is the first game of the 2017 Major League Baseball regular season, marking the second time the Rays have played in MLB’s regular season opener and the first time they have hosted such a game…in 2004, the Rays and Yankees opened the MLB season in Tokyo, a game starting at 6:14 a.m. EST…the contest will air on Fox Sports Sun and ESPN…Tampa Bay is 9-10 in season open-ers as well as 9-10 in home openers…it is the eighth straight year the Rays have opened the schedule at home, tying Oakland for the longest active streak in the AL…the only major league team with a longer current streak is Cincinnati, where it is tradition—the Reds are playing their 27th consecutive Opening Day at home this year…this is the 13th time overall the Rays have opened the season at home, and they are 6-6 in the previous 12 games.

Ê This will be the fourth time the Rays have played the Yankees on Opening Day (2-1; see chart below)…it will also be the fourth time the Rays have hosted the Yankees in their home opener (3-0, with wins in 2004, 2009, 2012).

RAYS SEASON OPENERS—Home games in gray:YEAR GAME FINAL WINNER LOSER ATT.1998 Tues., March 31 vs. DET L, 6-11 J. Thompson W. Alvarez 45,3691999 Mon., April 5 at BAL L, 7-10 M. Mussina W. Alvarez 46,6712000 Mon., April 3 at MIN W, 7-0 S. Trachsel B. Radke 43,8302001 Tues., April 3 vs. TOR W, 8-1 A. Lopez S. Parris 41,5462002 Tues., April 2 vs. DET W, 9-5 V. Zambrano J. Acevedo 38,1422003 Mon., March 31 vs. BOS W, 6-4 S. McClung C. Fox 34,3912004 Tues., March 30 vs. NYY (JPN) W, 8-3 V. Zambrano M. Mussina 55,0002005 Mon., April 4 vs. TOR L, 2-5 R. Halladay D. Brazelton 26,0182006 Mon., April 3 at BAL L, 6-9 R. Lopez S. Kazmir 46,9862007 Mon., April 2 at NYY L, 5-9 L. Vizcaino B. Stokes 55,0312008 Mon., March 31 at BAL W, 6-2 J. Shields J. Guthrie 46,8072009 Tues., April 7 at BOS L, 3-5 J. Beckett J. Shields 37,0572010 Tues., April 6 vs. BAL W, 4-3 R. Soriano M. Gonzalez 36,9732011 Fri., April 1 vs. BAL L, 1-4 J. Guthrie D. Price 34,0782012 Fri., April 6 vs. NYY W, 7-6 F. Rodney M. Rivera 34,0782013 Tues., April 2 vs. BAL L, 4-7 J. Hammel J. McGee 34,0782014 Mon., March 31 vs. TOR W, 9-2 D. Price R. Dickey 31,0422015 Mon., April 6 vs. BAL L, 2-6 C. Tillman C. Archer 31,0422016 Sun., April 3 vs. TOR L, 3-5 M. Stroman C. Archer 31,042

OPENING DAY A SELLOUT—For the 12th consecutive season, the Rays home opener is sold out…it is the longest current home opener sellout streak among the three major sports franchises in Tampa Bay…tickets are available for the remainder of the homestand at raysbaseball.com, the Rays Tampa Store at 400 N. Tampa St., the Tropicana Field Box Office or by call-ing 888-FAN-RAYS…the Rays are 54-21 in regular season games since 2008 when playing in front of home crowds of 30,000 or more.

PARKING; OPENING DAY FREE FOR CARPOOLERS—For the 10th con-secutive year, the Rays will continue to provide carpoolers access to free parking in team-controlled lots…vehicles with four or more people park for free on all Sunday games including Opening Day in Lots 2, 6, 7, 8 and 9…for all other games, the first 100 cars with four or more will park for free up to an hour before game time, with Tropicana Field parking rates ranging from $15 to $30 per vehicle…all parking is subject to availability.

NATIONAL ANTHEM—SSgt. Cherrelle Warren, an Aerospace medical technician from MacDill Air Force Base, will perform “The Star-Spangled Banner” pregame and “God Bless America” during the 7th-inning stretch…the U.S. flag will be presented by United States Central Command’s Joint Service Color Guard.

CEREMONIAL FIRST PITCH—Will be thrown by Gen. Raymond A. Thom-as III, a senior officer in the U.S. Army and current commander of Joint Spe-cial Operations Command…he has participated in numerous combat opera-tions, such as Operation Just Cause in 1989, Gulf War in 1991 and, since 2001, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan…he is a Four Star General.

Previous First Pitches at Rays Home Openers1998 HOFers Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Monte Irvin, Al Lopez 1999 Larry Doby2000 Wade Boggs2001 St. Petersburg Mayor David J. Fischer2002 United States Army General Tommy Franks 2003 Jon Gruden and Rich McKay, Tampa Bay Buccaneers2004 Winky Wright, World Junior Middleweight Champion2005 Racing legend Michael Andretti2006 Al Lopez Jr., Al Lopez III and Al Lopez IV2007 Governor Charlie Crist2008 Governor Charlie Crist and Buccaneers great Mike Alstott2009 Governor Charlie Crist2010 Admiral Eric Thor Olson, Commander, US Special Ops2011 Governor Rick Scott2012 Jim Dundee, son of late boxing legend Angelo Dundee2013 Rays Senior Advisor Don Zimmer and his son Tom2014 Col. Scott V. DeThomas, Commander, 6th Air Mobility Wing2015 Vincent J. Naimoli, Rays Managing General Partner, 1995-052016 George Wendt III, Cheers actor

SUNDAY OPENERS—This is the second year in a row the Rays have opened on a Sunday, after never doing so previously…it is the 16th time the major league season has opened on Sunday…the first was in 1994 when the Cardinals and Reds played at Riverfront Stadium.

NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT—In addition to being carried by Fox Sports Sun locally, Opening Day will be televised nationally by ESPN, overseas by NHK and in the New York market on YES Network…calling the action for ESPN are Jon Sciambi, Rick Sutcliffe and Doug Glanville…it is the first of three Opening Day games ESPN is televising…this is the third time the Rays season opener has been televised nationally, as their 2004 and 2016 open-ers also aired on ESPN.

TURF TALK—While the Rays were away at spring training, Shaw Sports Turf was installed at Tropicana Field, the fifth surface in 20 seasons…the Rays began play in 1998 on AstroTurf, switched to a FieldTurf surface in 2000 and FieldTurf’s improved product in 2007…in 2011, AstroTurf installed Game Day Grass 3D-60 H specifically designed for baseball.

GATES OPEN…WITH PLAYER GREETERS—Stadium gates open at 10 a.m. with players at the gates greeting fans for the first few minutes, continuing a Tropicana Field tradition…during the remainder of the season, gates open 2 hours before game time on Friday, Saturday and Sunday home games and 1½ hours prior Monday through Thursday.

PACK A BRUNCH—The Rays continue to be the only major pro sports team in Florida to allow fans to bring food and select beverages to games.

FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE—The St. Petersburg Baseball Shuttle that runs for each home game from downtown to Tropicana Field has a special sched-ule for today…the free shuttle service will begin at 11:10 a.m. until one hour after the game is over…a shuttle is available approximately every five min-utes…the stops are 1st Avenue North between 1st Street and 2nd Street

First Pitch: 1:09 p.m. | Location: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla. | TV: ESPN, Fox Sports Sun | Radio: WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 (Sp.)Game No.: 1 (0-0) | Home Game No.: 1 (0-0) | All-Time Game No.: 3,077 (1,420-1,656) | All-Time Home Game No.: 1,541 (780-760)

Upcoming Games Time (ET) Probable Starting Pitchers (Rays vs. Opp.) TV | Radio Tues., April 4 vs. NYY 7:10 p.m. RH Jake Odorizzi (10-6, 3.69 in 2016) vs. LH CC Sabathia (9-12, 3.91 in 2016) Fox Sports Sun | WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.)Wed., April 5 vs. NYY 7:10 p.m. RH Alex Cobb (1-2, 8.59 in 2016) vs. RH Michael Pineda (6-12, 4.82 in 2016) FS1 | WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.)Thu., April 6 vs. TOR 7:10 p.m. LH Blake Snell (6-8, 3.54 in 2016) vs. RH Marcus Stroman (9-10, 4.37 in 2016) Fox Sports Sun | WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.)Fri., April 7 vs. TOR 7:10 p.m. RH Matt Andriese (8-8, 4.37 in 2016) vs. LH Francisco Liriano (8-13, 4.69 in 2016) Fox Sports Sun | WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.)Sat., April 8 vs. TOR 6:10 p.m. RH Chris Archer (9-19, 4.02 in 2016) vs. RH Aaron Sanchez (15-2, 3.00 in 2016) Fox Sports Sun | WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.)Sun., April 9 vs. TOR 1:10 p.m. RH Jake Odorizzi (10-6, 3.69 in 2016) vs. RH Marco Estrada (9-9, 3.48 in 2016) Fox Sports Sun | WDAE 620 AM, 760 AM (Sp.)

(near the south pedestrain entrance to the Sundial parking garage), and 16th Street just south of 3rd Avenue South…for more info, visit stpetetrolley.com. SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE—All fans attending the Rays opener will receive a Rays schedule magnet, courtesy of Tropicana, while supplies last.

RAYS UNVEIL 4-SEAM BLONDE—Opening Day will mark the debut of the 4-Seam American Lager (4.8% ABV)…the Rays created the craft beer in partnership with Green Bench Brewing in St. Petersburg, the second straight year they have partnered exclusively for sale at Tropicana Field…the Rays and Green Bench worked to make 4-Seam a light, refreshing and thirst quenching lager with bright clarity and high drinkability…fans can pur-chase it at various stands throughout the ballpark.

INDULGE YOURSELF IN OUR NEW FOOD OFFERINGS—The Rays and Centerplate have introduced new food and beverage items for the 2017 sea-son, as well as announcing Marcelo Miranda as Executive Chef…a graduate of the esteemed Culinary Institute of America, he was formerly the Executive Chef for the Atlanta Braves and the Kansas City Speedway, culinary director for the WinStar World Casino and he regularly performs volunteer work for local food networks…new offerings for 2017 at Tropicana Field include:

Ê Urban Dugout—This food stand operated by St. Pete’s very own Urban Restaurant Group will feature a selection of favorites, includ-ing their famous crispy fried chicken sandwich, chicken and waffles, homemade mac and cheese and delicious BBQ plates.

Ê The Fish Shack—This new concession stand in the First Base Food Court offers Florida seafood favorites, including delicious crispy fried fish sandwiches, fried seafood baskets and garlic crab fries.

Ê The Wine Cellar—Located in Center Field Street, it serves premium wines by the glass or full bottle carafe for fans to share in their seats.

Ê Cuban Favorites—Try a fun twist on a Tampa Bay classic, like the Cuban burger or vegetarian Cuban which has fresh grilled veggies and mozzarella cheese…for traditionalists, the classic Cuban sand-wich is also available from this stand in the Third Base Food Court.

Ê Grilled Cheese Burger—Features fresh, locally-sourced ground beef patty between two buttery grilled cheese sandwiches…the burg-er is located at the Burger Up! stand in the First Base Food Court.

Ê Brunch Bloody Mary—Offered during all day games in the First and Third Base Food Courts, the Brunch Bloody Mary contains a skewer of sausage, egg, chicken and waffles, bacon and donuts served in a keepsake mason jar.

BUT WAIT…THERE’S MORE—All season long, 7-Eleven will offer kids 14 and under free Slurpee samples out of their alcove in Right Field Street…the flavor, Rays Blue Raspberry, is available exclusively at Tropicana Field.

VALUE-LADEN SPECIALS ALL SEASON LONG—The Rays will offer fans ticket promotions for home games Monday through Friday for the 2017 regular season, presented by Tampa General Hospital.

Ê Salute to Service Monday, presented by Suncoast Credit Union—Expanding on last year’s Military Mondays program, this year’s Sa-lute to Service allows Military, Teachers and First Responders the opportunity to receive two (2) complimentary tickets to all six (6) Mon-day home games, ten (10) additional bonus dates and special ticket offers throughout the season…Military, Teachers and First Respond-ers are encouraged to visit raysbaseball.com/specials to sign up…affiliation will once again be verified by ID.me, a third-party MLB ap-proved verification service…tickets will be made available one week prior to each scheduled game date.

Ê $2 Kids Tuesdays, presented by Morgan Auto Group—For all Tues-day home games, tickets for kids 14 and under are $2 with the pur-chase of a full price adult ticket…$2 Hot Dogs, presented by Kayem Franks, are available for all fans for all Tuesday home dates.

Ê MLB.com Ballpark App Wednesdays—For all Wednesday home games, fans may purchase half-priced Lower Corner and Upper Lev-el tickets exclusively through the MLB.com Ballpark App…Wednes-days also feature special promotions that are available exclusively through the app…to access special ticket offers and promotions throughout the season, fans are encouraged to download the MLB.com Ballpark App from the App Store or Google Play.

Ê Senior Special Thursdays, presented by Duke Energy—For all Thursday home games, Press Level tickets for fans 60 years of age and older are only $15.

Ê $7.11 Fridays, presented by 7-Eleven—For all Friday home games, fans may purchase Upper Level tickets for only $7.11…to take ad-vantage of this special price, fans should visit a participating local 7-Eleven store and pick up the Rays Friday night discount coupon…the coupon code will be redeemable online or at the Tropicana Field Box Office…each coupon will be good for up to four (4) tickets…cou-pons for this special offer will be in stores starting March 15.

RULE CHANGES FOR 2017—Major League Baseball and the MLB Play-ers Association jointly agreed to a series of modifications to be implemented for the 2017 regular season…the changes include the following:

Ê The start of a no-pitch intentional walk, allowing the defensive team’s manager to signal a decision to the home plate umpire to intention-ally walk the batter…following the signal of the manager’s intention, the umpire will immediately award first base to the batter.

Ê A 30-second limit for a manager to decide whether to challenge a play and invoke replay review.

Ê When a manager has exhausted his challenges for the game, Crew Chiefs may now invoke replay review for non-home run calls begin-ning in the 8th inning instead of the 7th inning.

Ê A conditional two-minute guideline for Replay Officials to render a decision on a replay review, allowing various exceptions.

Ê A prohibition of any markers on the field that could create a tangible reference system for fielders.

Ê An addition to Rule 5.07 formalizes an umpire interpretation by stipu-lating that a pitcher may not take a second step toward home plate with either foot or otherwise reset his pivot foot in his delivery of the pitch…if there is at least one runner on base, then such an action will be called as a balk under Rule 6.02(a)…if the bases are unoccupied, then it will be considered an illegal pitch under Rule 6.02(b).

Ê The 15-day disabled list has been replaced by a 10-day DL…teams can now make a DL move by no more than 3 days retroactively (pre-viously 5 days)…the 60-day DL and 7-day concussion DL remain.

CAN’T MAKE IT? TUNE IN—Opening Day is the first of 150 Rays games tele-vised by Fox Sports Sun in 2017 with Dewayne Staats and Brian Anderson in the booth…Staats, the Rays play-by-play voice since the inaugural 1998 season, enters his 20th season with the Rays…Anderson enters his seventh season as full-time color analyst, and ninth on the broadcast team…new this year is Alex Corddry, in-game reporter and host of select “Inside the Rays” episodes…Orestes Destrade and former Rays pitcher Doug Waechter return as analysts, while Rich Hollenberg is back for his fourth season as host.

FOX SPORTS SUN TV COVERAGE—Fox Sports Sun has a full afternoon of coverage planned for Opening Day, starting at 11:30 a.m. …a special, one-hour pregame show will be televised live statewide from Tropicana Field, starting at 12 p.m. …Staats, Anderson, Corddry, Destrade, Waechter and Hollenberg will all be-on site…the full schedule:

Ê 11:30 a.m.–Inside the Rays Ê 12:00 p.m.–Rays LIVE Pregame Show Ê 1:00 p.m.–Opening Day: New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays Ê 4:00 p.m.–Rays LIVE Postgame Show Ê 4:30 p.m.–Inside the Rays

STEADY IN THE BOOTH—Andy Freed and Dave Wills return to the Rays radio booth for a 13th season together, and pre- and postgame host Neil Solondz is back for a sixth season…among all 30 major league broadcast teams, only two have a longer tenured full-season radio broadcast duo than Dave and Andy: Detroit (Dan Dickerson & Jim Price entering 15th sea-son together) and San Francisco (Jon Miller & Dave Flemming entering 14th season together)…Solondz begins his sixth season on the Rays Radio team as host of the pregame and postgame shows, fill-in play-by-play voice as well as This Week in Rays Baseball and Prospect Spotlight.

Ê On the Spanish-language side, Enrique Oliu is entering his 19th sea-son of broadcasting Rays games on the radio and Ricardo Taveras begins his 15th campaign…they can be heard on Genesis 680 AM most games except Sundays when they are carried on Radio Luz 760 AM.

GET YER PROGRAM—For the 11th consecutive season, the Rays game program, Inside Pitch, is available for free to all fans…Issue 1 features RH Alex Cobb on the cover.

SEASON TICKETS—Rays Season Tickets continue to provide fans the greatest value and assortment of benefits…fans can take advantage of the Double Play season ticket, which freezes your price for the 2018 season, and includes an assortment of gift options, including a charter flight to Miami to see the Rays take on the Marlins…by becoming a Rays Season Ticket Holder, fans receive exclusive benefits including access to Rays Rewards, a points program that enables them to earn points redeemable for once-in-a-lifetime experiences with Rays players and coaches, memorabilia and more…in ad-dition, they also receive access to the Republic Bank Draft Room, a club area for Rays Season Ticket Holders…fans can purchase 2017 Season Tickets today through raysbaseball.com or by calling 888-FAN-RAYS.

K’S FOR KIDS—Every strikeout recorded by RH Chris Archer this sea-son will benefit the local nonprofit Starting Right, Now…for every strike-out, he and the Rays Baseball Foundation will each donate $25…Starting Right, Now combats homelessness for youth through one-on-one mentor-ing, providing a stable home, obtaining employment, teaching financial literacy/life skills and promoting educational achievement…fans can also make a pledge by visiting raysbaseball.com/archer…over the last two sea-sons, his 485 SO raised more than $35,000, which was split between Burg Baseball Inc. and Tampa RBI.

FOR FURRY FRIENDS—For the sixth consecutive season, every home run hit by 3B Evan Longoria will benefit Pet Pal Animal Shelter, a no-kill, nonprofit shelter in St. Petersburg…for each of his home runs this season, Longoria will join the Rays Baseball Foundation, Ducky’s Sports Lounge, the DeBartolo Family Foundation, Kids Artistic Revue Competition and Stepps Towing Service to each donate $100 to the shelter…since 2012, Longoria’s 128 HR have generated $61,300 for the shelter.

VICTORIES FOR VETERANS—For the second consecutive season, Duke Energy will contribute $1,000 for every Rays regular season win to Tampa Bay-area agencies working to support veterans in our community…as part of the program, veteran organizations can apply to Duke Energy to receive a portion of those funds.

SIXTY! LET’S SEE SOME SON-OF-A-B---- TRY AND TOP THAT ONE—A warm welcome to MLB.com Senior Correspondent Hal Bodley, who is covering his 60th consecutive Opening Day as a reporter.

BASEBALL NOTESOPENING DAY 25-MAN ROSTER BREAKDOWN—

Ê Rookies (2)—RH Austin Pruitt, INF Daniel Robertson Ê Youngest—INF Daniel Robertson (23 years, 11 days) Ê Oldest—INF Rickie Weeks Jr. (34 years, 201 days) Ê Most ML Service Time—INF Rickie Weeks Jr. (11 years, 36 days) Ê Most Opening Days—INF Rickie Weeks Jr. (12th) Ê First Opening Day (4)—RH Austin Pruitt, INF Daniel Robertson, OF

Mallex Smith, LH Blake Snell Ê First Opening Day with Rays (10)—OF Peter Bourjos, RH Jumbo Díaz,

RH Tommy Hunter, C Derek Norris, RH Austin Pruitt, INF Daniel Robertson, OF Mallex Smith, LH Blake Snell, C Jesús Sucre, INF Rickie Weeks Jr.

Ê Making Rays Debut (9)—OF Peter Bourjos, RH Jumbo Díaz, RH Tommy Hunter, C Derek Norris, RH Austin Pruitt, INF Daniel Robert-son, OF Mallex Smith, C Jesús Sucre, INF Rickie Weeks Jr.

Ê Acquired by Trade (13)—INF Brad Miller, OF Corey Dickerson, INF Daniel Robertson, RH Danny Farquhar, RH Erasmo Ramírez, RH Jake Odorizzi, C Jesús Sucre, 1B Logan Morrison, OF Mallex Smith, RH Matt Andriese, OF Peter Bourjos, OF Steven Souza Jr., LH Xavier Cedeño

Ê Drafted by Rays (7)—RH Chris Archer, INF Tim Beckham, RH Alex Cobb, CF Kevin Kiermaier, 3B Evan Longoria, RH Austin Pruitt, LH Blake Snell

Ê Claimed off Waivers (1)—RH Jumbo Díaz Ê Signed as International Free Agent (1)—RH Alex Colomé Ê Signed as Free Agent (3)—RH Tommy Hunter, C Derek Norris, INF

Rickie Weeks Jr.

WHO’S MISSING—The Rays are starting the season with a club record 7 players on the disabled list (prev. 6, 2015 and 2000): RH Brad Boxberger (10-day, right flexor strain), INF Matt Duffy (10-day, recovery from Achilles surgery), RH Nathan Eovaldi (60-day, Tommy John surgery), RH Kevin Gadea (60-day, right forearm tendinitis), C Wilson Ramos (60-day, recov-ery from torn ACL), OF Colby Rasmus (10-day, recovery from hip surgery) and RH Shawn Tolleson (60-day, right flexor strain).

FOR THE RECORD—A club-record 4 non-roster invites made the Rays Opening Day roster: OF Peter Bourjos, RH Tommy Hunter, C Jesús Su-cre and INF Rickie Weeks Jr. …previous record was 3, three times:

Ê 2003: OF Rocco Baldelli, LH Jim Parque, RH Steve Parris Ê 2006: RH Jason Childers, RH Ruddy Lugo, INF Luis Ordaz Ê 2007: RH Gary Glover, 1B Carlos Peña, RH Al Reyes

MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUTS—INF Daniel Robertson and RH Austin Pruitt will be making their major league debuts…the last time the Rays had two players make their Opening Day roster with no major league service time was 2007, when OF Elijah Dukes and INF Akinori Iwamura made it.

FOR STARTERS—Among the notes from today’s starting lineup: Corey Dick-erson will become the second DH in franchise history to bat leadoff on Open-ing Day, following John Jaso in 2015…prior to Jaso, it hadn’t been done in the majors since TEX Frank Catalanotto and TOR Shannon Stewart in 2002…CF Kevin Kiermaier will bat second, where he posted a .350 OBP in 52 games (50 starts) to end last year…3B Evan Longo-ria will make his ninth Opening Day start, surpassing Carl Crawford for most in club history (see the note below)… LF Mallex Smith and C Derek Norris will be making their Rays debuts.

LONGO THE NEW LEADER—3B Evan Longoria will be making his ninth Opening Day start (2009-17), surpassing OF Carl Crawford (2003-10) for the most in franchise history…only two other players enter the 2017 sea-son with as many consecutive Opening Day starts at 3B as Longoria (8): Adrian Beltre (15) and David Wright (12)…Beltre is starting the season on the DL (tight right calf muscle) and Wright is questionable to be ready for Mets Opening Day with a right shoulder impingement.

Ê Evan is also the Rays all-time leader in Opening Day hits (11) and home runs (3)…he owns a .355 (11-for-31) avg. on Opening Day.

Ê Besides Longoria, only nine other players have a chance to make a ninth consecutive Opening Day start (2009-17) for the same team: WAS Ryan Zimmerman, NYM David Wright, CIN Joey Votto, BOS Dustin Pedroia, STL Yadier Molina, BAL Adam Jones, DET Miguel Cabrera, MIL Ryan Braun and TEX Elvis Andrus.

RAYS vs. YANKEES—Opening Day will be the first of 19 meetings be-tween the Rays and Yankees (9 in St. Petersburg, 10 in New York)…this will be the fourth time the Rays have played the Yankees on Opening Day (2-1; see chart on Page 1)…it will also be the fourth time the Rays have hosted the Yankees in their home opener (3-0, with wins in 2004, 2009, 2012)…the Rays travel to the Bronx to play in New York’s home opener on Monday, April 10…the Rays went 8-11 against the Yankees in 2016 (5-4 at home, 3-7 on the road)…they slugged 37 HR, the most ever hit against New York in one season…they also hit 22 HR at Yankee Stadium, most ever by an opponent in the Bronx in either the new or original Yankee Stadium.

Ê The Rays went 1-2-1 vs. the Yankees in Grapefruit League action. Ê Since 2010, the Rays are the only AL team with a winning record

against the Yankees (67-63, .515)…prior to that, they were 69-133 (.342) in their first 12 seasons (1998–2009).

FROM THE OTHER SIDE—The Rays are facing RH Masahiro Tanaka to-day…in his final start last season, on Sep 21 at Tropicana Field, he yielded a career-high 4 HR, all in the 3rd inning…it was a club record for an inning by the Rays…Evan Longoria, Brad Miller and Corey Dickerson hit back-to-back-to-back homers, the third time in franchise history the Rays did that, following June 24, 2013 vs. TOR (James Loney, Wil Myers, Sam Fuld) and June 9, 2008 at LAA (Longoria, Willy Aybar, Dioner Navarro).

CHALLENGED EARLY—The Rays first 14 games are against AL East ri-vals New York, Toronto and Boston…in the month of April, the Rays will play 26 games—all against opponents who finished 2016 above .500…through May 21, only 4 of the Rays first 46 games are against teams that finished 2016 below .500, a home-and-home series with the Marlins from May 1-4…they have only one off-day in the month of May.

CASH YOUNGEST AGAIN—For the third consecutive Opening Day, Man-ager Kevin Cash (39 years, 117 days) is the majors’ youngest manager…he edges out San Diego’s sophomore skipper Andy Green by almost five months…in 2016, there were 18 players in the majors who were older than Cash…Cash’s 148-176 (.457) record is 15 games better than any previous Rays manager after their first two seasons…Lou Piniella was 133-190, Larry Rothschild was 132-192 and Joe Maddon was 127-197.

THREE STRAIGHT FOR ARCH—RH Chris Archer will make his third con-secutive Opening Day start, joining RH James Shields (2008-10) as the only Rays pitchers to do so…Shields also earned a fourth Opening Day nod in 2012…Archer, Shields and LH David Price (2011, 2013-14) are the only Rays pitchers to make three Opening Day starts…Archer’s Opening Day nod means he will throw the first pitch of Major League Baseball’s 2017 season…the only other Ray to do that was RH Victor Zambrano, a called strike to Derek Jeter on March 30, 2004 from the Toyko Dome (at 7:14 p.m. local time and 6:14 a.m. EST).

BEHIND THE PLATE—The Rays added two All-Star catchers to their 40-man roster this offseason, signed 3½ months apart…Wilson Ramos signed on Dec 12, 2016 after making the NL All-Star Team last season, establishing career highs in several categories including games (131), runs (58), hits (148), doubles (25), home runs (22), RBI (80), avg. (.307) and SLG (.496)…Derek Norris was signed on March 26 and was an AL All-Star for the Oakland A’s in 2014…he spent the last two seasons with the San Diego Padres, each year hitting a career-high 14 HR.

NEVER TOO EARLY FOR STREAKING—Today’s start by 28-year-old RH Chris Archer will mark the 15th consecutive season that the Rays Opening Day starter will be 30 years old or younger…no other major league club can make that claim…in fact, the only Opening Day starter age 31 or older in franchise history was 31-year-old RH Tanyon Sturtze in 2002.

Ê This will also be the 399th consecutive Rays game started by a pitch-er under the age of 30, the longest current streak in the majors…35-year-old LH Erik Bedard on July 3, 2014 at DET was the last time a 30-plus pitcher started a game for the Rays…including this season’s Opening Day, since June 26, 2006, the Rays have started a pitcher under the age of 30 in 1,634 of their last 1,708 games (96 pct.) including a streak of 764 consecutive games over 2007-11.

Ê INF Tim Beckham enters the season with a career-long 10-game hitting streak intact…he’s batting .429 (15-for-35) during the stretch.

Ê OF Corey Dickerson is one of four players to homer on each of the past two Opening Days, along with WAS Bryce Harper, COL Nolan Arenado and BOS Mookie Betts…and for the record, the last play-ers to homer in three consecutive Opening Day games were TOR Adam Lind and DET/NYY Curtis Granderson in 2009-11.

Ê The Rays haven’t hit a walk-off home run since May 22, 2014 vs. OAK (Sean Rodriguez), longest drought in the majors…during that span, they have allowed 11 walk-off HR.

FOLEY THE RAYS ALL-TIME LEADER—Rays bench coach Tom Foley is wearing a Rays uniform for his 16th Opening Day, most in club history…it is his 27th Opening Day overall, including 11 as a player with the Reds (1983-85), Expos (1987-92) and Pirates (1993-94).

LAST YEAR’S OPENER—Despite a 5-3 home loss to Toronto in the 2016 season opener, Rays pitchers tallied 16 SO to tie the modern major league record for a 9-inning Opening Day game, according to the Elias Sports Bu-reau…the Mets also turned the trick on April 4, 2005 at CIN.

OPENING DAY ODDITIES—Other miscellaneous Opening Day facts: Ê In 19 Opening Day games, the Rays have used 17 players at DH. Ê The Rays have outscored their opponents 19-3 in the 9th inning. Ê The Rays have never played an extra-inning game, but have won

three games in the bottom of the 9th inning (2003, 2010, 2012). Ê RH Victor Zambrano is the only Ray with two Opening Day wins

(2002 in relief, 2004 as a starter)…he remains the only pitcher to do record an Opening Day win as a starter and out of the bullpen since CWS LaMarr Hoyt (1981 in relief, 1984 as a starter) and DET Mickey Lolich (1965, 1966, 1970-72 as a starter, 1978 in relief).

Ê In their history, the Rays have hit .285 (187-for-655) on Opening Day, have averaged 5.4 runs per game (103 runs in 19 games) and have never been shut out…only six teams have longer current streaks without being shut out on Opening Day.

TODAY’S STARTING LINEUP 10 Corey Dickerson (L) DH 39 Kevin Kiermaier (L) CF 3 Evan Longoria (R) 3B 13 Brad Miller (L) 2B 20 Steven Souza Jr. (R) RF 7 Logan Morrison (L) 1B 1 Tim Beckham (R) SS 0 Mallex Smith (L) LF 33 Derek Norris (R) C 22 Chris Archer RHP

2017 SPRING TRAINING RUNDOWNSLICE OF GRAPEFRUIT—The Rays finished the spring at 12-16-5, failing to reach 15 wins for a second consecutive season after doing so in 7 of the 8 pre-vious seasons from 2008-15…they went 8-15-4 over their last 27 games and 1-7-3 over their last 11 games…because of a longer spring training due to the World Baseball Classic, the Rays played 33 games, their most since 2013 (club-re-cord 34)…including their March 8 exhibi-tion against Colombia’s WBC team, the Rays welcomed 81,752 fans to Charlotte Sports Park, their most attended spring training since 2013 (90,935)…the Rays finished the spring with 5 ties, 2nd most in franchise history to 2012 (6)…they went the entire spring without a rainout, first time doing that since 2012.

SPRING STATS—The Rays pitching staff ranked 5th in the majors and 4th in the Grapefruit League with a 4.10 ERA (289.2-IP, 132-ER)…Rays pitchers ranked among the majors’ top ten in opp avg. (.251, 5th), WHIP (1.34, 9th), SO (276, 10th) and shutouts (2, tied for 5th)…the offense scored 172 runs and hit 37 HR, both their most since 2010 (194 runs, 37 HR)…the Rays made a major-league-most 42 errors, their most since MLB Advanced Media data is available (2006)…the Rays had a .965 fielding pct., the second straight season they finished last in the Grapefruit League in fielding pct.

FOR THE RECORD—On Feb 28 vs. MIN, the Rays 19-0 win set franchise records for runs scored and margin of victory in spring training, and their 23 hits were their most since MLB Advanced Media data is available (2006)…just two days later, the Rays 19-2 loss on March 2 at BOS was their worst spring loss in club history…on March 4 vs. BAL, the staff’s 16 SO set a sin-gle-game franchise record since data is available (2006)…the Rays were shut out 3 times, matching 2003 for the most in club history.

BATTING LEADERS PITCHING LEADERSG: 23, Robertson G: 9, severalAvg. (min. 40 AB): .379, Dickerson GS: 5, Cobb/SnellAB: 58, Dickerson W: 2, SnellR: 11, Beckham L: 2, Ramírez/SnellH: 22, Dickerson SV: 1, several2B: 5, Beckham/Leonard ERA (min. 15 IP): 3.24, Pruitt3B: 2, Beckham IP: 23.0, SnellHR: 4, Bauers/Dickerson BB: 11, SnellRBI: 13, Bauers SO: 22, SchultzSB: 4, Franklin/Smith * club record ** tied club record

2017 SPRING INNINGS PLAYED (“A” GAMES)—Adames (47-SS), Bau-ers (9-1B, 51-LF, 18-RF, 13-DH), Beckham (4-2B, 5-3B, 79-SS, 10-LF, 5-RF), Bourjos (12-CF, 3-RF), Brett (34-2B, 6-DH), Casali (72-C, 10-DH), Ciuffo (16-C, 5-DH), Conrad (10-3B, 7-LF), Cronenworth (14-SS), Dicker-

son (78-LF, 28-DH), Field (11-LF, 25-CF, 24-RF, 2-DH), Fraley (3-LF, 7-CF, 3-RF), Franklin (82-2B, 3-SS, 9-LF, 4-CF, 3-RF, 6-DH), Gillaspie (68-1B, 12-DH), Goetzman (12-LF, 20-CF, 7-RF, 3-DH), Gotta (18-LF, 19-RF), Hager (14-2B, 32-3B, 22-SS), Heim (18-C, 9-DH), Kay (10-1B, 2-3B, 5-LF), Kelly (29-1B, 4-RF, 3-DH), Kiermaier (81-CF, 18-DH), Lee (3-LF, 27-CF, 4-RF), Leonard (1-2B, 82-3B), Longoria (80-3B, 10-DH), Lukes (5-RF), Maile (68-C, 6-1B, 6-DH), Maris (10-2B, 5-3B), Marjama (14-C, 5-1B, 9-DH), McCar-thy (36-1B, 20-LF, 3-RF), McKenry (43-C, 19-1B, 1-3B, 5-LF, 8-DH), Meyer (4-1B, 3-DH), Miller (100-2B, 10-SS), Milone (5-LF, 6-CF), Moreno (3-LF, 4-CF, 8-RF), Morrison (37-1B, 27-DH), Norris (17-C, 6-DH), Olmedo-Barre-ra (2-LF), Padlo (17-3B), Peterson (23-LF, 10-CF, 54-RF, 11-DH), Rapacz (1-C), Rasmus (27-DH), Robertson (16-2B, 20-3B, 90-SS, 10-LF), Rodri-guez (1-DH), Russell (2-1B, 8-3B, 7-SS), Sanchez (4-LF), Smith (17-LF, 63-CF, 19-RF), Sole (5-1B, 11-3B, 9-SS), Souza Jr. (7-CF, 81-RF, 9-DH), Sucre (70-C, 6-DH), Unroe (21-2B, 10-3B), Varona (4-LF, 42-CF, 14-RF, 5-DH), Velazquez (7-2B, 19-SS), Weeks Jr. (62-1B, 33-DH), Whitley (4-DH), Williams (27-RF), Wong (14-2B, 14-3B).

SPRING TRANSACTIONS—Feb 14 Traded RH Eddie Gamboa to the Texas Rangers for a player to

be named or cash considerations; signed RH Nathan Eovaldi to a one-year contract with a club option for 2018.

Feb 17 Signed RH Tommy Hunter to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.

Mar 10 Placed RH Nathan Eovaldi (Tommy John surgery) on the 60-day DL; claimed RH Jumbo Díaz off waivers from Cincinnati.

Mar 15 Optioned INF Willy Adames, RH José De León, RH Jacob Faria, RH Taylor Guerrieri, RH Chih-Wei Hu, RH Ryne Stanek and RH Hunter Wood to the minor leagues…reassigned RH Jeff Ames, INF Ryan Brett, C Nick Ciuffo, C Jonah Heim, 1B Dalton Kelly and LH Ryan Yarbrough to minor league camp…released LH Dana Eveland.

Mar 17 Optioned LH José Alvarado to the minor leagues.Mar 23 Reassigned 1B/OF Jake Bauers, OF Johnny Field, 1B Casey Gil-

laspie, INF Jake Hager, RH Andrew Kittredge, INF Patrick Leon-ard, OF Dayron Varona and RH Neil Wagner to minor league camp…released RH David Carpenter and RH Jeff Walters.

Mar 26 Placed RH Kevin Gadea (right forearm tendinitis) on the 60-day DL; signed C Derek Norris to a one-year contract.

Mar 28 Acquired OF Peter Bourjos from the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named or cash considerations.

Mar 29 Optioned C Curt Casali, RH Ryan Garton and C Luke Maile to the minor leagues…reassigned C Michael McKenry, LH Justin Marks, RH Diego Moreno and OF Shane Peterson to minor league camp.

Mar 30 Optioned RH Jaime Schultz and RH Chase Whitley to the mi-nor leagues.

Mar 31 Reassigned RH Cory Rasmus to minor league camp.Apr 1 Designated INF/OF Nick Franklin for assignment; placed RH Brad

Boxberger (right flexor strain), INF Matt Duffy (recovery from Achilles surgery) and OF Colby Rasmus (recovery from hip sur-gery) on the 10-day DL; placed C Wilson Ramos (recovery from torn ACL) and RH Shawn Tolleson (right flexor strain) on the 60-day DL; selected OF Peter Bourjos, RH Tommy Hunter, C Jesús Sucre and 1B Rickie Weeks Jr. to the major league roster.

RAYS SPRINGTRAINING HISTORY

W-L-T Att.2017 12-16-5 81,7522016 12-13-2 68,5662015 15-13-2 80,4062014 16-7-4 78,2642013 15-17-2 90,9352012 10-16-6 87,9162011 15-14-2 95,8592010 20-8-2 97,9712009 15-16-1 103,255 2008 18-8-2 54,9602007 10-19-2 79,0442006 13-16-1 70,7562005 13-16-0 61,2612004 11-8-0 43,9162003 8-19-3 51,3242002 10-16-1 49,0432001 12-15-1 57,0812000 14-17-0 67,0891999 14-14-1 59,2301998 12-18-0 66,781Total 265-285-36 1,441,905

2017 SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULEDAY DATE OPPONENT SITE R/TV TIME/SCORE W-L WP LP ATTFri Feb 24 @Minnesota Lee County W W, 3-1 1-0-0 Pruitt (1-0) Kintzler (0-1) 6,127Sat Feb 25 Pittsburgh Charlotte County W L, 2-7 1-1-0 Lindblom (1-0) Eveland (0-1) 4,674Sun Feb 26 Boston Charlotte County W W, 7-3 2-1-0 Archer (1-0) Velazquez (0-1) 5,165Mon Feb 27 @Philadelphia Clearwater W, 7-2 3-1-0 Snell (1-0) Garcia (0-1) 4,440Tue Feb 28 Minnesota Charlotte County M W, 19-0 4-1-0 Cobb (1-0) Santiago (0-1) 2,653Wed March 1 Philadelphia Charlotte County M T, 5-5 4-1-1 -- -- 2,905Thu March 2 @Boston Fort Myers L, 2-19 4-2-1 Rodriguez (1-0) De León (0-1) 9,430Fri March 3 Detroit Charlotte County M W, 5-2 5-2-1 Yarbrough (1-0) Boyd (0-1) 6,513Sat March 4 Baltimore Charlotte County W L, 0-1 5-3-1 Brach (1-0) Snell (1-1) 4,293Sun March 5 @Toronto Dunedin W W, 5-3 6-3-1 Wood (1-0) Schultz (0-1) 5,512Tue March 7 @New York-AL Tampa L, 6-7 (10) 6-4-1 Lail (1-0) Walters (0-1) 9,356Wed March 8 Colombia Charlotte County W L, 7-9 -- Moreno (1-0) Eveland (0-1) 3,018Thu March 9 Pittsburgh Charlotte County M L, 8-10 6-5-1 LeBlanc (3-0) Gadea (0-1) 3,645Fri March 10 @Pittsburgh Bradenton L, 1-4 6-6-1 Neverauskas (1-0) Stanek (0-1) 5,804Sat March 11 @Boston Fort Myers W L, 1-2 6-7-1 Sale (1-0) Cobb (1-1) 9,716Sun March 12 Toronto Charlotte County W/F W, 8-2 7-7-1 Cedeño (1-0) Oberholtzer (0-2) 6,177Mon March 13 @Minnesota Lee County L, 4-9 7-8-1 Wimmers (1-0) Whitley (0-1) 6,491Tue March 14 New York-AL Charlotte County M W, 10-6 8-8-1 Tolleson (1-0) Barbato (0-1) 5,027 @Baltimore Sarasota W, 9-6 9-8-1 Snell (2-1) Miley (1-2) 6,943Wed March 15 Boston Charlotte County M T, 3-3 9-8-2 -- -- 6,313Fri March 17 Minnesota Charlotte County M L, 2-4 9-9-2 Hughes (1-0) Ramirez (0-1) 4,509Sat March 18 @Toronto Dunedin W W, 3-2 10-9-2 Whitley (1-1) Latos (0-2) 5,462Sun March 19 Philadelphia Charlotte County W/F W, 8-0 11-9-2 Marks (1-0) Eickhoff (1-2) 5,475Mon March 20 Pittsburgh Charlotte County M L, 4-5 11-10-2 Santana (1-0) Carpenter (0-1) 3,815Tue March 21 @Pittsburgh Bradenton L, 4-5 11-11-2 Lindblom (3-0) Schultz (0-1) 6,091Wed March 22 @Baltimore Sarasota W L, 4-7 11-12-2 Wilson (3-0) Kittredge (0-1) 7,842Thu March 23 New York-AL Charlotte County M/E T, 5-5 11-12-3 -- -- 5,104Fri March 24 @Pittsburgh Bradenton L, 0-4 11-13-3 Williams (2-0) Ramirez (0-2) 6,478Sat March 25 Boston Charlotte County W/F L, 5-7 11-14-3 Ramirez (1-0) Snell (2-2) 5,809Sun March 26 @New York-AL Tampa W L, 4-7 11-15-3 Mitchell (3-1) Andriese (0-1) 10,323Tue March 28 @Minnesota Lee County L, 0-1 11-16-3 Haley (1-0) Pruitt (1-1) 6,307Wed March 29 Baltimore Charlotte County M W, 15-6 12-16-3 Moreno (1-0) Hernandez (0-1) 3,649Thu March 30 Minnesota Charlotte County M T, 6-6 12-16-4 -- -- 3,008Fri March 31 @Philadelphia Clearwater T, 7-7 12-16-5 -- -- 5,389

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OPENING DAY STARTER—RH CHRIS ARCHER (9-19, 4.02 in 2016)

Ê THE LID-LIFTER—Will be making his third consecutive Opening Day start, joining RH James Shields (2008-10) as the only Rays pitchers to do so…Shields also earned a fourth Opening Day nod in 2012…Archer, Shields and LH David Price (2011, 2013-14) are the only Rays to make three Opening Day starts…he is 0-2 with a 4.22 ERA (10.2-IP, 5-ER) in his two prior Opening Day starts (2016 vs. TOR, 2015 vs. BAL).

Ê Archer was named the Rays Opening Day starter on March 23 by Manager Kevin Cash…this will mark the 15th consecutive season that the Rays Opening Day starter will be 30 years old or younger…no other major league club can make that claim.

Ê Will be throwing the first pitch of Major League Baseball’s 2017 season…the only other Ray to ever do that was RH Victor Zam-brano, a called strike to Derek Jeter on March 30, 2004 from the Toyko Dome (at 7:14 p.m. local time and 6:14 a.m. EST).

Ê ONE YEAR AGO—On Opening Day 2016 vs. TOR, his 12 SO were a club record for Opening Day and the most in the majors on Opening Day since SEA Felix Hernandez in 2007…was the fourth pitcher since Baseball Reference data is available (1913) to record 12 SO (or more) and lose, joining STL Bob Gibson (1975 vs. MTL), CIN Gary Nolan (1969 vs. LAD) and ATL Tony Cloninger (1966 vs. PIT)…the year prior, took the loss on Opening Day vs. BAL…in both of his Opening Day starts, allowed run(s) in the top of the 1st and the Rays never led.

Ê ON AND OFF—Was 5-0 with a 1.78 ERA (55.2-IP, 11-ER) in his first 8 career starts against the Yankees (June 23, 2013–July 3, 2015)…since then, has gone 0-5 with a 4.05 ERA (33.1-IP, 15-ER) in 5 starts…he and RH James Shields (Sep 22, 2006–May 14, 2008) are the only Rays to lose 5 straight starts against the Yankees, and his streak of 5 straight losing decisions is the 2nd longest in franchise history to Shields (6, July 30, 2006–May 14, 2008)…OF Jacoby Ellsbury is batting .559 (19-for-34) in his career off Archer…Ellsbury’s 19 hits and .559 avg. are the most of any active player (min. 20 AB) off Archer.

Ê SPRING THINGS—Went 1-0 with a 1.98 ERA (13.2-IP, 3-ER) in 4 official Grapefruit League starts…left the Rays on March 6 to join the United States for the World Baseball Classic…started USA’s opening game on March 10 vs. Colombia and retired all 12 BF on 41 pitches (30 strikes)…pitched in a minor league game against the Twins on March 16…stretched out to 91 pitches in a night game at March 22 at BAL.

Ê STRIKEOUTS—His 233 SO last season tied CWS Chris Sale for 2nd in the AL behind DET Justin Verlander (246)…over the last two sea-sons, his 485 SO are tied for 3rd in the majors to WAS Max Scherzer

(560) and Sale (507)…in 2016, opponents hit .200 (78-for-390) with a major-league-leading 152 SO in at-bats ending with the slider.

Ê SEVERE SPLITS—Last season he went 3-10 at home, but led the AL with a 2.65 ERA (102-IP, 30-ER)…received the lowest run support in the majors at home at 2.12 R/9 IP…his 10 losses set a club record, passing David Price (9) in 2011 and Rolando Arrojo (9) in 1999…on the road, his 5.44 ERA (99.1-IP, 60-ER) was 5th highest in the AL but received 6.34 R/9 IP in run support, 9th highest in the AL.

Ê MR. DURABLE—Since the day he was called up for good (June 1, 2013), his 122 starts rank 2nd in the majors, just one shy of former teammate James Shields…in 2016, he became the fourth Rays pitch-er to record back-to-back seasons of 200 IP, joining Shields (6 straight, 2007-12), David Price (3 straight, 2010-12) and Matt Garza (2009-10).

Ê 2016 IN REVIEW—His 19 losses led the AL and tied SD/CWS James Shields for most in the majors…prior to 2016, no major league pitcher had 19 losses (or more) since KC Darrell May in 2004 (19)…broke RH Tanyon Sturtze’s club record of 18 losses (2002)…they were also the most losses by a pitcher who was an All-Star the season prior since ATL Phil Niekro (20) in 1979…his combination of strikeouts (233) and loss-es (19) was reached by only three other pitchers in AL history, all Hall of Famers: CLE Gaylord Perry in 1973 (238-SO, 19-L), CWS Ed Walsh in 1916 (258-SO, 20-L) and PHI-AL Rube Waddell (349-SO, 19-L).

Ê K’S FOR KIDS—Every strikeout he records will benefit the local non-profit Starting Right, Now…for every strikeout, he and the Rays Base-ball Foundation will each donate $25…Starting Right, Now combats homelessness for youth through one-on-one mentoring, providing a stable home, obtaining employment, teaching financial literacy/life skills and promoting educational achievement…fans can also make a pledge by visiting raysbaseball.com/archer…over the last two sea-sons, his 485 SO raised more than $35,000, which was split between Burg Baseball Inc. and Tampa RBI.

YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO HR Avg.2015 Tampa Bay 12-13 3.23 34 34 1 1 212.0 175 85 76 66 252 19 .2202016 Tampa Bay 9-19 4.02 33 33 0 0 201.1 183 100 90 67 233 30 .238Major League Totals 41-51 3.51 128 126 3 3 766.0 665 336 299 256 795 79 .231Minor League Totals 47-44 3.77 165 159 0 0 769.2 648 372 322 428 770 43 .229

2017 SPRING GAME LOGGAME DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP P/K FINAL OPP. LEFT2/26 vs. BOS W-1 0.00 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 28/15 W, 7-3 Velazquez up, 1-03/4 vs. BAL -- 0.00 3.0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 49/30 L, 0-1 Jimenez tied, 0-0*3/10 vs. Col. -- -- 4.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 41/30 W, 3-2 Quintana tied, 0-0**3/16 vs. MIN -- -- 4.2 2 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 74/48 -- -- --3/22 at BAL -- 2.53 5.2 5 4 3 2 6 1 0 0 91/58 L, 4-7 Lee tied, 4-43/28 at MIN -- 1.98 3.0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 39/27 L, 0-1 Tepesch tied, 0-0TOTAL 1-0 1.98 13.2 7 4 3 4 17 1 0 0 -- -- -- --

* World Baseball Classic** minor league game

#16 KEVIN CASH, MANAGER

TUESDAY’S STARTER—RH JAKE ODORIZZI (10-6, 3.69 in 2016)

Ê Begins his third season as Rays manager and at age 39, remains the ma-jors’ youngest active skipper—5 months younger than SD Andy Green.

Ê His 148 wins after two seasons with the Rays are 15 more than any other previous Rays manager before him (Lou Piniella, 133).

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. Ê Played in the 1989 Little League World Series (Tampa Northside LL),

1999 College World Series (Florida State) and earned World Series rings in 2007 (Red Sox) and 2009 (Yankees).

Ê 2017 DEBUT—Enters his sixth major league season, fourth full…se-lected as the No. 2 starter after starting the team’s third game each of the last two years…struck out a season-high 10 batters in his 2016 season debut, April 5 vs. TOR…began last season winless (0-2) over his first 8 starts, the longest winless streak to begin a season by a Rays starter since 2007 (Jason Hammel, Edwin Jackson).

Ê STRONG FINISH—After the 2016 All-Star break, went 7-1 with a 2.71 ERA (83-IP, 25-ER) in 14 starts…that combination of ERA (3rd in AL) and winning pct. (.875, 3rd in AL) was matched by only two others in baseball (min. 50 IP): CLE Corey Kluber (9-1, 2.52) and CHC Jon Les-ter (10-1, 1.76)…11 of his 14 starts over that span were quality starts…finished the year as the only Rays starter with a winning record (10-6).

Ê SPRING FLING—Went 0-0 with a 4.91 ERA (11-IP, 6-ER) in 4 official spring starts…made 2 unofficial starts against Orioles minor leaguers at Charlotte Sports Park, March 20 and March 25…stretched out to 103 pitches in his unofficial start on March 25.

Ê vs. NEW YORK—Is 5-5 with a 4.26 ERA (67.2-IP, 32-ER) lifetime in 12 apps (11 starts) against the Yankees…made 2 spring starts vs. the Yankees, March 14 in Port Charlotte (3.2-IP, 5-H, 3-R/ER, 2-BB, 4-SO, 1-HR) and March 7 in Tampa (2-IP, 5-H, 1-R/ER, 0-BB, 4-SO)…last year went 2-1 with a 2.29 ERA (19.2-IP, 5-ER) in 3 starts vs. NYY, allowing only 12 H and 2 BB with 17 SO…on May 29 vs. NYY, retired his first 16 BF, tied for the 3rd-longest perfect game bid in club history.

2016 SPLITSvs. RH: .244 (98-401), 15-HRvs. LH: .231 (85-368), 15-HRHome: 3-10, 2.65 ERA (102-IP, 30-ER)Road: 6-9, 5.44 ERA (99.1-IP, 60-ER)

ARCHER vs. YANKEESCAREER—Is 5-5 with a 2.63 ERA (89-IP, 26-ER) in 13 career starts against the Yankees…has lost 5 straight decisions (spanning 5 starts) against them, 2nd longest losing streak in club history vs. NYY behind James Shields (6), July 30, 2006–May 14, 2008…last season, went 0-3 with a 3.86 ERA (21-IP, 9-ER)…in 5 career starts at Tropicana Field, is 2-2 with a 2.08 ERA (34.2-IP, 8-ER), yielding 2 ER or fewer in all 5 starts.

Most Strikeouts, MLB, 2015-16

Max Scherzer, WAS 560Chris Sale, CWS 507Chris Archer, TB 485Madison Bumgarner, SF 485Clayton Kershaw, LAD 473

Most Strikeouts, Single Pitch, 2016

Jose Fernandez, MIA CB 156Chris Archer, TB SL 152Ian Kennedy, KC FB 145Michael Pineda, NYY SL 138Justin Verlander, DET FB 135

RAYS HITTER NOTES#1 TIM BECKHAM, INF Sun: -- Series: -- Stand: -- vs. LH: --Spring: .327/.400/.571, 1-HR, 11-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak (’16): 10G (.429, 15-35) RISP: -- vs. RH: --

Ê Is in today’s starting lineup, batting 7th and playing SS…this is his third Opening Day roster (2015, 2016) and first career Opening Day app/start. Ê 27-year-old appeared in 64 games and made 51 starts (23-SS, 16-2B, 5-1B, 4-3B, 3-DH) over two stints with the Rays last season (Opening Day–

May 25, June 1–Sep 1)…finished his 2016 season riding a career-high 10-game hitting streak, batting .429/.459/.600 (15-for-35) during that span. Ê In 2016, 22 of his 49 hits (44.9 pct.) went for extra bases (12-2B, 5-3B, 5-HR)…in 2015-16, 42 of his 94 hits (44.7 pct.) have gone for extra bases. Ê Spring Training: Hit .327/.400/.571 (16-for-49) with 8 XBH (5-2B, 2-3B, 1-HR) in 19 games…led team with 2 3B, homered on March 10 at PIT.

#18 PETER BOURJOS, OF Sun: -- Series: -- Stand: -- vs. LH: --Spring: .362/.383/.586, 1-HR, 6-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-3 RISP: -- vs. RH: --

Ê Last name is pronunced BORE-jus…made his seventh consecutive Opening Day roster (2010-13 with LAA, 2014-15 with STL, 2016 with PHI). Ê Turned 30 years old on Friday…will be making his Rays debut, as he was acquired from the White Sox on March 28 for a PTBNL or cash. Ê Spring Training: Combined to hit .362/.383/.586 (21-for-58) with 4 2B, 3 3B and 1 HR in 22 games between the White Sox and Rays, including

6-for-10 in 3 games with the Rays…in his Rays spring debut on March 29 vs. BAL, homered and singled in the 6th inning, part of a 12-run frame. Ê Is one of a club-record four non-roster invites to make the Opening Day roster, along with RH Tommy Hunter, C Jesús Sucre and INF Rickie Weeks Jr. Ê In 2016, appeared in 123 games and made 97 starts (92-RF, 5-CF) for the Phillies…his .995 fielding pct. ranked 6th among qualifying NL outfielders.

#10 COREY DICKERSON, OF Sun: -- Series: -- Stand: -- vs. LH: --Spring: .379/.410/.603, 4-HR, 8-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-7 RISP: -- vs. RH: --

Ê 27-year-old made his fourth consecutive Opening Day roster (2014-15 with COL, 2016 with TB) and will be making his third consecutive Opening Day start (LF with COL in 2015, DH with TB in 2016)…is in the starting lineup as the leadoff hitter, joining John Jaso in 2015 as the two Rays DH to bat leadoff on Opening Day…prior to Jaso, it hadn’t been done in the majors since TEX Frank Catalanotto and TOR Shannon Stewart in 2002.

Ê Is one of four players to homer on each of the past two Opening Days, along with WAS Bryce Harper, COL Nolan Arenado and BOS Mookie Betts…and for the record, the last players to homer in three consecutive Opening Day games were TOR Adam Lind and DET/NYY Curtis Granderson in 2009-11.

Ê Last Sep 21 at Tropicana Field, was part of the Rays back-to-back-to-back homers off Masahiro Tanaka in the 3rd inning, with Longoria and Miller. Ê Spring Training: Tied 1B/OF Jake Bauers for the team lead with 4 HR and led the team in hits…hit .379/.410/.603 (22-for-58) in 22 games.

#39 KEVIN KIERMAIER, CF Sun: -- Series: -- Stand: -- vs. LH: --Spring: .273/.385/.318, 0-HR, 1-RBI, 2-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-6 RISP: -- vs. RH: --

Ê 26-year-old made his third consecutive Opening Day roster, all starts in CF…had a .350 OBP in 52 games (50 starts) batting 2nd to end 2016. Ê On March 20, agreed to terms on a contract worth a guaranteed $53.5 million over six years, beginning this season…includes a 2023 club option. Ê Won the AL Gold Glove Award for CF last year for the second consecutive season, joining Evan Longoria (2009, 2010) as the only players to win

multiple Gold Glove Awards in franchise history…led major league CF with 25 Defensive Runs Saved despite missing 48 games due to injury. Ê Spring Training: Hit .273/.385/.318 (12-for-44) with 2 2B, 8 BB and 2 SB in 19 games…played 81 innings in CF and 18 innings as the DH.

#3 EVAN LONGORIA, 3B Sun: -- Series: -- Stand: -- vs. LH: --Spring: .239/.286/.326, 1-HR, 4-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak (’16): 4G (.294, 5-17) RISP: -- vs. RH: --

Ê 31-year-old is making his ninth straight Opening Day start at 3B, breaking a tie with Carl Crawford for the most Opening Day starts in club history…he is also the Rays all-time leader in Opening Day hits (11) and home runs (3; 2010, 2012, 2015)…batting .355 (11-for-31) lifetime on Opening Day.

Ê Only two other players enter the season with as many consecutive Opening Day starts at 3B: Adrian Beltre (15) and David Wright (12)…Beltre is starting the season on the DL (tight right calf muscle) and Wright (12) is questionable to be ready for Opening Day with a right shoulder impingement.

Ê Only nine other players have a chance to make a ninth consecutive Opening Day start (2009-17) for the same team: WAS Ryan Zimmerman, NYM David Wright, CIN Joey Votto, BOS Dustin Pedroia, STL Yadier Molina, BAL Adam Jones, DET Miguel Cabrera, MIL Ryan Braun and TEX Elvis Andrus.

Ê Last Sep 21 at Tropicana Field, was part of the Rays back-to-back-to-back homers off Masahiro Tanaka in the 3rd inning, with Miller and Dickerson. Ê Is 2nd among actives in homers vs. NYY (32), trailing José Bautista (33)…includes 30 HR while playing 3B, 2nd all-time to BAL Brooks Robinson (34). Ê Spring Training: Hit .239/.286/.326 (11-for-46) with 1 2B, 1 HR and 4 RBI in 17 games, appearing in 80 innings at 3B and 10 innings as the DH.

#13 BRAD MILLER, INF Sun: -- Series: -- Stand: -- vs. LH: --Spring: .214/.224/.286, 1-HR, 7-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-18 RISP: -- vs. RH: --

Ê 27-year-old made his fourth straight Opening Day roster (2014-15 with SEA, 2016 with TB)…starting at 2B; previous three were all starts at SS. Ê Has appeared in 37 games and made 18 starts in his career at 2B…last app there was Sep 26, 2015 at LAA (with SEA), last start was Sep 6 at OAK. Ê Enters the season hitless in his last 18 AB, but his 30 HR last season surpassed his career total (29) in 343 games over three seasons with Seattle. Ê Last Sep 21 at Tropicana Field, was part of the Rays back-to-back-to-back homers off Masahiro Tanaka in the 3rd inning, with Longoria and Dickerson. Ê Spring Training: Hit .214/.224/.286 (12-for-56) with 1 2B, 1 HR and 7 RBI in 21 games, spending time at 2B (100 innings) at SS (10 innings).

#7 LOGAN MORRISON, 1B Sun: -- Series: -- Stand: -- vs. LH: --Spring: .188/.257/.219, 0-HR, 1-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-5 RISP: -- vs. RH: --

Ê Made his sixth Opening Day roster, all starts (2011-12 with MIA, 2014-15 with SEA, 2016 with TB)…will be his third straight Opening Day start at 1B. Ê In 2016, his first season with the Rays, appeared in 107 games and made 95 starts (78-1B, 17-DH)…his season was cut short by two injuries: a right

forearm strain that put him on the DL for 16 games (July 28–Aug 14) and a left wrist strain that sidelined him for the final 20 games of the season. Ê In 2016, was batting .129/.229/.153 (11-for-85) with 0 RBI through May 16…hit .272/.348/.496 (73-for-268) with 14 HR and 43 RBI in his last 78 games. Ê Spring Training: 29-year-old made his spring debut on March 8 vs. Colombia, returning from offseason wrist surgery…hit .188 (6-for-32) in 12 games.

#33 DEREK NORRIS, C Sun: -- Series: -- Stand: -- vs. LH: --Spring: .321/.345/.571, 2-HR, 3-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak (’16): 4G (.267, 4-15) RISP: -- vs. RH: --

Ê Made his fifth consecutive Opening Day roster (2013-14 with OAK, 2015-16 with SD)…will be making his third Opening Day start, all at catcher (2015-16). Ê Will be making his Rays debut, as he was signed as a free agent on March 26…was an AL All-Star for Oakland in 2014 and spent the last two sea-

sons with San Diego, each year hitting a career-high 14 HR…was one of two All-Star catchers the Rays added in the offseason (also Wilson Ramos). Ê Spring Training: 28-year-old entered camp with the Nationals following an offseason trade from the Padres, but was released on March 15…

combined to hit .321/.345/.571 (9-for-28) with 2 HR in 13 games…hit .273 (3-for-11) with the Rays, appearing in 17 innings at C and 6 as the DH.

#29 DANIEL ROBERTSON, INF Sun: -- Series: -- Stand: -- vs. LH: --Spring: .268/.349/.286, 0-HR, 5-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: -- RISP: -- vs. RH: --

Ê Will be making his major league debut…at 23 years, 11 days is the youngest Ray to make an Opening Day roster since LH Matt Moore in 2012 (22) and the youngest positional player since 2007, when 22-year-old Elijah Dukes, 22-year-old Melvin Upton Jr. and 21-year-old Delmon Young made it.

Ê Is one of two players on the Opening Day roster with no major league service time…the last time that happened was 2007 (Dukes, Aki Iwamura). Ê Added to the 40-man roster over the offseason…spent the 2016 season with Durham, playing in 118 games with 112 starts (74-SS, 20-2B, 18-3B). Ê Spring Training: Hit .268/.346/.286 (15-for-56) in 23 games, including .480 (12-for-25) in his final 8 games…appeared at shortstop (90 innings),

third base (20 innings), second base (16 innings) and in left field (10 innings)…it was his first professional experience in the outfield.

#0 MALLEX SMITH, OF Sun: -- Series: -- Stand: -- vs. LH: --Spring: .158/.233/.184, 0-HR, 4-RBI, 4-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-1 RISP: -- vs. RH: --

Ê 23-year-old made his first career Opening Day roster, and will be starting today in left field as the No. 8 hitter…will be making his Rays debut. Ê Acquired from Seattle in a four-player trade involving LH Drew Smyly on Jan 11…was traded twice that day in a span of 90 min. (ATL, SEA, TB). Ê Spring Training: Hit .158/.233/.184 (6-for-38) in 17 games and tied for the team lead with 4 SB…saw action at all three of the outfield positions. Ê Chose the No. 0, becoming the first in Rays history to wear it…he picked the number in part because of how rare it is—according to Baseball Refer-

ence, he is the 18th player on record to wear a singular zero on his back.

#20 STEVEN SOUZA JR., OF Sun: -- Series: -- Stand: -- vs. LH: --Spring: .370/.408/.630, 2-HR, 9-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak (’16): 6G (.429, 9-21) RISP: -- vs. RH: --

Ê 27-year-old made his third consecutive Opening Day roster, all with the Rays…starting in RF and batting 5th, his third Opening Day start there. Ê Appeared in 120 games last season and made 115 starts (108-RF, 5-DH, 2-CF)…finished the season on a season-long 6-game hitting streak. Ê Missed more than 30 games last season due to hip injuries…was on the DL for 17 games (June 15–July 1) due to a left hip strain…played his final

game on Sep 18 at BAL, and on Sep 21 underwent surgery to debride a labral tear and impingement of his left hip, performed by Dr. Thomas Byrd. Ê Spring Training: Hit .370/.408/.630 (17-for-46) in 17 games…reached base in his final 6 PA, incl. a homer that left the ballpark in his last at-bat.

#45 JESÚS SUCRE, C Sun: -- Series: -- Stand: -- vs. LH: --Spring: .258/.294/.484, 2-HR, 5-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak (’16): 5G (.647, 11-17) RISP: -- vs. RH: --

Ê 28-year-old made his second Opening Day roster (2015 with SEA)…acquired from the Mariners on Feb 8 for a player to be named or cash. Ê Is one of a club-record four non-roster invites to make the Opening Day roster, along with OF Peter Bourjos, RH Tommy Hunter and INF Rickie Weeks Jr. Ê Spring Training: Appeared in 70 innings at catcher and 6 innings as the DH…hit .258/.294/.484 (8-for-31) with 1 2B, 2 HR and 5 RBI in 16 games. Ê Limited to 42 games between three levels last season due to a fractured right fibula sustained during winter ball…played in 9 games with Seattle.

#8 RICKIE WEEKS JR., INF Sun: -- Series: -- Stand: -- vs. LH: --Spring: .244/.326/.561, 3-HR, 10-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-8 RISP: -- vs. RH: --

Ê Made his 12th straight Opening Day roster (2006-14 with MIL, 2015 with SEA, 2016 with ARI)…is a career .355/.512/.516 (11-for-31) hitter on Opening Day. Ê 34-year-old is the oldest player on the Rays Opening Day roster…has more major league service time (11 years, 36 days) than any other player. Ê Is one of a club-record four non-roster invites to make the Opening Day roster, along with OF Peter Bourjos, RH Tommy Hunter and C Jesús Sucre. Ê Spring Training: Played 62 innings at 1B—a position he’s never played in the majors—and 33 innings as the DH…hit .244 (10-for-41) with 3 HR. Ê Will be making his Rays debut…owns a career .382 OBP and .457 SLG vs. LHP…tied for the NL lead with 5 2B as a pinch-hitter last season.

RAYS BULLPEN NOTES#31 XAVIER CEDEÑO, LH Last App: -- Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: --Spring: 1-0-0, 1.17 ERA, 8 G, 1 GS Long Relief App: -- IR-RS: -- vs. RH: --

Ê 30-year-old made his fourth Opening Day roster (2013 with HOU, 2015 with WAS, 2016 with TB)…retired his only BF on Opening Day in 2015. Ê Made 54 apps last year, but none after Aug 29 at BOS as he was sidelined by neck stiffness…prior to the injury he led Rays relievers in apps. Ê Limited left-handed batters to a .197 avg. (15-for-76) last season with only 2 XBH—both doubles…in his Rays career, has faced 184 lefties and

yielded only 1 HR—to MIN Eddie Rosario on Aug 25, 2015…since then, has faced 105 lefties without allowing a homer, including 87 PA in 2016. Ê Spring Training: Made 8 apps (1 start), going 1-0 with a 1.17 ERA (7.2-IP, 1-ER)…made 2 unofficial apps (vs. Colombia and an intrasquad game).

#37 ALEX COLOMÉ, RH Last App: -- Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: --Spring: 0-0-0, 3.60 ERA, 5 G Long Relief App: -- IR-RS: -- vs. RH: --

Ê 28-year-old made his second straight Opening Day roster (started the 2015 season on the DL)…emerged as the Rays closer and was named to his first All-Star Team last season, converting 37 of 40 save chances (92.5 pct.), ranking tied for 4th in the AL in saves and 5th in the majors in save pct.

Ê Spring Training: Pitched for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic, going 1-0 with a 4.15 ERA (4.1-IP, 2-ER) in 5 apps…made 5 apps for the Rays and had a 3.60 ERA (5-IP, 2-ER), both runs coming via solo homer on March 29 vs. BAL…made an unofficial app in an intrasquad game.

Ê Compiled a 1.91 ERA (56.2-IP, 12-ER) last season, becoming the third in Rays history to record 35-plus saves and a sub-2.00 ERA…joined Fer-nando Rodney (48, 0.60) in 2012 and Rafael Soriano (45, 1.73) in 2010—both fellow Dominicans.

#17 JUMBO DÍAZ, RH Last App: -- Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: --Spring: 0-2-0, 9.00 ERA, 7 G Long Relief App: -- IR-RS: -- vs. RH: --

Ê 33-year-old made his third consecutive Opening Day roster (2015-16 with CIN)…hasn’t allowed a run in 2 apps spanning 1.2 IP on Opening Day. Ê Will be making his Rays debut…claimed off waivers from the Reds on March 10, but did not join the Rays in spring training camp until March 22 as

he pitched for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic…pitched to a 10.80 ERA (1.2-IP, 2-ER) in 2 apps, both vs. USA, in the WBC. Ê Spring Training: Combined for a 9.00 ERA (8-IP, 8-ER) in 7 apps between Cincinnati and the Rays, and also pitched in the WBC (see above). Ê Had a 3.14 ERA (43-IP, 15-ER) in 45 apps spanning three stints with the Reds last season (Opening Day–April 18, May 18-21, June 27–season’s end).

#43 DANNY FARQUHAR, RH Last App: -- Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: --Spring: 0-0-0, 3.38 ERA, 9 G Long Relief App: -- IR-RS: -- vs. RH: --

Ê 30-year-old made his fourth consecutive Opening Day roster (2014-15 with SEA, 2016 with TB)…both career Opening Day apps have been scoreless. Ê Spring Training: Had a 3.38 ERA (10.2-IP, 4-ER) over a team-high-tying 9 apps and made 2 unofficial apps (Colombia, Twins minor leaguers). Ê Made 35 apps over five stints last year in his first season with the Rays: Opening Day–April 23, May 14, June 25 (G2), June 27–July 4 and Aug 6

through season’s end…led the Rays bullpen with 24 apps during his final stint, compiling a 1.46 ERA (24.2-IP, 4-ER) with 36 SO (13.1 SO/9 IP).

#49 TOMMY HUNTER, RH Last App: -- Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: --Spring: 0-0-0, 2.70 ERA, 9 G Long Relief App: -- IR-RS: -- vs. RH: --

Ê Made his fifth Opening Day roster (2012-15 with BAL)…has pitched twice on Opening Day, both scoreless apps including a save in 2014 vs. BOS. Ê Is one of a club-record four non-roster invites to make the Opening Day roster, along with OF Peter Bourjos, C Jesús Sucre and INF Rickie Weeks Jr. Ê Spring Training: Had a 2.70 ERA (10-IP, 3-ER) over a team-high-tying 9 apps and also pitched in an unofficial game against Red Sox minor leaguers. Ê 30-year-old has been used exclusively as a reliever over the past four seasons…is 15-11 with a 3.24 ERA (241.1-IP, 87-ER) and 16 saves in 219 apps

over that span while limiting right-handed batters to a .215 avg. …had a combined 3.18 ERA (34-IP, 12-ER) with the Indians and Orioles last season.

#50 AUSTIN PRUITT, RH Last App: -- Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: --Spring: 1-1-0, 3.24 ERA, 9 G, 2 GS Long Relief App: -- IR-RS: -- vs. RH: --

Ê 27-year-old will be making his major league debut…had only made 8 career relief apps in the minors (last Aug 31, 2014 at Class-A Bradenton). Ê Last season was named Most Valuable Player for Durham by the Rays Baseball Operations department…spent the entire season with the Bulls,

recording a career-best 28 starts, 162.2 IP, 149 SO and 1.19 WHIP…his 149 SO ranked 2nd in the Int’l. League to teammate Jaime Schultz (163). Ê Is one of two players on the Opening Day roster with no major league service time…the last time that happened was 2007 (Dukes, Aki Iwamura). Ê Spring Training: Went 1-1 and led the Rays with a 3.24 ERA (min. 15 IP) over 9 apps (2 starts)…stretched out to 4 IP on March 23 vs. NYY.

#30 ERASMO RAMÍREZ, RH Last App: -- Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: --Spring: 0-2-0, 2.53 ERA, 6 G, 3 GS Long Relief App: -- IR-RS: -- vs. RH: --

Ê 26-year-old made his fourth Opening Day roster (2012 with SEA, 2015-16 with TB)…begins his second season pitching out of the Rays bullpen. Ê Spring Training: Made his debut in an unofficial game vs. Colombia on March 8…went on to post a 2.53 ERA (10.2-IP, 3-ER) in 6 apps (3 starts). Ê In 2016, made a team-leading 64 apps (1 start) in his first full season as a reliever…his 85 IP as a reliever led the AL and was 2nd in the majors…

included was a major-league-leading 35 relief apps of 4 outs or more as well as 20 relief apps of at least 2 IP, tied for the most in the majors. Ê His 11 losses as a reliever last season were the most by a major leaguer since LAA Scot Shields (11) in 2005 and set a club record.

March 31, 1998DET 11 | TB 6CF Quinton McCracken2B Miguel Cairo3B Wade Boggs1B Fred McGriffLF Mike KellyDH Paul SorrentoC John FlahertyRF Dave MartinezSS Kevin StockerP Wilson Alvarez

APRIL 5, 1999TB 7 | BAL 10CF Randy WinnRF Dave MartinezDH Jose Canseco1B Fred McGriffC John Flaherty3B Wade BoggsLF Paul Sorrento2B Miguel CairoSS Kevin StockerP Wilson Alvarez

APRIL 3, 2000TB 7 | MIN 0CF Gerald WilliamsRF Dave MartinezDH Jose Canseco1B Fred McGriffLF Greg Vaughn3B Herbert PerryC John FlahertySS Kevin Stocker2B Miguel CairoP Steve Trachsel

APRIL 3, 2001TOR 1 | TB 8CF Gerald WilliamsDH Steve CoxLF Greg Vaughn1B Fred McGriffRF Ben Grieve3B Vinny Castilla2B Bobby SmithC John FlahertySS Felix MartinezP Albie Lopez

APRIL 2, 2002DET 5 | TB 9LF Jason TynerCF Randy Winn1B Steve CoxDH Greg VaughnC Toby HallRF Ben Grieve3B Bobby Smith2B Brent AbernathySS Chris GomezP Tanyon Sturtze

MARCH 31, 2003BOS 4 | TB 6LF Carl CrawfordCF Rocco Baldelli3B Aubrey Huff1B Travis LeeDH Al MartinRF Ben GrieveC Toby Hall2B Brent AbernathySS Rey OrdoñezP Joe Kennedy

MARCH 30, 2004NYY 3 | TB 8LF Carl Crawford3B Damian RollsCF Rocco BaldelliDH Aubrey HuffRF Jose Cruz Jr.1B Tino MartinezSS Julio LugoC Toby Hall2B Rey SanchezP Victor Zambrano

APRIL 4, 2005TOR 5 | TB 2LF Carl CrawfordSS Julio LugoRF Aubrey Huff1B Travis LeeDH Josh Phelps2B Jorge CantuCF Chris SingletonC Toby Hall3B Alex GonzalezP Dewon Brazelton

APRIL 3, 2006TB 6 | BAL 9SS Julio LugoLF Carl Crawford2B Jorge Cantu3B Aubrey HuffDH Jonny Gomes1B Travis LeeC Toby HallRF Damon HollinsCF Joey GathrightP Scott Kazmir

APRIL 2, 2007TB 5 | NYY 9LF Carl CrawfordSS Ben ZobristDH Rocco Baldelli1B Ty WiggintonRF Delmon Young3B Akinori IwamuraC Dioner NavarroCF Elijah Dukes2B Melvin Upton Jr.P Scott Kazmir

MARCH 31, 2008TB 6 | BAL 22B Akinori IwamuraLF Carl Crawford1B Carlos PeñaCF Melvin Upton Jr.DH Cliff Floyd3B Willy AybarRF Eric HinskeC Dioner NavarroSS Jason BartlettP James Shields

APRIL 7, 2009TB 3 | BOS 52B Akinori IwamuraLF Carl Crawford3B Evan Longoria1B Carlos PeñaDH Pat BurrellCF Matt JoyceC Dioner NavarroRF Gabe GrossSS Jason BartlettP James Shields

APRIL 6, 2010BAL 3 | TB 4SS Jason BartlettLF Carl CrawfordRF Ben Zobrist3B Evan Longoria1B Carlos PeñaCF Melvin Upton Jr.DH Pat Burrell2B Sean RodriguezC Dioner NavarroP James Shields

APRIL 1, 2011BAL 4 | TB 12B Ben ZobristLF Johnny Damon3B Evan LongoriaDH Manny Ramirez1B Dan JohnsonCF Melvin Upton Jr.RF Matt JoyceSS Reid BrignacC John JasoP David Price

APRIL 6, 2012NYY 6 | TB 7CF Desmond JenningsRF Ben Zobrist3B Evan LongoriaDH Jeff KeppingerSS Sean Rodriguez1B Carlos Peña2B Elliot JohnsonC Jose MolinaLF Matt JoyceP James Shields

APRIL 2, 2013BAL 7 | TB 4CF Desmond JenningsRF Sam Fuld2B Ben Zobrist3B Evan LongoriaLF Matt JoyceSS Yunel Escobar1B James LoneyC Jose MolinaDH Kelly JohnsonP David Price

MARCH 31, 2014TOR 2 | TB 9LF David DeJesusRF Wil Myers2B Ben Zobrist3B Evan Longoria1B James LoneyCF Desmond JenningsDH Matt JoyceC Jose MolinaSS Yunel EscobarP David Price

APRIL 6, 2015BAL 6 | TB 2DH John JasoRF Steven Souza Jr.SS Asdrubal Cabrera3B Evan Longoria1B James LoneyLF Desmond JenningsC Rene Rivera2B Logan ForsytheCF Kevin KiermaierP Chris Archer

APRIL 3, 2016TOR 5 | TB 32B Logan Forsythe1B Logan Morrison3B Evan LongoriaDH Corey DickersonLF Desmond JenningsSS Brad MillerRF Steven Souza Jr.CF Kevin KiermaierC Hank CongerP Chris Archer

Catcher (7)Toby Hall ....................... 5John Flaherty ................ 4Dioner Navarro ............. 4Jose Molina.................... 3Hank Conger.................. 1John Jaso ...................... 1Rene Rivera ................... 1

First Base (9)Fred McGriff .................. 4Carlos Peña .................. 4Travis Lee ..................... 3James Loney ................ 3Steve Cox ..................... 1Dan Johnson ................. 1Tino Martinez ................. 1Logan Morrison............ 1Ty Wigginton .................. 1

Second Base (11)Miguel Cairo .................. 3Ben Zobrist ................... 3Brent Abernathy ............ 2Jorge Cantu .................. 2Logan Forsythe .............. 2Akinori Iwamura ............ 2Elliot Johnson ............... 1Sean Rodriguez ............. 1Rey Sanchez ................ 1Bobby Smith .................. 1Melvin Upton Jr. ............. 1

Third Base (10)Evan Longoria ............. 8Wade Boggs ................. 2Aubrey Huff ................... 2Willy Aybar .................... 1Vinny Castilla ................ 1Alex Gonzalez ............... 1Akinori Iwamura ............. 1Herbert Perry ................ 1Damian Rolls ................. 1Bobby Smith .................. 1

Shortstop (12)Jason Bartlett ................ 3Julio Lugo ..................... 3Kevin Stocker ................ 3Yunel Escobar ............... 2Reid Brignac ................. 1Asdrubal Cabrera........... 1Chris Gomez ................. 1Felix Martinez ................ 1Brad Miller .................... 1Rey Ordoñez ................. 1Sean Rodriguez ............. 1Ben Zobrist .................... 1

Left Field (9)Carl Crawford ................ 8Desmond Jennings ........ 2Matt Joyce .................... 2Greg Vaughn ................. 2Johnny Damon .............. 1David DeJesus............... 1Mike Kelly ..................... 1Paul Sorrento ................ 1Jason Tyner ................... 1

Center Field (11)Desmond Jennings ....... 3Melvin Upton Jr. ............ 3Rocco Baldelli ............... 2Kevin Kiermaier ........... 2Gerald Williams ............. 2Randy Winn .................. 2Elijah Dukes .................. 1Joey Gathright ............... 1Matt Joyce .................... 1Quinton McCracken ....... 1Chris Singleton .............. 1

Right Field (13)Ben Grieve .................... 3Dave Martinez ............... 3Steven Souza Jr. .......... 2Ben Zobrist ................... 2Jose Cruz Jr. ................. 1Sam Fuld ...................... 1Gabe Gross .................. 1Eric Hinske..................... 1Damon Hollins .............. 1Aubrey Huff .................... 1Matt Joyce ..................... 1Wil Myers ....................... 1Delmon Young ............... 1

Designated Hitter (17)Pat Burrell ..................... 2Jose Canseco ............... 2Rocco Baldelli ............... 1Steve Cox ..................... 1Corey Dickerson .......... 1Cliff Floyd ...................... 1Jonny Gomes ................ 1Aubrey Huff ................... 1John Jaso ...................... 1Kelly Johnson ............... 1Matt Joyce ..................... 1Jeff Keppinger ............... 1Al Martin ........................ 1Josh Phelps ................... 1Manny Ramirez ............. 1Paul Sorrento ................. 1Greg Vaughn .................. 1

Starting Pitcher (11)James Shields .............. 4David Price ................... 3Wilson Alvarez .............. 2Scott Kazmir ................. 2Chris Archer ................. 1Dewon Brazelton .......... 1Joe Kennedy ................. 1Albie Lopez ................... 1Tanyon Sturtze .............. 1Steve Trachsel ............... 1Victor Zambrano ............ 1

OPENING DAY LINEUPS OPENING DAY STARTS (through 2016)

CURRENT RAYS IN BOLD

PLAYER AVG G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OBP SLGBourjos .313 6 16 5 0 1 0 1 0 3 .313 .438Dickerson .333 2 9 3 1 0 2 5 0 1 .333 1.111Kiermaier .286 2 7 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .286 .429Longoria .355 8 31 11 1 0 3 7 3 7 .412 .677Miller .250 3 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250Morrison .176 5 17 3 0 0 1 1 3 4 .300 .353Norris .222 3 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 .222 .333Souza Jr. .250 2 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 .250 .250Weeks Jr. .355 10 31 11 2 0 1 3 4 8 .512 .516

PLAYER G W L ERA GS SV IP H ER HR BB SOArcher 2 0 2 4.22 2 0 10.2 11 5 2 4 17Cedeño 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0Díaz 2 1 0 0.00 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 2Farquhar 2 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.1 2 0 0 0 1Hunter 2 0 0 0.00 0 1 1.2 2 0 0 0 2

OPENING DAY CAREER BATTING

OPENING DAY CAREER PITCHING

OPENING DAY HIGHLIGHTS Ê Bourjos: Had multi-hit games with the Angels in 2011 and 2012…had a 12th-

inning triple on 2013 at CIN…hitless in his last 8 Opening Day at-bats. Ê Dickerson: Has homered in Opening Day in 2015 and 2016…last year, was

the first player to homer on Opening Day in his Rays debut since Eric Hinske in 2008…is one of four players to homer each of the past two Opening Days, along with WAS Bryce Harper, COL Nolan Arenado and BOS Mookie Betts.

Ê Kiermaier: Had a 9th-inning RBI single in 2016 off TOR Roberto Osuna. Ê Longoria: Has made eight Opening Day starts, tied with Carl Crawford for

most in club history…is the Rays all-time hits leader on Opening Day (11), ahead of Fred McGriff (9)…has an RBI in 4 of the Rays last 5 Opening Day games…has a club record 3 HR on Opening Day (2015 vs. BAL, 2012 vs. NYY, 2010 vs. BAL), one more than Ben Zobrist and Gerald Williams.

Ê Miller: Has made three consecutive Opening Day starts at shortstop (2014-15 with Seattle, 2016 with Tampa Bay)…was 0-for-4 in his Rays debut in 2016.

Ê Morrison: Had an 8th-inning solo homer off NYM Taylor Buchholz in 2011. Ê Norris: Had a multi-hit game in 2015, both hits off LAD Clayton Kershaw. Ê Souza Jr.: Has singled off TOR Marcus Stroman and BAL Chris Tillman. Ê Weeks Jr.: Has reached base at least twice in all eight of his Opening Day

starts…only two active players have played in as many Opening Day games (10) with a higher OBP (.512): Adrian Gonzalez (.542) and Alex Rios (.533)…hasn’t made an Opening Day start since 2013; was used as a pinch-hitter in 2014 (with MIL) and 2016 (with ARI).

Ê Archer: Had 12 SO in 2016 vs. TOR, a club record for Opening Day and the most in the majors on Opening Day since SEA Felix Hernandez in 2007…was the first pitcher to record 12-plus SO on Opening Day and lose since STL Bob Gibson in 1975 vs. MTL…also lost his first career Opening Day start in 2015.

Ê Cedeño: Retired his only batter faced—NYM Daniel Murphy—in 2015. Ê Diaz: Has retired all 5 BF (4 BF in 2016 vs. PHI, 1 BF in 2015 vs. PIT). Ê Farquhar: Yielded 2 singles to 3 BF in 2015…had a perfect inning in 2014. Ê Hunter: Inherited 2 IR in 2015 at TB (1 IRS), got the save in 2014 vs. BOS.

HR YEARSEvan Longoria 3 2010, 2012, 2015Gerald Williams 2 2000, 2001Ben Zobrist 2 2011, 2013Wade Boggs 1 1998Jose Canseco 1 1999John Flaherty 1 1999Fred McGriff 1 2000*Randy Winn 1 2001Carl Crawford 1 2003+

HR YEARSCorey Dickerson 1 2016Terry Shumpert 1 2003Jose Cruz Jr. 1 2004Tino Martinez 1 2004Travis Lee 1 2006Jonny Gomes 1 2006Elijah Dukes 1 2007Eric Hinske 1 2008Carlos Peña 1 2012*

OPENING DAY HOMERS (22)

* GRAND SLAM | + WALK-OFF

G AVG (H-AB)Julio Lugo 3 .500 (5-10)Fred McGriff 4 .474 (9-19)Desmond Jennings 5 .421 (8-19)Kevin Stocker 3 .400 (4-10)Evan Longoria 8 .355 (11-31)

G AVG (H-AB)John Flaherty 4 .353 (6-17)Melvin Upton Jr. 4 .333 (5-15)Dioner Navarro 4 .333 (5-15)Travis Lee 3 .333 (4-12)Ben Zobrist 6 .318 (7-22)

OPENING DAY AVG. LEADERS

MINIMUM 10 AB

Ê March 31, 1998 (Home)—Detroit 11, Tampa Bay 6: Wilson Alvarez threw the first pitch in Rays history (a ball to Brian Hunter) and retired the side in order in the 1st…however, nine of the next 13 Tigers batters reached base safely and the Rays fell behind 11-0 by the 5th…Wade Boggs hit a 2-run homer off Justin Thompson in the 6th to account for the first two runs in Rays history…the Rays rallied for 4 runs in the 9th but ended the game by stranding the bases loaded.

Ê April 5, 1999 (Road)—Baltimore 10, Tampa Bay 7: The Rays got home runs from Jose Canseco and John Flaherty and three hits from Fred McGriff, but stranded 12 men on base…starter Wilson Alvarez yielded a pair of 3rd-inning homers (Albert Belle, Brady Anderson)…Wade Boggs had multiple hits in his last Opening Day game.

Ê April 3, 2000 (Road)—Tampa Bay 7, Minnesota 0: Gerald Williams hit the first pitch of the season for a home run off Brad Radke as the Rays recorded their first-ever Opening Day win…Steve Trachsel (7-IP, 5-H, 0-BB, 7-SO) got his first AL win and Fred McGriff hit a grand slam, the Rays first on Opening Day.

Ê April 3, 2001 (Home)—Tampa Bay 8, Toronto 1: Albie Lopez had what remains the longest outing ever by a Rays starter on Opening Day (8-IP, 7-H, 1-ER, 3-BB, 6-SO)…every Rays player with an at-bat got a hit, including Randy Winn’s 8th-inning pinch-hit homer, the Rays first on Opening Day.

Ê April 2, 2002 (Home)—Tampa Bay 9, Detroit 5: The Rays trailed 5-3 in the 6th before Steve Cox’s bases-loaded single tied it and Greg Vaughn’s RBI single in the 8th gave the Rays a lead…Bobby Smith added a key bases-loaded double later in the Rays 4-run 8th…Victor Zambrano earned the first of his two Opening Day wins, this one with only 0.2 IP out of the bullpen.

Ê March 31, 2003 (Home)—Tampa Bay 6, Boston 4: Carl Crawford’s 2-out, 2-strike, 3-run walk-off homer off Chad Fox in the 9th gave the Rays a 6-4 win…it was the eighth walk-off homer on Opening Day in AL history…Seth McClung got the win in his major league debut…the Rays trailed 4-0 entering the 7th and 4-1 entering the 9th…Terry Shumpert became the third Ray to homer in his first at-bat, a 2-run pinch-hit homer in the 9th that brought the Rays to within 4-3.

Ê March 30, 2004—Tampa Bay 8, New York 3 (at the Tokyo Dome): In a game that started at 6:14 a.m. EST, the Rays opened the major league season in Tokyo, Japan…Tino Martinez singled, doubled and homered for the Rays and Jose Cruz homered…the Rays went ahead in the 6th on back-to-back doubles by Martinez and Julio Lugo…Victor Zambrano allowed a two-run homer to Jason Giambi in the 1st, but Zambrano, Lance Carter and Danys Baez held the Yankees to 4 hits and 1 run over their final 8 IP before a crowd of 55,000.

Ê April 4, 2005 (Home)—Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 2: The Rays 5-game Opening Day winning streak was snapped…starter Dewon Brazelton allowed only 3 hits in 7 IP, but they came consecutively in the 4th: a double by Frank Catalanotto, then home runs by Orlando Hudson and Vernon Wells…the Rays out-hit the Jays, 10-7, but Toronto had 5 extra-base hits and the Rays none.

Ê April 3, 2006 (Road)—Baltimore 9, Tampa Bay 6: 22-year-old Scott Kazmir be-came the youngest Opening Day starting pitcher since Dwight Gooden in 1986, but yielded home runs to Luis Matos, Miguel Tejada and Melvin Mora over 4 IP to take the loss…the Rays used three shortstops as Julio Lugo (abdominal muscle) and Luis Ordaz (knee) were both injured…the Rays led 4-3 in the 5th before Matos and Mora hit back-to-back homers leading off the inning.

Ê April 2, 2007 (Road)—New York 9, Tampa Bay 5: With an average age of 24 years, 79 days, the Rays started the youngest Opening Day lineup since the 1983 Twins…Elijah Dukes connected off Carl Pavano in the 5th to become the 99th player in major league history to homer in his first career at-bat…the Rays led 5-3 in the 6th, but the Yankees tied it then and added insurance runs in the 7th and 8th.

Ê March 31, 2008 (Road)—Tampa Bay 6, Baltimore 2: James Shields allowed a 2-run double to Kevin Millar in the 1st, then shut out the Orioles over his next 6 IP…Melvin Upton Jr.’s 2-run single in the 3rd gave the Rays the lead.

Ê April 7, 2009 (Road)—Boston 5, Tampa Bay 3: After a rain out the day earlier, the Rays and Red Sox opened the season—169 days after the Rays beat Boston in Game 7 of the 2008 ALCS…Dustin Pedroia and Jason Varitek had solo homers off James Shields, the latter knocking the Rays starter out in the 6th…Josh Beckett fanned 10 Rays and allowed only 2 hits in 7 IP.

Ê April 6, 2010 (Home)—Tampa Bay 4, Baltimore 3: Carl Crawford’s 1-out, 2-run double in the 9th off Mike Gonzalez gave the Rays their second walk-off win on Opening Day…to set up Crawford’s heroics, Sean Rodriguez had a 1-out single, Kelly Shoppach doubled in his first plate app as a Ray and Jason Bartlett received his only intentional walk of the season…previously, Evan Longoria blasted a 6th-inning, 473-foot homer off Kevin Millwood to bring the Rays to within 3-2.

Ê April 1, 2011 (Home)—Baltimore 4, Tampa Bay 1: The two teams combined for only 9 hits…the Rays were shut out until the 9th, when Ben Zobrist led off the frame with a homer off Jim Johnson.

Ê April 6, 2012 (Home)—Tampa Bay 7, New York 6: The Rays scored twice in the 9th off Mariano Rivera for their third walk-off win on Opening Day…prior to that game, Rivera was 60-of-61 in career save opportunities against the Rays…Carlos Peña’s 1-out single in the 9th scored Ben Zobrist, who had tripled in the game-tying run…Peña hit a grand slam off CC Sabathia in the 1st, the Rays second on Opening Day.

Ê April 2, 2013 (Home)—Baltimore 7, Tampa Bay 4: All 7 runs allowed by the Rays came with two outs…David Price allowed a 2-run homer in the 1st to Matt Wieters, but the Rays came back with a solo homer by Ben Zobrist in the 4th and an RBI double by Desmond Jennings and sacrifice fly by Zobrist in the 6th to carry a 3-2 lead into the late innings…Jake McGee allowed a then-career high 5 runs in the 7th, a lead the Orioles never relinquished.

Ê March 31, 2014 (Home)—Tampa Bay 9, Toronto 2: The Rays matched their largest margin of victory (2011, 2000) and highest run total (2002) on Opening Day in fran-chise history…the Rays built a 4-0 lead, scoring in each of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd in-nings…David Price’s 7.1 IP matched the 2nd-longest Opening Day start in franchise history…Wil Myers had 3 hits and Matt Joyce had 3 RBI.

Ê April 6, 2015 (Home)—Baltimore 6, Tampa Bay 2: The Rays starting lineup in-cluded only two players playing the same position as the Opening Day starting lineup a year prior (3B Evan Longoria, 1B James Loney)…Rays pitchers had 11 SO, a club record for Opening Day at the time…Chris Archer yielded an unearned run in the 1st and a pair of solo homers (5th, 6th innings)…Longoria hit his third career Opening Day home run, passing Ben Zobrist and Gerald Williams for the club record…Steve Geltz had 4 SO in 1.1 IP, the first pitcher since Baseball Reference data was available (1913) to go more than 1 IP and strike out every batter he faced on Opening Day.

Ê April 3, 2016 (Home)—Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 3: For the second straight season, the Rays fell behind on Opening Day in the top of the 1st and never led…Rays pitchers had 16 SO, tying the modern major league record (since 1900) for a 9-in-ning game on Opening Day, according to the Elias Sports Bureau…RH Chris Archer became the first pitcher to record 12 SO (or more) on Opening Day and lose since STL Bob Gibson in 1975 vs. MTL…Corey Dickerson homered in his Rays debut and Evan Longoria became the Rays all-time hits leader on Opening Day.

RAYS HITTERS vs. YANKEES2016 CAREER

PLAYER G AB H HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP G AB H HR RBI BB SO AVG OBPBeckham 5 13 4 1 3 1 2 .308 .357 13 32 5 1 4 3 11 .156 .222Bourjos - - - - - - - - - 22 81 23 2 5 3 16 .284 .326Dickerson 18 69 21 6 13 3 17 .304 .333 18 69 21 6 13 3 17 .304 .333Kiermaier 13 47 16 3 4 6 10 .340 .415 40 142 37 5 11 12 30 .261 .318Longoria 19 76 18 3 13 3 18 .237 .263 149 552 153 32 98 59 130 .277 .349Miller 19 70 18 7 13 2 24 .257 .288 29 100 26 7 16 4 30 .260 .295Morrison 10 32 8 1 3 0 15 .250 .273 17 59 14 2 5 1 24 .237 .262Norris 3 9 1 0 2 2 4 .111 .273 16 53 10 2 11 7 16 .189 .283Robertson - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Smith - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Souza Jr. 14 49 13 5 9 4 20 .265 .315 30 107 31 8 16 10 44 .290 .353Sucre - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Weeks Jr. 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 10 28 6 0 3 1 7 .214 .267

2016 CAREERPLAYER W L SV IP H ER SO ERA AVG W L SV IP H ER SO ERA AVGAndriese 1 1 0 12.0 15 8 11 6.00 .306 1 2 1 19.1 27 13 16 6.05 .346Archer 0 3 0 21.0 15 9 22 3.86 .190 5 5 0 89.0 62 26 75 2.63 .194Cedeño 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 1 0.00 .100 1 0 0 8.1 2 0 8 0.00 .077Cobb 0 1 0 7.1 18 10 3 12.27 .474 5 3 0 77.1 59 25 54 2.91 .211Colomé 0 0 5 7.0 1 0 9 0.00 .045 0 1 5 26.2 26 8 24 2.70 .248Diaz - - - - - - - - - 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 1 0.00 .000Farquhar 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 5 0.00 .000 0 0 0 4.1 2 0 9 0.00 .133Hunter 0 1 0 3.0 3 1 4 3.00 .250 1 5 2 50.0 50 25 49 4.50 .255Odorizzi 2 1 0 19.2 12 5 17 2.29 .171 5 5 1 67.2 56 32 59 4.26 .219Pruitt - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Ramírez 0 2 0 7.1 14 8 2 9.82 .400 2 2 0 30.0 20 11 18 3.30 .189Snell 2 1 0 18.0 18 6 24 3.00 .257 2 1 0 18.0 18 6 24 3.00 .257

RAYS PITCHERS vs. YANKEES

Team Batting Ê Most Runs 9 vs. Toronto, 2014

vs. Detroit, 2002 Ê Most Hits 15 vs. New York-AL, 2004

vs. Toronto, 2001 Ê Most Doubles 4 4x, last vs. Baltimore, 2010 Ê Most Triples 1 vs. New York-AL, 2012

vs. Toronto, 2001 Ê Most HR 2 7x, last vs. New York-AL, 2012 Ê Most Walks 8 vs. Toronto, 2014 Ê Most Strikeouts 14 at Boston, 2009 Ê Most SB 3 at Boston, 2009

at New York-AL, 2007

Team Pitching Ê Most Strikeouts 16 vs. Toronto, 2016 Ê Most Walks 7 vs. New York-AL, 2012 Ê Most Hits 18 vs. Detroit, 1998 Ê Most Runs 11 vs. Detroit, 1998 Ê Most Pitches 185 vs. New York-AL, 2012 Ê Most HR 4 at Baltimore, 2006

Individual Batting Ê Most At-Bats 6 Randy Winn, 1999 at BAL Ê Most Runs 3 Tino Martinez, 2004 vs. NYY (Japan)

Chris Gomez, 2002 vs. DET Ê Most Hits 3 11x-last, Wil Myers, 2014 vs. TOR Ê Most Doubles 2 Vinny Castilla, 2001 vs. TOR Ê Most Triples 1 Ben Zobrist, 2012 vs. NYY

Ben Grieve, 2001 vs. TOR Ê Most HR 1 22x-last, Corey Dickerson, 2016 vs. NYY Ê Most RBI 5 Carlos Peña, 2012 vs. NYY Ê Most Walks 3 Ben Zobrist, 2014 vs. TOR Ê Most Strikeouts 4 Matt Joyce, 2012 vs. NYY Ê Most SB 1 13x-last, James Loney, 2014 vs. TOR

Individual Pitching Ê Most Innings 8.0 Albie Lopez, 2001 vs. TOR Ê Most Strikeouts 12 Chris Archer, 2016 vs. NYY Ê Most Hits 9 5x-last, James Shields, 2012 vs. NYY Ê Most Runs 6 4x-last, James Shields, 2012 vs. NYY Ê Most Walks 5 Wilson Alvarez, 1998 vs. DET Ê Most HR 3 James Shields, 2010 vs. BAL

Scott Kazmir, 2006 at BAL Ê Most Pitches 113 Albie Lopez, 2001 vs. TOR

OPENING DAY RECAPS

OPENING DAY RECORDS

RAYS 2017 DAY-BY-DAYPOS. HOME

# GAME FINAL WINNER LOSER W-L GA/GB ATT. CUM.1 4/2 vs. NYY 1:10 Magnet Schedule (All fans)

4/3 - OFF (1)2 4/4 vs. NYY 7:103 4/5 vs. NYY 7:104 4/6 vs. TOR 7:105 4/7 vs. TOR 7:106 4/8 vs. TOR 6:10 Kevin Kiermaier Gold Glove Bobblehead (First 15,000 fans)7 4/9 vs. TOR 1:10 Baseball Bat Pack (Kids 14 & under)8 4/10 at NYY 1:05

4/11 - OFF (2)9 4/12 at NYY 1:0510 4/13 at NYY 7:0511 4/14 at BOS 7:1012 4/15 at BOS 4:0513 4/16 at BOS 1:3514 4/17 at BOS 11:0515 4/18 vs. DET 7:1016 4/19 vs. DET 7:1017 4/20 vs. DET 1:1018 4/21 vs. HOU 7:1019 4/22 vs. HOU 6:10 Chris Archer Starting Lineup Figurine (First 15,000 fans)20 4/23 vs. HOU 1:10 Blade Sunglasses (Kids 14 & under)21 4/24 at BAL 7:0522 4/25 at BAL 7:0523 4/26 at BAL 7:05

4/27 - OFF (3)24 4/28 at TOR 7:0725 4/29 at TOR 1:0726 4/30 at TOR 1:0727 5/1 at MIA 7:1028 5/2 at MIA 7:1029 5/3 vs. MIA 7:1030 5/4 vs. MIA 7:1031 5/5 vs. TOR 7:1032 5/6 vs. TOR 4:10 Bubble Blowin' Evan Longoria (First 15,000 fans)33 5/7 vs. TOR 1:10 Batting Gloves (Kids 14 & under)34 5/8 vs. KC 1:1035 5/9 vs. KC 7:1036 5/10 vs. KC 7:1037 5/11 vs. KC 1:1038 5/12 at BOS 7:1039 5/13 at BOS 7:1040 5/14 at BOS 1:3541 5/15 at CLE 6:1042 5/16 at CLE 6:1043 5/17 at CLE 6:10

5/18 - OFF (4)44 5/19 vs. NYY 7:1045 5/20 vs. NYY 4:10 Hawaiian Shirt (First 15,000 fans)46 5/21 vs. NYY 1:10 Super Rays Comic Book (Kids 14 & under)47 5/22 vs. LAA 7:1048 5/23 vs. LAA 7:1049 5/24 vs. LAA 7:1050 5/25 vs. LAA 1:1051 5/26 at MIN 8:1052 5/27 at MIN 2:1053 5/28 at MIN 2:1054 5/29 at TEX 8:0555 5/30 at TEX 8:0556 5/31 at TEX 8:05

6/1 - OFF (5)57 6/2 at SEA 10:1058 6/3 at SEA 10:1059 6/4 at SEA 4:10

6/5 - OFF (6)60 6/6 vs. CWS 7:1061 6/7 vs. CWS 7:1062 6/8 vs. CWS 7:1063 6/9 vs. OAK 7:1064 6/10 vs. OAK (1) 2:10 Matt Duffy Double Play Bobblehead (First 15,000 fans)65 6/10 vs. OAK (2) GM266 6/11 vs. OAK 1:10 Bat and Ball Set (Kids 14 & under)

6/12 - OFF (7)67 6/13 at TOR 7:0768 6/14 at TOR 7:0769 6/15 at DET 7:1070 6/16 at DET 7:1071 6/17 at DET 4:1072 6/18 at DET 1:1073 6/19 vs. CIN 7:1074 6/20 vs. CIN 7:1075 6/21 vs. CIN 7:10 Cheer Sticks (Kids 14 & under)

6/22 - OFF (8)76 6/23 vs. BAL 7:1077 6/24 vs. BAL 4:10 Kevin Kiermaier STAR WARS Bobblehead (First 15,000 fans)78 6/25 vs. BAL 1:10

6/26 - OFF (9)79 6/27 at PIT 7:0580 6/28 at PIT 7:0581 6/29 at PIT 7:0582 6/30 at BAL 7:0583 7/1 at BAL 4:0584 7/2 at BAL 1:35

7/3 - OFF (10)85 7/4 at CHC 2:2086 7/5 at CHC 2:2087 7/6 vs. BOS 7:1088 7/7 vs. BOS 7:1089 7/8 vs. BOS 4:1090 7/9 vs. BOS 1:10

7/10 - All-Star Break7/11 - All-Star Game Marlins Park (Miami Marlins)

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

7/12 - All-Star Break7/13 - All-Star Break

91 7/14 at LAA 10:0792 7/15 at LAA 9:0793 7/16 at LAA 3:3794 7/17 at OAK 10:0795 7/18 at OAK 10:0796 7/19 at OAK 3:37

7/20 - OFF (11)97 7/21 vs. TEX 7:1098 7/22 vs. TEX 6:10 DJ Kitty Onesie (First 15,000 fans)99 7/23 vs. TEX 1:10 Chris Archer Emoji Pillow (Kids 14 & under)100 7/24 vs. BAL 7:10101 7/25 vs. BAL 7:10102 7/26 vs. BAL 12:10 Cheer Sticks (Kids 14 & under)103 7/27 at NYY 7:05104 7/28 at NYY 7:05105 7/29 at NYY 1:05106 7/30 at NYY 1:05107 7/31 at HOU 8:10108 8/1 at HOU 8:10109 8/2 at HOU 8:10110 8/3 at HOU 8:10111 8/4 vs. MIL 7:10112 8/5 vs. MIL 6:10 MARVEL Iron Man Bobblehead (First 15,000 fans)113 8/6 vs. MIL 1:10 Swim Goggles (Kids 14 & under)

8/7 - OFF (12)114 8/8 vs. BOS 7:10115 8/9 vs. BOS 7:10116 8/10 vs. CLE 7:10117 8/11 vs. CLE 7:10118 8/12 vs. CLE 6:10 Mystery Retro Replica Jersey (First 15,000 fans)119 8/13 vs. CLE 1:10 Retro Socks (Kids 14 & under)120 8/14 at TOR 7:07121 8/15 at TOR 7:07122 8/16 at TOR 7:07123 8/17 at TOR 4:07124 8/18 vs. SEA 7:10125 9/19 vs. SEA 6:10 Rays Tote Bag (First 15,000 fans)126 8/20 vs. SEA 1:10 Rays Win Alarm Clock (Kids 14 & under)

8/21 - OFF (13)127 8/22 vs. TOR 7:10128 8/23 vs. TOR 7:10129 8/24 vs. TOR 1:10130 8/25 at STL 8:15131 8/26 at STL 7:15132 8/27 at STL 2:15133 8/28 at KC 8:15134 8/29 at KC 8:15135 8/30 at KC 8:15

8/31 - OFF (14)136 9/1 at CWS 8:10137 9/2 at CWS 7:10138 9/3 at CWS 2:10139 9/4 vs. MIN 7:10140 9/5 vs. MIN 7:10141 9/6 vs. MIN 1:10

9/7 - OFF (15)142 9/8 at BOS 7:10143 9/9 at BOS 7:10144 9/10 at BOS 1:35145 9/11 vs. NYY 7:10146 9/12 vs. NYY 7:10147 9/13 vs. NYY 7:10

9/14 - OFF (16)148 9/15 vs. BOS 7:10149 9/16 vs. BOS 6:10 Blake Snell Bobblehead (First 15,000 fans)150 9/17 vs. BOS 1:10 Hooded Bath Towel (Kids 14 & under)

9/18 - OFF (17)151 9/19 vs. CHC 7:10152 9/20 vs. CHC 7:10153 9/21 at BAL 7:05154 9/22 at BAL 7:05155 9/23 at BAL 7:05156 9/24 at BAL 1:35157 9/25 - OFF (18)157 9/26 at NYY 7:05158 9/27 at NYY 7:05159 9/28 at NYY 7:05160 9/29 vs. BAL 7:10161 9/30 vs. BAL 6:10 Burst Car Emblem (First 15,000 fans)162 10/1 vs. BAL 3:10 Raymond Night Light (Kids 14 & under)

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