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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 vs. NEW YORK YANKEES LH Blake Snell (5-8, 3.87) vs. RH Luis Cessa (4-2, 4.44) THIS WEEKEND—The Rays host the Boston Red Sox for a 3-game series this weekend, their final home games of the 2016 season…tomorrow (Fri- day) the Rays will hold their Roberto Clemente Day celebration to honor the life and career of the Hall of Famer as part of Hispanic Heritage Night… Rays players will wear Clemente T-shirts during BP, and Chris Archer will be honored in a pregame ceremony as the club’s Roberto Clemente Award nominee…as a special offer for this game, fans can purchase two upper level tickets for $21 online at raysbaseball.com/Clemente or at the Tropi- cana Field Box Office. Ê Tomorrow the Rays will hold a canned food drive in partnership with Feeding Tampa Bay…all fans who donate unopened cans and non- perishable food items will receive a voucher for two complimentary tickets to a 2017 Rays home game…one ticket voucher per house- hold will be issued…fans can drop off their canned items at Gates 1 and 4 before entering Tropicana Field…vouchers can be redeemed online starting in March 2017…tickets will be located in the Lower Corners…restrictions and blackout dates apply. Ê On Saturday, all fans will receive a Tote Bag courtesy of MLB Net- work…on Sunday, all kids 14 and under will receive a DJ Kitty Tooth- brush Holder courtesy of United Concordia Dental…all promotional items are available while supplies last. Ê On Sunday, the Rays will honor retiring Red Sox DH David Ortiz in a pregame ceremony, which will include parting gifts from Rays players and the organization to be revealed when festivities begin at 12:55 p.m. THE BIG PICTURE—The Rays have lost 3 straight games to fall to 23 games under .500, matching their season most…they have not been 24 games un- der .500 since finishing the 2007 season at 66-96 in their final year as the Devil Rays…the Rays are 0-2 on the 6-game homestand, the final one of the season, and have lost 5 of their last 6 games at home after winning 16 of their previous 23 here…the Rays would need to win at least 9 of their remaining 11 games to avoid their first 90-loss season since 2007…they are 30-31 since July 17, following their worst-ever 3-24 stretch, June 16–July 16. BEAT THE SWEEP—The Rays have won their last 6 games when they were in jeopardy of being swept, all coming since the All-Star break…prior to the All-Star break, they were swept nine times, seven of which were 3 or more games…if the Yankees finish the sweep tonight, it would be the most times the Rays have been swept in a season since 2006 (12 sweeps, nine of 3-plus games). SLUG BUG—Last night the Rays hit 5 home runs, all solo shots, in an 11-5 loss to the Yankees…the 5 HR tied the club record at Tropicana Field (sixth time, last Aug 16 vs. SD) and fell one shy of the overall club record… it was only the second time they lost (out of 17 games) when hitting at least 5 HR, the other loss coming on Sep 18, 2008 vs. MIN (5 HR, lost 11-8)… there have been only 23 games since Baseball Reference data is available (1913) that a team hit at least 5 HR, all of the solo variety—and 3 of those games have been the Rays…the other times were Aug 12, 2011 at NYY (5) and May 4, 2004 at TEX (5). Ê The Rays hit 4 homers off RH Masahiro Tanaka in the 3rd inning: Bobby Wilson first, then back-to-back-to-back shots by Evan Long- oria, Brad Miller and Corey Dickerson…the 4 HR set a club record for a single frame…it was the third time the Rays have hit 3 consecu- tive home runs, following June 24, 2013 vs. TOR (James Loney, Wil Myers, Sam Fuld) and June 9, 2008 at LAA (Longoria, Willy Aybar, Dioner Navarro)…the last team to hit 4 HR off the Yankees in a single inning was Boston on April 22, 2007 at Fenway Park, all off RH Chase Wright in the 3rd. RAYS vs. YANKEESThe Rays have now hit 36 HR vs. the Yankees, surpassing the 2010 Blue Jays (33) for the most ever in a single sea- son against New York…this is also the Rays most ever against an opponent, followed by their 30 vs. Toronto this season…although the Rays trail in the season series, 11-7, they have outscored New York, 81-80, and out-homered them 36-31…Rays are 4-4 here this season (including a 3-game sweep July 29-31) and 3-7 at Yankee Stadium…the Rays went 7-12 in 2015…this is the first time the Rays have lost the season series to New York in back-to-back years since 2008-09. TATER TRACKER—The Rays have hit 210 HR this season, shattering the club HR record of 199 in 2009, and are on pace for 225…the Rays are currently the first team since 2006 (Braves and Reds) to hit at least 210 HR and post a losing record, and no team has hit 225 HR with a losing record since the 2005 Rang- ers, who hit 260 HR (led by Mark Teixeira’s 43) and finished 79-83…the Rays rank 4th in the majors in HR, but 22nd in runs scored. Ê The Rays have hit 28 HR in their last 14 games (since Sep 7), most in the majors, and have 76 HR in their last 46 games (since Aug 3). Ê The Rays have scored 48.8 pct. of their runs via home run, the 3rd-highest per- centage in the majors (see chart)…the major league average is 40.3 pct. POWER COUPLEBrad Miller (30) and Evan Longoria (36) are the third pair of Rays teammates with 30 HR apiece, joining Longo- ria and Carlos Peña (2009) and Fred McGriff and Jose Canseco (1999)…their combined 66 HR rank 3rd among infielder team- mates in the majors (see chart). MILLER IN PRIME COMPANY—Last night Miller hit his 29th and 30th home runs last night, his eighth career multi-homer game (in 485 games played)…that’s as many multi-homer games as NYY Babe Ruth and BOS Ted Williams had in their first 485 games played…Miller and Steven Sou- za Jr. each have 3 multi-homer games this season, most by a Ray since Melvin Upton Jr. had 3 in 2012…Miller’s 30 HR exceed his career total entering this season (29 in 343 games)…22 of his 30 HR (73.3 pct.) have come at Tropicana Field, one shy of Carlos Peña’s club record of 23 in 2007, and the highest pct. by a Ray (min. 20 HR) since Ty Wigginton (75.0) in 2006…his 22 HR at home are tied for 3rd in the majors, trailing only COL Nolan Arenado (24) and BAL Mark Trumbo (23). EVAN ALMIGHTY—3B Evan Longoria has 5 HR in his last 9 games… he needs 3 hits and 1 extra-base hit to tie his career highs (169 H in 2010, 77 XBH in 2009)…he is 5 RBI away from his third 100-RBI season (113 in 2009, 104 in 2010)…his 36 HR and 318 total bases are already career highs, and the home runs and a club record for a right-handed hitter…only one Ray has ever hit more: Carlos Peña (46 in 2007 and 39 in 2009). COREY DICKERSON—Ranks 2nd in the AL with 20 doubles since the All- Star break, behind CLE Jose Ramirez (21)…is batting .364/.364/.691 (20- for-55) with 6 2B, 4 HR and 10 RBI over his last 14 games (13 starts) since Sep 6, raising his avg. from .227 to .243. TOUGHEST SCHEDULE IN 25 YEARS?—The Rays are 32 games through a stretch of 36 consecutive games vs. teams at or above .500, and they are 14-18 so far…their only remaining series vs. a current sub-.500 team is Sep 26-29 at CWS…the Rays have played a MLB-most 118 games vs. teams currently at .500 or better, and are 45-73 (.381) in those games…in contrast, the Rays are 19-14 (.541) vs. teams currently under .500…if the standings remain as they are, they would finish the season with 125 games vs. clubs .500 or better, the most since 1991 when several AL teams did it—headed by the Yankees, Orioles and Indians at 136 each. HAPPY BIRTHDAY—Today SS Alexei Ramirez celebrates his 35th birth- day…he is the oldest player on the Rays roster. ROSTER MOVE—Today the Rays placed OF Steven Souza Jr. on the 60- day DL, after undergoing successful surgery yesterday to debride a labral tear and impingement of his left hip…the surgery was performed in Nash- ville by Dr. Thomas Byrd…the Rays have selected INF Juniel Querecuto (yoo-nee-EL care-uh-KOO-to) from Double-A Montgomery…the switch-hit- ter celebrated his 24th birthday on Monday…he will be the 48th player used by the Rays this season and seventh to make his major league debut…he will wear No. 9. First Pitch: 7:10 p.m. | Location: Tropicana, Field, St. Petersburg, Fla. | TV: Fox Sports Sun | Radio: WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.) Game No.: 152 (64-87) | Home Game No.: 78 (35-42) | All-Time Game No.: 3,066 (1,416-1,649) | All-Time Home Game No.: 1,537 (779-757) April: 11-12 | May: 11-16 | June: 11-17 | July: 9-16 | August: 14-15 | September: 8-11 | Pre-All-Star Break: 34-54 | Post-All-Star Break: 30-33 Upcoming Games Time (ET) Probable Starting Pitchers (Rays vs. Opp.) TV | Radio Fri., Sep 23 vs. BOS 7:10 p.m. RH Chris Archer (8-18, 4.05) vs. LH Drew Pomeranz (2-5, 4.91) Fox Sports Sun | WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.) Sat., Sep 24 vs. BOS 6:10 p.m. RH Matt Andriese (8-7, 4.41) vs. RH Rick Porcello (21-4, 3.08) Fox Sports Sun | WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.) Sun., Sep 25 vs. BOS 1:10 p.m. RH Jake Odorizzi (9-6, 3.73) vs. LH Eduardo Rodriguez (3-7, 4.84) Fox Sports Sun | WHNZ 1250 AM, WAMA 1550 AM (Sp.) MOST HOMERS BY INFIELDER TEAMMATES, MLB, 2016 Davis (38), Machado (36) Orioles 74 Bryant (38), Rizzo (31) Cubs 69 Longoria (36), Miller (30) Rays 66 Arenado (39), Story (27) Rockies 66 Frazier (38), Abreu (25) White Sox 63 HIGHEST PCT. OF RUNS SCORED VIA HOME RUN, MLB, 2016 Team HR HR R R Pct. Mets 205 316 595 53.1 Orioles 238 362 706 51.3 Rays 210 312 640 48.8 Mariners 207 346 714 48.5 Blue Jays 214 338 722 46.8 MOST HR vs. YANKEES, ONE SEASON, ALL-TIME Tampa Bay, 2016 36 Toronto, 2010 33 Boston, 2004 32 Philadelphia-AL, 1932 31 MOST HR, MLB, 2016 Baltimore 238 Toronto 214 St. Louis 212 Tampa Bay 210 Seattle 207

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Page 1: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 vs. NEW YORK YANKEESmlb.mlb.com/documents/8/6/0/202780860/9_22_16_PREGAME_NOTES_9lafkon… · THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 vs. NEW YORK YANKEES LH Blake

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 vs. NEW YORK YANKEESLH Blake Snell (5-8, 3.87) vs. RH Luis Cessa (4-2, 4.44)

THIS WEEKEND—The Rays host the Boston Red Sox for a 3-game series this weekend, their final home games of the 2016 season…tomorrow (Fri-day) the Rays will hold their Roberto Clemente Day celebration to honor the life and career of the Hall of Famer as part of Hispanic Heritage Night…Rays players will wear Clemente T-shirts during BP, and Chris Archer will be honored in a pregame ceremony as the club’s Roberto Clemente Award nominee…as a special offer for this game, fans can purchase two upper level tickets for $21 online at raysbaseball.com/Clemente or at the Tropi-cana Field Box Office.

Ê Tomorrow the Rays will hold a canned food drive in partnership with Feeding Tampa Bay…all fans who donate unopened cans and non-perishable food items will receive a voucher for two complimentary tickets to a 2017 Rays home game…one ticket voucher per house-hold will be issued…fans can drop off their canned items at Gates 1 and 4 before entering Tropicana Field…vouchers can be redeemed online starting in March 2017…tickets will be located in the Lower Corners…restrictions and blackout dates apply.

Ê On Saturday, all fans will receive a Tote Bag courtesy of MLB Net-work…on Sunday, all kids 14 and under will receive a DJ Kitty Tooth-brush Holder courtesy of United Concordia Dental…all promotional items are available while supplies last.

Ê On Sunday, the Rays will honor retiring Red Sox DH David Ortiz in a pregame ceremony, which will include parting gifts from Rays players and the organization to be revealed when festivities begin at 12:55 p.m.

THE BIG PICTURE—The Rays have lost 3 straight games to fall to 23 games under .500, matching their season most…they have not been 24 games un-der .500 since finishing the 2007 season at 66-96 in their final year as the Devil Rays…the Rays are 0-2 on the 6-game homestand, the final one of the season, and have lost 5 of their last 6 games at home after winning 16 of their previous 23 here…the Rays would need to win at least 9 of their remaining 11 games to avoid their first 90-loss season since 2007…they are 30-31 since July 17, following their worst-ever 3-24 stretch, June 16–July 16.

BEAT THE SWEEP—The Rays have won their last 6 games when they were in jeopardy of being swept, all coming since the All-Star break…prior to the All-Star break, they were swept nine times, seven of which were 3 or more games…if the Yankees finish the sweep tonight, it would be the most times the Rays have been swept in a season since 2006 (12 sweeps, nine of 3-plus games).

SLUG BUG—Last night the Rays hit 5 home runs, all solo shots, in an 11-5 loss to the Yankees…the 5 HR tied the club record at Tropicana Field (sixth time, last Aug 16 vs. SD) and fell one shy of the overall club record…it was only the second time they lost (out of 17 games) when hitting at least 5 HR, the other loss coming on Sep 18, 2008 vs. MIN (5 HR, lost 11-8)…there have been only 23 games since Baseball Reference data is available (1913) that a team hit at least 5 HR, all of the solo variety—and 3 of those games have been the Rays…the other times were Aug 12, 2011 at NYY (5) and May 4, 2004 at TEX (5).

Ê The Rays hit 4 homers off RH Masahiro Tanaka in the 3rd inning: Bobby Wilson first, then back-to-back-to-back shots by Evan Long-oria, Brad Miller and Corey Dickerson…the 4 HR set a club record for a single frame…it was the third time the Rays have hit 3 consecu-tive home runs, following June 24, 2013 vs. TOR (James Loney, Wil Myers, Sam Fuld) and June 9, 2008 at LAA (Longoria, Willy Aybar, Dioner Navarro)…the last team to hit 4 HR off the Yankees in a single inning was Boston on April 22, 2007 at Fenway Park, all off RH Chase Wright in the 3rd.

RAYS vs. YANKEES—The Rays have now hit 36 HR vs. the Yankees, surpassing the 2010 Blue Jays (33) for the most ever in a single sea-son against New York…this is also the Rays most ever against an opponent, followed by their 30 vs. Toronto this season…although the Rays trail in the season series, 11-7, they have outscored New York, 81-80, and out-homered them 36-31…Rays are 4-4 here this season (including a 3-game sweep July 29-31) and 3-7 at Yankee Stadium…the Rays went 7-12 in 2015…this is the first time the Rays have lost the season series to New York in back-to-back years since 2008-09.

TATER TRACKER—The Rays have hit 210 HR this season, shattering the club HR record of 199 in 2009, and are on pace for 225…the Rays are currently the first team since 2006 (Braves and Reds) to hit at least 210 HR and post a losing record, and no team has hit 225 HR with a losing record since the 2005 Rang-ers, who hit 260 HR (led by Mark Teixeira’s 43) and finished 79-83…the Rays rank 4th in the majors in HR, but 22nd in runs scored.

Ê The Rays have hit 28 HR in their last 14 games (since Sep 7), most in the majors, and have 76 HR in their last 46 games (since Aug 3).

Ê The Rays have scored 48.8 pct. of their runs via home run, the 3rd-highest per-centage in the majors (see chart)…the major league average is 40.3 pct.

POWER COUPLE—Brad Miller (30) and Evan Longoria (36) are the third pair of Rays teammates with 30 HR apiece, joining Longo-ria and Carlos Peña (2009) and Fred McGriff and Jose Canseco (1999)…their combined 66 HR rank 3rd among infielder team-mates in the majors (see chart).

MILLER IN PRIME COMPANY—Last night Miller hit his 29th and 30th home runs last night, his eighth career multi-homer game (in 485 games played)…that’s as many multi-homer games as NYY Babe Ruth and BOS Ted Williams had in their first 485 games played…Miller and Steven Sou-za Jr. each have 3 multi-homer games this season, most by a Ray since Melvin Upton Jr. had 3 in 2012…Miller’s 30 HR exceed his career total entering this season (29 in 343 games)…22 of his 30 HR (73.3 pct.) have come at Tropicana Field, one shy of Carlos Peña’s club record of 23 in 2007, and the highest pct. by a Ray (min. 20 HR) since Ty Wigginton (75.0) in 2006…his 22 HR at home are tied for 3rd in the majors, trailing only COL Nolan Arenado (24) and BAL Mark Trumbo (23).

EVAN ALMIGHTY—3B Evan Longoria has 5 HR in his last 9 games…he needs 3 hits and 1 extra-base hit to tie his career highs (169 H in 2010, 77 XBH in 2009)…he is 5 RBI away from his third 100-RBI season (113 in 2009, 104 in 2010)…his 36 HR and 318 total bases are already career highs, and the home runs and a club record for a right-handed hitter…only one Ray has ever hit more: Carlos Peña (46 in 2007 and 39 in 2009).

COREY DICKERSON—Ranks 2nd in the AL with 20 doubles since the All-Star break, behind CLE Jose Ramirez (21)…is batting .364/.364/.691 (20-for-55) with 6 2B, 4 HR and 10 RBI over his last 14 games (13 starts) since Sep 6, raising his avg. from .227 to .243.

TOUGHEST SCHEDULE IN 25 YEARS?—The Rays are 32 games through a stretch of 36 consecutive games vs. teams at or above .500, and they are 14-18 so far…their only remaining series vs. a current sub-.500 team is Sep 26-29 at CWS…the Rays have played a MLB-most 118 games vs. teams currently at .500 or better, and are 45-73 (.381) in those games…in contrast, the Rays are 19-14 (.541) vs. teams currently under .500…if the standings remain as they are, they would finish the season with 125 games vs. clubs .500 or better, the most since 1991 when several AL teams did it—headed by the Yankees, Orioles and Indians at 136 each.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY—Today SS Alexei Ramirez celebrates his 35th birth-day…he is the oldest player on the Rays roster.

ROSTER MOVE—Today the Rays placed OF Steven Souza Jr. on the 60-day DL, after undergoing successful surgery yesterday to debride a labral tear and impingement of his left hip…the surgery was performed in Nash-ville by Dr. Thomas Byrd…the Rays have selected INF Juniel Querecuto (yoo-nee-EL care-uh-KOO-to) from Double-A Montgomery…the switch-hit-ter celebrated his 24th birthday on Monday…he will be the 48th player used by the Rays this season and seventh to make his major league debut…he will wear No. 9.

First Pitch: 7:10 p.m. | Location: Tropicana, Field, St. Petersburg, Fla. | TV: Fox Sports Sun | Radio: WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.)Game No.: 152 (64-87) | Home Game No.: 78 (35-42) | All-Time Game No.: 3,066 (1,416-1,649) | All-Time Home Game No.: 1,537 (779-757)

April: 11-12 | May: 11-16 | June: 11-17 | July: 9-16 | August: 14-15 | September: 8-11 | Pre-All-Star Break: 34-54 | Post-All-Star Break: 30-33

Upcoming Games Time (ET) Probable Starting Pitchers (Rays vs. Opp.) TV | RadioFri., Sep 23 vs. BOS 7:10 p.m. RH Chris Archer (8-18, 4.05) vs. LH Drew Pomeranz (2-5, 4.91) Fox Sports Sun | WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.)Sat., Sep 24 vs. BOS 6:10 p.m. RH Matt Andriese (8-7, 4.41) vs. RH Rick Porcello (21-4, 3.08) Fox Sports Sun | WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.)Sun., Sep 25 vs. BOS 1:10 p.m. RH Jake Odorizzi (9-6, 3.73) vs. LH Eduardo Rodriguez (3-7, 4.84) Fox Sports Sun | WHNZ 1250 AM, WAMA 1550 AM (Sp.)

MOST HOMERS BY INFIELDER TEAMMATES, MLB, 2016

Davis (38), Machado (36) Orioles 74Bryant (38), Rizzo (31) Cubs 69Longoria (36), Miller (30) Rays 66Arenado (39), Story (27) Rockies 66Frazier (38), Abreu (25) White Sox 63

HIGHEST PCT. OF RUNS SCOREDVIA HOME RUN, MLB, 2016

Team HR HR R R Pct.Mets 205 316 595 53.1Orioles 238 362 706 51.3Rays 210 312 640 48.8Mariners 207 346 714 48.5Blue Jays 214 338 722 46.8

MOST HR vs. YANKEES, ONE SEASON, ALL-TIME

Tampa Bay, 2016 36Toronto, 2010 33Boston, 2004 32Philadelphia-AL, 1932 31

MOST HR, MLB, 2016Baltimore 238Toronto 214St. Louis 212Tampa Bay 210Seattle 207

Page 2: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 vs. NEW YORK YANKEESmlb.mlb.com/documents/8/6/0/202780860/9_22_16_PREGAME_NOTES_9lafkon… · THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 vs. NEW YORK YANKEES LH Blake

TONIGHT’S STARTER—LH BLAKE SNELL (5-8, 3.87)

#16 KEVIN CASH, MANAGER Ê Has more wins (144) than any of the 4 prev. managers in their first two

seasons at the post (Lou Piniella, 133)…38-year-old is the youngest active manager in the majors, 5 months younger than SD Andy Green.

Ê Has been ejected 4 times as manager, once this year (April 29 vs. TOR). 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).

TOMORROW’S STARTER—RH CHRIS ARCHER (8-18, 4.05) Ê LAST START—On Fri at BAL, was given a 4-0 lead and was in line

for the win until Brad Boxberger’s blown save/loss in the 8th inning…yielded solo homers to Pedro Alvarez (2nd inn.) and Chris Davis (4th inn.)—his second consecutive multi-HR start, totaling 4 HR over his last 8.1 IP…left with 2-on, 1-out in the 7th, and a third run was charged against him on Kevin Kiermaier’s grand slam robbery of Hyun Soo Kim…his line: ND, 6.1 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 4 SO, 2 HR, 100 pit, 63 str.

Ê LOSSES—His 18 losses are tied with Tanyon Sturtze (2002) for the franchise record and tied with SD/CWS James Shields for the major league lead…his career high prior to this season was 13 (2015)…the last pitcher to reach his combination of losses (18) and strikeouts (221) was ATL Phil Niekro in 1978 (18-L, 248-SO), and the last AL pitcher to do so was CAL Nolan Ryan in 1976 (18-L, 327-SO)…Ryan in 1976 is also the only pitcher to ever lead the AL in both strikeouts and losses.

Ê vs. BOSTON—Is 1-10 with a 5.56 ERA (77.2-IP, 48-ER) in 15 career apps (all starts) against the Red Sox…won his first career start against them on Sep 19, 2012, but since then has lost 10 straight decisions…is the longest losing streak against the Red Sox since SEA/OAK Mike Moore lost 10 straight decisions from 1987-92…at Tropicana Field, is 1-7 with a 4.75 ERA (53-IP, 28-ER) in 10 starts…is 0-4 with a 6.65 ERA (21.2-IP, 16-ER) in 4 starts against the Red Sox this season.

Ê SNAP THE SKID—His 10-game losing streak vs. Boston is the lon-gest in Rays history vs. any single opponent…next longest against the Red Sox was 5, 3x-last Seth McClung in 2005-06…since Baseball Reference data is available (1913), it’s tied for the 4th-longest by any pitcher against the Red Sox…his losing streak is the longest by a pitch-er against any opponent since CWS/TOR Mark Buehrle from 2004-14 against the Yankees (12).

Ê LAST START—On Thu at BAL, left with a 7-4 lead but got ND, failing to finish 5 IP…all 4 runs came with 2 outs in the 1st, on a 2-run single by Matt Wieters and 2-run double by J.J. Hardy…in that frame, yielded 4 H, 4 R and 1 BB (on 34 pitches), compared to 2 H, 0 R and 1 BB after that (3.1 IP)…his line: ND, 4.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 6 SO, 90 pit, 58 str.

Ê SEEKING LENGTH—Has gone less than 5 IP in 4 of his last 5 starts, going 1-3 with a 6.41 ERA (19.2-IP, 14-ER)…has failed to do so in 5 of his last 7 starts (since Aug 10), and is 2-4 with a 5.81 ERA (26.1-IP, 17-ER) since then—raising his season ERA from 2.95 to 3.87…he is averaging just under 5 IP per start this season (81.1-IP, 17-GS).

Ê Has made 5 starts of less than 4 IP, most by a Ray since Jeff Niemann in 2009 (5) and one shy of the major league lead held by SD/CWS James Shields (6) and MIN Tyler Duffey (6).

Ê PITCH COUNT—Averaging 19.5 pitches per inning, most in the ma-jors (min. 50 IP) and in line for the highest mark in club history, ahead of Doug Creek (19.0—in both 2000 and 2001)…his 1.65 WHIP is 6th-highest in the AL (min. 50 IP), and his 1.72 WHIP since becoming a permanent fixture in the Rays rotation on June 16 would be the highest in the majors over that span if he had enough innings to qualify.

Ê SPLITS—Fourteen of his 44 runs allowed have come in the 1st in-ning…five of those 14 runs have been unearned—has a 4.76 ERA (17-IP, 9-ER) in the 1st and a 3.64 ERA (64.1-IP, 26-ER) after that.

Ê 20 of his 44 runs allowed have come with 2 outs (45.4 pct.). Ê Batters leading off an inning have hit .308/.386/.423 (24-for-78)

against him, with 3 2B, 2 HR and 10 BB.

Ê AGAINST A.L. EAST FOES—Is 3-3 with a 5.03 ERA (34-IP, 19-ER) in 8 starts against AL East opponents—3-1 with a 3.98 ERA at home and 0-2 with a 6.59 ERA on the road…in comparison, against all other opponents he has gone 2-5 with a 3.04 ERA (47.1-IP, 16-ER).

Ê HELP WANTED—Has received 4 runs (or more) of run support only 5 times in his 17 starts this season…has had 7 starts with no run sup-port, including 3 of his last 5 starts…has received a total of 3 runs of support in his 8 losses, 37 runs in his 5 wins and 10 runs in his 4 ND.

Ê WORKLOAD—Has established a career-high with 144.1 IP between the Rays and Triple-A Durham…his previous high was 134.0 IP last season over three minor league stops.

Ê BREAKS & BRUISES—Hasn’t hit a batter in any of his 17 starts, passing Wade Davis in 2009-10 (16 starts) for the longest streak to start their major league career without one in franchise history.

Ê UNCLE CHARLIE—Opponents are batting .049 (2-for-41) with 1 1B, 1 2B and 24 SO in at-bats ending with his curveball…see chart—ac-cording to PITCHf/x, his opp avg. is the 2nd lowest by a pitcher with any pitch (min. 30 at-bats ending with the pitch).

Lowest Opp Avg. vs. Any Pitch (min. 30 AB) Pitch Opp Avg. H-ABHOU Chris Devenski Slider .032 1-for-31TB Blake Snell Curveball .049 2-for-41PHI Michael Mariot Slider .056 2-for-36CIN Jumbo Diaz Slider .061 2-for-33MIA Dustin McGowan Slider .066 5-for-76

Ê STRIKEOUTS—Min. 10 starts, his 9.74 SO/9 IP ratio (81.1-IP, 88-SO) leads AL rookies, ranks 2nd among ML rookies to COL Jon Gray (9.76), and would be the highest mark in franchise history for a rookie.

Ê NO HOMERS CLUB—Has allowed 5 HR in 81.1 IP, a 0.55 HR/9 IP ra-tio, 1st among rookies and 4th in the majors (min. 10 starts)…the club record for a rookie is 0.58, by Scott Kazmir in 2005…all have been hit by righties, and three of his 5 HR have come with runners on base.

Ê FREEBIES—Has yielded 9 unearned runs, most of any AL rookie most by a Rays rookie since Matt Moore in 2012 (10)…unearned runs have accounted for 20.5 percent of his total runs allowed.

YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO HR Avg.2015 Charlotte (A) 3-0 0.00 4 2 0 0 21.0 10 0 0 11 27 0 .143

Montgomery (AA) 6-2 1.57 12 12 0 0 68.2 45 13 12 29 79 5 .191Durham (AAA) 6-2 1.83 9 9 0 0 44.1 29 11 9 13 57 2 .187

2016 Durham (AAA) 3-5 3.29 12 12 0 0 63.0 56 23 23 28 90 4 .234Tampa Bay 5-8 3.87 17 17 0 0 81.1 87 44 35 47 88 5 .274

Minor League Totals 36-29 2.82 106 101 2 2 485.0 389 173 152 238 557 25 .221

2016 SPLITSvs. RH: .283 (72-254), 5-HRvs. LH: .234 (15-64)Home: 4-4, 3.38 ERA (45.1-IP, 17-ER)Road: 1-4, 4.50 ERA (36.0-IP, 18-ER)

SNELL vs. YANKEESCAREER—Will be making his fourth career start against the Yankees, his most frequent opponent…will join Nathan Karns (2015), Jake Odorizzi (2014), Jer-emy Hellickson (2011) and Wade Davis (2010) as Rays rookies to make 4 starts against the Yankees in a single season…has gone 1-1 with a 4.15 ERA (13-IP, 6-ER) in his 3 previous starts.

LAST FACED—On Sep 9 at Yankee Sta-dium and lasted 2.2 IP and threw 88 pitch-es, the most ever by a Ray in an outing of 2.2 IP or fewer…threw at least 5 pitches to 11 of his 16 BF, incl. 8 full counts.

2016 GAME LOGGAME DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP P/K FINAL OPP. LEFT4/23 at NYY -- 1.80 5.0 2 1 1 1 6 0 0 2 90/53 L, 2-3 Tanaka up, 2-1APRIL 0-0 1.80 5.0 2 1 1 1 6 0 0 2 -- -- -- --6/16 vs. SEA L-1 2.16 3.1 8 5 1 3 3 0 0 0 92/56 L, 4-6 Paxton down, 3-26/21 at CLE L-2 2.40 6.2 7 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 104/57 L, 0-6 Kluber down, 3-06/27 vs. BOS W-1 3.54 5.1 8 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 103/60 W, 13-7 Rodriguez up, 10-4JUNE 1-2 4.11 15.1 23 12 7 10 10 0 0 0 -- -- -- --7/2 vs. DET L-3 3.86 5.1 4 3 3 4 4 1 0 1 101/61 L, 2-3 Verlander down, 3-17/7 vs. LAA L-4 3.69 6.0 4 2 2 2 7 0 0 0 100/64 L, 1-5 Santiago down, 2-07/19 at COL W-2 3.11 6.0 1 0 0 3 9 0 0 1 96/58 W, 10-1 Chatwood up, 7-17/24 at OAK -- 3.05 6.2 7 2 2 2 4 0 0 0 99/62 L, 2-3 Hahn down, 2-07/31 vs. NYY W-3 3.08 5.1 5 2 2 3 9 1 0 0 101/65 W, 5-3 Pineda up, 3-2JULY 2-2 2.76 29.1 21 9 9 14 33 2 0 2 -- -- -- --8/5 vs. MIN -- 2.95 5.1 4 1 1 2 7 0 0 0 97/60 L, 6-2 Santana tied, 1-18/10 at TOR L-5 3.18 1.2 5 5 2 4 2 1 0 0 68/37 L, 0-7 Happ down, 5-08/16 vs. SD W-4 3.06 5.0 5 1 1 4 8 0 0 0 95/60 W, 15-1 Jackson up, 12-18/22 vs. BOS L-6 3.17 3.2 4 2 2 5 3 0 0 0 94/54 L, 2-6 Price down, 2-08/27 at HOU L-7 3.56 3.0 9 5 4 0 3 1 0 1 64/41 L, 2-6 Keuchel down, 4-0AUGUST 1-3 4.82 18.2 27 14 10 15 23 2 0 1 -- -- -- --9/3 vs. TOR W-5 3.39 6.0 2 1 1 2 7 0 0 0 104/66 W, 7-5 Estrada up, 5-19/9 at NYY L-8 3.62 2.2 6 3 3 3 3 1 0 1 88/51 L, 5-7 Pineda down, 3-09/15 at BAL -- 3.87 4.1 6 4 4 2 6 0 0 0 90/58 W, 7-6 Gallardo up, 7-4SEPTEMBER 1-1 5.54 13.0 14 8 8 7 16 1 0 1 -- -- -- --

Highest SO/9 IP, Rookies, MLB, 2016 (min. 10 GS)

Jon Gray, COL 9.76Blake Snell, TB 9.74Julio Urias, LAD 9.61

Highest SO/9 IP, Rookies, Club History (min. 10 GS)

Blake Snell, 2016 9.74Jake Odorizzi, 2014 9.32Matt Moore, 2012 8.88

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RAYS HITTER NOTES#19 CURT CASALI, C Wed: DNP NYY Series: DNP Trip: 0-8 vs. LH: .215 (14-65), 3-HR2016: .161/.248/.302, 7-HR, 20-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-8 RISP: .073 (3-41) vs. RH: .134 (18-134), 4-HR

Ê Batting .071/.133/.071 (1-for-14) in 5 games (4 starts) since his Sep 1 recall, his second stint with the Rays this season (also Opening Day–Aug 4). Ê His .161 avg. is the lowest among major league catchers (min. 50 games)…only has 1 HR over his last 94 at-bats, after 6 HR in his first 105 AB. Ê Has 1 hit in his last 27 at-bats with RISP dating back to May 16 at TOR…his .073 avg. (3-for-41) with RISP is lowest in the majors (min. 25 AB). Ê Has played in 76 games with 60 starts (58-C, 2-DH)…has thrown out 33.3 percent of his attempted base stealers, up from 24.0 pct. last season.

#14 JAFF DECKER, OF Wed: 0-3, BB NYY Series: 0-4, BB Trip: DNP vs. LH: .000 (0-5)2016: .121/.216/.121, 0-HR, 0-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-4 RISP: .000 (0-10) vs. RH: .143 (4-28)

Ê Selected from Durham on Sep 16 for his second stint with the Rays this season, following June 15-29…is hitless in 4 at-bats since his selection. Ê First name is pronounced like Jeff…hit .255/.366/.421 (89-for-349) with 12 HR and 18 SB with Durham…was a non-roster invite to spring training. Ê Has played in 12 games with 9 starts (5-RF, 3-LF, 1-CF)…his last RBI was Sep 24, 2015 at COL and his last XBH was Sep 7, 2015 at CIN.

#10 COREY DICKERSON, OF Wed: 2-4, 2B, HR, RBI, R NYY Series: 2-8, 2B, HR, RBI, R Trip: 15-39, 4-2B, 3-HR, 7-RBI, 5-R vs. LH: .250 (23-92), 2-HR2016: .243/.287/.469, 22-HR, 64-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.500, 2-4) RISP: .216 (24-111) vs. RH: .241 (91-377), 20-HR

Ê His 3rd-inning homer yesterday vs. NYY marked the third time the Rays went back-to-back-to-back in franchise history, following June 24, 2013 vs. TOR (Loney, Myers, Fuld) and June 9, 2008 at LAA (Longoria, Aybar, Navarro)…has 3 HR over his last 10 G; is 2 HR shy of tying his career high.

Ê Batting .364/.364/.691 (20-for-55) with 6 2B, 4 HR and 10 RBI over his last 14 games (13 starts) since Sep 6, raising his avg. from .227 to .243. Ê Has 30 XBH since the All-Star break, T-7th in the AL, including 20 2B which ranks 2nd in the AL to CLE Jose Ramirez (21) in the second half. Ê Batting .280/.313/.576 (68-for-243) with 16 HR and 44 RBI on the road, and .204/.261/.354 (46-for-226) with 6 HR and 20 RBI at Tropicana Field. Ê Has played in 137 games with 120 starts (62-DH, 57-LF, 1-RF)…ranks among team leaders in XBH (59, 3rd), 2B (34, 2nd), HR (22, 3rd) and RBI

(64, 3rd)…51.8 percent of his hits have gone for extra bases, highest ratio by a Ray (min. 100 G) since Carlos Peña in 2009 (61.7).

#11 LOGAN FORSYTHE, 2B Wed: 0-4 NYY Series: 2-8, 3B, 2-R Trip: 11-43, 2-2B, HR, 4-RBI, 4-BB, 4-R vs. LH: .300 (30-100), 4-HR2016: .277/.347/.466, 19-HR, 51-RBI, 6-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-4 RISP: .338 (23-68) vs. RH: .270 (99-366), 15-HR

Ê Is 2-for-his-last-15, with both hits coming on Tue vs. NYY…batting .305/.400/.463 (25-for-82) with 3 HR and 10 RBI over his last 21 G (20 starts). Ê Has a career-high 19 HR (prev. 17, 2015), T-6th in the majors out of the leadoff spot and 2nd in club history there to Gerald Williams in 2000 (21)…

his 19 HR include 3 leadoff homers (last Sep 6 vs. BAL), a career-high 15 HR vs. RHP (prev. 7, 2015) and 8 HR coming in the 7th inning or later. Ê Has played in 116 games with 115 starts, all at leadoff (109-2B, 6-DH)…only had 21 career starts at leadoff entering this season (none in 2015). Ê Batting .333/.357/.495 (37-for-111) when leading off the 1st inn. …would pass Carl Crawford in 2004 (.326) for the best avg. in club history (min. 100 G).

#2 NICK FRANKLIN, UTL Wed: 0-1 (PH in 9th) NYY Series: 0-1 Trip: 6-26, 2B, BB, 2-R vs. LH: .216 (8-37)2016: .278/.341/.462, 6-HR, 26-RBI, 6-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-4 RISP: .278 (10-36) vs. RH: .298 (36-121), 6-HR

Ê His PH at-bat yesterday vs. NYY was his first app since Sep 15 at BAL (left hamstring strain)…this season, 20 of his 26 RBI have come at home. Ê Since June 27—the date of his first RBI of the season—his 5.88 AB/RBI ratio ranks T-2nd on the team (min. 100 PA) trailing Brad Miller (5.33). Ê Has played in 54 games with 41 starts (16-LF, 7-2B, 7-1B, 5-RF, 4-SS, 2-DH)…recalled from Durham on July 30 for his 3rd stint with the Rays.

#39 KEVIN KIERMAIER, CF Wed: 1-4 NYY Series: 1-8 Trip: 11-38, 2B, 3-HR, 4-RBI, 5-BB, 8-R vs. LH: .240 (18-75), 2-HR2016: .243/.329/.417, 12-HR, 36-RBI, 20-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.250, 1-4) RISP: .271 (19-70) vs. RH: .243 (64-263), 10-HR

Ê Has 1 hit in his last 17 at-bats…has raised his avg. from .219 to .243 and OBP from .307 to .329 since Aug 27, batting .308/.388/.516 (28-for-91). Ê Since moving to the No. 2 spot in the batting order on Aug 2, is batting .276/.349/.453 (47-for-170) with 7 2B, 7 HR, 18 RBI and 11 SB in 44 G. Ê Has 5 HR in September, tied for the most in a calendar month in his career (June 2014)…includes his first career multi-HR game, Sep 8 at NYY. Ê Has been successful on his last 18 SB…leads the majors with a 90.9 pct. success rate, 2nd in club history to Desmond Jennings in 2012 (93.9)…

is the 2nd longest streak of successful SB attempts in the majors this season, behind CLE Rajai Davis (26, April 25–Aug 12)…club record is 32. Ê Per FanGraphs, his 22 Defensive Runs Saved (in 811.1 inn.) as a center fielder is 1st in the majors ahead of TOR Kevin Pillar (19 in 1204.0 inn.). Ê Has played in 97 games with 94 starts, all in CF…has career highs in HR (12), SB (20) and BB (39), incl. a team-leading 28 BB in the second half.

#3 EVAN LONGORIA, 3B Wed: 1-4, HR, RBI, R NYY Series: 3-8, 2B, HR, RBI, 2-R Trip: 13-49, 3B, 4-HR, 9-RBI, 7-R vs. LH: .264 (33-125), 4-HR2016: .280/.325/.537, 36-HR, 95-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 7G (.433, 13-30) RISP: .331 (41-124) vs. RH: .285 (133-467), 32-HR

Ê Has 32 HR in his career against the Yankees, incl. 30 HR while playing third base…the only 3B to hit more vs. NYY was BAL Brooks Robinson (34). Ê Has a career-high 36 HR, 3rd in club history to Carlos Peña in 2007 (46) and 2009 (39) and a a club record for a right-handed hitter…his 32 HR

vs. RHP ranks 2nd in club history to Peña in 2007 (35)…has a career-high 318 total bases and is 3 hits and 1 XBH shy of tying his career highs. Ê Ranks among AL leaders in HR (36, T-8th), XBH (76, T-3rd), 2B (36, T-8th) and total bases (318, 5th); leads the team in SLG (.537) and RBI (95). Ê Has 5 HR in his last 9 games (since Sep 12), including homers in 3 straight games from Sep 15-17 at BAL, his second time doing that this year. Ê Has started 149 games (142-3B, 7-DH)…all 36 HR have come while playing 3B, 3rd in the majors to Nolan Arenado (39) and Todd Frazier (37).

#27 MIKIE MAHTOOK, OF Wed: DNP NYY Series: 0-3 Trip: 5-25, 2-RBI vs. LH: .208 (11-53)2016: .177/.223/.231, 1-HR, 9-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-5 RISP: .114 (4-35) vs. RH: .160 (15-94), 1-HR

Ê Batting .289 (11-for-38) over his last 14 games (10 starts)…this comes on the heels of an 0-for-34 skid, T-4th-longest hitless skid in club history. Ê Has gone 1-for-his-last-17 with RISP…on Sat at BAL, had a 2-run single for his second multi-RBI game of the season, following June 12 vs. HOU. Ê In his career, has hit .256/.308/.488 (31-for-121) with 7 HR and 18 RBI vs. LHP, and .198/.248/.305 (26-for-131) with 3 HR and 10 RBI vs. RHP. Ê Has played in 55 games with 40 starts (16-LF, 14-CF, 10-RF)…hasn’t made an error in 84 chances; only career error was Sep 20, 2015 vs. BAL.

#46 LUKE MAILE, C Wed: DNP NYY Series: DNP Trip: 1-14 vs. LH: .200 (5-25), 2-HR2016: .223/.252/.359, 3-HR, 14-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-3 RISP: .258 (8-31) vs. RH: .231 (18-78), 1-HR

Ê Has 1 hit in his last 17 at-bats, a 8th-inning single on Sep 15 at BAL…follows a span of 15 games (11 starts) where he hit .341/.357/.634 (14-for-41). Ê Has 3 HR over his last 42 at-bats (last Sep 2 vs. TOR, Francisco Liriano)…this stretch follows a 96 at-bat homerless drought to begin his career. Ê Has hit .265/.294/.449 (13-for-49) in 18 games (15 starts) at home, compared to .185/.214/.278 (10-for-54) in 19 games (16 starts) on the road. Ê Has played in 37 games with 30 starts, all at catcher…has played 11.0 innings at 1B in three games off the bench (last Sep 6 vs. BAL, 2 innings).

#13 BRAD MILLER, INF Wed: 2-4, 2-HR, 2-RBI, 2-R NYY Series: 4-8, 3B, 2-HR, 4-RBI, 2-R Trip: 5-38, 2B, 2-HR, 4-RBI, 4-BB, 5-R vs. LH: .240 (23-96), 3-HR2016: .249/.306/.497, 30-HR, 77-RBI, 6-SB Current Hitting Streak: 2G (.500, 4-8) RISP: .257 (29-113) vs. RH: .251 (105-419), 27-HR

Ê Yesterday vs. NYY marked the eighth multi-HR game of his career, third this season—tied with Steven Souza Jr. for the most by a Ray since Melvin Upton Jr. in 2012 (3)…has a major-league-leading 7 HR against the Yankees this season, most by a Ray vs. NYY since Evan Longoria in 2013 (9).

Ê Has recorded consecutive multi-hit games, his first two of September…batting .174/.237/.435 (12-for-69) with 5 HR and 12 RBI in 19 G this Sep. Ê Ranks among team leaders in XBH (62, 2nd), HR (30, 2nd), RBI (77, 2nd) and SLG (.497, 2nd)…has 31 XBH since the All-Star break, T-5th in the AL. Ê His 30 HR are one more than his career total prior to this season (29 HR in 343 games and 1,111 AB)…previous career high was 11 (2015)…of his

30 HR, has 22 HR at Tropicana Field (73.3 pct.)—the highest ratio by a Ray (min. 20 HR) since Ty Wigginton in 2006 (75.0)…his 22 HR at home ranks T-3rd in the majors, behind COL Nolan Arenado (24) and BAL Mark Trumbo (23)…the club record at home is 23 by Carlos Peña in 2007.

Ê Has played in 142 games with 130 starts (93-SS, 29-1B, 7-DH, 1-LF)…since 1913, is one of eight with 25 starts at both SS and 1B in a season.

#9 JUNIEL QUERECUTO, INF Wed: -- NYY Series: -- Trip: vs. LH: --Minors: .241/.298/.341, 3-HR, 38-RBI, 3-SB Current Hitting Streak: -- RISP: -- vs. RH: --

Ê Selected from Double-A Montgomery today and will be making his major league debut…his name is pronounced is yoo-nee-EL care-uh-KOO-toh. Ê Will become the seventh Ray to make his major league debut this season and the second positional player (also Taylor Motter on May 16 at TOR). Ê Split the season between Montgomery (60 games) and Triple-A Durham (36 games), and hit .241/.298/.341 (82-for-340) with 19 2B, 3 HR and 38

RBI between the two levels (multiple stints with each club)…was a non-roster invite to spring training.

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#24 ALEXEI RAMIREZ, SS Wed: 0-3, BB NYY Series: 0-6, 2-BB Trip: 6-21, 2B, HR, 3-RBI, BB, R vs. LH: .298 (36-121), 1-HR2016: .239/.276/.333, 6-HR, 44-RBI, 7-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-8 RISP: .268 (30-112) vs. RH: .217 (71-327), 5-HR

Ê Turns 35 years old today…is a career .120/.154/.120 (3-for-25) hitter on his birthday (7 games)…is the oldest player on the Rays active roster. Ê Is 1-for-his-last-10…batting .222/.300/.370 (6-for-27) with 1 2B, 1 HR and 3 RBI in 8 games (7 starts; 6-SS, 1-2B) since signing with the Rays. Ê His only homer as a Ray came on Sep 13 at TOR (go-ahead, 3-run homer)…was the fifth of his career on an 0-2 pitch (last July 29, 2015 at BOS). Ê Born in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, became the ninth Cuban-born player in club history and the third born outside Havana, following Danys Baez and Ro-

lando Arrojo…is one of 4 Cuban-born players to reach 100 HR and 100 SB for their career, joining Minnie Minoso, Jose Cardenal and Jose Canseco.

#36 RICHIE SHAFFER, UTL Wed: 0-4 NYY Series: 0-7 Trip: 3-17, 2B, HR, 3-RBI, 2-BB, R vs. LH: .125 (1-8)2016: .161/.235/.323, 1-HR, 3-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-10 RISP: .200 (1-5) vs. RH: .174 (4-23), 1-HR

Ê Hitless in his last 10 at-bats…ten of his 19 career hits have gone for extra bases (5-2B, 5-HR), including 3 of his 5 hits this season (2-2B, 1-HR). Ê Had a RBI double on Sat at BAL (6th inning)…on Fri at BAL, his 2-run homer off Ubaldo Jimenez was his first since Sep 21, 2015 at BOS. Ê Has played in 14 games with 9 starts (4-1B, 4-DH, 1-3B)…recalled from Triple-A Durham on Sep 6 for his third stint with the Rays this season. Ê Hit .227/.329/.367 (97-for-428) with 27 2B, 11 HR and 48 RBI in 119 games this year with Durham…hit .169 (21-for-124) after the All-Star break.

#21 BOBBY WILSON, C Wed: 2-3, HR, RBI, R NYY Series: 2-6, HR, RBI, R Trip: 3-15, HR, 2-RBI, 2-BB, R vs. LH: .308 (16-52), 2-HR2016: .243/.278/.369, 7-HR, 33-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.667, 2-3) RISP: .356 (16-45) vs. RH: .222 (36-162), 5-HR

Ê Batting .247/.295/.438 (18-for-73) with 2 2B, 4 HR, 9 RBI, 5 BB and 13 runs scored in 24 games (all starts) since joining the Rays via waiver claim. Ê His 33 RBI this season are more than double his previous career high (prev. 15, 2010)…also has a career-high 7 HR, 52 hits and 24 runs scored. Ê Claimed by the Rays off waivers on Aug 4 (DFA’ed by TEX on Aug 1)…is his second stint with the club, following 25 games (16 starts) in 2015. Ê Attended Seminole HS and St. Petersburg College…is the second player born in Pinellas Co. to homer for the Rays (Casey Kotchman in 2011).

RAYS BULLPEN NOTES#26 BRAD BOXBERGER, RH Last App: 9/20 vs. NYY (BS/L, 1.0-IP, 4-H, 4-R, 0-BB, 1-SO, 1-HR) Saves-Opps: 0-3 vs. LH: .286 (10-35), 2-HR2016: 4-3-0, 5.31 ERA, 22 G Long Relief App: 1.1, 8/21 vs. TEX IR-RS: 10-2 vs. RH: .273 (12-44), 1-HR

Ê On Tue vs. NYY yielded a career-high-tying 4 runs (3rd time, last Sep 14, 2015 vs. NYY) and 4 hits, his most since June 2, 2013 vs. TOR (5, with SD)…yielded a 3-run homer to Gary Sanchez in the 7th, his third HR allowed this season and second of the go-ahead variety (Sep 12 at TOR).

Ê Has taken the loss in 3 of his last 4 apps…has a 18.90 ERA (3.1-IP, 7-ER) over those 4 apps and a 10.38 ERA (8.2-IP, 10-ER) in his last 10 apps…these 10 apps follow a stretch of 11 straight scoreless apps after returning from the DL…his ERA has increased from 1.54 to 5.31 over this span.

Ê Has a 1.77 WHIP in his 20.1 IP this season (22-H, 14-BB), and only 2 perfect apps of 1 IP or longer…has 6.20 BB/9 IP and 1.29 SO/BB ratios.

#31 XAVIER CEDEÑO, LH Last App: 8/29 at BOS (1.0-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 1-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-5 vs. LH: .197 (15-76)2016: 3-4-0, 3.70 ERA, 54 G Long Relief App: 1.1, 6x-last 8/23 vs. BOS IR-RS: 23-7 vs. RH: .259 (21-81), 2-HR

Ê Hasn’t pitched since Aug 29 at BOS and is day-to-day with neck stiffness…his last 8 apps since Aug 16 have been scoreless (6-IP, 4-H, 8-SO). Ê Has made 115 apps in his Rays career and only yielded 1 HR to a left-handed hitter over that span—on Aug 25, 2015 vs. MIN (Eddie Rosario). Ê Since the All-Star break, has held lefties to a .167/.231/.167 (4-for-24) line—all singles…has only allowed 2 XBH, both doubles, vs. LHB this year.

#37 ALEX COLOME, RH Last App: 9/17 at BAL (SV, 1.0-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: 34-36 vs. LH: .178 (13-73), 1-HR2016: 1-4-34, 1.93 ERA, 52 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 3x-last 5/24 at MIA IR-RS: 19-6 vs. RH: .219 (25-114), 5-HR

Ê Ranks T-5th in the AL with 34 saves…pitched around a 9th-inn., leadoff single by Manny Machado on Sat at BAL; retired his next 3 BF in order. Ê Has converted 94.4 pct. of his save chances, 3rd in the majors (min. 20 SV opps) to BAL Zach Britton (100.0) and MIL/TEX Jeremy Jeffress (96.4)…

has had 5 saves of 4 outs (or more), most by a Ray since Kyle Farnsworth in 2011 (5) and one shy of TOR Roberto Osuna for most in the majors. Ê Hasn’t allowed a run in his 34 apps ending with a save…has a 1.27 ERA (35.1-IP, 5-ER) in save situations and a 3.38 ERA (16-IP, 6-ER) otherwise. Ê Is the sixth different pitcher (ninth time) in Rays history with a 30-SV season…is on pace to join Fernando Rodney in 2012 and Rafael Soriano in

2010 as the only pitchers with 30 saves and a sub-2.00 ERA in a season in franchise history.

#56 DANA EVELAND, LH Last App: 9/21 vs. NYY (1.0-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: .343 (12-35), 2-HR2016: 0-1-0, 8.46 ERA, 30 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 5/13 vs. OAK IR-RS: 17-0 vs. RH: .298 (17-57), 1-HR

Ê Had a scoreless 7th yesterday at NYY…has made 3 straight scoreless apps but his 8.46 ERA remains the highest in the majors (min. 20 apps). Ê Lefties have hit .343/.429/.543 (12-for-35) against him…his opp OBP is the 3rd highest among AL LHP facing left-handed batters (min. 20 BF). Ê Has stranded all 17 inherited runners…is one of three relievers in the majors to inherit at least 10 baserunners and not allow any of them to score. Ê Selected from Triple-A Durham on Sep 12 as RH Tyler Sturdevant was designated for assignment…is in his third stint with the Rays this season. Ê After he was designated for assignment on July 6, he pitched to a 0.35 ERA (26-IP, 1-ER) and .176 opp avg. in 18 apps with Triple-A Durham.

#43 DANNY FARQUHAR, RH Last App: 9/18 at BAL (0.2-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 1-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: .267 (12-45), 4-HR2016: 1-0-0, 3.16 ERA, 30 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 3x-last 8/29 at BOS IR-RS: 14-8 vs. RH: .244 (19-78), 3-HR

Ê Has lowered his ERA from 5.40 to 3.16 over his stretch of 12 consecutive scoreless apps (since Aug 27), longest such streak of his career (prev. 10, July 21–Aug 13, 2013 with SEA)…went single-walk to start the 7th inning on Sun at BAL, and was replaced by Dana Eveland with 2-on, 2-out.

Ê Has a 1.31 ERA (20.2-IP, 3-ER) and 31 SO in since his Aug 6 recall (13.5 SO/9 IP)…before it, had a 6.75 ERA and 10 SO in 10.2 IP and 11 apps. Ê On Sep 6 vs. BAL, had his wedding ring knocked off by a Jonathan Schoop comebacker to end the 5th inning…found it before walking off the field. Ê Recalled on Aug 6 for his fifth stint with the Rays this season, following Opening Day–April 22, May 14, June 25 (26th Man) and June 27–July 4.

#59 EDDIE GAMBOA, RH Last App: 9/20 vs. NYY (2.0-IP, 2-H, 0-R, 2-BB, 2-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: .100 (1-10)2016: 0-0-0, 1.69 ERA, 3 G Long Relief App: 3.0, 9/5 vs. BAL IR-RS: -- vs. RH: .250 (2-8)

Ê Pitched on 14 days’ rest on Tue vs. NYY, his third career app, first since Sep 5 vs. BAL…his last 2 apps spanning 5.0 IP have been scoreless. Ê At 31 years, 256 days old was the 2nd-oldest player ever to make his major league debut for the Rays, behind 35-year-old LH Jim Morris in 1999. Ê Became the second knuckleball pitcher in Rays history, following RH Dennis Springer in 1998…transitioned to a knuckleball pitcher in 2013. Ê Selected to the active roster on Sep 1 after going 6-4 with a 2.68 ERA (94-IP, 28-ER) and 0 HR in 27 games (12 starts) for Triple-A Durham.

#52 RYAN GARTON, RH Last App: 9/18 at BAL (L, 1.0-IP, 2-H, 1-R, 0-BB, 1-SO, 1-HR) Saves-Opps: 1-1 vs. LH: .277 (13-47), 2-HR2016: 1-1-1, 4.37 ERA, 32 G Long Relief App: 2.2, 6/16 vs. SEA IR-RS: 22-5 vs. RH: .277 (26-94), 3-HR

Ê Took the loss on Sun at BAL, yielding a solo homer to Mark Trumbo in the 8th…it was the 5th HR allowed in his career, 1st of the go-ahead variety. Ê Has gone 0-1 with a 3.24 ERA (8.1-IP, 7-H, 3-ER, 0-BB, 6-SO, 1-HR) in 9 apps since his Sep 1 recall, lowering his season ERA from 4.72 to 4.37. Ê Recalled from Triple-A Durham on Sep 1 for his fourth stint with the Rays this season, following May 25–June 16, June 21–July 14 and Aug 2-19. Ê Was the opposing pitcher in Alex Rodriguez’s final at-bat as a Yankee…got him to ground out to short in the 7th on Aug 12 at Yankee Stadium.

#54 STEVE GELTZ, RH Last App: 9/21 vs. NYY (1.2-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-1 vs. LH: .178 (8-45), 3-HR2016: 0-2-0, 5.96 ERA, 26 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 5/13 vs. OAK IR-RS: 10-4 vs. RH: .302 (16-53), 8-HR

Ê Went 1.2 IP yesterday vs. NYY, his longest scoreless app since May 13 vs. OAK (2 IP)…has a 1.93 ERA (4.2-IP, 1-ER) in 4 apps since his recall. Ê Had a 3.03 ERA this year at Durham, and was recalled on Sep 6 for his fourth stint with the Rays (Opening Day–May 22, June 17-24 and Aug 28). Ê Has yielded 11 HR, T-6th among AL relievers, and his 19 HR since the start of 2015 are the most among AL relievers…45.8 pct. of his hits allowed

this season have been homers (12-1B, 1-2B, 11-HR) and his 3.86 HR/9 IP ratio ranks 2nd in the AL (min. 20 IP) to OAK Dillon Overton (4.84).

#40 KEVIN JEPSEN, RH Last App: 9/13 at TOR (1.0-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: 7-11 vs. LH: .338 (24-71), 8-HR2016: 2-6-7, 5.88 ERA, 57 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 8/22 vs. BOS IR-RS: 16-5 vs. RH: .306 (38-124), 4-HR

Ê Hasn’t pitched since Sep 13 at TOR…remains his only app since yielding the first career grand slam of his career on Sep 9 at NYY (Mark Teixeira). Ê Since Aug 15, has allowed run(s) in 7 of 12 apps for an 8.71 ERA (10.1-IP, 10-ER)…it follows a 1.13 ERA (8-IP, 1-ER) in his first 12 apps with TB. Ê His 12 HR allowed rank T-2nd among AL relievers…his allowed 17 HR since 2015, compared to 16 HR in parts of 7 seasons with LAA (2008-14). Ê Is the fourth pitcher to have two separate stints with the Rays, returning after pitching for another organization in between…he joined Dan Wheeler,

Trever Miller and Grant Balfour…he signed with the Rays on July 15, two days after being released by the Twins (DFA’ed by MIN on July 3).

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#58 JUSTIN MARKS, LH Last App: 9/21 vs. NYY (3.0-IP, 4-H, 1-R, 1-BB, 1-SO, 1-HR) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: .273 (3-11)2016: 0-0-0, 1.50 ERA, 2 G Long Relief App: 3.0, 2x-last 9/21 vs. NYY IR-RS: -- vs. RH: .091 (1-11), 1-HR

Ê Has gone 3 IP in both apps this season, both against the Yankees…his only run allowed yesterday vs. NYY was a 6th-inning Gary Sanchez HR. Ê Made his season debut on Sep 9 at NYY, his second career app and first since April 20, 2014 vs. MIN (with KC), going 872 days in between. Ê Went 7-11 with a 3.86 ERA (140-IP, 60-ER) in 25 apps (23 starts) with Triple-A Durham…had a 9-inning no-hitter on July 16 at Syracuse (130 pit.). Ê Was selected to the active roster on Sep 6 as Hank Conger was designated for assignment…accumulated 4 days’ service time with the Royals in

2014 and made his major league debut on April 20, 2014 vs. MIN…this spring he told Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times that the Royals sent him two framed shadow boxes of memorabilia—jersey, lineup cards, game balls, tickets—plus a partial playoff share and an AL champions ring.

#30 ERASMO RAMIREZ, RH Last App: 9/21 vs. NYY (1.0-IP, 3-H, 3-R, 0-BB, 0-SO, 1-HR) Saves-Opps: 1-5 vs. LH: .300 (36-120), 7-HR2016: 7-11-1, 3.98 ERA, 60 G, 1 GS Long Relief App: 3.0, 8/9 at TOR IR-RS: 30-5 vs. RH: .254 (52-205), 7-HR

Ê His 3 runs yesterday vs. NYY were his most since Aug 5 vs. MIN (3)…yielded an RBI single (Mason Williams) and 2-run HR (Donovan Solano). Ê Leads the AL with 80.1 relief innings, 0.1 IP more than HOU Chris Devenski (80.0)…has made a major-league-most 33 relief apps of 4 outs or more

—eight more than anyone else…his 20 relief apps of 2 IP (or more) are most in the majors and the most by a Ray since J.P. Howell in 2008 (23). Ê Has yielded 14 HR, the most among AL relievers and tied with Brian Meadows in 2006 and Travis Harper in 2005 for the club record for a reliever. Ê His 11 losses (last Sep 8 at NYY) are a club record for a reliever and the most for a reliever in the majors since LAA Scot Shields in 2005 (11). Ê His 6 wins as a reliever (also won his only start on April 16 vs. CWS) are one shy of the club record for a reliever (last J.P. Howell in 2009).

#45 ENNY ROMERO, LH Last App: 9/21 vs. NYY (1.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 1-BB, 3-SO) Saves-Opps: 1-2 vs. LH: .258 (16-62), 1-HR2016: 2-0-1, 5.61 ERA, 50 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 4x-last 6/17 vs. SF IR-RS: 22-6 vs. RH: .222 (22-99), 4-HR

Ê Pitched on 10 days’ rest yesterday vs. NYY, as his scoreless 8th inning was his first app since Sep 10 at NYY…has pitched to a 13.50 ERA (5.1-IP, 8-ER) in 6 apps this September, which follows a stretch of 14 consecutive scoreless apps…has yielded multiple runs in 3 of his 6 apps this month.

Ê Has pitched to an 2.25 ERA (24.0-IP, 6-ER) in 24 apps on the road compared to a 9.78 ERA (19.1-IP, 21-ER) in 26 apps at Tropicana Field. Ê Has issued 28 BB for a 5.82 BB/9 IP ratio, 2nd highest among AL relievers to OAK Marc Rzepczynski (6.00)…includes 19 BB in 19.1 IP at home.

#47 CHASE WHITLEY, RH Last App: 9/17 at BAL (2.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 1-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: .125 (1-8)2016: 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 2x-last 9/17 at BAL IR-RS: -- vs. RH: .000 (0-6)

Ê Both apps this season have been 2 IP following Matt Andriese starts…on Sat at BAL, issued a 2-out walk in the 7th inning and had a perfect 8th. Ê His season debut was Sep 11 at NYY, his first app since May 14, 2015 at TB (with NYY)—going 505 days in between…allowed an unearned run. Ê Became the 13th pitcher to return to the majors this season after undergoing Tommy John surgery…was the second Ray, following RH Alex Cobb. Ê Recalled from Double-A Montgomery on Sep 4…went 2-1 with a 2.21 ERA (36.2-IP, 9-ER) over 9 starts in the minors, including rehab assignment.

C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH 6TH 7TH 8TH 9TH Arcia 1-2 2-8 1-2 1-4 0-2 3-5 0-1Beckham 3-2 10-6 1-3 11-12 1-2 2-0 1-2 1-4 7-12 11-7 4-0Casali 26-32 0-2 0-1 3-0 3-2 20-31Conger 14-24 5-4 9-20Dickerson 28-30 0-1 25-36 1-0 2-3 16-18 3-4 18-23 6-13 7-6Decker 0-3 0-1 0-5 0-3 0-4 0-2Duffy 10-8 1-0 1-1 0-1 10-6Forsythe 43-66 4-2 47-68Franklin 2-5 4-3 1-3 7-9 3-2 1-1 2-1 0-2 4-3 4-4 6-4 2-9Guyer 7-15 5-9 3-7 4-5 8-15 6-4 0-2 2-7 2-8 1-0Jennings 13-15 8-18 2-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 10-17 6-6 4-6 2-2Kiermaier 45-49 20-23 5-2 2-0 18-24Longoria 63-79 1-6 1-0 63-85Mahtook 7-9 6-8 2-8 3-2 1-3 2-6 1-3 2-4 5-6 1-1Maile 15-16 2-0 0-2 13-14Miller 14-15 36-57 0-1 3-4 1-0 23-41 22-24 0-3 5-9 1-0 1-0Morrison 27-51 9-8 4-8 1-0 10-25 5-11 14-14 2-1Motter 1-0 1-3 0-3 4-3 1-3 0-2 1-1 2-1 2-6 1-6 1-0Pearce 15-12 6-8 0-1 5-7 2-0 0-1 14-14 8-9 0-1 2-3QuerecutoRamirez 0-1 2-4 0-1 0-1 2-3Shaffer 2-2 0-1 0-4 1-2 1-5Souza Jr. 0-2 54-54 1-4 1-0 1-3 19-19 9-15 22-22 3-1Wilson 9-15 0-1 9-14

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

RAYS HITTERS vs. YANKEES2016 CAREER

PLAYER G AB H HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP G AB H HR RBI BB SO AVG OBPCasali 6 18 1 1 2 0 7 .056 .056 14 34 5 1 5 2 13 .147 .211Decker 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200Dickerson 17 66 20 5 12 3 15 .303 .333 17 66 20 5 12 3 15 .303 .333Forsythe 15 61 16 4 7 3 16 .262 .303 49 178 49 7 22 11 46 .275 .321Franklin 8 22 7 1 3 2 3 .318 .400 16 51 14 2 6 3 16 .275 .327Kiermaier 12 43 13 3 4 6 9 .302 .388 39 138 34 5 11 12 29 .246 .307Longoria 18 72 19 3 13 3 17 .264 .289 148 548 154 32 98 59 129 .281 .353Mahtook 10 28 1 0 0 1 17 .036 .069 15 40 6 0 0 1 20 .150 .171Maile 5 13 1 0 2 1 3 .077 .143 6 16 1 0 2 1 5 .063 .118Miller 18 68 17 7 12 1 24 .250 .271 28 98 25 7 15 3 30 .255 .284Querecuto - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Ramirez 7 24 1 0 0 2 6 .042 .115 55 200 52 9 24 11 24 .260 .299Shaffer 3 10 1 0 0 1 4 .100 .182 7 14 1 0 0 5 8 .071 .316Wilson 8 21 5 2 3 1 4 .238 .273 25 57 13 3 7 4 13 .228 .279

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 .194Boxberger 0 1 0 4.0 6 4 5 9.00 .333 1 3 4 18.0 14 9 20 4.50 .206Cedeño 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 .211Colome 0 0 4 5.2 0 0 9 0.00 .000 0 1 4 25.1 25 8 24 2.84 .250Eveland 0 0 0 1.2 2 2 2 10.80 .286 0 2 0 13.1 17 9 8 6.08 .327Farquhar 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 5 0.00 .000 0 0 0 4.1 2 0 9 0.00 .133Gamboa 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 2 0.00 .250 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 2 0.00 .250Garton 0 0 0 4.0 3 2 1 4.50 .200 0 0 0 4.0 3 2 1 4.50 .200Geltz 0 0 0 3.2 0 0 2 0.00 .000 0 1 0 11.1 5 6 15 4.76 .135Jepsen 0 0 0 2.0 4 4 1 18.00 .444 1 1 1 22.0 18 12 16 4.91 .220Marks 0 0 0 6.0 4 1 3 1.50 .182 0 0 0 6.0 4 1 3 1.50 .182Odorizzi 2 1 0 19.2 12 5 17 2.29 .171 5 5 1 67.2 56 32 59 4.26 .219Ramirez 0 2 0 7.1 14 8 2 9.82 .400 2 2 0 30.0 20 11 18 3.30 .189Romero 0 0 0 4.2 7 4 6 7.71 .368 0 0 0 7.1 8 4 8 4.91 .286Smyly 2 0 0 19.0 14 4 15 1.89 .203 3 0 1 43.2 26 9 42 1.85 .173Snell 1 1 0 13.0 13 6 18 4.15 .260 1 1 0 13.0 13 6 18 4.15 .260Whitley 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 2 0.00 .125 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 2 0.00 .125

RAYS PITCHERS vs. YANKEES

Sep 1 Optioned INF Tim Beckham to Durham; recalled RH Ryan Garton and C Curt Casali from Durham, selected RH Eddie Gamboa from Durham.Sep 5 Recalled RH Chase Whitley from Montgomery.Sep 6 Placed SS Matt Duffy (left heel surgery) on the 60-day DL; designated C Hank Conger for assignment; recalled OF Mikie Mahtook, UTL Richie Shaffer and RH Steve Geltz from Durham;

selected LH Justin Marks from Durham.Sep 8 Signed SS Alexei Ramirez to a major league contract.Sep 12 Designated RH Tyler Sturdevant for assignment; selected LH Dana Eveland from Durham.Sep 16 Placed 1B Logan Morrison (left wrist strain) on the 60-day DL; selected OF Jaff Decker from Durham.Sep 22 Placed OF Steven Souza Jr. (left hip surgery) on the 60-day DL; selected INF Juniel Querecuto from Montgomery.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS (since Sep 1)

RAYS ON THE DISABLED LIST (3)POS. PLAYER DL INJURY DATE ON RETRO FIRST DATE OFF GMS MISSED RECORDSS Matt Duffy 60-day Left heel surgery Sep 6 - N/A 15 6-91B Logan Morrison 60-day Left wrist strain Sep 16 - N/A 5 1-4OF Steven Souza Jr. 60-day Left hip surgery Sep 22 - N/A 0 0-0

Others (Games Missed): OF Oswaldo Arcia (20, right elbow strain, 12-8), RH Brad Boxberger (49, adductor surgery, 22-27; 50, left oblique strain, 17-33), RH Alex Cobb (129, Tommy John surgery, 55-74), RH Alex Colome (16, right medial biceps tendinitis, 3-13), INF Matt Duffy (10 with Rays, left Achilles strain, 4-6), 2B Logan Forsythe (28, left scapula hairline fracture, 12-16), UTL Nick Franklin (7, concussion, 4-3), OF Brandon Guyer (23, left hamstring strain, 9-14), OF Desmond Jennings (25, left hamstring strain, 9-16; 23, left knee contusion, 12-11), OF Kevin Kiermaier (48, left hand fracture, 14-34), OF Mikie Mahtook (40, left hand fracture, 13-27), 1B Logan Morrison (16, right forearm strain, 8-8), INF Steve Pearce (24, right hamstring strain, 4-20), LH Enny Romero (15, strained back, 8-7); OF Steven Souza Jr. (17, left hip strain, 3-14), RH Ryan Webb (28, right pectoral strain, 10-18), RH Chase Whitley (119, Tommy John surgery, 50-69).

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RAYS BY THE NUMBERSCurrent Streak: L3 When commit error: 24-44 Hit homer: 56-56Current Record: 64-87 Ahead after 6-7-8: 49-15/51-7/58-3 Homer with men on: 41-17Home/Road: 35-42/29-45 Behind after 6-7-8: 7-59/4-66/0-77 Hit multiple homers: 41-20Day/Night: 26-30/38-57 Tied after 6-7-8: 8-13/9-14/6-7 Score first: 41-29Grass/Turf: 23-42/41-45 1-run games: 13-24 Score 5 or more: 44-14vs. East: 31-41 2-run games: 15-14 Score less than 5: 21-73vs. Central: 10-20 Extra innings: 3-2 Outhit opponents: 44-15vs. West: 13-16 Win in last at-bat: 10 Outhit by opponents: 12-63vs. National League: 10-10 Come-from-behind wins: 33 Collect 10 or more hits: 31-14vs. RH/LH starters: 47-64/16-23 Opp. come-from-behind wins: 39 Opp. 10 or more hits: 10-45Series W-L-T (home): 9-12-4 Series W-L-T (road): 7-14-3 Wearing white/gray/navy/lt. blue: 26-30/23-25/10-25/5-7

HOME RUNS1R 2R 3R GS TOTAL

Longoria 25 9 2 36Miller 21 7 2 30Dickerson 12 5 4 1 22Forsythe 12 6 1 19Souza Jr. 11 3 3 17Morrison 8 5 1 14Kiermaier 6 4 2 12Pearce 7 2 1 10Jennings 7 7Guyer 6 1 7Casali 3 3 1 7Franklin 2 3 1 6Beckham 1 4 5Wilson 3 1 4Conger 2 1 3Maile 2 1 3Motter 1 1 2Arcia 1 1 2Mahtook 1 1Ramirez 1 1Shaffer 1 1Duffy 1 1TOTALS 131 57 21 1 210

RUN SUPPORT FOR STARTING PITCHERSPITCHER STARTS RUNS RUNS/START RUNS/9-IP CLUB RECORD QUALITYAndriese 17 50 2.94 4.80 8-9 5Archer 31 88 2.84 4.20 9-22 17Cobb 4 12 3.00 5.68 2-2 2Moore 21 68 3.24 4.71 9-12 12Odorizzi 31 103 3.32 5.19 16-15 15Ramirez 1 4 4.00 6.35 1-0 0Smyly 29 88 3.03 4.65 13-16 13Snell 17 52 3.06 5.75 6-11 5

RAYS PITCHING BY THE NUMBERS

LAST HR OFF ’16 MOST HITS GAME ’16 MOST RBI GAMECasali 7/30 vs, NYY Eovaldi 2, 7x-last, 6/14 vs. SEA 3, 5/16 at TORDecker 8/12/13 at COL Chacin 1, 4x-last, 6/26 at BAL --Dickerson 9/21 vs. NYY Tanaka 3, 11x-last, 9/14 at TOR 4, 3x-last, 9/14 at TORForsythe 9/11 at NYY Cessa 3, 9x-last, 9/3 vs. TOR 4, 8/31 at BOSFranklin 9/7 vs. BAL Bundy 3, 7x-last, 9/11 at NYY 5, 6/27 vs. BOSKiermaier 9/14 at TOR Estrada 4, 9/8 at NYY 3, 4x-last, 9/7 vs. BALLongoria 9/21 vs. NYY Tanaka 4, 7/8 at BOS 5, 9/15 at BALMahtook 8/26 at HOU Giles 3, 9/7 vs. BAL 2, 2x-last, 9/17 at BALMaile 9/2 vs. TOR Liriano 3, 8/16 vs. SD 4, 8/16 vs. SDMiller 9/21 vs. NYY Miller 4, 5/6 at LAA 4, 8/13 at NYYQuerecuto -- -- -- --Ramirez 9/13 at TOR Stroman 3, 2x-last, 7/21 at STL 5, 6/1 vs. SEAShaffer 9/16 at BAL Jimenez 2, 8/10 at TOR 2, 9/16 at BALWilson 9/21 vs. NYY Tanaka 4, 5/25 vs. LAA 4, 2x-last, 5/14 vs. TOR

RAYS SEASON HIGHSTEAM BATTING INDIVIDUAL BATTINGLongest win streak 4, 5x-last, August 14-17 Most runs, game, TB 3, 9x-last, Mahtook, 9/7 vs. BALLong loss streak 11, June 16-June 26 Most runs, game, Opp 3, 8x-last, Sanchez, 9/21 vs. NYYMost runs game, TB 15, 8/16 vs. SD Most hits, game, TB 5, Beckham, 7/20 at COLMost runs game, Opp 13, 7/5 vs. LAA Most hits, game, Opp 4, 8x-last, McCann, 9/21 vs. NYYMost runs, inn, TB 6, 2x-last (4th) 8/14 at NYY Most 2B, game, TB 3, Dickerson, 8/26 at HOUMost runs, inn, Opp 8 (9th), 6/30 vs. DET Most 2B, game, Opp 2, 11x-last, Smolinski, 7/24 at OAKMost hits, game, TB 18, 6/27 vs. BOS Most HR, game, TB 2, 13x-last, Miller, 9/21 vs. NYYMost hits, game, Opp 18, 5/31 at KC Most HR, game, Opp 3, Valencia, 5/15 vs. OAKMost hits, inn, TB 6, 6x-last, (6th) 9/3 vs. TOR Most RBI, game, TB 5, 2x-last, Franklin, 6/27 vs. BOSMost hits, inn, Opp 7, (9th) 6/30 vs. DET Most RBI, game, Opp 6, V. Martinez, 7/1 vs. DETMost doubles, game, TB 6, 4x-last, 8/14 at NYY Most x-base hits, game, TB 3, 4x-last, Dickerson, 8/26 at HOUMost doubles, game, Opp 7, 4/21 at BOS Most x-base hits, game, Opp 3, 2x-last, Valencia, 5/15 vs. OAKMost HR, game, TB 5, 3x-last, 9/21 vs. NYY Most steals, game, TB 2, 6x-last, Kiermaier, 9/13 at TORMost HR, game, Opp 5, 8/13 at NYY Most steals, game, Opp 3, Upton, 8/10 vs. TORMost x-base hits, game, TB 10, 8/16 vs. SD Hitting Streak 13, Kiermaier, 8/27–9/9Most x-base hits, game, Opp 9, 4/21 at BOS TEAM/INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most stolen bases, game, TB 3, 4x-last, 8/15 vs. SD Most SO, TB Starter 12, 3x-last, Smyly, 6/15 vs. SEAMost stolen bases, game, Opp 5, 4/14 vs. CLE Most SO, Opp Starter 16, Duffy, 8/1 vs. KCMost walks, game, TB 11, 6/15 vs. SEA Most SO, TB Reliever 5, 2x-last, Andriese, 7/10 at BOSMost walks, game, Opp 11, 9/9 at NYY Most IP, TB Reliever 3.0, 7x-last, Marks, 9/21 vs. NYYMost strikeouts, game, TB 19, 6/15 vs. SEA Most walks, game, TB 5, 2x-last, Marks, 9/9 at NYYMost strikeouts, game, Opp 16, 2x-last, 6/15 vs. SEA Most walks, game, Opp 5, 2x-last, Kennedy, 5/30 at KCMost LOB, game, TB 18, 6/15 vs. SEA Most SO, Team, TB 16, 2x-last, 6/15 vs. SEAMost LOB, game, Opp 13, 2x-last, 5/25 vs. MIA Most walks, Team, TB 11, 9/9 at NYYMost errors, game, TB 3, 4x-last, 7/6 vs. LAA Low-Hit Game 1, 2x-last, 5/29 vs. NYYMost errors, game, Opp 3, 2x-last, 8/3 vs. KC Consecutive Scoreless IP 21.0, Colome, May 4–June 15Longest game, time 4:38, 6/15 vs. SEA Shortest game, time 2:13, 9/12 at TORLongest game, time (9 inn.) 4:16, 4/21 at BOS Shortest game, time (9 inn.) 2:13, 9/12 at TOR

Grand Slams (1): Dickerson-1 (5/11 at SEA, T Walker)Back-to-Back (3): Morrison/Jennings (5/18 at TOR, R Dickey); Morrison/Souza Jr. (9/9 at NYY, M Pineda); Longoria/Miller (9/12 at TOR, F Liriano)Back-to-Back-to-Back (1): Longoria/Miller/Dickerson (9/21 vs. NYY, Tanaka)Pinch-hit (1): Motter-1 (5/17 at TOR, D Storen)Walk-off (-): Lead-off (5): Forsythe-3 (7/29 vs. NYY, I. Nova; 8/9 at TOR, M. Estrada; 9/6 vs. BAL, Y Gallardo), Guyer-1 (5/15 vs. OAK, S Gray), Souza Jr.-1

(5/20 at DET, A. Sanchez) Inside-the-park (-):2-HR games (13): Souza Jr.-3 (4/6 vs. TOR, J Happ/A Leon; 4/24 at NYY, M Pineda; 9/8 at NYY, C Sabathia/J Holder), Miller-3 (8/13 at NYY, M

Tanaka; 8/16 vs. SD, Jackson/Villanueva; 9/21 vs. NYY, M Tanaka/Warren), Longoria-2 (6/5 at MIN, T Duffey/B Kintzler; 7/17 vs. BAL, D Bundy/O Despaigne), Dickerson-1 (6/8 at ARI, A Bradley/T Clippard), Guyer-1 (5/15 vs. OAK, S Gray), Morrison-1 (6/5 at MIN, T Duffey), Pearce-1 (5/10 at SEA, W Miley), Kiermaier-1 (9/8 at NYY, C Sabathia)

3-HR games (-):

HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTS

CATCHERSPCT CCS ATT

Casali .333 11 33Conger .103 5 40Maile .273 6 22Wilson .091 1 11TOTALS .217 23 106

Game-Tying & Go-Ahead RBI: Longoria (43), Miller (26), Dickerson (19), Forsythe (17), Souza Jr. (17), Morrison (15), Kiermaier (12), Guyer (10), Pearce (8), Casali (7), Jennings (6), Beckham (3), Mahtook (3), Franklin (3), Arcia (2), Maile (2), Motter (1), Odorizzi (1), Conger (1), Duffy (1), Ramirez (1), Shaffer (1), Wilson (1)2-Out RBI: Longoria (35), Miller (34), Dickerson (26), Forsythe (24), Pearce (15), Souza Jr. (15), Kiermaier (13), Morrison (13), Guyer (10), Franklin (9), Maile (9), Jennings (8), Casali (7), Conger (7), Motter (5), Arcia (4), Beckham (2), Mahtook (2), Shaffer (1), Wilson (1), Odorizzi (1)Outfield Assists (24): Souza Jr. (7), Kiermaier (6), Jennings (3), Mahtook (3), Dickerson (2), Decker (2), Guyer (1), Motter (1) Bunt Singles (10): Kiermaier (4), Souza (2), Jennings (1), Guyer (1), Morrison (1), MIller (1)Ejections (3): Cash-1 (4/29 vs. TOR, 5th inn.), Shelton-1 (6/5 at MIN, 3rd inn.), Odorizzi-1 (6/24 vs. SEA, 6th inn.)Batted Around (14): 4/19 at BOS (10th inn., 9 batters), 4/21 at BOS (4th inn., 10 batters), 4/24 at NYY (1st inn., 9 batters), 5/11 at SEA (6th inn., 9 batters), 6/6 at ARI (5th inn., 9 batters), 6/12 vs. HOU (5th inn., 10 batters), 6/27 vs. BOS (1st inn., 9 batters), 7/19 at COL (3rd inn., 9 batters), 7/20 at COL (4th inn., 9 batters), 8/3 vs. KC (6th inn., 10 batters), 8/9 at TOR (7th inn., 9 batters), 8/14 at NYY (4th inn., 10 batters), 8/16 vs. SD (3rd inn., 9 batters), 8/28 at HOU (8th inn., 10 batters), 9/3 vs. TOR (6th inn., 10 batters)

MISC.

1. April 6 vs. TOR—Curt Casali pop out to SS Troy Tulowitzki hit off the A-ring catwalk…off J.A. Happ (3rd inning).2. April 16 vs. CWS—Brett Lawrie home run off the C-ring catwalk in left field (389 feet)...off Steve Geltz (7th inning).3. April 29 vs. TOR—Josh Donaldson home run off the C-ring catwalk in left field (445 feet)…off Drew Smyly (6th inning).4. May 3 vs. LAD—Trayce Thompson home run off the C-ring catwalk in left field (416 feet)…off Matt Moore (2nd inning).5. May 13 vs. OAK—Danny Valencia home run off the C-ring catwalk in left field (437 feet)…off Jake Odorizzi (1st inning).6. May 16 vs. OAK—Yonder Alonso pop out to 2B Steve Pearce hit off the B-ring catwalk…off Matt Moore (2nd inning).7. June 11 vs. HOU—Evan Longoria home run off the C-ring catwalk in left field (438 feet)...off Mike Fiers (6th inning).8. June 14 vs. SEA—Corey Dickerson home run off the D-ring catwalk in right field (448 feet)...off Taijuan Walker (2nd inning).9. July 1 vs. DET—Victor Martinez home run off the C-ring catwalk in right field (418 feet)...off Danny Farquhar (7th inning).10. July 3 vs. DET—Ian Kinsler home run off the C-ring catwalk in left field (391 feet)...off Danny Farquhar (7th inning).11. July 18 vs. BAL—Evan Longoria home run off the D-ring catwalk in center field (441 feet)...off Odrisamer Despaigne (8th inning).12. July 30 vs. NYY—Steven Souza Jr. pop out to SS Didi Gregorius hit off the B-ring catwalk…off Nathan Eovaldi (2nd inning).13. Sep 2 vs. TOR—Josh Donaldson ground-rule double off the B-ring catwalk in center field…off Alex Cobb (1st inning).

CATWALKS

LAST HR & PLAYER SEASON HIGHS

Rays Totals (bold): 45 challenges (26 overturned, 8 stand, 11 confirmed) | Opp Totals: 35 challenges (19 overturned, 10 stand, 6 confirmed) Umpire Totals: 10 challenges (0 record keeping, 4 overturned, 5 stand, 1 confirmed)

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

Opponent 87 64 67 90 64 71 70 85 69 2 670Tampa Bay 86 55 85 89 73 76 64 66 41 5 640

W-L-S G ERA IP H ER BB SO HRTotals 64-87-38 151 4.23 1329.1 1300 625 456 1261 196Starters 45-57-0 151 4.24 867.1 846 409 274 832 128Relievers 19-30-38 150 4.21 462.0 454 216 182 429 68Home 35-42-17 77 3.88 699.0 636 301 239 696 93Road 29-45-21 74 4.63 630.1 664 324 217 565 103April 11-12-5 23 3.31 203.2 169 75 54 205 28May 11-16-7 27 4.78 237.0 243 126 83 206 40June 11-17-7 28 5.12 246.0 276 140 97 248 37July 9-16-8 25 3.65 222.0 208 90 68 194 25August 14-15-6 29 3.71 255.0 240 105 90 272 40September 8-11-5 19 4.84 165.2 164 89 64 136 26

INSTANT REPLAY CHALLENGES (last five)GAME CHALLENGED BY INN. PLAYER OF REFERENCE INITIAL CALL RULING DELAYSep 6 vs. BAL Baltimore B8 Nick Franklin Safe at first Stands 1:22Sep 9 at NYY Tampa Bay T5 Evan Longoria Out at first Overturned 0:37Sep 10 at NYY New York T8 Logan Forsythe Hit by pitch Confirmed 0:35Sep 12 at TOR Tampa Bay B6 Devon Travis Safe at second Confirmed 0:42Sep 16 at BAL Tampa Bay T9 Mikie Mahtook Out at home (no violation) Confirmed TBA

1. April 30 vs. TOR (W 4-3)—Curt Casali single to left field…off Brett Cecil (9th inning).2. June 15 vs. SEA (W 3-2)—Logan Morrison bases-loaded walk…off Mike Montgomery (13th inn).3. Aug 25 vs. BOS (W 4-3)—Kevin Kiermaier missed catch error…off Heath Hembree (11th inning).

WALK-OFF WINS

1. Aug. 7 vs. MIN—Miguel Sano pop out to 3B Evan Longoria struck the roof…off Matt Andriese (1st inn.)

TROPICANA FIELD ROOF

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RAYS 2016 DAY-BY-DAYPOS. HOME

# GAME FINAL WINNER LOSER W-L GA/GB ATT. CUM.1 4/3 vs. TOR L, 3-5 Stroman (1-0) Archer (0-1) 0-1 5/-1.0 31,042 31,0422 4/4 vs. TOR L, 3-5 Dickey (1-0) Smyly (0-1) 0-2 5/-2.0 15,116 46,1583 4/5 vs. TOR W, 3-2 Colome (1-0) Cecil (0-1) 1-2 T-4/-1.0 12,757 58,9154 4/6 vs. TOR W, 5-3 Ramirez (1-0) Floyd (0-1) 2-2 T-2/-1.0 14,257 73,172

4/7 - OFF (1) T-3/-1.55 4/8 at BAL L, 1-6 Tillman (1-0) Archer (0-2) 2-3 T-4/-2.5 17,304

4/9 at BAL - PPD - Rain (1) - Rescheduled for June 25 4/-2.56 4/10 at BAL L, 3-5 Brach (1-0) Odorizzi (0-1) 2-4 5/-3.5 23,101

4/11 - OFF (2) 5/-4.07 4/12 vs. CLE W, 5-1 Cedeño (1-0) Kluber (0-2) 3-4 T-3/-4.0 10,283 83,4558 4/13 vs. CLE L, 1-4 Carrasco (1-0) Smyly (0-2) 3-5 5/-4.0 10,117 93,5729 4/14 vs. CLE L, 0-6 Salazar (2-0) Archer (0-3) 3-6 5/-4.0 10,715 104,28710 4/15 vs. CWS L, 0-1 Sale (3-0) Colome (1-1) 3-7 5/-5.0 16,801 121,08811 4/16 vs. CWS W, 7-2 Ramirez (2-0) Danks (0-2) 4-7 5/-4.0 30,451 151,53912 4/17 vs. CWS W, 3-2 Moore (1-0) Quintana (1-1) 5-7 5/-3.5 21,810 173,349

4/18 - OFF (3) 5/-3.513 4/19 at BOS W, 3-0 (10) Ramirez (3-0) Barnes (1-1) 6-7 T-3/-2.5 32,06114 4/20 at BOS L, 3-7 Porcello (3-0) Archer (0-4) 6-8 4/-3.5 31,68915 4/21 at BOS W, 12-8 Ramirez (4-0) Cuevas (0-1) 7-8 T-2/-3.5 37,95416 4/22 at NYY L, 3-6 Nova (1-0) Moore (1-1) 7-9 T-3/-3.5 31,84317 4/23 at NYY L, 2-3 Miller (1-0) Ramirez (4-1) 7-10 5/-4.5 40,71418 4/24 at NYY W, 8-1 Smyly (1-2) Pineda (1-2) 8-10 4/-3.5 40,98119 4/25 vs. BAL W, 2-0 Archer (1-4) Gausman (0-1) 9-10 T-3/-2.5 12,996 186,34520 4/26 vs. BAL W, 3-1 Romero (1-0) Jimenez (1-2) 10-10 3/-1.5 10,988 197,33321 4/27 vs. BAL L, 1-3 Tillman (2-1) Moore (1-2) 10-11 3/-2.5 11,850 209,183

4/28 - OFF (4) 3/-3.022 4/29 vs. TOR L, 1-6 Sanchez (2-1) Smyly (1-3) 10-12 T-3/-4.0 13,679 222,86223 4/30 vs. TOR W, 4-3 Cedeño (2-0) Cecil (0-5) 11-12 3/-3.0 14,948 237,81024 5/1 vs. TOR L, 1-5 Stroman (4-0) Cedeño (2-1) 11-13 T-3/-3.5 27,217 265,027

5/2 - OFF (5) 3/-3.525 5/3 vs. LAD L, 5-10 Kazmir (2-2) Moore (1-3) 11-14 4/-4.0 14,116 279,14326 5/4 vs. LAD W, 8-5 Ramirez (5-1) Wood (1-3) 12-14 4/-3.5 13,226 292,369

5/5 - OFF (6) 4/-4.027 5/6 at LAA W, 5-2 Archer (2-4) Rasmus (0-2) 13-14 4/-3.0 41,25328 5/7 at LAA W, 4-2 Ramirez (6-1) Smith (0-2) 14-14 T-3/-2.5 40,14229 5/8 at LAA W, 3-1 Andriese (1-0) Tropeano (1-2) 15-14 3/-2.5 41,08630 5/9 at SEA L, 2-5 Hernandez (3-2) Eveland (0-1) 15-15 T-3/-3.0 15,23031 5/10 at SEA L, 4-6 Miley (3-2) Smyly (1-4) 15-16 4/-4.0 16,01332 5/11 at SEA L, 5-6 (11) Johnson (1-0) Geltz (0-1) 15-17 4/-5.0 23,000

5/12 - OFF (7) 4/-5.533 5/13 vs. OAK L, 3-6 Hill (5-3) Odorizzi (0-2) 15-18 4/-6.5 14,604 306,97334 5/14 vs. OAK W, 6-0 Andriese (2-0) Graveman (1-5) 16-18 4/-6.5 28,158 335,13135 5/15 vs. OAK L, 6-7 Axford (3-1) Geltz (0-2) 16-19 4/-6.5 19,545 354,67636 5/16 at TOR W, 13-2 Smyly (2-4) Happ (5-1) 17-19 T-3/-6.0 26,51637 5/17 at TOR W, 12-2 Archer (3-4) Stroman (4-1) 18-19 3/-5.0 27,52138 5/18 at TOR W, 6-3 Odorizzi (1-2) Dickey (2-5) 19-19 3/-5.0 29,078

5/19 - OFF (8) 3/-4.539 5/20 at DET W, 7-5 Andriese (3-0) Sanchez (3-5) 20-19 3/-4.5 30,30440 5/21 at DET L, 4-5 Fulmer (3-1) Smyly (2-5) 20-20 3/-5.5 32,31641 5/22 at DET L, 4-9 Zimmermann (7-2) Archer (3-5) 20-21 T-3/-5.5 34,75842 5/23 at MIA L, 6-7 Phelps (3-2) Ramirez (6-2) 20-22 T-4/-6.0 17,96943 5/24 at MIA W, 4-3 Odorizzi (2-2) Koehler (2-5) 21-22 4/-6.0 23,70944 5/25 vs. MIA L, 3-4 Barraclough (3-1) Sturdevant (0-1) 21-23 T-4/-7.0 13,554 368,23045 5/26 vs. MIA L, 1-9 Fernandez (7-2) Smyly (2-6) 21-24 5/-7.0 11,399 379,62946 5/27 vs. NYY L, 1-4 Tanaka (3-0) Archer (3-6) 21-25 5/-7.0 14,697 394,32647 5/28 vs. NYY W, 9-5 Moore (2-3) Pineda (2-6) 22-25 5/-6.0 20,188 414,51448 5/29 vs. NYY L, 1-2 Eovaldi (6-2) Odorizzi (2-3) 22-26 5/-7.0 19,748 434,26249 5/30 at KC L, 2-6 Herrera (1-1) Ramirez (6-3) 22-27 5/-8.0 32,01850 5/31 at KC L, 5-10 Gee (2-2) Smyly (2-7) 22-28 5/-9.0 26,00651 6/1 at KC L, 3-6 Duffy (1-0) Archer (3-7) 22-29 5/-9.0 30,55452 6/2 at MIN L, 4-6 Rogers (1-0) Ramirez (6-4) 22-30 5/-9.0 20,19353 6/3 at MIN W, 4-2 Ramirez (7-4) Nolasco (2-4) 23-30 5/-8.0 21,13454 6/4 at MIN W, 7-4 Andriese (4-0) Santana (1-5) 24-30 5/-8.0 26,61355 6/5 at MIN W, 7-5 Cedeño (3-1) Jepsen (2-5) 25-30 5/-7.0 25,51056 6/6 at ARI W, 6-4 Archer (4-7) Ray (2-5) 26-30 5/-7.0 17,17657 6/7 at ARI L, 0-5 Greinke (8-3) Moore (2-4) 26-31 5/-8.0 17,96458 6/8 at ARI W, 6-3 Odorizzi (3-3) Bradley (2-2) 27-31 5/-8.0 16,954

6/9 - OFF (9) 5/-8.559 6/10 vs. HOU W, 4-3 Andriese (5-0) McCullers (3-2) 28-31 5/-7.5 13,075 447,33760 6/11 vs. HOU L, 3-4 Fiers (4-3) Archer (4-8) 28-32 5/-7.5 19,658 466,99561 6/12 vs. HOU W, 5-0 Moore (3-4) Keuchel (3-9) 29-32 5/-6.5 11,168 478,163

6/13 - OFF (10) 5/-6.562 6/14 vs. SEA W, 8-7 Garton (1-0) Montgomery (2-2) 30-32 T-4/-6.5 11,455 489,61863 6/15 vs. SEA W, 3-2 (13) Andriese (6-0) Montgomery (2-3) 31-32 4/-5.5 12,239 501,85764 6/16 vs. SEA L, 4-6 Paxton (1-2) Snell (0-1) 31-33 T-4/-6.5 11,331 513,18865 6/17 vs. SF L, 1-5 Samardzija (8-4) Archer (4-9) 31-34 5/-6.5 40,135 553,31366 6/18 vs. SF L, 4-6 Strickland (3-0) Colome (1-2) 31-35 5/-7.5 23,948 577,26167 6/19 vs. SF L, 1-5 Law (2-1) Cedeño (3-2) 31-36 5/-8.5 17,361 594,62268 6/20 at CLE L, 4-7 Shaw (1-3) Ramirez (7-5) 31-37 5/-8.5 13,81169 6/21 at CLE L, 0-6 Kluber (7-7) Snell (0-2) 31-38 5/-8.5 15,62970 6/22 at CLE L, 1-6 Bauer (5-2) Archer (4-10) 31-39 5/-9.5 21,216

6/23 - OFF (11) 5/-9.571 6/24 at BAL L, 3-6 Tolliver (1-0) Moore (3-5) 31-40 5/-10.5 44,95672 6/25 at BAL (1) L, 0-5 Gausman (1-5) Andriese (6-1) 31-41 5/-11.5 18,22973 6/25 at BAL (2) L, 6-8 McFarland (2-2) Ramirez (7-6) 31-42 5/-12.5 33,04074 6/26 at BAL L, 5-12 Wilson (4-5) Smyly (2-8) 31-43 5/-13.5 38,61175 6/27 vs. BOS W, 13-7 Snell (1-2) Rodriguez (1-3) 32-43 5/-13.0 18,024 612,65676 6/28 vs. BOS L, 2-8 Porcello (9-2) Archer (4-11) 32-44 5/-14.0 16,986 629,64277 6/29 vs. BOS W, 4-0 Moore (4-5) Price (8-5) 33-44 5/-14.0 24,110 653,75278 6/30 vs. DET L, 7-10 Sanchez (5-8) Ramirez (7-7) 33-45 5/-14.0 10,729 664,48179 7/1 vs. DET L, 2-10 Fulmer (8-2) Smyly (2-9) 33-46 5/-14.0 13,537 678,01880 7/2 vs. DET L, 2-3 Verlander (8-6) Snell (1-3) 33-47 5/-14.0 17,861 695,87981 7/3 vs. DET L, 1-5 Rondon (2-0) Andriese (6-2) 33-48 5/-14.0 13,126 709,00582 7/4 vs. LAA W, 4-2 Moore (5-5) Salas (3-6) 34-48 5/-13.0 14,532 723,53783 7/5 vs. LAA L, 5-13 Guerra (2-0) Odorizzi (3-4) 34-49 5/-14.0 14,896 738,43384 7/6 vs. LAA L, 2-7 Weaver (7-7) Smyly (2-10) 34-50 5/-15.0 11,267 749,70085 7/7 vs. LAA L, 1-5 Santiago (6-4) Snell (1-4) 34-51 5/-15.5 14,576 764,27686 7/8 at BOS L, 5-6 Ross Jr. (1-1) Archer (4-12) 34-52 5/-15.5 37,73987 7/9 at BOS L, 1-4 Porcello (11-2) Moore (5-6) 34-53 5/-16.5 36,90088 7/10 at BOS L, 0-4 Price (9-6) Odorizzi (3-5) 34-54 5/-17.5 36,669

7/11 - All-Star Break7/12 - All-Star Game AL 4, NL 2 at Petco Park (San Diego Padres)

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

7/13 - All-Star Break7/14 - All-Star Break

89 7/15 vs. BAL L, 3-4 Givens (7-1) Archer (4-13) 34-55 5/-18.5 17,672 781,94890 7/16 vs. BAL L, 1-2 Tillman (13-2) Moore (5-7) 34-56 5/-19.5 18,638 800,58691 7/17 vs. BAL W, 5-2 Odorizzi (4-5) Bundy (2-2) 35-56 5/-18.5 16,161 816,74792 7/18 at COL L, 4-7 Anderson (2-3) Smyly (2-11) 35-57 5/-18.5 30,60193 7/19 at COL W, 10-1 Snell (2-4) Chatwood (8-6) 36-57 5/-17.5 33,06194 7/20 at COL W, 11-3 Archer (5-13) De La Rosa (6-7) 37-57 5/-17.0 31,45695 7/21 at OAK W, 7-3 Moore (6-7) Gray (4-9) 38-57 5/-17.0 14,41296 7/22 at OAK L, 0-1 (13) Axford (4-3) Floro (0-1) 38-58 5/-17.5 15,25097 7/23 at OAK L, 3-4 Graveman (7-6) Colome (1-3) 38-59 5/-18.5 30,43698 7/24 at OAK L, 2-3 Dull (4-2) Ramirez (7-8) 38-60 5/-19.5 17,642

7/25 - OFF (12) 5/-20.099 7/26 at LAD L, 2-3 Norris (6-9) Archer (5-14) 38-61 5/-20.0 46,960100 7/27 at LAD W, 3-1 Moore (7-7) McCarthy (2-1) 39-61 5/-19.0 43,576

7/28 - OFF (13) 5/-18.5101 7/29 vs. NYY W, 5-1 Odorizzi (5-5) Nova (7-6) 40-61 5/-17.5 17,856 834,603102 7/30 vs. NYY W, 6-3 Smyly (3-11) Eovaldi (9-7) 41-61 5/-17.0 25,883 860,486103 7/31 vs. NYY W, 5-3 Snell (3-4) Pineda (5-10) 42-61 5/-16.5 18,109 878,595104 8/1 vs. KC L, 0-3 Duffy (7-1) Archer (5-15) 42-62 5/-17.0 13,976 892,571105 8/2 vs. KC L, 2-3 Young (3-8) Cedeño (3-3) 42-63 5/-18.0 12,625 905,196106 8/3 vs. KC W, 12-0 Odorizzi (6-5) Volquez (8-10) 43-63 5/-18.0 11,149 916,345107 8/4 vs. KC W, 3-2 Boxberger (1-0) Soria (4-5) 44-63 5/-17.0 13,120 929,465108 8/5 vs. MIN L, 2-6 Santana (5-9) Ramirez (7-9) 44-64 5/-18.0 12,161 941,626109 8/6 vs. MIN W, 7-3 Archer (6-15) Berrios (2-2) 45-64 5/-17.0 15,603 957,229110 8/7 vs. MIN L, 3-6 Gibson (4-6) Andriese (6-3) 45-65 5/-18.0 12,649 969,878111 8/8 at TOR L, 5-7 Benoit (2-1) Cedeño (3-4) 45-66 5/-18.0 43,812112 8/9 at TOR W, 9-2 Smyly (4-11) Estrada (7-5) 46-66 5/-17.0 43,134113 8/10 at TOR L, 0-7 Happ (16-3) Snell (3-5) 46-67 5/-18.0 45,501

8/11 - OFF (14) 5/-18.0114 8/12 at NYY L, 3-6 Sabathia (7-9) Archer (6-16) 46-68 5/-18.5 46,459115 8/13 at NYY L, 4-8 Tanaka (9-4) Andriese (6-4) 46-69 5/-19.0 41,682116 8/14 at NYY W, 12-3 Odorizzi (7-5) Severino (1-8) 47-69 5/-19.0 41,473117 8/15 vs. SD W, 8-2 Smyly (5-11) Perdomo (5-7) 48-69 5/-18.0 10,417 980,295118 8/16 vs. SD W, 15-1 Snell (4-5) Jackson (3-3) 49-69 5/-18.0 10,793 991,088119 8/17 vs. SD W, 2-0 Archer (7-16) Friedrich (4-9) 50-69 5/-18.0 10,251 1,001,339

8/18 - OFF (15) 5/-18.0120 8/19 vs. TEX L, 2-6 Hamels (13-4) Andriese (6-5) 50-70 5/-18.0 15,109 1,016,448121 8/20 vs. TEX W, 8-2 Odorizzi (8-5) Griffin (5-3) 51-70 5/-18.0 16,505 1,032,953122 8/21 vs. TEX W, 8-4 Smyly (6-11) Perez (8-9) 52-70 5/-17.0 17,685 1,050,638123 8/22 vs. BOS L, 2-6 Price (12-8) Snell (4-6) 52-71 5/-17.5 13,576 1,064,214124 8/23 vs. BOS L, 1-2 Buchholz (5-9) Archer (7-17) 52-72 5/-18.5 11,249 1,075,463125 8/24 vs. BOS W, 4-3 (11) Boxberger (2-0) Hembree (4-1) 53-72 5/-17.5 11,896 1,087,359126 8/25 vs. BOS W, 2-1 Odorizzi (9-5) Pomeranz (10-10) 54-72 5/-16.5 12,059 1,099,418127 8/26 at HOU L, 4-5 Giles (2-3) Colome (1-4) 54-73 5/-17.5 25,852128 8/27 at HOU L, 2-6 Keuchel (9-12) Snell (4-7) 54-74 5/-18.5 36,544129 8/28 at HOU W, 10-4 Archer (8-17) Fister (12-9) 55-74 5/-18.5 37,484130 8/29 at BOS L, 4-9 Porcello (18-3) Andriese (6-6) 55-75 5/-19.5 36,948131 8/30 at BOS W, 4-3 Romero (2-0) Buchholz (5-10) 56-75 5/-18.5 37,083132 8/31 at BOS L, 6-8 Tazawa (3-2) Ramirez (7-10) 56-76 5/-19.5 36,786

9/1 - OFF (16) 5/-19.5133 9/2 vs. TOR W, 8-3 Farquhar (1-0) Stroman (9-6) 57-76 5/-18.5 12,602 1,112,020134 9/3 vs. TOR W, 7-5 Snell (5-7) Estrada (8-7) 58-76 5/-17.5 14,353 1,126,373135 9/4 vs. TOR L, 3-5 Benoit (3-1) Jepsen (2-6) 58-77 5/-18.5 13,884 1,140,257136 9/5 vs. BAL L, 3-7 Jimenez (6-11) Andriese (6-7) 58-78 5/-18.5 12,256 1,152,513137 9/6 vs. BAL L, 2-11 Gallardo (5-7) Odorizzi (9-6) 58-79 5/-18.5 12,207 1,164,720138 9/7 vs. BAL W, 7-6 Boxberger (3-0) Givens (8-2) 59-79 5/-18.5 10,537 1,175,257139 9/8 at NYY L, 4-5 Layne (2-1) Ramirez (7-11) 59-80 5/-19.0 27,631140 9/9 at NYY L, 5-7 Warren (5-3) Snell (5-8) 59-81 5/-20.0 30,194141 9/10 at NYY L, 1-5 Tanaka (13-4) Archer (8-18) 59-82 5/-20.0 33,460142 9/11 at NYY W, 4-2 Andriese (7-7) Cessa (4-1) 60-82 5/-20.0 33,087143 9/12 at TOR L, 2-3 Grilli (6-5) Boxberger (3-1) 60-83 5/-21.0 35,333144 9/13 at TOR W, 6-2 Smyly (7-11) Stroman (9-8) 61-83 5/-20.0 38,338145 9/14 at TOR W, 8-1 Cobb (1-0) Estrada (8-9) 62-83 5/-19.0 41,001146 9/15 at BAL W, 7-6 Boxberger (4-1) Gallardo (5-8) 63-83 5/-19.0 19,233147 9/16 at BAL L, 4-5 Brach (9-3) Boxberger (4-2) 63-84 5/-20.0 30,094148 9/17 at BAL W, 5-2 Andriese (8-7) Tillman (16-6) 64-84 5/-20.0 27,823149 9/18 at BAL L, 1-2 Brach (10-3) Garton (1-1) 64-85 5/-21.0 28,427

9/19 - OFF (17) 5/-21.5150 9/20 vs. NYY L, 3-5 Severino (3-8) Boxberger (4-3) 64-86 5/-22.5 12,732 1,187,989151 9/21 vs. NYY L, 5-11 Tanaka (14-4) Cobb (1-1) 64-87 5/-23.5 12,192 1,200,181152 9/22 vs. NYY 7:10153 9/23 vs. BOS 7:10154 9/24 vs. BOS 6:10 Rays Tote Bag (All fans)155 9/25 vs. BOS 1:10 DJ Kitty Toothbrush Holder (Kids 14 & under)156 9/26 at CWS 8:10157 9/27 at CWS 8:10158 9/28 at CWS 8:10159 9/29 at CWS 8:10160 9/30 at TEX 8:05161 10/1 at TEX 8:05162 10/2 at TEX 3:05

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NEW FOR 2016WEEKLY TICKET SPECIALSu MILITARY MONDAY PRESENTED BY THE TAMPA BAY TIMESFor all active-duty military, retired and honorably discharged veterans, the Rays will offer two free tickets for all Monday home games and eight additional bonus dates throughout the season.u $2 KID TICKETS TUESDAY PRESENTED BY MORGAN AUTO GROUPFor all Tuesday home games, tickets for kids 14 and under are $2 with the purchase of a full price paid adult ticket. A maximum of two $2 kids tickets can be purchased for each full price paid adult. Tickets will be checked upon stadium entry.u $2 HOT DOGS WEDNESDAY PRESENTED BY KAYEM FRANKSFor all Wednesday home games, all-beef hot dogs and Pepsi fountain drinks are just $2.u SENIOR SPECIAL THURSDAY PRESENTED BY DUKE ENERGYFor all Thursday home games, Press Level tickets for fans 60 years of age or older are only $15. Present photo ID upon stadium entry.u STUDENT RUSH FRIDAY PRESENTED BY PAPA JOHN’SFor all Friday home games, students (18 and over) with a valid student ID can purchase lower level tickets for $15. Tickets and student IDs will be checked upon stadium entry.