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FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2014 vs. BOSTON RED SOX RH Chris Archer (3-2, 4.59) vs. RH John Lackey (5-3, 4.01) First Pitch: 7:10 p.m. | Location: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla. | TV: Sun Sports | Radio: WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Spanish) Game No.: 49 (20-28) | Home Game No.: 24 (9-14) | All-Time Game No.: 2,639 (1,215-1,423) | All-Time Home Game: 1,318 (675-642) March: 1-0 | April: 10-16 | May: 9-12 CONRATS TO THE TIGERS—Prior to Sunday’s game, the Tampa Jesuit High School baseball team will be honored as 2014 Florida Class 5A state champions…yesterday in Fort Myers, the Tigers defeated Green Cove Springs Clay High School, 5-2. RAY MATTER—Last night vs. Oakland the Rays overcame a 2-1 deficit in the 11th inning to win 5-2 on Sean Rodriguez’s walk-off, 3-run homer…it was the Rays first walk-off victory of the season after a tying a club record with 13 walk-off wins last season…May 22 is the latest date for the Rays first walk-off win since 2004 (June 11 vs. COL, inside-the-park homer by Rey Sanchez)…the Rays were one strike away from losing before Des- mond Jennings’ RBI single tied it in the 11th…it was the Rays highest- scoring inning ever in extra innings at Tropicana Field (they’ve scored 4 or more runs in an extra inning 7 times on the road, most recently May 2 at NYY, a 5-run 14th). Ê The Rays snapped a 4-game losing streak and scored more runs last night than during that skid, when they scored 4 total…have lost 11 of their last 16 games, and their 20-28 record is their worst through 48 games since 2007 (20-28). Ê The Rays avoided being swept for the second time in their last three series at Tropicana Field as well as their first-ever 3-game sweep by Oakland in this building…after beginning the season 7-5 at Tropi- cana Field, the Rays have lost 9 of their last 11 home games. Ê The Rays have lost 4 of their last 5 one-run games since snapping an 11-game winning streak that dated back to 2013…they are 7-4 in one-run games this season. CHANCE TO ESCAPE THE CELLAR—The Rays are a season-high 6.0 GB of Toronto in the AL East and one game behind the Red Sox (20-26) for 4th place…they’ve spent the past 17 days in last place—but with a win tonight could pass Boston by percentage points for 4th place…since be- coming the Rays in 2008, this is only their second stay in the AL East cellar after the season’s opening month (also June 22-23, 2013…33 days later, they were in 1st place after a 22-5 run). Ê This weekend is the fourth time the Rays and Red Sox have played each other while bringing up the rear in the AL East, and the first time after April 15: April 15, 2012 tied for last place (4-5) April 11-12, 2011 tied for last place (2-8) on April 11 Rays 4th (3-8), Boston 5th (2-9) on April 12 April 5, 2001 tied for last place (1-2) RAYS vs. RED SOX—Boston makes its first visit to Tropicana Field this season…Rays lead the season series, 2-1, escaping Fenway Park with a series win April 29–May 1…after losing the series opener there, they were rained out on April 30 and swept a doubleheader on May 1, by scores of 6-5 and 2-1…it was the Rays first ever doubleheader sweep at Fenway and fourth overall, as well as the first time they won 2 one-run games in a day… the Rays went 7-12 in the 2013 season series, their worst since 2007…they are 60-52 vs. Boston since becoming the Rays in 2008, including a 31-23 mark at Tropicana Field…trail the all-time series, 163-118. ELIAS SAYSSean Rodriguez, who entered last night’s game at second base in the 10th inning, became the first player to hit a walk-off homer af- ter entering as a defensive replacement in extra innings since BAL Taylor Teagarden on July 14, 2012 vs. DET off RH Joaquin Benoit in the 13th inning…according to the Elias Sports Bureau, he also became one of five active major leaguers to do this…the others: David Ross, LAD 9/30/04 vs. COL (11th) Steve Reed Nick Swisher, CWS 8/5/08 vs. DET (14th) Joel Zumaya Reid Brignac, TB 9/13/10 vs. NYY (11th) Sergio Mitre Reed Johnson, CHC 4/20/11 vs. SD (11th) Luke Gregerson Sean Rodriguez, TB 5/22/14 vs. OAK (11th) Luke Gregerson YOUR HOME RUN LEADERSean Rodriguez’s HR was the first walk-off hit of his career and his team-leading 5th homer of the season…this leaves the Royals as the only team in baseball without a 5-HR player…in 68 AB, Sean has already matched his HR total for the entire 2013 season (195 AB) and is more than halfway to tying his career high (9 in 2010)…10 of his 16 hits this season have gone for extra bases. Ê Marked his second HR this season vs. right-handed pitching (April 18 vs. NYY Adam Warren) after not hitting one in 2013. ZEROS FOR COBB—Last night RH Alex Cobb returned from the DL with 6.2 score- less IP, becoming the first in Rays history to record 3 consecutive scoreless starts within one season…the only other Ray to record 3 straight scoreless starts was LH Matt Moore over 2012-13…Cobb extended his score- less inning streak to 21.2, 3rd longest ever by a Rays starter behind James Shields (23.0 in 2011) and Moore (22.1 in 2013). Ê During the time Cobb was on the DL with a left oblique strain (April 13–May 21) the Rays went 12-23 (.343), tied with Houston for worst in the majors…during those 35 games Rays pitchers lasted at least 6 IP only 11 times. ABOUT THE PITCHING—The Rays are 15-5 this season when their start- ing pitcher goes at least 6 IP, and 5-23 when he doesn’t…only twice in the team’s last 28 games has the starter gone 7 IP, both by LH David Price (May 2 at NYY, 7.0; May 14 at SEA, 9.0). Ê The bullpen has thrown 166.1 IP this season, most in MLB…this is 32.2 more than a year ago at this time (133.2), an increase of 24 pct. Ê Rays have allowed 3 runs or less in 3 straight games for the first time since April 2-4…Rays have also struck out 10 or more batters in all 3 games, the 5th time in club history they’ve had 10 SO or more and 3 R or less in 3 straight games—they’ve never done it in 4 straight. Ê During the Oakland series the Rays threw 523 pitches (174 per game). THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE—All 3 games vs. Oakland lasted longer than 3-1/2 hours…the Rays have averaged 3 hours, 18 minutes in 9-inning games this season, longest in the majors, and 16 minutes longer than the major league average of 3:02…of the Rays 48 games this season (including 4 extra-inning games), 36 have been at least 3 hours, 19 at least 3-1/2 hours and 5 at least 4 hours. LUMBER IN SLUMBER—The Rays have scored only 21 runs in their last 9 games (2.3 R/G) but are still 4-5 in that stretch, including wins of 2-1, 2-0 and 3-0…they have scored more than 5 runs only once in their last 18 games, a 7-1 win on May 10 vs. CLE…the Rays have been shut out 5 times this year, tied with Houston for 2nd-most in the AL after Seattle (6). Ê Sean Rodriguez’s homer last night was only the Rays 6th in their last 14 games…prior to that, 23 of the team’s previous 24 hits were singles, and they had scored in only 2 of their previous 30 innings and 3 of their previous 47 innings. JOEL KNOCKING—With his next appearance, RH Joel Peralta will tie RH Dan Wheeler’s club record of 250 relief apps…Wheeler did this over parts of 7 seasons with the Rays; Peralta is in his 4th…since joining the Rays in 2011, his 249 apps lead the majors, one ahead of Brad Ziegler…the club record for overall games pitched is 266 by Esteban Yan (245 as reliever, 21 as starter). YUNEL ESCOBAR—Recorded his 1,000th career hit with his 7th-inning single yesterday. LATE NIGHT WITH LONEY—1B James Loney leads the AL with a .404 batting avg. (23-for-57) in the 7th inning or later and ranks 2nd in the ma- jors, decimal points behind PHI Chase Utley (.404)…in addition, since join- ing the Rays in 2013 he leads the majors with a .349 mark (81-for-232). IT’S BEEN ADDRESSED—Rays pitchers and catchers have caught 36.7 percent of attempted base stealers, best in the AL…last year they caught only 21.7 percent, 4th worst in the majors…it’s the 4th-best improvement over 2013 in the majors behind Washington, St. Louis and Detroit. GIVEAWAYS—On Sunday, kids 14 & under will receive a pair of David Price & Astro Dog Tags, presented by the Tampa Bay Times, while supplies last. COMMUNITY CORNERThe ninth annual Rays on the Runway fashion show will take place at the Renaissance Vinoy Resort in St. Petersburg on Wed., June 25…doors open at 6:30 p.m. for cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and a meet-and-greet with players…visit childrensdreamfund.org or call (727) 896-6390 to purchase tickets. Ê Today C Jose Molina visited young patients at the Children’s Medi- cal Center at Tampa General Hospital. Upcoming Games Opp. Time TV Rays Starting Pitcher Opp. Starting Pitcher Sat., May 24 BOS 4:10 p.m. Sun Sports LH David Price (4-4, 4.28) RH Jake Peavy (1-2, 4.33) Sun., May 25 BOS 1:40 p.m. Sun Sports RH Jake Odorizzi (2-4, 4.98) TBA **All games broadcast on WDAE 620 AM. All times Eastern Standard Time (EST).** RAYS THRU 48 GAMES, 2008-14 Year W-L Pct. Pos GB 2014 20-28 .417 5 6.0 2013 24-24 .500 4 6.0 2012 29-19 .604 T-1 +2.5 2011 26-22 .542 T-1 +0.5 2010 33-15 .689 1 +4.5 2009 23-25 .479 4 5.0 2008 28-20 .583 2 1.5

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Page 1: FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2014 vs. BOSTON RED SOXmlb.mlb.com/documents/6/8/4/76516684/5_23_14_PREGAME_NOTE… · series win April 29–May 1…after losing the series opener there, they were

FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2014 vs. BOSTON RED SOXRH Chris Archer (3-2, 4.59) vs. RH John Lackey (5-3, 4.01)

First Pitch: 7:10 p.m. | Location: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla. | TV: Sun Sports | Radio: WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Spanish)Game No.: 49 (20-28) | Home Game No.: 24 (9-14) | All-Time Game No.: 2,639 (1,215-1,423) | All-Time Home Game: 1,318 (675-642)

March: 1-0 | April: 10-16 | May: 9-12

CONRATS TO THE TIGERS—Prior to Sunday’s game, the Tampa Jesuit High School baseball team will be honored as 2014 Florida Class 5A state champions…yesterday in Fort Myers, the Tigers defeated Green Cove Springs Clay High School, 5-2.

RAY MATTER—Last night vs. Oakland the Rays overcame a 2-1 deficit in the 11th inning to win 5-2 on Sean Rodriguez’s walk-off, 3-run homer…it was the Rays first walk-off victory of the season after a tying a club record with 13 walk-off wins last season…May 22 is the latest date for the Rays first walk-off win since 2004 (June 11 vs. COL, inside-the-park homer by Rey Sanchez)…the Rays were one strike away from losing before Des-mond Jennings’ RBI single tied it in the 11th…it was the Rays highest-scoring inning ever in extra innings at Tropicana Field (they’ve scored 4 or more runs in an extra inning 7 times on the road, most recently May 2 at NYY, a 5-run 14th).

Ê The Rays snapped a 4-game losing streak and scored more runs last night than during that skid, when they scored 4 total…have lost 11 of their last 16 games, and their 20-28 record is their worst through 48 games since 2007 (20-28).

Ê The Rays avoided being swept for the second time in their last three series at Tropicana Field as well as their first-ever 3-game sweep by Oakland in this building…after beginning the season 7-5 at Tropi-cana Field, the Rays have lost 9 of their last 11 home games.

Ê The Rays have lost 4 of their last 5 one-run games since snapping an 11-game winning streak that dated back to 2013…they are 7-4 in one-run games this season.

CHANCE TO ESCAPE THE CELLAR—The Rays are a season-high 6.0 GB of Toronto in the AL East and one game behind the Red Sox (20-26) for 4th place…they’ve spent the past 17 days in last place—but with a win tonight could pass Boston by percentage points for 4th place…since be-coming the Rays in 2008, this is only their second stay in the AL East cellar after the season’s opening month (also June 22-23, 2013…33 days later, they were in 1st place after a 22-5 run).

Ê This weekend is the fourth time the Rays and Red Sox have played each other while bringing up the rear in the AL East, and the first time after April 15: April 15, 2012 tied for last place (4-5)April 11-12, 2011 tied for last place (2-8) on April 11 Rays 4th (3-8), Boston 5th (2-9) on April 12April 5, 2001 tied for last place (1-2)

RAYS vs. RED SOX—Boston makes its first visit to Tropicana Field this season…Rays lead the season series, 2-1, escaping Fenway Park with a series win April 29–May 1…after losing the series opener there, they were rained out on April 30 and swept a doubleheader on May 1, by scores of 6-5 and 2-1…it was the Rays first ever doubleheader sweep at Fenway and fourth overall, as well as the first time they won 2 one-run games in a day…the Rays went 7-12 in the 2013 season series, their worst since 2007…they are 60-52 vs. Boston since becoming the Rays in 2008, including a 31-23 mark at Tropicana Field…trail the all-time series, 163-118.

ELIAS SAYS—Sean Rodriguez, who entered last night’s game at second base in the 10th inning, became the first player to hit a walk-off homer af-ter entering as a defensive replacement in extra innings since BAL Taylor Teagarden on July 14, 2012 vs. DET off RH Joaquin Benoit in the 13th inning…according to the Elias Sports Bureau, he also became one of five active major leaguers to do this…the others:

David Ross, LAD 9/30/04 vs. COL (11th) Steve ReedNick Swisher, CWS 8/5/08 vs. DET (14th) Joel ZumayaReid Brignac, TB 9/13/10 vs. NYY (11th) Sergio MitreReed Johnson, CHC 4/20/11 vs. SD (11th) Luke GregersonSean Rodriguez, TB 5/22/14 vs. OAK (11th) Luke Gregerson

YOUR HOME RUN LEADER—Sean Rodriguez’s HR was the first walk-off hit of his career and his team-leading 5th homer of the season…this leaves the Royals as the only team in baseball without a 5-HR player…in 68 AB, Sean has already matched his HR total for the entire 2013 season (195 AB) and is more than halfway to tying his career high (9 in 2010)…10 of his 16 hits this season have gone for extra bases.

Ê Marked his second HR this season vs. right-handed pitching (April 18 vs. NYY Adam Warren) after not hitting one in 2013.

ZEROS FOR COBB—Last night RH Alex Cobb returned from the DL with 6.2 score-less IP, becoming the first in Rays history to record 3 consecutive scoreless starts within one season…the only other Ray to record 3 straight scoreless starts was LH Matt Moore over 2012-13…Cobb extended his score-less inning streak to 21.2, 3rd longest ever by a Rays starter behind James Shields (23.0 in 2011) and Moore (22.1 in 2013).

Ê During the time Cobb was on the DL with a left oblique strain (April 13–May 21) the Rays went 12-23 (.343), tied with Houston for worst in the majors…during those 35 games Rays pitchers lasted at least 6 IP only 11 times.

ABOUT THE PITCHING—The Rays are 15-5 this season when their start-ing pitcher goes at least 6 IP, and 5-23 when he doesn’t…only twice in the team’s last 28 games has the starter gone 7 IP, both by LH David Price (May 2 at NYY, 7.0; May 14 at SEA, 9.0).

Ê The bullpen has thrown 166.1 IP this season, most in MLB…this is 32.2 more than a year ago at this time (133.2), an increase of 24 pct.

Ê Rays have allowed 3 runs or less in 3 straight games for the first time since April 2-4…Rays have also struck out 10 or more batters in all 3 games, the 5th time in club history they’ve had 10 SO or more and 3 R or less in 3 straight games—they’ve never done it in 4 straight.

Ê During the Oakland series the Rays threw 523 pitches (174 per game).

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE—All 3 games vs. Oakland lasted longer than 3-1/2 hours…the Rays have averaged 3 hours, 18 minutes in 9-inning games this season, longest in the majors, and 16 minutes longer than the major league average of 3:02…of the Rays 48 games this season (including 4 extra-inning games), 36 have been at least 3 hours, 19 at least 3-1/2 hours and 5 at least 4 hours.

LUMBER IN SLUMBER—The Rays have scored only 21 runs in their last 9 games (2.3 R/G) but are still 4-5 in that stretch, including wins of 2-1, 2-0 and 3-0…they have scored more than 5 runs only once in their last 18 games, a 7-1 win on May 10 vs. CLE…the Rays have been shut out 5 times this year, tied with Houston for 2nd-most in the AL after Seattle (6).

Ê Sean Rodriguez’s homer last night was only the Rays 6th in their last 14 games…prior to that, 23 of the team’s previous 24 hits were singles, and they had scored in only 2 of their previous 30 innings and 3 of their previous 47 innings.

JOEL KNOCKING—With his next appearance, RH Joel Peralta will tie RH Dan Wheeler’s club record of 250 relief apps…Wheeler did this over parts of 7 seasons with the Rays; Peralta is in his 4th…since joining the Rays in 2011, his 249 apps lead the majors, one ahead of Brad Ziegler…the club record for overall games pitched is 266 by Esteban Yan (245 as reliever, 21 as starter).

YUNEL ESCOBAR—Recorded his 1,000th career hit with his 7th-inning single yesterday.

LATE NIGHT WITH LONEY—1B James Loney leads the AL with a .404 batting avg. (23-for-57) in the 7th inning or later and ranks 2nd in the ma-jors, decimal points behind PHI Chase Utley (.404)…in addition, since join-ing the Rays in 2013 he leads the majors with a .349 mark (81-for-232).

IT’S BEEN ADDRESSED—Rays pitchers and catchers have caught 36.7 percent of attempted base stealers, best in the AL…last year they caught only 21.7 percent, 4th worst in the majors…it’s the 4th-best improvement over 2013 in the majors behind Washington, St. Louis and Detroit.

GIVEAWAYS—On Sunday, kids 14 & under will receive a pair of David Price & Astro Dog Tags, presented by the Tampa Bay Times, while supplies last.

COMMUNITY CORNER—The ninth annual Rays on the Runway fashion show will take place at the Renaissance Vinoy Resort in St. Petersburg on Wed., June 25…doors open at 6:30 p.m. for cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and a meet-and-greet with players…visit childrensdreamfund.org or call (727) 896-6390 to purchase tickets.

Ê Today C Jose Molina visited young patients at the Children’s Medi-cal Center at Tampa General Hospital.

Upcoming Games Opp. Time TV Rays Starting Pitcher Opp. Starting PitcherSat., May 24 BOS 4:10 p.m. Sun Sports LH David Price (4-4, 4.28) RH Jake Peavy (1-2, 4.33)Sun., May 25 BOS 1:40 p.m. Sun Sports RH Jake Odorizzi (2-4, 4.98) TBA

**All games broadcast on WDAE 620 AM. All times Eastern Standard Time (EST).**

RAYS THRU 48 GAMES,2008-14

Year W-L Pct. Pos GB2014 20-28 .417 5 6.02013 24-24 .500 4 6.02012 29-19 .604 T-1 +2.52011 26-22 .542 T-1 +0.52010 33-15 .689 1 +4.52009 23-25 .479 4 5.02008 28-20 .583 2 1.5

Page 2: FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2014 vs. BOSTON RED SOXmlb.mlb.com/documents/6/8/4/76516684/5_23_14_PREGAME_NOTE… · series win April 29–May 1…after losing the series opener there, they were

Ê LAST START—On Sun at LAA, allowed 11 hits, one shy of his career high (April 29, 2011 vs. LAA)…in his career, 3 of his 4 highest hit totals have come against the Angels…threw 87 strikes, tying the 2nd-highest total of his career (92 on Sep 10, 2013 vs. BOS)…had 7 SO and no walks, improving his MLB-leading SO/BB ratio to 12.83 (77-SO, 6-BB) and MLB-leading BB/9 IP ratio to 0.78.

Ê THE LONG BALL—Has allowed 11 HR in 69.1 IP this season, 3rd-most in the majors…only MIL Marco Estrada (12) and KC Jeremy Guthrie (12)…allowed a pair of homers to Albert Pujols in his last start on Sun at LAA…on May 13 at SEA, snapped a streak of allowing a home run in

6 straight starts, the longest streak of his career. Ê Allowed 2 HR in his final 83.1 IP last year (331 batters faced)…

only allowed 8 in his last 20 starts (142-IP, 548-BF) of 2013.

Ê vs. BOSTON—Is 10-6 with a 2.93 ERA (129-IP, 42-ER) in 20 career starts against the Red Sox…last faced them on Sep 10, 2013 at Tropi-cana Field, a 2-0 Rays loss in which he went 8 IP and threw a career-high 127 pitches…was 2-2 with a 2.48 ERA (32.2-IP, 9-ER) in 5 starts against them last season, the lowest ERA ever by a Rays pitcher in 5 starts or more against the Red Sox and lowest by any pitcher (min. 5 GS) since BAL Brian Matusz (2-0, 2.43, 5 GS) in 2010.

Ê LAST START—On May 16 at LAA recorded his first road victory since Sep 13, 2013 at MIN…allowed a season-low 2 hits…it was his fifth ca-reer start without allowing a run…tied a career high with 5 walks (3rd time, last May 1 at BOS -G2)…walked the bases loaded in the 5th but retired Albert Pujols to escape the threat…his line: W, 5.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R/ER, 5 BB, 5 SO, 104 pitches, 61 strikes.

Ê SHORT STARTS—Hasn’t gone 6 IP since April 25 at CWS and has pitched 5.2 innings or less in his last 4 starts, longest such streak of his career…Rays have had 2 starters go 5.2 IP or less in 5 straight starts this season: Jake Odorizzi from April 9–May 9 (6) and Cesar Ramos from April 13–May 7 (5)…prior to this stretch, Archer pitched 6 IP or more in 4 of his first 5 starts this season.

Ê FREE PASSES—Has 16 SO to 15 BB (1.06 SO/BB) in his last 4 starts compared to 25 SO to 5 BB (5 SO/BB) in his first 5 starts of the sea-son…last season he issued 5.15 BB/9 IP in his first 7 starts, then only 1.66 BB/9 IP the rest of the way (July 9 thru season’s end).

Ê vs. AL EAST—Is 2-1 with a 5.93 ERA (27.1-IP, 18-ER) in 5 starts against AL East opponents this season…went 5-2 with a 2.47 ERA (58.1-IP, 16-ER) in 10 starts vs. divisional opponents last season.

Ê MAY 1 at BOS—In the nightcap of a DH, earned no decision in the 6-5 win in his shortest outing of the season (4.2-IP, 3-H, 5-R/ER, 5-BB, 3-SO, 84/45)…5 walks tied his career high and all 5 came over a stretch of 11 PA between the 3rd–5th innings after issuing 5 BB to 127 BF over his first 5 starts…had gone 18.2 IP without a walk before putting Will Middlebrooks aboard in the 3rd…threw 52 pitches in first 4 innings and 32 in the 5th…7 of his last 9 BF reached base…had 2 WP after none in his first 5 starts.

Ê LAST HOME START—On May 11 vs. CLE, suffered his first home loss since Aug 13, 2013 vs. SEA, snapping a streak of 8 unbeaten starts at Tropicana Field…issued 4 walks, his most at home since June 12 vs. BOS…his line: 5 IP, 8 H, 4 R/ER, 4 BB, 2 SO, 1 HR, 100/58.

Ê 2-STRIKE COUNTS—Opponents are hitting .218 (24-for-110) against him in 2-strike counts, up from .152 (38-for-250) in 2013…the major league average this season is .175.

Ê vs. RIGHTIES—Right-handers have batted .346 (28-for-81) with 3 HR this season, tied for the 2nd-highest avg. in the AL—better than only BOS Clay Buchholz (.360)—and 6th-highest in the majors…prior to this year, he’d held them to a .173 (45-for-260) clip…however, in his last start at LAA, righties went 1-for-10.

Ê FRIENDLY CONFINES—Will make his 10th start overall this season, 5th at home…over his career, is 8-4 with a 3.30 ERA in 18 starts at home compared to 5-8, 4.23 in 20 apps (18 starts) on the road…has only lost consecutive home decisions once in his career: Aug 2-13, 2013 (vs. SF, SEA).

Ê SLOW WORKER—Averages 26.4 seconds between pitches, 2nd-longest in the majors ahead of only teammate and tomorrow’s starter David Price, who ranks 1st at 26.5 seconds…the major league average is 22.8 seconds…last season Archer averaged 23.7 seconds between pitches.

Ê KEEP IT DOWN—Has only allowed 3 HR in 51.0 IP this season…among AL pitchers with as many innings pitched, only four have allowed less…owns a team-high 1.95 groundball-to-flyball ratio.

Ê 6 IS KEY—Since the start of last season, the Rays are 15-2 when he lasts 6 or more innings in a start—and 4-11 when he doesn’t.

Ê STRAIGHT HEAT—Averaged 95.0 mph on his fastball last season, ac-cording to FanGraphs, making him the hardest-throwing starter in the AL (min. 100 IP) in 2013…TEX Derek Holland ranked 2nd at 93.6 mph.

Ê NEW CONTRACT—On April 2 the Rays announced an eight-year contract extension for Archer—the first six years (2014-19) guaranteed plus club options for the 2020 and 2021 seasons…the deal is expected to guarantee Archer a total of $25.5 million, with a maximum value of $43.75 million…it is the longest commitment the Rays have made to a pitcher…his new contract, signed on April 1, is only the fifth contract worth over $20 million given by current ownership group of Principal Owner Stuart Sternberg…it is the largest guarantee in major league history for a player with less than one year of service time.

TONIGHT’S STARTER—RH CHRIS ARCHER (3-2, 4.59)

TOMORROW’S STARTER—LH DAVID PRICE (4-4, 4.28)

#70 JOE MADDON, MANAGER Ê Ninth-year Rays manager is the 3rd-longest tenured skipper in MLB after

LAA Mike Scioscia (15th) and MIN Ron Gardenhire (13th). Ê Has managed more than half games in Rays history (1,345 of 2,638)…

owns a career 697-648 (.518) record with the Rays: 127-197 (.392) in his first two seasons (2006-07) and 570-451 (.558) since the start of 2008…the Rays were 518-775 (.401) prior to his arrival.

Ê Was ejected May 2 at NYY by home plate umpire Brian O’Nora in the 13th inning for arguing result of instant replay review…was his second ejection this season and 34th as a Ray, a club record.

Ê Two-time AL Manager of the Year (2008, 2010)…only two other head coaches/managers among Florida’s major pro teams have lasted as long: Don Shula (Dolphins, 26 years) and John McKay (Bucs, 9 years).

YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO HR Avg.2013 Durham (AAA) 5-3 3.96 10 10 0 0 50.0 50 26 22 23 52 6 .251

Tampa Bay 9-7 3.22 23 23 2 2 128.2 107 49 46 38 101 15 .2262014 Tampa Bay 3-2 4.59 9 9 0 0 51.0 54 26 26 20 41 3 .274Major League Totals 13-12 3.75 38 36 2 2 209.0 184 92 87 81 178 21 .237Minor League Totals 47-44 3.77 165 159 0 0 769.2 648 372 322 428 770 43 .207

2014 SPLITSvs. RH: .346 (28-81), 3-HRvs. LH: .224 (26-116)Home: 2-1, 3.97 ERA (22.2-IP, 10-ER)Road: 1-1, 5.08 ERA (28.1-IP, 16-ER)

ARCHER vs. RED SOXCAREER—Is 1-2 with a 6.38 ERA (18.1-IP, 13-ER) in 4 career starts against Bos-ton…has gone 5 IP or less in all 4 starts.THIS SEASON—Started G2 of the doubleheader on May 1 at Fenway Park this year, receiving no decision in the Rays 6-5 win despite a career-high 5 BB.AT HOME—Last start at home was June 12, 2013 and he took the loss (4-IP, 2-ER)…won his first start against the Red Sox on Sep 19, 2012 at Tropicana Field.

2014 GAME LOGGAME DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP P/K FINAL OPP. LEFT4/3 vs. TOR W-1 3.00 6.0 4 2 2 2 7 0 0 0 98/60 W, 7-2 Morrow up, 4-24/8 at KC -- 1.38 7.0 6 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 91/60 W, 1-0 Ventura tied, 0-04/14 at BAL L-1 4.50 5.0 12 7 7 1 6 0 0 0 95/68 L, 1-7 Chen down, 7-14/19 vs. NYY W-2 3.65 6.2 3 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 94/61 W, 16-1 Nova up, 14-14/25 at CWS -- 4.11 6.0 9 4 4 0 4 1 0 0 101/64 L, 6-9 Johnson tied, 4-4APRIL 2-1 4.11 30.2 34 14 14 5 25 1 0 0 -- -- -- --5/1 at BOS (G2) -- 4.84 4.2 3 5 5 5 3 0 1 2 84/45 W, 6-5 Doubront down, 4-25/6 vs. BAL -- 4.91 5.0 7 3 3 1 6 1 0 0 100/62 L, 3-5 Tillman down 3-25/11 vs. CLE L-2 5.16 5.0 8 4 4 4 2 1 0 0 100/58 L, 5-6 Tomlin down, 4-25/16 at LAA W-3 4.59 5.2 2 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 104/61 W, 3-0 Weaver up, 1-0

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RAYS HITTER NOTES#7 DAVID DEJESUS, OF Thu: 1-4, BB OAK Series: 1-5, 2-BB Trip: 6-22, 3-2B, HR, 2-RBI vs. LH: .000 (0-2)2014: .263/.351/.458, 4-HR, 14-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.250, 1-4) RISP: .292 (7-24) vs. RH: .267 (31-116), 4-HR

Ê Since April 22, when he snapped a career-long 0-for-24 stretch, is batting .342/.442/.592 (26-for-76) and ranks 3rd in the AL in avg. and 5th in OPS (1.024) in 26 G…has raised his avg. from .119 to .263 and his OBP from .196 to .351.

Ê Is 3-for-18 after snapping a 9-game hitting streak on May 14 at SEA, longest by a Ray this year…hit .441 (15-for-34) with 5 2B and 2 HR during the streak. Ê Only has 3 PA vs. lefties this season…since 2011 has a .161 (44-for-273) avg. vs. LHP, 2nd-lowest in the majors over that span (min. 300 PA). Ê All 29 starts have come vs. right-handed starters (6-LF, 3-CF, 20-DH)…only had 5 career starts at DH prior to this season. Ê May 13 at SEA hit a game-tying solo HR in the 9th, his 3rd career game-tying or go-ahead homer in 9th or later and first since July 12, 2008 vs. SEA.

#11 YUNEL ESCOBAR, SS Thu: 1-4, RBI OAK Series: 4-9, 2-BB, 2-RBI Trip: 7-23, HR, 2-RBI, 2-R, 4-BB vs. LH: .375 (15-40)2014: .265/.337/.358, 3-HR, 11-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 3G (.444, 4-9) RISP: .237 (9-38) vs. RH: .230 (28-122), 3-HR

Ê Batting .476 (10-for-21) with 3 2B, .520 OBP and .619 SLG lifetime against tonight’s starter John Lackey. Ê Had an RBI single yesterday vs. OAK in the 7th inning, his 2nd go-ahead RBI in the 7th inn. or later this season (May 1 at BOS (G2), solo homer off

Koji Uehara in the 9th)…batting .333/.416/.455 (22-for-66) with 8 RBI in 20 games in May…hit .219/.279/.292 with 3 RBI in 27 games in March/April. Ê Has raised his average over 100 points—from .147 to .265—since April 11, batting .297 (38-for-128) with a .372 OBP over that stretch. Ê May 16 at LAA reached base 4x and tied his season high with 3 hits (May 2 at NYY)…had a solo HR in the 5th, the 2nd of his career on an 0-2 pitch. Ê Has made 8 errors this season, surpassing his error total from 2013 (7).

#35 COLE FIGUEROA, INF Thu: 1-3 OAK Series: 1-3 Trip: 0-4 vs. LH: --2014: .143/.143/.143, 0-HR, 0-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.333, 1-3) RISP: .000 (0-1) vs. RH: .143 (1-7)

Ê Recorded his first major league hit yesterday vs. OAK, a single off RH Sonny Gray in the 7th inning…has made two starts in Ben Zobrist’s absence: yesterday vs. OAK and Sun at LAA…made his ML debut on May 16 at LAA as a PH in the 8th and stayed in the game at 2B.

Ê 26-year-old had his contract selected from Durham on May 14 to take the roster spot of Ben Zobrist (dislocated left thumb). Ê This is his first major league call-up…was batting .299/.397/.462 (35-for-117) with 20 BB to 16 SO in 33 G with the Bulls…over his minor league

career, has more BB (320) than SO (240)…recognized by the Rays as having the Best Strike-Zone Discipline in the organization following 2013. Ê Joined RH Dave Eiland (1998-2000) and INF Herbert Perry (1999-2000) as the only former Univ. of Florida players to appear in a game for the Rays.

#10 LOGAN FORSYTHE, INF Thu: 0-0 (PR in 11th) OAK Series: 1-8 Trip: 2-10, BB, 2-R vs. LH: .205 (9-44)2014: .179/.247/.238, 0-HR, 2-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.250, 1-4) RISP: .045 (1-22) vs. RH: .150 (6-40)

Ê Has started 5 of the Rays last 7 games, compared to 15 of their first 39 games…has made 20 starts this season (12-DH, 5-2B, 2-LF, 1-3B). Ê Pinch-ran for James Loney yesterday…singled in the 9th inning on Wed at OAK after a pop-up hit between the A- and B-ring catwalks. Ê His .045 avg. (1-for-22) with RISP is 2nd-worst in the majors (min. 20 AB) ahead of TEX Elvis Andrus (.033, 1-for-30). Ê Collected his 3rd multi-hit game this season off the bench on May 9 vs. CLE…career .275 (73-for-265) hitter vs. LHP and .212 (107-for-504) vs. RHP. Ê Career .350/.438/.575 as a pinch-hitter including 3-for-6 this season…has reached in 5 of his 8 PA as a pinch-hitter this season.

#5 BRANDON GUYER, OF Thu: 0-1 (PH in 9th) OAK Series: 1-7 Trip: 3-9, HR, 2-RBI, R vs. LH: .241 (7-29), 1-HR2014: .200/.216/.280, 1-HR, 4-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: -- RISP: .357 (5-14) vs. RH: .143 (3-21)

Ê Wed vs. OAK was his first career start out of the cleanup spot…his previous 2 starts were at leadoff, the first such starts of his career…he is 1 of 7 AL players with starts batting both No. 1 and No. 4 and 4 of those 7 players are Rays (Myers, Rodriguez, Zobrist).

Ê Is 4-for-15 with 1 HR and 2 RBI in his last 6 games (4 starts)…hit his 4th career home run on May 15 at LAA, first since May 12, 2012 at BAL, but only had 39 at-bats between the two…tied his career high with 2 RBI (2nd time, last May 6, 2011 at BAL) and 2 hits (2nd time, last May 4 at NYY).

Ê Has made 11 starts this year (7-LF, 3-CF, 1-DH)…10 of his 11 starts have been vs. LHP…all 4 of his career HR have come vs. left-handed pitchers.

#24 RYAN HANIGAN, C Thu: DNP OAK Series: 0-4, BB Trip: 2-15, 2B, 4-RBI, R, 2-BB vs. LH: .087 (2-23)2014: .229/.319/.362, 3-HR, 22-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: -- RISP: .333 (11-33) vs. RH: .268 (22-82), 3-HR

Ê Is over halfway to his career high in RBI (40 in 2010)…has 15 RBI with 2 out, T-4th in the AL and 1st among major league catchers. Ê Has twice as many strikeouts (26) as walks (13) this season…entered this year as 1 of 5 actives with more walks (189) than SO (159). Ê Has caught 14 shutouts in his last 99 starts since Homer Bailey’s 2012 no-hitter…has started at catcher in 4 of the Rays 5 shutouts this season. Ê With 22 RBI in 105 AB, ranks 6th in the AL with 4.77 AB/RBI (min. 100 PA) and ranks 10th in the majors…his 22 RBI rank T-2nd on the team and

T-3rd among AL catchers, trailing MIN Kurt Suzuki (27) and HOU Jason Castro (23). Ê Has thrown out 38.5 pct. of base stealers (5 of 13), 3rd-best in the majors…career 36.4 pct. mark is 2nd best among actives.

#8 DESMOND JENNINGS, OF Thu: 2-5, RBI, 2-R OAK Series: 3-13, 2B, RBI, 2-R Trip: 2-20, 2-BB, R vs. LH: .233 (10-43), 2-HR2014: .241/.330/.389, 4-HR, 11-RBI, 9-SB Current Hitting Streak: 2G (.333, 3-9) RISP: .184 (7-38) vs. RH: .244 (29-119), 2-HR

Ê Drove in the game-tying run yesterday vs. OAK in the 11th, ending a 13-game RBI drought (2nd longest of his career)…marked his first RBI since a home run off Masahiro Tanaka on May 3 at NYY…recorded his first multi-hit game since May 4 at NYY.

Ê Went 2-for-5 yesterday vs. OAK after entering the game in a 5-for-48 (.104) slump over his previous 12 games…had a double on Wed at OAK, his first extra-base hit after 11 games without one…has 13 hits in his last 77 AB vs. RHP (.169) after starting the season 16-for-42 (.381).

Ê May 15-16 at LAA made his first starts at leadoff since April 7…has made 5 starts there after 90 of his 132 starts last season were at leadoff. Ê Ranks T-9th in the AL with 9 SB…is 1 of 4 AL players with at least 3 multi-SB games…has the last 6 multi-SB games for the Rays. Ê Named AL Player of the Week for April 28–May 4, batting .355 (11-for-31) with 6 XBH (3-2B, 3-HR), 3 RBI, 2 BB and 8 runs scored. Ê Is batting .434 (69-for-159) when putting the first pitch in play over his career but only .167 (3-for-18) when doing so this season.

#20 MATT JOYCE, OF Thu: 1-5 OAK Series: 2-7 Trip: 4-18, RBI, 2-BB vs. LH: .000 (0-10)2014: .278/.372/.405, 3-HR, 20-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 2G (.333, 2-6) RISP: .321 (9-28) vs. RH: .302 (35-116), 3-HR

Ê Ranks T-5th in the AL with a .400 OBP vs. right-handers…had a season-high 3 hits on May 13 at SEA, his most since Aug 26, 2013 at KC (3)…had a go-ahead RBI single in the 9th, his 4th career go-ahead hit in the 9th inn. or later and first since May 18, 2013 at BAL (2-run double off Jim Johnson).

Ê Had 2 sac flies on May 10 vs. CLE, his 6th and 7th this season, extending his major league lead…DET Austin Jackson ranks 2nd (6). Ê According to Baseball Reference data, he has 11 hits to the opposite field this season, matching his total opposite field hits in 2013. Ê Set a Rays record with 5 BB on April 25 at CWS…first with 5 BB in a 9-inning game without an IBB since FLA Ivan Rodriguez (April 8, 2003 vs. NYM). Ê In March/April/May is a career .293/.379/.535 hitter with 38 HR and 115 RBI in 212 games…from June on: .229/.323/.407, 44 HR, 166 RBI in 417 G.

#21 JAMES LONEY, 1B Thu: 1-4, BB OAK Series: 4-11, RBI, BB Trip: 6-24, 3-RBI, BB, 3-R vs. LH: .313 (15-48)2014: .310/.376/.393, 1-HR, 26-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 4G (.357, 5-14) RISP: .375 (18-48) vs. RH: .308 (37-120), 1-HR

Ê Had a 2-out single yesterday vs. OAK in the 11th inning…since the start of last year, is .349/.406/.509 (81-for-232) in the 7th inning or later, the highest avg. in the majors over that span…batting .404 (23-for-57) in the 7th inning or later this season, 2nd-best in the majors.

Ê Leads the team and ranks 10th in AL with a .310 avg. …batting .347 (42-for-121) with a .407 OBP over his last 32 games since April 18. Ê Is 24-for-75 (.320) in May, with 23 of the 24 hits being singles…had 11 extra-base hits (10-2B, 1-HR) in March/April. Ê 27.9 percent of his balls in play are line drives, according to FanGraphs, 4th-highest pct. in the AL…batting .850 (34-for-40) on line drives. Ê Batting .431 (22-for-51) when he is behind in the count, highest avg. in the majors (min. 50 AB), compared to .214 (9-for-42) when ahead in the count. Ê Ranks 1st on the team with 26 RBI…has 5 game-winning RBI, T-3rd in AL.

#3 EVAN LONGORIA, 3B Thu: 1-5, R OAK Series: 1-12, BB, 2-R Trip: 3-22, RBI, 4-BB, 2-R vs. LH: .240 (12-50)2014: .251/.319/.366, 4-HR, 22-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.200, 1-5) RISP: .342 (13-38) vs. RH: .256 (34-133), 4-HR

Ê Led off the 11th yesterday vs. OAK with a ground ball single…scored the game-tying run on an RBI single from Desmond Jennings. Ê Is 1-for-his-last 17 and 4-for-his-last 34 over his last 10 games…batting .197 (23-for-117) with a .264 OBP in his last 30 games since April 20. Ê Hitting .310 (27-for-87) with 3 HR and 13 RBI in 23 games at Tropicana Field compared to .198 (19-for-96) with 1 HR and 9 RBI in 25 road games. Ê Has started all 48 games (47-3B, 1-DH)…has played 128 consecutive games since missing 3 games June 29–July 1, 2013 with plantar fasciitis. Ê Is Rays all-time HR leader with 166…is closing in on club records in RBI (26 shy of Carl Crawford’s 592) and doubles (8 shy of Crawford’s 215).

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#28 JOSE MOLINA, C Thu: 1-4 OAK Series: 1-6 Trip: 1-9, BB vs. LH: .154 (2-13)2014: .121/.164/.121, 0-HR, 0-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.250, 1-4) RISP: .050 (1-20) vs. RH: .111 (5-45)

Ê Is 1-for-his-last 15, 2-for-his-last-25 and 7-for-58 overall with no extra-base hits this season. Ê His .050 avg. with RISP is 3rd-worst in the majors (min. 20 AB) ahead of TEX Elvis Andrus (.033) and teammate Logan Forsythe (.045). Ê Has started 4 of the past 5 games…has started 19 games at catcher this year, including all 10 of David Price’s starts. Ê According to FanGraphs, 65.9 percent of his balls in play have been ground balls…last year his 54.5 percent ground ball rate was a career high. Ê Has a career caught stealing pct. of 34.1, 4th among active catchers (min. 400 G)…teammate Ryan Hanigan ranks 2nd (36.4 pct.).

#9 WIL MYERS, OF Thu: 0-5 OAK Series: 2-12, 2-BB, R Trip: 5-25, 2-2B, RBI, 3-R, 3-BB vs. LH: .208 (11-53), 1-HR2014: .238/.307/.359, 4-HR, 20-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: -- RISP: .298 (14-47) vs. RH: .250 (32-128), 3-HR

Ê Is 2-for-22 (.091) over his last 6 games…has a 16-game homerless drought and only 2 RBI during that stretch (since May 4 at NYY). Ê Of his 20 RBI this season, 14 have come in 7 games against the Yankees…has 6 RBI in 39 games vs. all other opponents. Ê Has made 2 starts at leadoff, including Wed vs. OAK…has made 2 appearances at 1B, his first pro apps there…that excludes May 2 at NYY, when he

was used as a 5th infielder in the 13th and recorded a putout at first (3-9), which Retrosheet believed to be the first 3-9 play in MLB history. Ê Has a 13-game hitting streak to begin his career at Yankee Stadium, the longest such streak in road games against the Yankees to begin a career

since WAS Eddie Foster hit safely in his first 17 road games against New York from 1912-13 (credit: Elias Sports Bureau).

#1 SEAN RODRIGUEZ, INF/OF Thu: 1-1, HR, 3-RBI, R OAK Series: 1-6, HR, 3-RBI, R Trip: 2-11, 2-R vs. LH: .231 (9-39), 3-HR2014: .235/.278/.529, 5-HR, 14-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (1.000, 1-1) RISP: .238 (5-21) vs. RH: .241 (7-29), 2-HR

Ê Hit a 3-run, walk-off homer in the 11th yesterday vs. OAK, his team-leading 5th HR of the season, despite only 68 AB, and the first walk-off hit of his career…was 1-for-14 over his last 6 games prior to the homer…was his 2nd HR this season vs. right-handed pitching.

Ê Ten of his 16 hits this season have gone for extra bases…made his first career start at cleanup on Sat at LAA. Ê Has started all 14 of the Rays games vs. left-handed starters…started 51 of the Rays 53 vs. LH starters in 2013…career .251 hitter vs. lefties. Ê Scored the game-winning run on May 13 at SEA on a 9th-inning single by Matt Joyce after pinch-running for James Loney. Ê On May 2 at NYY reached 4 times, tying his career high (4th time, last July 1, 2013 at HOU)…on April 17 vs. NYY became the first player to hit a

HR and into a triple play in the same game since NYY Russell Martin on Sep 27, 2011 at TB.

RAYS BULLPEN NOTES#50 GRANT BALFOUR, RH Last App: 5/22 vs. OAK (BSV, 1.0-IP, 2-H, 1-R, 2-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: 8-10 vs. LH: .167 (7-42), 1-HR2014: 0-1-8, 5.89 ERA, 18 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 2x-last 4/23 vs. MIN IR-RS: -- vs. RH: .273 (6-22), 1-HR

Ê Blew the save yesterday vs. OAK, his second blown save this season (April 25 at CWS)…issued 2 walks (1 intentional) and has 18 walks in 18.1 IP this season, more than any other AL reliever and tied for most in the majors.

Ê Only 53 percent of his pitches have been strikes…only 55 pct. of his pitches have been fastballs. Ê On May 16 at LAA converted the save, entering with a 3-run lead and the 8-9-1 hitters due up, the exact scenario from the previous night when he

did not record an out…May 15 at LAA walked the No. 8 and 9 batters and allowed a single to Collin Cowgill. Ê His first blown save was April 25 at CWS, when he allowed a career-high 5 runs including a walk-off grand slam to Jose Abreu. Ê On May 1 at BOS, became the first in franchise history to record saves in both ends of a doubleheader.

#26 BRAD BOXBERGER, RH Last App: 5/21 vs. OAK (0.2-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-1 vs. LH: .208 (5-24), 1-HR2014: 0-1-0, 1.84 ERA, 13 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 2x-last 5/1 at BOS (G2) IR-RS: 11-3 vs. RH: .167 (4-24), 1-HR

Ê Has made 4 straight scoreless apps after allowing runs in 3 straight apps from May 9-15, including a walk-off 3-run HR on May 15 at LAA to Mike Trout…his first 6 apps (9 IP) were scoreless…May 15 at LAA was his 2nd career save opportunity after replacing Grant Balfour with 2 runners on.

Ê The Rays have trailed in 11 of his 13 apps…has 18 SO in 14.2 IP (11 SO/9 IP) after averaging 10.3 SO/9 IP in 2 years with San Diego. Ê May 8 vs. BAL replaced David Price with no outs in the 6th, inheriting the bases loaded and striking out the side on 9 pitches…according to the

Elias Sports Bureau, he became the first reliever to enter with the bases loaded and strike out his first 3 batters faced in that same inning since TOR Jesse Carlson on April 16, 2008 vs. TEX…Elias pitch count records are incomplete but they have no record of anyone else doing it on 9 pitches.

#52 JOSH LUEKE, RH Last App: 5/22 vs. OAK (W, 1.0-IP, 1-H, 1-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: .263 (15-57), 2-HR2014: 1-2-0, 4.73 ERA, 22 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 5x-last 5/9 vs. CLE IR-RS: 14-8 vs. RH: .308 (16-52), 3-HR

Ê Earned his first win as a Ray and 2nd of his career (with Seattle on April 11, 2011 vs. TOR) yesterday vs. OAK. Ê Has allowed runs in 9 of 22 apps this season…has allowed 5 HR, T-3rd among AL relievers, this season as well as 30 hits, 2nd-most among major

league relievers…has allowed 8 inherited runners to score, tied for the most in the majors with with CWS Daniel Webb. Ê Has made 5 relief apps of at least 2 IP, most on the team…set a franchise record for March/April with 14 apps (prev. 13, 4x-last Joel Peralta in 2011). Ê Escaped a bases-loaded, 1-out jam on Sat at LAA replacing Juan Carlos Oviedo in the 6th inning…allowed 2 HR on May 12 at SEA.

#57 JAKE MCGEE, LH Last App: 5/22 vs. OAK (0.1-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: .273 (6-22)2014: 2-0-0, 1.33 ERA, 22 G Long Relief App: 1.1, 3x-last 4/28 at CWS IR-RS: 13-0 vs. RH: .149 (7-47)

Ê Of his 22 apps this season, 20 have been scoreless…is the only reliever in the majors with at least 13 IR and 0 IRS. Ê Has not allowed a run over his last 10 apps spanning 9 IP in May…has only allowed 6 hits and 3 walks to 10 strikeouts over that span. Ê Pitched in both games of the doubleheader on May 1 at BOS…recorded the win in G2 with a scoreless 8th before the Rays took the lead in the 9th. Ê April 28 at CWS, allowed multiple runs for the first time since Sep 20, 2013…issued 3 walks, tying a career high (also Sep 14, 2010 vs. NYY). Ê His avg. fastball velocity this season is 96.4 mph, according to PITCHf/x data…last year was 96.3 mph, 2nd among LH relievers. Ê Over his career, right-handers have hit .192 against him (.229 for lefties)…held opposing righties to a .098 avg. in 2012 and .217 in 2013.

#46 JUAN CARLOS OVIEDO, RH Last App: 5/22 vs. OAK (1.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-1 vs. LH: .185 (5-27)2014: 0-0-0, 1.84 ERA, 13 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 2x-last 5/10 vs. CLE IR-RS: 13-4 vs. RH: .154 (4-26)

Ê Has not allowed a run in May, covering 10.2 innings and 9 apps with only 3 hits over that span…12 of his 13 apps this season have been scoreless. Ê Pitched a scoreless 10th yesterday vs. OAK…on Sat at LAA snapped a streak of 21 consecutive batters retired in the 6th inning. Ê Made consecutive apps of 2 perfect innings on May 8-10, 2nd time in his career doing so (also Sep 21-23, 2008)…joined Mark Guthrie on May 31–

June 2, 2000 as the only Rays pitchers with back-to-back perfect apps of at least 2 IP…the 2 IP match his longest app since July 17, 2009 vs. PHI. Ê On May 2 at NYY blew the save in the 9th, allowing a 2-out single to Jacoby Ellsbury…marked his first save opportunity since Sep 17, 2011 at WAS.

#62 JOEL PERALTA, RH Last App: 5/22 vs. OAK (1.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 2-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-2 vs. LH: .283 (13-46), 2-HR2014: 1-3-0, 4.87 ERA, 22 G Long Relief App: 1.1, 3x-last 5/15 at LAA IR-RS: 6-0 vs. RH: .156 (5-32), 2-HR

Ê His next app will tie Dan Wheeler’s club record for career relief apps (250). Ê Has made 6 consecutive scoreless apps…has recorded multi-SO in 4 consecutive apps…never had more than 1 SO in his first 19 apps. Ê Averages 34.6 seconds between pitches, according to FanGraphs, which makes him the slowest worker in the majors (min. 10 IP). Ê Left-handed hitters are 2-for-their-last-14 against him after hitting .344 (11-for-32) to start the season…held lefties to .164 (63-for-384) from 2011-13. Ê His 3 losses are tied for most among AL relievers…has allowed 4 HR, tied for 6th-most among AL relievers…has allowed 27 HR since joining the

Rays in 2011, T-3rd among MLB relievers…his 249 relief apps rank 1st in the majors over that span. Ê In his Rays career, has faced 3-4-5 batters more than any other spots in the order and has held them to a .182 avg. (55-for-303)…opponents’ No. 3

hitters have hit .098 (9-for-92), lowest in the majors over that span (min. 50 AB).

#27 CESAR RAMOS, LH Last App: 5/20 vs. OAK (1.0-IP, 2-H, 0-R, 1-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: .271 (13-48), 1-HR2014: 1-3-0, 4.46 ERA, 13 G, 7 GS Long Relief App: 1.2, 4/1 vs. TOR IR-RS: 4-0 vs. RH: .242 (22-91), 3-HR

Ê 29-year-old has a 1.50 ERA (6-IP, 1-ER) in 6 relief apps this season…was moved to the bullpen with Alex Cobb being reinstated from the DL. Ê Replaced Jake Odorizzi with 1 on, 2 out in the 5th on Tue vs. OAK…had a 10.13 ERA (8-IP, 9-ER) over his last 2 starts…Sat at LAA was replaced

after 1.1 IP, the shortest regular-season start by a Rays pitcher without injury or weather delay since RH Jeff Niemann on Sep 24, 2011 at TOR (1.0). Ê Had a stretch of 6 apps (5 starts) from April 13–May 7 where he pitched to a 3.09 ERA (23.1-IP, 8-ER)…his only win this season, April 26 at CWS,

marked the 6th time in club history a Rays starter earned a win without a SO, and the 1st time since Mark Hendrickson did so on Aug 6, 2005 at LAA. Ê Has a 1.98 ERA (13.2-IP, 3-ER) in 5 apps (2 starts) this season at Tropicana Field compared to a 5.96 ERA (22.2-IP, 15-ER) in 8 road apps (5 starts).

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RAYS BY THE NUMBERSCurrent Streak: W1 When commit error: 4-14 Hit homer: 14-12Current Record: 20-28 Ahead after 6-7-8: 14-2/16-1/15-1 Homer with men on: 8-5Home/Road: 9-14/11-14 Behind after 6-7-8: 4-22/3-22/1-24 Hit multiple homers: 4-2Day/Night: 6-10/14-18 Tied after 6-7-8: 2-4/1-5/3-3 Score first: 16-10Grass/Turf: 11-14/9-14 1-run games: 7-4 Score 5 or more: 12-5vs. East: 8-11 2-run games: 1-6 Score less than 5: 8-23vs. Central: 4-9 Extra innings: 2-2 Outhit opponents: 17-5vs. West: 6-7 Win in last at-bat: 5 Outhit by opponents: 3-19vs. National League: 2-1 Come-from-behind wins: 6 Collect 10 or more hits: 11-4vs. RH/LH starters: 15-19/5-9 Opp. come-from-behind wins: 11 Opp. 10 or more hits: 2-16Series W-L-T (home): 1-4-2 Series W-L-T (road): 4-4-0 Wearing white/gray/navy/lt. blue: 8-11/3-7/9-7/0-3

HOME RUNS1R 2R 3R GS TOTAL

Rodriguez 1 2 2 5DeJesus 3 1 4Jennings 4 4Longoria 3 1 4Myers 2 2 4Escobar 3 3Hanigan 1 1 1 3Joyce 2 1 3Zobrist 1 2 3Guyer 1 1Kiermaier 1 1Loney 1 1Forsythe -Figueroa -Molina -TOTALS 19 11 6 36

RUN SUPPORT FOR STARTING PITCHERSPITCHER STARTS RUNS RUNS/START RUNS/9-IP CLUB RECORD QUALITYArcher 9 30 3.33 5.29 5-4 3Bedard 7 18 2.57 4.54 3-4 2Cobb 4 1 0.25 0.35 2-2 3Moore 2 0 0.00 0.00 0-2 0Odorizzi 9 21 2.33 4.36 2-7 2Price 10 29 2.90 3.76 6-4 5Ramos 7 13 1.86 3.86 2-5 0

RAYS PITCHING BY THE NUMBERSW-L-S G ERA IP H ER BB SO HR

Totals 20-28-8 48 4.04 431.2 408 194 167 384 44Starters 13-18-0 48 4.00 265.1 261 118 95 245 25Relievers 7-10-8 46 4.11 166.1 147 76 72 139 19Home 9-14-1 23 3.64 215.0 184 87 81 198 23Road 11-14-7 25 4.44 216.2 224 107 86 186 21March/April 11-16-4 27 4.41 240.2 236 118 87 202 21May 9-12-4 21 3.58 191.0 172 76 80 182 23

LAST HR OFF ’14 MOST HITS GAME ’14 MOST RBI GAMEDeJesus 5/13/14 at SEA Rodney 4, 5/9 vs. CLE 3, 4/22 vs. MINEscobar 5/16/14 at LAA Weaver 3, 2x-last, 5/16 at LAA 1, 11x-last, 5/22 vs. OAKFigueroa - - 1, 5/22 vs. OAK -Forsythe 9/27/13 at SF Lopez 2, 3x-last, 5/9 vs. CLE 1, 2x-last, 5/2 at NYYGuyer 5/15/14 at LAA Skaggs 2, 2x-last, 5/15 at LAA 2, 5/15 at LAAHanigan 4/19/14 vs. NYY Nova 3, 4/19 vs. NYY 6, 4/19 vs. NYYJennings 5/3/14 at NYY Tanaka 3, 2x-last, 5/4 at NYY 2, 4/9 at KCJoyce 5/11/14 vs. CLE Tomlin 3, 5/13 at SEA 3, 3/31 vs. TORLoney 4/12/14 at CIN Simon 3, 5x-last, 5/10 vs. CLE 4, 4/18 vs. NYYLongoria 5/6/14 vs. BAL Tillman 3, 3x-last, 5/2 at NYY 4, 4/19 vs. NYYMolina 7/5/13 vs. CWS Axelrod 1, 7x-last, 5/22 vs. OAK -Myers 5/4/14 at NYY Sabathia 3, 4x-last, 5/2 at NYY 4, 2x-last, 5/4 at NYYRodriguez 5/22/14 vs. OAK Gregerson 3, 2x-last, 5/2 at NYY 4, 4/4 vs. TEX

RAYS SEASON HIGHSTEAM BATTING INDIVIDUAL BATTINGLongest win streak 3, 2x-last, May 1-2 Most runs, game, TB 4, Myers, 4/19 vs. NYYLong loss streak 4, 3x-last, May 17-21 Most runs, game, Opp 4, Bruce, 4/13 at CINMost runs game, TB 16, 4/19 vs. NYY Most hits, game, TB 4, DeJesus, 5/9 vs. CLEMost runs game, Opp 12, 4/13 at CIN Most hits, game, Opp 4, 2x-last, Ellsbury, 5/2 at NYYMost runs, inn, TB 5, 2x-last, (14th), 5/2 at NYY Most 2B, game, TB 3, DeJesus, 5/9 vs. CLEMost runs, inn, Opp 5, 6x-last, (7th), 5/9 vs. CLE Most 2B, game, Opp 2, 6x-last, Crisp, 5/20 vs. OAKMost hits, game, TB 20, 5/2 at NYY Most HR, game, TB 2, 3x-last, Myers, 4/19 vs. NYYMost hits, game, Opp 18, 5/2 at NYY Most HR, game, Opp 2, 4x-last, Pujols, 5/18 at LAAMost hits, inn, TB 5, 3x-last, (7th), 5/12 at SEA Most RBI, game, TB 6, Hanigan, 4/19 vs. NYYMost hits, inn, Opp 6, 2x-last, (3rd), 4/13 at CIN Most RBI, game, Opp 6, Abreu, 4/25 at CWSMost doubles, game, TB 4, 5x-last, 5/9 vs. CLE Most x-base hits, game, TB 3, 3x-last, DeJesus, 5/9 vs. CLEMost doubles, game, Opp 5, 2x-last, 4/29 at BOS Most x-base hits, game, Opp 2, 9x-last, Crisp, 5/20 vs. OAKMost HR, game, TB 5, 4/19 vs. NYY Most steals, game, TB 2, 3x-last, Jennings, 5/8 vs. BALMost HR, game, Opp 3, 4x-last, 5/9 vs. CLE Most steals, game, Opp 1, 18x-last, Gentry, 5/22 vs. OAKMost x-base hits, game, TB 9, 4/19 vs. NYY Hitting Streak 9, DeJesus, May 3-13Most x-base hits, game, Opp 9, 4/17 vs. NYY TEAM/INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most stolen bases, game, TB 3, 5/2 at NYY Most SO, TB Starter 12, 2x-last, Price, 5/13 at SEAMost stolen bases, game, Opp 2, 4x-last, 5/20 vs. OAK Most SO, Opp Starter 11, Buehrle, 4/2 vs. TORMost walks, game, TB 11, 4/25 at CWS Most SO, TB Reliever 3, 5x-last, Boxberger, 5/11 vs. CLEMost walks, game, Opp 10, 5/1 at BOS Most IP, TB Reliever 3.0, Gomes, 4/26 at CWSMost strikeouts, game, TB 14, 4/20 vs. NYY Most walks, game, TB 6, Ramos, 5/1 at BOSMost strikeouts, game, Opp 14, 4/23 vs. MIN Most walks, game, Opp 6, Dickey, 3/31 vs. TORMost LOB, game, TB 13, 5/2 at NYY Most SO, Team, TB 14, 2x-last, 5/20 vs. OAKMost LOB, game, Opp 13, 2x-last, 5/2 at NYY Most walks, Team, TB 10, 5/1 at BOSMost errors, game, TB 4, 2x-last, 5/12 at SEA Low-Hit Game 1, 5/21 vs. OAKMost errors, game, Opp 4, 4/4 vs. TEX Consecutive Scoreless IP 21.2, Cobb, April 1-CurrentLongest game, time 5:49, 5/2 at NYY Shortest game, time 2:31, 4/12 at CINLongest game, time (9 inn.) 4:10, 5/9 vs. CLE Shortest game, time (9 inn.) 2:31, 4/12 at CIN

Grand Slams (-): -Back-to-Back (-): -2-HR games (3): Zobrist-1 (4/13 at CIN, T Cingrani/N Christiani),

Hanigan-1 (4/19 vs. NYY, I Nova), Myers-1 (4/19 vs. NYY, I Nova/M Daley)

3-HR games (-): -Pinch-hit (-): -Walk-off (1): Rodriguez-1 (5/22 vs. OAK, L Gregerson)Lead-off (-): -

HOME RUNS

CATCHERSPCT CS ATT

Hanigan .385 5 13Molina .214 3 14TOTALS .296 8 27

Game-Tying & Go-Ahead RBI:Loney (11), Escobar (5), Longoria (5), DeJesus (4), Myers (4), Hanigan (3), Jennings (3), Joyce (3), Rodriguez (3), Zobrist (3), Forsythe (1), Guyer (1)2-Out RBI: Hanigan (15), Longoria (12), Joyce (8), Loney (7), Rodriguez (7), Myers (6), Escobar (5), DeJesus (4), Jennings (4), Zobrist (3), Guyer (2), Forsythe (1)Outfield Assists: Joyce (3), Myers (3), Kiermaier (1)Bunt Singles: Rodriguez (1), Zobrist (1)Ejections: Maddon-2 (4/26 at CWS, 8th inn.; 5/2 at NYY, 13th inn.), Hickey-1 (5/8 vs. BAL, 1st inn.)Batted Around: 3/31 vs. TOR (8th inn, 9 batters),4/18 vs. NYY (8th inn, 11 batters), 4/19 vs. NYY (6th inn, 10 batters), 4/22 vs. MIN (1st inn, 9 bat-ters), 4/25 at CWS (2nd inn, 10 batters), 5/2 at NYY (14th inn, 11 batters)

MISC.

INSTANT REPLAY CHALLENGES (since May 2)GAME CHALLENGED BY INN. PLAYER OF REFERENCE INITIAL CALL RULING DELAYMay 2 at NYY Tampa Bay B9 Jacoby Ellsbury Safe at 1st Overturned 1:07May 2 at NYY New York T13 Matt Joyce Safe at 1st Overturned 1:04May 2 at NYY Umpire T14 Sean Rodriguez Safe at home Confirmed N/AMay 6 vs. BAL Tampa Bay B9 Ryan Hanigan Out at 1st Confirmed 0:49May 8 vs. BAL Tampa Bay B5 Evan Longoria Out at 1st Confirmed 2:05May 9 vs. CLE Tampa Bay B1 Ben Zobrist Out at 1st Overturned 0:45May 11 vs. CLE Cleveland T6 Nyjer Morgan Out at 1st Overturned 0:59May 11 vs. CLE Tampa Bay B9 Logan Forsythe Out at 1st Confirmed 0:42May 12 at SEA Umpire B1 Robinson Cano In play (double) Confirmed 0:43May 12 at SEA Umpire B1 Corey Hart In play (run, out at 2nd) Confirmed 0:54May 15 at LAA Los Angeles B5 Grant Green Out at 2nd Overturned 2:44May 15 at LAA Los Angeles B7 Mike Trout Out at 2nd Overturned 2:46May 16 at LAA Tampa Bay B8 Howie Kendrick Safe at 1st Stands 2:29May 18 at LAA Los Angeles B8 Grant Green Out at 2nd Stands 2:50May 20 vs. OAK Tampa Bay B3 Desmond Jennings Out at 1st Stands 1:58May 21 vs. OAK Umpire B9 Logan Forsythe In play (single) Confirmed 3:19

1. April 19 vs. NYY–Evan Longoria home run off the C-ring catwalk in left field (400 feet)…off Ivan Nova (3rd inning).2. May 21 vs. OAK-Logan Forsythe single off the B-ring catwalk above third base...off Sean Doolittle (9th inning).

CATWALKS

-WALK-OFF WINS

LAST HR & PLAYER SEASON HIGHS

Rays Totals (bold): 17 challenges (6 overturned, 6 stand, 5 confirmed) | Opp Totals: 11 challenges (6 overturned, 3 stand, 2 confirmed) Umpire Totals: 6 challenges (1 overturned, 1 stand, 4 confirmed)

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

Opponent 20 37 13 31 23 23 17 22 16 7 209Tampa Bay 15 18 24 23 17 18 25 20 17 9 186

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RAYS HITTERS vs. RED SOX2014 CAREER

PLAYER G AB H HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP G AB H HR RBI BB SO AVG OBPDeJesus 2 5 1 1 2 2 0 .200 .429 55 189 46 4 28 28 32 .243 .351Escobar 3 11 3 1 2 1 2 .273 .333 63 229 66 4 16 26 31 .288 .365Figueroa - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Forsythe 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 4 15 1 0 0 0 6 .067 .125Guyer 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 3 12 2 0 0 0 4 .167 .167Hanigan 2 7 2 0 1 1 1 .286 .375 2 7 2 0 1 1 1 .286 .375Jennings 3 13 4 1 1 0 1 .308 .308 47 188 46 6 18 18 48 .245 .309Joyce 3 9 1 0 0 1 1 .111 .200 66 205 44 5 21 28 43 .215 .319Loney 3 11 5 0 2 1 0 .455 .500 25 86 21 2 12 7 15 .244 .295Longoria 3 11 1 0 1 0 3 .091 .083 98 366 94 20 68 51 93 .257 .350Molina 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 83 203 55 1 17 24 48 .271 .353Myers 3 10 2 0 0 2 1 .200 .333 12 43 12 1 8 5 7 .279 .354Rodriguez 2 5 3 1 2 0 2 .600 .600 47 128 33 2 15 9 31 .258 .324

RAYS PITCHERS vs. RED SOX2014 CAREER

PLAYER W L SV IP H ER SO ERA AVG W L SV IP H ER SO ERA AVGArcher 0 0 0 4.2 3 5 3 9.64 .188 1 2 0 18.1 17 13 21 6.38 .250Balfour 0 0 2 2.0 2 0 3 0.00 .250 3 0 5 40.1 38 22 40 4.91 .253Bedard 0 0 0 5.0 4 1 4 1.80 .235 5 5 0 80.0 65 40 69 4.50 .222Boxberger 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 3 0.00 .167 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 3 0.00 .167Cobb - - - - - - - - - 2 2 0 38.2 32 18 31 4.19 .221Lueke 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 2 0.00 .400 0 0 0 6.2 13 6 6 8.10 .406McGee 1 0 0 2.0 3 0 3 0.00 .429 4 0 0 22.0 8 2 27 0.82 .118Odorizzi - - - - - - - - - 0 0 0 5.2 5 1 2 1.59 .238Oviedo 0 0 0 1.0 4 3 2 27.00 .571 0 1 0 9.0 20 12 7 12.00 .435Peralta 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 4.50 .333 0 4 2 37.1 37 23 37 5.54 .257Price - - - - - - - - - 10 6 0 129.0 105 42 116 2.93 .219Ramos 0 0 0 4.2 1 1 6 1.93 .067 0 1 0 20.0 13 5 19 2.25 .181

C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH 6TH 7TH 8TH 9TH DeJesus 4-2 2-1 8-14 9-6 2-1 1-0 2-10Escobar 20-27 0-1 0-3 3-1 12-17 5-5Figueroa 1-1 1-0 0-1Forsythe 2-3 1-0 1-1 4-7 2-0 0-3 1-3 2-2 3-2 0-1Guyer 2-5 0-3 1-0 0-2 0-1 2-4 1-1Hanigan 11-18 0-1 3-4 8-13Jennings 17-22 0-2 2-3 8-14 5-4 2-3Joyce 9-15 2-0 4-3 1-1 7-15 1-1 6-1Kiermaier 1-2 1-0 0-1 0-1Loney 19-26 0-2 1-0 14-17 4-5 0-2Longoria 19-28 1-0 1-1 5-3 14-24Molina 9-10 4-2 5-8Myers 18-28 1-1 4-7 2-0 4-3 1-4 6-12 0-1Rodriguez 1-2 1-5 4-3 0-1 0-1 4-3 1-1 1-2 0-1 0-1Zobrist 16-19 0-1 0-2 0-1 5-13 5-6 5-4 1-0

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

RAYS ON THE DISABLED LIST (4)POS. PLAYER DL INJURY DATE ON RETRO FIRST DATE OFF GMS MISSED RECORDINF Tim Beckham 15-day Right knee surgery March 30 -- April 14 48 20-28RHP Jeremy Hellickson 15-day Right elbow surgery March 30 -- April 14 48 20-28LHP Matt Moore 15-day Tommy John surgery April 8 -- April 23 40 16-24UTL Ben Zobrist 15-day Dislocated left thumb May 15 -- May 30 7 2-5Others (Games Missed): RH Juan Carlos Oviedo (19, right elbow surgery, 9-10), RH Alex Cobb (35, left oblique strain, 12-23)

OPENING DAY ROSTER

PITCHERS (12): RH Chris Archer, RH Grant Balfour, RH Heath Bell, RH Alex Cobb, RH Brandon Gomes, RH Josh Lueke, LH Jake McGee, LH Matt Moore, RH Jake Odorizzi, RH Joel Peralta, LH David Price, LH Cesar Ramos

CATCHERS (2): Ryan Hanigan, Jose Molina

INFIELDERS (6): Yunel Escobar, Logan Forsythe, James Loney, Evan Longoria, Sean Rodriguez, Ben Zobrist

OUTFIELDERS (5): David DeJesus, Brandon Guyer, Desmond Jennings, Matt Joyce, Wil Myers

DL (3): RHP Jeremy Hellickson (15-day), RHP Juan Carlos Oviedo (60-day), INF Tim Beckham (15-day)

April 3 Placed UTL Sean Rodriguez on the paternity list; recalled INF Vince Belnome from Triple-A Durham.

April 4 Optioned INF Vince Belnome to Durham; reinstated UTL Sean Rodriguez from the paternity list.

April 8 Placed LH Matt Moore (left elbow soreness) on the 15-day DL; recalled LH Jeff Be-liveau from Durham.

April 11 Optioned LH Jeff Beliveau to Durham; recalled OF Kevin Kiermaier from Durham.April 12 Added LH Erik Bedard to the taxi squad.

April 13 Optioned OF Kevin Kiermaier to Durham; selected LH Erik Bedard from Durham…placed RH Alex Cobb (left oblique strain) on the 15-day DL; recalled LH Jeff Beliveau from Durham.

April 14 Optioned LH Jeff Beliveau to Durham; recalled RH Brad Boxberger from Durham.April 19 Optioned RH Brad Boxberger to Durham; recalled LH C.J. Riefenhauser from Durham.April 22 Optioned LH C.J. Riefenhauser to Durham; reinstated RH Juan Carlos Oviedo (right

elbow surgery) from the 15-day DL.May 1 Added RH Brad Boxberger from Durham per MLB’s 26th Man Rule.May 2 Returned RH Brad Boxberger to Durham per MLB’s 26th Man Rule.May 3 Designated RH Heath Bell for assignment; recalled RH Nathan Karns from Durham.May 5 Optioned RH Nathan Karns to Durham; recalled RH Brad Boxberger from Durham.May 15 Placed UTL Ben Zobrist (dislocated left thumb) on the 15-day DL; selected INF Cole

Figueroa from Durham.May 17 Placed OF Desmond Jennings on Bereavement List; recalled OF Kevin Kiermaier

from Durham.May 20 Optioned RH Brandon Gomes to Durham; reinstated OF Desmond Jennings from

Bereavement List.May 22 Optioned OF Kevin Kiermaier to Durham; reinstated RH Alex Cobb (left oblique strain)

from the 15-day DL.

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RAYS 2014 DAY-BY-DAYPOS. HOME

# GAME FINAL WINNER LOSER W-L GA/GB ATT. CUM.1 3/31 vs. TOR W, 9-2 Price (1-0) Dickey (0-1) 1-0 T-1/+0.5 31,042 31,0422 4/1 vs. TOR L, 2-4 Hutchison (1-0) Cobb (0-1) 1-1 T-2/-0.5 11,113 42,1553 4/2 vs. TOR L, 0-3 Buehrle (1-0) Moore (0-1 1-2 4/-1.0 10,808 52,9634 4/3 vs. TOR W, 7-2 Archer (1-0) Morrow (0-1) 2-2 T-2/-0.5 9,571 62,5345 4/4 vs. TEX W, 8-1 Odorizzi (1-0) Saunders (0-1) 3-2 1/+0.5 14,304 76,8386 4/5 vs. TEX W, 5-4 Gomes (1-0) Cotts (0-1) 4-2 1/+1.0 30,364 107,2007 4/6 vs. TEX L, 0-3 Darvish (1-0) Peralta (1-0) 4-3 1/+0.5 22,569 129,7698 4/7 at KC L, 2-4 Vargas (1-0) Moore (0-2) 4-4 2/-0.5 12,0879 4/8 at KC W, 1-0 Peralta (1-1) Holland (0-1) 5-4 1/+0.5 13,90510 4/9 at KC L, 3-7 Guthrie (2-0) Odorizzi (1-1) 5-5 2/-0.5 13,612

4/10 - OFF (1) T-1/+0.511 4/11 at CIN W, 2-1 Price (2-0) Cueto (0-2) 6-5 T-1/+1.0 30,50212 4/12 at CIN W, 1-0 Cobb (1-1) Simon (1-1) 7-5 1/+1.0 35,35613 4/13 at CIN L, 4-12 Cingrani (1-1) Ramos (0-1) 7-6 T-1/+1.5 34,30714 4/14 at BAL L, 1-7 Chen (2-1) Archer (1-1) 7-7 3/-0.5 15,799

4/15 at BAL - PPD - Rain (1) - Rescheduled for June 27 3/-1.015 4/16 at BAL L, 0-3 Gonzalez (1-1) Odorizzi (1-2) 7-8 4/-2.0 22,61116 4/17 vs. NYY L, 2-10 Sabathia (2-2) Price (2-1) 7-9 T-4/-3.0 28,085 157,85417 4/18 vs. NYY W, 11-5 McGee (1-0) Warren (0-1) 8-9 4/-2.0 26,079 183,93318 4/19 vs. NYY W, 16-1 Archer (2-1) Nova (2-2) 9-9 T-3/-1.0 30,159 214,09219 4/20 vs. NYY L, 1-5 (12) Claiborne (1-0) Bell (0-1) 9-10 T-3/-2.0 26,462 240,554

4/21 - OFF (2) 4/-2.020 4/22 vs. MIN W, 7-3 Price (3-1) Gibson (3-1) 10-10 3/-2.0 11,785 252,33921 4/23 vs. MIN L, 4-6 (12) Fien (3-0) Lueke (0-1) 10-11 4/-2.0 11,993 264,33222 4/24 vs. MIN L, 7-9 Nolasco (2-2) Bedard (0-1) 10-12 4/-3.0 13,177 277,50923 4/25 at CWS L, 6-9 Lindstrom (2-1) Balfour (0-1) 10-13 5/-3.0 17,21024 4/26 at CWS W, 4-0 Ramos (1-1) Danks (2-1) 11-13 T-4/-3.0 22,41225 4/27 at CWS L, 2-9 Carroll (1-0) Price (3-2) 11-14 5/-4.0 17,31326 4/28 at CWS L, 3-7 Rienzo (2-0) Odorizzi (1-3) 11-15 5/-4.5 11,26827 4/29 at BOS L, 4-7 Lackey (4-2) Gomes (1-1) 11-16 5/-4.5 34,794

4/30 at BOS - PPD - Rain (2) - Rescheduled for May 1 5/-4.528 5/1 at BOS (1) W, 2-1 Gomes (2-1) Peavy (1-1) 12-16 5/-4.0 35,62129 5/1 at BOS (2) W, 6-5 McGee (2-0) Uehara (0-1) 13-16 T-4/-3.0 33,46530 5/2 at NYY W, 10-5 (14) Bell (1-1) Leroux (0-1) 14-16 T-3/-2.5 33,58031 5/3 at NYY L, 3-9 Tanaka (4-0) Lueke (0-2) 14-17 4/-3.0 43,32532 5/4 at NYY W, 5-1 Bedard (1-1) Sabathia (3-4) 15-17 T-3/-2.0 41,122

5/5 - OFF (3) T-3/-1.533 5/6 vs. BAL L, 3-5 O’Day (1-0) Peralta (1-2) 15-18 5/-2.5 11,855 289,36434 5/7 vs. BAL L, 3-4 Webb (1-0) Gomes (2-2) 15-19 5/-3.5 11,282 300,64635 5/8 vs. BAL L, 1-3 Jimenez (2-4) Price (3-3) 15-20 5/-4.5 11,076 311,72236 5/9 vs. CLE L, 3-6 Kluber (3-3) Peralta (1-3) 15-21 5/-5.5 17,541 329,26337 5/10 vs. CLE W, 7-1 Bedard (2-1) McAllister (3-3) 16-21 5/-5.5 29,212 358,47538 5/11 vs. CLE L, 5-6 Tomlin (2-0) Archer (2-2) 16-22 5/-5.5 23,679 382,15439 5/12 at SEA L, 5-12 Hernandez (4-1) Ramos (1-2) 16-23 5/-5.5 12,39240 5/13 at SEA W, 2-1 Price (4-3) Rodney (1-2) 17-23 5/-4.5 13,44641 5/14 at SEA W, 2-0 Odorizzi (2-3) Maurer (1-2) 18-23 5/-3.5 20,95142 5/15 at LAA L, 5-6 Salas (3-0) Boxberger (0-1) 18-24 5/-4.5 34,44143 5/16 at LAA W, 3-0 Archer (3-2) Weaver (4-3) 19-24 5/-4.5 38,79644 5/17 at LAA L, 0-6 Wilson (5-3) Ramos (1-3) 19-25 5/-4.5 42,22445 5/18 at LAA L, 2-6 Shoemaker (2-1) Price (4-4) 19-26 5/-5.0 36,665

5/19 - OFF (4) 5/-5.046 5/20 vs. OAK L, 0-3 Pomeranz (4-1) Odorizzi (2-4) 19-27 5/-5.5 11,369 393,52347 5/21 vs. OAK L, 2-3 Milone (2-3) Bedard (2-2) 19-28 5/-6.0 10,555 404,07848 5/22 vs. OAK W, 5-2 (11) Lueke (1-2) Otero (4-1) 20-28 5/-6.0 11,257 415,33549 5/23 vs. BOS 7:10 Tampa Bay Times Ticket Tandem - Alex Cobb Military Themed Bobblehead50 5/24 vs. BOS 4:1051 5/25 vs. BOS 1:40 David Price & Astro Dog Tags (Kids 14 & under) Tampa Bay Times52 5/26 at TOR 7:0753 5/27 at TOR 7:0754 5/28 at TOR 7:07

5/29 - OFF (5)55 5/30 at BOS 7:1056 5/31 at BOS 7:1557 6/1 at BOS 1:3558 6/2 at MIA 7:1059 6/3 at MIA 7:1060 6/4 vs. MIA 7:1061 6/5 vs. MIA 4:1062 6/6 vs. SEA 7:10 Tampa Bay Times Ticket Tandem - Rays Beach Towel63 6/7 vs. SEA 4:10 Weezer Postgame Concert64 6/8 vs. SEA 1:40 James Loney Grill Set (10,000 men) Kayem65 6/9 vs. SEA 1:1066 6/10 vs. STL 7:1067 6/11 vs. STL 7:10

6/12 - OFF (6)68 6/13 at HOU 8:1069 6/14 at HOU 4:1070 6/15 at HOU 2:1071 6/16 vs. BAL 7:1072 6/17 vs. BAL 7:1073 6/18 vs. BAL 1:1074 6/19 vs. HOU 7:1075 6/20 vs. HOU 7:10 Tampa Bay Times Ticket Tandem - Rays Duffle Bag76 6/21 vs. HOU 4:10 The O’Jays Postgame Concert77 6/22 vs. HOU 1:40 Ben Zobrist Plastic Bat & Ball Set (Kids 14 & under)78 6/23 vs. PIT 7:1079 6/24 vs. PIT 7:1080 6/25 vs. PIT 12:10

6/26 - OFF (7)81 6/27 at BAL (1) 1:0582 6/27 at BAL (2) 7:0583 6/28 at BAL 4:0584 6/29 at BAL 1:3585 6/30 at NYY 7:05

POS. HOME# GAME FINAL WINNER LOSER W-L GA/GB ATT. CUM.86 7/1 at NYY 7:0587 7/2 at NYY 1:0588 7/3 at DET 7:0889 7/4 at DET 7:0890 7/5 at DET 4:0891 7/6 at DET 1:0892 7/7 vs. KC 7:1093 7/8 vs. KC 7:1094 7/9 vs. KC 7:10

7/10 - OFF (8)95 7/11 vs. TOR 7:10 Tampa Bay Times Ticket Tandem - Rays Umbrella96 7/12 vs. TOR 4:10 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Postgame Concert97 7/13 vs. TOR 1:40 Yunel Escobar Basketball Set (Kids 14 & under)

7/14 - All-Star Break7/15 - All-Star Game Target Field (Minnesota Twins)7/16 - All-Star Break7/17 - All-Star Break

98 7/18 at MIN 8:1099 7/19 at MIN 7:10100 7/20 at MIN 2:10

7/21 - OFF (9)101 7/22 at STL 8:15102 7/23 at STL 7:15

7/24 - OFF (10)103 7/25 vs. BOS 7:10 Tampa Bay Times Ticket Tandem - Don Zimmer Snowglobe104 7/26 vs. BOS 7:10 MLB Network Tote Bag (20,000 fans)105 7/27 vs. BOS 1:40 Chris Archer Christmas Stocking (Kids 14 & under)

Imagination Movers Christmas in July Postgame Concert106 7/28 vs. MIL 7:10107 7/29 vs. MIL 7:10108 7/30 vs. MIL 12:10

7/31 - OFF (11)109 8/1 vs. LAA 7:10 Tampa Bay Times Ticket Tandem - Joe Maddon Wine Glasses (Set of 2)110 8/2 vs. LAA 7:10 Joe Maddon Mr. Potato Head (20,000 fans) GTE Financial111 8/3 vs. LAA 1:40 Wil Myers Bike Horn (Kids 14 & under) 112 8/4 at OAK 10:05113 8/5 at OAK 10:05114 8/6 at OAK 3:35

8/7 - OFF (12)115 8/8 at CHC 4:05116 8/9 at CHC 4:05117 8/10 at CHC 2:20118 8/11 at TEX 8:05119 8/12 at TEX 8:05120 8/13 at TEX 8:05121 8/14 at TEX 8:05122 8/15 vs. NYY 7:10 Tampa Bay Times Ticket Tandem - Rays Cooler123 8/16 vs. NYY 4:10124 8/17 vs. NYY 1:40 Mr. Happy Bobblehead (Kids 14 & under)

8/18 - OFF (13)125 8/19 vs. DET 7:10126 8/20 vs. DET 7:10127 8/21 vs. DET 1:10128 8/22 at TOR 7:07129 8/23 at TOR 1:07130 8/24 at TOR 1:07131 8/25 at BAL 7:05132 8/26 at BAL 7:05133 8/27 at BAL 7:05134 8/28 at BAL 7:05135 8/29 vs. BOS 7:10 Tampa Bay Times Ticket Tandem - Rally Raymond Gnome136 8/30 vs. BOS 7:10137 8/31 vs. BOS 1:40 Matt Moore Kids Plate with Cup (Kids 14 & under) 138 9/1 vs. BOS 1:10139 9/2 vs. TOR 7:10140 9/3 vs. TOR 7:10141 9/4 vs. TOR 7:10142 9/5 vs. BAL 7:10 Tampa Bay Times Ticket Tandem - Player T-shirt (Fan Vote)143 9/6 vs. BAL 1:10 Evan Longoria ‘80s Hair Band Bobblehead (20,000 fans) 144 9/7 vs. BAL 140 Solar Powered Waving DJ Kitty (20,000 fans)

The Wiggles Postgame Concert9/8 - OFF (14)

145 9/9 at NYY 7:05146 9/10 at NYY 7:05147 9/11 at NYY 7:05148 9/12 at TOR 7:07149 9/13 at TOR 1:07150 9/14 at TOR 1:07151 9/15 vs. NYY 7:10152 9/16 vs. NYY 7:10153 9/17 vs. NYY 7:10

9/18 - OFF (15)154 9/19 vs. CWS 7:10 Tampa Bay Times Ticket Tandem - Oktoberfest Stein155 9/20 vs. CWS 7:10156 9/21 vs. CWS 1:40 Raymond Train (Kids 14 & under)

9/22 - OFF (16)157 9/23 at BOS 7:10158 9/24 at BOS 7:10159 9/25 at BOS 7:10160 9/26 at CLE 7:05161 9/27 at CLE 6:05162 9/28 at CLE 1:05