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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2015 vs. LOS ANGELES ANGELS OF ANAHEIM RH Erasmo Ramirez (4-2, 5.10) vs. RH Jered Weaver (4-5, 4.60) COMMUNITY CORNER—Today OF David DeJesus attended the 2015 Rays Community Fund Grant Luncheon at Tropicana Field…he participat- ed in a Q-and-A with 20 nonprofit organizations who were awarded a total of $100,000 by the Rays Baseball Foundation…also today, RH Brandon Gomes and OF Brandon Guyer visited young patients and their families at All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg as part of “Rays Kids Spirits Day” presented by Sagicor Life Insurance Company. Ê Tomorrow 3B Evan Longoria will visit the Jan Kaminis Platt Re- gional Library to kick off the 2015 “Reading with the Rays—Read Your Way to the Ballpark” program… Longoria will read to a group of children, discuss the importance of reading and encourage them to read over the summer… this is the third year that Longoria has been the spokesperson for the Reading with the Rays program…media are welcome from 11 a.m.–1 p.m., and Longoria will arrive at noon (3910 S. Manhattan Ave., Tampa, FL 33611). TOMORROW—The NCAA Divison II National Champion University of Tam- pa baseball team will take batting practice on the field from 3–4 p.m. and be recognized on field pregame. DRAFT DAY 3—Rays Scouting Director R.J. Harrison will be available in the press box after tonight’s portion of the First-Year Player Draft concludes (likely between 7:00–7:30)…a complete “Draft Rundown” document, up- dated after each day’s portion of the draft, is available in the back of the press box with information on each Rays selection. RAY MATTER—Last night the Rays opened an 8-game homestand with an 8-2 loss to the Angels, their most runs allowed since May 11 vs. NYY (11) and twice as many as the 4-game series total in Seattle (4) over the week- end…they yielded a season-high 15 hits, their most in a home game since June 5, 2014 vs. MIA (17 in an 11-6 loss)…the 6-run margin of defeat was tied for their 2nd-largest of the season…they lost 9-0 on April 18 vs. NYY. Ê The Rays returned home after a 7-3 road trip to Baltimore (2-1), Los Angeles (2-1) and Seattle (3-1)…starting with this series, the Rays are playing 18 of 23 games at Tropicana Field…while the Rays have the majors’ 2nd-best road record (17-11), they are 14-17 at home and one of two major league clubs with a winning overall record, but a losing home mark (along with the Rangers)…since June 2, 2014, the Rays are 47-29 (.618) on the road and 38-48 (.442) at home. Ê The Rays are 5-3 since starting a stretch of 20 games vs. out-of- division opponents ROSTER ACTIVITY—Following last night’s game, LH Enny Romero was optioned to Triple-A Durham…today the Rays recalled RH Preston Guil- met to take his place on the active roster…in addition, the Rays have ac- tivated RH Kirby Yates (strained right pectoral) from the DL and optioned him to Durham, reducing the current DL headcount to 10 players. Ê Today OF Desmond Jennings underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee to clean up a plica (inflammation of tissue)…Dr. Steven Singleton performed the surgery in Vail, Colo. Ê Last night LH Matt Moore made his second rehab start for Class-A Charlotte, at Dunedin (Blue Jays)…his line: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 SO, 64 pitches, 41 strikes…he will be reassessed today. Ê The Rays have placed 16 different players on the disabled list for a total of 18 stints…yesterday RH Jake Odorizzi (left oblique strain) became the most recent addition and the seventh different starting pitcher to go on the Rays DL this year. UGLY DAY—Last night the Rays committed 3 errors for the first time at Tropi- cana Field since Sep 18, 2012 vs. BOS (3) and first time overall since Aug 12, 2014 at TEX (3)…the Rays have made 13 errors in their last 16 games, compared to 15 in their first 43 games…despite the recent woes, the Rays defense still rank 2nd in the AL with a .987 fielding pct., after Detroit (.988). Ê INF Nick Franklin, making his 2nd career start at 1B, had his first career multi-error game and the first multi-error game by a Rays first baseman since Carlos Pena on May 4, 2009 vs. BAL…Franklin is one of five Rays to make their first career start at 1B this season, along with Allan Dykstra, Jake Elmore, Logan Forsythe and Rene Rivera…thanks in part to two DL stints for James Loney, the Rays have used seven different first basemen, one shy of their club record (2010 and 2004). BUTLER, SOUZA PROVIDING POP—Over the past 13 games (starting May 26), rookie teammates Joey Butler and Steven Souza Jr. either scored or drove in 21 of the Rays 43 runs (49 pct.)…last night Butler drove in the Rays only 2 runs on a 6th-inning double. Ê Butler has hit safely in 9 of his last 10 games, batting .385 (15-for-39) during that stretch… he leads AL rookies (min. 100 PA) with a .327 avg. …in the last 10 years, only four AL rook- ies have had a higher mark on this date: TB Aki Iwamura in 2007 (.337, 28-for-83), DET Brennan Boesch in 2008 (.348, 47-for-135), LAA Mike Trout in 2012 (.349, 53-for-152) and BOS Brock Holt in 2014 (.339, 40-for-118). MORE ON ROOKIES—The Rays have eight rook- ies on the current 25-man roster: OF Mikie Mah- took, OF Steven Souza Jr., OF Joey Butler, RH Andrew Bellatti, RH Steve Geltz, RH Preston Guilmet, RH Nathan Karns and RH Alex Co- lome…they have used a total of 15 rookies already this season…the Rays have 23 of the 65 home runs hit by AL rookies this season…Rays have used 9 rookie pitchers…tomorrow (Alex Colome) is the major-league-high 25th game in which the Rays have started a rookie pitcher…Rays are 10-14 when a rookie starts…Rays rookies are a combined 10-8 with 4 saves and a 3.98 ERA (178.2-IP, 79-ER). MOST IMPROVED—The Rays have improved .156 pct. points from this date a year ago, making them the most improved team in baseball: Team W-L thru 6/9/14 W-L today Improvement Tampa Bay 24-41 (.369) 31-28 (.525) +.156 St. Louis 33-31 (.516) 38-21 (.644) +.128 Chicago-NL 25-36 (.410) 30-26 (.536) +.126 PESKY PUJOLS—LAA Albert Pujols has hit 4 home runs (in only 4 games and 18 AB) against the Rays this season, one shy of the mark for most in one season vs. the Rays from a player outside the AL East…that mark is shared by TEX Ivan Rodriguez (2002, 8 games), OAK Eric Chavez (2004, 9 G), OAK Erubiel Durazo (2004, 9 G) and TEX Ian Kinsler (2011, 8 G). RAYS vs. ANGELS—The Rays won 2 of 3 games at Angel Stadium last week…they are 33-41 all-time at Tropicana Field, but have won only one of their last six series here vs. the Angels, a 3-game sweep in 2012…since 2008 the Rays are 33-27, but they were 32-63 prior. Ê Tonight’s starter, RH Erasmo Ramirez, owns a career 2.28 ERA (27.2-IP, 7-ER) against the Angels—all coming with Seattle—his best mark against any opponent (min. 20 IP). Ê Tomorrow’s starter, RH Alex Colome, will make his fifth straight start against an AL West opponent, tying Joe Kennedy’s club record (2003) according to the Elias Sports Bureau…Chris Archer has also made 4 straight starts vs. the AL West but his streak will end Sat vs. CWS. CUT DOWN—Catchers Rene Rivera and Bobby Wilson have thrown out the last 5 runners attempting to steal and 8 of the last 9…since May 10, opponents have been successful on only 13 of 28 attempts (46 pct.) while the Rays have swiped 22 of 30 (73 pct.)…Rivera has thrown out 5 of the last 6 and 11 of his last 19 runners attempting to steal...his eraser rate of 39.4 pct. (13 of 33) is 4th best in the majors and Rays catchers rank 4th (34.0 pct.) as well. 2 OR FEWER: A FIRST SINCE 1972—The Rays have allowed 2 runs or fewer in 29 of their 59 games, most by any AL team in their first 59 games since 1972 when the Orioles (35), Tigers (31) and A’s (30) all did it. Ê The Rays offense has scored 2 runs or fewer in 4 of their last 5 games (but are still 3-2) and 25 times this season, 3rd most in the majors after the Brewers (27) and Tigers (26). FEWEST RUNS ALLOWED, SCORED—The Rays have allowed only 204 runs, fewest in club history after 59 games…Rays have scored 216 runs, also the fewest in club history after 59 games…the Rays are averaging 3.66 runs per game, fewest of any team in the majors with a winning record. 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.: 60 (31-28) | Home Game No.: 32 (14-17) | All-Time Game No.: 2,812 (1,303-1,508) | All-Time Home Game No.: 1,407 (716-690) April: 12-10 | May: 14-15 | June: 5-3 Upcoming Games Opp. Time TV Rays Starting Pitcher Opp. Starting Pitcher Thurs., June 11 LAA 7:10 p.m. Sun Sports RH Alex Colome (3-2, 4.54) RH Garrett Richards (5-4, 4.14) Fri., June 12 CWS 7:10 p.m. Sun Sports TBA LH John Danks (3-5, 5.17) Sat., June 13 CWS 4:10 p.m. Sun Sports RH Chris Archer (7-4, 1.84) RH Jeff Samardzija (4-4, 4.93) Sun., June 14 CWS 1:10 p.m. Sun Sports RH Nathan Karns (3-3, 3.86) LH Chris Sale (6-2, 3.04) **All games broadcast on WDAE 620 AM; Sat and Sun games will be broadcast in Spanish on WGES 680 AM. All times Eastern Standard Time (EST).** A.L. ROOKIE LEADERS Home Runs Souza Jr., TB 11 Travis, TOR 7 Canha, OAK 7 Beckham, TB 5 Butler, TB 4 Runs Batted In Souza, TB 26 Travis, TOR 26 Canha, OAK 23 Beckham, TB 16 Batting Avg.* Butler, TB .327 Burns, OAK .303 McCann, DET .275 Slugging Pct.* Butler, TB .519 Travis, TOR .504 Souza, TB .426 * min. 100 PA

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  • WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2015 vs. LOS ANGELES ANGELS OF ANAHEIMRH Erasmo Ramirez (4-2, 5.10) vs. RH Jered Weaver (4-5, 4.60)

    COMMUNITY CORNER—Today OF David DeJesus attended the 2015 Rays Community Fund Grant Luncheon at Tropicana Field…he participat-ed in a Q-and-A with 20 nonprofit organizations who were awarded a total of $100,000 by the Rays Baseball Foundation…also today, RH Brandon Gomes and OF Brandon Guyer visited young patients and their families at All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg as part of “Rays Kids Spirits Day” presented by Sagicor Life Insurance Company.

    Ê Tomorrow 3B Evan Longoria will visit the Jan Kaminis Platt Re-gional Library to kick off the 2015 “Reading with the Rays—Read Your Way to the Ballpark” program… Longoria will read to a group of children, discuss the importance of reading and encourage them to read over the summer… this is the third year that Longoria has been the spokesperson for the Reading with the Rays program…media are welcome from 11 a.m.–1 p.m., and Longoria will arrive at noon (3910 S. Manhattan Ave., Tampa, FL 33611).

    TOMORROW—The NCAA Divison II National Champion University of Tam-pa baseball team will take batting practice on the field from 3–4 p.m. and be recognized on field pregame.

    DRAFT DAY 3—Rays Scouting Director R.J. Harrison will be available in the press box after tonight’s portion of the First-Year Player Draft concludes (likely between 7:00–7:30)…a complete “Draft Rundown” document, up-dated after each day’s portion of the draft, is available in the back of the press box with information on each Rays selection.

    RAY MATTER—Last night the Rays opened an 8-game homestand with an 8-2 loss to the Angels, their most runs allowed since May 11 vs. NYY (11) and twice as many as the 4-game series total in Seattle (4) over the week-end…they yielded a season-high 15 hits, their most in a home game since June 5, 2014 vs. MIA (17 in an 11-6 loss)…the 6-run margin of defeat was tied for their 2nd-largest of the season…they lost 9-0 on April 18 vs. NYY.

    Ê The Rays returned home after a 7-3 road trip to Baltimore (2-1), Los Angeles (2-1) and Seattle (3-1)…starting with this series, the Rays are playing 18 of 23 games at Tropicana Field…while the Rays have the majors’ 2nd-best road record (17-11), they are 14-17 at home and one of two major league clubs with a winning overall record, but a losing home mark (along with the Rangers)…since June 2, 2014, the Rays are 47-29 (.618) on the road and 38-48 (.442) at home.

    Ê The Rays are 5-3 since starting a stretch of 20 games vs. out-of-division opponents

    ROSTER ACTIVITY—Following last night’s game, LH Enny Romero was optioned to Triple-A Durham…today the Rays recalled RH Preston Guil-met to take his place on the active roster…in addition, the Rays have ac-tivated RH Kirby Yates (strained right pectoral) from the DL and optioned him to Durham, reducing the current DL headcount to 10 players.

    Ê Today OF Desmond Jennings underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee to clean up a plica (inflammation of tissue)…Dr. Steven Singleton performed the surgery in Vail, Colo.

    Ê Last night LH Matt Moore made his second rehab start for Class-A Charlotte, at Dunedin (Blue Jays)…his line: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 SO, 64 pitches, 41 strikes…he will be reassessed today.

    Ê The Rays have placed 16 different players on the disabled list for a total of 18 stints…yesterday RH Jake Odorizzi (left oblique strain) became the most recent addition and the seventh different starting pitcher to go on the Rays DL this year.

    UGLY DAY—Last night the Rays committed 3 errors for the first time at Tropi-cana Field since Sep 18, 2012 vs. BOS (3) and first time overall since Aug 12, 2014 at TEX (3)…the Rays have made 13 errors in their last 16 games, compared to 15 in their first 43 games…despite the recent woes, the Rays defense still rank 2nd in the AL with a .987 fielding pct., after Detroit (.988).

    Ê INF Nick Franklin, making his 2nd career start at 1B, had his first career multi-error game and the first multi-error game by a Rays first baseman since Carlos Pena on May 4, 2009 vs. BAL…Franklin is one of five Rays to make their first career start at 1B this season, along with Allan Dykstra, Jake Elmore, Logan Forsythe and Rene Rivera…thanks in part to two DL stints for James Loney, the Rays have used seven different first basemen, one shy of their club record (2010 and 2004).

    BUTLER, SOUZA PROVIDING POP—Over the past 13 games (starting May 26), rookie teammates Joey Butler and Steven Souza Jr. either scored or drove in 21 of the Rays 43 runs (49 pct.)…last night Butler drove in the Rays only 2 runs on a 6th-inning double.

    Ê Butler has hit safely in 9 of his last 10 games, batting .385 (15-for-39) during that stretch…he leads AL rookies (min. 100 PA) with a .327 avg. …in the last 10 years, only four AL rook-ies have had a higher mark on this date: TB Aki Iwamura in 2007 (.337, 28-for-83), DET Brennan Boesch in 2008 (.348, 47-for-135), LAA Mike Trout in 2012 (.349, 53-for-152) and BOS Brock Holt in 2014 (.339, 40-for-118).

    MORE ON ROOKIES—The Rays have eight rook-ies on the current 25-man roster: OF Mikie Mah-took, OF Steven Souza Jr., OF Joey Butler, RH Andrew Bellatti, RH Steve Geltz, RH Preston Guilmet, RH Nathan Karns and RH Alex Co-lome…they have used a total of 15 rookies already this season…the Rays have 23 of the 65 home runs hit by AL rookies this season…Rays have used 9 rookie pitchers…tomorrow (Alex Colome) is the major-league-high 25th game in which the Rays have started a rookie pitcher…Rays are 10-14 when a rookie starts…Rays rookies are a combined 10-8 with 4 saves and a 3.98 ERA (178.2-IP, 79-ER).

    MOST IMPROVED—The Rays have improved .156 pct. points from this date a year ago, making them the most improved team in baseball:

    Team W-L thru 6/9/14 W-L today ImprovementTampa Bay 24-41 (.369) 31-28 (.525) +.156St. Louis 33-31 (.516) 38-21 (.644) +.128Chicago-NL 25-36 (.410) 30-26 (.536) +.126

    PESKY PUJOLS—LAA Albert Pujols has hit 4 home runs (in only 4 games and 18 AB) against the Rays this season, one shy of the mark for most in one season vs. the Rays from a player outside the AL East…that mark is shared by TEX Ivan Rodriguez (2002, 8 games), OAK Eric Chavez (2004, 9 G), OAK Erubiel Durazo (2004, 9 G) and TEX Ian Kinsler (2011, 8 G). RAYS vs. ANGELS—The Rays won 2 of 3 games at Angel Stadium last week…they are 33-41 all-time at Tropicana Field, but have won only one of their last six series here vs. the Angels, a 3-game sweep in 2012…since 2008 the Rays are 33-27, but they were 32-63 prior.

    Ê Tonight’s starter, RH Erasmo Ramirez, owns a career 2.28 ERA (27.2-IP, 7-ER) against the Angels—all coming with Seattle—his best mark against any opponent (min. 20 IP).

    Ê Tomorrow’s starter, RH Alex Colome, will make his fifth straight start against an AL West opponent, tying Joe Kennedy’s club record (2003) according to the Elias Sports Bureau…Chris Archer has also made 4 straight starts vs. the AL West but his streak will end Sat vs. CWS.

    CUT DOWN—Catchers Rene Rivera and Bobby Wilson have thrown out the last 5 runners attempting to steal and 8 of the last 9…since May 10, opponents have been successful on only 13 of 28 attempts (46 pct.) while the Rays have swiped 22 of 30 (73 pct.)…Rivera has thrown out 5 of the last 6 and 11 of his last 19 runners attempting to steal...his eraser rate of 39.4 pct. (13 of 33) is 4th best in the majors and Rays catchers rank 4th (34.0 pct.) as well.

    2 OR FEWER: A FIRST SINCE 1972—The Rays have allowed 2 runs or fewer in 29 of their 59 games, most by any AL team in their first 59 games since 1972 when the Orioles (35), Tigers (31) and A’s (30) all did it.

    Ê The Rays offense has scored 2 runs or fewer in 4 of their last 5 games (but are still 3-2) and 25 times this season, 3rd most in the majors after the Brewers (27) and Tigers (26).

    FEWEST RUNS ALLOWED, SCORED—The Rays have allowed only 204 runs, fewest in club history after 59 games…Rays have scored 216 runs, also the fewest in club history after 59 games…the Rays are averaging 3.66 runs per game, fewest of any team in the majors with a winning record.

    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.: 60 (31-28) | Home Game No.: 32 (14-17) | All-Time Game No.: 2,812 (1,303-1,508) | All-Time Home Game No.: 1,407 (716-690)

    April: 12-10 | May: 14-15 | June: 5-3

    Upcoming Games Opp. Time TV Rays Starting Pitcher Opp. Starting PitcherThurs., June 11 LAA 7:10 p.m. Sun Sports RH Alex Colome (3-2, 4.54) RH Garrett Richards (5-4, 4.14)Fri., June 12 CWS 7:10 p.m. Sun Sports TBA LH John Danks (3-5, 5.17)Sat., June 13 CWS 4:10 p.m. Sun Sports RH Chris Archer (7-4, 1.84) RH Jeff Samardzija (4-4, 4.93)Sun., June 14 CWS 1:10 p.m. Sun Sports RH Nathan Karns (3-3, 3.86) LH Chris Sale (6-2, 3.04)

    **All games broadcast on WDAE 620 AM; Sat and Sun games will be broadcast in Spanish on WGES 680 AM. All times Eastern Standard Time (EST).**

    A.L. ROOKIELEADERS

    Home RunsSouza Jr., TB 11Travis, TOR 7Canha, OAK 7Beckham, TB 5Butler, TB 4Runs Batted InSouza, TB 26Travis, TOR 26Canha, OAK 23Beckham, TB 16Batting Avg.*Butler, TB .327Burns, OAK .303McCann, DET .275

    Slugging Pct.*Butler, TB .519Travis, TOR .504Souza, TB .426

    * min. 100 PA

  • #16 KEVIN CASH, MANAGER

    TONIGHT’S STARTER—RH ERASMO RAMIREZ (4-2, 5.10)

    Ê LAST START—On Thu at SEA, faced his former team and allowed only one run, on an RBI single by Robinson Cano…earned the 2-1 victory over Roenis Elias, working 5.1 innings…escaped a 2-on, 1-out jam in the 2nd, pitched around a leadoff double in the 4th and only allowed 1 run in the 5th despite 3 singles and a walk…held the Mariners to 1-for-7 with RISP.

    Ê THE WIN COLUMN—Has won 4 of his last 5 outings (all starts), his first wins since his 2014 season debut with Seattle…went 25 apps (15 starts) in between, going 0-7 over that span…has also won 3 consecu-tive road decisions, tying his career high (Aug 3-29, 2013)…has posted a 2.86 ERA (28.1-IP, 9-ER) and 7.94 SO/9 IP over his last 5 starts.

    Ê THE TURNAROUND—Since April 19, ranks among AL leaders (min. 30 IP) in opp avg (.179, 2nd) opp OBP (.259, 5th) and opp SLG (.269, 2nd)…had a 25.31 ERA (5.1-IP, 15-ER) after his first 2 apps (1 start) this season; since then, has a 2.55 ERA (42.1-IP, 12-ER) in his last 12 apps (6 starts) to drop his season ERA to 5.10…the full breakdown:

    First 2 Apps Last 12 Apps Batters Faced 37 163 Reached Base 22 42 Runs Scored 16 12 Opp AVG/OBP/SLG .500/.595/.733 .179/.259/.269 ERA 25.31 2.55

    Ê HALO HAPPY—Owns a career 2.28 ERA (27.2-IP, 7-ER) against the Angels, all coming with Seattle, his best mark against any opponent (min. 20 IP)…he crafted a 2.16 ERA (16.2-IP, 4-ER) against the Rays.

    Ê TWO STARTS AGO—On May 30 at BAL, threw a season-high 7 in-nings of 3-hit, shutout ball to defeat Wei-Yin Chen, 3-0 and snap the team’s 6-game losing streak…it was the longest scoreless outing of his career, and his highest IP and SO totals since last July 22 vs. NYM (7-IP, 10-SO) with Seattle…struck out the side in the 4th…all 3 hits were singles, and only one batter reached 2B.

    Ê THE CHANGE—Threw only 7 changeups of his 72 pitches on Thu at SEA, easily his lowest frequency of the season…entered the start hav-ing thrown 30.3 pct. changeups on the season…according to PITCHf/x, teammate Jake Odorizzi (31.5 pct.) has the highest frequency of changeups among major league qualifiers…of Ramirez’s 41 strikeouts,

    18 have come with the changeup (43.9 percent)…opponents are bat-ting .170 (8-for-47) in at-bats ending with the changeup this season.

    Ê KEEP IT DOWN—According to FanGraphs, a career-high 50.4 pct. of his balls in play have been ground balls…the AL average is 44.5 pct. …has allowed a career-low 29.3 pct. fly balls…has allowed 0.76 HR/9 IP, down from 1.55 a season ago.

    Ê ROUGH DEBUT—Made his Rays debut in relief on April 10 at MIA, allowing 6 H and 7 R over the 3rd and 4th innings…his 7 runs allowed were the most by a Rays reliever since Gary Glover on July 10, 2008 at CLE and tied with Brian Meadows on April 5, 2006 at BAL for the most ever in a Rays relief debut…his 6 hits were the most allowed in a Rays relief debut since Jeremy Hellickson on Sep 4, 2010 at BAL.

    Ê SPRING THINGS—Came to Mariners camp out of options and with an outside shot at a rotation spot, competing with Taijuan Walker and Roenis Elias (which Walker won, allowing only 2 runs and 10 hits over 27 IP)…for his part, Erasmo went 1-2 with a 6.23 ERA (13-IP, 9-ER) in 5 apps, 4 starts in Mariners camp…he pitched on April 4 vs. DET at Tropi-cana Field, allowing a solo homer to his first batter faced, Victor Mar-tinez, then retiring 11 of the next 12…had 6 SO, five of them swinging.

    Ê WINTER LEAGUE SUCCESS—Pitched for Cardenales de Lara in the Venezuelan Winter League, going 2-0 with a 0.30 ERA (30-IP, 1-ER) and 22 strikeouts in five starts…opened with 26 consecutive scoreless innings.

    Ê FREQUENT FLYER—Saw seven different stints in the majors with Se-attle in 2014: Opening Day–April 23, May 7, June 3-25, July 22, Aug 10, Aug 27 and Sep 2–season’s end…pitched solely out of the bullpen after his September call-up, appearing in 3 games.

    Ê NICARAGUA’S OWN—Is one of only 13 players in major league his-tory born in Nicaragua—most famously Dennis Martinez—and one of two who made an Opening Day roster this year along with BAL Everth Cabrera…he is the first to play for the Rays…named Nicaraguan Ath-lete of the Year in 2011 and 2013…according to the Seattle Times, he was actually spotted by a scout while pitching at an academy in neigh-boring El Salvador, where his schooling and living expenses were cov-ered while he played.

    Ê LAST START—On Sat at SEA, exited after 6 innings with the game tied 1-1 against Felix Hernandez…Steve Geltz allowed the game-winning homer to Austin Jackson in the 7th, on his second batter faced…scat-tered 7 hits, including an RBI single to Willie Bloomquist in the 4th…totaled 3 BB, 2 SO, 94 pitches, 54 strikes.

    Ê His 6 IP tied his season high (third time)…in these 3 games, he is 0-2 with a 7.00 ERA (18-IP, 27-H, 14-ER, 7-HR)…in his 5 other starts (less than 6 IP), he is 3-0, 2.66 (23.2-IP, 22-H, 7-ER, 0-HR).

    Ê vs. A.L. WEST—Is making a fifth straight start against AL West oppo-nents, tying Joe Kennedy’s club record (2003), according to the Elias Sports Bureau…had never faced an AL West club prior to this…is 1-1 with a 3.22 ERA (22.1-IP, 8-ER) in the prior 4 starts.

    Ê TYPICALLY STRONG—Of his 14 career starts, has allowed 2 ER or fewer 10 times and has yielded 0 ER six times…11 of his 14 starts have been ho-

    merless, but has yielded 9 HR in those other 3…in 2015, has allowed 2 ER or fewer in 5 of his 8 starts…6 of his 8 starts have been homerless, but has allowed 7 HR in the other 2 starts (4 on May 11 vs. NYY, 3 on June 1 at LAA).

    Ê ROOKIE RANKS—Ranks T-4th among AL rookies with 8 starts, 5th with 41.2 IP and T-4th with 3 wins.

    Ê DON’T RUSH ME—Averages 26.3 seconds between pitches, which would rank as the longest in the majors if he qualified…DET David Price (25.7) is slowest among qualifiers…Colome is working faster this season than in the past—he averaged 28.5 seconds from 2013-14.

    Ê vs. ANGELS—Will be making his second career start/app, the first coming two starts ago, June 1 at Angel Stadium…lost that decision, 7-3, to Garrett Richards…all 5 runs allowed scored via 3 home runs: David Freese (solo, 2nd inn), Mike Trout (3-run, 3rd) and Albert Pujols (solo, 5th)…6 IP, 9 H, 5 R/ER, 3 BB, 5 SO, 3 HR, 97 pitches, 60 strikes.

    TOMORROW’S STARTER—RH ALEX COLOME (3-2, 4.54)

    YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO HR Avg.2014 Seattle 1-6 5.26 17 14 0 0 75.1 82 44 44 34 60 13 .277

    High Desert 0-1 7.50 1 1 0 0 6.0 8 6 5 2 7 2 .308Tacoma 6-5 3.66 15 14 0 0 86.0 92 43 35 13 67 8 .270

    2015 Tampa Bay 4-2 5.10 14 7 0 0 47.2 41 28 27 18 41 4 .234Career Majors 11-14 4.71 61 42 0 0 254.1 249 142 133 90 206 35 .255Career Minors 50-26 3.26 119 112 2 0 678.2 674 312 246 117 546 49 .257

    2015 SPLITSvs. RH: .266 (21-79), 2-HRvs. LH: .208 (20-96), 2-HRHome: 1-1, 3.13 ERA (23.0-IP, 8-ER)Road: 3-1, 6.93 ERA (24.2-IP, 19-ER)

    RAMIREZ vs. ANGELSCAREER—Is 1-2 with a 2.28 ERA (27.2-IP, 7-ER) in 5 career apps (4 starts), hav-ing worked at least 6 IP in all 4 starts.LAST GAME—Came with Seattle, last Sep 15 at Angel Stadium in a relief role, with 2.0 scoreless.LAST START—Defeated C.J. Wilson on April 1, 2014 at LAA—the Mariners second game of the season…worked a season-high-tying 7 IP and yielded 2 R/ER, on a 4th-inning HR off the bat of Raul Ibanez…that was his only win of 2014 before a stretch of 25 apps (15 starts) before his next one.

    2015 GAME LOGGAME DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP P/K FINAL OPP. LEFT*4/10 at MIA -- 31.50 2.0 6 7 7 3 2 0 1 0 50/31 L, 9-10 (10) -- --4/15 at TOR L-1 25.31 3.1 9 9 8 3 4 1 0 0 91/53 L, 7-12 Buehrle down, 7-0*4/19 vs. NYY -- 21.32 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8/6 L, 3-5 -- --4/25 vs. TOR -- 13.94 4.0 4 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 58/40 W, 4-2 Norris tied, 1-1*4/28 at NYY -- 12.71 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11/7 L, 2-4 -- --APRIL 0-1 12.71 11.1 19 17 16 7 9 1 1 0 -- -- -- --*5/3 vs. BAL -- 11.37 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16/12 L, 2-4 -- --*5/4 at BOS -- 10.54 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11/7 W, 5-1 -- --*5/7 vs. TEX -- 8.31 3.2 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 53/36 L, 4-5 -- --*5/11 vs. NYY -- 8.38 2.0 1 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 21/14 L, 5-11 -- --5/14 vs. NYY W-1 6.66 5.0 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 68/40 W, 6-1 Whitley up, 5-05/19 at ATL W-2 6.44 5.0 2 3 3 2 5 0 2 0 80/52 W, 5-3 Foltynewicz up, 5-35/24 vs. OAK L-2 6.62 6.0 5 5 5 5 4 2 1 0 95/58 L, 2-7 Gray down, 5-05/30 at BAL W-3 5.53 7.0 3 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 84/57 W, 3-0 Gonzalez up, 3-0MAY 3-1 2.90 31.0 15 10 10 10 27 3 4 0 -- -- -- --6/4 at SEA W-4 5.10 5.1 7 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 72/50 W, 2-1 Elias up, 2-1

    * relief appearance

    Ê Ejected on May 10 vs. TEX in the 5th inning by HP umpire Mike Estabrook for arguing balls and strikes…was his second ejection as a manager.

    Ê 37-year-old manager is the youngest skipper in the majors since ARI A.J. Hinch (34) in 2009 and youngest active manager/head coach in the four major sports, ahead of Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens (38).

    Ê Is the fifth manager in Rays history…is the sixth Tampa-born manager

    in ML history and second to manage the Rays…joins Hall of Famers Al Lopez and Tony La Russa, Lou Piniella, Dave Miley and John Hart.

    Ê Played 12 professional seasons as a catcher, including parts of eight sea-sons in the majors (2002-10)…spent two years (2005-06) in the Rays org., and appeared in 13 major league games in 2005 for Lou Piniella.

  • RAYS HITTER NOTES#9 JOEY BUTLER, OF Tue: 1-4, 2B, 2-RBI SEA Series: 5-14, 2B, R Trip: 14-39, 3-2B, 2-HR, 4-RBI, 5-R vs. LH: .341 (15-44), 3-HR2015: .327/.358/.519, 4-HR, 13-RBI, 3-SB Current Hitting Streak: 2G (.375, 3-8) RISP: .286 (6-21) vs. RH: .317 (19-60), 1-HR

    Ê Has hit safely in 9 of his last 10 games…leads AL rookies (min. 100 PA) with a .327 avg., which has been matched by only 4 other AL rookies in the last 10 years on this date: BOS Brock Holt (.339, 2014), LAA Mike Trout (.349, 2012), DET Brennan Boesch (.348, 2010) and TB Aki Iwamura (.337, 2007).

    Ê Batting .363/.386/.563 (29-for-80) with 7 2B, 3 HR and 9 RBI in his last 24 games (19 starts) since May 11. Ê Has started 26 games (19-DH, 7-LF) since being selected to the major league roster on May 3, and during that span he leads AL rookies in avg.

    (.327) and SLG (.519), ranks T-1st in doubles (8), 2nd in OBP (.358), RBI (13) and hits (34) and T-2nd in HR (4). Ê Among ML players with 100 PA, has 2nd highest batting average on balls in play (.441) and T-2nd fewest BB (2).

    #13 ASDRUBAL CABRERA, INF Tue: 1-3, BB SEA Series: 0-9, BB Trip: 5-32, RBI, BB, R vs. LH: .192 (10-52)2015: .205/.265/.308, 2-HR, 12-RBI, 3-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.333, 1-3) RISP: .118 (6-51) vs. RH: .210 (30-143), 2-HR

    Ê Is 12-for-40 (.300) career vs. tonight’s starter Jered Weaver…only P he has more career hits against are Verlander (16), Greinke (15) and Porcello (13). Ê Yesterday vs. LAA, snapped 0-for-12 slump with 7th-inning single…has gone 15 G (12 starts) since his last XBH on May 22 vs. OAK. Ê Drew a 7th-inning, 11-pitch walk on Sat at SEA off Felix Hernandez, his longest PA since April 22, 2013 at CWS (with CLE). Ê Only has 2 errors in 176 chances…his .989 fielding pct. leads AL shortstops and ranks 2nd in the majors behind ATL Andrelton Simmons (.993). Ê Has made 51 starts (49-SS, 2-DH)…ranks T-7th in the AL with 3 3B…is 2-for-his-last-25 with RISP and .118 with RISP overall, 2nd-lowest in the majors.

    #7 DAVID DEJESUS, OF Tue: 1-3 SEA Series: 0-5, RBI, BB Trip: 4-16, HR, 2-RBI, 3-BB, 2-R vs. LH: .333 (1-3)2015: .313/.367/.470, 5-HR, 20-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.333, 1-3) RISP: .310 (9-29) vs. RH: .313 (41-131), 5-HR

    Ê Had a PH sac fly on Sun at SEA off LH Vidal Nuno, his 4th PA vs. LHP this year and first RBI vs. LHP since Sep 25, 2013 at NYY. Ê Hit No. 3 in the order on Sat at SEA for the first time since June 3, 2014 at MIA…his prev. 4 starts came at cleanup (1 start at cleanup entering 2015). Ê His 20 RBI this season (in 48 G) match his 2014 output in 83 G…his 5 HR are one shy of his 2014 total…ranks 4th on the team in RBI (20) and T-3rd

    in HR (5)…averaging an RBI every 6.7 at-bats…has 2 RBI in his last 14 G (18 RBI in his first 34 G)…all 36 starts (19-LF, 17-DH) have come vs. RHP. Ê Batting .363/.402/.563 (29-for-80) with 4 2B, 4 HR, 12 RBI and 10 multi-hit games over his last 29 games (22 starts) since May 4.

    #10 JAKE ELMORE, INF/OF Tue: 0-3, BB SEA Series: 5-12, 2B, RBI, BB, R Trip: 7-29, 2B, 3-RBI, BB, R vs. LH: .321 (9-28)2015: .273/.322/.400, 1-HR, 10-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-5 RISP: .278 (5-18) vs. RH: .222 (6-27), 1-HR

    Ê Yesterday vs. LAA, was charged with his third error in his last 41 chances…had 0 E in his previous 54 TC dating back to Aug 31, 2013 (with SEA). Ê Has 10 RBI in 20 games with the Rays, compared to a combined 13 RBI in 87 games from 2012-14…averaging an RBI every 5.5 at-bats. Ê Has played in 20 games with 15 starts (6-1B, 3-2B, 4-3B, 2-LF)…at 5’9”, is the shortest to ever appear in a game at 1B for the Rays…previous was Rene

    Rivera (22 innings there in 2015) and Dave Martinez (0.2 innings there in 1998), both 5’10”…has appeared at all 9 positions (incl. pitcher) in his career. Ê On April 22 vs. BOS, became 13th in Rays history to hit a HR in his first AB with the team (last Ryan Roberts, July 25, 2012 at BAL).

    #11 LOGAN FORSYTHE, INF Tue: 1-4 SEA Series: 2-15, HR, 2-RBI, 2-R Trip: 6-35, 2B, 2-HR, 5-RBI, 5-BB, 8-R vs. LH: .229 (16-70), 5-HR2015: .275/.360/.455, 7-HR, 26-RBI, 4-SB Current Hitting Streak: 2G (.250, 2-8) RISP: .250 (13-52) vs. RH: .300 (39-130), 2-HR

    Ê Had an RBI single on Sun at SEA in the 1st, tying his career high in RBI (26, 3rd time)…also has a career high 7 HR (prev. 6, 3x, 2012-14). Ê Had a 9th-inning solo homer off Fernando Rodney on Fri at SEA, accounting for the game’s only run in a 1-0 victory…it was his second career go-

    ahead homer in the 9th inning (or later), along with a walk-off on June 5, 2012 vs. SF with SD…it was the second time he drove in his team’s only run in a 1-0 win (also July 19, 2012 vs. HOU with SD)…it was the 10th time the Rays won 1-0 via solo homer (last Hanigan, Sep 12, 2014 at TOR).

    Ê Ranks 2nd on the team in HR (7), T-1st on the team in RBI (26), T-1st in doubles (13, T-11th in the AL) and 1st in extra-base hits (21). Ê Among AL second basemen, ranks 3rd in OBP (.360), 4th in SLG (.455), 6th in avg. (.275), 5th in 2B (13) and 3rd in XBH (21). Ê Has played in 58 games with 55 starts (37-2B, 11-1B, 4-3B, 3-DH)…in his career, has 15 HR vs. LHP (in 432 AB) and 10 HR vs. RHP (in 754 AB).

    #2 NICK FRANKLIN, INF Tue: 0-3 SEA Series: 0-7 Trip: 1-16, HR, 2-RBI, BB, 2-R vs. LH: .143 (2-14)2015: .070/.149/.163, 1-HR, 2-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-12 RISP: .000 (0-9) vs. RH: .034 (1-29), 1-HR

    Ê Has 1 hit in his last 38 AB…has one hit from the left side of the plate this season…snapped an 0-for-25 on June 1 at LAA with a homer off Garrett Richards, his 2nd HR with the Rays (Sep 20, 2014 vs. CWS off the C-ring catwalk)…was the 2nd-longest hitless streak of his career (0-for-27, July 30–Aug 6, 2013).

    Ê Yesterday made his 2nd career start at 1B…it was his first career multi-error game and first by a Rays 1B since Carlos Pena on May 4, 2009 vs. BAL. Ê Has played in 15 games with 11 starts (6-2B, 3-SS, 2-1B)…missed the first 38 games with a left oblique strain sustained during spring training.

    #5 BRANDON GUYER, OF Tue: 0-1 (PH in 8th) SEA Series: 2-11 Trip: 7-23, 2-2B, RBI, 2-R vs. LH: .269 (21-78), 2-HR2015: .280/.351/.386, 2-HR, 13-RBI, 6-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-7 RISP: .296 (8-27) vs. RH: .296 (16-54)

    Ê Batting .306/.333/.347 (15-for-49) in his last 16 games (12 starts) since May 20. Ê Has played in 49 games with 31 starts (21-LF, 5-RF, 4-CF, 1-DH)…has started in all 19 Rays games vs. lefties, with 18 starts at leadoff vs. LHP. Ê Has been hit by pitch 7 times, T-2nd in the AL…since 2014, ranks 3rd in the AL with 18 HBP in only 443 PA. Ê Batting .375 (6-for-16) as a pinch-hitter this season, and .400/.478/.600 (8-for-20) with 1 HR and 7 RBI as a sub.

    #39 KEVIN KIERMAIER, OF Tue: 1-3, R SEA Series: 2-6, 3B, BB, R Trip: 7-21, 2-2B, 3B, HR, RBI, BB, 4-R vs. LH: .220 (9-41)2015: .241/.283/.414, 4-HR, 12-RBI, 4-SB Current Hitting Streak: 2G (.500, 3-6) RISP: .294 (10-34) vs. RH: .248 (33-133), 4-HR

    Ê Had a 6th-inning triple on Sat at SEA off Felix Hernandez and scored the Rays only run on a wild pitch…reached 3 times, most since May 17 at MIN (3)…was the first player with a triple and 2 SB in the same game since TOR Jose Reyes on Sep 3, 2014 at TB and the first Ray since Sam Fuld on April 22, 2011 at TOR.

    Ê His 4 3B rank T-3rd in the AL…got his 12th career triple in his 162nd career game, fastest in club history (Crawford did it in his 185th game)…since he was recalled on May 28, 2014, he (12-3B, 13-HR) and ARI David Peralta (10-3B, 13-HR) are the only players with double-digit triples and homers during that span…his 12 triples are one shy of CWS Adam Eaton for most in the majors over that span.

    Ê Is T-3rd on the team with 18 XBH…batting .295/.347/.523 (26-for-88) in 27 road games this season and .186/.213/.302 (16-for-86) in 28 home games. Ê On June 3 at LAA, had a go-ahead solo homer in the 10th off Huston Street, his first career HR as a sub.

    #3 EVAN LONGORIA, 3B Tue: 0-1 (PH in 7th) SEA Series: 3-7, 2B, BB, R Trip: 6-29, 2B, 2-RBI, 2-BB, 3-R vs. LH: .327 (16-49), 2-HR2015: .271/.349/.412, 5-HR, 25-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-2 RISP: .233 (10-43) vs. RH: .253 (38-150), 3-HR

    Ê Yesterday vs. LAA, struck out swinging as PH in the 7th inning…went 2-for-2 as PH in 2014 (now 3-for-6 with 2 RBI in his career as PH). Ê Has not started the last three games due to a sore left wrist…on Sun at SEA made his first career app as a pinch-runner. Ê Reached 3 times on Fri at SEA with his first multi-hit game since May 26 vs. SEA…his .433 OBP vs. LHP ranks 5th in the AL. Ê Batting .295/.349/.429 (46-for-156) with 4 HR and 23 RBI in 43 games (41 starts) since April 22, raising his avg. from .186 to .271. Ê Has 1 HR in his last 27 games…is on pace for 14 HR, which would be the lowest output of his career…currently is 17 HR in 2012 (in only 74 games). Ê Tied for the team lead in 2B (13, T-11th in AL)…is the club’s all-time leader in HR (189), 2B (239), extra-base hits (440), RBI (660) and SLG (.489).

    #27 MIKIE MAHTOOK, OF Tue: 0-1 (PH in 8th) SEA Series: 1-7, HR, RBI, R Trip: 1-13, HR, RBI, 2-BB, R vs. LH: .133 (2-15), 2-HR2015: .111/.200/.444, 2-HR, 3-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-2 RISP: .250 (1-4) vs. RH: .000 (0-3)

    Ê Is 2-for-18 in 9 games (4 starts, all in CF), both hits being home runs…had a solo shot in the 7th on Sun at SEA, off former Ray Mike Montgomery, snapping an 0-for-12…he’s the second Ray to have both of his first two hits go for homers, joining Elijah Dukes (2007).

    Ê First career hit was a 2-run HR on April 15 at TOR off Mark Buehrle…was the 6th in franchise history to record a home run as his first career hit, joining Brandon Guyer (2011), Elijah Dukes (2007), Delmon Young (2007), Brent Abernathy (2001) and Esteban Yan (2000).

    #44 RENE RIVERA, C Tue: 1-2, 2B, R SEA Series: 0-9 Trip: 3-24, RBI, 2-BB vs. LH: .164 (9-55)2015: .158/.200/.243, 2-HR, 10-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.500, 1-2) RISP: .184 (7-38) vs. RH: .155 (15-97), 2-HR

    Ê Yesterday vs. LAA, snapped 0-for-14 with 6th-inn. 2B…last multi-hit G was May 14 vs. NYY…his .158 avg. would be lowest in MLB if he qualified. Ê Has thrown out 5 of his last 6 potential base-stealers and 11 of his last 19 (57.9 pct.) after starting the season 2-for-14…his 39.4 pct. eraser rate is

    4th in the majors, while his 13 CS ranks 3rd…39.4 pct. would be the 2nd-best in Rays history, behind Toby Hall in 2003 (41.3). Ê On Sun at SEA made his second career start at 1B…has played 22 innings there this season…has made 45 starts (42-C, 2-1B, 1-DH).

  • #20 STEVEN SOUZA JR., OF Tue: 0-4 SEA Series: 1-15, RBI, BB Trip: 7-38, 2-2B, 4-HR, 9-RBI, 3-BB, 6-R vs. LH: .229 (11-48), 4-HR2015: .211/.306/.426, 11-HR, 26-RBI, 7-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-18 RISP: .154 (6-39) vs. RH: .204 (29-142), 7-HR

    Ê Hitless in his last 18 at-bats…tied for the team lead with 26 RBI…had an RBI single on Thu at SEA and a 3-run HR on Wed at LAA. Ê Leads the team in HR (11) and SB (7)…the only other player in franchise history to match that combination through the team’s first 59 G is Evan Longoria

    (2010)…is attempting to become the first rookie to lead his team in both since PHI Scott Rolen in 1997 and the first AL rookie since BOS Jim Rice in 1975. Ê Had 4 HR on the road trip, second Rays rookie ever to hit 4 on a trip, joining Wil Myers (July 19-29, 2013)…leads AL rookies with 11 HR, a number

    unmatched through 59 games by any other rookie in franchise history…is on pace for 30 HR; Evan Longoria holds the rookie record with 27 (2008). Ê Has a .393 OBP vs. LHP…his last 11 starts have come at No. 5 (8x) and No. 6 (3x) in the order…first 41 starts this season were at No. 2. Ê Has played 54 G and made 52 starts, all in RF…only 5 others can match his combination of HR and SB and 1 other in the AL: Mike Trout (16-HR, 8-SB). Ê His 80 SO are 3rd in the majors…has struck out looking 35 times, most in the majors…next is BAL Chris Davis (23). Ê Among AL rookies, ranks 2nd in hits (40), 1st in HR (11), 1st in XBH (19), T-1st in RBI (26), 1st in BB (24) and 3rd in SB (7).

    #46 BOBBY WILSON, C Tue: 0-0 (def. rep.) SEA Series: 0-5 Trip: 1-9, RBI vs. LH: .111 (2-18)2015: .145/.203/.145, 0-HR, 4-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-8 RISP: .267 (4-15) vs. RH: .162 (6-37)

    Ê Has played 24 games with 16 starts at catcher…among catchers with as many starts, his catcher ERA (2.75) leads the AL. Ê Has caught 4 of his last 5 potential base-stealers following an 0-for-13 skid in CS attempts…has caught 5 of 20 attempted base stealers this year. Ê Batting .145 (8-for-55) and all 8 hits are singles…his last extra-base hit at the major league level was Aug 31, 2012 at SEA (with LAA). Ê Was the first catcher to make the Rays Opening Day roster as a non-roster invite…became the 3rd Rays player born in Pinellas County, following

    Doug Waechter and Seminole High School teammate Casey Kotchman.

    RAYS BULLPEN NOTES#59 ANDREW BELLATTI, RH Last App: 6/5 at SEA (W, 3.0-IP, 2-H, 0-R, 2-BB, 3-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-0 vs. LH: .211 (4-19), 0-HR2015: 2-0-0, 1.80 ERA, 4 G Long Relief App: 3.1, 5/9 vs. TEX IR-RS: 1-0 vs. RH: .125 (2-16), 1-HR

    Ê Recalled yesterday from Triple-A Durham after being optioned on Friday, after throwing 3 scoreless innings and earning the win at SEA, the night Jake Odorizzi exited with oblique tightness…Rays won 1-0 on Logan Forsythe’s 9th-inning homer off Fernando Rodney.

    Ê In his third stint with the Rays (also June 1-5 and May 9-16)…on May 9 vs. TEX, became the 10th Ray to win his ML debut, third non-starter—first since Doug Waechter on Aug 23, 2003 at SEA…was the first Ray to get the win in a relief app of 3 IP or more in his ML debut…prior to Bellatti, the last player to win his ML debut in a relief app of 3.1 IP or longer was HOU Paul Clemens on April 9, 2013 at SEA.

    Ê Has not pitched for Durham since May 27…is 2-0 with a 3.08 ERA (26.1-IP, 9-ER) in 7 apps (4 starts) for the Bulls. Ê At 23 years, 309 days is the youngest player on the Rays active roster.

    #26 BRAD BOXBERGER, RH Last App: 6/3 at LAA (BS/W, 1.1-IP, 2-H, 1-R, 2-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: 15-16 vs. LH: .243 (9-37), 1-HR2015: 3-3-15, 2.95 ERA, 23 G Long Relief App: 1.1, 6/3 at LAA IR-RS: 7-0 vs. RH: .158 (6-38), 1-HR

    Ê Had his first blown save on June 3 at LAA, but got the win as the Rays won in extras…was attempting to convert his first 4-out save of the season…threw a season-high 32 pitches, his most since Aug 8, 2014 at CHC, and went a season-high 1.1 IP…allowed game-tying sac fly to Erick Aybar.

    Ê Ranks T-6th in the AL with 15 saves…got his 15th save in the Rays 51st game; only Fernando Rodney (46th game in 2012) got there faster. Ê Has entered in the 9th inning in 18 of 23 apps…ended with the 3rd-longest streak of consecutive save chances to start the season in franchise his-

    tory, falling one shy of tying the club record…Rafael Soriano (2010) and Al Reyes (2007) each converted their first 16 chances. Ê His 3 losses rank T-2nd among AL relievers…on May 26-27 vs. SEA, took the loss in consecutive apps (roughly 16 hours apart)…on May 27 vs. SEA,

    threw a then-season-high 28 pitches and allowed a go-ahead 3-run homer to Nelson Cruz, a day after Kyle Seager’s 10th-inning solo shot.

    #31 XAVIER CEDEÑO, LH Last App: 6/5 at SEA (0.2-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-2 vs. LH: .257 (9-35)2015: 0-0-0, 2.45 ERA, 25 G Long Relief App: 1.1, 5/13 vs. NYY IR-RS: 20-4 vs. RH: .292 (7-24), 2-HR

    Ê Pitched in 4 straight games on June 2-5…entered in the 5th inning on Fri at SEA, replacing Odorizzi…faced two lefties and retired both, stranding 2 IR. Ê Has made 20 apps with the Rays, 18 of them scoreless…since being added to the active roster on April 28, his 20 apps are T-2nd most in the ma-

    jors…since joining the Rays after 5 apps with the Nationals, his ERA has gone from 6.00 to 2.45. Ê Fourteen of his 20 apps since joining the Rays have been 0.2 IP or shorter…has faced one batter 6 times. Ê On May 23 vs. OAK, snapped a streak of 12 straight scoreless apps since joining the Rays…ended the 3rd-longest streak to start a Rays career,

    and longest by a lefty…only ones longer were Joaquin Benoit in 2010 (13) and Joe Borowski in 2005 (20).. #54 STEVE GELTZ, RH Last App: 6/9 vs. LAA (1.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: 2-2 vs. LH: .143 (6-42)2015: 1-2-2, 2.96 ERA, 25 G, 1 GS Long Relief App: 2.0, 6/6 at SEA IR-RS: 15-2 vs. RH: .190 (8-42), 2-HR

    Ê Yesterday vs. LAA pitched a 1-2-3 9th inning, his 18th scoreless app in 25 games this season. Ê Took the loss on Sat at SEA (solo HR, Austin Jackson)…was his 2nd loss this year (also May 3 vs. BAL), and his 2nd HR allowed (April 25 vs. TOR, Rus-

    sell Martin)…matched his longest outing of the season (April 10 at MIA, start) and matched the longest relief app of his career (Sep 10, 2014 at NYY). Ê Got his second career save on June 3 at LAA, against his former team…has a 1.69 ERA (10.2-IP, 2-ER) in 13 apps since May 6. Ê Has inherited 15 baserunners, 2nd on the team to Brandon Gomes (16)…has only allowed two of this 15 IR to score (13.3 pct.). Ê Has also made one start (April 10 at MIA) and recorded his first career win (April 14 at TOR).

    #47 BRANDON GOMES, RH Last App: 6/4 at SEA (1.1-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: .220 (9-41), 1-HR2015: 1-2-0, 2.21 ERA, 19 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 3x-last 4/29 at NYY IR-RS: 16-1 vs. RH: .263 (10-38), 1-HR

    Ê Pitched 1.1 innings on Thu at SEA, which marked the 6th time out of 19 apps he has recorded at least 4 outs this season. Ê Has yielded a run in only 4 of his 19 apps this season…his 19 apps since his selection on April 19 rank T-3rd on the team. Ê Took the loss May 29 at BAL, facing three batters and allowing a leadoff single…however, he left the game with a pinch-runner still at 1B and 2 outs. Ê Has inherited 16 baserunners, most on the team ahead of Steve Geltz (15)…has only allowed one to score (6.3 pct., T-2nd best in the AL). Ê In his career, has held righties to .208/.282/.331 (59-for-284), while lefties have hit .280/.347/.460 (56-for-200).

    #58 PRESTON GUILMET, RH Last App: 5/24 vs. CLE (2.0-IP, 2-H, 1-R, 1-BB, 2-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: .200 (1-5)2015: 0-0-0, 4.50 ERA, 1 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 5/24 vs. CLE IR-RS: -- vs. RH: .500 (1-2)

    Ê 27-year-old rookie was recalled today from Triple-A Durham as LH Enny Romero was optioned…claimed off waivers from the Blue Jays on May 13. Ê In his second stint with Rays (also May 24)…in his only app this season, allowed 1 R on 2 H and 1 BB in 2.0 IP on May 24 vs. OAK. Ê In 17 apps this season between the Blue Jays and Rays Triple-A affiliates, went 0-0-1 with a 2.05 ERA (22.0-IP, 5-ER) and 21 SO. Ê Has pitched in a total of 15 games at the major league level: 4 games with CLE in 2013, 10 games with BAL in 2014 and 1 game with TB this sea-

    son…owns a career 6.62 ERA (17.2-IP, 13-ER)…with the Indians in 2013, his bullpen coach was current Rays Manager Kevin Cash.

    #40 KEVIN JEPSEN, RH Last App: 6/7 at SEA (SV, 1.0-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: 4-6 vs. LH: .200 (9-45), 1-HR2015: 1-3-4, 1.80 ERA, 27 G Long Relief App: 1.1, 4/29 at NYY IR-RS: 9-5 vs. RH: .205 (9-44), 1-HR

    Ê Got the save on Sun at SEA, his 3rd in the 4-game series…became the 6th Ray with 3 saves in a series, first since Rafael Soriano in 2010. Ê Has pitched in 4 of the Rays last 6 games…pitched 3 straight days June 3-5, first time doing that since Aug 8-10, 2014 vs. BOS (with LAA)…was

    one of 3 Rays relievers to record a save on the last road trip…prior to it, had never recorded saves in back-to-back apps. Ê His 4 saves in 27 apps this season are one shy of his career total from 2008-14 with the Angels (5 saves in 315 apps). Ê Has made a team-leading 27 apps…the Rays have been tied or had the lead in 26 of his 27 apps…only other app was a 1-run defecit. Ê His only win came on May 12 vs. NYY, his first since June 27, 2013 at DET, with 112 apps in between.

    #57 JAKE MCGEE, LH Last App: 6/7 at SEA (1.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-1 vs. LH: .167 (2-12), 1-HR2015: 0-0-0, 3.38 ERA, 9 G Long Relief App: 1.0, 7x-last 6/7 at SEA IR-RS: 1-0 vs. RH: .167 (3-18)

    Ê Perfect 8th inning on Sun at SEA…eight of his 9 apps this season have been scoreless…has pitched the 8th inning in 6 of his 9 apps. Ê Has allowed 4 runs (3 earned) this season, on a grand slam off the bat of Kyle Seager on May 26 vs SEA, which snapped a streak of 96 PA vs. LHB

    without allowing a home run (last Stephen Vogt on Sep 1, 2013 at OAK)…the 4 runs allowed were his most allowed since May 1, 2013 at KC (5)…the grand slam came in his 4th app of the season, and since then he has brought his ERA down from 8.10 to 3.38.

    Ê Reinstated from 15-day DL on May 15, returning from offseason elbow surgery…has pitched back-to-back games once: June 3 at LAA and June 4 at SEA.

  • RAYS BY THE NUMBERSCurrent Streak: L1 When commit error: 9-13 Hit homer: 22-14Current Record: 31-28 Ahead after 6-7-8: 25-3/26-0/28-0 Homer with men on: 12-6Home/Road: 14-17/17-11 Behind after 6-7-8: 1-20/1-22/0-26 Hit multiple homers: 9-5Day/Night: 8-8/23-20 Tied after 6-7-8: 6-4/5-5/3-2 Score first: 23-4Grass/Turf: 14-10/17-18 1-run games: 8-11 Score 5 or more: 15-5vs. East: 18-14 2-run games: 9-5 Score less than 5: 15-22vs. Central: 1-2 Extra innings: 2-2 Outhit opponents: 22-5vs. West: 9-10 Win in last at-bat: 5 Outhit by opponents: 6-19vs. National League: 3-2 Come-from-behind wins: 12 Collect 10 or more hits: 10-4vs. RH/LH starters: 20-20/11-8 Opp. come-from-behind wins: 7 Opp. 10 or more hits: 4-10Series W-L-T (home): 3-4-2 Series W-L-T (road): 6-2-1 Wearing white/gray/navy/lt. blue: 12-10/2-8/16-7/1-3

    HOME RUNS1R 2R 3R GS TOTAL

    Souza Jr. 7 1 3 11Forsythe 5 2 7Beckham 2 3 5DeJesus 4 1 5Longoria 3 2 5Butler 2 2 4Kiermaier 3 1 4Cabrera 2 2Guyer 1 1 2Loney 1 1 2Mahtook 2 2Rivera 1 1 2Dykstra 1 1Elmore 1 1Franklin 1 1JenningsWilsonTOTALS 31 14 9 - 54

    RUN SUPPORT FOR STARTING PITCHERSPITCHER STARTS RUNS RUNS/START RUNS/9-IP CLUB RECORD QUALITYAndriese 3 7 2.33 5.91 2-1 0Archer 13 33 2.54 3.58 8-5 8Colome 8 16 2.00 3.46 3-5 1Geltz 1 0 0.00 0.00 0-1 0Karns 12 35 2.92 3.33 5-7 3Odorizzi 12 23 1.92 2.70 6-6 9Ramirez 7 16 2.29 4.04 5-2 1Smyly 3 6 2.00 3.24 2-1 2

    RAYS PITCHING BY THE NUMBERS

    LAST HR OFF ’15 MOST HITS GAME ’15 MOST RBI GAMEButler 6/3 at LAA Santiago 4, 5/31 at BAL 2, 4x-last, 6/9 vs. LAACabrera 5/19 at ATL Foltynewicz 3, 2x-last, 5/9 vs TEX 2, 4/10 at MIADeJesus 5/31 at BAL Drake 2, 13x-last, 5/31 at BAL 3, 2x-last, 4/12 at MIAElmore 5/16 at MIN Mujica 2, 4x-last, 6/5 at SEA 4, 5/26 vs. SEAForsythe 6/5 at SEA Rodney 3, 2x-last, 5/11 vs. NYY 3, 5/11 vs. NYYFranklin 6/1 at LAA Richards 2, 5/17 at MIN 2, 6/1 at LAAGuyer 5/8 vs. TEX Claudio 3, 5/30 at BAL 4, 4/26 vs. TORKiermaier 6/3 at LAA Street 2, 10x-last, 6/6 at SEA 2, 4x-last, 5/7 vs. TEXLongoria 5/22 vs. OAK Kazmir 4, 4/25 vs. TOR 3, 3x-last, 5/22 vs. OAKMahtook 6/7 at SEA Montgomery 1, 2x-last, 6/7 at SEA 2, 4/15 at TORRivera 5/14 vs. NYY Rogers 3, 4/12 at MIA 4, 5/14 vs. NYYSouza Jr. 6/3 at LAA Santiago 3, 3x-last, 5/31 at BAL 3, 5x-last, 6/3 at LAAWilson 8/31/12 at SEA Luetge 2, 5/17 at MIN 1, 4x-last, 5/31 at BAL

    RAYS SEASON HIGHSTEAM BATTING INDIVIDUAL BATTINGLongest win streak 5, April 22-26 Most runs, game, TB 3, 2x-last, Wilson, 5/17 at MINLong loss streak 6, May 23-29 Most runs, game, Opp 4, Gordon, 4/10 at MIAMost runs game, TB 12, 4/24 vs. TOR Most hits, game, TB 4, 3x-last, Butler, 5/31 at BALMost runs game, Opp 12, 4/15 at TOR Most hits, game, Opp 4, 3x-last, Escobar, 5/16 at MINMost runs, inn, TB 7, 4/10 at MIA Most 2B, game, TB 2, 7x-last, Souza Jr., 5/31 at BALMost runs, inn, Opp 7, 4/18 vs. NYY Most 2B, game, Opp 2, 3x-last, Smith, 5/25 vs. SEAMost hits, game, TB 19, 5/17 at MIN Most HR, game, TB 2, Longoria, 5/6 at BOSMost hits, game, Opp 15, 6/9 vs. LAA Most HR, game, Opp 2, 6x-last, Pujols, 6/1 at LAAMost hits, inn, TB 5, 3x-last, 5/17 at MIN Most RBI, game, TB 4, 2x-last, Rivera, 5/14 vs. NYYMost hits, inn, Opp 5, 3x-last, 6/9 vs. LAA Most RBI, game, Opp 6, Seager, 5/26 vs. SEAMost doubles, game, TB 6, 2x-last, 5/31 at BAL Most x-base hits, game, TB 3, Souza Jr., 5/31 at BALMost doubles, game, Opp 5, 6/9 vs. LAA Most x-base hits, game, Opp 2, 16x-last, Pujols, 6/9 vs. LAAMost HR, game, TB 3, 4x-last, 6/3 at LAA Most steals, game, TB 2, 5x-last, Kiermaier, 6/6 at SEAMost HR, game, Opp 5, 5/11 vs. NYY Most steals, game, Opp 3, DeShields, 5/7 vs. TEXMost x-base hits, game, TB 8, 3x-last, 5/31 at BAL Hitting Streak 10, Longoria, May 16-27Most x-base hits, game, Opp 7, 5/11 vs. NYY TEAM/INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most stolen bases, game, TB 4, 4/14 at TOR Most SO, TB Starter 15, Archer, 6/2 at LAAMost stolen bases, game, Opp 3, 3x-last, 5/7 vs. TEX Most SO, Opp Starter 10, Buchholz, 4/23 vs. BOSMost walks, game, TB 9, 5/6 at BOS Most SO, TB Reliever 5, Geltz, 4/29 at NYYMost walks, game, Opp 7, 5/23 vs. OAK Most IP, TB Reliever 4.0, Andriese, 5/14 vs. NYYMost strikeouts, game, TB 14, 5/31 at BAL Most walks, game, TB 5, 2x-last, Ramirez, 5/24 vs. OAKMost strikeouts, game, Opp 16, 4/29 at NYY Most walks, game, Opp 6, Masterson, 5/6 at BOSMost LOB, game, TB 12, 5/17 at MIN Most SO, Team, TB 16, 4/29 at NYYMost LOB, game, Opp 12, 5/22 vs. OAK Most walks, Team, TB 7, 5/23 vs. OAKMost errors, game, TB 3, 6/9 vs. LAA Low-Hit Game 2, 2x-last, 2 Pitchers, 4/13 at TORMost errors, game, Opp 2, 3x-last, 6/7 at SEA Consecutive Scoreless IP 16.0, Archer, April 11-21Longest game, time 3:58, 4/29 at NYY Shortest game, time 2:09, 5/30 at BALLongest game, time (9 inn.) 3:22, 2x-last, 5/6 at BOS Shortest game, time (9 inn.) 2:09, 5/30 at BAL

    Grand Slams (-): -Back-to-Back (2): Dykstra/Forsythe (4/17 vs. NYY, A Warren),

    Forsythe/Butler (5/11 vs. NYY, C Sabathia)2-HR games (1): Longoria-1 (5/6 at BOS, J Masterson/A Ogando)3-HR games (-): -

    Pinch-hit (3): Beckham-2 (4/11 at MIA, M Dunn; 4/16 at TOR, A Loup), Guyer-1 (5/8 vs. TEX, A Claudio)

    Walk-off (-): -Lead-off (1): Guyer-1 (4/26 vs. TOR, M Buehrle)Inside-the-park (-): -

    HOME RUNS

    CATCHERSPCT CS ATT

    Rivera .394 13 33Wilson .250 5 20TOTALS .340 18 53

    Game-Tying & Go-Ahead RBI: Longoria (11), Souza Jr. (10), Forsythe (8), DeJesus (6), Loney (5), Cabrera (3), Elmore (3), Guyer (3), Kiermaier (3), Rivera (3), Beckham (2), Butler (2), Wilson (2), Dykstra (1), Jennings (1) 2-Out RBI: DeJesus (9), Forsythe (9), Elmore (7), Kiermaier (6), Loney (6), Souza Jr. (6), Beckham (5), Guyer (5), Rivera (5), Longoria (4), Cabrera (3), Butler (2), Franklin (2), Mahtook (2), Wilson (2), Outfield Assists: Kiermaier (3), Souza Jr. (3), Butler (1), Jennings (1), DeJesus (1)Bunt Singles: Cabrera (2), Kiermaier (2), Beckham (1), Souza Jr. (1)Ejections: Cash-2 (4/16 at TOR, 8th inn.; 5/10 vs. TEX, 5th inn.), Shelton-1 (5/10 vs. TEX, 5th inn.)Batted Around: 4/10 at MIA (7th inn., 11 batters), 4/15 at TOR (9th inn., 9 batters), 4/22 vs. BOS (6th inn., 9 batters), 5/17 at MIN (6th inn., 10 batters), 6/3 at LAA (6th inn., 9 batters)

    MISC.

    1. May 11 vs. NYY—Tim Beckham pop out to SS Didi Gregorius hit off the B-ring catwalk…off Branden Pinder (9th inning).

    CATWALKS

    LAST HR & PLAYER SEASON HIGHS

    Rays Totals (bold): 23 challenges (5 overturned, 9 stand, 9 confirmed) | Opp Totals: 18 challenges (7 overturned, 3 stand, 8 confirmed) Umpire Totals: 5 challenge (0 record keeping, 1 overturned, 0 stand, 4 confirmed)

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

    Opponent 27 19 23 27 16 24 23 24 19 2 204Tampa Bay 24 16 10 27 31 40 28 20 18 2 216

    W-L-S G ERA IP H ER BB SO HRTotals 31-28-25 59 3.30 526.0 447 193 177 502 57Starters 21-18-0 59 3.23 334.0 286 120 98 318 34Relievers 10-10-25 59 3.42 192.0 161 73 79 184 23Home 14-17-11 31 3.53 278.0 237 109 95 283 32Road 17-11-14 28 3.05 248.0 210 84 82 219 25April 12-10-10 22 3.70 199.1 155 82 71 184 20May 14-15-11 29 3.10 255.2 216 88 83 248 28June 5-3-4 8 2.92 71.0 76 23 23 70 9

    INSTANT REPLAY CHALLENGES (since May 25)GAME CHALLENGED BY INN. PLAYER OF REFERENCE INITIAL CALL RULING DELAYMay 25 vs. SEA Seattle B2 Tim Beckham Safe at 1st Stands 2:33May 26 vs. SEA Tampa Bay T1 Seth Smith Safe at 1st Stands 2:57May 26 vs. SEA Umpire B7 Evan Longoria Foul Ball Overturned 2:20May 27 vs. SEA Seattle T5 Kyle Seager Out at 1st Stands 1:54May 29 at BAL Baltimore T7 Asdrubal Cabrera Hit by Pitch Confirmed 0:53May 30 at BAL Tampa Bay B1 Jimmy Paredes Safe at 1st Overturned 0:58May 31 at BAL Tampa Bay T3 David DeJesus Out at 2nd Confirmed 0:49May 31 at BAL Umpire B9 Manny Machado Home Run Confirmed 0:40June 2 at LAA Tampa Bay T9 Brandon Guyer Out at 1st Confirmed 0:58June 3 at LAA Tampa Bay T2 Mikie Mahtook Out at 2nd Confirmed 0:51June 3 at LAA Umpire B9 Taylor Featherston Safe at 1st Confirmed 1:20June 4 at SEA Seattle T4 Jake Elmore Safe at 2nd Overturned 0:42June 5 at SEA Seattle T4 Evan Longoria Safe at 2nd Overturned TBAJune 6 at SEA Tampa Bay T1 Kevin Kiermaier Out at 3rd Overturned TBAJune 7 at SEA Seattle T3 Logan Forsythe Safe at 1st Overturned TBA

    1. April 23 vs. BOS (W 2-1)—Rene Rivera single to left field…off Anthony Varvaro (9th inning).

    WALK-OFF WINS

    1. April 10 at MIA (L 9-10)—Christian Yelich single to right field…off Brad Boxberger (10th inning).2. May 29 at BAL (L 1-2)—J.J. Hardy single to left field…off Steve Geltz (9th inning).

    WALK-OFF LOSSES

  • C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH 6TH 7TH 8TH 9TH Beckham - - 4-8 - 2-5 - - - 2-2 - - - - 0-2 1-2 2-3 4-7 1-1Brett - - 0-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0-1 -Butler - - - - - 5-2 - - 8-11 - 6-7 1-0 - 2-3 1-1 - 3-2 -Cabrera - - - - 27-22 - - - 2-0 - - 13-10 - - 0-3 16-9 - -DeJesus - - - - - 7-12 - - 12-5 8-5 1-0 0-2 1-3 3-2 6-5 - - -Dykstra - 7-4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-4 - 1-0 -Elmore - 5-1 1-2 2-2 - 0-2 - - - 1-0 - - - - 5-2 0-3 2-2 -Forsythe - 2-9 24-13 1-3 - - - - 2-1 - 2-0 0-2 8-7 7-8 5-4 7-4 0-1 -Franklin - 0-2 2-5 - 2-1 - - - - - - - - - 0-1 1-0 3-6 -Guyer - - - - - 13-8 3-1 2-3 0-1 10-8 2-0 - - 1-0 0-1 1-1 4-3 -Jaso - - - - - - - - 0-1 0-1 - - - - - - - -Jennings - - - - - 6-4 4-3 - 0-1 - - - - 9-7 1-1 - - -Kiermaier - - - - - - 20-24 2-0 - 12-14 - - - - 1-0 2-5 7-3 0-2Loney - 15-12 - - - - - - 0-1 - - 3-2 6-5 3-4 3-2 - - -Longoria - - - 28-24 - - - - 2-1 - - 14-12 16-13 - - - - -Mahtook - - - - - - 4-0 - - - - - - - 1-0 - 3-0 -Rivera 21-22 2-0 - - - - - - 0-1 - - - - - - 2-3 3-3 18-17Souza Jr. - - - - - - - 26-25 - - 19-21 - - 6-2 1-2 - - -Wilson 10-6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-0 9-6

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

    RAYS ON THE DISABLED LIST (10)POS. PLAYER DL INJURY DATE ON RETRO FIRST DATE OFF GMS MISSED RECORDINF Tim Beckham 15-day Strained right hamstring June 1 May 31 June 15 9 6-3LHP Jeff Beliveau 60-day Left labrum tear April 17 April 16 June 16 49 25-24RHP Alex Cobb 60-day Tommy John surgery April 5 March 27 May 27 58 30-28OF John Jaso 60-day Left wrist contusion April 10 April 7 June 6 57 30-27OF Desmond Jennings 15-day Left knee bursitis May 3 April 26 May 11 40 20-201B James Loney 15-day Left middle finger fracture May 25 - June 9 13 6-7LHP Matt Moore 60-day Tommy John surgery April 5 - June 5 58 30-28RHP Jake Odorizzi 15-day Left oblique strain June 9 June 6 June 21 3 1-2RHP Burch Smith 60-day Tommy John surgery April 8 - June 8 56 30-26LHP Drew Smyly 60-day Torn left labrum May 9 May 6 July 5 30 15-15Others (Games Missed): INF Ryan Brett (34, left shoulder subluxation, 18-16), RH Alex Colome (22, pneumonia, 12-10), INF Nick Franklin (38, left oblique strain, 20-18), LH Jake McGee (36,

    offseason elbow surgery, 20-16), 1B James Loney (15, mild right oblique strain, 8-7), LH C.J. Riefenhauser (37, left shoulder inflammation, 18-19), LH Drew Smyly (16, left shoulder tendonitis, 8-8), RH Kirby Yates (50, strained right pectoral, 25-25)

    Apr 15 Placed RH Kirby Yates (strained right pectoral) on the 15-day DL; recalled RH Jose Dominguez from Durham.

    Apr 17 Placed LH Jeff Beliveau (left shoulder soreness) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 16; optioned OF Mikie Mahtook to Durham; recalled INF Ryan Brett and LH C.J. Riefenhauser from Durham.

    Apr 19 Designated RH Grant Balfour for assignment; selected RH Brandon Gomes from Durham.Apr 22 Transferred LH Jeff Beliveau (left labrum tear) to the 60-day DL; placed INF Ryan Brett

    (left shoulder subluxation) on the 15-day DL; selected INF Jake Elmore from Durham.Apr 23 Placed LH C.J. Riefenhauser (left shoulder inflammation) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to

    April 19; recalled OF Mikie Mahtook from Durham.Apr 24 Optioned OF Mikie Mahtook and 1B Allan Dykstra to Durham; reinstated LH Drew Smyly

    (left shoulder tendonitis) and 1B James Loney (mild right oblique strain) from 15-day DL.Apr 25 Designated 1B Allan Dykstra for assignment; optioned RH Jose Dominguez to Dur-

    ham; selected LH Everett Teaford from Durham.Apr 27 Acquired LH Xavier Cedeño from the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for cash con-

    siderations; transferred OF John Jaso (left wrist contusion) to the 60-day DL.Apr 28 Added LH Xavier Cedeño to the active roster; designated LH Everett Teaford for assignment.

    Apr 30 Optioned RH Matt Andriese to Durham.May 1 Reinstated RH Alex Colome (pneumonia) from the 15-day DL.May 3 Placed OF Desmond Jennings (left knee bursitis) on 15-day DL, retroactive to April

    26; selected OF Joey Butler from Durham.May 9 Placed LH Drew Smyly (left shoulder soreness) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 6;

    transferred RH Alex Cobb (right forearm tendonitis) to the 60-day DL; optioned INF Jake Elmore to Durham; recalled RH Matt Andriese from Durham; selected RH An-drew Bellatti from Durham.

    May 13 Transferred LH Drew Smyly (torn left labrum) to the 60-day DL; claimed RH Preston Guilmet off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays and assigned him to Durham.

    May 15 Optioned RH Matt Andriese to Durham; reinstated LH Jake McGee (offseason elbow surgery) from the 15-day DL.

    May 17 Optioned RH Andrew Bellatti to Durham; reinstated INF Nick Franklin (left oblique strain) from the 15-day DL.

    May 23 Optioned INF Tim Beckham to Durham; recalled LH Enny Romero from Durham.May 24 Optioned LH Enny Romero to Durham; recalled RH Preston Guilmet from Durham.May 25 Optioned RH Preston Guilmet to Durham; placed 1B James Loney (left middle finger frac-

    ture) on the 15-day DL; recalled INF Jake Elmore and INF Tim Beckham from Durham.May 28 Reinstated INF Ryan Brett (left shoulder subluxation) from the 15-day DL and optioned

    him to Durham.May 30 Reinstated LH C.J. Riefenhauser (left shoulder inflammation) from the 15-day DL and

    optioned him to Durham.June 1 Placed INF Tim Beckham (strained right hamstring) on the 15-day DL; recalled RH

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

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

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

    OPENING DAY ROSTER

    PITCHERS (12): RH Matt Andriese, RH Chris Archer, RH Grant Balfour, LH Jeff Beliveau, RH Brad Boxberger, RH Ernesto Frieri, RH Steve Geltz, RH Kevin Jepsen, RH Nathan Karns, RH Jake Odorizzi, RH Erasmo Ramirez, RH Kirby Yates

    CATCHERS (2): Rene Rivera, Bobby WilsonINFIELDERS (5): Tim Beckham, Asdrubal Cabrera, Logan Forsythe, James Loney, Evan Longoria

    OUTFIELDERS (6): David DeJesus, Brandon Guyer, John Jaso, Desmond Jennings, Kevin Kiermaier, Steven Souza Jr.

    DL (6): RHP Alex Cobb (15-day), RHP Alex Colome (15-day), INF Nick Franklin (15-day), LHP Jake McGee (15-day), LHP Matt Moore (60-day), LHP Drew Smyly (15-day)

    RECENT TRANSACTIONS

    2015 CAREERPLAYER W L SV IP H ER SO ERA AVG W L SV IP H ER SO ERA AVGArcher 1 0 0 8.0 6 1 15 1.13 .200 4 1 0 30.1 28 10 38 2.97 .239Bellatti 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 1 18.00 .250 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 1 18.00 .250Boxberger 1 0 0 1.1 2 1 1 6.75 .500 1 1 0 4.2 5 2 5 3.86 .333Cedeño 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0.00 .000 0 0 0 2.2 2 0 0 0.00 .222Colome 0 1 0 6.0 9 5 5 7.50 .346 0 1 0 6.0 9 5 5 7.50 .346Geltz 0 0 1 1.2 0 0 0 0.00 .000 0 0 1 1.2 0 0 0 0.00 .000Gomes 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 2 0.00 .500 1 0 0 5.1 8 6 7 10.13 .364Guilmet - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Jepsen 0 0 0 0.2 2 0 1 0.00 .667 0 0 0 0.2 2 0 1 0.00 .667Karns 0 1 0 10.2 14 8 7 6.75 .304 0 1 0 10.2 14 8 7 6.75 .304McGee 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 2 0.00 .000 1 0 0 10.1 7 3 13 2.61 .194Ramirez - - - - - - - - - 1 2 0 27.2 27 7 18 2.28 .245

    RAYS PITCHERS vs. ANGELS

    RAYS HITTERS vs. ANGELS2015 CAREER

    PLAYER G AB H HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP G AB H HR RBI BB SO AVG OBPButler 4 17 5 1 5 0 5 .294 .294 5 18 5 1 5 0 5 .278 .278Cabrera 4 15 4 0 1 1 2 .267 .313 59 227 52 3 22 19 40 .229 .306DeJesus 2 6 1 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 85 306 97 6 29 29 51 .317 .388Elmore 3 11 1 0 2 1 1 .091 .167 6 23 5 0 2 2 3 .217 .280Forsythe 4 13 3 1 2 4 3 .231 .412 9 29 8 2 4 6 5 .276 .400Franklin 2 7 1 1 2 0 3 .143 .143 17 59 12 2 7 7 20 .203 .288Guyer 4 8 1 0 0 0 2 .125 .300 10 20 6 1 4 3 4 .300 .462Kiermaier 3 8 4 1 1 0 0 .500 .500 8 25 7 2 3 0 3 .280 .280Longoria 4 14 2 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 47 165 43 9 27 26 39 .261 .363Mahtook 3 7 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .222 3 7 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .222Rivera 4 12 3 0 1 1 3 .250 .308 10 24 5 0 1 3 4 .208 .296Souza Jr. 4 15 1 1 3 1 6 .067 .176 4 15 1 1 3 1 6 .067 .176Wilson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - -

  • RAYS 2015 DAY-BY-DAYPOS. HOME

    # GAME FINAL WINNER LOSER W-L GA/GB ATT. CUM.1 4/6 vs. BAL L, 2-6 Tillman (1-0) Archer (0-1) 0-1 T-4/-1.0 31,042 31,0422 4/7 vs. BAL L, 5-6 Gausman (1-0) Karns (0-1) 0-2 5/-2.0 13,906 44,9483 4/8 vs. BAL W, 2-0 Odorizzi (1-0) Gonzalez (0-1) 1-2 5/-1.0 13,569 58,517

    4/9 - OFF (1) T-4/-1.04 4/10 at MIA L, 9-10 (10) Morris (1-0) Boxberger (0-1) 1-3 T-5/-2.0 17,3755 4/11 at MIA W, 2-0 Archer (1-1) Cosart (0-1) 2-3 4/-2.0 17,8306 4/12 at MIA W, 8-5 Karns (1-1) Alvarez (0-2) 3-3 T-3/-1.0 20,1997 4/13 at TOR W, 2-1 Odorizzi (2-0) Dickey (0-1) 4-3 T-2/-1.0 48,4148 4/14 at TOR W, 3-2 Geltz (1-0) Castro (0-1) 5-3 2/-1.0 17,2649 4/15 at TOR L, 7-12 Buehrle (2-0) Ramirez (0-1) 5-4 T-2/-1.0 15,08610 4/16 at TOR W, 4-2 Archer (2-1) Sanchez (0-2) 6-4 2/-0.5 14,43311 4/17 vs. NYY L, 4-5 Betances (2-0) Jepsen (0-1) 6-5 2/-1.5 15,752 74,26912 4/18 vs. NYY L, 0-9 Tanaka (2-1) Odorizzi (2-1) 6-6 T-3/-1.5 20,824 95,09313 4/19 vs. NYY L, 3-5 Pineda (2-0) Andriese (0-1) 6-7 T-3/-1.5 21,791 116,884

    4/20 - OFF (2) T-3/-2.014 4/21 vs. BOS L, 0-1 Miley (1-1) Archer (2-2) 6-8 5/-3.0 14,307 131,19115 4/22 vs. BOS W, 7-5 Boxberger (1-1) Mujica (1-1) 7-8 T-4/-2.0 12,733 143,92416 4/23 vs. BOS W, 2-1 Boxberger (2-1) Varvaro (0-1) 8-8 4/-1.0 13,834 157,75817 4/24 vs. TOR W, 12-3 Dominguez (1-0) Dickey (0-2) 9-8 T-3/-1.0 11,897 169,65518 4/25 vs. TOR W, 4-2 Frieri (1-0) Cecil (1-2) 10-8 T-1/+1.0 19,772 189,42719 4/26 vs. TOR W, 5-1 Archer (3-2) Buehrle (3-1) 11-8 T-1/+1.0 21,107 210,53420 4/27 at NYY L, 1-4 Wilson (1-0) Gomes (0-1) 11-9 T-2/-1.0 34,59021 4/28 at NYY L, 2-4 Whitley (1-0) Odorizzi (2-2) 11-10 T-2/-2.0 36,93422 4/29 at NYY W, 3-2 (13) Gomes (1-0) Shreve (1-1) 12-10 T-2/-1.0 30,055

    4/30 - OFF (3) T-2/-1.023 5/1 vs. BAL* W, 2-0 Colome (1-0) Tillman (2-3) 13-10 2/-1.0 9,94524 5/2 vs. BAL* L, 0-4 Gonzalez (3-1) Archer (3-3) 13-11 2/-2.0 12,78925 5/3 vs. BAL* L, 2-4 Hunter (1-1) Geltz (1-1) 13-12 T-2/-3.0 16,65226 5/4 at BOS W, 5-1 Odorizzi (3-2) Buchholz (1-4) 14-12 2/-2.0 34,54127 5/5 at BOS L, 0-2 Porcello (3-2) Smyly (0-1) 14-13 2/-3.0 33,68828 5/6 at BOS W, 5-3 Colome (2-0) Masterson (2-1) 15-13 2/-2.0 35,06029 5/7 vs. TEX L, 4-5 Claudio (1-0) Archer (3-4) 15-14 2/-3.0 8,701 219,23530 5/8 vs. TEX W, 8-2 Karns (2-1) Gallardo (2-5) 16-14 2/-3.0 11,704 230,93931 5/9 vs. TEX W, 7-2 Bellatti (1-0) Detwiler (0-4) 17-14 2/-2.0 20,943 251,88232 5/10 vs. TEX L, 1-2 Kela (3-1) Jepsen (0-2) 17-15 2/-3.0 14,521 266,40333 5/11 vs. NYY L, 5-11 Sabathia (1-5) Colome (2-1) 17-16 2/-4.0 10,619 277,02234 5/12 vs. NYY W, 4-2 Jepsen (1-2) Eovaldi (3-1) 18-16 2/-3.0 10,417 287,43935 5/13 vs. NYY W, 3-2 Karns (3-1) Warren (2-2) 19-16 2/-2.0 11,924 299,36336 5/14 vs. NYY W, 6-1 Ramirez (1-1) Whitley (1-2) 20-16 2/-1.0 11,977 311,34037 5/15 at MIN L, 2-3 Hughes (3-4) Odorizzi (3-3) 20-17 2/-1.0 24,01838 5/16 at MIN L, 4-6 Duensing (1-0) Jepsen (1-3) 20-18 2/-2.0 27,12839 5/17 at MIN W, 11-3 Archer (4-4) Gibson (3-3) 21-18 2/-1.0 23,708

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

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

    6/8 - OFF (6) 2/-1.559 6/9 vs. LAA L, 2-8 Shoemaker (4-4) Karns (3-3) 31-28 2/-2.5 11,617 407,18460 6/10 vs. LAA 7:1061 6/11 vs. LAA 7:1062 6/12 vs. CWS 7:10 MLB Network Reusable Tote Bag (All fans)63 6/13 vs. CWS 4:1064 6/14 vs. CWS 1:10 Rays Etch A Sketch (Kids 14 & under)65 6/15 vs. WAS 7:1066 6/16 vs. WAS 7:1067 6/17 at WAS 7:0568 6/18 at WAS 7:0569 6/19 at CLE 7:1070 6/20 at CLE 7:1071 6/21 at CLE 1:1072 6/22 vs. TOR 7:1073 6/23 vs. TOR 7:1074 6/24 vs. TOR 12:10 Rays Cheer Sticks (Kids 14 & under)

    6/25 - OFF (7)75 6/26 vs. BOS 7:10 Rays Cowboy Hat (All women)76 6/27 vs. BOS 4:10 Rays Retro Headband (All fans)77 6/28 vs. BOS 1:10 Rays Retro Tin Lunch Box (Kids 14 & under)78 6/29 vs. CLE 7:1079 6/30 vs. CLE 7:1080 7/1 vs. CLE 7:1081 7/2 vs. CLE 12:10 Rays Cheer Sticks (Kids 14 & under)82 7/3 at NYY 7:0583 7/4 at NYY 1:0584 7/5 at NYY 1:05

    POS. HOME# GAME FINAL WINNER LOSER W-L GA/GB ATT. CUM.85 7/6 at KC 8:1086 7/7 at KC 8:1087 7/8 at KC 8:1088 7/9 at KC 2:1089 7/10 vs. HOU 7:1090 7/11 vs. HOU 4:1091 7/12 vs. HOU 1:10 Rays Inflatable Chair (Kids 14 & under)

    7/13 - All-Star Break7/14 - All-Star Game Great American Ball Park (Cincinnati Reds)7/15 - All-Star Break7/16 - All-Star Break

    92 7/17 at TOR 7:0793 7/18 at TOR 1:0794 7/19 at TOR 1:0795 7/20 at PHI 7:0596 7/21 at PHI 7:0597 7/22 at PHI 1:05

    7/23 - OFF (8)98 7/24 vs. BAL 7:1099 7/25 vs. BAL 6:10100 7/26 vs. BAL 1:10 Rays Surprise Christmas Present (Kids 14 & under)101 7/27 vs. DET 7:10102 7/28 vs. DET 7:10103 7/29 vs. DET 12:10 Rays Cheer Sticks (Kids 14 & under)

    7/30 - OFF (9)104 7/31 at BOS 7:10105 8/1 at BOS 1:35106 8/2 at BOS 1:35107 8/3 at CWS 8:10108 8/4 at CWS 8:10109 8/5 at CWS 2:10

    8/6 - OFF (10)110 8/7 vs. NYM 7:10 DJ Kitty Cat Face Bag (All women)111 8/8 vs. NYM 6:10 Rays Fedora (All fans)112 8/9 vs. NYM 1:10 Raymond Soap Dispenser (Kids 14 & under)

    8/10 - OFF (11)113 8/11 vs. ATL 7:10114 8/12 vs. ATL 7:10

    8/13 - OFF (12)115 8/14 at TEX 8:05116 8/15 at TEX 8:05117 8/16 at TEX 3:05118 8/17 at HOU 8:10119 8/18 at HOU 8:10120 8/19 at HOU 8:10121 8/20 at HOU 8:10122 8/21 at OAK 10:07123 8/22 at OAK 9:07124 8/23 at OAK 4:07

    8/24 - OFF (13)125 8/25 vs. MIN 7:10126 8/26 vs. MIN 7:10127 8/27 vs. MIN 7:10128 8/28 vs. KC 7:10129 8/29 vs. KC 6:10 Kevin Kiermaier Outlaw Action Figure (All fans)130 8/30 vs. KC 1:10 DJ Kitty Drawstring Bag (Kids 14 & under)131 8/31 at BAL 7:05132 9/1 at BAL 7:05133 9/2 at BAL 7:05

    9/3 - OFF (14)134 9/4 at NYY 7:05135 9/5 at NYY 1:05136 9/6 at NYY 1:05137 9/7 at DET 1:08138 9/8 at DET 7:08139 9/9 at DET 7:08

    9/10 - OFF (15)140 9/11 vs. BOS 7:10141 9/12 vs. BOS 6:10 DJ Kitty Plush Window Cling (All fans)142 9/13 vs. BOS 1:10 Rays Superhero Cape T-Shirt (Kids 14 & under)143 9/14 vs. NYY 7:10144 9/15 vs. NYY 7:10145 9/16 vs. NYY 7:10146 9/17 vs. BAL 7:10147 9/18 vs. BAL 7:10148 9/19 vs. BAL 6:10 Fan Vote Bobblehead (All fans)149 9/20 vs. BAL 1:10 Rays Skull Cap (Kids 14 & under)150 9/21 at BOS 7:10151 9/22 at BOS 7:10152 9/23 at BOS 7:10153 9/24 at BOS 7:10154 9/25 at TOR 7:07155 9/26 at TOR 1:07156 9/27 at TOR 1:07

    9/28 - OFF (16)157 9/29 vs. MIA 7:10158 9/30 vs. MIA 7:10159 10/1 vs. MIA 7:10160 10/2 vs. TOR 7:10161 10/3 vs. TOR 6:10 Rays Oktoberfest Freezer Mug (All fans)162 10/4 vs. TOR 3:10 Raymond Halloween Mask (Kids 14 & under)

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