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SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 2016 vs. RH vs. RH Yovani Gallardo First Pitch: 1:05 p.m. | Location: Charlotte Sports Park, Charlotte County, Fla. | TV: None | Radio: WDAE 620 AM Game No: 18 (8-9-0) | vs. AL: 6-5-0 | vs. NL: 2-4-0 | Home: 5-4-0 | Road: 3-5-0 Day 28 of | 15 Days Until —Sunday, April 3 vs. TOR (4:05 p.m.)

BOBBLES TODAY—The first 1,000 fans (of all ages) at today’s game (1-BB)…RH earned his TODAY’S STARTING LINEUP will receive a Jake Odorizzi Bobblehead presented by Suncoast Credit first spring victory on 1.2 IP scoreless (1- 11 (R) 2B Union…spring training tickets are available online at raysbaseball.com, by H, 1-SO)…RH Alex Colome, RH David 13 Brad Miller (L) SS phone at 888-FAN-RAYS or in person at the Charlotte Sports Park Box Of- Carpenter, RH Steve Geltz, LH Xavier 3 (R) DH fice…the Charlotte Sports Park box office opens at 10 a.m. Cedeño and LH Enny Romero each 10 Corey Dickerson (L) RF contributed scoreless apps…CF Mikie 8 Desmond Jennings (R) LF ATTENDANCE UP 9%—Yesterday was the second sellout of the spring Mahtook and 1B each 39 Kevin Kiermaier (L) CF 21 James Loney (L) 1B at Charlotte Sports Park…attendance is up 9 pct. over last spring after the recorded RBI singles...SS Brad Miller 1 (R) 3B same number of dates: 49,109 this year (5,457 per game), up from 45,188 his first home , which struck the bat- 19 Curt Casali (R) C last spring (5,021 per game)…this is the Rays 19th spring in the Grapefruit ter’s eye in straightaway CF...LF Taylor 22 Chris Archer RHP League and eighth calling Charlotte Sports Park home. Motter added an RBI double...DH Gran- den Goetzman hit a solo HR, his first. RAYS IN SLICE OF GRAPEFRUIT—The Rays have won their last 2 games on the SPRING TRAINING W-L-T Att. heels of a 3-game losing streak…today they seek their first 3-game winning IN THE SALT MINES—Yesterday, RH 2016 8-9-0 49,109 of the spring…they play the Orioles today (home) and tomorrow (Sarasota) Erasmo Ramirez and RH Matt Andri- 2015 15-13-2 80,406 before heading to Cuba…today is the 18th of 29 games on the Grapefruit ese pitched in minor league games vs. 2014 16-7-4 78,264 League schedule, and 10th of 14 home games at Charlotte Sports Park… Orioles minor leaguers…Ramirez, at 2013 15-17-2 90,935 not included is Tuesday’s game in Havana, Cuba against the Cuban Na- Sarasota’s Twin Lakes Park in Sarasota, 2012 10-16-6 87,916 tional Team…the schedule features two split-squad days: March 13 (won totaled 5 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 4 SO, 68 2011 15-14-2 95,859 vs. BOS, lost at TOR) and April 1 (at ATL, at DET). pitches plus 10 more pitches in the bull- 2010 20-8-2 97,971 ÊÊ Since becoming the Rays in 2008, the team has recorded at least 15 pen…Andriese, here at the Charlotte 2009 15-16-1 103,255 wins in seven out of eight spring trainings—they never achieved this Sports Complex, totaled 3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 2008 18-8-2 54,960 2007 10-19-2 79,044 in 10 springs as the Devil Rays…they need to win at least 7 of their BB, 3 SO, 38 pitches. 2006 13-16-1 70,756 remaining 12 games to repeat the feat this spring…the Rays have 2005 13-16 61,261 compiled a 132-108 (.550) spring record during this span, 5th best in MEDICAL MATTER—On Thursday, RH 2004 11-8 43,916 the majors…the Rays are three-time Grapefruit League champions Brad Boxberger underwent surgery in 2003 8-19-3 51,324 (2008, 2010, 2014). Philadelphia, performed by Dr. William 2002 10-16-1 49,043 Meyers, to repair the adductor brevis 2001 12-15-1 57,081 PLANNING YOUR DAY—Today the Rays clubhouse will be open from muscle in the groin area…early estimates 2000 14-17 67,089 8:30–9:30 a.m., and Manager will be available in his office at are that he will miss 8 weeks…last sea- 1999 14-14-1 59,230 9:30…the truck will be loaded up for Cuba at approximately 10 a.m., and son, Boxberger was named to his first All- 1998 12-18 66,781 media are welcome to take photos…tomorrow the clubhouse at Charlotte Star Game and led the AL with 41 saves. Total 249-266-30 1,344,560 Sports Park will be closed to media, but Cash will be available at Ed Smith PITCHING LEADERS, Stadium in his office at around 11 a.m. …LHDrew Smyly will face his team- LEAGUE LEADERS—The Rays pitching staff SPRING TRAINING, 2016 mates in an intrasquad at the main field of Charlotte Sports Park at 10 a.m. leads the majors with a 3.08 ERA (149-IP, 51- ER) and a .230 opp avg. …their 10 HR allowed Rays 3.08 EN LA HABANA—Tomorrow the Rays travel to Cuba to play the Cuban are tied with Houston for fewest in the majors… Nationals 3.69 National Team on Tuesday (March 22) at Estadio Latinoamericano in Ha- their 1.23 WHIP ranks 3rd in the majors…the Astros 3.75 vana…they will be the only the second major league club in the last 57 Rays have committed major-league-most 23 Opponents’ Batting Avg. years to play a game in Cuba…most recently, the Baltimore Orioles de- errors, resulting in a ML-leading 18 unearned Rays .230 feated the Cuban National Team on March 28, 1999 by a score of 3-2 in runs (26 pct. of their 69 total runs allowed)…18 Yankees .238 11 innings, before 50,000 fans at Estadio Latinoamericano…see separate of those 23 errors were committed by infielders, Blue Jays .239 “Baseball in Cuba” packet for details. 13 by middle infielders. ÊÊ The Rays traveling party will number over 140 people—including ÊÊ The Rays offense leads the majors with 54 doubles, 6 more than any players, coaches, staff, Tampa Bay-area media and local officials other club (D-backs, Angels) and 10 more than any other Grapefruit and sponsors—taking two flights on Sunday directly from Tampa to League club (Phillies)…INF Logan Forsythe and OF Desmond Jen- Havana…a separate Tampa-Havana flight was arranged for national nings each have 5 doubles, one shy of GL leader BOS Marco Her- media and MLB officials. nandez…Rays hitters have drawn only 37 walks, fewest in the GL.

IN THE SPOTLIGHT—Tuesday’s game will be broadcast live by ESPN RAYS UP FOR OUR COMMUNITY—In launching the third year of their part- and ESPN Deportes…for ESPN, , Eduardo Perez and Doug nership, RH Chris Archer, the Rays and Good Sports will present a vari- Glanville will be in the booth with and giving ety of new equipment to the baseball and softball teams at Port Charlotte in-game reports…ESPN Deportes has Ernesto Jerez and Candy Maldo- High School on March 25…the donation, valued at over $10,000, includes nado in the booth, with Guillermo Celis reporting in-game…Cuba will also bats, catcher’s equipment, batting helmets and training equipment for their televise the game nationally on RTV Comercial. baseball and softball teams, as well as equipment for the school’s Physical ÊÊ ESPN’s SportsCenter will have an on-site presence in Havana on Education program. March 21-22, with Kurkjian and Hannah Storm, and Outside the Lines ÊÊ OF Steven Souza Jr. is encouraging fans to Bowl For Kids’ Sake, will broadcast from the stadium with Storm and Bob Ley reporting. an anual fundraiser supporting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa ÊÊ The Rays Radio Network will air the game live, with Dave Wills and Bay…fans who raise at least $1,250 by March 30 will be eligible for Andy Freed in the booth and Neil Solondz providing in-game reports. an invitation to the to the VIP bowling party later this month…visit bbbstampabay.org for more information. RAYS vs. ORIOLES—Today is the third of 4 games this spring between the clubs, and tomorrow in Sarasota is the final meeting…the Rays are 2-0 thus ARCHER GETS OPENING DAY NOD—RH Chris Archer will start on far, with a 10-3 win at home on March 3 and a 10-6 win at Ed Smith Stadium Opening Day, Sunday, April 3 vs. TOR at in a game na- on March 5—recording exactly 17 hits in both contests…the Rays offense tionally televised on ESPN2…the rest of the starting rotation has not been combined in the previous 2 games to go 34-for-82 (.415) with 20 runs, 15 announced…this will be Archer’s second Opening Day start…in 2015, he extra-base hits (12-2B, 1-3B, 2-HR) and a .659 SLG…last spring the Rays lost at home to Baltimore and replaced Alex Cobb, who suffered an elbow went 2-1-1 with one rainout vs. Baltimore. injury after initially being named the Opening Day starter on March 4. ÊÊ In 2015, the Rays went 9-10 against the Orioles (5-8 at Tropicana Field, 4-2 in Baltimore), despite outscoring them 78-64 and outhom- 14 STRAIGHT, 30 OR UNDER—This will mark the 14th straight season the ering them, 24-19…Rays limited Baltimore to a .210 avg. Rays Opening Day starter has been age 30 or younger…the only Opening and .607 OPS…they had never before held an AL East opponent to Day starter over age 30 in Rays history was 31-year-old Tanyon Sturtze in such a low OPS while losing the season series. 2002…since 2008, the Rays have started a 30 or under in 96.9 pct. ÊÊ The clubs first meet up in the regular season April 8-10 in Baltimore, of their games (1,257 of 1,297)…the Rays will enter 2016 with a streak of the Rays first road series of the season on a brief 3-game trip. 236 consecutive starts by 30-and-under pitchers, since Erik Bedard’s last start (July 3, 2014 at DET)…in fact, every Rays starter has been age 27 or RAYS 5, RED SOX 1—The Rays defeated the split-squad Red Sox yes- younger since was traded in July 2014. terday before a sellout crowd of 6,876 at Charlotte Sports Park…LH Dana ÊÊ It will also be the 14th straight opener by a pitcher who broke into the Eveland started the “bullpen day,” allowing 1-R (0-ER) on 2-H over 2.0 IP majors with the Rays, dating back to Sturtze. EIGHT YEARS AS THE RAYS (2008-15)—Since changing their name to TODAY’S RAYS STARTER—RH Chris Archer the Rays in 2008, the Rays are 707-590 (.545), fourth-best record in the ÊÊ 2016 Spring: 0-2, 3.00 ERA (9.0-IP, 3-ER) in 3 starts majors after the Yankees (.567), Cardinals (.562) and Angels (.550)…their ÊÊ 2015 with Rays: 12-13, 3.23 ERA (212-IP, 76-ER) in 34 starts four postseason appearances in this span have been equaled by only the ÊÊ Makes his fourth start of the spring…on March 14 at ATL, yielded Yankees (5), Tigers (4) and Rangers (4). RBI singles to Nick Markakis in the 1st and Freddie Freeman in the ÊÊ During this span, the Rays pitching staff leads the 3rd…threw 72 pitches, 38 strikes…on March 9 vs. TOR, threw 50 with a 3.72 ERA, 10,085 , a .240 opp avg. and 108 shut- pitches and both runs allowed scored in the 1st on a pair of WPs…on outs…their 5,178 runs allowed are the fewest by an AL team over March 4 at BOS, threw 26 pitches, 15 strikes. any eight-year span since the Yankees of 1979-86 (5,173). ÊÊ In 2015, earned his first All-Star selection and set a club record with ÊÊ In the Rays era, Tampa Bay has had 15 different players named to 252 SO, 2nd in the AL to Chris Sale (274) and 4th in the majors. the All-Star Team, and none of them had been an All-Star prior to ÊÊ Finished 5th in the AL Cy Young voting with 29 points…ranked joining the organization. among AL leaders with 212 IP (6th), 3.23 ERA (6th), 10.70 SO/9 IP (2nd), 3.82 SO/BB (9th) and 1.14 WHIP (10th)…held opponents to a ROLL CALL—On Tuesday the Rays trimmed 14 players from their roster… .220 avg. (4th), .282 OBP (8th) and .331 SLG (3rd). the Rays now have 50 players remaining in camp: consisting of 26 P, 5 C, ÊÊ Led the majors with 34 starts, tying the club record (David Price in 11 INF and 8 OF…14 are non-roster invites…seven players on the 40-man 2011, in 2007)…yielded 0 ER in 10 of those starts, a club roster joined the organization since the end of the 2015 regular season, record and T-1st in the AL with Dallas Keuchel and Yovani Gallardo. five of those via trade…19 players on the 40-man roster were acquired via ÊÊ Made his first Opening Day start in 2015. trade…only six players on the current 40-man roster made their Rays debut ÊÊ Threw a career-high 39.2 pct. sliders, highest rate by an AL starter prior to 2013: 3B Evan Longoria, OF Desmond Jennings, RH Alex Cobb, since PITCHf/x data is available (2002)…had a major-league-most OF Brandon Guyer, LH and RH Chris Archer. 179 SO with the slider (152 swinging), accounting for 71.0 pct. of his total strikeouts…no other pitcher in the majors had as many strike- SPRING TRANSACTIONS— outs on any other pitch, according to Stats LLC. Feb 18 Signed RH Ryan Webb to a major league contract; placed RH ÊÊ Struggled at the end of the year, going 0-3 with a 5.81 ERA (31-IP, Chase Whitley ( surgery) on the 60-day DL. 20-ER) and 20 BB in 6 starts after Sep 1…was 12-10 with a 2.78 ERA Mar 8 Optioned C Justin O’Conner to the minor leagues. through the end of August…his 6.58 ERA in September was the worst Mar 10 Signed RH David Carpenter to a minor league contract with an monthly mark of his career. invitation to major league spring training. ÊÊ Has been busy recently as the Rays player rep, working with MLB and Mar 15 Optioned INF Ryan Brett, RH Jacob Faria, RH Taylor Guerrieri the MLBPA in making arrangements for the upcoming trip to Cuba. and LH to the minor leagues; reassigned C Jake Day-by-Day W/L IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP Result DePew, OF Johnny Field, RH Eddie Gamboa, INF/OF Patrick 3/4 at BOS -- 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 L, 2-7 Leonard, LH Justin Marks, RH Adam Reifer, INF Daniel Rob- 3/9 vs. TOR L-1 2.1 3 2 2 2 3 0 0 2 L, 1-5 ertson, RH Jaime Schultz, OF Dayron Varona and LH Adam 3/14 at ATL L-2 4.2 4 2 1 2 3 0 0 0 L, 0-5 to minor league camp. Wilk Totals 0-2 9.0 7 4 3 4 7 0 1 2 — UPCOMING PROBABLES Today vs. BAL 2016 SPRING INNINGS PLAYED (“A” GAMES)—Acosta (8-C, 3-DH), Ê Ê TB—RH Chris Archer (start), RH Ryan Webb, RH Alex Colome, RH Adames (9-SS), Bauers (11-LF, 3-RF), Beckham (12-2B, 11-3B, 24-SS), Andrew Bellatti Blair (2-3B), Brett (20-2B, 15-CF), Casali (33-C, 7-DH), Conger (44-C), Ê Ê BAL—RH Yovani Gallardo (start), RH Brad Brach, LH Brian Matusz, Coyle (6-2B), Decker (23-LF, 13-CF, 16-RF), DePew (12-C, 2-DH), Dicker- LH T.J. McFarland, RH Chaz Roe son (11-LF, 10-RF, 26-DH), Field (16-LF, 12-CF, 18-RF), Forsythe (41-2B), Sun., March 20 at BAL Franklin (35-2B, 15-SS, 8-DH), Gillaspie (17-1B, 2-DH), Goetzman (1-LF, Ê Ê TB—RH Jhan Mariñez (start), RH Kyle McPherson, RH Tyler Stur- 1-DH), Gotta (1-RF), Guyer (5-LF, 9-CF, 15-RF), Hager (3-SS), Jackson (4- devant, RH Ryan Garton, RH Parker Markel, RH Mark Sappington LF), Jennings (39-LF), Kiermaier (42-CF), Lee (5-LF, 8-RF), Leonard (5-1B, Ê Ê BAL—RH Chris Tillman (start), TBA 17-3B, 11-LF, 7-RF), Loney (41-1B, 9-DH), Longoria (39-3B, 9-DH), Mah- took (4-LF, 33-CF, 8-RF, 5-DH), Maile (29-C, 8-DH), Miller (42-SS), Milone VIDEO ON A SILVER PLATTER—The Rays provide a daily postgame video (5-CF, 2-RF), Morrison (36-1B, 11-DH), Motter (5-2B, 16-3B, 19-SS, 10- feed of 17 non-televised spring training games…this will include about two LF, 3-CF, 5-RF, 6-DH), Pearce (4-1B, 10-3B, 5-LF, 7-DH), Querecuto (23- minutes of highlights plus two short interviews…for day games, video should 2B, 12-3B, 3-SS), Rivera (26-C, 23-DH), Robertson (32-SS, 3-DH), Roller be uploaded by 5:15 p.m. …to receive email updates or for more informa- (34-1B, 7-DH), Seitzer (5-1B), Shaffer (7-1B, 38-3B, 13-RF), Sole (2-2B), tion, contact Chris Tilley ([email protected] or 727-434-0497). Souza Jr. (24-RF, 7-DH), Toribio (4-3B), Varona (4-LF, 13-CF, 23-RF, 1-DH), Velazquez (2-SS), Wong (5-2B).

2016 SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT SITE R/TV TIME/SCORE W-L WP LP ATT Wed March 2 Washington Charlotte County M L, 2-6 0-1-0 Martin (1-0) Snell (0-1) 4,432 Thu March 3 Baltimore Charlotte County M W, 10-3 1-1-0 Ramirez (1-0) Gonzalez (0-1) 3,158 Fri March 4 @Boston Fort Myers L, 2-7 1-2-0 Mendez (1-0) Mariñez (0-1) 9,789 Sat March 5 @Baltimore (SS) Sarasota R W, 10-6 2-2-0 Smyly (1-0) Thayer (0-1) 7,942 Sun March 6 Minnesota Charlotte County R L, 4-5 2-3-0 Gibson (1-0) Odorizzi (0-1) 5,614 Mon March 7 @Boston Fort Myers W, 3-2 (10) 3-3-0 Reifer (1-0) Cuevas (0-1) 10,031 Tue March 8 @Detroit Lakeland L, 5-6 3-4-0 Lara (1-0) Faria (0-1) 7,322 Wed March 9 Toronto Charlotte County M L, 1-5 3-5-0 Happ (1-0) Archer (0-1) 5,735 Thu March 10 Pittsburgh Charlotte County M W, 5-1 4-5-0 Smyly (2-0) Liriano (0-1) 4,115 Fri March 11 @Pittsburgh Bradenton L, 3-4 4-6-0 Williams (1-0) Geltz (0-1) 7,330 Sat March 12 New York-AL Charlotte County T/R W, 2-1 5-6-0 Webb (1-0) Barbato (0-1) 6,872 Sun March 13 Boston Charlotte County R W, 13-5 6-6-0 Ramirez (2-0) Porcello (0-1) 5,925 @Toronto Dunedin L, 1-6 6-7-0 Sanchez (1-0) Guerrieri (0-1) 5,537 Mon March 14 @Atlanta Disney L, 0-5 6-8-0 Teheran (1-0) Archer (0-2) 5,345 Tue March 15 Philadelphia Charlotte County M L, 2-5 6-9-0 Bailey (2-0) Cedeño (0-1) 6,382 Wed March 16 OPEN DATE Thu March 17 @Philadelphia Clearwater W, 6-1 7-9-0 McPherson (1-0) Mujica (0-1) 11,222 Fri March 18 Boston (SS) Charlotte County M W, 5-1 8-9-0 Farquhar (1-0) Elias (1-1) 6,876 Sat March 19 Baltimore Charlotte County R 1:05 p.m. Sun March 20 @Baltimore Sarasota R 1:05 p.m. Mon March 21 OPEN DATE Tue March 22 Cuban National Team Havana, Cuba E/R 1:50 p.m. Wed March 23 @Minnesota Lee County 1:05 p.m. Thu March 24 @New York-AL Tampa R 6:35 p.m. Fri March 25 Minnesota Charlotte County M 1:05 p.m. Sat March 26 @Pittsburgh (SS) Bradenton R 6:05 p.m. Sun March 27 Toronto Charlotte County T/R 1:05 p.m. Mon March 28 OPEN DATE Tue March 29 @Toronto (SS) Dunedin 1:05 p.m. Wed March 30 Boston (SS) Charlotte County T/M 1:05 p.m. Thu March 31 Pittsburgh Charlotte County M 1:05 p.m. Fri April 1 @Atlanta Disney 1:05 p.m. @Detroit Lakeland 1:05 p.m.

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