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SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 2016 vs. BALTIMORE ORIOLES RH Chris Archer 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 Spring Training | 15 Days Until Opening Day—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 Danny Farquhar 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 Logan Forsythe (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 Evan Longoria (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 Logan Morrison 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 hit 1 Tim Beckham (R) 3B same number of dates: 49,109 this year (5,457 per game), up from 45,188 his first home run, 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 Ê 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 Kevin Cash 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- Earned Run Average 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. Ê The Rays traveling party will number over 140 people—including Ê 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, Karl Ravech, Eduardo Perez and Doug nership, RH Chris Archer, the Rays and Good Sports will present a vari- Glanville will be in the booth with Tim Kurkjian and Pedro Gomez 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 Ê 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 Ê 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 Ê 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 Tropicana Field 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.