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CUT FOR A CURE—Prior to today’s game, the Rays will continue their an- PIRATES 4, RAYS 3—In yesterday’s loss TODAY’S STARTING LINEUP nual tradition of shaving their heads as part of the Pediatric Cancer Founda- in Bradenton, RH Jake Odorizzi allowed 11 Logan Forsythe (R) 2B tion’s “Cut for a Cure”…for the fifth consecutive year, Rays coaches, players 1 hit—a solo home run by CF Andrew 44 Rene Rivera (R) DH and front office staff will shave their heads to pay tribute to children fighting McCutchen—over 3.1 IP in his third out- 3 Evan Longoria (R) 3B cancer…for a $50 donation to PCF, fans can shave their heads with the ing of the spring (2-BB, 3-SO, 54 pitches, 10 Corey Dickerson (L) RF Rays and receive a special Rays Cut for a Cure cap made by New Era… 31 strikes)…2B Taylor Motter hit his first 8 Desmond Jennings (R) LF the caps will also be available in the Charlotte Sports Park and Tampa team home run of the spring to tie the game in 21 James Loney (L) 1B 19 Curt Casali (R) C stores today for $19.99. the 5th...Motter added a double in the 6th 1 Tim Beckham (R) SS Ê Ê Ava Raab (ay-vah rob), age 7, will throw the ceremonial first pitch… to score C Curt Casali...LF Desmond 68 Jaff Decker (L) CF she is a cancer survivor from Seffner, Florida. Jennings went 2-for-3 with a run and his 55 Matt Moore LHP 5th double…RH Adam Reifer, LH Blake $60,000 RAISED—Last night 300 people came to Charlotte Sports Park Snell and RH Ryan Garton recorded RAYS IN for the Seventh Annual BaseBALL Dinner & Auction, benefitting the Boys & scoreless apps…RH Steve Geltz al- SPRING TRAINING Girls Clubs of Charlotte County…the event raised $60,000 and has raised lowed 3-R (1-ER) over 1.1 IP…RH Eddie W-L-T Att. 2016 4-6-0 23,054 more than $350,000 over the seven years. Gamboa allowed two inherited runners to 2015 15-13-2 80,406 score in the 8th, charged to Geltz. 2014 16-7-4 78,264 THE BOOTHS ARE FULL—Today is the first of three Rays spring games 2013 15-17-2 90,935 airing on Fox Sports Sun (March 27 vs. TOR, March 30 vs. BOS)…today CUBA TRIP FINALIZED—Last week, 2012 10-16-6 87,916 Dewayne Staats is in the booth and Todd Kalas will provide in-game re- Major League Baseball and the Major 2011 15-14-2 95,859 ports…today is also the third of nine games airing on the Rays Radio Net- League Baseball Players Association an- 2010 20-8-2 97,971 work, with Dave Wills and Andy Freed calling the action. nounced the Rays will officially travel to 2009 15-16-1 103,255 Cuba to play the Cuban National Team 2008 18-8-2 54,960 2007 10-19-2 79,044 ENJOYING THE SUNSHINE—Today is BEST RECORD, MLB, on March 22 at Estadio Latinoamericano 2006 13-16-1 70,756 the 11th of 29 games on the Grapefruit SPRING TRAINING, 2008-16 in Havana…ESPN and ESPN Deportes 2005 13-16 61,261 League schedule, and sixth of 14 home W-L-T Pct. will provide live, national coverage of 2004 11-8 43,916 Royals 146-107 .577 games at Charlotte Sports Park…not in- the game, and ESPN’s SportsCenter will 2003 8-19-3 51,324 Angels 143-109 .567 cluded is the March 22 game in Havana, have an on-site presence in Havana on 2002 10-16-1 49,043 Blue Jays 138-111 .554 Cuba against the Cuban National Team… March 21-22…the Rays will be only the 2001 12-15-1 57,081 Rays 128-105 .549 tomorrow is the first of two split-squad second major league club in the last 57 2000 14-17 67,089 Cardinals 126-104 .548 days, as the Rays host the Red Sox and years to play a game in Cuba…most re- 1999 14-14-1 59,230 send a squad to Dunedin to play the Blue cently, the Baltimore Orioles defeated 1998 12-18 66,781 Jays…Kevin Cash will manage the home game, and bench coach Tom the Cuban National Team on March 28, Total 245-263-30 1,318,505 Foley will manage the game in Dunedin…they have another split-squad 1999 by a score of 3-2 in 11 innings, be- scheduled for April 1 (at ATL, at DET). fore 50,000 fans at Estadio Latinoameri- BEST RECORD, MLB, ÊÊ This is the Rays 19th spring in the Grapefruit League and eighth call- cano…see separate “Baseball in Cuba” REGULAR SEASON, 2008-15 W-L-T Pct. ing Charlotte Sports Park home…since becoming the Rays in 2008, packet for more details. Yankees 735-561 .567 the team has recorded at least 15 wins in seven out of eight spring ÊÊ Media interested in traveling to Cardinals 728-568 .562 trainings…they never achieved this in 10 springs as the Devil Rays… Cuba for the event must contact Angels 713-583 .550 the Rays have compiled a 128-105 (.549) spring record during this John Blundell of the MLB Commu- Rays 707-590 .545 span, 4th best in the majors (see chart)…the Rays are three-time nications Department as soon as Dodgers 705-590 .544 Grapefruit League champions (2008, 2010, 2014). possible to receive consideration… ÊÊ The Rays have 64 players in major league camp (34-P, 6-C, 14-INF, email [email protected]. 10-OF)…24 are non-roster invites, including RH David Carpenter ÊÊ MLB announced yesterday that Joe Torre, Derek Jeter and Cuban- who signed as a free agent and joined the team yesterday. born dignitaries Luis Tiant and Jose Cardenal will join Commis- sioner Rob Manfred at the March 22 game in Havana…Cardenal EARLY RETURNS—The Rays pitching staff leads the majors with a 2.97 was the Devil Rays first base coach in 2000-01. ERA (88-IP, 29-ER) and a .228 opp avg. …after 3 more errors yesterday in Bradenton—leading to 2 unearned runs—the Rays continue to lead the EIGHT YEARS AS THE RAYS (2008-15)—Since changing their name to majors in errors (18) and unearned runs (16)…35.6 pct. of their total runs the Rays in 2008, the Rays are 707-590 (.545), fourth-best record in the allowed (16 of 45) have been unearned…15 of those 18 errors were com- majors after the Yankees (.567), Cardinals (.562) and Angels (.550)…their mitted by infielders, 11 by middle infielders. four postseason appearances in this span have been equaled by only the ÊÊ The Rays offense leads the majors with 33 doubles…their .291 batting Yankees (5), Tigers (4) and Rangers (4). avg. ranks 2nd in the GL after Atlanta (.299)…despite only 13 at-bats, ÊÊ During this span, the Rays pitching staff leads the American League OF Desmond Jennings is tied for the major league lead in doubles (5, with a 3.72 ERA, 10,085 strikeouts, a .240 opp avg. and 108 shut- with CWS Carlos Sanchez) and extra-base hits (6, with five others). outs…their 5,178 runs allowed are the fewest by an AL team over any eight-year span since the Yankees of 1979-86 (5,173). RAYS vs. YANKEES—Today is the first of 2 spring meetings between the ÊÊ In the Rays era, Tampa Bay has had 15 different players named to AL East rivals (also March 24 in Tampa)…last spring, the Rays went 2-1 vs. the All-Star Team, and none of them had been an All-Star prior to the Yankees, winning both home games and losing at Steinbrenner Field. joining the organization. ÊÊ In the 2015 regular season, the Rays went 7-12 against the Yankees, (4-6 at home, 3-6 in New York) the first time they’d lost a season UPCOMING PROBABLES—Today vs. NYY series since 2009 (7-11)…they had gone 59-50 between 2010-14… ÊÊ TB—LH Matt Moore (start), RH Alex Colome, LH Xavier Cedeño, the Rays averaged just 3.3 runs per game (63-R, 19-G)—their lowest RH Ryan Webb, LH Dana Eveland, RH Jhan Mariñez mark vs. NYY since 2002 (3.1)—and were out-homered 25-12. ÊÊ NYY—RH Luis Severino (start), RH Johnny Barbato, RH Nick ÊÊ These clubs will face each other 19 times in the 2016 regular sea- Goody, LH James Pazos, RH Branden Pinder son…they first meet April 22-24 in the Bronx…May 27-29 marks the Sun., March 13 vs. BOS (SS) Yankees first visit to St. Pete. ÊÊ TB—RH Erasmo Ramirez (start), RH Danny Farquhar, RH Brad Boxberger, LH Enny Romero, RH Andrew Bellatti PLANNING YOUR DAY—Today the Rays clubhouse at Charlotte Sports ÊÊ BOS—RH Rick Porcello (start), LH Roenis Elias, RH Heath Hem- Park will be open from 8:30–9:30, and Manager Kevin Cash will be avail- bree, LH Tommy Layne, RH Carson Smith, RH William Cuevas, LH able in his office at 9:30…tomorrow, the split-squad bus for Dunedin leaves Williams Jerez at 8:00…the Rays clubhouse at Charlotte Sports Park will be open from Sun., March 13 at TOR (SS) 8:30–9:30 and Cash will be available at 9:30 in his office. ÊÊ TB—RH Matt Andriese (start), RH Jacob Faria, RH Jaime Schultz, RH Taylor Guerrieri TICKET REMAIN FOR TOMORROW—Tickets remain available in all seat- ÊÊ TOR—RH Aaron Sanchez (start), RH Gavin Floyd, RH Arnold Leon, ing categories for tomorrow’s home game vs. Boston…spring training tick- RH David Aardsma, RH/LH Pat Venditte ets are available online at raysbaseball.com, by phone at 888-FAN-RAYS Mon., March 14 at ATL or in person at the Charlotte Sports Park Box Office…the Charlotte Sports ÊÊ TB—RH Chris Archer (start), relievers TBA Park box office opens at 10 a.m. ÊÊ ATL—TBA TODAY’S RAYS STARTER—LH Matt Moore ÊÊ 2016 Spring: 0-0, 4.50 ERA (2.0-IP, 1-ER) in 1 start CHARLOTTE SPORTS PARK MEDIA INFORMATION Ê Ê 2015 with Rays: 3-4, 5.43 ERA (63-IP, 38-ER) in 12 starts Pregame Media Schedule (all 1:05 games) ÊÊ 2015 with Durham (AAA): 2-3, 3.57 ERA (40.1-IP, 16-ER) in 7 starts Clubhouse opens to media 8:30 a.m. ÊÊ Makes his second start of the spring…on Mon at BOS, yielded a lead- Kevin Cash available (manager’s office) 9:30 a.m. off homer to Mookie Betts then retired the next 6 batters in order… Rays stretch 9:30 a.m. threw 23 pitches, 17 strikes…Rays won 3-2 in 10 innings. Rays batting practice 10:20 a.m. ÊÊ Nearly two years removed from Tommy John surgery (April 2014), is Visitors batting practice 11:20 a.m. seeking his first fully healthy season since his rookie season of 2012. 2016 Rays Media Guides are available digitally on RaysPressbox.com Ê Ê In 2015, returned to the Rays on July 2 and had two stints in the majors and MLBPressbox.com…see a member of the Communications staff to of 6 starts each…in the first stint, went 1-3 with an 8.78 ERA (26.2-IP, request a hard copy. 26-ER) and was optioned to Triple-A Durham on Aug 3…recalled Sep 1 and after that went 2-1 with a 2.97 ERA (36.1-IP, 12-ER). Parking is available to media on the grass directly behind the paved lots ÊÊ From Sep 1 through season’s end, tied Jake Odorizzi for the club lead of the main ballpark entrance...media parking is free to those with spring in IP (36.1) and ranked 8th among AL starters in ERA (min. 6 starts)… training credentials...please see the Communications staff for a pass if held opponents to 2 runs or fewer in 5 of those 6 starts. you plan to cover a large number of games. ÊÊ Was even better in his last 4 starts, pitching 6-plus IP each time and Rays Clubhouse will be open from 8:30–9:30 a.m. on most days…it will going 2-0 with a 1.35 ERA (26.2-IP, 18-H, 4-R/ER, 7-BB, 23-SO, 1-HR). re-open when necessary in-game. ÊÊ Averaged 18.5 pitches per IP before he was optioned, compared to 15.5 after…his average fastball velocity jumped from 91.3 in the first Media Workroom (separate from the press box) is located at Charlotte stint to 92.6 in the second…92.6 would have marked his highest aver- Sports Park on the first floor of the building located beyond the right field age since his 2012 rookie year, when his 94.4 ranked 3rd in the majors fence that houses the Rays clubhouse and executive offices. behind teammate David Price (95.5) and CHC Jeff Samardzija (95.0). ÊÊ On Sep 12 vs. BOS, allowed home run Nos. 499 and 500 of David Media Dining is located behind the press box...the Rays serve a meal Ortiz’s career in a 1-4 loss…yielded a career-high 4 HR, tying a club prior to all home games at Charlotte Sports Park at a cost of $8. record for a LHP…allowed only 5 HR in his other 11 starts combined. Daily Credentials must be requested at credentials.mlb.com at least 24 Ê Ê Underwent Tommy John surgery on April 22, 2014, by Dr. James hours in advance…credentials can be picked up at the reception desk Andrews in Birmingham, Ala. …at the time was the first Rays major located in the entrance of the Rays Clubhouse Building until 3 hours leaguer to undergo the procedure in nearly five years, since Jason before first pitch, after which point they must be picked up at Guest Ser- Isringhausen in 2009. vices near the box office. ÊÊ Was an AL All-Star in 2013, going 17-4 with a 3.29 ERA. 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2016 TAMPA BAY RAYS 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 1:05 p.m. Sun March 13 Boston Charlotte County R 1:05 p.m. @Toronto Dunedin 1:05 p.m. Mon March 14 @Atlanta Disney 1:05 p.m. Tue March 15 Philadelphia Charlotte County M 1:05 p.m. Wed March 16 OPEN DATE Thu March 17 @Philadelphia Clearwater 1:05 p.m. Fri March 18 Boston (SS) Charlotte County M 1:05 p.m. 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 TBA 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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