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THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2014 at BALTIMORE ORIOLES RH Alex Cobb vs. RH Ubaldo Jimenez First Pitch: 7:05 p.m. | Location: Ed Smith Stadium, Sarasota, Fla. | TV: None | Radio: WDAE 620 AM Game No: 26 (15-6-4) | vs. AL: 12-4-3 | vs. NL: 3-2-1 | Home: 8-4-2 | Road: 7-2-2 Day 42 of Spring Training | 4 Days Until Opening Day—Monday, March 31 vs. TOR (4:10 p.m.) SPRINGTIME SUPREMACY—The Rays BEST RECORDS, MLB, BOWL ’EM OVER—This Saturday (March TODAY’S STARTING LINEUP can clinch the Grapefruit League title for SPRING TRAINING 29) is the third annual David Price Bowl 20 Matt Joyce (L) RF the third time in 7 years with a win or tie to- Tampa Bay 15-6 .714 For Kids’ Sake fundraiser…the event has 18 Ben Zobrist (S) SS night…when they did it previously in 2008 Cleveland 17-8 .680 raised $70,000 the past two years for Big 7 David DeJesus (L) LF (18-8) and 2010 (20-8), they went on to win Miami 17-10 .630 Brothers Big Sisters…for more info visit 3 Evan Longoria (R) 3B the AL East both seasons…the Rays are Seattle 17-10 .630 bbbsfl.org or contact Amy Hollington at 21 James Loney (L) 1B 1-2-2 in their last 5 games after winning 9 LA Angels 16-10 .615 (813) 769-3636. 8 Desmond Jennings (R) CF 10 Logan Forsythe (R) 2B of their previous 10 contests…last night was San Francisco 16-10 .615 24 Ryan Hanigan (R) C their 4th tie of the spring, 2nd most in club BEST RECORDS, MLB, LAST NIGHT—The Rays and Orioles 11 Yunel Escobar (R) DH history (6 in 2012). SPRING TRAINING, 2008-14 ended in a 4-4 tie after 9 innings in the 53 Alex Cobb RHP Ê The Rays also hold the best record LA Angels 121-88 .579 Rays final spring game at Charlotte Sports in the majors at 15-6-4 (.714)…when Kansas City 120-88 .577 Park…the Rays came from behind twice Rays IN they won the Grapefruit League in Detroit 119-91 .567 to tie it, 3-3 in the 7th and 4-4 in the 9th, SPRING TRAINING 2008 and 2010 they also held the Tampa Bay 108-85 .560 with both runs scored by minor league W-L-T Home Att. St. Louis 107-88 .549 majors’ best record (tied Oakland in call-up PR/CF Spencer Edwards…1B 2014 15-6-4 78,624 2013 15-17-2 90,935 2008)…in the past 17 seasons (1997- James Loney went 3-for-3 to raise his 2012 10-16-6 87,916 2013), 9 of the 17 teams to finish with the majors’ best spring record avg. to .425…3B went Evan Longoria 2011 15-14-2 95,859 went on to the postseason and 12 of 17 finished with winning records. 1-for-2 with 2 RBI (sac fly, RBI single)… 2010 20-8-2 97,971 DH Matt Joyce led off and played the 2009 15-16-1 103,255 IN CLUB HISTORY—The Rays have clinched their fifth winning spring in whole game, going 2-for-5 with 2 runs 2008 18-8-2 54,960 club history (2004, 2008, 2010, 2011)…in the four previous seasons, they scored…in his final tune-up of the spring, 2007 10-19-2 79,044 went on to the postseason three times (2008, 2010, 2011)…their 15-6-4 LH David Price totaled 4 IP, 5 H, 3 R/ER, 2006 13-16-1 70,756 record (.714) is currently tied for their best spring record in club history 1 BB, 5 SO, 73 pitches, 49 strikes. 2005 13-16-0 61,261 (.714, 20-8 in 2010). 2004 11-8-0 43,916 2003 8-19-3 51,234 Ê Since becoming the Rays in 2008, the team has recorded at least PITCHING PROPERLY—The Rays own 2002 10-16-1 49,043 15 wins in 6 out of 7 spring trainings…they never achieved this in 10 a 3.07 ERA (226-IP, 77-ER) this spring, 2001 12-15-1 57,081 springs as the Devil Rays…the Rays have compiled a 108-85 (.560) best in the majors, with the Pirates and 2000 14-17-0 67,089 spring record during this span, 4th best in the majors (see chart). Yankees tied for 2nd at 3.43…they have 1999 14-14-1 59,230 allowed the fewest runs in the majors (77) 1998 12-18-0 66,781 FINAL DECISIONS—This week the Rays granted non-roster invites LH and their 201 hits allowed are fewest in Total 225-243-28 1,214,845 Erik Bedard and RH Mark Lowe their releases and informed INF Wilson the Grapefruit League…they rank 2nd in Betemit and INF Jayson Nix that they are not expected to break camp the majors in opp avg. (.237) and 2nd in WHIP (1.20). with the team…OF Brandon Guyer was informed he will make the Open- ing Day roster…with Betemit and Nix still technically on the spring roster, OFFENSIVE LEADERS—The Rays lead the Grapefruit League with a .432 the number remaining in camp is 30 players, including two who are injured: SLG and OPS (.772)…they rank among GL leaders with a .281 batting avg. Ê 14 pitchers: RH Chris Archer, RH Grant Balfour, RH Heath Bell, RH (3rd), .340 OBP (2nd) and 58 doubles (3rd). Alex Cobb, RH Brandon Gomes, RH Jeremy Hellickson [arthroscopic elbow surgery], RH Josh Lueke, LH Jake McGee, LH Matt Moore, RAYS vs. ORIOLES—The Rays are 1-1-2 this spring against the Orioles, RH Jake Odorizzi, RH Juan Carlos Oviedo, RH Joel Peralta, LH Da- having tied the last 2 games, both at Charlotte Sports Park (4-4 in 9 innings vid Price, LH Cesar Ramos. last night; 3-3 in 10 innings on Saturday)…they are 1-0 at Ed Smith Stadium, Ê 2 catchers: Ryan Hanigan, Jose Molina. winning 7-4 on March 19, and were rained out here on March 6…in 2013 Ê 8 infielders: Tim Beckham [torn ACL], Wilson Betemit, Yunel Esco- spring training the Rays went 3-1 vs. BAL. bar, Logan Forsythe, James Loney, Evan Longoria, Jayson Nix, Ben Ê In 2013 the Rays went 13-6 against the O’s, their second-best mark Zobrist. ever vs. Baltimore (15-3 in 2008)…they finished the season series Ê 6 outfielders: David DeJesus, Brandon Guyer, Desmond Jennings, winning 11 of their last 13 including their first-ever 4-game sweep of Matt Joyce, Wil Myers, Sean Rodriguez. the Orioles at Tropicana Field, Sep 20-23…Rays went 5-1 in one-run games vs. Baltimore in 2013, after going 1-6 in 2012. WORKOUT SCHEDULE—Players not on the travel squad for the next Ê In the regular season, these clubs first meet at the end of the Rays three days have workouts scheduled at Tropicana Field, which will be open first road trip, April 14-16…Baltimore’s first visit to St. Pete is May 6-8. to media…the schedule at Tropicana Field is as follows: Ê Today 2:00 p.m. Clubhouse opens to media SIX YEARS AS THE RAYS—Since changing their name to the Rays in 3:00 p.m. Workout begins 2008, the Rays are 550-423 (.565), second-best record in the majors after 3:15 p.m. Player bus leaves for Sarasota the Yankees (564-408)…Tampa Bay is one of four teams to reach the post- Ê Fri., March 28 9:15 a.m. Clubhouse opens to media season four times, along with the Phillies (four), Yankees (four) and Cardi- (LH David Price available) nals (four)…they have five seasons of 90-plus wins in this span, the only 9:30 a.m. Player bus leaves for Lakeland team to make that claim…the Rays and Rangers are the only teams with 10:30 a.m. Workout begins 90-plus wins in each of the past four seasons. 12:30 p.m. Sample new menu items & view Tropicana Field renovations EVAN EYES CARLOS & CARL—3B Evan Longoria enters 2014 within Ê Sat., March 29 8:00 a.m. Clubhouse opens to media striking distance of a number of franchise records…his 162 HR are one shy 8:30 a.m. Bus leaves for airport (Montgomery) of Carlos Peña’s club record…his 544 RBI are 48 shy of Carl Crawford’s 9:30 a.m. Workout begins mark (592)…his 200 doubles are 15 shy of Crawford’s team record…his 373 extra-base hits are 51 shy of Crawford (424). OPENING DAY BABIES—Today it was announced that any babies born on Opening Day (March 31) at Bayfront Hospital’s Baby Place will receive LONEY RAKING—1B James Loney went 3-for-3 last night vs. BAL…if he four (4) tickets to all future Rays home openers…the “Rays Fan For Life” had enough at-bats to qualify, his .425 avg. (17-for-40) would rank 3rd in the program was created as part of the new partnership between the Rays and Grapefruit League after TOR Melky Cabrera (.452) and DET Austin Jack- Bayfront Health…on April 1, each baby will receive a gift package, delivered son (.440)…he leads the club with 13 RBI, tied for 4th most in the Grapefruit by Rays players and mascot Raymond, and later in the season the babies League behind DET Nick Castellanos (16), MIA Giancarlo Stanton (15) and their parents will be welcomed to Tropicana Field for an on-field presen- and ATL Dan Uggla (14).