THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2014 at RH 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 | 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 (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 (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 (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 in the 53 Alex Cobb RHP ÊÊ 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 ÊÊ 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 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. ÊÊ 14 : RH , RH Grant Balfour, RH Heath Bell, RH (3rd), .340 OBP (2nd) and 58 doubles (3rd). Alex Cobb, RH , RH Jeremy Hellickson [arthroscopic elbow surgery], RH Josh Lueke, LH Jake McGee, LH , RAYS vs. ORIOLES—The Rays are 1-1-2 this spring against the Orioles, RH , 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 . last night; 3-3 in 10 innings on Saturday)…they are 1-0 at Ed Smith Stadium, ÊÊ 2 : Ryan Hanigan, Jose Molina. winning 7-4 on March 19, and were rained out here on March 6…in 2013 ÊÊ 8 : [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 ÊÊ 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 ÊÊ 6 outfielders: David DeJesus, Brandon Guyer, Desmond Jennings, winning 11 of their last 13 including their first-ever 4-game sweep of Matt Joyce, , . the Orioles at Tropicana Field, Sep 20-23…Rays went 5-1 in one- games vs. Baltimore in 2013, after going 1-6 in 2012. WORKOUT SCHEDULE—Players not on the travel squad for the next ÊÊ 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: ÊÊ 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- ÊÊ 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 ÊÊ 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 (15) and their parents will be welcomed to Tropicana Field for an on-field presen- and ATL Dan Uggla (14). tation, inducting them to the Rays Fan for Life program. INFIELD INTACT?—The Rays could start the same infield on Opening Day CHARLOTTE SPORTS PARK VOTED NO. 1—Yesterday it was announced as they did on Opening Day a year ago: 1B James Loney, 2B Ben Zobrist, that Charlotte Sports Park was voted by readers of USA Today and 10Best SS Yunel Escobar and 3B Evan Longoria…all four were finalists for the as the Best Spring Training Facility in all of …it was followed on the Gold Glove at their positions…only once have the Rays started the same list by Goodyear Ballpark (Indians and Reds, Goodyear, Ariz.), Salt River infield in back-to-back Opening Days (1998-99)…last season Rays infield- Fields (D-backs and Rockies, Scottsdale, Ariz.), McKechnie Field (Pirates, ers committed only 36 errors, fewest in baseball, and only 3 more than the Bradenton, Fla.) and Bright House Field (Phillies, Clearwater, Fla.). major league record of 33 by the 1999 Mets (1B John Olerud, 2B Edgardo Alfonzo, 3B Robin Ventura, SS Rey Ordoñez). UPCOMING PROBABLES— Mar 13 Optioned LH Jeff Beliveau, INF Vince Belnome, RH Nathan Thurs., March 27 at BAL, 7:05 p.m. Karns, OF Kevin Kiermaier, SS Hak-Ju Lee, LH C.J. Riefen- ÊÊ TB—RH Alex Cobb (start), RH Brandon Gomes, LH Cesar Ramos hauser and RH Kirby Yates to the minor leagues…reassigned ÊÊ BAL—RH Ubaldo Jimenez (start), relievers TBA OF Mikie Mahtook to minor league camp. Fri., March 28 at DET, 1:05 p.m. Mar 18 Reassigned OF Jeremy Moore and C Eddy Rodriguez to minor ÊÊ TB—LH Matt Moore (start), RH Josh Lueke, RH Grant Balfour, LH league camp. Jake McGee, RH Joel Peralta Mar 20 Optioned RH to the minor leagues…reassigned ÊÊ DET—RH Drew VerHagen (start), relievers TBA OF Justin Christian, INF , RH Steve Geltz, LH Adam Liberatore, RH Juan Sandoval, INF/OF Jerry Sands TODAY’S RAYS STARTER—RH Alex Cobb and C Ali Solis to minor league camp. ÊÊ 2014 Spring: 1-0, 2.31 ERA (11.2-IP, 3-ER) in 3 starts Mar 25 Reassigned C Mayo Acosta and INF Ray Olmedo to minor ÊÊ 2013 with Rays: 11-3, 2.76 ERA (143.1-IP, 44-ER) in 22 starts league camp…released LH Erik Bedard. ÊÊ 26-year-old makes his fourth official start of the spring…in his last Mar 26 Released RH Mark Lowe. outing, Saturday vs. BAL, recorded 12 SO and no walks in 7 IP of work…67 of his 88 pitches were strikes (76 percent)…in 11.2 IP this 2014 SPRING INNINGS PLAYED (“A” GAMES)—Acosta (18-C, 2-DH)… spring has totaled 17 SO and only 1 BB. Argo (11-LF)…Bailey (2-DH)…Belnome (16-1B, 19-3B, 17-DH)…Betemit ÊÊ On March 17 threw 86 pitches in a sim game at the complex. (24-1B, 36-DH)…Carter (9-CF, 1-RF)…Casali (24-C, 9-DH)…Christian (58- ÊÊ In 2013 missed 50 games in the middle of the season after suffering LF, 13-CF, 5-RF, 3-DH)…Coyle (3-2B)…DeJesus (41-LF, 26-CF, 9-DH)… a concussion on June 15 vs. KC…at the time was 6-2 with a 3.01 Edwards (2-CF)…Eierman (3-RF)…Escobar (73-SS, 7-DH)…Field Jr. ERA (83.2-IP, 74-H, 28-ER, 23-BB, 76-SO, 9-HR) in 13 starts…in 9 (2-LF)…Figueroa (67-2B, 10-3B, 3-SS)…Forsythe (14-1B, 24-2B, 24-3B, starts after his return, he was even better: 5-1 with a 2.41 ERA (59.2- 6-SS, 16-LF)…Gantt (3-RF)…George (4-LF)…Goetzman (3-RF)…Gue- IP, 46-H, 16-ER, 22-BB, 58-SO, 4-HR). vara (2-SS)…Guyer (32-LF, 28-CF, 23-RF, 8-DH)…Hager (8-SS)…Hanigan ÊÊ The Rays only 2 postseason wins in 2013 were the games he start- (67-C, 7-DH)…Harris Jr. (3-LF, 3-CF)…Jackson (2-LF)…Jennings (78- ed…won 4-0 at Cleveland in the AL Wild Card Game (6.2-IP)…start- CF)…Joyce (36-LF, 19-RF, 34-DH)…Kiermaier (37-CF, 4-RF)…Lee (28- ed Game 3 of the ALDS vs. Boston and earned no decision in the SS, 1-DH)…Loney (80-1B)…Longoria (90-3B)…Mahtook (22-CF, 35-RF, Rays 5-4 win after Jose Lobaton’s walk-off homer in the 9th. 2-DH)…Maile (3-C, 2-DH)…Malm (2-1B, 2-DH)…Molina (50-C, 6-DH)…J. ÊÊ Finished 19.2 IP shy of qualifying with the 4th-best ERA in the AL… Moore (11-LF, 31-RF, 27-DH)…Motter (8-3B, 8-SS, 3-LF)…Myers (72-RF, his .228 opp avg. would have ranked 6th lowest…his 72.6 groundball 19-DH)…Nix (31-2B, 14-3B, 30-SS)…O’Conner (4-C)…Olmedo (25-2B, pct. would have ranked highest in the majors if he qualified…PITA.J. 22-3B, 26-SS)…Paez (5-RF)…Price (5-2B)…Querecuto (4-2B)…Quiño- Burnett led qualifiers at 72.4…since Cobb’s debut May 19, 2012, his nes (2-2B, 3-SS)…Reginatto (3-SS)…Rickard (1-CF)…E. Rodriguez (26- 2.66 groundball-to-flyball ratio ranks 3rd in the majors. C)…S. Rodriguez (6-1B, 15-2B, 11-3B, 30-SS, 5-CF, 6-RF)…Sands (57-1B, ÊÊ According to FanGraphs, 33 percent of his pitches were change- 3-LF, 8-RF, 17-DH)…Segovia (3-1B)…Seitzer (24-1B)…Shaffer (25-3B)… ups—no qualifying in the majors threw their changeup more Solis (30-C)…Soriano (1-2B, 4-LF)…Torrez (7-3B)…Zobrist (46-2B, 6-SS, often…Jeremy Hellickson led qualifiers at 30.6 percent. 13-DH). ÊÊ Last month he enlisted the help of a dolphin to propose to his girl- friend, Kelly, at Discovery Cove in Orlando…after swimming with the dolphins, one swam up to Kelly with a buoy in its mouth that read, “Kelly, will you marry me?” CHARLOTTE SPORTS PARK MEDIA INFORMATION Day-by-Day W/L IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP Result Pregame Media Schedule 1:05 Games 7:05 Games 3/2 vs. MIN - 1.2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 W, 6-3 Clubhouse opens to media 8:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. 3/7 at TOR W-1 3.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 W, 6-3 Rays stretch 9:30 a.m. 3:30 p.m. 3/12 vs. BAL - 4.0 3 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 - Joe Maddon available 9:45 a.m. 3:45 p.m. 3/22 vs. BAL - 7.0 6 3 3 0 12 1 0 1 T, 3-3 (10) Rays batting practice 10:15 a.m. 4:15 p.m. Totals 1-0 11.2 10 3 3 1 17 0 0 0 Visitors batting practice 11:15 a.m. 5:15 p.m.

SPRING TRANSACTIONS— RAYSPRESSBOX.COM & TWITTER Feb 14 Signed LH Erik Bedard to a minor league contract with an invita- RaysPressbox.com is a private, media-only website that serves as a tion to major league spring training. central location for all Rays media information. Content includes 2014 Mar 8 Optioned RH Alex Colome, LH Mike Montgomery and LH Enny Media Guide PDF files, press releases, game notes, statistics and other Romero to the minor leagues…reassigned RH , gameday documents as well as daily audio and video clips. UTL , RH , C and RH James Darnell Merrill Kelly Luke Maile Username: media | Password: r@ys2014 Victor Mateo to minor league camp. Media are also encouraged to follow the private @RaysPressbox Mar 11 Reassigned C , RH Santiago Garrido, LH Braulio Twitter account to be notified of all media alerts. Lara and RH Sam Runion to minor league camp.

2014 SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT SITE R/TV TIME/SCORE W-L WP LP ATT Fri Feb 28 Baltimore Charlotte County L, 2-4 0-1-0 Bedard (0-1) Tillman (1-0) 5,017 Sat March 1 @Pittsburgh Bradenton W T, 2-2 (10) 0-1-1 -- -- 7,959 Sun March 2 Minnesota Charlotte County W W, 6-3 1-1-1 Balfour (1-0) Swarzak (0-1) 5,263 Mon March 3 Philadelphia Charlotte County M W, 6-1 2-1-1 Kelly (1-0) Stutes (0-1) 4,514 Tue March 4 @Boston Lee County W, 8-0 3-1-1 Archer (1-0) Buchholz (0-1) 9,809 Wed March 5 -AL Charlotte County M W, 5-4 4-1-1 Bedard (1-1) Coello (0-2) 6,469 Thu March 6 @Baltimore Sarasota CANCELLED—RAIN Fri March 7 @Toronto Dunedin W, 6-3 5-1-1 Cobb (1-0) Buehrle (0-1) 5,529 Sat March 8 Pittsburgh Charlotte County W L, 5-10 5-2-1 Liriano (1-0) Moore (0-1) 5,729 Sun March 9 @New York-AL Tampa W T, 3-3 (10) 5-2-2 -- -- 11,017 Mon March 10 @Boston Lee County L, 2-6 5-3-2 Lester (1-0) Odorizzi (0-1) 9,876 Tue March 11 Minnesota Charlotte County M W, 7-1 6-3-2 Price (1-0) Nolasco (0-1) 5,296 Wed March 12 @Toronto Dunedin W, 5-4 7-3-2 Riefenhauser (1-0) Jenkins (0-1) 5,520 Thu March 13 Pittsburgh Charlotte County M W, 4-1 8-3-2 Moore (1-1) Gomez (0-1) 5,720 Fri March 14 @Atlanta Lake Buena Vista L ,1-6 8-4-2 Avilan (1-0) Geltz (0-1) 9,786 Sat March 15 Toronto (SS) Charlotte County W W, 6-3 9-4-2 Bedard (2-1) Nolin (0-1) 5,469 @Pittsburgh (SS) Bradenton W, 6-3 10-4-2 Odorizzi (1-1) Volquez (0-2) 8,080 Sun March 16 Boston Charlotte County W/T W, 8-4 11-4-2 Price (2-0) Webster (0-2) 7,852 Mon March 17 OPEN DATE Tue March 18 @Minnesota Lee County W W, 11-3 12-4-2 Moore (2-1) Worley (0-1) 8,277 Wed March 19 @Baltimore Sarasota W, 7-4 13-4-2 Lowe (1-0) Chen (1-1) 8,319 Thu March 20 Minnesota Charlotte County W W, 5-4 14-4-2 Balfour (2-0) Diamond (1-1) 4,679 Fri March 21 Toronto Charlotte County M L, 0-5 14-5-2 Sanchez (1-0) Bedard (2-2) 5,686 Sat March 22 Baltimore Charlotte County W T, 3-3 (10) 14-5-3 -- -- 6,105 Sun March 23 @Boston Lee County W W, 9-2 15-5-3 Moore (3-1) Doubront (0-2) 9,840 Mon March 24 @Minnesota Lee County CANCELLED—RAIN Tue March 25 Boston Charlotte County M/T L, 2-4 15-6-3 Buchholz (3-2) Odorizzi (1-2) 6,493 Wed March 26 Baltimore Charlotte County W/T T, 4-4 15-6-4 -- -- 4,332 Thu March 27 @Baltimore Sarasota W 7:05 p.m. Fri March 28 @Detroit Lakeland 1:05 p.m. Sat March 29 @Montgomery (AA) Montgomery, Ala. 3:05 p.m.

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