WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2017 at HOUSTON ASTROS RH Austin Pruitt (5-2, 6.63) Vs
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2017 at HOUSTON ASTROS RH Austin Pruitt (5-2, 6.63) vs. LH Dallas Keuchel (9-0, 1.94) First Pitch: 8:10 p.m. ET | Location: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas | TV: Fox Sports Sun | Radio: WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.) Game No.: 109 (55-53) | Road Game No.: 57 (26-30) | All-Time Game No.: 3,185 (1,475-1,709) | All-Time Road Game No.: 1,593 (666-926) April: 12-14 | May: 17-13 | June: 13-13 | July: 12-13 | August: 1-0 | Pre-All-Star: 47-43 | Post-All-Star: 8-10 RAY MATTER—With last night’s 6-4 A.L. EAST STANDINGS RAYS vs. ASTROS—The 4-game series is even, 1-1, and the Rays are 2-3 victory, the Rays gained a game on in the season series…Houston won 2 of 3 games from the Rays when they Boston 59-49 .546 -- Kansas City for the second AL Wild New York 57-48 .543 -0.5 visited Tropicana Field, April 21-23…the Rays own a 26-18 (.591) record all- Card position (1.5 GB), and a half-game Tampa Bay 55-53 .509 -4.0 time…they are 12-7 at home, 14-11 in Houston…they are 20-12 (.625) since on first place in the AL East (4.0 GB) as Baltimore 52-54 .491 -6.0 the Astros joined the AL in 2013, and 8 of those 20 wins have been shutouts… Boston passed New York…this is the Toronto 50-57 .467 -8.5 the Rays would need to win both remaining games to avoid their first season closest they’ve been to first place this A.L. WILD CARD STANDINGS series loss since 2008 (1-2)…in 2016 they split the season series, 3-3. late in the season since end of play Aug New York 57-48 .543 +2.0 30, 2013 (3.5 GB of first-place Bos- Kansas City 55-50 .524 -- POWER PLAY—The Rays rank 4th in the majors with 157 HR, trailing ton)…this is also the Rays best record Tampa Bay 55-53 .509 -1.5 Houston (174), Texas (163) and Washington (160)…they are on pace for a at the season’s two-thirds mark (108 Seattle 55-53 .509 -1.5 club-record 236 HR (216 in 2016)…their 157 HR are a club record through games) since 2013 (64-44)…the Rays 108 games (prev. 139 in 2016) and their 497 runs are their most since 2013 have lost 9 of their last 13 games…the (498)…the Rays lead the majors with a club-record 12 back-to-back home Rays are 13-5-4 over their last 22 series, since May 12-14 at BOS. runs, ahead of the Royals and Nationals (9)…there are 46 players in base- Ê The Rays have scored 6-plus runs in each of the last 2 games after ball who have hit at least 20 HR this season, and the Rays are the only team failing to do so in any of their previous 14 games. with four of them on their roster (Morrison, Souza Jr., Dickerson, Duda). Ê The Rays have outscored opponents 329-251 (+78) in innings 1-thru- Ê Last night was the 19th consecutive game that Rays pitchers allowed 5, but have been outscored 243-168 after that (-75). a home run, extending the club record…it’s the 3rd-longest streak in the majors this year behind Baltimore (26) and Cincinnati (22), both LONGO’S HUSTLE DOUBLE COMPLETES CYCLE—Last night 3B Evan coming in June…they have yielded 32 HR total over this stretch. Longoria recorded the second cycle in Rays history, joining Melvin Upton Jr. who did it on Oct 2, 2009 vs. NYY…Longo began his cycle with a home LUCAS DUDA—Has hit safely in all 5 games since joining the Rays, batting run, triple and single, and in the 9th inning legged out a double that was .375/.500/1.000 (6-for-16) with 1 2B, 3 HR, 4 RBI, 4 BB and 6 runs scored… originally ruled out before a Crew Chief review overturned the call…accord- if he records a hit in his next game, he would become the first to begin his ing to the Elias Sports Bureau, it was the first time under the current replay Rays career with a 6-game hitting streak since Cliff Floyd (7) in 2008… system (2014-) that a cycle included any hit that was involved in any type of Duda has also scored a run in all 5 games, joining Brendan Harris (5) in umpire review or manager challenge. 2007 as the only players to begin their Rays career with a hit and a run in Ê It was the sixth cycle in Major League Baseball this year, most in any each of their first 5 games. season since 2009 (8)…he followed LAD Cody Bellinger (July 15), COL Nolan Arenado (June 18), TEX Carlos Gomez (April 29), WAS LOMO RISIN’—1B Logan Morrison’s homer ended a season-long 12- Trea Turner (April 25) and SD Wil Myers (April 10). game, 36-AB homerless stretch, his first since July 16 at LAA…it was his Ê At 31 years, 298 days, he is the oldest to hit for the cycle since PIT 27th home run of the season, and major-league-leading 19th on the road… John Jaso on Sep 28, 2016. only two players in Rays history have hit more HR on the road in a season: Ê The triple was Longoria’s first of the season. Carlos Peña (23 in 2007, 20 in 2009) and José Canseco (22 in 1999)… Ê Longoria is the first player to hit for the cycle and be part of back-to- only three other players in baseball can match Morrison’s combination of back home runs in the same game since TOR Jeff Frye on Aug 17, home runs (27) and walks (61): NYY Aaron Judge (34-HR, 76-BB), CIN 2001 vs. TEX…Frye went back-to-back in the 6th inning with Jose Joey Votto (27-HR, 78-BB) and WAS Bryce Harper (27-HR, 64-BB). Cruz Jr. and later singled to complete the cycle. SOUZA-PALOOZA—RF Steven Souza Jr., day-to-day with a left foot con- B2B KINGS—Last night 3B Evan Longoria and DH Logan Morrison con- tusion, has established career highs with 22 HR, 65 RBI, 17 2B (tied with nected for back-to-back homers in the 1st inning, the 12th time this season 2016), 55 BB and 60 runs scored…in 26 games since June 30, he is batting the Rays have gone back-to-back, extending the club record and major .297/.390/.615 (27-for-91) with 20 runs scored, 5 2B, 8 HR, 16 RBI, 12 BB league lead…it was the Rays first back-to-back homers in a month, since and 5 SB…all 22 HR have come vs. RHP, which according to the Elias Sports July 1 at BAL (Morrison/Souza Jr.), and the third time Longo and LoMo have Bureau makes him the first right-handed batter to hit his first 22 HR of a sea- gone back-to-back this season, most of any pair on the team. son off RHP since CHC Sammy Sosa (2004), whose 23rd homer came off a LHP…Sosa finished that season, his last with the Cubs, with 35 HR…no NOT TO BE OVERLOOKED—Last night 3B Evan Longoria scored 2 runs RH hitter since data is available (1913) has finished a season with at least 22 to give him 766 career runs scored, all with the Rays, passing Carl Craw- HR, all coming off a RHP; NYM Jeff Kent holds the record with 21 in 1993. ford’s club record (765)…Longo is also the club’s all-time leader with 258 HR, 871 RBI, 329 2B, 605 XBH, 1,384 G, 2,565 TB and 556 BB…his 1,426 PICKED CLEAN—According to FanGraphs, the Rays lead the American hits rank 2nd all-time to Crawford (1,480). League with 31 Defensive Runs Saved, ahead of Boston (23), and rank 2nd Ê Longoria has raised his batting avg. each month this season: .208 in in the majors behind the Reds (44) and Cubs (36). April, .272 in May, .283 in June, .320 in July and now a cycle on the first day of August…since the All-Star break, he ranks 6th in the AL WHAT A RELIEF—Yesterday the bullpen combined for 3.0 scoreless in- with a .361 avg. (26-for-72). nings, and RH Tommy Hunter and RH Alex Colomé retired the final 7 BF in order…Hunter has retired all 10 BF over his last 3 apps on a total of 26 SQUAD GOALS—Tonight the Rays have a chance to do something they’ve pitches (19 strikes)…he has allowed only one run over his last 17 apps never done before: beat an opposing pitcher (LH Dallas Keuchel) who en- starting June 21, compiling a 0.55 ERA (16.1-IP, 7-H, 1-R/ER, 5-BB, 19-SO) tered the game with a 9-0 record on the year…on June 30, 1999 vs. BOS, the which is tied for 1st among AL relievers over that span (min. 10 IP), along Rays handed reliever RH John Wasdin his first loss after he began the sea- with BAL Mychal Givens and MIN Matt Belisle…Hunter has made 8 apps son 7-0, which remains the best record (most wins without a loss) the Rays of longer than 1 IP this year and owns a 0.73 ERA in them (12.1-IP, 1-ER).