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SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 2012 AT BALTIMORE ORIOLES RH James Shields vs. LH Wei-Yin Chen First Pitch: 1:05 p.m. | Location: Ed Smith Stadium, Sarasota, Fla. | TV: MLB Network | Radio: WDAE 620 AM Game No.: 30 (8-16-5) | vs. AL: 3-13-3 | vs. NL: 5-3-2 | Home: 2-10-3 | Road: 6-6-2 Day 40 of Spring Training | 5 Days Until Opening Day (Friday, April 6 vs. NYY at Tropicana Field) 30 FOR 30—The Rays-centric edition of MLB Network’s “30 Clubs in 30 and Yankees (3)...under the current RAYS IN SPRING TRAINING Days” program will air tonight at 9 p.m...segments will include a clubhouse 3-division format initiated in 1995, Year W L T Att. only the Yankees (12) and Rays (2) tour with James Shields and David Price and a first base defense demon- 2012 8 16 5 83,827 stration with and on-air talent . have won more than one AL East Carlos Pena Sean Casey 2011 15 14 2 87,291 title over a full 162-game season... 2010 20 8 2 97,971 FUTURE RAYS ON WEDNESDAY—The Rays will play against “Future over the last 4 seasons the Rays 2009 15 16 1 103,255 Rays” at Tropicana Field on Wednesday, April 4 at 1:40 p.m...the Future have allowed the fewest runs in the 2008 18 8 2 54,960 Rays team will consist of minor league players from the Rays farm system. AL (2,688) and own the best ERA 2007 10 19 2 79,044 • General admission tickets are priced at $10...parking is $10 in (3.88). 2006 13 16 1 70,756 any general Rays-controlled lots...see media advisory for details. • The press gate will open at 9:30 a.m. and the Rays clubhouse TODAY’S PROBABLES 2005 13 16 0 61,261 at 10:10 a.m...media are encouraged to utilize the availability on • RAYS—RH James 2004 11 8 0 43,916 Wednesday because the Rays are not scheduled to work out on Shields (start), RH Ryan 2003 8 19 3 51,324 Thursday, April 5. Reid, RH Marquis Flem- 2002 10 16 1 49,043 ing 2001 12 15 1 57,081 • ORIOLES—LH TODAY’S TELECAST—Today’s game is being broadcast on MLB Network Wei-Yin 2000 14 17 0 67,089 and is 11th and final televised Rays games this spring, most in club history. Chen (start), RH Kevin 1999 14 14 1 59,230 Gregg 1998 12 18 0 66,781 RAYS vs. O’S—Today is the fourth and final game between the two clubs Totals 193 219 19 1,021,650 UPCOMING PROBABLES this spring...the Rays are 0-1-2 so far...the teams played to a 7-7 tie in their Mon., April 2 at MIN last contest, a 10-inning affair in Sarasota on March 13. BEST REGULAR SEASON • RAYS—LH David Price RECORDS, 2008-11 (start), LH J.P. Howell —The Rays finished their back-and-forth affair New York-AL 384-264 (.593) YESTERDAY’S ACTION • TWINS—LH Francisco with the Red Sox in a 7-7, 9-inning tie, their second stalemate in as many Philadelphia 384-264 (.593) Liriano (start), RH Matt Boston 369-279 (.569) days…it marked their franchise-record 5th draw of the spring…the Rays Capps, LH Glen Perkins, finished 0-4-1 against the Red Sox in Grapefruit League play…the Rays Tampa Bay 368-280 (.568) LH Brian Duensing, RH Los Angeles-AL 363-285 (.560) scored in 4 consecutive innings, spanning from the 2nd-5th…1B Carlos Alex Burnett, RH Kyle Pena opened up the Rays scoring on a solo home run in the 2nd inning, Waldrop, RH Jeff Gray his first of the spring…3B Evan Longoria brought in a run in the 3rd on a RBI sacrifice fly, followed in the 4th inning by a 2-run double from C Jose ROSTER BREAKDOWN—The Rays have 30 players remaining in major Lobaton and a RBI two-bagger from SS Sean Rodriguez…in his next at- league camp after opening the spring with 59...the current roster consists bat, Longoria hit his 3rd homer of the spring, a solo shot to lead off the 5th... of 14 pitchers, 3 catchers, 8 infielders and 5 outfielders...of the Rays 40- DH Luke Scott knotted the game up for good on a solo home run in the man roster, only 7 were not in the organization last season...last spring that 7th inning, his 3rd of the spring and his 2nd in the last 4 games…RH Kyle number was 13...20 of the 25 players from the 2011 postseason roster are Farnsworth started his 2nd game of the spring (1-IP, 2-H, 1-R/ER, 1-SO). in camp...last spring training only 14 members of the 2010 25-man postsea- son roster were present. POWER SURGE—Since their only off day of the spring on March 19, the Rays have hit 11 HR in their last 12 games after only hitting 6 in their previ- GET YOUR OWN—“Fortune Favors the Bald” T-shirts are available at Rays ous 16 before the off day...yesterday was just the second multi-homer game team stores at Tropicana Field and Charlotte Sports Park, the Rays Tampa (also March 26 vs. MIN) and first 3-homer game of the spring for the Rays. Store (400 N. Tampa St.), All Children’s Hospital and the Moffitt Cancer Center...the shirts are selling for $15.99 with all proceeds benefitting the STRUGGLING TO SCORE—The Rays have scored only 94 runs, 2nd few- Pediatric Cancer Foundation, Moffitt Cancer Center and All Children’s est in the majors to the Marlins (75)...they are averaging 3.13 R/G...the Hospital...they were first worn by the Rays on March 15 when 71 players, Rays are on pace to score 100 runs, which would be fewest in franchise coaches and front office staff shaved their heads to pay tribute to children history...the Rays have the lowest batting avg. (.225) and OBP (.303) and battling cancer as part of the PCF’s annual “Cut for the Cure.” the 2nd-lowest slugging pct. (.325) in baseball after the Mets (.325)...they have been held to 3 runs or less in 18 of 29 games this spring and are 3-13- SPRING TRANSACTIONS 2 in those games. Mar 12 Optioned RH Chris Archer, RH Alex Cobb and LH Alex Tor- res to the minor leagues; reassigned C Nevin Ashley, 1B Juan SEVERE SPLITS—The Rays are 6-6-2 on the road this spring, compared Miranda, RH Ricky Orta and C Mark Thomas to minor league to 2-10-3 at Charlotte Sports Park...broken down further, the Rays are 3-1-1 camp. vs. NL opponents on the road, 3-5-1 vs. AL opponents on the road, 2-2-1 vs. Mar 14 Optioned RH Albert Suarez to the minor leagues; reassigned NL opponents at home, and 0-8-2 vs. AL opponents at home...the Rays are RH Bryan Augenstein, INF Hak-Ju Lee and RH Matt Torra to 4-0-1 vs. Pittsburgh and 4-16-4 vs. everyone else. minor league camp. Mar 15 Optioned RH Alex Colome and RH Wilking Rodriguez to the minor leagues. RAYS IN THE SPRING—The Rays will finish the spring with a losing re- Mar 18 Optioned RH Matt Bush, RH Dane De La Rosa, OF Brandon cord for the first time since 2007 (10-19-2)...this is the Rays 15th Grapefruit Guyer and C Stephen Vogt to the minor leagues; reassigned League season, with 32 games on the schedule...this spring will snap the INF Tim Beckham to minor league camp. Rays streak of 4 straight springs with at least 15 wins, after having none in Mar 23 Optioned RH Josh Lueke and LH Cesar Ramos to the minor their first 10 springs. leagues. Mar 25 Reassigned C Craig Albernaz, OF Brad Coon, INF Matt —The Rays have sold out Opening Day (Fri., OPENING DAY SOLD OUT Mangini, RH Jhonny Nunez and RH Romulo Sanchez to minor April 6 vs. NYY)...this is the 7th straight year the Rays have sold out their league camp. home opener...the only tickets remaining are scattered singles and ob- Mar 28 Optioned RH Brandon Gomes to Triple-A Durham; reassigned C structed view...the game sold out on Feb 29...in only two other seasons has Chris Gimenez to minor league camp. it sold out earlier: 1998 (Dec 6) and 2009 (Feb 26). Mar 31 Reassigned INF Will Rhymes and OF Jesus Feliciano to minor • Jim Dundee, son of late boxing legend Angelo Dundee, will de- league camp. liver the ceremonial first pitch...local saxophonist B.K. Jackson will perform the national anthem...the next day (Sat., April 7 vs. NON-ROSTER INVITES WHO MADE RAYS OPENING DAY ROSTERS NYY), 16-year-old American Idol finalist Shannon Magrane will 1998 RH Rolando Arrojo sing the anthem...the daugher of former Rays broadcaster and 2000 RH Dave Eiland, INF Herbert Perry major league pitcher Joe Magrane, Shannon recently finished 2001 RH Ken Hill 11th on American Idol. 2003 OF Rocco Baldelli, LH Jim Parque, RH Steve Parris 2005 OF Chris Singleton, RH Hideo Nomo FOUR SEASONS AS THE RAYS—In four seasons (2008-11) since be- 2006 RH Jason Childers, RH Ruddy Lugo, INF Luis Ordaz coming the Rays, the team has averaged 92 wins per season, advanced to 2007 RH Gary Glover, 1B Carlos Peña, RH Al Reyes the postseason 3 times and won 2 AL East titles...only 2 other teams have 2008 INF/OF Eric Hinske reached the postseason at least 3 times in the last 4 years: the Phillies (4) 2011 RH Juan Cruz TODAY’S STARTER—RH James Shields 2-0, 2.04 ERA in 4 spring starts/apps; 16-12, 2.82 ERA in 2011 CHARLOTTE SPORTS PARK MEDIA INFORMATION Pregame Media Schedule 1:05 Games 7:05 Games Spring: 30-year-old makes his 5th start/app...faces the Orioles for the first Clubhouse opens to media 8:00 a.m.