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THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2016 at PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES LH Matt Moore vs. RH Vince Velasquez First Pitch: 1:05 p.m. | Location: Bright House Field, Clearwater, Fla. | TV: None | Radio: None Game No: 16 (6-9-0) | vs. AL: 5-5-0 | vs. NL: 1-4-0 | Home: 4-4-0 | Road: 2-5-0 Day 26 of Spring Training | 17 Days Until Opening Day—Sunday, April 3 vs. TOR (4:05 p.m.) SLICE OF GRAPEFRUIT—The Rays had their first off-day of the spring yes- IN THE SALT MINES—Yesterday RH TODAY’S STARTING LINEUP terday, on the heels of a 3-game losing skid, which is their longest streak (win- Jake Odorizzi pitched against Red Sox 11 Logan Forsythe (R) 2B ning or losing) of the spring…they have scored only 3 runs total over the last minor leaguers at the Charlotte Sports 28 Steve Pearce (R) DH 3 games…today is the 16th of 29 games on the Grapefruit League schedule, Complex…his line: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 Evan Longoria (R) 3B and eighth of 15 road games…not included is the March 22 game in Havana, 4 SO, 77 pitches, 53 strikes…tomorrow, 21 James Loney (L) 1B Cuba against the Cuban National Team…the schedule features two split- RH Erasmo Ramirez and RH Matt An- 8 Desmond Jennings (R) LF squad days: March 13 (won vs. BOS, lost at TOR) and April 1 (at ATL, at DET). driese will pitch in minor league games 39 Kevin Kiermaier (L) CF 5 Brandon Guyer (R) RF Ê This is the Rays 19th spring in the Grapefruit League and eighth call- vs. Orioles minor leaguers. 2 Nick Franklin (S) SS ing Charlotte Sports Park home…since becoming the Rays in 2008, 46 Luke Maile (R) C the team has recorded at least 15 wins in seven out of eight spring MEDICAL MATTERS—INF/OF Steve 55 Matt Moore LHP trainings—they never achieved this in 10 springs as the Devil Rays… Pearce returns to the lineup today, his after their 6-9 start, they would need to win at least 9 of their remain- first game since March 7 at BOS, due RAYS IN ing 14 games to do repeat the feat this spring…the Rays are three- to right calf tightness that caused him to SPRING TRAINING time Grapefruit League champions (2008, 2010, 2014). be scratched from the lineup March 9 vs. W-L-T Att. 2016 6-9-0 42,233 TOR…INF Logan Forsythe was removed 2015 15-13-2 80,406 PLANNING YOUR DAY—Today the bus leaves for Clearwater at 8:15, the from Tuesday’s game after a 1st-inning 2014 16-7-4 78,264 Rays clubhouse at Charlotte Sports Park is open from 8:30–9:30 and Kevin HBP (left elbow contusion), but returns to 2013 15-17-2 90,935 Cash will be available in the visiting manager’s office in Clearwater at 11 the lineup today…RH Matt Andriese is 2012 10-16-6 87,916 a.m. …tomorrow the Rays clubhouse will be open from 7:30–8:00 a.m., and scheduled to pitch in a minor league game 2011 15-14-2 95,859 again from 9–9:30 a.m., and Cash will be available in his office at 9:30. tomorrow, his first outing since March 8 at 2010 20-8-2 97,971 Ê On Saturday at Charlotte Sports Park, the truck will be packed for DET…he had been scratched from a Sun- 2009 15-16-1 103,255 Cuba at approximately 10 a.m. …media are welcome to take photos. day start at Dunedin due to tightness in his 2008 18-8-2 54,960 left abdominal muscle. 2007 10-19-2 79,044 2006 13-16-1 70,756 HOT STOVE TONIGHT—INF/OF Steve Pearce and bench coach Tom 2005 13-16 61,261 Foley will be guests on this week’s edition of the Hot Stove radio show, air- PHILLIES 5, RAYS 2—On Tuesday at 2004 11-8 43,916 ing on WDAE 620 AM from 7 to 8 p.m. tonight…hosts Dave Wills and Andy Charlotte Sports Park, LH Drew Smyly 2003 8-19-3 51,324 Freed will be joined by Neil Solondz. allowed 1-R/ER on 3-H over 4.2 IP in his 2002 10-16-1 49,043 third start (1-BB, 4-SO, 1-HR, 66 pitches, 2001 12-15-1 57,081 FUN STUFF—At tomorrow’s home game vs. Boston, attendees will be 45 strikes)…2B Logan Forsythe was re- 2000 14-17 67,089 treated to St. Patrick’s-day music and costumes, green beer specials, and moved with a left elbow contusion after 1999 14-14-1 59,230 more…also tomorrow, the first 500 kids ages 14 and under will receive a a HBP in the Rays 1st…CF Kevin Kier- 1998 12-18 66,781 Rays Etch A Sketch presented by Sagicor Life Insurance. maier hit his first HR…1B Logan Mor- Total 247-266-30 1,337,684 Ê The first 1,000 fans (of all ages) at Saturday’s home game vs. Bal- rison went 1-for-3 with a double and his BEST RECORD, MLB, timore will receive a Jake Odorizzi Bobblehead presented by Sun- first RBI…DH Rene Rivera and DH Mikie REGULAR SEASON, 2008-15 coast Credit Union. also collected doubles…RH Mahtook W-L-T Pct. Ê Spring training tickets are available online at raysbaseball.com, by Ryan Webb, RH David Carpenter, RH Yankees 735-561 .567 phone at 888-FAN-RAYS or in person at the Charlotte Sports Park Parker Markel and RH Alex Colome re- Cardinals 728-568 .562 Box Office…the Charlotte Sports Park box office opens at 10 a.m. corded scoreless apps…LH Xavier Cede- Angels 713-583 .550 ño allowed 4-R/ER on 3-H over 0.2 IP in Rays 707-590 .545 A DECADE OF ANALYTICS—At last week’s MIT Sloan Conference in Bos- his first blown save/loss of the spring. Dodgers 705-590 .544 ton, the Rays were named winners of the Alpha Award for the Best Analytics Organization in professional sports over the past 10 years. CUBA COMING UP—Following Sunday’s game, the Rays will travel to Cuba to play the Cuban National Team on Tuesday (March 22) at Estadio Latino- RAYS vs. PHILLIES—Today is the second and final game scheduled with americano in Havana…ESPN and ESPN Deportes will provide live, national the Phillies…two days ago, they lost a home game, 5-2, before yesterday’s coverage of the game, and ESPN’s SportsCenter will have an on-site pres- off-day…last spring, the Rays went 2-2 vs. the Phillies, losing the first 2 ence in Havana on March 21-22…the Rays Radio Network will also air the and winning the next 2, including a 10-1 win in Clearwater on April 2…in game live…the Rays will be only the second major league club in the last 57 the 2015 regular season, the Rays lost 2 of 3 games in Philadelphia (July years to play a game in Cuba…most recently, the Baltimore Orioles defeated 20-22)…the Rays hold a 15-9 (.625) all-time interleague record against the the Cuban National Team on March 28, 1999 by a score of 3-2 in 11 innings, Phillies…they will not meet in 2016. before 50,000 fans at Estadio Latinoamericano…see separate “Baseball in Cuba” packet for more details. SAME PLACE, SAME DAY—One year ago today here at Bright House Field, Rays starter RH Alex Cobb threw 3 perfect innings before exiting ARCHER GETS OPENING DAY NOD—RH Chris Archer will start on with left elbow tightness…he had been named the Rays Opening Day start- Opening Day, Sunday, April 3 vs. TOR at Tropicana Field in a game na- er less than 2 weeks prior, which would have been his first Opening Day tionally televised on ESPN…the rest of the starting rotation has not been assignment…Cobb was later placed on the disabled list and tried to rehab announced…this will be Archer’s second Opening Day start…in 2015, he the elbow without surgery, but would later undergo Tommy John surgery on lost at home to Baltimore and replaced Alex Cobb, who suffered an elbow May 14 in Pensacola, Fla. …Cobb is currently aiming to return sometime in injury after initially being named the Opening Day starter on March 4. the second half of the 2016 season. 14 STRAIGHT, 30 OR UNDER—This will mark the 14th straight season the LEAGUE LEADERS—The Rays offense leads the majors with 48 doubles, Rays Opening Day starter has been age 30 or younger…the only Opening 7 more than any other Grapefruit League team (Phillies-41)…INF Logan Day starter 31 or older in Rays history was 31-year-old Tanyon Sturtze in Forsythe and OF Desmond Jennings each have 5 doubles, tied for the 2002…since 2008, the Rays have started a pitcher 30 or under in 96.9 pct. Grapefruit League lead with STL Anthony Garcia and BOS Marco Her- of their games (1,257 of 1,297)…the Rays will enter 2016 with a streak of nandez…Rays hitters have drawn only 33 walks, tied with the Cardinals for 236 consecutive starts by 30-and-under pitchers, since Erik Bedard’s last fewest in the majors.