SUNDAY, JULY 1, 2012 VS. RH Alex Cobb (3-4, 4.73) vs. LH Drew Smyly (2-3, 4.48) First Pitch: 1:40 p.m. | Location: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla. | TV: Sun Sports | Radio: WDAE 620 AM, WAMA 1550 AM (Spanish) Game No.: 79 (41-37) | Home Game No.: 40 (22-17) | All-Time Game No.: 2,342 (1,053-2,288) | All-Time Home Game No.: 1,172 (591-580) April: 15-8 | May: 14-14 | June: 12-15 | July: 0-0

ALL-STAR SUNDAY—TBS will exclusively televise the announcement of first week of the season...after winning 6 WHERE RAYS STAND, the 2012 and National League All-Star rosters today at straight games from the Tigers in 2010, the AL & MLB RANKINGS 1 p.m. during the Major League All-Star Game Selection Show Rays have lost 11 of 14 games since (be- Pitching AL MLB presented by Taco Bell...the American League team will have nine starters ginning Aug 11, 2010) and have scored only 3.67 ERA 4th 9th elected via fan balloting, while the National League team will have eight 34 runs in those 14 games...the Rays are 634 SO 3rd 5th fan-elected starters...the and reserves for both squads will be de- 53-56 all-time. .241 opp avg. 2nd 5th termined through a combination of “Player Ballot” choices and selections Hitting AL MLB made by AL Manager Ron Washington and NL Manager Tony La Russa, MEDICAL MATTERS—The Rays starting .233 avg. 13th T-28th in conjunction with MLB...the Rays All-Star(s) will be made available follow- has exited the last 2 games early 33 HBP 1st 2nd ing today’s game against the Tigers. due to injury...on Friday, left 285 BB 1st 1st before the 8th inning due to lower back Fielding AL MLB FREE STUFF TODAY—Today the first 10,000 kids 14 and under receive a tightness...last night, Jeremy Hellickson .978 field % 13th 29th James Shields bobblehead presented by Progress Energy and the Heart exited during the 3rd inning with a right shin 66 errors 2nd 2nd 40 unearned runs 2nd 3rd Gallery...for Autograph Sunday, Shields will be joined by Will Rhymes sign- contusion after being struck by a Prince ing for fans 14 and under from noon–12:30 p.m. down the right field line. Fielder liner...both are expected to make RAYS AFTER 78 GAMES, their next start. 2008-12 Year W-L Pos GB NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT—Tomorrow’s game against the Yankees will ÊÊ With the activation of Hellickson 2012 41-37 T-3rd 6.5 air on ESPN with and Rick Sutcliffe broadcasting...Tim (right shoulder inflammation) and 2011 44-34 3rd 2.0 Kurkjian will provide in-game updates. Kyle Farnsworth (right elbow strain) 2010 46-32 3rd 2.0 yesterday, the Rays DL was reduced 2009 43-35 3rd 5.0 RAY MATTER—The Rays have lost 5 of their last 6 games and 8 of their to 6 players, fewest since May 13 (6). 2008 47-31 2nd 0.5 last 11...they are 6-12 since they were last in first place on June 11...the ÊÊ The Rays have used 8 different 3Bs, Rays are 22-29 since being a season-high 11 games over .500 on May 4 most in the majors...Evan Longoria (19-8)...the Rays are 6.5 games out of first place, matching their season has been on the DL since May 1...the Rays were 15-8 before Longo- high (also June 27-28). ria’s injury, with him starting every game, and are 26-29 since then... ÊÊ The Rays have lost 8 of their last 9 games against AL Central teams, leads the team with 20 starts in his absence. dating back to April 22 vs. MIN...the Rays are 4-11 this season vs. the AL Central, but 37-26 (.587) against all other teams. —Yesterday hit the first pinch-hit homer of his career… ÊÊ Since starting the season 13-1 at home, the Rays have gone 9-16 is now 4-for-5 in PH appearances this season and 16-for-47 (.340) for his over their last 25 games at Tropicana Field. career...is 11-for-23 (.478) since coming off the DL on June 23 at PHI... ÊÊ The current 7-game homestand (4 vs. DET and 3 vs. NYY) opens a hitting .333 (37-for-111) on the year—the only active Ray with a .300 avg. stretch in which the Rays play 17 of their 21 games at home, wrapped ÊÊ Batting .417 (20-for-48) vs. LHP compared to .270 (17-for-63) vs. around the All-Star break. RHP...owns a career .331 (215-for-649) avg. against LHP. ÊÊ The Rays are 11-16 when the opponent starts a left-handed pitcher... ÊÊ Has only 6 SO in 121 PA, making him the hardest to strike out in the they are 30-21 against right-handed pitchers. majors this season with a 20.17 PA/SO rate (min. 100 PA). ÊÊ The Rays are batting .205 (52-for-254) over their last 8 games, with 7 hits or less in 7 of those contests. ALEX COBB—Has a 2.78 groundball-to-flyball ratio, which leads the ma- jors since his debut on May 19...has only allowed 6 HR in 16 career major POWER SURGE—The Rays have hit 5 HR in the past 2 games (3 on Fri- league starts (98.1 IP)...has not allowed a HR to a right-handed hitter since day, 2 last night), all of them solo shots...they had gone 16 games without a his major league debut, May 1, 2011 vs. LAA (Hank Conger). multi-homer game prior to this, since June 10 at MIA. NEXT UP: NEW YORK—The Rays have won 7 straight home games (be- TURN THE CALENDAR—JUNE IN REVIEW—The Rays finished the ginning July 21, 2011) vs. the Yankees, who arrive tomorrow for a 3-game month of June with a 12-15 record, their worst June since 2007 (11-15)... series...this is their longest ever vs. New York—in fact, they had never won they hit .222 (199-for-897) as a team, lowest in the AL and 2nd lowest in the more than 3 straight home games prior to this streak...the Rays are 5-4 in majors to the Dodgers (.212)...it was the lowest batting avg. of any month the season series, including a 3-game sweep in the season-opening se- in club history (previously .230 in May 2002)...the Rays were outscored ries...the Rays are 26-22 since Oct 2, 2009...they are 38-43 (.469) as the 118-109, the first full month they were outscored since September 2009 Rays after going 55-111 (.331) as the Devil Rays. (144-107)...the Rays hit only 18 HR in June, fewest in the AL and their low- est total for any full month since April 2005 (14). DAVID PRICE—Is tied with TEX Matt Harrison for the AL wins lead...Price ÊÊ David Price recorded 5 wins, setting a new club record for June (11-4, 2.92) and NYM R.A. Dickey (12-1, 2.15) are the only pitchers in and matching Scott Kazmir (May 2008) for the club record for any baseball with at least 11 wins and a sub-3.00 ERA...Price has won 4 of his month...Price tied 4 others for the major league lead in June...Price’s last 5 starts...during this stretch he has faced DET , NYM 40 SO also were tied for 2nd in the AL, trailing NYY Hiroki Kuroda R.A. Dickey, NYY CC Sabathia, PHI Cole Hamels. (43) and tying TEX . ÊÊ Price has 11 career starts vs. former winners, and he is ÊÊ Carlos Peña had 19 walks, 3rd in the AL and one shy of the club 7-1 with a 2.24 ERA while the Rays have won 10 of these 11 games record for June (shared by B.J. Upton in 2008 and Jose Cruz Jr. (does not include games prior to the opponent’s ). in 2004). ÊÊ ’s .443 OBP ranked 4th in the AL and 2nd in club history THE ARROW SOARS—’s 22 saves are one shy of the for June behind Fred McGriff’s .500 mark in June 2001. ML lead (BAL Jim Johnson, ATL and CLE Chris Perez)... his 32 games finished are also one shy of the ML lead held by BOSAlfredo AL EAST IS A BEAST—All 5 teams in the AL East enter play tonight at Aceves...his 1.04 ERA (34.2-IP, 4-ER) ranks 4th among ML relievers (2nd least 2 games over .500...that’s the latest into the season that has ever in AL)...Rodney has thrown his change-up 144 times, 102 for strikes...op- happened...in fact, since the current divisional format began in 1994, only ponents have swung at 75 and missed on 36 (48 percent). 2 times has a division had 5 teams over .500 this deep into the season and ÊÊ Rodney is on track to become the 8th different pitcher in the last 8 both them have been in the NL: 2005 NL East (as late as Oct 1) and 2004 years to lead the Rays in saves…the last AL team with a streak as NL Central (as late as July 10). long was the 1992-99 Blue Jays before Billy Koch led the Jays for 3 straight years (1999–2001)...starting in 2005, the Rays have been RAYS vs. TIGERS—The Tigers have won the season series, leading led by Danys Baez, Tyler Walker, Al Reyes, Troy Percival, J.P. 4 games to 2 with today the finale...Rays dropped 2 of 3 at Detroit the Howell, Rafael Soriano and Kyle Farnsworth.

Upcoming Games Opp. Time TV Rays Starting Pitcher Opp. Starting Pitcher Mon., July 2 NYY 7:10 p.m. Sun Sports, ESPN LH Matt Moore (4-5, 4.19) RH Freddy Garcia (2-2, 6.39) Tues., July 3 NYY 7:10 p.m. Sun Sports RH James Shields (7-5, 4.04) RH Ivan Nova (9-2, 4.03) Wed., July 4 NYY 3:10 p.m. Sun Sports LH David Price (11-4, 2.92) RH David Phelps (1-3, 3.16) **All games broadcast on WDAE 620 AM; Sat and Sun games will be broadcast in Spanish on WGES 680 AM. All times Eastern Standard Time (EST).** TODAY’S STARTER—RH ALEX COBB (3-4, 4.73)

Year Team W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO HR Opp Avg. 2011 Durham 5-1 1.87 12 12 0 0 67.1 61 19 14 16 70 4 .251 Tampa Bay 3-2 3.42 9 9 0 0 52.2 49 21 20 21 37 3 .244 2012 Durham 1-4 4.14 8 8 0 0 41.1 44 21 19 18 44 1 .267 Tampa Bay 3-4 4.73 7 7 0 0 45.2 45 26 24 12 33 3 .257 Career Minors 35-28 3.07 114 107 0 0 582.2 541 238 199 169 516 41 .249 Career Majors 6-6 4.03 16 16 0 0 98.1 94 47 44 33 70 6 .250

TODAY’S START & 2012 NOTES 2012 SPLITS vs. LH: .257 (26-101), 3-HR Ê Ê 24-year-old will make his 8th start of the season, 17th of his career...it will be his 5th start on the road this vs. RH: .257 (19-74), 0-HR year...was recalled from -A Durham on May 19 to take injured Jeff Niemann’s place in the rotation. Home: 2-2, 3.86 ERA (25.2-IP, 11-ER) ÊÊ Last start: On Mon at KC, took the loss after allowing career highs with 8 runs and 13 hits allowed as the Road: 1-2, 5.85 ERA (20-IP, 13-ER) Rays were shut out, 8-0...his line: 8 IP, 13 H, 8 R/ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 1 HR, 113 pitches, 74 strikes...had never 2012 SEASON HIGHS allowed 12 hits before in his pro career...the most he had ever allowed previously was 9 (5x, most recently Long Outing: 8.0, 6/25 at KC (last start) on May 23, 2011 at Columbus while with Triple-A Durham). : 10, 6/17 vs. MIA ÊÊ His first complete game of his pro career was the first of its kind in more than 16 years...the last CG with 13 Walks: 4, 5/25 at BOS or more hits and 8 or more runs was thrown by BOS in 1996 (see below)...Wakefield’s CG HR All’d: 2, 6/6 at NYY is the only other one like it in the last 27 years...in 1921, there were 37 complete games like Cobb’s...Ted Hits All’d: 13, 6/25 at KC (last start) Lyon, who pitched with the White Sox from 1923-42, threw 14 complete games with 13 or more hits and 8 Runs All’d: 8, 6/25 at KC (last start) or more runs in his career (he was 2-12). Win Streak: 2G, 5/19–5/25 ÊÊ Since winning his first 2 starts of the season (May 19 vs. ATL and May 25 at BOS), has gone 1-4 with a Loss Streak: 3G, 5/30–6/12 5.61 ERA (33.2-IP, 21-ER) over his last 5 starts. CAREER HIGHS ÊÊ Is 0-2 and has allowed 12 runs over 13 IP in his 2 starts against AL Central teams this year (May 30 vs. Long Outing: 8.0, 6/25 at KC (last start) CWS and Mon at KC). Strikeouts: 10, 6/25/12 vs MIA ÊÊ Opposing lineups are batting .350 (14-for-40) against him with runners in scoring position this year...has Walks: 4, 5x-last 5/25/12 at BOS held oppnents to a .200 (21-for-105) avg. with the bases empty compared to a .343 (24-for-70) avg. with HR All’d: 2, 6/6/12 at NYY runners on base. Hits All’d: 13, 6/25/12 at KC (last start) ÊÊ The bottom of the order (7-8-9) is batting .321 (17-for-53) against him this year. Runs All’d: 6, 6/12/12 vs. NYM 3G, 6/7–7/24/11 ÊÊ Has a 2.78 groundball/flyball (GB/FB) ratio, which leads the majors since his debut on May 19. Win Streak: Loss Streak: 3G, 5/30-6/12/12 ÊÊ Has only allowed 6 HR in 16 career major league starts (98.1 IP)...has not allowed a HR to a right-handed hitter since his major league debut, May 1, 2011 vs. LAA (Hank Conger). ÊÊ Last start at home: On June 17 vs. MIA, snapped a career-long 3-game losing streak, combining with Joel Peralta and Fernando Rodney to shut out Josh Johnson and the Marlins, 3-0...his line: 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 10 SO, 100 pitches, 69 strikes...set a new career high with 10 SO (previously 9 on July 30, 2011 at SEA) and tied his career high with 7 IP (4x last June 6 at NYY)...became only the 5th Rays pitcher to record 10 or more strike- outs and allow 2 hits or less in a start, joining Jeff Niemann (July 17, 2011 vs. BOS), (2x last April 30, 2009 vs. BOS), James Shields (April 22, 2007 vs. CLE) and Scott Kazmir (2x last Aug 17, 2006 vs. TOR). ÊÊ On May 25 at BOS beat , 7-4...it was the first career start at Fenway Park for Cobb, who was born in Boston. ÊÊ Made his season debut on May 19 vs. ATL, earning the win opposite Randall Delgado. ÊÊ Was 1-4 with a 4.14 ERA (41.1-IP, 19-ER) in 8 starts at Triple-A Durham this season...allowed 2 runs or less in 6 of his 8 starts but had two outings

2012 GAME LOG (AAA) DATE OPP DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP #P/K RESULT OPP. WHEN LEFT 4/5 GWN -- 1.80 5.0 6 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 89/58 W, 4-3 - - 4/10 CHA L-1 2.25 7.0 4 2 2 1 2 0 0 1 85/58 L, 0-5 - - 4/19 @CHA -- 2.00 6.0 2 2 1 5 6 0 0 0 90/48 L, 2-5 - - 4/24 @NOR L-2 4.09 4.0 8 6 6 4 6 0 0 0 88/51 L, 5-8 - - 4/29 IND L-3 3.81 6.1 8 2 2 0 5 1 0 0 95/65 L, 0-2 - - APRIL 0-3 3.81 28.1 28 13 12 10 27 1 0 1 5/4 LOU W-1 3.38 6.1 8 1 1 2 5 0 1 0 88/58 W, 7-1 - - 5/9 @SYR L-4 4.71 1.2 5 7 6 3 4 0 0 0 60/33 L, 8-15 - - 5/14 SWB -- 4.14 5.0 3 0 0 3 8 0 1 1 99/60 W, 1-0 - - MAY 1-1 4.85 13.0 16 8 7 8 17 0 1 1

2012 GAME LOG (MAJORS) DATE OPP DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP #P/K RESULT OPP. WHEN LEFT 5/19 ATL W-1 2.57 7.0 6 2 2 2 6 0 0 0 113/71 W, 5-2 Delgado up 5-2 5/25 @BOS W-2 2.25 5.0 3 2 1 4 2 0 0 1 96/51 W, 7-4 Lester up 7-1 5/30 CWS L-1 3.71 5.0 9 4 4 1 4 0 2 0 91/62 L, 3-4 Quintana down 4-1 MAY 2-1 3.71 17.0 18 8 7 7 12 0 2 1 6/6 @NYY L-2 4.13 7.0 5 4 4 1 4 2 0 0 105/68 L, 1-4 Nova down 4-1 6/12 NYM L-3 4.70 6.2 7 6 5 3 6 0 0 1 109/70 L, 2-11 Young down 4-2 6/17 MIA W-3 3.82 7.0 2 0 0 1 10 0 1 0 100/69 W, 3-0 Johnson up 3-0 6/25 @KC L-4 4.73 8.0 13 8 8 0 1 1 0 0 113/74 L, 0-8 Hochevar -- JUNE 1-3 5.34 28.2 27 18 17 5 21 3 1 1

2011 & CAREER NOTES ÊÊ Broke into the majors in 2011 by making 9 starts for the Rays over three stints...was unbeaten (3-0) over his first 7 ML starts, the first AL pitcher to do so since MIN Kevin Slowey in 2007 (8 starts) and the only Ray to do it...suffered his first loss July 30 at SEA as the Rays managed just 1 hit in a 3-2 loss to SEA Michael Pineda. ÊÊ Made his final start on Aug 6 vs. OAK and was removed after 4.1 IP with discomfort in his right hand, later found to be thoracic outlet syndrome... underwent season-ending surgery Aug 18 to remove a blood clot and blockage in the area of his first right rib...the surgery was performed by Dr. Gregory Pearl at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. ÊÊ Combined to go 8-3 with a 2.55 ERA (120-IP, 34-ER) in 21 starts between Durham and Tampa Bay...didn’t lose a game at either level until July 2 vs. Gwinnett (Braves), his 15th start of the season. ÊÊ Was selected in the fourth round of the 2006 June Draft...the Vero Beach, Fla., native served as a Dodgers bat boy during spring training for three years in high school.

COBB vs. TIGERS ÊÊ Will make his 2nd career start vs. Detroit. ÊÊ On June 13, 2011 at DET, did not factor in the decision opposite Phil Coke in a 2-1 loss at ...his line: 5.2 IP, 8 H, 1 R/ER, 2 BB, 7 SO, 102 pitches, 63 strikes...the Rays lost on a walk-off triple from Ramon Santiago in the 10th inning off Kyle Farnsworth.

OPPONENT MATCH-UPS TIGERS vs. COBB (Career Avg.-AB-H-HR)—Avila (.333-3-1-0)...Boesch (.333-3-1-0)...Cabrera (1.000-1-1-0)...Jackson (.500-4-2-0)...Kelly (.333-3-1- 0)...Peralta (.000-3-0-0)...Raburn (.333-3-1-0).

RAYS vs. SMYLY (Career Avg.-AB-H-HR)—Jennings (.000-2-0-0)...Johnson (.000-1-0-0)...Keppinger (.000-2-0-0)...Lobaton (.500-2-1-0)...Pena (1.000- 2-2-1)...Rodriguez (.000-2-0-0)...Zobrist (.000-2-0-0). #70 JOE MADDON, MANAGER ÊÊ Is the longest-tenured and winningest manager in Rays history at 536-514 (.510)...has a 409-317 (.565) record since the start of 2008...the Rays were 518-775 (.401) prior to his arrival...overall is 555-524 (.516) in his career, including a 19-10 interim stint with the Angels in 1999. ÊÊ Two-time AL Manager of the Year (2008, 2011) is in his 7th season as Rays skipper...only three current major league managers have been at their posts longer: LAA (2000), MIN Ron Gardenhire (2002) and PHI Charlie Manuel (2005)...April 16 at BOS marked his 500th career win with the Rays...is 1 of 5 active managers with 500 wins with their current team...also Manuel, Scioscia, Gardenhire and DET Jim Leyland. ÊÊ Managed his 1,000th game with the Rays on May 5...became the 5th manager in the modern era to manage at least 1,000 games for one team without ever playing in the majors, joining BAL Earl Weaver, NYY Joe McCarthy, PIT Jim Leyland and PHI Danny Ozark. ÊÊ Earned 26 of 28 first-place votes from the BBWAA last fall in the Manager of the Year balloting...finished 3rd in 2010. ÊÊ Signed a three-year contract extension on Feb 15 that runs through the 2015 season. RAYS HITTER NOTES

#36 BROOKS CONRAD, INF Sat: 0-4 Series: 2-11, 2-2B, R Trip: 5-16, HR, 6-RBI, 2-2B vs. LH: .207 (6-29), 2-HR 2012: .159/.217/.365, 3-HR, 12-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: --- RISP: .190 (4-21) vs. RH: .118 (4-34), HR ÊÊ Has totaled 7 hits, 5 XBH and 6 RBI over 9 games (7 starts) since joining the Rays on June 23 at PHI...only totaled 3 hits, 2 XBH and 6 RBI in 25 games (8 starts) with Milwaukee...in 7 starts with the Rays (the last 7 team games), is 6-for-24 (.250) with 4 2B, 1 HR, 2 BB and 5 RBI. ÊÊ Over the last 7 games, has 5 of the Rays 17 XBH and 5 of their 19 RBI. ÊÊ Matched his career high with 4 RBI in Game 2 of Sunday’s doubleheader at PHI (4x-last July 24, 2010 at FLA, with ATL)...his 2 doubles in the night- cap also equaled his career best for XBH in a game (4x-last, June 22, 2010 at CWS, with ATL). ÊÊ Made his Rays debut June 23 at PHI and hit a 2-out, game-tying off PHI Jonathan Papelbon in the 9th after striking out as a PH in the 8th. ÊÊ 32-year-old infielder was claimed off waivers from MIL on June 21 and added to the active roster June 22...the Rays are his 5th organization since he was selected by Houston in the 8th round of the 2001 June Draft and his 3rd in the last 3 seasons. ÊÊ Of his 17 career HR, 9 have come in the 8th inning or later, 8 either tied the game or gave his team the lead and 7 have come as a pinch hitter. ÊÊ Made his career debut at Tropicana Field on July 21, 2008 (with OAK). ÊÊ Has played all four infield positions in the majors over his career (58-3B, 39-2B, 8-1B, 1-SS).

#8 DESMOND JENNINGS, OF Sat: 1-4 Series: 3-11, 2-HR, 2-RBI Trip: 7-31, RBI, 4-RBI, 2B, 2-R vs. LH: .226 (12-53), HR 2012: .242/.304/.372, 5-HR, 21-RBI, 12-SB Current Hitting Streak: 2G (.375, 3-8), 2-HR RISP: .217 (10-46) vs. RH: .247 (38-154), 4-HR ÊÊ Recorded his 2nd multi-homer game of his career (also Aug 28, 2011 at TOR) on Fri vs. Justin Verlander...is only the 4th player to hit 2 HR off Ver- lander in a game, joining CLE , CWS Carlos Quentin and OAK Nick Swisher...entered the game with just 3 HR this season. ÊÊ Is batting .213 (20-for-94) since being activated from the DL on June 5...was batting .265 (30-for-113) before the injury landed him on the DL... missed 21 games with a left knee sprain. ÊÊ Is batting .167 (10-for-60) in his last 14 games at leadoff...hit 7th in the order on June 26-27, the lowest he has ever hit in the starting lineup...has hit leadoff in 45 of 50 starts this year...his .315 OBP out of the leadoff spot ranks 32nd in the majors and his .244 avg. ranks 37th. ÊÊ Overall has appeared in 55 games (38-LF, 17-CF) and has made 50 starts (35-LF, 15-CF) this season. ÊÊ Has stolen a base in 4 of his last 10 starts...had been held without a SB in his previous 15 games (12 starts) dating back to May 9 at NYY...totaled 8 stolen bases over his first 29 games this season but has just 4 over his last 26 games. ÊÊ Is tied for 2nd on the team and ranks T-6th in the AL with 3 triples...ranks 3rd on the team with 12 SB behind Elliot Johnson (13) and B.J. Upton (14). ÊÊ Hit safely in 12 consecutive games out of the leadoff spot April 18–May 1, the longest such streak for a Ray since Rocco Baldelli (13) from Sep 9, 2004–Aug 23, 2006...had a career-high 11-game hitting streak, April 18-29.

#9 ELLIOT JOHNSON, UTL Sat: 1-3 Series: 4-10. 2B Trip: 4-21, 3B, 2-RBI, 3-BB, 3-SB vs. LH: .156 (10-64), 2-HR 2012: .272/.342/.394, 4-HR, 20-RBI, 13-SB Current Hitting Streak: 3G (.400, 4-10) RISP: .400 (16-40) vs. RH: .336 (39-116), 2-HR ÊÊ In 65 games this season, is batting .272 (49-for-180)...in 70 games last season, hit .194 (31-for-160)...has made 50 starts this year...only made 45 starts all of last year...did not appear in his 65th game until Sep 2 last year...has appeared in 56 of the last 59 games (47 starts) after only playing in 9 of the first 19 games (3 starts)...has made 50 starts (41-SS, 7-2B, 1-3B, 1-DH). ÊÊ Batting .400/.455/.550 (16-for-40) with RISP this season...his .400 avg. with RISP leads the majors among players with as many or more AB. ÊÊ Is batting .289/.352/.422 (48-for-166) as a starter (51 games)...is 1-for-14 (.071/.235/.071) off the bench (15 games). ÊÊ Ranks T-10th in the AL and is 1 shy of B.J. Upton (14) for the team lead in stolen bases (13), but also ranks T-10th in the AL with 4 CS. ÊÊ Finished 2nd on the team with 11 RBI in June...his 11 RBI were his most during any month of his career, topping the 8 RBI he totaled in May. ÊÊ Has committed 8 errors this season, tied for 3rd-most among AL SS behind MIN Brian Dozier (11) and CLE Asdrubal Cabrera (10)...commited 5 errors in 11 games from June 5-16...prior to June 5, had made only 6 errors in 125 career games. ÊÊ Is hitting .240 (24-for-100) with 6 RBI in 34 home games (28 starts) but is batting .313 (25-for-80) with 14 RBI in 31 road games (22 starts) this season... collected a career-high 4 hits and tied his career high with 3 RBI on June 9 at MIA.

#7 JEFF KEPPINGER, INF Sat: 1-1, HR (PH in 8th) Series: 2-4, HR, RBI, BB Trip: 9-19, 2B, 4-RBI, BB, R vs. LH: .417 (20-48), HR 2012: .333/.375/.450, 3-HR, 13-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 4G (.455, 5-11) RISP: .267 (8-30) vs. RH: .270 (17-63), HR ÊÊ Yesterday hit the first pinch-hit homer of his career…is now 4-for-5 in PH appearances this season and 16-for-47 (.340) for his career. ÊÊ Is 11-for-23 (.478) since coming off the DL on June 23 at PHI...hitting .333 (37-for-111) on the year, making him the only active Ray to hit above .300. ÊÊ Hitting .431/.479/.554 (28-for-65) in his last 22 games (19 starts) dating back to April 25 vs. LAA...has hit safely in 16 of his last 18 starts. ÊÊ His 5 hits June 23 at PHI tied the club record and his career high (also May 10, 2008 at NYM in G2 of a doubleheader) in his first game back after being activated from the DL...became only the fifth player in Rays history to collect 5 hits in a game (most recently B.J. Upton, Oct 2, 2009 vs. NYY). ÊÊ Activated from the 15-day disabled list on Friday after he missed 29 games with broken right big toe...the Rays went 14-15 in his absence. ÊÊ Has only 6 SO in 120 PA, making him the hardest to strike out in the majors this season with a 20.00 PA/SO rate (min. 100 PA)...has struck out swinging only twice this season: Sun at PHI (G1) (Cole Hamels) and May 16 vs. BOS (Scott Atchison). ÊÊ Batting .417 (20-for-48) vs. LHP compared to .270 (17-for-63) vs. RHP...owns a career .331 (215-for-649) avg. against LHP. ÊÊ Has appeared 36 games, 30 starts (13-2B, 9-3B, 7-DH, 1-1B)...was Opening Day cleanup hitter and DH (both career firsts) vs. CC Sabathia.

#21 JOSE LOBATON, C Sat: 0-3 Series: 0-6 Trip: 5-16, 2B, RBI, 2-R, 4-BB vs. LH: .333 (9-27) 2012: .219/.333/.297, 0-HR, 4-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: --- RISP: .214 (3-14) vs. RH: .135 (7-37) ÊÊ Is 12-for-54 (.222) with 4 RBI and 9 BB in 19 games (16 starts) since returning from the 15-day DL on May 28 after missing 41 games with right shoulder soreness...has played in 18 of 29 games since being activated...only had 4 hits and 0 RBI all of last year (15 games). ÊÊ Hitting .303/.425/.394 (10-for-33) in 12 road games this season compared to .129/.229/.194 (4-for-31) in 11 games at home. ÊÊ Has thrown out 2 of 16 attempted base stealers this season (12.5 pct). ÊÊ Has committed 2 catcher’s interferences this year...the Rays as a team have committed 5, tying the major league record going back to 1973 when data is first available (also 2010 Mariners, 1987 Royals and 1975 Cardinals). ÊÊ Had first career multi-hit game June 7 at NYY...since then has had back-to-back multi-hit games twice: June 7-8 at NYY/MIA and Tues/Thu at WAS. ÊÊ 27-year-old switch-hitting rookie has started 19 games (18-C, 1-DH)...made his 1st Opening Day roster after ML stints in ‘09 (SD) and ‘10-11 (TB).

#35 HIDEKI MATSUI, OF/DH Sat: 0-1 (PH in 9th) Series: 0-2 Trip: 4-24, RBI, 3-BB, 2-R vs. LH: .200 (6-30), HR 2012: .158/.220/.250, 2-HR, 6-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: --- RISP: .176 (3-17), HR vs. RH: .130 (6-46), HR ÊÊ Hitting .158/.220/.250 (12-for-76) through 24 games this season, his worst start to any season of his career (.253/.311/.398 in 2011 with OAK)...is hitless in 13 of his 24 games since joining the Rays on May 29...is hitting .122 (5-for-41) over his last 13 games. ÊÊ Is 1-for-6 as a pinch-hitter this year including (0-for-4 last 4 PH apps)...for his career, has a .283 (13-for-46) average as a pinch-hitter. ÊÊ Has started 14 of the last 20 games (8-DH, 4-RF, 2-LF), going 9-for-60 (.150) in that span...has made 4 starts this season in RF after not starting there since April 29, 2008...the Rays are 5-13 in games that he starts. ÊÊ Homered twice in his first 3 games but has not gone deep in 21 games since then...homered off Phil Humber in his Rays debut (May 29 vs. CWS) and off Wei-Yin Chen in his third game (June 1 vs. BAL)...is the 3rd time he has homered in 2 of his first 3 games of a season (also ’05-06 with NYY). ÊÊ 38-year-old became the first in baseball history to play at least 10 seasons in Japan Pro Baseball (NPB) and 10 seasons in the majors. ÊÊ Signed with the Rays as a minor league free agent April 30...is the 4th Japanese player signed by the Rays, joining INF Akinori Iwamura (2007-09), RH (2005) and RH Shinji Mori (signed in 2006 but never appeared in the majors). #28 JOSE MOLINA, C Sat: DNP Series: 1-5 Trip: 3-13, HR vs. LH: .130 (3-23) 2012: .195/.267/.333, 4-HR, 13-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: --- RISP: .194 (6-31) vs. RH: .210 (21-100), 4-HR ÊÊ Is batting .225/.295/.400 (9-for-40) with 7 RBI in June compared to .181/.253/.301 (15-for-83) with 6 RBI through the first two months of the season. ÊÊ Has already played in 49 games this season...only played 55 games in 2011, 57 games in 2010 and 52 games in 2009...his career high is 100 games in 2008 with the Yankees when he filled in for an injured Jorge Posada. ÊÊ Has started 39 of 78 games...has started back-to-back games 6 times this year...did not start consecutive games at all last year with Toronto. ÊÊ Is batting only .150 (9-for-60) at home compared to .238 (15-for-63) on the road. ÊÊ Has thrown out only 6 of 26 (23.1 pct) attempted base stealers this season...coming into the year, had thrown out 37.3 pct. (153-of-410). ÊÊ During his career, pitchers have combined for a 3.92 ERA when throwing to him, 6th best among active catchers (min. 500 G).

#23 CARLOS PEÑA, 1B Sat: 2-4, HR Series: 3-12, HR, RBI, 2-R Trip: 7-37, 2-HR, 5-RBI, 6-R vs. LH: .170 (18-106), 4-HR 2012: .200/.340/.356, 11-HR, 33-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.500, 2-4) RISP: .154 (10-65), 3-HR vs. RH: .219 (37-169), 7-HR ÊÊ Has 3 HR in his last 12 games after only hitting 3 over his previous 38 games...hit his first HR at home in a month yesterday (last May 30 vs. CWS). ÊÊ Owns a .200 (55-for-275) avg and .340 OBP this season...the 140-point difference is the 2nd-largest in the majors behind only (150). ÊÊ Only has 7 XBH in his last 33 games, slugging .325 during that span...has hit 1st or 2nd in the order in 24 of those games. ÊÊ Hit 3 HR in his first 6 games of the season but since then has only 8 HR in 71 games beginning April 13...his 1,000th career hit was a HR on April 24. ÊÊ Has 10 hits in his last 91 AB (.110) against LHP since April 18, after starting the season 7-for-12 vs. LHP...has 2 hits in his last 16 AB with RISP. ÊÊ Hit the game-winning 3- HR with 1 out in the 8th on June 24 at PHI (G1)...4 of his last 6 HR have with runners on base. ÊÊ Had 7 hits in 14 AB during a 4-game hitting streak that ended Thu at WAS...had 4 hits in his last 38 AB previously in June...tied a career-long streak after he had multiple hits in 3 straight games June 16-19 (last, July 25-27, 2008). ÊÊ Tied his career high with 4 walks (also Sep 4, 2011 vs. PIT as a Cub) June 15 vs. MIA...became the first AL player with at least 4 walks and 4 runs scored in a single game since Cliff Floyd did it with the Rays on Aug 14, 2008 at OAK...ranks 2nd in the AL with 97 SO. ÊÊ Is the Rays all-time leader with 155...averaged 36 HR, 102 RBI and 93 BB per year during his first stint with the Rays (2007-10).

#10 WILL RHYMES, INF Sat: 1-2 Series: 1-5 Trip: 0-7 vs. LH: .000 (0-20) 2012: .220/.282/.240, 0-HR, 7-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.500, 1-2) RISP: .192 (5-26) vs. RH: .275 (22-80) ÊÊ Is 4-for-37 (.108) over his last 17 games (12 starts) dating back to May 28, despite going 2-for-3 with a season-high 2 RBI on June 15 vs. MIA...was batting .286 (18-for-63) in his 19 games prior to May 28. ÊÊ Appeared in 14 straight games following his promotion from Durham, but has only made 22 apps over the last 40 games after being hit by a pitch on the right forearm by May 16 vs. BOS...passed out due to an adrenaline rush following the incident. ÊÊ Is 2-for-13 in his career as a pinch-hitter including 0-for-4 this year. ÊÊ Is batting .275 (22-for-80) against RHP this year but remains hitless vs. LHP (0-for-20). ÊÊ Has appeared in 36 games since being called up from Durham, including 29 starts (18-2B, 11-3B) for the Rays...was recalled from Triple-A Durham on May 1 to take the place of 3B Evan Longoria...hit .231 (21-for-91) with 1 HR and 7 RBI in 22 games for the Bulls, including 16 starts (16-2B, 6-3B). ÊÊ 29-year-old signed with the Rays on Jan 19 and was a non-roster invite to spring training...this is his 3rd major league season, after 2 years with the Tigers (2010-11)...was the Tigers Opening Day 2B in 2011 and had 3 ML stints...hit .304 in 54 games for DET in 2010 after his call-up on July 25.

#1 SEAN RODRIGUEZ, INF Sat: DNP Series: 0-0 Trip: 5-26, 3-RBI, 2B, 2-BB vs. LH: .239 (17-71) 2012: .214/.264/.330, 5-HR, 22-RBI, 3-SB Current Hitting Streak: --- RISP: .212 (11-52) vs. RH: .203 (31-153), 5-HR ÊÊ Batting just .165 (15-for-91) over his last 32 games (24 starts)...has just 5 hits in his last 34 AB (.147) vs. left-handed pitching after he started the season 12-for-37 vs. lefties (.324)...owned a .273/.389/.475 (38-for-139) line against southpaws last season. ÊÊ Has started 62 of 78 games this year, but is batting .209 (44-for-211) as a starter and .308 (4-for-13) off the bench. ÊÊ Was hitting .300/.329/.486 in his first 21 games in May after Evan Longoria’s injury, but has hit .165/.208/.275 (15-for-91) over his last 31 games... overall, is batting .224 (36-for-161) with 4 HR, 9 2B and 16 RBI in 52 games (42 starts) since Longoria went on the disabled list...has made a team- high 20 starts and 35 apps at third base since Longoria’s injury...only hit .190 (12-for-63) with 1 HR in April prior to the injury. ÊÊ Three of his last 5 hits have either tied the game or gave the Rays the lead: his 2-run in the 2nd Sun at PHI (G2) gave the Rays a 2-0 lead, his RBI single in the 6th June 21 at WAS tied it at 2-2, and his RBI triple in the 7th on June 16 vs. MIA knotted the game at 3-3. ÊÊ 26-year-old has played in 74 of 78 games this season, including 62 starts (32-SS, 10-2B, 20-3B)...was the Opening Day SS...this is his 5th ML sea- son, and 3rd full season...has made 19 starts at 3B since May 9 after not starting there since Sep 6 of last season (span of 48 games).

#30 LUKE SCOTT, 1B/OF/DH Sat: 0-4 Series: 0-11, RBI Trip: DNP vs. LH: .155 (11-71), 2-HR 2012: .207/.269/.399, 9-HR, 36-RBI, 3-SB Current Hitting Streak: --- RISP: .292 (14-48), 2-HR vs. RH: .239 (28-117), 7-HR ÊÊ Collected just 1 hit in 27 at-bats (.037) in 8 games in the month of June...is batting .177/.245/.298 (22-for-124) in 35 games since the beginning of May after he posted a .266/.319/.594 (17-for-64) line in 19 games in April. ÊÊ Has a team-high 36 RBI in 54 games this season...has averaged 1 RBI every 5.22 AB (188-AB, 36-RBI), 9th-best rate in the AL (min 175 AB). ÊÊ Hitting .104/.140/.167 (5-for-48) over his last 14 games dating back to May 25, including 2-for-19 (.105) against LHP during that stretch. ÊÊ Was activated from the DL Thu after he missed the previous 16 games with back stiffness...went 3-for-8 in 2 rehab games with Triple-A Durham including 2-for-3 with 2 HR and 4 RBI on Monday...Rays DHs hit .171 (6-for-35) with 0 XBH and only 2 RBI in 10 games during his absence. ÊÊ Hit his 9th HR of the season May 30 vs. CWS and is 2 shy of for the team lead...has hit 2 consecutive homers to LF (May 22 vs. TOR) after his previous 90 HR went from LCF-RF...his last 6 HR have been solo shots...has 3 HR in his last 32 games after hitting 6 in his first 21 games. ÊÊ Tied his season high with 3 hits on May 18 vs. ATL...marked his first multi-hit game since May 2 vs. SEA (14 games). ÊÊ Stole his 3rd base of the season on June 16 at MIA, matching tying his career season-high (2007 with Houston). ÊÊ 33-year-old enters his 8th major league season after signing with the Rays as a free agent on Jan 23...made his 7th Opening Day roster.

#2 B.J. UPTON, CF Sat: 0-4 Series:1-12, SB Trip: 5-24, HR, 3-RBI, 2-BB vs. LH: .179 (14-78), 2-HR 2012: .243/.300/.362, 5-HR, 25-RBI, 14-SB Current Hitting Streak: --- RISP: .220 (11-50) vs. RH: .273 (45-165), 3-HR ÊÊ Has 3 hits and 15 SO in his last 44 PA over his last 10 games...had hit safely in 13 of his previous 15 games...was hitting .287 on June 13 but has seen his average drop 44 points in the 16 days since after he has gone 8-for-65 (.123) during that span. ÊÊ Has 46 SO since May 23 (34 games), the 2nd-highest total in the majors in during that span (CWS Adam Dunn has 61). ÊÊ Is hitless in his last 12 AB out of the leadoff spot since June 17th vs. MIA when he hit a leadoff home run in his first AB of the season out of the 1-slot... is batting .207 (30-for-145) with no one on base this year but .296 (29-for-98) with runners on. ÊÊ Leads all ML centerfielders with 6 OF assists, his most since he had 16 in 2008...has 48 OF assists since 2007, most among ML center fielders. ÊÊ Ranks T-8th in the AL and leads the team with 14 SB this season…stole multiple bases May 18-19 vs. ATL, the 3rd time in his career he has stolen mutiple bases on consecutive days (did it in 3 straight games from June 12-14, 2009). ÊÊ The Rays are 34-31 since he was activated from the 15-day DL on April 20...missed the first 13 games with lower back soreness...the soreness began with a training spring outfield collision with LF Desmond Jennings on March 14 vs. MIA...appeared in 7 rehab games. ÊÊ Needs 5 HR before his birthday (Aug 24) to become just the 8th player in ML history to reach 100 HR and 200 SB before age 28.

#18 BEN ZOBRIST, 2B/OF Sat: 1-4, 2B Series; 4-11, HR, 2B, SB Trip: 10-31, 3-2B, 3-RBI, 5-BB vs. LH: .258 (24-93), 2-HR 2012: .252/.375/.458, 10-HR, 32-RBI, 7-SB Current Hitting Streak: 7G (.458, 11-24) RISP: .220 (11-50) vs. RH: .249 (42-169), 8-HR ÊÊ Extended his hitting streak to 7 games yesterday vs. DET, his longest streak of the season...hitting .458/.519/.792 (11-for-24) during the streak...hit .545/.643/1.045 (12-for-22) during a 6-game hitting streak from June 7-15. ÊÊ Hit .344/.443/.578 (31-for-90) in June after batting .203/.342/.395 (35-for-172) through the first two months of the season (April-May). ÊÊ Since June 7, is batting .394 (28-for-71) with 11 XBH, 15 BB and 13 RBI in 20 games...raised his batting average 52 points during that span. ÊÊ Is batting .200 (25-for-125) with 9 RBI and in 35 games at home this season compared to .299 (41-for-137) with 23 RBI in 39 games on the road... for his career, is a .232 hitter at home compared to .278 on the road. ÊÊ Ranks T-3rd in the AL with 51 BB...has swung at 36.5 percent of pitches seen, the lowest rate in the majors. ÊÊ Recorded multiple hits in 5 consecutive games June 8-15, tied for the longest streak of his career (July 11-19, 2009)...it is the longest streak by a Ray since Evan Longoria went 6 games, Aug 31-Sep 5, 2009...had one multiple hit performance in his previous 19 games prior to the streak. ÊÊ Hit 2 HR on June 9 at MIA, the Rays first multi-homer game of the season and the second of his career (also Sep 25, 2008 at DET)...also singled and walked twice, the 2nd time in his career he reached base 5 times (also July 7, 2011 at NYY)...had RBI singles in each of his previous two games. ÊÊ Leads the team and ranks T-4th in the AL in triples (4)...has 23 triples for his career, 3rd on the Rays all-time list. RAYS BULLPEN NOTES

#31 BURKE BADENHOP, RH Last App: 6/30 vs. DET (1.0-IP, 2-H, 2-R/ER, 3-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-0 vs. LH: .250 (10-40) 1-HR 2012: 1-2-0, 3.78 ERA, 35 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 4x-last 6/16 vs. MIA IR-RS: 19-8 vs. RH: .295 (28-95), 4-HR ÊÊ Has allowed at least 1 ER in each of his last 3 apps (since June 24 at PHI) after he had not allowed a run in his previous 11 apps (10.2 IP) from May 22-June 20...yesterday was only the 2nd time in his career that he allowed 3 BB in a relief appearance. ÊÊ Has a 2.31 ERA (23.1-IP, 6-ER) since the start of May...had a 7.20 ERA (10-IP, 8-ER) in April. ÊÊ Posted a 1.45 ERA (18.2-IP, 3-ER) in 18 apps at home this year compared to a 6.75 ERA (14.2-IP, 11-ER) in 16 apps on the road. ÊÊ Allowed a solo HR to Billy Butler in the 8th Wed at KC...hadn’t allowed a HR in his previous 17 appearances, a span of 17.1 IP (May 8 at NYY)...has allowed 5 HR in 33.1 IP this season...had only allowed 1 HR in his previous 71 IP coming into the year. ÊÊ Had a career-long streak of 11 consecutive scoreless apps (10.2 IP) that spanned a month (May 20-June 20). ÊÊ Has allowed 8 of his 19 inherited runners (42.1 percent) to score this year, the 3rd highest percentage in the AL. ÊÊ In 14 apps in May, posted a 1.42 ERA (12.2-IP, 2-ER), tied with Wade Davis for the 7th-best mark in the AL. ÊÊ 29-year-old made his 2nd Opening Day roster (2010 Marlins)...acquired from the Marlins on Dec 12 for minor league catcher Jake Jefferies.

#40 WADE DAVIS, RH Last App: 6/30 vs. DET (1.1-IP, 0-H, 0-R/ER, 1-BB, 2-SO, 0-HR) Saves-Opps: 0-0 vs. LH: .167 (10-60), 0-HR 2012: 1-0-0, 2.92 ERA, 26 G Long Relief App: 3.0, 4/13 at BOS IR-RS: 16-4 vs. RH: .250 (20-80), 4-HR ÊÊ Has a 2.92 ERA (37-IP, 12-ER) so far in his first year out of the bullpen...had a 4.22 career ERA as a starter from 2009-11. ÊÊ Has a 1.77 ERA (20.1-IP, 4-ER) this year when pitching on 2 days of rest or less compared to a 4.32 ERA (16.2-IP, 8-ER) on 3 days or more of rest. ÊÊ Allowed a run in 3 consecutive appearances from June 21-28 after he had previously had never allowed runs in back-to-back games as a reliever... pitched to a 4.97 ERA (12.2-IP, 7 ER) in 9 apps in June after he posted a 1.85 ERA (24.1-IP, 5-ER) in 17 combined apps in April and May. ÊÊ According to FanGraphs, is averaging 92.7 mph on his fastball this year compared to 91.4 mph last year...is also throwing his curveball faster (80.5 mph in 2012 vs. 78.6 mph in 2011) and with more frequency (19.8 pct of his total pitches in 2012 vs. 16.3 pct in 2011). ÊÊ Has a 3.24 ERA (16.2-IP, 6-ER) in 11 apps on the road this season...has a 2.66 ERA (20.1-IP, 6-ER) in 14 apps at home. ÊÊ 18 of his 26 apps have been scoreless...14 of his 26 apps have been longer than 1 IP...has allowed 4 HR this season, all at home. ÊÊ Posted a 1.42 ERA (12.2-IP, 2-ER) in May, tied with Burke Badenhop for 7th best in the AL...earned his first career win as a reliever May 22 vs. TOR. ÊÊ Has only allowed 5 hits in 23 AB to first batters faced in an outing...holding opponents to a .188 (6-for-32) avg. with RISP.

#43 KYLE FARNSWORTH, RH Last App: 6/30 vs. DET (1.0-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 1-BB, 2-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-0 vs. LH: .000 (0-1) 0-HR 2012: 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 G Long Relief App: 1.0, 6/30 vs. DET IR-RS: -- vs. RH: .333 (1-3) 0-HR ÊÊ Made his first appearance of the season yesterday after he was activated from the 60-day DL (right elbow strain) before the game...started the 7th inning, the earliest he has entered the game as a Ray. ÊÊ Started the season on the 15-day DL with a right elbow strain he suffered in spring training...was moved to the 60-day on May 1 to make room on the 40-man roster for Will Rhymes. ÊÊ Made 6 apps on a minor league rehab assignment with Class-A Charlotte and Triple-A Durham, giving up only 1 run on 5 hits with 6 SO in 6 IP. ÊÊ 13-year veteran spent his first season with the Rays in 2011 and earned a career-high 25 saves in 31 chances over 63 apps...posted a career-best 2.18 ERA, 2nd among AL closers...went 2 weeks between apps in September due to right elbow tenderness. ÊÊ Last year averaged 1.87 BB/9 IP, lowest of his career...ranked 3rd AL closers in opponents’ OBP (.261), SO/BB ratio (4.25) and BR/9 IP (9.36). ÊÊ Has a career 1.87 ERA (53-IP, 11-ER) at Tropicana Field, the closest ballpark to his residence in Celebration (near Orlando)...NYY (0.72) is the only reliever with a lower career ERA at the Trop (min. 50 IP).

#39 J.P. HOWELL, LH Last App: 6/30 vs. DET (2.0-IP, 2-H, 0-R, 1-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-0 vs. LH: .209 (9-43), 1-HR 2012: 1-0-0, 4.44 ERA, 29 G Long Relief App: 2.1, 5/5 vs. OAK IR-RS: 13-3 vs. RH: .250 (13-52), 3-HR ÊÊ Has retired 21 of the last 25 batters he’s faced over his last 6 outings dating back to June 14...that stretch comes after he allowed 11 runs over 8 IP (12.38 ERA) over a span of 11 apps from May 12-June 13. ÊÊ Had a 2.48 ERA over 2008-09, but since returning last May from a shoulder injury that forced him to miss all of 2010, has posted a 5.37 ERA (57-IP, 34-ER) with 52 hits and 27 BB allowed. ÊÊ Had a 1.64 ERA (11-IP, 2-ER) through May 5...now has a 4.44 ERA (26.1-IP, 13-ER) on the season after allowing 11 runs over 8 IP (12.38 ERA) over a span of 11 apps from May 12-June 13...allowed a run in 7 of those 11 apps. ÊÊ Has allowed 4 HR in 29 apps this season after he only allowed 5 homers over 46 apps in 2011. ÊÊ Has a 8.59 ERA (7.1-IP, 7-ER) with 7 hits allowed against AL East opponents (12 apps) this year but has not allowed a run (0.00 ERA) with only 8 hits allowed and 7 SO in 12.2 IP (8 apps) against all other AL opponents. ÊÊ May 1 vs. SEA earned his first win of the season and his first since July 6, 2011 at MIN...pitched a scoreless 12th inning, allowing only a walk.

#57 JAKE McGEE, LH Last App: 6/29 vs. DET (1.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-0 vs. LH: .220 (9-41), 1-HR 2012: 2-2-0, 1.73 ERA, 35 G Long Relief App: 2.1, 5/3 vs. SEA IR-RS: 28-6 vs. RH: .098 (5-51), 0-HR ÊÊ Has not allowed a run at home this season…has made 16 consecutive scoreless appearance at home this year, 1 shy of Trever Miller’s 2008 record by a Rays reliever to start a season...has held the opposition to a .067 (3-for-45) batting average with 17 SO against only 3 BB in those games. ÊÊ Since the start of May, is 2-1 with a 1.31 ERA (20.2-IP, 3-ER) with 20 SO and only 3 BB in 23 apps. ÊÊ Has limited right-handed hitters to a .098 (5-for-51) avg. ...coming into the year, righties were hitting .345 (20-for-58) against him for his career. ÊÊ Has inherited 28 baserunners this season, the highest total in the AL...has only allowed 6 IR to score, 21.4 pct of his total (13th-lowest in AL). ÊÊ 31 of his 35 apps this season have been scoreless, including 20 of his last 22...had a 4.50 ERA (28-IP, 14-ER) last year. ÊÊ Opponents have only collected 2 hits against him when he is ahead in the count this year (2-for-33, .061). ÊÊ On June 23 at PHI allowed his first HR of the season and the first run while he was on the mound since April 10 at DET when hit a walk- off HR in the 9th...has only allowed 2 ER while on the mound this season...the other 3 runs have scored after he was relieved. ÊÊ 25-year-old has held lefties to a career .189 (21-for-111) avg. while righties have hit .229 (25-for-109).

#62 JOEL PERALTA, RH Last App: 6/30 vs. DET (1.0-IP, 2-H, 3-R/ER, 0-BB, 2-SO) Saves-Opps: 2-5 vs. LH: .203 (13-64), 3-HR 2012: 0-2-2, 4.94 ERA, 37 G Long Relief App: 1.2, 2x-last 5/2 vs. SEA IR-RS: 23-9 vs. RH: .231 (12-52), 2-HR ÊÊ Made his first app since his 8-game suspension yesterday...has allowed 6 HR in 31 IP this season after he only allowed 7 in 67.2 IP last season. ÊÊ Was ejected for the first time in his career on June 19 at WAS before throwing a pitch when umpires found a foreign substance on his glove. ÊÊ AL Rankings: T-4th in apps (37), 4th in holds (16) and T-10th in inherited runners (23). ÊÊ Since allowing 7 runs over his first 3 apps of the year (1.2-IP), has posted a 3.07 ERA (29.1-IP, 10-ER) with 35 SO and 4 BB over his last 34 apps. ÊÊ Has been on the mound for 3 of the 4 Rays blown saves this season...has entered the game in the 8th inning in 28 of his 37 apps this year. ÊÊ Has a 3.24 ERA (16.2-IP, 6-ER) in 19 apps at home this season compared to a 6.91 ERA (14.1-IP, 11-ER) in 18 apps on the road. ÊÊ Has allowed 6 HR this season, tied for T-4th-most among AL relievers. ÊÊ Ranks T-4th in the AL with 23 inherited runners...39.1% (9) of his IR have scored, 4th-highest in the AL...his 9 IRSc are the tied for 4th-most in the AL. ÊÊ Has recorded 2 saves: May 2 vs. SEA and May 11 vs. OAK.

#56 FERNANDO RODNEY, RH Last App: 6/29 vs DET (1.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 2-SO) Saves-Opps: 22-23 vs. LH: .164 (11-67), 1-HR 2012: 2-1-22, 1.04 ERA, 36 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 2x-last 5/23 vs. TOR IR-RS: 12-2 vs. RH: .182 (10-55), 0-HR ÊÊ AL Ranks: 3rd in saves (22), 2nd in ERA as a reliever (1.04) and T-2nd in games finished (32). ÊÊ The 22 saves are the 2nd-highest total of his career (37 in 2009 with Detroit)... opposing batters are only hitting .118 (8-for-68) against him in save situations...has only allowed 2 hits to his last 22 batters faced in save situations dating back to May 27 at BOS. ÊÊ Came into the season with a career 4.9 BB/9 IP rate and 1.69 SO/BB ratio...has a 1.3 BB/9 IP rate and 7.0 SO/BB (35-SO, 5-BB) ratio this year. ÊÊ Has only allowed 1 ER at Tropicana Field this season, posting a 0.47 ERA (19.1-IP, 2-R, 1-ER) in 20 apps at home. ÊÊ Even when opposing batters are ahead in the count, they are still only batting .115 (3-for-26) against him this year. ÊÊ Has only allowed 2 home runs in his last 94.0 IP (402 batters faced) starting July 30, 2010 (B.J. Upton on April 29, 2011 at TB). ÊÊ 35-year-old recorded his 100th career save May 19 vs. ATL...in his only blown save of the season, May 26 at BOS, allowed a 1-out, 2-run walk-off HR to ...snapped a streak of 15 consecutive saves to start the year, 1 shy of the Rays record...was his first HR allowed in 51 apps and 45 IP...was his 1st walk-off HR allowed since his 2nd ML game, May 8, 2002 at ANA (Troy Glaus). ÊÊ This year has thrown his change-up 144 times, 102 for strikes...opponents have swung at 75 and missed on 36 (48.0 pct. swing-and-miss rate). RAYS PITCHING BY THE NUMBERS

W-L-S G ERA IP H ER BB SO HR Totals 41-37-24 78 3.67 696.1 637 284 246 634 79 Starters 31-27-0 78 3.69 473.0 449 194 169 418 54 Relievers 10-10-24 76 3.63 223.1 188 90 77 216 25 Home 22-17-14 39 3.06 365.0 319 124 118 355 33 Road 19-20-10 39 4.35 331.1 318 160 128 279 46 April 15-8-7 23 4.03 203.0 197 91 80 168 21 May 14-14-11 28 3.14 252.1 217 88 83 244 31 June 12-15-6 27 3.92 241.0 223 105 83 222 27 RAYS BY THE NUMBERS Current Streak: L1 When commit error: 20-21 Hit homer: 31-18 Current Record: 41-37 Ahead after 6-7-8: 33-2/34-1/34-1 Homer with men on: 19-4 Home/Road: 22-17/19-20 Behind after 6-7-8: 6-31/6-33/5-34 Hit multiple homers: 14-5 Day/Night: 15-13/26-24 Tied after 6-7-8: 2-4/2-3/2-2 Score first: 28-14 Grass/Turf: 15-21/26-18 1-run games: 14-11 Score 5 or more: 24-4 vs. East: 18-14 2-run games: 5-7 Score less than 5: 17-33 vs. Central: 4-11 Extra innings: 2-2 Outhit opponents: 27-7 vs. West: 10-3 Win in last at-bat: 7 Outhit by opponents: 9-27 vs. National League: 9-9 Come-from-behind wins: 18 Collect 10 or more hits: 13-4 vs. RH/LH starters: 30-21/11-16 Opp. come-from-behind wins: 18 Opp. 10 or more hits: 6-17 Series W-L-T (home): 7-4-1 Series W-L-T (road): 6-7-0 Wearing white/gray/navy/lt. blue: 15-12/7-15/14-7/5-2 LAST HR ’12 MOST HITS GAME ’12 MOST RBI GAME Conrad 6/26/12 at KC (B Chen) 2, 2x-last, 6/28 vs. DET 4, 6/24 at PHI (G2) Jennings 6/29/12 vs. DET (J Verlander) 3, 2x-last, 6/27 at KC 4, 6/15 vs. MIA Johnson 6/10/12 at MIA (A Sanchez) 4, 6/9 at MIA 3, 6/9 at MIA Keppinger 6/30/12 vs. DET (J Benoit) 5, 6/23 at PHI 3, 6/23 at PHI Lobaton -- 2, 4x-last, 6/21 at WAS 1, 4x-last, 6/24 at PHI (G2) Matsui 6/1/12 vs. BAL (W Chen) 2, 6/14 vs. NYM 2, 2x-last, 6/1 vs. BAL Molina 6/20/12 at WAS (S Strasburg) 2, 3x-last, 6/16 vs. MIA 3, 6/9 at MIA Peña 6/30/12 vs. DET (J Benoit) 3, 4x-last, 5/22 vs. TOR 5, 4/6 vs. NYY Rhymes 9/20/10 vs. KC (Z Greinke) 3, 5/27 at BOS 2, 6/15 vs. MIA Rodriguez 5/27/12 at BOS (A Aceves) 2, 6x-last, 6/12 vs. NYM 2, 3x-last, 5/27 at BOS Scott 5/30/12 vs. CWS (J Quintana) 3, 2x-last, 5/18 vs. ATL 4, 2x-last, 4/18 at TOR Upton 6/17/12 vs. MIA (J Johnson) 3, 3x-last, 5/23 vs. TOR 2, 4x-last, 6/3 vs. BAL Zobrist 6/29/12 vs. DET (J Verlander) 3, 5x-last, 6/27 at KC 4, 6/9 at MIA HOME RUNS (76) Solo (50): Joyce-8, Scott-7, Zobrist-7, Peña-6, Upton-5, Jennings-4, Rodriguez-3, Johnson-2, Keppinger-2, Molina-2, Conrad-1 Guyer-1, Longoria-1 2-Run (17): Zobrist-3, Johnson-2, Longoria-2, Matsui-2, Molina-2, Peña-2, Rodriguez-2, Allen-1, Jennings-1, Keppinger-1 3-Run (5): Peña-2, Joyce-1, Longoria-1, Scott-1 Grand Slams (4): Joyce-2 (5/25 at BOS, J Lester; 5/19 vs. ATL, R Delgado), Scott-1 (4/18 at TOR, C Villanueva), Peña-1 (4/6 vs. NYY, C Sabathia) Back-to-Back (2): Johnson/Peña-1 (5/25 at BOS, J Lester), Johnson/Zobrist-1 (5/13 at BAL, T Patton) 2-HR games (2): Jennings-1 (6/29 vs. DET, J Verlander), Zobrist-1 (6/9 at MIA, C Zambrano & C Gaudin) Pinch-hit (3): Allen-1 (4/26 vs. LAA, J Walden), Keppinger-1 (6/30 vs. DET, J Benoit) Scott-1 (4/27 at TEX, M Lowe) Walk-off (1): Allen-1 (4/26 vs. LAA, J Walden) Lead-off (2): Jennings-1 (4/24 vs. LAA, E Santana), Upton-1 (6/17 vs. MIA, J Johnson) RAYS SEASON HIGHS TEAM BATTING INDIVIDUAL BATTING Longest win streak...... 6, 2x-last, 4/29-5/4 Most runs, game, TB...... 4, 2x-last, Peña, 6/15 vs. MIA Long loss streak...... 4, 2x-last, 6/25-28 Most runs, game, Opp...... 3, 7x-last, Wright, 6/14 vs. NYM Most runs game, TB...... 13, 6/9 at MIA Most hits, game, TB...... 5, Keppinger, 6/23 at PHI Most runs game, Opp...... 13, 4/14 at BOS Most hits, game, Opp...... 4, 5x-last, Cabrera, 6/28 vs. DET Most runs, inn, TB...... 6, 2x-last, (5th) 5/14 at TOR Most 2B, game, TB...... 2, 11x-last, Conrad, 6/28 vs. DET Most runs, inn, Opp...... 8, (8th) 4/13 at BOS Most 2B, game, Opp...... 2, 10x-last, Polanco, 6/24 at PHI (G2) Most hits, game, TB...... 16, 4/27 at TEX Most HR, game, TB...... 2, 2x-last, Jennings, 6/29 vs. DET Most hits, game, Opp...... 16, 4/13 at BOS Most HR, game, Opp...... 2, 3x-last, Nieuwenhuis, 6/14 vs. NYM Most hits, inn, TB...... 5, 4x-last, 6/1 vs. BAL Most RBI, game, TB...... 5, Peña, 4/6 vs. NYY Most hits, inn, Opp...... 8, (8th), 4/13 at BOS Most RBI, game, Opp...... 5, Ortiz, 4/14 at BOS Most doubles, game, TB...... 5, 6/7 at NYY Most x-base hits, game, TB...... 3, Joyce, 4/18 at TOR Most doubles, game, Opp...... 5, 3x-last, 6/13 vs. NYM Most x-base hits, game, Opp...... 2, 24x-last, Cabrera, 6/28 vs. DET Most HR, game, TB...... 4, 2x-last, 4/24 vs. LAA Most steals, game, TB...... 2, 4x-last, Upton, 5/19 vs. ATL Most HR, game, Opp...... 5, 4/14 at BOS Most steals, game, Opp...... 2, 4x-last, Pierre, 6/23 at PHI Most x-base hits, game, TB...... 7, 5/22 vs. TOR Hitting Streak...... 11, Jennings, 4/18-29 Most x-base hits, game, Opp...... 10, 4/14 at BOS TEAM/INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most stolen bases, game, TB...... 4, 5/13 at BAL Most SO, TB Starter...... 12, Price, 5/4 vs. OAK Most stolen bases, game, Opp...... 3, 6/21 at WAS Most SO, Opp Starter...... 15, Sale, 5/28 vs. CWS Most walks, game, TB...... 10, 5/23 vs. TOR Most SO, TB Reliever...... 4, 2x-last, Davis, 6/7 at NYY Most walks, game, Opp...... 8, 6/8 at MIA Most IP, TB Reliever...... 3.0, 3x-last, Ramos, 6/5 at NYY Most strikeouts, game, TB...... 15, 5/28 vs. CWS Most walks, game, TB...... 7, Hellickson, 6/8 at MIA Most strikeouts, game, Opp...... 14, 3x-last, 6/17 vs. MIA Most walks, game, Opp...... 7, 2x-last, Romero, 5/23 vs. TOR Most LOB, game, TB...... 12, 2x-last, 6/23 at PHI Most SO, Team, TB...... 14, 3x-last, 6/17 vs. MIA Most LOB, game, Opp...... 16, 6/16 at MIA Most walks, Team, TB...... 8, 6/8 at MIA Most errors, game, TB...... 5, 5/12 at BAL Low-Hit Game...... 1, Moore, Badenhop & Gomes, 6/15 vs. MIA Most errors, game, Opp...... 3, 2x-last, 6/3 vs. BAL Consecutive Scoreless IP...... 19.1, Shields, 4/11-21 Longest game, time...... 5:07, 6/16 vs. MIA (15 inn.) Shortest game, time...... 2:17, 6/25 at KC Longest game, time (9 innings)...... 3:49, 6/8 at MIA Shortest game, time (9 innings)...... 2:17, 6/25 at KC RUN SUPPORT FOR STARTING PITCHERS

PITCHER STARTS RUNS RUNS/START RUNS/9-IP CLUB RECORD QUALITY STARTS Archer 2 4 2.00 3.08 0-2 1 Cobb 7 18 2.57 3.55 3-3 2 Hellickson 14 34 2.43 3.78 7-7 8 Moore 15 62 4.13 6.34 6-9 5 Niemann 7 13 1.86 3.37 4-3 1 Price 16 60 3.75 5.16 10-5 10 Ramos 1 3 3.00 10.13 1-0 0 Shields 16 55 3.43 4.73 10-7 9 W-L BY POSITION (STARTS) BY BATTING ORDER (STARTS) C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Allen 2-1 1-0 1-0 0-1 Brignac 2-3 0-1 2-2 Conrad 1-1 1-4 0-1 1-2 1-1 0-1 Gimenez 14-7 9-5 5-2 Guyer 0-2 0-2 Jennings 18-17 8-7 23-22 2-0 1-0 0-2 Johnson 3-3 1-0 18-24 1-0 1-0 1-2 7-5 4-8 10-12 Joyce 16-12 17-11 1-1 15-7 7-7 2-0 5-5 0-2 1-1 1-1 Keppinger 0-1 8-5 3-6 3-4 1-2 2-6 4-1 2-5 4-2 Lobaton 9-9 0-1 1-1 2-1 4-5 2-2 0-1 Longoria 15-8 8-6 7-2 Matsui 4-2 0-4 1-7 3-7 0-4 1-2 1-0 Molina 18-21 2-2 14-14 2-5 Peña 41-35 6-4 15-19 8-4 6-3 2-1 4-4 Rhymes 11-7 7-4 2-0 3-1 9-4 3-0 1-5 Rodriguez 2-9 10-10 21-10 0-1 0-2 2-2 10-10 2-9 7-2 12-4 Scott 28-21 1-1 5-5 18-11 2-3 2-1 Sutton 0-1 2-0 4-5 1-1 0-1 3-2 1-2 1-0 Thompson 1-3 0-1 1-2 Upton 33-30 2-2 12-13 6-14 3-0 6-0 4-1 Vogt 1-1 1-0 0-1 Zobrist 14-12 24-22 1-0 7-8 11-2 1-3 7-5 11-15 2-1

RAYS vs. TIGERS BATTING 2012 CAREER AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBI Conrad .182 11 2 0 0 .250 16 4 1 1 Jennings .273 22 6 2 3 .361 36 13 2 3 Johnson .308 13 4 0 1 .300 20 6 0 2 Keppinger .200 15 3 1 1 .300 50 15 2 8 Lobaton .083 12 1 0 0 .083 12 1 0 0 Matsui .000 2 0 0 0 .251 219 55 6 36 Molina .286 7 2 0 0 .177 96 17 3 11 Peña .286 21 6 2 2 .257 105 27 6 24 Rhymes .200 5 1 0 0 .200 5 1 0 0 Rodriguez .000 9 0 0 0 .218 55 12 0 1 Scott .000 11 0 0 1 .308 78 24 10 25 Upton .083 12 1 0 0 .252 127 32 3 16 Zobrist .318 22 7 1 3 .218 133 29 5 18

PITCHING 2012 CAREER W-L-S ERA G IP H ER W-L-S ERA G IP H ER Badenhop 0-0-0 13.50 2 2.0 4 3 0-0-0 13.50 2 2.0 4 3 Cobb ------0-0-0 1.59 1 5.2 8 1 Davis 0-0-0 9.00 3 3.0 3 3 0-0-0 3.60 6 25.0 18 10 Farnsworth 0-0-0 0.00 1 1.0 1 0 1-2-0 2.78 23 22.2 21 7 Hellickson 0-1-0 3.38 1 2.2 4 1 1-3-0 1.96 4 23.0 17 5 Howell 0-0-0 0.00 2 3.0 3 0 0-2-1 8.10 13 20.0 28 18 McGee 0-1-0 9.00 3 2.0 3 2 0-1-0 7.71 5 2.1 3 2 Moore 0-0-0 2.70 1 6.2 4 2 0-0-0 2.70 1 6.2 4 2 Peralta 0-0-0 22.50 2 2.0 4 5 1-0-1 4.45 23 28.1 33 14 Price 1-0-0 2.57 1 7.0 5 2 4-1-0 2.23 7 36.1 29 9 Rodney 0-0-2 0.00 2 2.0 0 0 0-0-4 0.00 7 7.0 3 0 Shields 1-1-0 3.45 2 15.2 20 6 5-1-0 3.66 9 59.0 68 24 RAYS HITTERS AT TROPICANA FIELD (Avg.-AB-H-HR-RBI)—Conrad (.095-21-2-0-0)...Jennings (.223-233-52-73-22)...Johnson (.204-181-37-3-11)…Keppinger (.400-35-14-3-7)...Loba- ton (.130-54-7-0-2)...Matsui (.275-265-73-12-48)...Molina (.193-140-27-2-17)…Peña (.253-1,063-269-82-235)...Rhymes (.246-69-17-0-3)...Rodriguez (.220-469-103-11-42)…Scott (.208-212-44-7-28)...Upton (.254-1,609-408-48-190)…Zobrist (.232-1,103-256-40-148) MISCELLANEOUS Game-Tying & Go-Ahead RBI: Scott (12), Upton (10), Zobrist (10), Joyce (9), Peña (9), Rodriguez (8), Longoria (7), Jennings (6), Johnson (6), Keppinger (5), Lobaton (3), Rhymes (3), Sutton (3), Allen (2), Matsui (2), Molina (2), Conrad (1), Guyer (1) Catcher’s Efficiency: Lobaton .125 (2-16), Molina .231 (6-26), Gimenez .150 (3-20) Outfield Assists: Upton (6), Zobrist (4), Jennings (3), Joyce (2) Bunt Singles: Johnson (5), Peña (3), Jennings (1), Joyce (1), Zobrist (1) Batted Around: 6/15 vs. MIA (2nd inn, 9 batters; 7th inn, 9 batters), 6/9 at MIA (2nd inn, 9 batters), 6/1 vs. BAL (1st inn, 10 batters), 5/14 at TOR (5th inn, 10 batters), 5/3 vs. SEA (2nd inn, 9 batters), 4/18 at TOR (9th inn, 9 batters), 4/11 at DET (9th inn, 10 batters) Ejections: Peralta-1 (6/19 at WAS, 8th inn.) RUNS BY INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X Total Opp 30 31 48 27 41 41 36 47 20 3 324 TB 42 45 47 39 33 35 25 21 35 3 325 INSTANT REPLAY Date Batter Pitcher Inning/Outs Initial Call Ruling After Replay Delay April 7 vs. NYY E. Longoria C. Rapada 7th / 0 out Home run to RF Ground rule double 3:32 April 15 at BOS C. Peña F. Doubront 5th / 1 out Foul ball to RF Ruling upheld 2:30 May 21 vs. TOR B. Upton K. Drabek 1st / 1 out Double to CF Home run off C-ring catwalk 4:57 June 19 at WAS M. Morse D. Price 6th / 2 out Home run to RCF Ruling upheld 1:50 FAIR BALLS OFF THE TROPICANA FIELD CATWALKS 1. April 22...Evan Longoria double off the B-ring catwalk in left field...off . 2. May 21...B.J. Upton home run off the C-ring catwalk in center field...off Kyle Drabek.

TRANSACTIONS (since Opening Day)

OPENING DAY ROSTER Pitchers (12) RH Burke Badenhop, RH Wade Davis, RH Jeremy Hellickson, LH J.P. Howell, RH Josh Lueke, LH Jake McGee, LH Matt Moore, RH Jeff Niemann, RH Joel Peralta, LH David Price, RH Fernando Rodney, RH James Shields Catchers (2) Jose Lobaton, Jose Molina Infielders (7) Reid Brignac, Elliot Johnson, Jeff Keppinger, Evan Longoria, Carlos Peña, Sean Rodriguez, Luke Scott Outfielders (4) Desmond Jennings, Matt Joyce, , Ben Zobrist DL (4) C (15-day), RH Kyle Farnsworth (15-day), OF (15-day), OF B.J. Upton (15-day)

Apr 14 Optioned RH Josh Lueke to Triple-A Durham; recalled RH Dane De La Rosa from Triple-A Durham. Apr 15 Optioned RH Dane De La Rosa to Durham; placed C Jose Lobaton (right shoulder soreness) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 13; recalled RH Alex Cobb from Durham; selected C Chris Gimenez from Durham; transferred OF Sam Fuld (right wrist surgery) to the 60-day DL. Apr 17 Optioned RH Alex Cobb to Durham; recalled RH Brandon Gomes from Durham. Apr 19 Claimed 1B/OF Brandon Allen off of waivers from the Oakland Athletics; transferred C Robinson Chirinos from the 15-day to the 60-day DL. Apr 20 Optioned C/OF Stephen Vogt to Durham; reinstated OF B.J. Upton (lower back soreness) from the 15-day DL. Apr 21 Optioned SS Reid Brignac to Durham; activated 1B/OF Brandon Allen. Apr 30 Signed OF/DH Hideki Matsui to a minor league contract. May 1 Placed 3B Evan Longoria (left hamstring partial tear) on the 15-day DL; transferred Kyle Farnsworth to the 60-day DL; selected INF Will Rhymes from Durham. May 6 Optioned RH Brandon Gomes to Durham; recalled LH Cesar Ramos from Durham. May 9 Placed INF Jeff Keppinger on the restricted list; recalled OF Brandon Guyer from Durham. May 10 Placed 1B/OF Brandon Allen (right quad strain) on the 15-day DL; reinstated INF Jeff Keppinger from the restricted list. May 14 Placed OF Desmond Jennings (left knee sprain) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 12; recalled C/OF Stephen Vogt from Durham. May 15 Placed RH Jeff Niemann (fractured right fibula) on the 15-day DL; recalled RH Josh Lueke from Durham. May 16 Acquired OF Rich Thompson from Philadelphia in exchange for OF Kyle Hudson; placed OF Brandon Guyer (left shoulder strain) on the 15- day DL, retroactive to May 13; transferred RH Jeff Niemann (fractured right fibula) from the 15-day to the 60-day DL. May 19 Optioned RH Josh Lueke to Durham; recalled RH Alex Cobb from Durham. May 21 Acquired INF Drew Sutton from Pittsburgh in exchange for a player to be named or cash considerations; placed INF Jeff Keppinger (broken big right toe) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 19; designated LH John Gaub for assignment. May 28 Optioned C Chris Gimenez to Durham; reinstated C Jose Lobaton (right shoulder soreness) from the 15-day DL. May 29 Optioned C/OF Stephen Vogt to Durham; selected OF/DH Hideki Matsui from Durham; transferred OF Brandon Guyer from the 15-day to the 60-day DL. June 5 Optioned OF Rich Thompson to Durham; reinstated OF Desmond Jennings (left knee sprain) from the 15-day DL. June 6 Reinstated 1B/OF Brandon Allen (right quad strain) from the 15-day DL and designated him for assignment. June 15 Placed OF/DH Luke Scott (back stiffness) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 9; recalled RH Brandon Gomes from Durham. June 18 Optioned RH Brandon Gomes to Durham. June 19 Recalled OF Rich Thompson from Durham; added RH to the taxi squad. June 20 Placed RH Jeremy Hellickson (right shoulder inflammation) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 15; recalled RHChris Archer from Durham. June 22 Placed OF Matt Joyce (left external oblique strain) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 20; optioned OF Rich Thompson to Durham; desig- nated INF Drew Sutton for assignment; reinstated INF Jeff Keppinger (broken big right toe) from the 15-day DL; recalled RH Brandon Gomes from Durham; claimed INF Brooks Conrad off waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers; RH Joel Peralta began serving an 8-game suspension. June 24 Added LH Alex Torres from Durham per MLB’s 26th Man Rule. June 25 Returned LH Alex Torres to Durham per MLB’s 26th Man Rule. June 28 Optioned RH Chris Archer to Durham; reinstated OF/DH Luke Scott (back stiffness) from the 15-day DL. June 30 Optioned RH Brandon Gomes and LH Cesar Ramos to Durham; reinstated RH Kyle Farnsworth (right elbow strain) from the 60-day DL; reinstated RH Jeremy Hellickson (right shoulder inflammation) from the 15-day DL; RH Joel Peralta returned from his 8-game suspension. RAYS ON THE DISABLED LIST (6)

Pos. Player DL Injury Date on Retro First Date Off Gms Missed Record C Robinson Chirinos 60-day Concussion April 2 March 26 June 5 78 41-37 OF Sam Fuld 60-day Right wrist surgery April 2 -- June 5 78 41-37 OF Brandon Guyer 60-day Left shoulder surgery May 16 May 13 July 13 44 21-23 OF Matt Joyce 15-day Left external oblique strain June 22 June 20 July 5 11 3-8 3B Evan Longoria 15-day Partially torn left hamstring May 1 -- May 16 53 26-29 RHP Jeff Niemann 60-day Right fibula fracture May 15 -- July 14 42 19-23 Others (Games Missed): 1B/OF Brandon Allen (24, right quad strain, 11-13), RH Kyle Farnsworth (77, right elbow strain, 41-36), RH Jeremy Hellickson (14, right shoulder inflammation, 6-8), OF Desmond Jennings (21, left knee sprain, 1-10),1 INF Jeff Keppinger (29, broken big right toe, 14-15), C Jose Lobaton (41, right shoulder soreness, 24-17), DH Luke Scott (17, back stiffness, 7-10), OF B.J. Upton (13, lower back soreness, 7-6) RAYS 2012 DAY-BY-DAY

H/R Winning Losing Home Road No. Date D/N W/L Score/Opp Pitcher Pitcher Rec. GA/GB Att. Cum. Cum. 1 4/6 H/D W 7-6/NYY Rodney (1-0) Rivera (0-1) 1-0 T-1/+1.0 34,078 34,078 2 4/7 H/N W 8-6/NYY Price (1-0) Kuroda (0-1) 2-0 T-1/+2.0 34,078 68,156 3 4/8 H/D W 3-0/NYY Hellickson (1-0) Hughes (0-1) 3-0 T-1/+1.0 30,413 98,569 4/9 OFF (1) 1/+0.5 4 4/10 R/D L 2-5/DET Coke (1-0) McGee (0-1) 3-1 1/+0.5 22,574 22,574 5 4/11 R/D W 4-2/DET Shields (1-0) Verlander (0-1) 4-1 1/+0.5 28,180 50,754 6 4/12 R/D L 2-7/DET Balester (1-0) Niemann (0-1) 4-2 T-1/+1.0 30,288 81,042 7 4/13 R/D L 2-12/BOS Beckett (1-1) Price (1-1) 4-3 T-1/+2.0 37,032 118,074 8 4/14 R/D L 5-13/BOS Buchholz (1-0) Badenhop (0-1) 4-4 T-2/-1.0 38,024 156,098 9 4/15 R/D L 4-6/BOS Padilla (1-0) Moore (0-1) 4-5 T-4/-1.0 38,024 194,122 10 4/16 R/D W 1-0/BOS Shields (2-0) Bard (0-2) 5-5 T-3/-1.0 38,108 232,230 11 4/17 R/N L 3-7/TOR Romero (2-0) Niemann (0-2) 5-6 3/-2.0 15,331 247,561 12 4/18 R/N W 12-2/TOR Price (2-1) Morrow (0-1) 6-6 T-3/-1.0 15,828 263,389 13 4/19 R/N W 9-4/TOR Hellickson (2-0) Alvarez (0-1) 7-6 T-2/-1.0 18,976 282,365 14 4/20 H/N L 4-5/MIN Maloney (1-0) Gomes (0-1) 7-7 4/-1.0 18,763 117,332 15 4/21 H/N W 4-1/MIN Shields (3-0) Pavano (1-2) 8-7 T-3/-1.0 31,774 149,106 16 4/22 H/D W 6-2/MIN Niemann (1-2) Liriano (0-3) 9-7 T-3/-1.0 26,507 175,613 4/23 OFF (2) T-3/-1.0 17 4/24 H/N W 5-0/LAA Price (3-1) Santana (0-4) 10-7 T-1/+3.5 14,933 190,546 18 4/25 H/N W 3-2/LAA Hellickson (3-0) Wilson (2-2) 11-7 T-1/+1.0 14,638 205,184 19 4/26 H/D W 4-3/LAA Gomes (1-1) Walden (0-1) 12-7 T-1/+1.5 15,417 220,601 20 4/27 R/N W 8-4/TEX Shields (4-0) Harrison (3-1) 13-7 1/+1.0 47,496 329,861 21 4/28 R/N L 2-7/TEX Lewis (3-0) Niemann (1-3) 13-8 T-1/+1.5 49,197 379,058 22 4/29 R/N W 5-2/TEX Price (4-1) Holland (2-2) 14-8 T-1/+1.5 43,475 422,533 23 4/30 H/N W 3-2/SEA (12) Howell (1-0) League (0-2) 15-8 1/+1.0 9,458 230,059 APRIL 15-8 (9-1 Home, 6-7 Road) 24 5/1 H/N W 3-1/SEA Moore (1-1) Noesi (1-3) 16-8 1/+1.0 9,972 240,031 25 5/2 H/N W 5-4/SEA Shields (5-0) Beavan (1-3) 17-8 1/+1.0 9,837 249,868 26 5/3 H/D W 4-3/SEA Niemann (2-3) Millwood (0-3) 18-8 1/+1.5 11,575 261,443 27 5/4 H/N W 7-2/OAK Price (5-1) Ross (1-2) 19-8 1/+1.5 18,799 280,242 28 5/5 H/N L 3-4/OAK (12) Fuentes (2-0) Peralta (0-1) 19-9 1/+0.5 23,890 304,132 29 5/6 H/D L 5-9/OAK Milone (4-2) Moore (1-2) 19-10 2/-0.5 23,873 328,005 5/7 OFF (3) T-1/+3.0 30 5/8 R/N L 3-5/NYY Nova (4-1) Shields (5-1) 19-11 T-1/+2.5 37,086 459,619 31 5/9 R/N W 4-1/NYY Rodney (2-0) Robertson (0-1) 20-11 1/+0.5 38,024 497,643 32 5/10 R/N L 3-5/NYY Sabathia (5-0) Price (5-2) 20-12 T-1/+2.0 37,720 535,363 33 5/11 R/N L 3-4/BAL O’Day (3-0) Peralta (0-2) 20-13 2/-1.0 26,669 562,032 34 5/12 R/N L 3-5/BAL Matusz (2-4) Moore (1-3) 20-14 2/-2.0 32,862 594,.894 35 5/13 R/D W 9-8/BAL Shields (6-1) Arrieta (2-4) 21-14 2/-1.0 29,552 624,446 36 5/14 R/N W 7-1/TOR Ramos (1-0) Morrow (4-2) 22-14 T-1/+1.5 15,289 639,735 37 5/15 R/N W 4-3/TOR Price (6-2) Alvarez (3-3) 23-14 T-1/+2.5 15,612 655,347 38 5/16 H/N W 2-1/BOS Hellickson (4-0) Buchholz (4-2) 24-14 T-1/+3.5 20,843 348,848 39 5/17 H/N L 3-5/BOS Doubront (4-1) Moore (1-4) 24-15 2/-1.0 19,842 368,690 40 5/18 H/N L 3-5/ATL Hanson (5-3) Shields (6-2) 24-16 2/-2.0 19,693 388,383 41 5/19 H/D W 5-2/ATL Cobb (1-0) Delgado (2-4) 25-16 2/-2.0 27,433 415,816 42 5/20 H/D L 0-2/ATL Hudson (3-1) Price (6-3) 25-17 2/-2.0 24,759 440,575 43 5/21 H/N L 2-6/TOR Drabek (4-4) Hellickson (4-1) 25-18 2/-2.0 10,844 451,419 44 5/22 H/N W 8-5/TOR Davis (1-0) Hutchison (3-2) 26-18 2/-2.0 12,307 463,726 45 5/23 H/D W 5-4/TOR (11) McGee (1-1) Oliver (0-2) 27-18 2/-1.0 11,471 475,197 5/24 OFF (4) 2/-1.0 46 5/25 R/N W 7-4/BOS Cobb (2-0) Lester (3-4) 28-18 2/-1.0 37,594 692,941 47 5/26 R/N L 2-3/BOS Hill (1-0) Rodney (2-1) 28-19 2/-1.0 38,099 731,040 48 5/27 R/D W 4-3/BOS McGee (2-1) Aceves (0-2) 29-19 T-1/+2.5 37,844 768,884 49 5/28 H/D L 1-2/CWS Sale (6-2) Moore (1-5) 29-20 T-1/+2.5 22,227 497,424 50 5/29 H/N L 2-7/CWS Humber (2-2) Shields (6-3) 29-21 T-1/+2.5 13,735 511,159 51 5/30 H/D L 3-4/CWS Jones (3-0) Cobb (2-1) 29-22 T-1/+1.5 13,369 524,528 5/31 OFF (5) T-1/+1.5 MAY 14-14 (8-9 Home, 6-5 Road) 52 6/1 H/N W 5-0/BAL Price (7-3) Chen (4-2) 30-22 1/+1.0 17,224 541,752 53 6/2 H/D L 1-2/BAL Matusz (5-5) Hellickson (4-2) 30-23 T-1/+1.5 21,693 563,445 54 6/3 H/D W 8-4/BAL Moore (2-5) Arrieta (2-7) 31-23 1/+1.0 21,693 585,138 6/4 OFF (6) 1/+1.0 55 6/5 R/N L 0-7/NYY Pettitte (3-2) Shields (6-4) 31-24 T-1/+0.5 40,537 809,421 56 6/6 R/N L 1-4/NYY Nova (7-2) Cobb (2-2) 31-25 3/-1.0 38,370 847,791 57 6/7 R/N W 7-3/NYY Price (8-3) Sabathia (7-3) 32-25 T-1/+0.5 39,891 887,682 58 6/8 R/N W 5-1/MIA Badenhop (1-1) Nolasco (6-4) 33-25 1/+0.5 29,628 917,310 59 6/9 R/N W 13-4/MIA Moore (3-5) Zambrano (4-4) 34-25 1/+0.5 30,963 948,273 60 6/10 R/D W 4-2/MIA Shields (7-4) Sanchez (3-5) 35-25 1/+0.5 31,111 979,384 6/11 OFF (7) T-1/+1.0 61 6/12 H/N L 2-11/NYM Young (1-0) Cobb (2-3) 35-26 T-2/-1.0 17,334 602,472 62 6/13 H/N L 1-9/NYM Dickey (10-1) Price (8-4) 35-27 3/-2.0 18,496 620,968 63 6/14 H/D L 6-9/NYM Santana (4-3) Hellickson (4-3) 35-28 3/-2.5 21,947 642,915 64 6/15 H/N W 11-0/MIA Moore (4-5) Zambrano (4-5) 36-28 3/-2.5 18,369 661,284 65 6/16 H/N L 3-4/MIA (15) Webb (3-1) Gomes (1-2) 36-29 3/-3.5 22,332 683,616 66 6/17 H/D W 3-0/MIA Cobb (3-3) Johnson (4-5) 37-29 3/-3.5 33,810 717,426 6/18 OFF (8) 3/-4.0 67 6/19 R/N W 5-4/WAS Price (9-4) Wang (2-3) 38-29 3/-3.0 27,835 1,007,219 68 6/20 R/N L 2-3/WAS Strasburg (9-1) Archer (0-1) 38-30 3/-3.0 27,485 1,034,704 69 6/21 R/N L 2-5/WAS Gonzalez (9-3) Peralta (0-3) 38-31 3/-3.5 29,551 1,064,255 6/22 R/N PHI PPD - Rain (1) Rescheduled for June 24 3/-3.0 70 6/23 R/D L 6-7/PHI Papelbon (2-2) McGee (2-2) 38-32 3/-4.0 44,878 1,109,133 71 6/24 (1) R/D W 3-2/PHI Price (10-4) Bastardo (2-2) 39-32 44,785 1,153,918 72 6/24 (2) R/N W 7-3/PHI Gomes (2-2) Lee (0-4) 40-32 3/-3.5 44,088 1,198,006 73 6/25 R/N L 0-8/KC Hochevar (5-7) Cobb (3-4) 40-33 3/-4.5 20,200 1,218,206 74 6/26 R/N L 2-8/KC Chen (7-6) Archer (0-2) 40-34 3/-5.5 25,982 1,244,188 75 6/27 R/D L 4-5/KC Crow (1-1) Badenhop (1-2) 40-35 T-3/-6.5 19,228 1,263,416 76 6/28 H/N L 2-5/DET Scherzer (7-5) Shields (7-5) 40-36 T-3/-6.5 20,532 737,958 77 6/29 H/N W 4-2/DET Price (11-4) Verlander (8-5) 41-36 T-3/-5.5 19,557 757,515 78 6/30 H/N L 2-6/DET Porcello (6-5) Hellickson (4-4) 41-37 T-3/-6.5 29,443 786,958 TOMORROW’S STARTER—LH MATT MOORE (4-5, 4.19)

Year Team W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO HR Opp Avg. 2011 Montgomery (AA) 8-3 2.20 18 18 1 1 102.1 68 31 25 28 131 8 .187 Durham (AAA) 4-0 1.37 9 9 0 0 52.2 33 8 8 18 79 3 .179 Tampa Bay 1-0 2.89 3 1 0 0 9.1 9 3 3 3 15 1 .243 2012 Tampa Bay 4-5 4.19 15 15 0 0 88.0 81 48 41 42 90 13 .243 Career Minors 28-21 2.64 99 94 1 1 497.1 338 180 146 212 700 25 .190 Career Majors 5-5 4.07 18 16 0 0 97.1 90 51 44 45 105 14 .243

TOMORROW’S START & 2012 NOTES ÊÊ Turned 23 on June 18...will be making 16th start this season, 10th at home. ÊÊ Last start: On Wed at KC, did not factor in the decision in a 5-4 loss opposite Everett Teaford...his line: 7.1 IP, 10 H, 4 R/ER, 2 BB, 5 SO, 2 HR, 98 pitches, 70 strikes...his 7.1 IP were a season high and he only needed 98 pitches (avg. of 13.4 pitches per inning)...allowed solo homers to (1st inning) and Alcides Escobar (3rd inning)...left with the game tied, 4-4, with 1 out in the 8th inning and Burke Badenhop allowed a game-winning solo HR to Billy Butler in the next at-bat. ÊÊ Went 3-0 with a 3.16 ERA (31.1-IP, 11-ER) with 32 SO in June...was 1-5 with a 4.76 ERA (56.2-IP, 30-ER) coming into the month. ÊÊ Has won his last 3 decisions...lost his previous 4 decisions from May 6-28. ÊÊ The first two times through the order, opposing lineups are batting only .210 (59-for-233)...after that, they are batting .320 (32-for-100). ÊÊ Will be pitching on regular rest (4 days) for the first time in over a month (last May 22 vs. TOR)...is 1-3 with a 6.27 ERA (33-IP, 23-ER) when pitching on regular rest (4 days) compared to 3-2 with a 2.95 ERA (55-IP, 18-ER) when pitching on extra rest (5 days or more). ÊÊ Has the highest run support on the Rays rotation at 6.34 R/9 IP (62-RS, 88-IP), 7th-highest in the AL...the Rays offense has scored 33 runs of sup- port while he was on the mound over his last 5 starts (6.6 per start) compared to only 28 runs of support over his first 10 starts this year (2.8 per start). ÊÊ Has worked at least 6 innings in 5 of his last 6 starts...only lasted 5 innings on June 21 after being removed for a pinch-hitter. ÊÊ Over his last 7 starts, is 3-2 with a 3.31 ERA (49-IP, 18-ER), 56 SO and only 38 hits and 20 BB allowed, holding opponents to a .210 (38-for-181) avg. ÊÊ His 90 SO are 2nd among major league rookies behind TEX Yu Darvish (106). ÊÊ His 9.20 SO/9 IP rate is the 9th-highest mark in the AL...only 2 other AL pitchers have finished their rookie season with a SO/9 IP ratio as high as 9.48: CLE in 1936 (11.03) and CLE in 1955 (9.70). ÊÊ According to FanGraphs.com, has averaged 94.5 mph on his fastball this season, 2nd highest among AL starters and 2nd among ML lefties behind teammate David Price (95.4 mph)...this ranks 4th among all ML starters behind WAS (96.0), Price and CHC (95.0). ÊÊ Has thrown fastballs 68.9 pct. of the time, 8th highest mark in the majors...for comparison, David Price throws 61.3 pct. fastballs and James Shields only throws 27.3 pct. fastballs. ÊÊ Opponents swing and miss at 11.9 pct. of his total pitches, the highest mark in the AL and tied for the 5th-highest mark in the majors this year...the only pitchers ranked above him are: PHI Cole Hamels (12.6), WAS Stephen Strasburg (12.5), NYM R.A. Dickey (12.5) and NYM (12.4). ÊÊ Has averaged 17.4 pitches per inning this year, 4th most in the AL...however, has averaged only 15.6 pitches per inning over his last 6 starts...was av- eraging 18.7 pitches per inning over his first 9 starts, 2nd-most in the AL in that span (thru May 27). ÊÊ Has a 4.30 BB/9 IP ratio (88-IP, 42-BB) this season, 4th highest in the AL. ÊÊ Left-handed batters are hitting .294 (20-for-68) against him this season, the 5th-highest mark among LHP in the majors...righties are batting only .230 (61-for-265) against him this season, 5th-lowest among LHP in the AL. ÊÊ Has pitched with a lead in 12 of his 15 starts this season, but has only 4 wins...has blown the lead himself in 6 of those 12 starts (only bullpen blown lead was April 20 vs. MIN). ÊÊ On June 15 vs. MIA, threw 7 shutout innings and allowed only 1 hit in a 11-0 victory over and the Marlins...his line: 7 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 8 SO, 107 pitches, 67 strikes...the 11-0 win is the Rays 2nd-largest shutout victory at Tropicana Field, after a 13-0 win on April 30, 2009 vs. BOS... it was the 9th time the Rays allowed one hit or less in a game, and the 6th at Tropicana Field...Moore became the first Rays starter to hold the oppos- ing team to 1 hit or less in 7 innings or more of work since Matt Garza threw a no-hitter against the Tigers on July 26, 2010 at Tropicana Field.

MOORE vs. YANKEES ÊÊ Will make his 2nd career start vs. NYY. ÊÊ His first career start was against the Yankees...on Sep 22, 2011 at NYY, earning a 15-8 win with 5 shutout innings and helping the Rays avoid a 4-game sweep...left after 5 innings with a 13-0 lead...his 11 SO set a club record for a pitcher’s first major league start and were the most by an AL pitcher in his first big league start since OAK (11) on June 8, 1999...according to Elias, became the first pitcher (rookie or not) to strike out 11 Yankees in 5 innings or less.