WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2014 at BALTIMORE ORIOLES RH Mark Lowe Vs

SPRINGTIME SUPREMACY—The Rays BEST RECORDS, MLB, WOUNDED WARRIORS—Ten members TODAY’S STARTING LINEUP have won 4 straight games and 7 of their SPRING TRAINING of Wounded Warriors will visit Rays camp 9 Wil Myers (R) RF last 8…with only 10 games remaining on Cleveland 15-4 .789 the next two days, and will participate in 15 Wilson Betemit (S) 1B the Grapefruit League schedule, the Rays Tampa Bay 12-4 .750 the team’s warm-ups and shag balls dur- 20 Matt Joyce (L) LF sit atop the Grapefruit League standings at Seattle 14-5 .737 ing batting practice. 1 Sean Rodriguez (R) 2B 12-4-2 (.750) and rank 2nd in the majors to Miami 13-7 .650 10 Logan Forsythe (R) 3B Cleveland (15-4, .789)…they are seeking Baltimore 10-6 .625 ALL FOR THE KIDS—The Rays Sixth 5 Brandon Guyer (R) CF 16 Jayson Nix (R) SS their third Grapefruit League title—and the Annual BaseBALL Dinner & Auction ben- 68 Jerry Sands (R) DH two previous times they won (2008, 2010) they went on to win the AL East. efiting the Boys & Girls Clubs of Charlotte 63 Curt Casali (R) C ÊÊ If the Rays can win 3 of their remaining 10 games, they will record 15 County will be held this Friday, March 35 Mark Lowe RHP wins for the 6th time in 7 springs since becoming the Rays in 2008… 21 at 6:30 p.m., at the Charlotte Harbor in 10 springs prior to that, they had never won 15 games. Event & Conference Center in Punta Gor- Rays In da…to purchase tickets call (941) 979- Spring Training LAST NIGHT—The Rays recorded 20 hits and 6 doubles in their 11-1 win 8379…expected this year are Manager W-L-T Home Att. over the Twins last night at Hammond Stadium…the 20 hits were a spring re- Joe Maddon and his coaching staff plus 2014 12-4-2 51,329 2013 15-17-2 90,935 cord in the “Rays” era (since 2008), breaking the prev. mark of 19 (March 31, RH Grant Balfour, RH Heath Bell and C 2012 10-16-6 87,916 2010 at MIN, won 10-3)…14 different players recorded hits…RF . Wil My- Ryan Hanigan 2011 15-14-2 95,859 ers hit leadoff for the first time in his professional career and doubled in his 2010 20-8-2 97,971 first 3 at-bats, finishing 3-for-4 on the night with 1 RBI and 2 runs…Myers PRICE GETS BALL FOR OPENER— 2009 15-16-1 103,255 and 2B Logan Forsythe (2-for-2) combined for 5 hits out of the leadoff Manager Joe Maddon announced Thurs- 2008 18-8-2 54,960 spot…1B James Loney went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI…2B Ben Zobrist drew 3 day that LH David Price will be the Rays 2007 10-19-2 79,044 walks…CF Desmond Jennings went 2-for-3 with 2 doubles…starter LH Opening Day starter (March 31 vs. TOR)… 2006 13-16-1 70,756 Matt Moore totaled 4.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R/ER, 6 BB, 4 SO, 92 pitches, 48 strikes… it will be his third Opening Day assignment 2005 13-16-0 61,261 the 3-hour, 34-minute game ended at 10:39 p.m. (2011, 2013), a feat matched by only one 2004 11-8-0 43,916 2003 8-19-3 51,234 other pitcher in Rays history: RH James 2002 10-16-1 49,043 —The Rays haven’t recorded 20 hits in a regular- (four, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012). FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH Shields 2001 12-15-1 57,081 Ê season game since Sep 5, 2007 vs. BAL, when they banged out 22. Ê Price leads all Grapefruit League 2000 14-17-0 67,089 pitchers with a .149 opp avg. (7- 1999 14-14-1 59,230 THE AFTERMATH—After last night, the Rays now rank: for-47)…he ranks 3rd in the majors 1998 12-18-0 66,781 ÊÊ 3rd in the Grapefruit League with 41 doubles. after KC James Shields and CLE Total 222-241-26 1,187,550 ÊÊ 3rd in the Grapefruit League with a .284 batting avg. Justin Masterson (both .146). ÊÊ 3rd in the Grapefruit League with a .342 OBP. ÊÊ 1st in the Grapefruit League with a .443 SLG and 3rd in the majros SIX YEARS AS THE RAYS—Since changing their name to the Rays in behind the Royals (.469) and Rockies (.457). 2008, the Rays are 550-423 (.565), second-best record in the majors after the Yankees (564-408)…Tampa Bay is one of four teams to reach the JAMES LONEY—Has collected 8 RBI over the past 2 games (5 on Sun vs. postseason four times, along with the Phillies (four), Yankees (four) and BOS, 3 last night)…with 11 RBI on the spring, he is tied for 4th in the Grape- Cardinals (four)…they have five seasons of 90-plus wins in this span, the fruit League with WAS Wilson Ramos…only DET Nick Castellanos (16), only team to make that claim…the Rays and Rangers are the only teams DET Austin Jackson (12) and MIA Giancarlo Stanton (12) have more. with 90-plus wins in each of the past four seasons. ÊÊ Loney has raised his avg. to .423 (11-for-26), which would rank 2nd ÊÊ Since 2008 the Rays have won six BBWAA awards, most in the majors in the GL if he had enough AB to qualify…Jackson (.459) ranks 1st. over that span: Joe Maddon (2008 and 2011 AL Manager of the Year), David Price (2012 AL Cy Young), Evan Longoria (2008 AL ROY), RUN PREVENTION—The Rays have allowed only 61 runs, fewest in the Jeremy Hellickson (2011 AL ROY) and Wil Myers (2013 AL ROY). majors, followed by the Marlins (69) and Orioles (75)…their 3.06 ERA (162- IP, 55-ER) ranks 2nd in the majors behind the Marlins (2.94). STINGY STAFF RETURNS—In the six seasons since becoming the Rays ÊÊ The Rays lead the majors with a .989 fielding pct., and have com- (2008-13), the Tampa Bay pitching staff leads the AL in ERA (3.74), runs mitted a major-league-low 8 errors…only one of those 7 was com- allowed (3,911), opponents’ avg. (.242) and opponents’ OPS (.698)…the mitted by a player expected to be an Opening Day starter (SS Yunel last AL club to post an ERA this low over a six-year span was the 1987-92 Escobar)…in contrast, the Mariners lead the majors with 31 errors. A’s (3.72) and Blue Jays (3.73)…no AL team has allowed so few runs over a six-year span since the 1975-80 Orioles (3,659) and Yankees (3,730). RAY MATTER—Yesterday began a stretch of 11 games in 11 days to close out the Grapefruit League schedule—and 12 games in 12 days including a HOT TICKET—Attendance at Charlotte Sports Park is up by 13 percent March 29 scrimmage at Double-A Montgomery. over last season at this time…the Rays are averaging 5,703 fans per game, ÊÊ Last night’s cuts of C Eddy Rodriguez and OF Jeremy Moore re- compared to 5,068 last year after 9 games…this is the 3rd-best average duced the Rays spring roster to 42 players (20 pitchers, 4 catchers, through 9 games in Rays spring training history, after 2009 (6,344) and 10 infielders, 8 outfielders). 2010 (6,154)…Sunday’s Rays-Red Sox sellout drew 7,852 fans to CSP, ÊÊ After today’s game the Rays play 3 consecutive home games…they breaking the park’s record (prev. 7,834 on March 19, 2010 vs. NYY). are 7-2 at Charlotte Sports Park. NON-ROSTER INVITES TO MAKE RAYS OPENING DAY ROSTER— BACK FIELD ACTION—Today RH Chris Archer and RH Grant Balfour 1998 RH Rolando Arrojo will pitch against Orioles minor leaguers at the Charlotte Sports Complex… 2000 RH Dave Eiland, INF Herbert Perry yesterday three pitchers faced Red Sox minor leaguers at the complex: RH 2001 RH Ken Hill Joel Peralta (18 pitches, 1.1-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 2-SO), LH Jake McGee 2003 OF Rocco Baldelli, LH Jim Parque, RH Steve Parris (20 pitches, 1-IP, 1-H, 1-R, 0-ER, 1-BB, 1-SO) and RH Josh Lueke (13 2005 OF Chris Singleton, RH Hideo Nomo pitches, 1-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 1-SO). 2006 RH Jason Childers, RH Ruddy Lugo, INF Luis Ordaz 2007 RH Gary Glover, 1B Carlos Peña, RH Al Reyes RAYS vs. ORIOLES—The Rays and Orioles had 6 games scheduled but 2008 INF/OF Eric Hinske have played only one, the Feb 28 opener at home (lost 4-2)…March 6 in 2011 RH Juan Cruz Sarasota was rained out…including today, 4 of the Rays remaining 10 games 2013 1B/OF Shelley Duncan, RH Jamey Wright are against the Orioles (Saturday at home, March 26 at home, March 27 in Sarasota)…in 2013 spring training the Rays went 3-1 vs. BAL. UPCOMING PROBABLES— ÊÊ In 2013 the Rays went 13-6 against the O’s, their second-best mark Wed., March 19 at BAL, 1:05 p.m. ever vs. Baltimore (15-3 in 2008)…they finished the season series ÊÊ TB—RH Mark Lowe (start), LH Jake McGee, RH Josh Lueke, RH winning 11 of their last 13 including their first-ever 4-game sweep of Steve Geltz, RH Juan Sandoval the Orioles at Tropicana Field, Sep 20-23…Rays went 5-1 in one-run ÊÊ BAL—LH Wei-Yin Chen (start), relievers TBA games vs. Baltimore in 2013, after going 1-6 in 2012. Thurs., March 20 vs. MIN, 7:05 p.m. ÊÊ In the regular season, these clubs first meet at the end of the Rays ÊÊ TB—LH Cesar Ramos (start), RH Jake Odorizzi first road trip, April 14-16…Baltimore’s first visit to St. Pete is May 6-8. ÊÊ MIN—LH Scott Diamond (start), relievers TBA UPCOMING PROBABLES (cont.)— Fri., March 21 vs. TOR, 1:05 p.m. CHARLOTTE SPORTS PARK MEDIA INFORMATION Ê Ê TB—LH Erik Bedard (start), relievers TBA Pregame Media Schedule 1:05 Games 7:05 Games Ê Ê TOR—RH Todd Redmond (start), RH Aaron Sanchez, RH Casey Clubhouse opens to media 8:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. Janssen Rays stretch 9:30 a.m. 3:30 p.m. Joe Maddon available 9:45 a.m. 3:45 p.m. TODAY’S RAYS STARTER—RH Mark Lowe (0-0, 1.50 in 5 spring apps) Rays batting practice 10:15 a.m. 4:15 p.m. Ê Ê 2013 with Angels: 1-0, 9.26 ERA (11.2-IP, 12-ER) in 11 apps Visitors batting practice 11:15 a.m. 5:15 p.m. ÊÊ 2013 with AAA Syracuse: 3-1, 3.14 ERA (28.2-IP, 10-ER) in 24 apps ÊÊ 30-year-old is making his first start and 6th appearance of the spring… 2014 Rays Media Guides are available digitally on RaysPressbox.com in 5 relief apps he has totaled 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 SO. and MLBPressbox.com…see a member of the Communications staff to ÊÊ The non-roster invite is seeking to make his 7th consecutive Opening request a hard copy. Day roster (2008-10 Mariners, 2011-12 Rangers, 2013 Angels). Parking is available to media on the grass directly behind the paved lots ÊÊ His last outing was Sun vs. BOS, when he worked a perfect 8th inning of the main ballpark entrance...media parking is free to those with spring with 2 strikeouts in the Rays 8-4 win…his longest outing of the spring training credentials...please see the Communications staff for a pass if was 1.2 innings on March 12 at TOR…his only ER was a solo homer you plan to cover a large number of games. by PIT Russell Martin on March 1, his first appearance. ÊÊ In 2013, was released by the Angels on June 6 after appearing in 11 Media Workroom (in addition to the press box) is located at Charlotte games…signed with the Nationals and spent the remainder of the Sports Park on the first floor of the building located beyond the right field season with Triple-A Syracuse…recorded 37 SO in 28.2 IP. fence that houses the Rays clubhouse and executive offices. ÊÊ Enjoyed his best season in 2009 with Seattle, when he posted a 3.26 ERA (80-IP, 29-ER) in a career-high 75 apps with 26 saves (4th in AL). Media Dining is located behind the press box...the Rays serve a meal prior to all home games at Charlotte Sports Park at a cost of $8.

SPRING TRANSACTIONS— Daily Credentials must be requested at credentials.mlb.com at least 24 Feb 14 Signed LH Erik Bedard to a minor league contract with an invita- hours in advance…credentials can be picked up at the reception desk tion to major league spring training. located in the entrance of the Rays Clubhouse Building until 3 hours Mar 8 Optioned RH Alex Colome, LH Mike Montgomery and LH Enny before first pitch, after which point they must be picked up at Guest Ser- Romero to the minor leagues…reassigned RH Matt Andriese, vices near the box office. UTL James Darnell, RH Merrill Kelly, C Luke Maile and RH Victor Mateo to minor league camp. RAYSPRESSBOX.COM & TWITTER Mar 11 Reassigned C Curt Casali, RH Santiago Garrido, LH Braulio RaysPressbox.com is a private, media-only website that serves as a Lara and RH Sam Runion to minor league camp. central location for all Rays media information. Content includes 2014 Mar 13 Optioned LH Jeff Beliveau, INF Vince Belnome, RH Nathan Media Guide PDF files, press releases, game notes, statistics and other Karns, OF Kevin Kiermaier, SS Hak-Ju Lee, LH C.J. Riefen- gameday documents as well as daily audio and video clips. hauser and RH Kirby Yates to the minor leagues…reassigned Username: media | Password: r@ys2014 OF Mikie Mahtook to minor league camp. Media are also encouraged to follow the private @RaysPressbox Mar 19 Reassigned OF Jeremy Moore and C Eddy Rodriguez to minor Twitter account to be notified of all media alerts. league camp RAYS COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT INFO 2014 SPRING INNINGS PLAYED (“A” GAMES)—Acosta (7-C, 2-DH)… Charlotte Sports Park, 2300 El Jobean Rd., Port Charlotte, FL 33948 Argo (8-LF)…Bailey (2-DH)…Belnome (16-1B, 19-3B, 17-DH)…Betemit Main Number, Rays Office (941) 235-5025 (15-1B, 31-DH)…Carter (2-CF, 1-RF)…Casali (12-C, 9-DH)…Christian (58- Communications Department (941) 235-5044 LF, 10-CF, 3-DH)…Coyle (3-2B)…DeJesus (27-LF, 12-CF)…Eierman (3- Press Box (941) 235-5082 RF)…Escobar (49-SS)…Figueroa (63-2B, 6-3B)…Forsythe (11-1B, 16-2B, Rick Vaughn, Vice President O: (941) 235-5062 C: (727) 439-0671 17-3B, 3-SS, 6-LF)…Gantt (1-RF)…Guevara (2-SS)…Guyer (23-LF, 15-CF, Dave Haller, Director O: (941) 235-5052 C: (727) 773-6904 23-RF)…Hager (8-SS)…Hanigan (47-C)…Harris Jr. (3-CF)…Jennings (53- Carli Todd, Coordinator O: (941) 235-5055 C: (732) 606-3915 CF)…Joyce (22-LF, 19-RF, 25-DH)…Kiermaier (37-CF, 4-RF)…Lee (28- (handles credentials) SS, 1-DH)…Loney (47-1B)…Longoria (56-3B)…Mahtook (22-CF, 35-RF, Dukes Knutson, Press Box Attendant 2-DH)…Maile (3-C, 2-DH)…Malm (2-1B)…Molina (37-C, 6-DH)…J. Moore (11-LF, 31-RF, 27-DH)…Motter (8-3B, 8-SS)…Myers (32-RF, 19-DH)…Nix (14-2B, 11-3B, 25-SS)…Olmedo (19-2B, 16-3B, 13-SS)…Price (5-2B)… Querecuto (4-2B)…Reginatto (3-SS)…Rickard (1-CF)…E. Rodriguez (26- C)…S. Rodriguez (10-2B, 11-3B, 17-SS, 5-CF)…Sands (54-1B, 3-LF, 8-RF, 8-DH)…Seitzer (17-1B)…Shaffer (18-3B)…Solis (26-C)…Soriano (1-LF)… Torrez (4-3B)…Zobrist (25-2B, 6-SS, 6-DH).

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

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