WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2014 vs. LH David Price vs. RH Chris Tillman First Pitch: 7:05 p.m. | Location: Charlotte Sports Park, Charlotte County, Fla. | TV: Sun Sports | Radio: WDAE 620 AM Game No: 25 (15-6-3) | vs. AL: 12-4-2 | vs. NL: 3-2-1 | Home: 8-5 | Road: 7-2-2 Day 41 of Spring Training | 5 Days Until Opening Day—Monday, March 31 vs. TOR (4:10 p.m.)

SPRINGTIME SUPREMACY—The Rays BEST RECORDS, MLB, WIL THE THRIL—OF Wil Myers will be TODAY’S STARTING LINEUP are 1-2-1 in their last 4 games after winning SPRING TRAINING honored as the 2013 20 Matt Joyce (L) DH 9 of their previous 10 contests…despite this, Tampa Bay 15-6 .714 Rookie of the Year in a pregame presenta- 9 Wil Myers (R) RF they still hold the majors’ best record this Cleveland 17-8 .680 tion at Tropicana Field on Saturday, April 21 James Loney (L) 1B spring at 15-6-3 (.714) and have a chance Miami 17-10 .630 5, the day his bobblehead will be given to 3 Evan Longoria (R) 3B to finish with the majors’ best spring record Seattle 17-10 .630 the first 20,000 fans (presented by Sagi- 7 David DeJesus (L) LF for the third time in 7 years…when they did it San Francisco 16-10 .615 cor Life Insurance). 8 (R) CF 10 Logan Forsythe (R) 2B previously in both 2008 (18-8, tied Oakland) BEST RECORDS, MLB, 24 Ryan Hanigan (R) C and 2010 (20-8), they went on to win the AL SPRING TRAINING, 2008-14 YESTERDAY—The Rays were handed 11 Yunel Escobar (R) SS East…in the past 17 seasons (1997-2013), 9 LA Angels 121-88 .579 a 4-2 loss by the Red Sox at Charlotte 14 David Price LHP of the 17 teams to finish with the majors’ best Kansas City 120-88 .577 Sports Park, after an 18-minute pregame spring record went on to the postseason and Detroit 119-91 .567 delay due to a wet field…the Rays were Rays In 12 of 17 finished with winning records. Tampa Bay 108-85 .560 limited to 4 hits, 3 of which came during a Spring Training ÊÊ The Rays have clinched their fifth St. Louis 107-88 .549 2-run 3rd inning when they took a 2-1 lead W-L-T Home Att. winning spring in club history (2004, on an RBI double by C Jose Molina and 2014 15-6-3 74,292 2013 15-17-2 90,935 2008, 2010, 2011)…in the four previous seasons, they went on to the RBI single by RF Wil Myers…starter RH 2012 10-16-6 87,916 postseason three times (2008, 2010, 2011). faced one batter in the 6th Jake Odorizzi 2011 15-14-2 95,859 Ê Ê Their 15-6-3 record (.714) is currently tied for their best spring record inning and took the loss, totaling 5 IP, 4 H, 2010 20-8-2 97,971 in club history (.714, 20-8 in 2010). 3 R/ER, 2 BB, 5 SO, 1 HR, 92 pitches, 58 2009 15-16-1 103,255 ÊÊ Since becoming the Rays in 2008, the team has recorded at least strikes…RH Joel Peralta, LH Jake Mc- 2008 18-8-2 54,960 15 wins in 6 out of 7 spring trainings…they never achieved this in 10 Gee and RH worked a score- 2007 10-19-2 79,044 springs as the Devil Rays…the Rays have compiled a 108-85 (.560) less 7th, 8th and 9th inning, respectively. 2006 13-16-1 70,756 spring record during this span, 4th best in the majors (see chart). 2005 13-16-0 61,261 PITCHING PROPERLY—The Rays own 2004 11-8-0 43,916 2003 8-19-3 51,234 FINAL DECISIONS—Today the Rays granted non-roster invite RH Mark a 3.03 ERA (217-IP, 74-ER) this spring, 2002 10-16-1 49,043 his release…yesterday they informed OF he will best in the majors, ahead of the Yankees Lowe Brandon Guyer 2001 12-15-1 57,081 make the Opening Day roster, and told INF Wilson Betemit and INF Jay- (3.18) and Marlins (3.35)…they have al- 2000 14-17-0 67,089 son Nix they are not expected to break camp with the team…they also lowed the fewest runs in the majors (73) 1999 14-14-1 59,230 reassigned C Mayo Acosta and INF Ray Olmedo to minor league camp and their 192 hits allowed are fewest in 1998 12-18-0 66,781 and granted LH Erik Bedard his release…these moves reduce the spring the Grapefruit League…they rank 3rd in Total 225-243-27 1,210,513 roster—which technically still includes Betemit and Nix—to 30 players: the majors in opp avg. (.236) and 2nd in ÊÊ 14 : RH Chris Archer, RH Grant Balfour, RH Heath Bell, RH WHIP (1.20). Alex Cobb, RH Brandon Gomes, RH Jeremy Hellickson [arthroscopic elbow surgery], RH Josh Lueke, LH Jake McGee, LH Matt Moore, OFFENSIVE LEADERS—The Rays lead the Grapefruit League with a .436 RH Jake Odorizzi, RH Juan Carlos Oviedo, RH Joel Peralta, LH Da- SLG and OPS (.773)…they rank among GL leaders with a .279 batting avg. vid Price, LH Cesar Ramos. (3rd), .337 OBP (2nd), 57 doubles (3rd) and 82 extra-base hits (3rd). ÊÊ 2 catchers: Ryan Hanigan, Jose Molina. ÊÊ 8 : Tim Beckham [torn ACL], Wilson Betemit, Yunel Esco- RAYS vs. ORIOLES—The Rays are 1-1-1 this spring against the Orioles bar, Logan Forsythe, James Loney, Evan Longoria, Jayson Nix, Ben with 2 games remaining (tonight, tomorrow night at Sarasota)…the Rays Zobrist. also had a 6th game rained out (March 6 in Sarasota)…they played to a 3-3 ÊÊ 6 outfielders: David DeJesus, Brandon Guyer, Desmond Jennings, tie here on Saturday after 10 innings…the Rays won 7-4 last Wednesday in Matt Joyce, Wil Myers, Sean Rodriguez. Sarasota…in 2013 spring training the Rays went 3-1 vs. BAL. ÊÊ In 2013 the Rays went 13-6 against the O’s, their second-best mark CHARLOTTE SPORTS PARK VOTED NO. 1—Charlotte Sports Park was ever vs. Baltimore (15-3 in 2008)…they finished the season series voted by readers of USA Today and 10Best as the Best Spring Training Fa- winning 11 of their last 13 including their first-ever 4-game sweep of cility in all of …it was followed on the list by Goodyear Ballpark (In- the Orioles at Tropicana Field, Sep 20-23…Rays went 5-1 in one-run dians and Reds, Goodyear, Ariz.), Salt River Fields (D-backs and Rockies, games vs. Baltimore in 2013, after going 1-6 in 2012. Scottsdale, Ariz.), McKechnie Field (Pirates, Bradenton, Fla.) and Bright ÊÊ In the regular season, these clubs first meet at the end of the Rays House Field (Phillies, Clearwater, Fla.). first road trip, April 14-16…Baltimore’s first visit to St. Pete is May 6-8.

WORKOUT SCHEDULE—Players not on the travel squad for the next SIX YEARS AS THE RAYS—Since changing their name to the Rays in three days have workouts scheduled at Tropicana Field, which will be open 2008, the Rays are 550-423 (.565), second-best record in the majors after to media…the schedule at Tropicana Field is as follows: the Yankees (564-408)…Tampa Bay is one of four teams to reach the post- ÊÊ Thurs., March 27 2:00 p.m. Clubhouse opens to media season four times, along with the Phillies (four), Yankees (four) and Cardi- 3:00 p.m. Workout begins nals (four)…they have five seasons of 90-plus wins in this span, the only 3:15 p.m. Player bus leaves for Sarasota team to make that claim…the Rays and Rangers are the only teams with ÊÊ Fri., March 28 9:15 a.m. Clubhouse opens to media 90-plus wins in each of the past four seasons. (LH David Price available) 9:30 a.m. Player bus leaves for Lakeland STINGY STAFF RETURNS—In the six seasons since becoming the Rays 10:30 a.m. Workout begins (2008-13), the Tampa Bay pitching staff leads the AL in ERA (3.74), runs 12:30 p.m. Sample new menu items & allowed (3,911), opponents’ avg. (.242) and opponents’ OPS (.698)…the view Tropicana Field renovations last AL club to post an ERA this low over a six-year span was the 1987-92 ÊÊ Sat., March 29 8:00 a.m. Clubhouse opens to media A’s (3.72) and Blue Jays (3.73)…no AL team has allowed so few runs over 8:30 a.m. Bus leaves for airport (Montgomery) a six-year span since the 1975-80 Orioles (3,659) and Yankees (3,730). 9:30 a.m. Workout begins EVAN EYES CARLOS & CARL—3B Evan Longoria enters 2014 within FINAL TUNE-UP—Tonight is LH David Price’s final appearance before striking distance of a number of franchise records…his 162 HR are one shy Opening Day vs. Toronto, when he will make his third career Opening Day of Carlos Peña’s club record…his 544 RBI are 48 shy of Carl Crawford’s start, second in Rays history to RH James Shields (four, 2008-10, 2012) … mark (592)…his 200 doubles are 15 shy of Crawford’s team record…his Price started the 2011 and 2013 openers, both Rays losses to the Orioles at 373 extra-base hits are 51 shy of Crawford (424). Tropicana Field (4-1 in 2011, 7-4 in 2013)…he is 0-1 with a 4.14 ERA (13-IP, 12-H, 6-ER, 1-HR, 3-BB, 11-SO) on Opening Day. INFIELD INTACT—The Rays opened spring training with all four of the in- ÊÊ Price owns a career 13-2 mark (.867) vs. Toronto, best all-time among field starters from Opening Day 2013, all of them Gold Glove Award finalists pitchers who have 15 or more starts vs. the Jays. last season: 1B James Loney, 2B Ben Zobrist, 3B Evan Longoria and SS Yunel Escobar…on only two other occasions has the Rays Opening BOWL ’EM OVER—This Saturday (March 29) is the third annual David Day starting infield come to camp the following year: 1998-99 and 2008- Price Bowl For Kids’ Sake fundraiser…the event has raised $70,000 the 09…Rays infielders committed only 36 errors, fewest in baseball, and only past two years for Big Brothers Big Sisters…for more info visit bbbsfl.org or 3 more than the major league record of 33 by the 1999 Mets (1B John contact Amy Hollington at (813) 769-3636. Olerud, 2B Edgardo Alfonzo, 3B Robin Ventura, SS Rey Ordoñez). UPCOMING PROBABLES— Mar 18 Reassigned OF Jeremy Moore and C Eddy Rodriguez to minor Wed., March 26 vs. BAL, 7:05 p.m. league camp. ÊÊ TB—LH David Price (start), RH Juan Carlos Oviedo, LH Cesar Ra- Mar 20 Optioned RH Brad Boxberger to the minor leagues…reassigned mos, RH Brandon Gomes OF Justin Christian, INF Cole Figueroa, RH Steve Geltz, LH ÊÊ BAL—RH Chris Tillman (start), relievers TBA Adam Liberatore, RH Juan Sandoval, INF/OF Jerry Sands Thurs., March 27 at BAL, 7:05 p.m. and C Ali Solis to minor league camp. ÊÊ TB—RH Alex Cobb (start), relievers TBA Mar 25 Reassigned C Mayo Acosta and INF Ray Olmedo to minor ÊÊ BAL—RH Ubaldo Jimenez (start), relievers TBA league camp…released LH Erik Bedard. Fri., March 28 at DET, 1:05 p.m. Mar 26 Released RH Mark Lowe. ÊÊ TB—LH Matt Moore (start), relievers TBA ÊÊ DET—TBA 2014 SPRING INNINGS PLAYED (“A” GAMES)—Acosta (16-C, 2-DH)… Argo (11-LF)…Bailey (2-DH)…Belnome (16-1B, 19-3B, 17-DH)…Betemit TODAY’S RAYS STARTER—LH David Price (20-1B, 36-DH)…Carter (9-CF, 1-RF)…Casali (24-C, 9-DH)…Christian (58- ÊÊ 2014 Spring: 2-0, 2.70 in 3 spring starts LF, 13-CF, 5-RF, 3-DH)…Coyle (3-2B)…DeJesus (34-LF, 26-CF, 9-DH)… ÊÊ 2013 with Rays: 10-8, 3.33 ERA (186.2-IP, 69-ER) in 27 starts Eierman (3-RF)…Escobar (68-SS, 7-DH)…Field Jr. (2-LF)…Figueroa (67- ÊÊ Makes his fourth official start of the spring…last start was March 16 2B, 10-3B, 3-SS)…Forsythe (14-1B, 16-2B, 24-3B, 6-SS, 16-LF)…Gantt vs. BOS, when he threw 91 pitches over 6.2 innings to defeat Allen (3-RF)…George (4-LF)…Goetzman (3-RF)…Guevara (2-SS)…Guyer (30- Webster…over the first 6 frames, held Boston scoreless and faced LF, 28-CF, 23-RF, 8-DH)…Hager (8-SS)…Hanigan (60-C, 7-DH)…Harris Jr. only two batters more than the minimum. (3-LF, 3-CF)…Jackson (2-LF)…Jennings (71-CF)…Joyce (36-LF, 19-RF, ÊÊ Has thrown two simulated games…on Friday, he threw 106 pitches 25-DH)…Kiermaier (37-CF, 4-RF)…Lee (28-SS, 1-DH)…Loney (75-1B)… at the complex…on March 6, when the Rays were rained out in Sara- Longoria (84-3B)…Mahtook (22-CF, 35-RF, 2-DH)…Maile (3-C, 2-DH)… sota, split his session between the main field and the batting cages Malm (2-1B, 2-DH)…Molina (50-C, 6-DH)…J. Moore (11-LF, 31-RF, 27- due to rain…he threw 3 innings and 61 pitches. DH)…Motter (8-3B, 8-SS, 3-LF)…Myers (65-RF, 19-DH)…Nix (31-2B, ÊÊ Tied CWS Chris Sale for the AL lead with 4 complete games, all com- 14-3B, 30-SS)…O’Conner (4-C)…Olmedo (25-2B, 19-3B, 26-SS)…Paez ing after his return from the DL on July 2…missed 44 games (May (3-RF)…Price (5-2B)…Querecuto (4-2B)…Quiñones (2-2B, 3-SS)…Regi- 16–July 1) with a triceps strain he suffered on May 15 vs. BOS…in 18 natto (3-SS)…Rickard (1-CF)…E. Rodriguez (26-C)…S. Rodriguez (6-1B, starts after his return, went 9-4 with a 2.53 ERA (131.2-IP, 37-ER, 13- 15-2B, 11-3B, 26-SS, 5-CF, 6-RF)…Sands (57-1B, 3-LF, 8-RF, 17-DH)… BB, 102-SO) and led the majors in innings, complete games, BB/9 IP Segovia (3-1B)…Seitzer (24-1B)…Shaffer (25-3B)…Solis (30-C)…Soriano (0.89) and pitches per IP (13.8) during that span. (4-LF)…Torrez (7-3B)…Zobrist (46-2B, 6-SS, 13-DH). ÊÊ Prior to his injury, was 1-4 with a 5.24 ERA (55-IP, 32-ER) in 9 starts. ÊÊ Recorded a 5.59 SO/BB ratio (151-SO, 27-BB), tops in the AL and 4th all-time among AL lefties behind SEA/TEX in 2010, CLE CC Sabathia in 2007 and NYY David Wells in 1998. ÊÊ Owns a career 41-18 (.695) record on the road, 3rd-best mark in ma- jor league history (min. 50 decisions)…only Ramiro Mendoza (42- 17, .712) and Vic Raschi (63-27, .700) were better…this includes a 22-3 mark in AL East road ballparks, and a 39-14 mark overall vs. the AL East—1st since divisional play began in 1969 (min. 25 wins). Day-by-Day W/L IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP Result 3/1 at PIT - 1.2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 T, 2-2 (10) 3/11 vs. MIN W-1 5.0 3 1 1 1 8 1 1 0 W, 7-2 CHARLOTTE SPORTS PARK MEDIA INFORMATION 3/16 vs. BOS W-2 6.2 3 2 2 1 7 0 1 0 W, 8-4 Pregame Media Schedule 1:05 Games 7:05 Games Totals 2-0 13.1 7 4 4 2 15 1 3 0 Clubhouse opens to media 8:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. Rays stretch 9:30 a.m. 3:30 p.m. SPRING TRANSACTIONS— Joe Maddon available 9:45 a.m. 3:45 p.m. Feb 14 Signed LH Erik Bedard to a minor league contract with an invita- Rays batting practice 10:15 a.m. 4:15 p.m. tion to major league spring training. Visitors batting practice 11:15 a.m. 5:15 p.m. Mar 8 Optioned RH Alex Colome, LH Mike Montgomery and LH Enny Romero to the minor leagues…reassigned RH Matt Andriese, RAYSPRESSBOX.COM & TWITTER UTL , RH , C and RH James Darnell Merrill Kelly Luke Maile RaysPressbox.com is a private, media-only website that serves as a to minor league camp. Victor Mateo central location for all Rays media information. 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2014 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 W, 7-4 13-4-2 Lowe (1-0) Chen (1-1) 8,319 Thu March 20 Minnesota Charlotte County W W, 5-4 14-4-2 Balfour (2-0) Diamond (1-1) 4,679 Fri March 21 Toronto Charlotte County M L, 0-5 14-5-2 Sanchez (1-0) Bedard (2-2) 5,686 Sat March 22 Baltimore Charlotte County W T, 3-3 (10) 14-5-3 -- -- 6,105 Sun March 23 @Boston Lee County W W, 9-2 15-5-3 Moore (3-1) Doubront (0-2) 9,840 Mon March 24 @Minnesota Lee County CANCELLED—RAIN Tue March 25 Boston Charlotte County M/T L, 2-4 15-6-3 Buchholz (3-2) Odorizzi (1-2) 6,493 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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