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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 Vs. NEW YORK YANKEES RH Alex Cobb (9-7, 2.75) Vs WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 vs. NEW YORK YANKEES RH Alex Cobb (9-7, 2.75) vs. RH Brandon McCarthy (6-4, 2.54) First Pitch: 7:10 p.m. | Location: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL | TV: Sun Sports | Radio: WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Spanish) Game No: 153 (74-78) | Home Game No.: 78 (35-42) | All-Time Game No.: 2,743 (1,269-1,473) | All-Time Home Game: 1,372 (701-670) March: 1-0 | April: 10-16 | May: 12-17 | June: 13-16 | July: 17-6 | August: 13-16 | September: 8-7 | Since the All-Star Break: 30-25 EVAN HONORED—Today is Roberto Clemente Day, and Evan Longoria STREAK IN JEOPARDY—At 74-78, the Rays need to go at least 8-2 to fin- will be recognized in a pregame ceremony tonight as the Rays nominee for ish with a winning record for a 7th consecutive season…entering 2014, the the Roberto Clemente Award presented by Chevrolet…the 30 finalists are Rays streak of 6 straight winning seasons was tied with the Cardinals for the recognized for representing the game of baseball through positive contribu- 2nd longest current streak in the majors behind the Yankees (21)…despite tions on and off the field, including sportsmanship and community involve- the fact that they are the youngest among the nine major professional sports ment…fans can vote for Evan at chevybaseball.com and the overall winner teams in Florida, only 2 of those franchises have had streaks of 6 or more will be announced during the World Series (see separate release for details). winning seasons…the NFL’s Miami Dolphins (7 in 1997-03 and 6 in 1970- Ê Tonight’s first pitch will be thrown by Lightning goalie Ben Bishop. 75) and the NBA’s Miami Heat (1995-01)…Tampa Bay’s Buccaneers and Ê Today Chris Archer visited Melrose Elementary School in South St. Lightning have never enjoyed more than 4 consecutive winning seasons. Pete, joining staff from the Rays front office and national nonprofit Good Sports…together they presented Melrose with $5,000 in new THE E-WORD—The Rays were eliminated from the AL East race on Thurs- P.E. equipment, playground balls and other fitness accessories. day…the Rays tragic number for the AL Wild Card race is 3…since the end of the 2007 season, the Rays have played only 13 games in which they had RAY MATTER—The Rays 6-1 victory last night was their 7th win in their last already been mathematically eliminated from postseason contention…they 11 games…they’ve held a lead in each of these 11 games, and in 5 of those were eliminated with 11 games remaining in 2009 and two in 2012. games (4 losses) they failed to hold leads of 4-0, 4-0, 4-0, 3-0 and 2-0… Rays have a 3-game winning streak, their longest in more than a month (3, SEASON IN THIRDS—The Rays are 13-17 since returning to .500 (61-61) Aug 13-15), and a win tonight would give them their longest since winning 9 the night of Aug 15: in a row July 12-26, spanning the All-Star break…Rays have won 4 of their Ê 24-42 (Opening Day–June 10)—The Rays owned the majors’ worst last 5 at Tropicana Field after losing 12 of their prev. 17 games here. record, 4.0 games worse than any other team…offense averaged Ê In the last 6 games (or their last turn through the rotation), Rays start- 3.58 R/G (28th in majors) and hit .242 (23rd)…staff had a 4.10 ERA ers own a 1.13 ERA (40-IP, 5-ER) and have allowed only 21 hits (.150 (22nd in majors)…the bullpen worked 220.1 IP, most in majors. opp avg.), but have only 2 wins including Jake Odorizzi last night. Ê 37-19 (June 11–Aug 15)—The Rays owned the majors’ best record Ê Tonight concludes a stretch of 26 straight games vs. AL East, the and 3rd-best ERA (2.74)…the offense ranked among major league longest stretch of divisional play of any season in club history…the leaders with 4.5 R/G (4th), .266 avg. (3rd) and .337 OBP (1st). Rays are 12-13. Ê 13-17 (Aug 16–current)—The Rays rank last in the AL averaging 3.23 Ê The Rays have held their opponent to 1 run or less in 38 of their 74 runs per game, 14th in batting avg. (.224), 13th in OBP (.289) and last wins this season (51.4 percent). in SLG (.320). Ê The Rays are 25-20 in one-run games. Ê The Rays have played 18 extra-inning games (8-10), one shy of the BLANK STATEMENT—Rays pitchers lead the majors with 21 shutouts this club record set in 2002…since Aug 4, 11 of their 41 games have gone season, extending the club record…it’s the most ever by an AL club in the to extras (4-7). DH era (since 1973), and the last AL club to do this was the 1972 A’s (23)… the 21 shutouts have been started by 10 different pitchers…Rays have 78 LOWERING THE BROOM—The Rays are aiming for their sixth sweep all- shutouts since 2010, most by an AL team over a 5-year span since the 1974- time of the Yankees (min. 3 games), 2nd this season…the last sweep was 78 Orioles (also 78). this past June 30–July 2 at Yankee Stadium, and the last in this ballpark Ê The Rays have played 38 games decided via shutout this season was April 6-8, 2012…no other team has swept the Yankees this season (21-17)—most by any ML team since the 1972 Angels (38; 18-20). (min. 3 games)…the last team to sweep the Yankees twice in one season Ê The Rays are 6-3 in 1-0 games, with the 6 wins and 9 total games (min. 3 games each) was the 2011 Red Sox. both club records…their six 1-0 wins are tied with the Cardinals for Ê The Rays are seeking their 4th sweep (min. 3 games) this season— most in the majors, and no team has recorded 7 such wins since the prev. BOS (May 23-25), NYY (June 30–July 2) and MIN (July 18-20). 1989 Indians. RAYS vs. YANKEES—With a win tonight, the Rays can become the first KINGS OF K—Rays pitchers lead the majors with 1,360 strikeouts, already team to win 12 games against the Yankees in back-to-back seasons since the 7th most all-time…with 10 games remaining, the Rays are 23 strikeouts the Orioles and Twins both did it in 1967-68…the Rays are 11-7 in the sea- away from the club record (1,383 in 2012) and 68 away from the major son series after going 12-7 in 2013 and 10-8 in 2012—the first team to beat league record of 1,428 by the 2013 Tigers. the Yankees in 3 straight season series since the Angels won 5 straight from 2004-08, and the first AL team to do so since the 1990-94 Blue Jays (Elias LONEY…JAMES LONEY—James Loney went 3-for-4 last night to raise Sports Bureau)…they are also the first team since the 1973-75 Red Sox to his career avg. vs. the Yankees to .359 (61-for-170)…according to Stats record at least 10 wins in 3 straight seasons vs. NYY…the Rays haven’t lost Inc., this is the best mark of any player since at least 1930 (min. 150 AB)… the season series since 2009 (52-39 since 2010)…since June 23, 2013, Jody Reed ranks 2nd with a .357 avg. (84-for-235). Rays are 19-9…the Rays the first team with 9 different pitchers record a win Ê Last night was Loney’s 10th multi-hit game vs. NYY this season… vs. NYY since the 1990 White Sox. according to Elias, only one other player in the last 7 seasons had that many multi-hit games in one season vs. NYY: Jacoby Ellsbury WHAT ABOUT COBB—Tonight’s starter RH MLB ERA LEADERS, had 10 for Boston in 2011. Alex Cobb leads the majors with a 1.26 ERA SINCE ALL-STAR BREAK (71.1-IP, 10-ER) since the All-Star break, with Alex Cobb, TB 1.26 FIRST SINCE TROUT—Last night in the 7th inning, Wil Myers’ sac fly with 52 H, 18 BB, 70 SO and only 1 HR allowed Clayton Kershaw, LAD 1.62 the bases loaded plated 2 runs in Evan Longoria (from 3B) and James in 11 starts…since the break has limited op- Corey Kluber, CLE 1.84 Loney (from 2B)…he was the first in Rays history to record 2 RBI on a sac ponents to a .238 SLG (1st in majors) and a Chris Sale, CWS 1.85 fly, and first in the majors since LAAMike Trout on Aug 10, 2012 vs. SEA. .501 OPS (2nd in majors, Clayton Kershaw .498)…prior to this year, the club record for ERA after the All-Star break was EVAN LONGORIA—Has 44 RBI in 55 games since the All-Star break, tied 2.27 by David Price in his Cy Young season of 2012. for 3rd in the majors (with DET Victor Martinez and CLE Carlos Santana) behind LAD Adrian Gonzalez (46) and HOU Chris Carter (45)…Evan COBB APPROACHING McGEE—Alex Cobb has gone 68.1 innings with- ranked tied for 63rd in RBI in the first half with 44 in 97 games.
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