FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2014 at NEW YORK YANKEES LH David Price (3-2, 4.75) vs. LH Vidal Nuno (0-0, 6.59) First Pitches: 7:05 p.m. | Location: Yankee Stadium | TV: Sun Sports | Radio: WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Spanish) Game No.: 30 (13-16) | Road Game No.: 16 (6-9) | All-Time Game No.: 2,620 (1,208-1,411) | All-Time Road Game: 1,312 (535-776) RAY MATTER—The Rays complete this 10-day, 10-game road trip with 3 (also CLE Fred Whitfield, 10 in 1965 and RAYS THRU 29 GAMES, games at Yankee Stadium beginning tonight…Rays are 3-4 so far (1-3 at TOR Jose Cruz Jr. 9 in 2001)…he also has 2008-14 Chicago and 2-1 at Boston)…Rays swept the 4th doubleheader (traditional 14 HR and 32 RBI in his last 29 games vs. Year W-L Pct. Pos GB or split) in club history yesterday and their first ever at Fenway Park…the NYY…finally, last July 27 he made the only 2014 13-16 .448 5 3.0 Rays had been 0-3-3 in Fenway doubleheaders…the sweep snapped the error of his career in 45 games at Yankee 2013 13-16 .448 4 6.5 Rays 3-game losing streak and gave them consecutive wins for the first Stadium. 2012 19-10 .655 1 0.5 time since they beat the Yankees on April 18-19…it was also their first se- 2011 16-13 .551 2 2.0 2010 22-7 .759 1 1.5 ries win since Aprl 11-13 at CIN…Rays are 13-16 for the second consecu- A LOT WITH A LITTLE—Sean Rodriguez 2009 13-16 .448 4 6.5 tive season and and the third time in the past 6 seasons…their 2-1 win in hit his team-leading 4th home run last night 2008 16-13 .551 3 1.0 Game 1 yesterday was the fourth time they have won when scoring 2 runs and had a career-high 3 extra-base hits (2- or less, tied with Atlanta for most in the majors. 2B, 1-HR)…7 of his 8 hits this season have BEST ROAD RECORDS 2010-14 gone for extra bases (3-2B, 4-HR)…he Rays 182-158 .535 A RARE FENWAY FEAT—Rays won yesterday at Fenway Park by scores leads the team in HR despite having only 34 Yankees 178-159 .528 of 2-1 and 6-5…it’s the first time the Rays have ever won two one-run at-bats…SD Xavier Nady is the only other Rangers 177-159 .527 games in one day…in doing so, the Rays became the: player to be leading his team in home runs Red Sox 174-163 .516 Ê first team to win 2 games in one day despite issuing 17-plus walks with so few at-bats..he also has 34 at-bats Phillies 173-164 .513 since Aug 18, 1995 (Pirates vs. Marlins, also 17). and has hit a team-high 3 home runs…Ro- Ê first team to win 2 games in one day despite not having a starter go driguez didn’t hit his 4th HR last season until Sep 15 at MIN. 5-plus innings since Oct 2, 2004 (Red Sox at Orioles). Ê first team to win 2 one-run games in one day vs. the Red Sox at Fen- VERY UN-RAY LIKE—The Rays are 6-11 since RH Alex Cobb (left oblique way since Sep 20, 2000 (Indians). strain) was placed on the DL the morning of April 13 (joining fellow starters Ê first team to win 2 one-run games in one day at Fenway and come Matt Moore and Jeremy Hellickson)…the Rays team ERA over that span from behind in each win since Aug 25, 1934 (White Sox)…Hall of has gone from 2.55 to 4.31…Rays starters have pitched 5.0 innings or less Famer Luke Appling scored the winning run for the White Sox in the in 13 of 17 those games…over those last 17 games, starters have compiled 11th inning of each game…source: Elias Sports Bureau. a 6.19 ERA (84.1-IP, 58-ER) and thrown only 16 more innings than the Rays Ê the 10 walks in Game 2 marked the 6th time in franchise history the bullpen (68.1)…this season, Rays pitchers have 16 starts of 5.0 IP or fewer, Rays won a 9-inning game while issuing 10-plus walks, first since most in the majors—last season Rays starters worked 5 or more innings in May 7, 2011 at BAL. their first 34 games…Rays relievers have worked an AL-high 99.2 innings after 29 games, 31 innings greater than a year ago after 29 games (68.2). GOOD DAY MATE—RH Grant Balfour became the first Ray to earn a save in both games of a doubleheader and the second to earn two saves in one HOME/ROAD—The Rays are 6-9 on the road…Rays have scored only 33 day…Rafael Soriano earned two saves on April 17, 2010 at Fenway when runs in the 13 road games, their fewest ever in their first 13 road games he saved a suspended game and the regularly scheduled game…Balfour (prev. 35 runs in 2004)…their 2.7 R/G on the road is 28th in the majors while became the first pitcher to earn 2 saves in one day since KCGreg Holland their 5.6 R/G at home (79-R, 14-G) ranks 4th best in the majors…over the on Aug 16, 2013 at DET. prev. 4 seasons (2010-13) they led the majors with 4.84 R/G on the road… the Rays are batting .210 on the road, 28th in the majors…their .284 avg. at SWEEPING—The Rays, Orioles and Dodgers all swept doubleheaders home is 5th best. yesterday…the last time there were 3 sweeps in one day was Sep 29, 2004 when the Orioles, Yankees and Phillies all swept…source: Elias. HANIGAN HAS MAJORS’ BEST ERASER RATE—C Ryan Hanigan has thrown out 4 of 10 attempted base stealers for a 40.0 percent eraser rate, RAYS PERFECT IN ONE-RUN GAMES—The Rays are now 6-0 in one-run 1st in the majors…offensively, he has 10 RBI with 2 out, most on the team games, the only major league team unbeaten in one-run games…it’s the and tops among major league catchers…he is 6-for-11 with 2 outs and run- first time the Rays have won their first 6 one-run games. ners in scoring position. BIG INNINGS—Last night in Game 2, the Red Sox scored 5 times in the 5th THE ROAD IS A LONEY PLACE—1B James Loney brings a 10-game inning, the fourth inning on this road trip the Rays have allowed 5-plus runs Yankee Stadium hitting streak into tonight’s game…his .429 (21-for-49) giving them 6 such innings this season…they had only 10 all of last year. career average here is 2nd among active players with 10 or more games trailing only COL Justin Morneau (.433)…since becoming a Ray in 2013, AL EAST ODDITIES—The AL East is the only current division in which all James has hit well in a lot of road parks…his .335 road average the past five teams have allowed more runs than they have scored…it is the first two seasons leads the majors. time since the current divisional format was adopted in 1994 that a division has had all of its teams with a negative run differential on May 2…this is the WEB GEMS—The Rays had made only 7 errors in their first 24 games until first time since 2007 that the AL East does not have a team with 16 wins at making 4 errors in the 6th inning in their 9-2 loss Sun at CWS…they have this point in the season. made 6 miscues in 5 games since…still, the Rays 13 errors overall are the 4th fewest in the majors…their 72 errors over 2013-14 are 2nd fewest in the RAYS vs. NEW YORK—The two teams split 4 games at Tropicana Field, majors during that period behind the Orioles (65)…Sunday’s game was only April 17-20…the Rays won 11-5 and 16-1 (April 18-19) becoming the first their 11th multi-error game in their last 252 games. team to record at least 10 runs and 16 hits in consecutive games vs. NYY since the Angels did it, Aug 27-28, 1988…the Rays have out-homered the RODRIGUEZ AND LONEY HELP LAUNCH INITIATIVE—Earlier today, Yankees, 7-3 so far this season, 33-12 since the start of 2013 and 77-48 1B James Loney and UTL Sean Rodriguez along with Yankees LH Matt since the start of 2011…Rays had their best season ever vs. NYY in 2013 Thornton, Bradenton native C John Ryan Murphy and RH David Robert- going 12-7 including 7-3 at Yankee Stadium…Rays became the first team son conducted a clinic for children from the N.Y. Center for Autism Charter to post a sub-3.00 ERA at the new Yankee Stadium (min. 30 IP) and were School…the event was part of the MLB Players Trust’s City Clinics pro- the first team to throw 3 shutouts in New York since the 1992 White Sox… gram, a grass-roots campaign developed by current major leaguers to pro- Rays have not had a losing season vs.