Press Box Documents › bit.ly/3f0l9jz TAMPA BAY RAYS (43-27) at SEATTLE MARINERS (35-36) RH Michael Wacha (1-1, 4.54) vs. LH Yusei Kikuchi (3-3, 3.67) Friday, June 18, 2021 First Pitch: 10:10 p.m. Location: T-Mobile Park TV: Bally Sports Sun Radio: WDAE 95.3 FM/620 AM Game No.: 71 (43-27) Road Game No.: 38 (24-13) All-Time Game No.: 3,693 (1769-1923) All-Time Road Game No.: 1,848 (809-1038) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE To hear Rays coaches and players pronouncing their names in their own voices, visit raysbaseball.com/pronunciation. UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE Upcoming Games Time (ET) Probable Starting Pitchers (Rays vs. Opp.) TV & Radio Sat., 6/19 at SEA 10:10 p.m. LH Josh Fleming (6-4, 3.20) vs. RH Logan Gilbert (2-2, 4.13) Bally Sports Sun, WDAE 95.3 FM/620 AM Sun., 6/20 at SEA 4:10 p.m. LH Shane McClanahan (2-2, 4.42) vs. LH Marco Gonzales (1-4, 5.44) Bally Sports Sun, WDAE 95.3 FM/620 AM, WMGG 1470 AM (Sp.) RAY MATTER—The Rays have lost three consecutive games, their longest ERA (54.2-IP, 6-ER) in 14 games since June 2 leads the majors since then. losing streak since April 29–May 1 (3) and tied for their 2nd-longest this Ê The Rays bullpen ranked 26th in the majors with a 5.07 ERA thru season behind April 3-7 (4)…they have seen two consecutive games end April 21, but since April 22 their 2.17 ERA ranks 2nd in the majors. in walk-off losses, the ninth time in club history they have lost back-to- Ê Last night's game-tying hit in the 9th inning snapped the bullpen's back games in walk-off fashion and first since July 22-23, 2016 at OAK… streak of 28.1 IP without allowing an earned run…it was their first the Rays enter tonight's game tied with the Athletics for the 2nd-best run allowed in regulation since June 9 vs. WSH (5th inning). record in the AL, a ½-game back of the White Sox…the Rays have been alone in first place in the AL East since the end of play on May 24, but the KING OF THE ROAD—The Rays have lost COMPARISON OF RAYS ½-game lead over Boston is their smallest since games through May 29. three consecutive road games for only the OFFENSE, HOME vs. ROAD Ê The Rays are 7-1-2 in their last 10 series beginning May 14-16. second time this season, following April Ê The Rays are 8-7 in June after going 16-1 from May 13-31 and 22-6 3-7 (4) to end the first trip…they are 1-3 on Home Road in May, which set a club record for wins in a calendar month. this 7-game trip and would need to win Record 19-14 24-13 Ê Their 43-27 record represents the best 70-game start in franchise the remaining three to extend their streak Runs/Gm 3.97 5.78 history, passing a 42-28 record in both the 2010 and 2019 seasons… of four consecutive winning road trips…at Batting Avg. .223 .237 with 92 games left, the Rays are on pace to finish 99-63, which 24-13, the Rays own the 3rd-best road re- On-Base Pct. .314 .320 would set a franchise record for wins in a season (97-65 in 2008)…it cord in the majors behind the Red Sox (22- Home Runs 31 53 would be the 2nd-best winning pct. in club history (40-20 in 2020). 10) and Athletics (18-9)…the Rays lead the Avg. w/ RISP .215 .248 Ê The Rays are 24-8 since May 13, 30-12 since May 2 and 38-19 since majors with 214 runs scored and 124 XBH April 16—each are the best records in the majors over those spans… on the road and rank 3rd with 53 HR, while their 3.63 ERA ranks 3rd in the Rays were .500 (19-19) as late as the end of play on May 12, but the AL…the Rays are 7-3-1 in road series and 8-4 in road series openers, since then their .750 winning pct. is the best in the majors—and and their four road sweeps are tied with Boston for most in the majors. the highest for any other AL club since then is the Red Sox (.645). Ê The Rays are 22-9 since a 2-4 start and have outscored opponents, Ê During this 24-8 stretch the Rays have outscored opponents, 191- 191-116 (+75) in these 31 games…all nine of these losses have been 107 (+84), and their 8 losses have been by a combined 12 runs…this by 3 runs (or fewer), including six 1-run losses and two straight. includes five 1-run losses, two 2-run losses and one 3-run loss…one Ê The Rays have scored 6+ runs in 18 road games, most in the ma- has been in 10 innings, and two others have come in 11 innings. jors…their 11 road games of 8+ runs are tied for 1st in the majors. Ê The Rays have 19 come-from-behind wins this season, tied with Ê Six of the 13 losses have been in walk-off fashion…the six walk-off the Indians for 2nd-most in the majors behind the Red Sox (24). losses are most in the AL and 3rd in the majors behind the Giants Ê Since 2019, the Rays are an AL-best 179-113 (.613), which ranks 2nd (7) and Marlins (7), and 2nd-most through 70 games in club his- in the majors over that stretch behind the Dodgers (190-100). tory behind 2000 (7)…said another way, the Rays have been tied or leading in the 9th inning of 30 of their 37 road games (81.1 pct.). ABOUT THE OFFENSE—The Rays rank 4th in the majors with 345 runs scored behind HOU (382), LAD (352) and BOS (349)…the Rays are coming FASHIONABLY LATE—In the 8th inning and later, the Rays have out- off an 8-7 loss on Wed at CHW and a 6-5 loss last night, the first time they scored opponents, 100-60 (+40), and 82-37 (+45) when excluding extra scored 5 runs (or more) in back-to-back games and lost both since June 2-4, innings…the +40 run differential over these frames is the highest in the 2019 (2)…the Rays have averaged 4.93 runs per game despite a .231 avg. majors, ahead of the Padres (30) and Indians (28)…the 100 runs scored in that ranks 22nd in the majors and 11th in the AL…from 1900–2020, 513 the 8th inning or later lead the majors, ahead of the Astros (93)…their 50 teams averaged 4.93 R/G but none did it with an avg. as low as the Rays— runs in the 8th lead the majors, 32 runs in the 9th rank 2nd behind the the lowest for a team scoring 4.93 R/G was .244 by the 2017 Rangers. Astros (33) and 18 runs in extras are tied for 2nd behind the Reds (21). Ê The Rays lead the AL and rank 2nd in the majors with 273 BB be- WEB GEMS—According to Sports Info Solutions, the Rays lead the majors hind LAD (289)…they rank 7th in the AL with a .317 OBP, 6th with with 54 Defensive Runs Saved, ahead of the Astros (44) and Nationals 213 XBH and 8th with 84 HR…their .231 avg.—which would be the (38)…their outfield leads the majors with 18 Runs Saved, ahead of MIL (15), lowest in club history (.238, 2020)—includes .233 with RISP and and the infield (1B, 2B, 3B, SS) ranks 1st with 33 Runs Saved ahead of HOU .224 with RISP and 2 outs, which rank 24th and 17th in the majors, (28)…the Rays have saved 14 runs on infield shifts, T-2nd in the majors… respectively…the Rays have 719 PA with RISP, 3rd in the majors. according to StatCast, the Rays lead the majors at 25 Outs Above Avg. Ê The Rays have struck out a major-league-most 735 times, ahead of the Tigers (697)…the Rays are on pace for 1,701 SO, which would RAYS vs. MARINERS—Last night was the first meeting between the two be a major league record ahead of the 2019 Tigers (1,595)…the Rays clubs since Aug 21, 2019, going 665 days in between…it was the 10th time have a majors-most 48 games of reaching double-digit strikeouts. in franchise history the Rays lost in walk-off fashion to the Mariners, first Ê The Rays are 38-14 (.731) when hitting a homer and 16-4 (.800) since June 1, 2018 when Mitch Haniger hit a solo homer off Matt An- when hitting multiple homers…54.8 pct. (46 of 84) of their homers driese…tonight is the second of 7 games in the season series, with three have come with runner(s) on base, which would pass 2005 (47.1) for games at Tropicana Field from Aug 2-4…the Rays went 4-2 against them the highest rate in franchise history…this is the highest rate in the in 2019, winning the season series for the first time since 2012 (6-4).