Press Box Documents › bit.ly/3f0l9jz TAMPA BAY RAYS (43-29) at SEATTLE MARINERS (37-36) LH Shane McClanahan (2-2, 4.42) vs. LH Marco Gonzales (1-4, 5.44) Sunday, June 20, 2021 First Pitch: 4:10 p.m. Location: T-Mobile Park TV: Bally Sports Sun Radio: WDAE 95.3 FM, WMGG 1470 AM (Sp.) Game No.: 73 (43-29) Road Game No.: 40 (24-15) All-Time Game No.: 3,695 (1769-1925) All-Time Road Game No.: 1,850 (809-1040) 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 Tues., 6/22 vs. BOS 7:10 p.m. TBD vs. LH Eduardo Rodriguez (5-4, 6.21) Bally Sports Sun, WDAE 95.3 FM/620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.) Wed., 6/23 vs. BOS 7:10 p.m. LH Rich Hill (5-2, 3.64) vs. RH Garrett Richards (4-4, 4.36) Bally Sports Sun, WDAE 95.3 FM/620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.) Thurs., 6/24 vs. BOS 7:10 p.m. TBD vs. RH Nick Pivetta (6-3, 4.36) Bally Sports Sun, WDAE 95.3 FM/620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.) RAY MATTER—The Rays have lost a season-high five consecutive games, runs in the 8th lead the majors, 33 runs in the 9th rank 2nd behind the their longest losing streak since July 29–Aug 2, 2020 (5)…they would need Astros (34) and 18 runs in extras are tied for 2nd behind the Reds (21). a win today to avoid their longest losing streak since May 31–June 8, 2018 (8)…during the 5-game losing streak the Rays have been outscored, 28- PITCHING PROPERLY—The Rays have pitched to a 3.36 ERA (653.1-IP, 244- 18 (-10), are batting .207 (36-for-174) overall, .118 (4-for-34) with RISP and ER) this season, which ranks 6th in the majors and 2nd in the AL behind have pitched to a 4.85 ERA…the losing streak has seen the Rays go from a the White Sox (3.29)…the Rays have allowed 3 runs (or fewer) 41 times, season-high-tying 3-game lead in the AL East to 2nd place in the division, T-2nd in the majors behind the Padres (42), and are 32-9 when doing so. a ½-game behind the Red Sox…last night's results ended a stretch of 26 Ê The Rays have allowed 25 runs over their last 4 games, compared consecutive days where the Rays were alone in first place in the AL East. to 12 runs in their previous five…they have yielded 5 runs (or more) Ê The Rays have lost back-to-back series after a stretch of nine con- in four consecutive games, their longest streak since April 3-9 (5). secutive unbeaten series, going 7-0-2 from May 14–June 13…the Ê Last night marked the second time this season the Rays allowed Rays are 8-9 since the start of June after going 16-1 from May 13-31 a grand slam, both in the last 8 games (Rich Hill, June 12 vs. BAL). and 22-6 in May, a franchise record for wins in a calendar month. Ê Rays pitching had a 4.85 ERA through the first 13 games of the sea- Ê Three of the last 4 games have ended in walk-off losses, the second son but since then have a 3.03 ERA (534.2-IP, 180-ER) in 59 games time in club history the Rays have had three walk-off losses over since April 16, best in the majors over that stretch (NYM: 3.15). a stretch of 4 games on the same road trip, according to Stats LLC… Ê Rays starters have pitched to a 3.77 ERA (349-IP, 146-ER), 9th in the the only other time was July 3-7, 2015, when the Rays had two majors and 3rd in the AL behind CHW (3.12) and HOU (3.44). walk-off losses at Yankee Stadium and one at Kauffman Stadium. WHAT A RELIEF—The Rays bullpen has an AL-best 2.90 ERA (304.1-IP, Ê Their 43-29 record is tied for the best 72-game start in Rays history 98-ER) this season, 3rd in the majors behind the Cubs (2.67) and Padres (2019, 2010, 2008)…a win today would give them the best 73-game (2.75)…the bullpen has allowed 16 hits and 4 runs (2 ER) in their last 35.2 IP start in club history; they fell to 43-30 in the other three seasons. since June 11, including 43 SO…they have a 0.88 ERA (61.2-IP, 6-ER) in 16 Ê The Rays were .500 through games of May 12 (19-19)…they are 24- games since June 2, best in the majors over that stretch—2nd is the Astros 10 since May 13, the best record in the majors over that stretch. (2.25)…the bullpen ranked 26th in the majors with a 5.07 ERA through Ê The Rays have 19 come-from-behind wins, T-2nd in the majors. April 21, but since April 22 their 2.10 ERA leads the majors (CHC: 2.32). Ê The Rays are a majors-best 21-7 (.750) in day games this season. Ê Since the start of June, the Rays bullpen has allowed 7 ER and 5 Ê The Rays are 12-10 all-time on Father's Day. UER, and all five unearned runs are automatic runners in extras. NO BROOMS ALLOWED—Today the Rays are attempting to avoid being RAYS vs. MARINERS—The Rays are 0-3 this season and 1-5 against the swept for the second time this season, following April 5-7 at BOS (0-3)…the Mariners since Aug 19, 2019 on the heels of a 3-game sweep at T-Mobile Rays were swept three times in 2020: two 2-game series and one 3-game Park from Aug 9-11, 2019, the third sweep in franchise history in Seattle series…the Rays are attempting to avoid a 4-game sweep for the first time (2010, 2004)…today is the fourth of 7 games in the season series, with 3 since June 30–July 3, 2016 vs. DET and first on the road since June 24-26, games at Tropicana Field from Aug 2-4…the Rays went 4-2 against them 2016 at BAL…the Rays have been swept by the Mariners seven times in in 2019, winning the season series for the first time since 2012 (6-4). franchise history, all 3-game series, most recently June 1-3, 2018 at SEA… Ê Since the start of 2018, 12 of the 16 games between the clubs have they have been swept by them five times in Seattle and twice at home. been decided by 2 runs (or fewer), including 10 1-run games. ABOUT THE OFFENSE—Last night was the first time the Rays lost when Ê The Rays are 3-12 at T-Mobile Park since the start of 2016. hitting 3 HR (or more) since Game 5 of the 2020 ALCS at HOU (in SD), UP NEXT: RED SOX—Following tomorrow's off day, the Rays open a which ended on a walk-off homer by Carlos Correa…it was the first time 6-game homestand with a 3-game series against the Red Sox, the first they lost a regular season game with 3 HR (or more) since June 26, 2019 at meeting between the clubs since the Rays were swept from April 5-7 at MIN…on the 5-game losing streak, the Rays offense is averaging 3.6 runs Fenway Park (0-3)…it marked the club's first series loss to them since July per game while batting .207 overall and .118 (4-for-34) with RISP…they 22-24, 2019 and first series loss at Fenway Park since Aug 17-19, 2018. have been held to 1 run (or fewer) in two of the 5 games over this stretch. Ê Tuesday night is the fourth of 19 meetings between the two clubs Ê The Rays rank 5th in the majors with 351 runs…the Rays have av- this season (10 at Tropicana Field, nine at Fenway Park)…13 of the eraged 4.88 runs per game despite a .230 avg. that ranks 21st in the 19 games will come over a stretch of 41 days from July 30–Sep 8. majors and 11th in the AL…from 1900–2020, 568 teams averaged Ê The Rays went 7-3 against the Red Sox in 2020 (3-3 at home, 4-0 4.88 R/G but none did it with an avg. as low as the Rays—the low- on the road) to win the season series for a second straight season. est avg. for a team scoring 4.88 R/G was .244 by the 2017 Rangers. Ê The Rays are 14-7 against the Red Sox since July 24, 2019. Ê The Rays lead the AL and rank 4th in the majors with 276 BB…last night was their third game this season with 0 BB, all losses, first EXTRA! EXTRA!—With last night's loss, the Rays dropped to 3-7 in extra- since May 12…the Rays rank 8th in the AL with a .315 OBP, 6th inning games this season, including a 4-game losing streak in extras since with 218 XBH and 8th with 87 HR…their .230 avg.—which would the beginning of June…their .300 winning pct.