Press Box Documents › bit.ly/3f0l9jz TAMPA BAY RAYS (18-16) at OAKLAND ATHLETICS (20-14) RH Tyler Glasnow (4-1, 2.06) vs. RH Frankie Montas (3-2, 5.87) Saturday, May 8, 2021 First Pitch: 4:07 p.m. Location: Oakland Coliseum TV: Bally Sports Sun Radio: WDAE 95.3 FM, WMGG 1470 AM (Sp.) Game No.: 35 (18-16) Road Game No.: 18 (11-6) All-Time Game No.: 3,657 (1744-1912) All-Time Road Game No.: 1,828 (796-1031) 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 Sun., 5/9 at OAK 4:07 p.m. LH Shane McClanahan (0-0, 2.25) vs. LH Cole Irvin (3-3, 3.09) Bally Sports Sun, WDAE 95.3 FM/620 AM, WMGG 1470 AM (Sp.) RAY MATTER—The Rays lost in walk-off fashion last night to snap a Ê Rays pitchers have made 11 starts this season of 5 IP (or more) and season-high-tying 5-game winning streak…it marked their third walk-off 1 run (or fewer), tied with the White Sox for the most in the AL— loss of the season, following April 21 at KC (single) and April 6 at BOS (dou- despite using an opener six times…in comparison, Rays starters ac- ble)…it was the first time the Rays allowed a walk-off homer since July complished that only 11 times in 60 games (18.3 pct.) last season. 27, 2019 at TOR, when Teoscar Hernández hit one in the 12th inning off Ê Rays starters have gone 6 IP (or more) 13 times this season after Emilio Pagán…the Rays are 5-1 in their last 6 games and have outscored doing so nine times in 2020, which tied for fewest in the majors. opponents, 32-16, over that stretch…this 5-1 stretch has brought them from last place in the AL East into second place, 2.5 GB of Boston (20-13). ABOUT THE OFFENSE—The Rays have totaled 27 runs on 38 hits, 6 HR, Ê Last night was the third time this season the Rays lost when allow- 24 BB and 6 errors over the first 5 games of this 7-game road trip (LAA/ ing 2 runs (or fewer), tied for the most such losses in the majors… OAK)…the 27 runs pass their total from the preceding 10-game homes- the Rays are 8-3 when doing so, in comparison to 19-2 last season. tand (25) and the 6 HR are one shy of matching their homestand total. Ê The Rays are 11-6 on the road this season, tied for 3rd in the majors, Ê In the 5-1 stretch in the last 6 games, opposing starters have a 2.48 and 31-12 (.721) on the road since Aug 10, 2020, best in the majors… ERA (32.2-IP, 9-ER) and bullpens have a 8.41 ERA (20.1-IP, 19-ER). the Rays have won nine of their last 11 road games after going 2-4 Ê In the last 15 games since April 23, the Rays have scored 52 runs on the season-opening road trip…over this 9-2 span, the Rays have (3.47 R/G) on 101 hits and 51 BB, have struck out 163 times and are made 4 errors while their opponents have combined for 17 errors. batting .205 (101-for-493) overall and .159 (18-for-113) with RISP. Ê The Rays have used 38 players (3rd in the majors), 22 pitchers (tied Ê The Rays have scored 4 runs (or fewer) in 21 of 34 games (61.8 pct.), for 2nd in majors) and 11 starting pitchers (tied for 1st) this season. tied for the 3rd-fewest in the AL after the Tigers (23) and A's (22). Ê The Rays are 8-7 in this stretch of 17 consecutive days without an Ê The Rays offense has a majors-most 352 SO this season, ahead of off day, and 16-12 in this stretch of 30 games in 31 days. the Tigers (351) and Rangers (341)…they rank 11th in the AL in bat- ting avg. (.223), 10th in on-base pct. (.307) and 11th in homers (34). 18 UP, 18 DOWN—Last night the Rays were held to a season-low 3 hits Ê The Rays have used 34 different batting orders in 34 games. for the second time (April 12 vs. TEX)…LH Sean Manaea saw his perfect game bid end with a Randy Arozarena walk to lead off the 7th inning, CHICKEN ON THE BONE—The Rays have scored 27 runs this road trip, and his no-hit bid ended when former high school teammate Mike Bros- batting .262 (11-for-42) with RISP over that stretch including .417 (5-for- seau doubled to lead off the 8th…according to Stats LLC, last night was the 12) in the last 2 games…the 11 hits this trip pass the team total from the ninth time the Rays had a perfect game against them through 6 innings, preceding 10-game homestand, when they hit .099 (7-for-71) with RISP. first since Michael Pineda (6.2 IP) on April 10, 2017 at NYY…last night was Ê This season the Rays are batting .201 (59-for-293) with RISP, last the 16th time the Rays had a no-hitter against them through 7 innings, in the majors—in 29th place is the D-backs (.202)…with RISP/2 out, and first since KC Danny Duffy (7 IP) on Aug 1, 2016 at Tropicana Field. their .151 avg. (21-for-139) is last in the majors (29th: Nationals, .167). Ê There have been four no-hitters this season and two this week, in- Ê The Rays are batting .248 (40-for-161) with RISP on the road, com- cluding CIN Wade Miley last night at CLE…according to the Elias pared to a .144 avg. (19-for-132) with RISP at Tropicana Field. Sports Bureau, the only other season in major league history with Ê The Rays have struck out 101 times with RISP, most in the majors 4+ no-hitters through May 7 was 1917 (5)…had Manaea completed ahead of the Dodgers (100)…Willy Adames leads the majors with a no-hitter, it would have been the third time that two no-hitters 15 SO with RISP, while Randy Arozarena ranks 2nd with 14 SO. were thrown on the same date, according to MLB.com…it would Ê The Rays have had 67 PA this season with a runner on third and have joined June 29, 1990 (Dave Stewart and Fernando Valenzu- less than 2 outs, and that runner has scored 32 times (47.8 pct.), 15th ela) and April 22, 1898 (Theodore Breitenstein and Jay Hughes). in the majors…the major league avg. in those situations is 48.9 pct. Ê There have been 23 perfect games in major league history (22 in RAYS vs. ATHLETICS—Today is the sixth of seven meetings this season, the regular season) and none since SEA Félix Hernández on Aug all over a 14-day stretch, after the two clubs split a 4-game series at Tropi- 15, 2012 vs. TB…the Rays have been on the wrong end of a perfect cana Field last week…the Rays trail the season series, 3-2, and all 5 games game three times—more than any other team in the majors—and have been decided by 2 runs (or fewer) including four 1-run games…the have had two additional no-hitters thrown against them. Rays are 78-112 (.411) all-time against the Athletics and 32-61 (.344) at the PITCHING PROPERLY—The Rays have allowed a total of 6 runs in their Oakland Coliseum—their lowest winning pct. at a current AL ballpark. last 3 games and 3 runs (or fewer) in five straight games…the Rays have Ê Since July 22, 2016, 21 of the 28 games have been decided by 2 runs pitched to a 2.86 ERA (125.2-IP, 40-ER) in their last 14 games, allowing (or fewer) and 17 of the 28 have been decided by 1-run margins. 3 runs (or fewer) 12 times over that stretch…this has lowered the staff's Ê LH Rich Hill made 14 starts for Oakland in 2016 before they sent season ERA from 4.62 to 3.81, its lowest since the end of play on April 2 him to the Dodgers at the trade deadline…INF Joey Wendle is the (2.00)…the Rays have allowed 3 runs (or fewer) in 18 of their last 27 games only other Ray who once played for the Athletics (2016-17). (66.7 pct.) since April 10, after doing it once in the first 7 games this year. LEFTY LOOSEY—Last night Jeffrey Springs allowed a walk-off, solo hom- Ê Rays pitching ranked as low as 28th in the majors with a 5.74 ERA er to Seth Brown, the third time in his career he was on the mound for a through April 9…since April 10, the Rays have a 3.32 ERA (244.1-IP, walk-off loss…the previous two were both walk-off homers: Sep 25, 2020 90-ER) in 27 games, which ranks 6th in the majors over that span.