TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2014 at NEW YORK YANKEES LH David Price (6-7, 3.63) vs. RH Hiroki Kuroda (5-5, 4.23) First Pitch: 7:05 p.m. | Location: Yankee Stadium, New York, N.Y. | TV: Sun Sports | Radio: WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Spanish) Game No.: 86 (36-49) | Road Game No.: 42 (17-24) | All-Time Game No.: 2,675 (1,231-1,443) | All-Time Road Game: 1,338 (546-791) March: 1-0 | April: 10-16 | May: 12-17 | June: 13-16 RAY MATTER—The Rays are 4-1 on this three-city, 11-games-in-10-days GOOD MEDICINE—Since June 9, the Rays RAYS THRU 85 GAMES road trip (3-1 at Baltimore and 1-0 here)…the Rays have won 3 straight have posted a 2.98 ERA (190-IP, 63-ER), 2008-14 games, one shy of their season high (May 22-25)…the Rays have also 4th best in the majors, while going 12-9… Year W-L Pct. Pos GB won 5 of their last 6 games and are 12-7 since June 11 while going from a that’s the very same day Medicine Man 2014 36-49 .423 5 9.5 2013 45-40 .529 4 6.5 season-high 15 GB to 9.5 GB, closest they have been to first place since Bobby Henry paid Tropicana Field a visit. 2012 44-41 .517 3 7.5 May 31 (9.5 GB)…Rays have climbed to 13 games under .500 for the first 2011 47-38 .553 3 4.0 time since June 3 (23-36)…the Rays had lost 14 of their previous 15 games LOGAN TIES RAYS RECORD—2B Logan 2010 52-33 .612 2 2.0 before June 11…Rays are seeking consecutive series wins for the first time Forsythe recorded 10 assists last night, ty- 2009 46-39 .541 3 5.5 in 2 months (April 29–May 4)…Rays have won 6 of their last 8 road games ing the club fielding mark (for any position) 2008 52-32 .624 1 3.0 since losing 10 straight roadies, May 17–June 3. for asists in a game…he ties the mark ac- MAJORS’ BEST W-L, 2008-14 complished twice by another second base- Yankees 605-448 .574 SINCE JUNE 11—At 12-7, the Rays have A.L. EAST SINCE JUNE 11 man, Miguel Cairo, who did it on July 31, Rays 586-472 .554 the AL’s 2nd-best record behind Oakland Rays 12-7 won 5 of last 6 1998 vs. DET and Aug 7, 2000 vs. MIN. Cardinals 582-473 .552 (12-4)…the Rays have batted .272 (177- Baltimore 11-8 lost 4 of last 7 Angels 575-477 .547 for-651) and scored 4.53 runs per game, New York 9-9 lost 7 of last 9 LOGAN’S RUN—Logan Forsythe has Phillies 574-480 .545 both 8th best in the majors…prior to June Boston 9-10 lost 7 of last 11 been the majors 3rd-hottest hitter over the 11 (24-42), the Rays had batted .242 Toronto 6-12 lost 15 of last 22 last two weeks (min. 25 AB), batting .457 (16- MOST HR vs. YANKEES, SINCE 2008 (23rd in the majors) and averaged 3.58 for-35)…he trails only MIN Chris Parmelee Evan Longoria 26 runs per game (28th)…the Rays have pitched to a 3.08 ERA (172-IP, 59- (.500) and HOU Jose Altuve (.481)…has Jose Bautista 19 ER) sine June 11…prior to June 11 they had pitched to a 4.08 ERA, 21st raised his average from .178 to .242…has 3 Miguel Cabrera 17 in the majors. straight multi-hit games for the first time in his Carlos Peña 17 career while going 7-for-12 with 3 walks…has David Ortiz 17 IT’S A START—For the first time since June 3, the Rays do not have the 5 RBI in the last 3 games after having no hom- MOST HR BY A VISITOR, worst record in the majors…last night’s win moved the Rays past Arizona. ers and 5 RBI in his first 56 games. NEW YANKEE STADIUM Evan Longoria 12 EXTRA, EXTRA—After last night’s 4-3, 12-inning win, the Rays became LONGO vs. THE BOMBERS—Evan Long- Miguel Cabrera 10 the first visiting team to win 2 games of at least 12 innings in length at oria’s 12 home runs here are the most by a Victor Martinez 10 Yankee Stadium—old or new—in a single season since the 1967 Orioles… visiting player in new Yankee Stadium…in Jose Bautista 10 on May 2, the Rays won a 14-inning game here…Source: Elias Sports Bu- his last 16 games here, Longoria has 6 HR, Matt Wieters 9 reau…it’s also the first time the two teams have played three extra-inning 11 extra-base hits and 19 RBI…he also has games in a season and the first time the Rays have won 2 extra-inning 14 HR and 34 RBI in his last 33 games vs. NYY…has made only one error games in a season vs. the Yankees. in 49 games at Yankee Stadium (new or old). ROSTER MOVE—Today, the Rays placed SS Yunel Escobar on the DL HOME RUN BARRAGE/BOTTOM OF THE ORDER—The Rays hit 10 (right shoulder soreness) and recalled LH Jeff Beliveau (BELL-uh-voh) home runs in their last 3 games, as many as they had hit in their previous from Triple-A Durham…Escobar’s move is retroactive to June 25, mean- 19 games…during the 3-game win streak, it’s been the bottom of the order ing he will be eligible to come off the DL on July 11…Beliveau was with the (7-8-9) that has provided much of the firepower, batting a combined .415 Rays for a total of 3 days over two stints in April and retired all 6 batters (17-for-41) with 5 HR and 10 RBI…those spots have been occupied by Lo- he faced in 2 appearances…this will be his 7th tour with the Rays over the gan Forsythe, Kevin Kiermaier and Ryan Hanigan/Jose Molina. past 2 seasons…in his first 6 stops he has spent a total of 17 days with the Rays…at Durham he was 0-0 with 10 saves and a 1.10 ERA (32.2-IP, 15-H, RAYS ROOKIE IS ROCKING —Last night, rookie OF Kevin Kiermaier 4-ER, 14-BB, 46-SO). (KEER-MYER) joined Jorge Cantu (Sep 6, 2004) as the only 2 Rays to hit a home run in their first plate appearance at Yankee Stadium (new or old)… RAYS SET MAJOR LEAGUE K MARK—Brad Boxberger’s strikeout of he has homered in his 3 last games (and is 7-for-14, 3-RBI), the 2nd Rays Ichiro Suzuki in the 12th inning last night was the Rays 287th in June, set- rookie to do that…Evan Longoria homered in 3 straight games twice in ting a major league record for strikeouts in a month…the record of 286 had 2008…HOU rookie George Springer homered in 4 straight games earlier been held by the 2002 Cubs (with Kerry Wood and Mark Prior)…through this season (May 21-26). their first 85 games, Rays pitchers have 744 strikeouts…in major league Ê Kiermaier has 7 HR in his first 37 major league games…only one history, only one team has had more through its first 85 games: the 2013 Ti- Ray has hit that many in his first 37 major league games: Wil My- gers (793)…in their last 40 games since May 20, Rays pitchers have struck ers (7)…Kiermaier’s 3 bunt singles tie MIN Danny Santana for the out 396 batters in 362.1 innings. AL rookie lead…his AB per HR ratio (16.14) ranks 3rd among major league rookies behind CWS Jose Abreu (10.88) and HOU George RAYS vs. YANKEES—Rays lead the season series, 5 games to 3, and are Springer (15.21). 3-1 here…Rays are batting .295 (96-for-325) and averaging 6.5 runs per ML Rookie Batting Leaders (min. 100 AB) game vs. NYY and are hitting .240 and averaging 3.7 R/G vs. everyone Danny Santana, MIN .328 (44-for-134) else…since June 23, 2013, Rays are 13-5 including 9-2 at Yankee Stadi- Kevin Kiermaier, TB .319 (36-for-113) um…Rays have not had a losing season vs. NYY since 2009 and are 45-35 Brock Holt, BOS .315 (63-for-200) since then…Rays were 26-65 at original Yankee Stadium (1998-2008) and C.J. Cron, LAA .290 (38-for-131) are 24-26 at the new Yankee Stadium (since 2009). PRICE HISTORICALLY GOOD—Tonight’s starter, LH David Price, has STARTERS TURNING IT AROUND—In their last 22 games since June 8, 144 strikeouts and 14 walks this season, a ratio of 10.29…in major league Rays starters have pitched to a 2.90 ERA (136.2-IP, 44-ER), 4th best in the history, only one pitcher has completed a season with a better ratio: NYM majors over that span behind the Dodgers (2.34) and Mariners (2.75)…prior Bret Saberhagen (11.00) in 1994…David has fanned 10-plus batters in his to that, in their first 63 games, Rays starters were 21st in the majors in ERA last 5 starts, the 8th in major league history to do so…tonight, he will at- with a 4.23 mark…overall, the Rays have a 3.87 team ERA…the last team tempt to become just the 4th to do it in 6 straight games joining Nolan Ryan to lead the majors in SO, post a sub-4.00 ERA and finish under .500 was (twice), Randy Johnson (5 times) and Pedro Martinez (3 times)…in 22 the 1987 Astros.