TAMPA BAY RAYS (12-14) at DETROIT TIGERS (11-15) RH Jake Faria (1-1, 6.33) vs. RH Jordan Zimmermann (1-0, 7.91) Monday, April 30, 2018 First Pitch: 7:10 p.m. Location: Comerica Park TV: FOX Sports Sun Radio: WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.) Game No.: 27 (12-14) Road Game No.: 14 (6-7) All-Time Game No.: 3,265 (1512-1752) All-Time Road Game No.: 1,631 (684-946) UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE Upcoming Games Time (ET) Probable Starting Pitchers (Rays vs. Opp.) TV & Radio Tues., 5/1 at DET 7:10 p.m. RH Chris Archer (2-1, 6.61) vs. LH Matthew Boyd (0-2, 2.74) FOX Sports Sun, WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.) Wed., 5/2 at DET 1:10 p.m. LH Blake Snell (4-1, 2.52) vs. RH Michael Fulmer (1-2, 2.76) FOX Sports Sun, WDAE 620 AM RAY MATTER—Yesterday at BOS, the Rays blew a 3-0 lead and lost, 4-3, Ê Snell has recorded four of the team’s 6 “quality starts.” to snap an 8-game winning streak, which tied for the 3rd-longest in fran- Ê Rays relievers have made 7 apps of at least 50 pitches and 3 apps chise history…the Rays are 8-1 over their last 9 games and have come of at least 70 pitches, both most in the majors…they have totaled from behind in six of the 8 wins…they have outscored opponents, 66-38 6 apps of 4 IP or more—no other team has more than 2 apps of this and outhit opponents, 111-79 during that span…this stretch has brought type—and 17 apps of 2 IP or more, 3rd in the majors. the Rays from 4-13 (.235)—worst record in the AL East and 3rd-worst win- ning pct. in the majors—to 12-14 (.462), 5.0 games up on the Orioles in the CLOSE SHAVES—The Rays have played a major-league-most 12 games division, and 3.5 GB of the second Wild Card position. decided by 1 run…no AL team has played more games decided by 1 run Ê The Rays are 9-2 in their last 11 games and 11-6 since a 1-8 start to within the first 26 games of their season since the 2007 Tigers (13)…the the season…they are 6-2 in their last 8 road games. Rays are 4-8 (.333) in 1-run games, tied with the Nationals for the most Ê Yesterday was the ninth time this season the Rays held a lead and losses and tied for 4th-lowest winning pct. in the majors…seven of their went on to lose, tied for 3rd-most in the majors behind the Nation- 10 games against the majors-best Red Sox have been decided by 1 run, als (10) and Royals (10)…the Rays have held a lead in 80.8 pct. (21 of and the Rays are 1-6 in these games…since 2016, the Rays are 38-59 (.392) 26) of their games this season, 4th-highest rate in the AL behind in 1-run games, 2nd-worst winning pct. in the majors over that span. the Astros (82.8), Red Sox (81.5) and Yankees (81.5). Ê The Rays are 7-8 (.467) when scoring first, but have won five of Ê The Rays have won four consecutive series for the first time since their last 6 games when doing so to improve from 2-7. June 3-16, 2016 at MIN, at ARI, vs. HOU, vs. SEA…yesterday, they ROAMING BUFFALO—Wilson Ramos has homered in three consecutive missed a chance at a third consecutive sweep, something they’ve games for the first time in his career…is the first Rays player to do this done only once in franchise history (June 11-20, 2004). since Kevin Kiermaier, Sep 12-15, 2017 (3) and the first Rays catcher to OFFENSE EN FUEGO—The 3 runs yesterday at BOS were the fewest ever do so…he has an extra-base hit in eight consecutive starts, matching scored by the Rays since April 17 vs. TEX (2)…the club has scored at least the club record (Matt Joyce, 2013; Evan Longoria, 2009). 8 runs in six of their last 8 games, compared to once in their first 18 games MR. WENDLE—Joey Wendle has 24 hits, tied with MIA Brian Ander- this season…this stretch includes a club-record streak of five straight son, NYY Miguel Andújar and SD Christian Villanueva for most among games scoring 8 runs or more from April 20-26…the Rays have totaled 66 major league rookies…this is tied with Miguel Cairo for 3rd-most by a runs over their last 9 games and 62 runs over their last 8 games. Rays rookie before the end of April, behind Rocco Baldelli (40) in 2003 Ê In the last 8 games, the Rays are batting .343 (102-for-297) overall and Delmon Young (26) in 2007…he has multiple hits in five consecutive and .378 (34-for-90) with RISP…in the first 18 games this season, games, longest streak of his career and the longest streak by a Ray since they hit .235 (141-for-601) overall and .237 (36-for-152) with RISP. Wilson Ramos (5) from Aug 17-23, 2017…no Ray has recorded multiple Ê The Rays have totaled 8 HR over their last 3 games, including a sea- hits in six straight since Asdrubal Cabrera in 2015, and the club record is son-high 4 HR on Sat at BOS…they have hit multiple homers five eight straight (Crawford in 2007). times in their last 7 games, including 3+ HR in 4 games…over these 7 games, the home run has accounted for 31 of 54 runs scored. WHO’S HOT—Denard Span has homered in back-to-back games for the Ê Since April 18—the first game of the eventual 8-game winning sixth time in his career (last May 11-12, 2017 vs. CIN, with SF)…this in- streak—the Rays have scored multiple runs in a single inning 20 cludes an inside-the-park home run on Sat at BOS, the second of his ca- times, 3 runs or more seven times and 4 runs or more four times… reer and 15th in franchise history…he has never homered in 3 straight. in the first 17 games this season, they had 11, three and two of these Ê Daniel Robertson enters tonight’s game 1 PA shy of qualifying for type of innings, respectively. leaderboards…if he qualified, he would rank 1st in the majors in OBP and 2nd in avg. …has reached in 18 of his last 28 PA, since the HOME RUNS: LAST 7 GAMES vs. FIRST 19 GAMES 9th inning on April 21…has multiple hits in five of his last 6 games. LAST 7 FIRST 19 LAST 7 FIRST 19 HR 17 10 Runner(s) On 12 1 LA PANTERA—Shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria has not committed an er- Multi-HR Gms 5 1 % Solo 29.4 90.0 ror since last July 30 at NYY, going 75 games and 253 chances since then… 3+ HR Gms 4 0 % Runs Via HR 57.4 15.7 these are the longest streaks in franchise history for a shortstop…since Solo 5 9 last Aug 1, he is the only shortstop in the majors to appear in at least 20 games without committing an error…since being acquired by the Rays on THE TURNAROUND—The loss on April 8 at BOS dropped the Rays to 1-8, June 26, 2017, he has a .989 fielding pct. in 101 games (98 starts). the worst record in the majors at the time and tied for the worst 9-game start in club history, and dropped them to 0-5 on the road…they were av- WHAT A COMEBACK—On Wed at BAL, Jonny Venters retired his only eraging 3.00 runs per game, tied for 2nd-lowest in the majors, and ranked batter faced in the 6th…it was his first appearance in the majors in 2,028 29th and 28th in avg. and OBP, respectively…since then: days—since the NL Wild Card Game on Oct 5, 2012 (with ATL)…according Ê The Rays are 11-6 (.647), 5th-best record in the majors and 3rd-best to FanGraphs, he became the first pitcher ever to return to the majors in the AL behind the Yankees (13-4, .765) and Red Sox (.667) after three Tommy John surgeries…between appearances, 1,287 players Ê The Rays are 6-2 (.750) on the road, 2nd in the majors (Angels, 8-1) made their major league debut…according to the Elias Sports Bureau, he Ê The Rays are averaging 5.71 runs per game, 4th in the majors…they was the first All-Star to return to the majors after missing at least five lead the majors with a .305 avg. and a .373 OBP years since Justin Thompson, who was an All-Star in 1997 and pitched for the Rangers on Aug 18, 2005 in his first game since Aug 15, 1999. RAYS vs. TIGERS—This is the first of six meetings between the Rays and Tigers this season, as the Tigers visit Tropicana Field from July 9-11…the LAST CALL—Authenticated, game-used jerseys from Rays players on Rays went 5-2 last season (3-0 at home, 2-2 on the road), just the second Jackie Robinson Day are now up for auction at raysbaseball.com/auc- time in the past seven seasons they have won the season series over the tions…all jerseys feature No.