Press Box Documents › bit.ly/3f0l9jz TAMPA BAY RAYS (13-15) vs. HOUSTON ASTROS (15-12) LH Rich Hill (1-1, 7.25) vs. RH Cristian Javier (3-0, 0.87) Sunday, May 2, 2021 First Pitch: 1:10 p.m. Location: Tropicana Field TV: Bally Sports Sun Radio: WDAE 95.3 FM, WMGG 1470 AM (Sp.) Game No.: 29 (13-15) Home Game No.: 17 (6-10) All-Time Game No.: 3,651 (1739-1911) All-Time Home Game No.: 1,829 (947-881) 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 Mon., 5/3 at LAA 9:38 p.m. RH Tyler Glasnow (3-1, 1.67) vs. RH Shohei Ohtani (1-0, 3.29) Bally Sports Sun, WDAE 95.3 FM/620 AM Tues., 5/4 at LAA 9:38 p.m. LH Shane McClanahan (0-0, 4.50) vs. LH José Quintana (0-2, 10.13) Bally Sports Sun, WDAE 95.3 FM/620 AM RAY MATTER—The Rays have lost three consecutive games, tied for PITCHING PROPERLY—The Rays have allowed 3 runs (or fewer) in sev- their 2nd-longest losing streak of the season and one shy of matching a en of their last 8 games, pitching to a 3.00 ERA (72-IP, 24-ER) over that season high (April 3-7)…the Rays are 2-5 in their last 7 games and 3-7 in stretch…the Rays have allowed 3 runs (or fewer) in 13 of their last 21 their last 10 games following a 5-game winning streak…the Rays are 2 games since April 10, after doing it once in the first 7 games this season. games under .500 for the first time since the end of play on April 16 (6-8) Ê Last night the Rays allowed 3 runs and 3 hits in the 1st inning but and would need a win today to avoid falling a season-high-tying 3 games then held the Astros scoreless on 1 hit over the 2nd–9th innings. under .500…this 3-game losing streak has seen the Rays fall from 2nd to Ê Rays pitching ranked as low as 28th in the majors with a 5.74 ERA last place in the AL East, and they are a season-high-tying 4 GB of the through April 9…since April 10, the Rays have a 3.63 ERA (190.2-IP, first-place Red Sox…this is the first time the Rays have been alone in last 77-ER) in 21 games, which ranks 6th in the AL over that stretch. place after the calendar turned to May since they finished 2016 at 68-94. Ê The Rays are tied for the AL lead with four shutouts this season. Ê The Rays have trailed at the end of 19 consecutive innings…they Ê The Rays bullpen combined for three scoreless innings last night allowed a tie-breaking run in the 9th inning on Thurs vs. OAK and and has a 1.93 ERA (37.1-IP, 8-ER) through 9 games on this homes- fell behind in the 1st inning of both games this series…they have tand…this stretch has reduced its season ERA by over a run—from trailed by multiple runs at the end of 16 consecutive innings. 5.40 to 4.31…since April 10, the Rays bullpen ranks 12th in the ma- Ê With last night's loss, the Rays dropped to 1-3-1 in home series this jors and 7th in the AL with a 3.45 ERA (94-IP, 36-ER) in 21 games. season after going 6-0-4 in 2020…the Rays have suffered back-to- Ê Five of the pitchers from the Rays planned season-opening bull- back losing homestands for the first time since going 2-4 from July pen are sidelined…since the last week of spring, the Rays have lost 21-26, 2017 and 2-7 from Aug 4-13, 2017…the Rays are 6-10 at Trop- Nick Anderson (elbow), Ryan Sherriff (restricted list), Chaz Roe icana Field this season after going 20-9 in the shortened 2020 sea- (shoulder), Pete Fairbanks (shoulder) and Collin McHugh (back). son…the Rays and Twins are the only teams in the majors to have already passed their number of home losses from last season. NOT THE RAYS WAY—The Rays rank 18th in the majors with a 4.16 Ê The Rays have used 37 players, 22 pitchers and 10 starting pitch- ERA (253.1-IP, 117-ER) after top ten finishes in each of 2017-20…the Rays ers…all rank 2nd in the majors—the Brewers have used 38 players, have allowed 8 runs (or more) seven times, compared to three times in Cubs have used 23 pitchers and Blue Jays have used 11 starters. the shortened 2020 season…the 7 games with 8 runs (or more) are tied Ê The Rays have blown a lead in eight of their 15 losses…the eight with the Diamondbacks for 2nd in the majors behind the Athletics (8)… blown leads (games lost after holding a lead) ties their 2020 total. the Rays have allowed 6 runs (or more) 10 times and 5+ runs 13 times. Ê Today's game continues a stretch of games on 17 consecutive days… Ê The Rays have allowed 51 runs in the 7th inn. or later, over ¾ of this stretch ends with a May 10 off day after the next road trip. their 2020 total (62)…this is tied for 2nd in the majors to the Reds (54)—the closest AL team is the Twins (42)…the Rays have yielded 3 DOES NOT COMPUTE—Last night was the fourth time this homestand HR in the 7th, 4 HR in the 8th, 2 HR in the 9th and 1 HR in extras. the Rays lost when allowing 3 runs (or fewer)…the Rays are 10-4 this sea- son when doing so, but are 2-4 in their last 6 games of this type after going RAYS vs. ASTROS—The Rays are 0-2 against the Astros this season, losing 31-1 from Aug 4, 2020–April 24, 2021 and 47-2 from Aug 17, 2019–April a home series against them for the third time in club history, following 24, 2021…the only other seasons the Rays lost four times through the first April 21-23, 2017 (1-2) and June 20-22, 2008 (1-2)…including postseason, 28 games when allowing 3 runs (or fewer) were in 2018 (7) and 1998 (4). the Rays are 1-5 in the last 6 games against them and the only win came Ê The Rays are 6-3 this season when scoring 5 runs (or more), after in Game 7…today is the third of six meetings with the Astros this sea- going 25-1 when doing that in 2020…they are 5-2 when scoring 6 son, with the Rays visiting Minute Maid Park from Sep 28-30 on the last runs (or more) after going 15-0 in them in the shortened season. road trip of the season…the Rays are 36-26 all-time against them (18-11 at Ê The Rays are 0-3 in extra-inning games and have been outscored, home, 18-15 on the road) and 30-20 since the Astros joined the AL in 2013. 9-2, in five extra frames, which begin with a runner on second. Ê The Rays have not lost a season series to the Astros since 2008, go- Ê The Rays are 7-8 in games decided by 2 runs (or fewer) this season ing 8-0-1 since…the Rays went 4-3 in 2017, 2018 and 2019, and the after going a major-league-best 23-10 last season…similarly, they Astros finished with 101, 103 and 107 wins in those seasons…ac- are 3-5 in 1-run games after going a majors-best 14-5 in 2020. cording to Stats LLC, the Rays were the first team in major league history to win the season series in three straight years against an NO BROOMS ALLOWED—Today the Rays are attempting to avoid being opponent who finished with 100 wins in each of those seasons. swept for the second time this season, following April 5-7 at BOS (0-3)… the Rays were swept in a series of 3 games (or more) only once last season: UP NEXT: ANGELS—Tomorrow the Rays begin a 7-game trip to Ana- from July 31–Aug 2 at BAL (0-3)…the Rays haven't been swept at Tropi- heim (4) and Oakland (3)…the Rays and Angels haven't met since the Rays cana Field (regardless of series length) since April 19-21, 2019 vs. BOS (0-3), went 2-1 at Angel Stadium from Sep 13-15, 2019…tomorrow is the first of or by a team outside of the division since Aug 3-5, 2018 vs. CWS (0-3). 7 games with them this season, with a 3-game series at Tropicana Field Ê In franchise history, the Rays have been swept by the Astros in a from June 25-27…the Rays have won the last four season series (2016- series of 3 games (or more) one time: June 6-8 in Houston (0-3). 2019) and are 4-0-1 in the last five season series…the Rays are 84-101 (.454) all-time against the Angels (42-49 at home, 42-52 on the road), in- ABOUT THE OFFENSE—Through 9 games this homestand the Rays have cluding 52-38 (.578) as the Rays after going 32-63 (.337) as the Devil Rays scored 20 runs on 56 hits and 25 BB, have struck out 91 times and are bat- (1998–2007)…since the start of 2010, the Rays are 28-12 (.700) at Angel ting .193 (56-for-290) overall and .083 (5-for-60) with RISP…the Rays have Stadium, including 10-1-1 in series play there, compared to 16-19 (.457) at 3 hits in their last 54 AB with RISP, and have gone 0-for-4, 1-for-6, 0-for-6, Tropicana Field…the Rays are 12-3 at Angel Stadium since June 2, 2015.