SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2014 at DETROIT TIGERS LH David Price (7-7, 3.50) vs. RH Rick Porcello (11-4, 3.12) First Pitch: 8:00 | Road Game No.: 47 (21-25) | All-Time Game No.: 2,680 (1,235-1,444) | All-Time Road Game: 1,343 (550-792) March: 1-0 | April: 10-16 | May: 12-17 | June: 13-16 | July: 4-1 RAY MATTER—The Rays 7-2 win here MAJORS’ BEST RECORDS NEWEST RAY—Cesar and Melanie Ra- RAYS THRU 90 GAMES yesterday gives them an 8-2 record on this SINCE JUNE 11 mos celebrated the birth of their first child 2008-14 three-city, 11-games-in-10-days road trip Pittsburgh 16-7 yesterday: 6-pound, 15 oz. Addison Lynn Year W-L Pct. Pos GB (3-1 at BAL, 3-0 at NYY and 2-1 here)…with Oakland 15-7 Ramos. 2014 40-50 .444 5 8.5 a win tonight this would be only the 2nd road Tampa Bay 16-8 2013 50-40 .555 2 3.5 trip in club history in which they won 3 series Cincinnati 15-8 RAYS vs. TIGERS—Rays lead the season 2012 46-44 .511 3 9.5 2011 49-41 .544 3 6.0 against teams over .500 (also July 24–Aug AL EAST SINCE JUNE 11 series, 2-1…they are seeking their first se- 2010 55-35 .611 2 3.0 1, 2012 at BAL, LAA, OAK)…the Rays have Tampa Bay 16-8 .667 ries win at Comerica Park since they took 2 Baltimore 15-9 .625 2009 49-41 .544 3 6.5 won 2 games in a row, 7 of their last 8, 9 of 3, Aug 9-11, 2010…they have lost their 2008 55-35 .611 1 2.0 out of 11 and are 16-8 since June 11 while New York 11-12 .478 last 3 series here since then…the Devil Boston 10-13 .435 MAJORS’ BEST W-L, 2008-14 going from a season-high 15 GB to 8.5 GB, Rays (38-37) actually had a better record Toronto 8-15 .348 Yankees 607-451 .574 closest they have been to first place since vs. the Tigers than the Rays (20-24)…Rays Rays 590-473 .557 May 30 (8.5 GB)…Rays are 10 games un- AL EAST ON JUNE 10 went 6-1 vs. Detroit in 2010, but in 3 sea- Toronto 39-27 .591 Cardinals 584-475 .552 der .500 for the first time since May 31 (23- sons since are 8-15…Rays have scored 13 Baltimore 32-31 .508 Angels 580-478 .548 33)…Rays were a season-high 18 games New York 32-21 .508 runs in the past 2 games after going 19 con- Phillies 575-484 .543 under .500 on June 10 (24-42)…Rays had Boston 29-35 .453 secutive games vs. Detroit scoring 4 or less. lost 14 of their previous 15 games before Tampa Bay 24-48 .364 June 11…Rays have won 9 of their last 12 LOGAN’S RUN—Logan Forsythe has been the majors hottest hitter since road games since losing 10 straight roadies. June 16 (min. 50 PA), batting .431 (22-for-51)…has raised his average from .178 to .254…has six multi-hit games in his last 7 games while going 13-for- ROAD TRIP—The Rays have an 8-2 record on this 11-game road trip and 28 with 5 BB, 3 HR and 8 RBI…had 0 HR and 5 RBI in his first 56 G prior. have picked up 4.0 games in the standings…with a win tonight, they can tie the club record for most wins on a trip and finish with the 3rd best trip K-K-K-K-K—Through their first 90 games, Rays pitchers have a major- of 3 or more cities in club history…prior to this trip, the Rays had scored league-high 784 SO…in major league history, only 2 teams have had more only 108 runs in their first 36 road games (3.0 per game)…on this trip they thru its first 90 games: the 2013 Tigers (832) and the 2012 Brewers (788)… have plated 49 runs in 10 games (4.9 per game)…almost one-third (31 Rays hitters (624) have struck out 160 fewer times than their opponents. percent) of the runs they have scored on the road this season have come on this trip…Rays offensive leaders on the trip: Logan Forsythe (.419, 13- GOOD MEDICINE—Since June 9, the Rays have posted a 3.08 ERA (234- 31, 3-HR, 8-RBI), Sean Rodriguez (.375, 6-16, 6-RBI), Matt Joyce (.345, IP, 80-ER), 5th best in the majors while going 16-10…June 9 is the very 10-29, 3-HR, 7-RBI) and Ben Zobrist (.302, 13-43, 6-2B). same day Medicine Man Bobby Henry first paid Tropicana Field a visit…he Rays Best Road Trips (3 or more cities) plans on visiting again when the Rays return on on Monday. Ê 9-1 Apr 12-22, 2010 at BAL, BOS, CWS Ê 8-1 June 15-24, 2004 at SD, ARI, TOR RACING TOWARD DOUBLES RECORD—Both Ben Zobrist (who has Ê 8-2 July 19-29, 2013 at TOR, BOS, NYY 6 doubles in his last 6 games) and Evan Longoria are closing in on the Ê 8-2 Aug 10-19, 2012 at MIN, SEA, LAA Rays all-time record for career doubles…Carl Crawford holds the mark Ê 6-2 Sep 24-30, 2013 at NYY, TOR, TEX with 215…Zobrist now has 214 and Longoria (who, on Friday night, had his first double since June 18) has 213. TOUGH STRETCH—This road trip started the Rays on a stretch of 17 straight games vs. teams over .500 leading up to the All-Star Break. RAYS, MARINERS ONLY—The Rays and Mariners are the only two teams that rank in the top five in pitching (ERA) and defense fielding pct. …the SINCE JUNE 11—At 16-8, the Rays have the best record in the AL East…dur- Rays are 2nd in fielding (.987) and 4th in ERA (3.85)…the Rays have had ing that span, the Rays have batted .267 (225-for-832) and scored 4.50 runs only one multi-error game in their last 43 games (17 errors total). per game, 8th and 9th best respectively in the majors during that span…prior to June 11 (24-42), the Rays had batted .242 (23rd in the majors) and aver- NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT—Tonight the Rays will play their 9th game in aged 3.58 runs per game (28th)…the Rays have pitched to a 3.17 ERA (216- club history on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball…the Rays are 2-6 all-time IP, 76-ER) since June 11, 6th in the majors over that span…prior to June 11, on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball…Dan Shulman, John Kruk and Buster they had pitched to a 4.08 ERA, 21st in the majors…Logan Forsythe has Olney will call the action…past results: been the Rays leading hitter since then with a .407 average (22-for-54). 4/26/98 vs. ANA L, 1-2 8/29/10 vs. BOS W, 5-3 4/9/00 vs. CLE L, 4-17 7/17/11 vs. BOS L, 0-1 (16) SEEING TRIPLE--Yesterday Kevin Kiermaeir became the 6th Rays player 5/10/09 at BOS L, 3-4 4/29/12 at TEX W, 5-2 to get two triples in a game, 2nd rookie (joining Randy Winn in 1998) and 7/5/09 at TEX L, 2-5 8/11/13 at LAD L, 8-2 the first to do it in consecutive innings…the others to do it are Matt Joyce, Carl Crawford (7 times), Jose Guillen and current Rays bench coach Dave UP NEXT: VS. ROYALS—Excluding their 10-4 mark vs. Houston, the Rays’ Martinez (May 16, 1999 at ANA)…Kevin is one of 8 major league players 69-60 (.535) record vs. the Royals is their best against AL opponent…how- to do it this year and the 2nd rookie, joining TEX Rougned Odor…it was ever, the Rays have lost 8 of the past 10 and 12 of the past 16…James the 16th time a player has had two triples in a game at Comerica Park since Shields is the last Rays starter to beat the Royals (Aug 22, 2012 at home). it opened in 2000, but only the 2nd time it has happened in consecutive innings (Curtis Granderson off NYY Roger Clemens on Aug 24, 2007)… ALL-STAR TEAM ANNOUNCED TONIGHT—Rosters for Baseball’s 85th Kiermaier now has 19 extra base hits in his first 42 major league games, All-Star Game to be played on July 15 at Minnesota’s Target Field will be matching Delmon Young and Jorge Cantu for the most ever by a Ray. released tonight on ESPN’s selection show airing prior to the Rays-Tigers game from 7:00–8:00 ET…selections must not be reported until after BEATING UP ON THE BEST—The Rays 7 runs yesterday off Anibal the All-Star’s name has been mentioned on ESPN. Sanchez were their most ever against a reigning ERA champion..they had scored 6 off BOS Pedro Martinez on Sep 29, 2004 and off TEX Kevin ROOKIES ON THE ROSTER—The Rays have 7 rookies on the current Millwood on Aug 23, 2006.