WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 2017 vs. CHICAGO WHITE SOX RH Jacob Faria (MLB Debut) vs. RH Mike Pelfrey (2-4, 3.86) First Pitch: 7:10 p.m. | Location: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla. | TV: Fox Sports Sun | Radio: WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.) Game No.: 61 (29-31) | Home Game No.: 31 (16-14) | All-Time Game No.: 3,137 (1,449-1,687) | All-Time Home Game No.: 1,571 (796-774) April: 12-14 | May: 17-13 | June: 0-4 REHAB WATCH—Last night in Clearwater, three Rays made rehab ap- been outscored 136-97 from the 6th inning on. RAYS OFFENSE pearances for Class-A Charlotte…RH Jumbo Díaz (right arm fatigue) start- Ê The Rays lead the majors with 51 HR on the A.L. RANKS ed and pitched one scoreless inning (1 hit, 11 pitches)…C Wilson Ramos road (in 30 games), compared to 37 HR in 274 runs 7th (recovery from torn ACL) went 1-for-4 with a double as the DH…OF Pe- 29 games at home. 509 hits T-4th ter Bourjos (tennis elbow) played the entire game in LF and went 1-for-4 Ê The Rays have 17 HR from their first base- 12 3B 3rd with a home run…today RH Matt Andriese (strained groin) and RH Diego men, their most from any position, and tied 88 HR 2nd Moreno (right shoulder bursitis) are scheduled to throw bullpen sessions at with Toronto for 2nd in the AL behind Oak- 190 XBH 3rd Tropicana Field…tomorrow at Charlotte Sports Park, RH Brad Boxberger land (18)…over the past six seasons (2011- 887 TB 2nd (right flexor strain) is scheduled to start and pitch one inning, and Ramos is 16), Rays first basemen totaled only 96 HR, .429 SLG 4th scheduled to catch 3-4 innings. fewest in the majors. .753 OPS 4th 230 BB 1st Ê The Rays have 14 HR from their leadoff hit- 616 SO 1st* WELCOME TO THE SHOW—RH Jacob Faria was recalled to make his ters, their most from any spot in the lineup, major league debut tonight, and 2B Brad Miller was placed on the 10-day and 2nd in the majors to Houston (16). * leads majors DL with a right groin strain…it was six years ago today that the Rays called Ê The Rays lead the majors with 7 back-to- his name on the second day of the First-Year Player Draft, a 10th-round back home runs, followed by the Angels (5)…the club record is 9 selection out of Gahr High School (Cerritos, Calif.)…the 23-year-old will (2008 and 2007)…this is counting any occasion of 3+ consecutive be the seventh Ray to make his major league debut this season, follow- HR as one occurrence. ing RH Austin Pruitt, INF Daniel Robertson, RH Chih-Wei Hu, LH José Alvarado, RH Ryne Stanek and RH Hunter Wood…the only team that YOUNG PITCHING FACTORY—RH Jacob Faria will become the 30th entered today with at least seven MLB debuts this season is Cincinnati (8). starting pitcher used by the Rays since 2008, fewest in the majors…in that Ê Faria has tallied 84 SO (in 58.2 IP) for Triple-A Durham, most in the same span, the Giants (32) have used the next fewest, the White Sox have International League, ahead of Gwinnett’s Sean Newcomb (74)… used 48 and the Padres have used the most (66)…of those 30 pitchers, he among all minor leaguers, they are tied for 2nd (with two other pitch- is the 13th to be drafted and developed by the Rays, while two others were ers) behind Oklahoma City RH Wilmer Font (Dodgers; 88). signed as international free agents…in addition, three of the 30 pitchers were traded for as minor leaguers and debuted with the Rays. RAY MATTER—The Rays have a season-long 4-game losing streak, drop- ping from 2 games over .500 to 2 games below .500, one shy of their sea- NEXT UP FOR LONGO—3B Evan Longoria’s next homer will be the 250th son low (last 19-22 through May 15)…they are 0-4 in June following a May of his career…the only other players with 250 HR for their current team are in which they went 17-13, their most wins in any month since July 2014 (17- DET Miguel Cabrera (313), MIL Ryan Braun (292) and TOR José Bau- 6)…during this 4-game skid they have batted .191/.257/.336 (25-for-131), tista (275)…he has a .395 OBP over his last 8 games (all starts). been outscored 32-9, gone 1-for-15 (.067) with RISP, and led at the conclu- sion of only one inning (after Corey Dickerson’s leadoff home run on Sat COREY KEEPS CRUSHING—OF/DH Corey Dickerson is T-3rd in the AL at SEA)…prior to the losing streak, the Rays had won 6 of 8 and 10 of 15. batting race (.333), behind two players who are currently on the DL in SEA Ê The Rays are 22-18 vs. right-handed starters, and 7-13 vs. LH start- Jean Segura (.341) and LAA Mike Trout (.337)…he leads the AL with 77 ers…Sun vs. SEA began a stretch of facing 3 lefties in 4 games. hits, 25 multi-hit games, 33 extra-base hits and 138 total bases and is tied for Ê Rays are 6-8 so far in a stretch of 19 straight games outside the divi- the AL lead with 18 2B…he is on pace for 208 hits, which would break Au- sion…they are 16-15 outside the AL East, 13-16 within the division. brey Huff’s club record (198 in 2003)…he ranks among AL leaders with 43 runs scored (3rd), .597 SLG (4th), .971 OPS (5th) and 2 3B (T-6th). RAYS vs. WHITE SOX—Tonight is the second of 6 scheduled games this Ê Dickerson has hit 6 leadoff home runs, breaking the club record set season between the clubs…after this 3-game series, the Rays visit the by current first base coachRocco Baldelli in 2006…is tied with HOU South Side from Sep 1-3…last year the Rays went 3-4 in the season series, George Springer for the major league lead. winning 2 of 3 here (April 15-17) and losing 3 of 4 in Chicago (Sep 26-29) Ê Among lefty hitters, his .347 avg. (25-for-72) vs. LHP leads the AL… on the final road trip of the year…over the last four seasons (2013-16), the is only 1 hit shy of his career high for hits vs. LHP (26 in 2016). Rays are 9-4 at Tropicana Field…the Rays are 64-80 all-time vs. CWS (36- 38 home, 28-42 road). KEVIN KIERMAIER—Has multiple hits in 6 of his last 11 games, includ- ing a season-high-tying 3 hits yesterday (5th time)…batting .341/.381/.626 LET’S PLAY TWO!—Saturday will be just the second scheduled double- (31-for-91) over his last 23 games, since May 12 at BOS…this stretch has header in the past two decades of MLB, and first since July 16, 2011, when raised his season avg. from .207 to .261 and his OBP from .305 to .335. the A’s hosted the Angels…it will be the second doubleheader in Tropicana Field history—on Sep 30, 2004, the Rays and Tigers played a split DH, play- LOGAN MORRISON—Is tied for 4th in the AL with 16 HR, trailing NYY Aar- ing 2 games both rescheduled due to Hurricane Frances four weeks ear- on Judge (18), OAK Khris Davis (17) and TEX Joey Gallo (17)…three of lier…the Rays will wear Turn Back the Clock uniforms for the first game… his last 4 hits have been homers, dating back to the 15th inning on May 28 many festivities are planned; see Homestand Release for details…there at MIN…last homered on Sun at SEA, and hasn’t gone more than 3 consec- will be a Banner Parade on the field between games—fans are encouraged utive games without a home run since April 22-26 (5)…he also ranks among to bring a banner from home or make a banner at one of the two stations AL leaders with 37 RBI (T-9th), 25 XBH (T-8th) and 30 walks (T-10th)…as a throughout the ballpark, and can receive a ticket voucher for 2 complimen- first baseman, is tied for the AL lead with 16 HR (with OAKYonder Alonso) tary tickets to a future 2017 Rays home game…specialty food items offered and his 36 RBI rank 2nd in the AL to TOR Justin Smoak (40). will include Hamburger Helper in a cone, chicken strips and fries and turkey meals served as “TV dinners,” fried Twinkies rolled in monster cereals, fried BACKSTOP POP—The Rays have 32 RBI from their catchers, 4th most Kool-Aid and a Buzz Aldrin drink special. in the majors, with 17 from Derek Norris and 15 from Jesús Sucre…last year, the 52 RBI by Rays catchers were 5th fewest in the majors…from RAY-KING RAYS—The Rays have gone consecutive games without a home 2008-16, the Rays ranked last in the majors with 512 RBI from their catch- run for only the second time this season (also a stretch of 3 games from April ers, and Rays catchers have ranked among the majors’ bottom 10 in RBI for 29–May 1)…they hit 20 HR in 9 games on the road trip, and have 37 HR in each of the last 8 years (2009-16)…the Rays signed two All-Star catchers the last 19 games overall…their 88 HR rank 2nd in the majors to Houston (93) as free agents this offseason in Norris (March 26) and Wilson Ramos (Dec and are their 2nd-most in club history through 60 games (90 HR in 2016)… 12), who continues his recovery from ACL surgery.