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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2015 vs. TORONTO BLUE JAYS RH Erasmo Ramirez (11-6, 3.65) vs. LH Mark Buehrle (14-7, 3.76) BBWAA AWARDS—Earlier today at the Clutch Hitters Luncheon, held at the Hilton Carillon Park in St. Pete, the Tampa Bay Chapter of the BBWAA handed out their 2015 Rays awards…the Don Zimmer Award for the team’s most valuable player went to 2B Logan Forsythe…RH Nathan Karns was named Outstanding Rookie…the Paul C. Smith Champion Award went to RH Chris Archer…the event raised $27,500 for the Rays Baseball Foundation. RAYS UP—The annual Shirts Off Our Backs campaign, which supports Rays charitable outreach efforts throughout Tampa Bay, begins today and runs throughout the weekend series vs. Toronto…volunteers will be on hand offering scratch-off cards in return for donations to the team charity… prizes include 2016 single game tickets, concession stand and team store discounts, and the big ticket prize: a chance to come on the field following Sunday’s game to receive the jersey right off a player’s back. RAY MATTER—With last night’s 4-1 win over Miami, the Rays completed their first 3-game sweep since July 10-12 vs. HOU and first home series win since Aug 11-12 vs. ATL…at 78-81, they also surpassed their 2014 win total (77-85)…the Rays would need to sweep Toronto to avoid finishing with a losing record for only the second time since becoming the Rays in 2008… only six teams have had two or fewer losing seasons since 2008: Cardinals (0), Yankees (0), Dodgers (1), Giants (2), Rangers (2) and Angels (2). Ê The Rays finished their interleague slate at 14-6 (.700), 2nd best in the majors to Houston (14-3) and 3rd-best mark in club history…they went 15-3 in 2004 and 13-5 in 2009. Ê The Rays have homered in 11 straight games, their longest streak since April 15–May 3, 2013 (club-record 17 games). THIRD, FOURTH OR FIFTH?—The Rays, Orioles and Red Sox all have matching 78-81 records, which means the Rays could finish anywhere from third to fifth place in the AL East…according to the Elias Sports Bureau, no three teams from the same division have finished with identical records in the divisional era (since 1969)…from 1998–2007, Tampa Bay finished last in nine of 10 seasons, but they haven’t finished last since becoming the Rays in 2008…in fact they’ve finished 3rd or better in six of those seven seasons. Ê This year’s AL East will be only the third division to have all its teams finish with 78 or more wins since the current divisional format began in 1994…also the 2005 NL East (all five teams with 81 or more wins) and 2006 AL West (all four teams with 78 or more wins). TUNE-UP AT THE TROP—This will be the eighth time in 18 years the Rays have finished the regular season against a team that was playoff-bound— and all eight opponents already clinched a postseason berth…the Rays have won the last five such series (see below)…all but one of these series (1998 at NYY) was played at Tropicana Field…four of the seven past op- ponents advanced to the World Series, and three won it all. Rays Finishing Regular Season vs. Playoff-Bound Teams Year, Opponent Rays Series W-L How Opponent Fared 2012 vs. BAL 2-1 Won WC Game, Lost ALDS 2011 vs. NYY 3-0 Lost ALDS 2009 vs. NYY 2-1 Won World Series 2003 vs. BOS 2-1 Advanced to ALCS 2001 vs. NYY 3-1 Advanced to World Series 1999 vs. NYY 1-2 Won World Series 1998 at NYY 0-4 Won World Series RAYS vs. JAYS—The season series is tied, 8-8 (4-2 at home, 4-7 in To- ronto)…the Rays are trying to win the season series for the seventh time in 8 years since becoming the Rays (8-11 in 2014)…the Rays are 88-56 (.611) vs. Toronto since 2008, best of any AL team…the Rays are playing 6 of their final 9 games against the Jays, after being swept in Toronto last weekend in 3 games…they also host Toronto for 4 games to open the 2016 season, meaning they’ll play Toronto 10 times in a span of 13 regular-season games. A DIFFERENT LEAGUE, ALL RIGHT—The Rays yielded only 6 extra-base hits (all doubles) in their 3-game sweep of the Marlins, holding the Fish to a .224/.280/.286 line…by comparison, in getting swept last weekend in Toron- to, they yielded 20 XBH (11-2B, 1-3B, 8-HR), their 2nd most ever in a 3-game series (21, April 7-9, 2000 vs. CLE)…Toronto hit .317/.402/.683 (32-for-101). LEANING LEFT—Tonight is the 14th time in a span of 24 games the Rays have faced a left-handed starter…the Rays are 29-22 (.569) vs. lefty start- ers, 2nd-best record in the AL behind Toronto (20-14)…the Rays have hit .263/.327/.437 vs. lefty starters, with 65 HR (T-4th in majors) and a .764 OPS (4th in majors)…by contrast, they are 49-59 (.454) against RH starters. EVERYONE’S A HITTER—The Rays offense recorded 16 hits last night, their 2nd-highest tally this season and most at Tropicana Field since Aug 2, 2014 vs. LAA…it was only the second time in club history they recorded 4 runs or fewer on 16-plus hits—also May 30, 2002 vs. OAK (19 hits in a 4-3, 13-inning win)…the Elias Sports Bureau notes that last night was the fourth game in Rays history in which the top six hitters of the starting lineup recorded multiple hits in a 9-inning game: also July 6, 2007 at KC, June 24, 2004 at TOR and July 8, 2003 at OAK…all told, seven Rays had multi-hit games last night, tying the season high (May 17 at MIN). Ê Rays are batting .276 since Aug 1 (2nd in MLB to Boston-.287) to raise their season avg. from .239 (28th in majors thru end of July) to .252. Ê First 100 Games (thru July 26): The Rays recorded double-digit hits 25 times, and scored 5-plus runs 30 times. Ê Last 59 Games (since July 27): The Rays have recorded double- digit hits 32 times, and scored 5-plus runs 27 times. DIVISION OF POWER—The Rays have a club-record 14 players with at least 5 HR this season, tied with Cleveland for most in the majors and one shy of the major league record (2013 Cubs, 2012 Astros, 2007 Rangers, 2002 A’s)…the Rays have three more players sitting at 4 HR apiece: DH John Jaso, 1B James Loney and INF Richie Shaffer. Ê The Rays have 22 HR from the No. 9 spot in the batting order, which leads the majors and is most of any team since the 2005 Indians tied the major league record of 24 (also 2003 Red Sox and 1987 Ori- oles)…the 22 HR are the Rays 2nd most of any batting order position this year—they have 25 HR from the No. 6 spot. Ê The Rays have 20 HR from their catchers, tying the club record (1999). Ê The Rays haven’t had a grand slam in their last 227 games, since Kevin Kiermaier on July 9, 2014 at KC off Yordano Ventura…the Rays are in danger of their first season ever without a grand slam, and are one of two teams (Rangers) without one this year. 60 SAVES TIE 1991 BLUE JAYS—Last night the Rays converted their 60th save of the season, tied for 7th most in major league history and tying the 1991 Blue Jays for most ever by an AL East club…prior to the Rays, the most saves ever recorded by a team without a winning record was 54 by the 2014 Braves…the Rays have earned a save in 60 of their 78 victories (76.9 pct.), compared to 52.3 pct. by the rest of MLB…this is currently the highest mark in major league history, topping the inaugural 1993 Marlins (48 of 64, 75.0 pct.). Ê The Rays have used 8 different pitchers to earn a save, tied with Toronto, Arizona and Colorado for most in the majors, and one shy of the club record…Brad Boxberger will be the Rays 10th different saves leader in 11 years. BRAD BOXBERGER—Last night took over the AL lead with his 41st save, passing LAA Huston Street, who’s been sidelined with a groin strain…Box looks to join Rafael Soriano (45 in 2010) as the only Rays pitchers to lead the league in saves…he saved all 3 games vs. Miami, and has saved the Rays last 6 victories…he is second pitcher in ML history to record 40 saves and 10 losses in a season, joining COL Jose Jimenez (41-SV, 10-L) in 2002. OUTLAW IN SEARCH OF GOLD—Last night CF Kevin Kiermaier threw out the tying run (J.T. Realmuto) at the plate in the 7th inning, and MLB StatCast clocked the throw at 100.4 mph…it was his 15th outfield assist of the season—tops among major league center fielders and one shy of the club record for CF set by Melvin Upton Jr. (2008). Ê Kiermaier leads the majors with 41 Defensive Runs Saved—nearly twice that of the next-closest AL player, TOR Kevin Pillar (21)…this also ties ARI Gerardo Parra (2013) and ATL Andrelton Simmons (2013) for the highest mark since 2003, when Baseball Info Solutions started tracking Defensive Runs Saved…DRS attempts to calculate how many runs a player saved or cost his team in the field compared to the average player at his position. Ê Following last night’s game, RH Jake Odorizzi said: “I think it’s a crime if he doesn’t win a Gold Glove.” EVERYDAY EVAN—3B Evan Longoria has missed only 2 games this sea- son, playing in 157 games…over the last three seasons (2013-15), he leads the majors with 479 games played, two ahead of SEA Kyle Seager. KINGS OF PRIME TIME—According to Fox Sports Sun, since Opening Day, Rays games have ranked No. 1 for prime-time viewing (7–11 p.m.) in the Tampa-St. Pete market, averaging a 4.22 household rating (76,912 homes)… Rays broadcasts have seen a 5 pct. increase in viewership year-over-year, including a 16 pct. jump in the Orlando TV market. First Pitch: 7:10 p.m. | Location: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla. | TV: Sun Sports | Radio: WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.) Game No.: 160 (78-81) | Home Game No.: 82 (40-41) | All-Time Game No.: 2,912 (1,350-1,561) | All-Time Home Game No.: 1,389 (709-679) April: 12-10 | May: 14-15 | June: 16-12 | July: 9-16 | August: 14-13 | September: 12-15 | October: 1-0 | Pre-All-Star: 46-45 | Post-All-Star: 32-36 Upcoming Games Time (ET) Probable Starting Pitchers (Rays vs. Opp.) TV | Radio Sat., Oct 3 vs. TOR 6:10 p.m. RH Chris Archer (12-13, 3.26) vs. RH Marco Estrada (13-8, 3.15) Sun Sports | WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.) Sun., Oct 4 vs. TOR 3:10 p.m. LH Matt Moore (2-4, 5.84) vs. TBA Sun Sports | 1250 AM, 94.5 FM, 105.9 FM, 1550 AM (Sp.)

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2015 vs. TORONTO BLUE JAYSRH Erasmo Ramirez (11-6, 3.65) vs. LH Mark Buehrle (14-7, 3.76)

BBWAA AWARDS—Earlier today at the Clutch Hitters Luncheon, held at the Hilton Carillon Park in St. Pete, the Tampa Bay Chapter of the BBWAA handed out their 2015 Rays awards…the Don Zimmer Award for the team’s most valuable player went to 2B Logan Forsythe…RH Nathan Karns was named Outstanding Rookie…the Paul C. Smith Champion Award went to RH Chris Archer…the event raised $27,500 for the Rays Baseball Foundation.

RAYS UP—The annual Shirts Off Our Backs campaign, which supports Rays charitable outreach efforts throughout Tampa Bay, begins today and runs throughout the weekend series vs. Toronto…volunteers will be on hand offering scratch-off cards in return for donations to the team charity…prizes include 2016 single game tickets, concession stand and team store discounts, and the big ticket prize: a chance to come on the field following Sunday’s game to receive the jersey right off a player’s back.

RAY MATTER—With last night’s 4-1 win over Miami, the Rays completed their first 3-game sweep since July 10-12 vs. HOU and first home series win since Aug 11-12 vs. ATL…at 78-81, they also surpassed their 2014 win total (77-85)…the Rays would need to sweep Toronto to avoid finishing with a losing record for only the second time since becoming the Rays in 2008…only six teams have had two or fewer losing seasons since 2008: Cardinals (0), Yankees (0), Dodgers (1), Giants (2), Rangers (2) and Angels (2).

Ê The Rays finished their interleague slate at 14-6 (.700), 2nd best in the majors to Houston (14-3) and 3rd-best mark in club history…they went 15-3 in 2004 and 13-5 in 2009.

Ê The Rays have homered in 11 straight games, their longest streak since April 15–May 3, 2013 (club-record 17 games).

THIRD, FOURTH OR FIFTH?—The Rays, Orioles and Red Sox all have matching 78-81 records, which means the Rays could finish anywhere from third to fifth place in the AL East…according to the Elias Sports Bureau, no three teams from the same division have finished with identical records in the divisional era (since 1969)…from 1998–2007, Tampa Bay finished last in nine of 10 seasons, but they haven’t finished last since becoming the Rays in 2008…in fact they’ve finished 3rd or better in six of those seven seasons.

Ê This year’s AL East will be only the third division to have all its teams finish with 78 or more wins since the current divisional format began in 1994…also the 2005 NL East (all five teams with 81 or more wins) and 2006 AL West (all four teams with 78 or more wins).

TUNE-UP AT THE TROP—This will be the eighth time in 18 years the Rays have finished the regular season against a team that was playoff-bound—and all eight opponents already clinched a postseason berth…the Rays have won the last five such series (see below)…all but one of these series (1998 at NYY) was played at Tropicana Field…four of the seven past op-ponents advanced to the World Series, and three won it all.

Rays Finishing Regular Season vs. Playoff-Bound TeamsYear, Opponent Rays Series W-L How Opponent Fared2012 vs. BAL 2-1 Won WC Game, Lost ALDS2011 vs. NYY 3-0 Lost ALDS2009 vs. NYY 2-1 Won World Series2003 vs. BOS 2-1 Advanced to ALCS2001 vs. NYY 3-1 Advanced to World Series1999 vs. NYY 1-2 Won World Series1998 at NYY 0-4 Won World Series

RAYS vs. JAYS—The season series is tied, 8-8 (4-2 at home, 4-7 in To-ronto)…the Rays are trying to win the season series for the seventh time in 8 years since becoming the Rays (8-11 in 2014)…the Rays are 88-56 (.611) vs. Toronto since 2008, best of any AL team…the Rays are playing 6 of their final 9 games against the Jays, after being swept in Toronto last weekend in 3 games…they also host Toronto for 4 games to open the 2016 season, meaning they’ll play Toronto 10 times in a span of 13 regular-season games.

A DIFFERENT LEAGUE, ALL RIGHT—The Rays yielded only 6 extra-base hits (all doubles) in their 3-game sweep of the Marlins, holding the Fish to a .224/.280/.286 line…by comparison, in getting swept last weekend in Toron-to, they yielded 20 XBH (11-2B, 1-3B, 8-HR), their 2nd most ever in a 3-game series (21, April 7-9, 2000 vs. CLE)…Toronto hit .317/.402/.683 (32-for-101).

LEANING LEFT—Tonight is the 14th time in a span of 24 games the Rays have faced a left-handed starter…the Rays are 29-22 (.569) vs. lefty start-ers, 2nd-best record in the AL behind Toronto (20-14)…the Rays have hit .263/.327/.437 vs. lefty starters, with 65 HR (T-4th in majors) and a .764 OPS (4th in majors)…by contrast, they are 49-59 (.454) against RH starters.

EVERYONE’S A HITTER—The Rays offense recorded 16 hits last night, their 2nd-highest tally this season and most at Tropicana Field since Aug 2, 2014 vs. LAA…it was only the second time in club history they recorded 4 runs or fewer on 16-plus hits—also May 30, 2002 vs. OAK (19 hits in a 4-3, 13-inning win)…the Elias Sports Bureau notes that last night was the fourth game in Rays history in which the top six hitters of the starting lineup recorded multiple hits in a 9-inning game: also July 6, 2007 at KC, June 24, 2004 at TOR and July 8, 2003 at OAK…all told, seven Rays had multi-hit games last night, tying the season high (May 17 at MIN).

Ê Rays are batting .276 since Aug 1 (2nd in MLB to Boston-.287) to raise their season avg. from .239 (28th in majors thru end of July) to .252.

Ê First 100 Games (thru July 26): The Rays recorded double-digit hits 25 times, and scored 5-plus runs 30 times.

Ê Last 59 Games (since July 27): The Rays have recorded double-digit hits 32 times, and scored 5-plus runs 27 times.

DIVISION OF POWER—The Rays have a club-record 14 players with at least 5 HR this season, tied with Cleveland for most in the majors and one shy of the major league record (2013 Cubs, 2012 Astros, 2007 Rangers, 2002 A’s)…the Rays have three more players sitting at 4 HR apiece: DH John Jaso, 1B James Loney and INF Richie Shaffer.

Ê The Rays have 22 HR from the No. 9 spot in the batting order, which leads the majors and is most of any team since the 2005 Indians tied the major league record of 24 (also 2003 Red Sox and 1987 Ori-oles)…the 22 HR are the Rays 2nd most of any batting order position this year—they have 25 HR from the No. 6 spot.

Ê The Rays have 20 HR from their catchers, tying the club record (1999). Ê The Rays haven’t had a grand slam in their last 227 games, since

Kevin Kiermaier on July 9, 2014 at KC off Yordano Ventura…the Rays are in danger of their first season ever without a grand slam, and are one of two teams (Rangers) without one this year.

60 SAVES TIE 1991 BLUE JAYS—Last night the Rays converted their 60th save of the season, tied for 7th most in major league history and tying the 1991 Blue Jays for most ever by an AL East club…prior to the Rays, the most saves ever recorded by a team without a winning record was 54 by the 2014 Braves…the Rays have earned a save in 60 of their 78 victories (76.9 pct.), compared to 52.3 pct. by the rest of MLB…this is currently the highest mark in major league history, topping the inaugural 1993 Marlins (48 of 64, 75.0 pct.).

Ê The Rays have used 8 different pitchers to earn a save, tied with Toronto, Arizona and Colorado for most in the majors, and one shy of the club record…Brad Boxberger will be the Rays 10th different saves leader in 11 years.

BRAD BOXBERGER—Last night took over the AL lead with his 41st save, passing LAA Huston Street, who’s been sidelined with a groin strain…Box looks to join Rafael Soriano (45 in 2010) as the only Rays pitchers to lead the league in saves…he saved all 3 games vs. Miami, and has saved the Rays last 6 victories…he is second pitcher in ML history to record 40 saves and 10 losses in a season, joining COL Jose Jimenez (41-SV, 10-L) in 2002.

OUTLAW IN SEARCH OF GOLD—Last night CF Kevin Kiermaier threw out the tying run (J.T. Realmuto) at the plate in the 7th inning, and MLB StatCast clocked the throw at 100.4 mph…it was his 15th outfield assist of the season—tops among major league center fielders and one shy of the club record for CF set by Melvin Upton Jr. (2008).

Ê Kiermaier leads the majors with 41 Defensive Runs Saved—nearly twice that of the next-closest AL player, TOR Kevin Pillar (21)…this also ties ARI Gerardo Parra (2013) and ATL Andrelton Simmons (2013) for the highest mark since 2003, when Baseball Info Solutions started tracking Defensive Runs Saved…DRS attempts to calculate how many runs a player saved or cost his team in the field compared to the average player at his position.

Ê Following last night’s game, RH Jake Odorizzi said: “I think it’s a crime if he doesn’t win a Gold Glove.”

EVERYDAY EVAN—3B Evan Longoria has missed only 2 games this sea-son, playing in 157 games…over the last three seasons (2013-15), he leads the majors with 479 games played, two ahead of SEA Kyle Seager.

KINGS OF PRIME TIME—According to Fox Sports Sun, since Opening Day, Rays games have ranked No. 1 for prime-time viewing (7–11 p.m.) in the Tampa-St. Pete market, averaging a 4.22 household rating (76,912 homes)…Rays broadcasts have seen a 5 pct. increase in viewership year-over-year, including a 16 pct. jump in the Orlando TV market.

First Pitch: 7:10 p.m. | Location: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla. | TV: Sun Sports | Radio: WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.)Game No.: 160 (78-81) | Home Game No.: 82 (40-41) | All-Time Game No.: 2,912 (1,350-1,561) | All-Time Home Game No.: 1,389 (709-679)

April: 12-10 | May: 14-15 | June: 16-12 | July: 9-16 | August: 14-13 | September: 12-15 | October: 1-0 | Pre-All-Star: 46-45 | Post-All-Star: 32-36

Upcoming Games Time (ET) Probable Starting Pitchers (Rays vs. Opp.) TV | Radio Sat., Oct 3 vs. TOR 6:10 p.m. RH Chris Archer (12-13, 3.26) vs. RH Marco Estrada (13-8, 3.15) Sun Sports | WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.)Sun., Oct 4 vs. TOR 3:10 p.m. LH Matt Moore (2-4, 5.84) vs. TBA Sun Sports | 1250 AM, 94.5 FM, 105.9 FM, 1550 AM (Sp.)

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TONIGHT’S STARTER—RH ERASMO RAMIREZ (11-6, 3.65)

Ê LAST START—On Sep 24 at BOS, yielded a 2-run HR to David Ortiz in the 1st, but didn’t allow a run over his next 6 IP…two of his 4 hits allowed came in the 1st…his line: W, 7 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 6 SO, 92 pit, 69 str.

Ê The Rays won a game he started for the first time since Aug 22. Ê Finished 6-1 (.857) on the road, 2nd highest road winning pct.

(min. 10 road GS) in club history to Matt Moore in 2013 (.909). Ê Has made 3 consecutive starts of at least 7 IP, first time doing

that in his career…the only other Ray to do it this season is Chris Archer (4 straight, May 27–June 13).

Ê IN CONTROL—Has made 9 starts without issuing a walk, tied with James Shields (twice: 2007, 2008) for 2nd in club history…if he doesn’t allow a walk tonight he’ll tie David Price’s club record (2013).

Ê Led the majors in SO/BB ratio (14.00, 28-SO, 2-BB) and BB/9 IP (0.59) in September…was the first Ray to lead the majors in SO/BB ratio within a calendar month since David Price in July 2013.

Ê TYPICALLY STRONG—Has yielded 2 earned runs or fewer in 18 of his 26 starts, and 1 ER or fewer in 13 of 26…since moving into the starting rotation for good on May 14, has gone 11-5 and ranks 3rd in the AL with a 2.99 ERA (138.2-IP, 46-ER)…leads the Rays staff in wins over that span, ahead of Chris Archer (9) and Jake Odorizzi (6).

Ê Since April 19, ranks among AL leaders in ERA (2.89, 4th), opp avg. (.215, 2nd) and WHIP (1.00, 1st).

Ê MR. EFFICIENCY—Has only reached 100 pitches twice this season…averaging 82.6 pitches per start, 2nd fewest in the majors to COL Kyle Kendrick (81.8)…no pitcher has finished the season that low (min. 25 starts) since SD-LAD Greg Maddux in 2008 (77.9), and no one in the AL since 1999…averaging 14.7 pitches per inning, which ranks 2nd in the AL to TOR Mark Buehrle (14.0) and has been matched by only James Shields (2011, 2008) and David Price (2013) in club history.

Ê THE LONG BALL—Has a 1.12 HR/9 IP ratio in his last 16 starts since June 30 (96.1-IP, 12-HR)…before that, had an 0.58 HR/9 IP ratio through his first 17 apps (10 starts), yielding 4 HR in 61.2 IP…nine of his 16 HR allowed this sea-son have come with runners on base.

Ê DOESN’T TAKE MUCH—Has only lost once when he receives 2 runs or more of run support…in those 18 starts, he is 11-1 with a 2.87 ERA (100.1-IP, 32-ER)…has gotten 1 or fewer runs of sup-port in 8 starts, and is 0-5 with a 4.53 ERA (45.2-IP, 23-ER) in those starts.

Ê THE CHANGE—His changeup has ac-counted for 23.3 percent of his pitches, according to FanGraphs…42.3 percent of his strikeouts (52 of 123) have come with the changeup, per PITCHf/x…has thrown 796 changeups since last yielding a home run with the pitch (April 17, 2014 at TEX, Shin-Soo Choo), per PITCHf/x.

Ê MISCELLANY—Ranks 1st in the AL (min. 200 BF) with a .190 opp avg. vs. lefties, while his .253 opp OBP vs. LHB ranks 1st and his .310 opp SLG is 2nd…has held the middle of opposing lineups (Nos. 3-6 hitters) to a .202/.272/.352 (54-for-267) clip this season…opponents are batting .198 with the bases empty, .286 with runners on and .308 with RISP.

Ê SOME HISTORY—At 11-6, is the fourth Nicaraguan to win 10 games in a season, joining Dennis Martinez, Al Williams and Vicente Padilla.

Ê His 11 wins can be matched by only one other pitcher in franchise history in the season after he was acquired via trade: Matt Garza in 2008 (11-9).

#16 KEVIN CASH, MANAGER

TOMORROW’S STARTER—RH CHRIS ARCHER (12-13, 3.26)

Ê Has been ejected three times as manager, last: Aug 28 vs. KC (3rd inn.). Ê 37-year-old manager is the youngest skipper in the majors since ARI A.J.

Hinch (34) in 2009 and youngest active manager/head coach in the four major sports, ahead of Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens (38).

Ê Is the fifth manager in Rays history…is the sixth Tampa-born manager

in ML history and second to manage the Rays…joins Hall of Famers Al Lopez and Tony La Russa, Lou Piniella, Dave Miley and John Hart.

Ê Played 12 professional seasons as a catcher, including parts of eight sea-sons in the majors (2002-10)…spent two years (2005-06) in the Rays org., and appeared in 13 major league games in 2005 for Lou Piniella.

Ê LAST START—On Sat at TOR, faced David Price and tied his career high with 9 runs (also July 8 at KC)…allowed 5 in the 1st, highest 1st-inning total of his career…failed to complete 4 IP for the second time this year (3.1, May 7 vs. TEX)…pitching on his 27th birthday, because the first pitcher to allow at least 9 runs on his birthday since Freddie Fitzsimmons did so for the New York Giants on July 28, 1932 vs. PIT (9 runs on his 31st birthday)…became the first AL pitcher to do so since Hollis “Sloppy”

Thurston for the White Sox on June 2, 1925 at DET (11 runs on his 26th birthday)…L, 3.2 IP, 10 H, 9 R, 5 BB, 3 SO, 2 HR, 100 pit, 55 str.

Ê vs. TORONTO—Is 5-3 with a 3.35 ERA (86-IP, 32-ER) in 14 career apps (all starts) against the Blue Jays, his most frequent starting assignment…has yielded 2 runs or less in 11 of his 14 starts, but 5 runs or more in the other three (9, 6, 5)…is 3-1 with a 3.46 ERA (39-IP, 15-ER) in 6 career starts against the Blue Jays at Tropicana Field.

YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO HR Avg.2014 Seattle 1-6 5.26 17 14 0 0 75.1 82 44 44 34 60 13 .277

High Desert 0-1 7.50 1 1 0 0 6.0 8 6 5 2 7 2 .308Tacoma 6-5 3.66 15 14 0 0 86.0 92 43 35 13 67 8 .270

2015 Tampa Bay 11-6 3.65 33 26 0 0 158.0 135 69 64 39 123 16 .229Career Majors 18-18 4.20 80 61 0 0 364.2 343 183 170 111 288 47 .247Career Minors 50-26 3.26 119 112 2 0 678.2 674 312 246 117 546 49 .257

2015 SPLITSvs. RH: .275 (75-273), 8-HRvs. LH: .190 (60-316), 8-HRHome: 5-5, 2.39 ERA (79.0-IP, 21-ER)Road: 6-1, 4.90 ERA (79.0-IP, 43-ER)

RAMIREZ vs. TORONTOCAREER—Is 1-1 with a 5.82 ERA (21.2-IP, 14-ER) in 6 career apps (4 starts) against the Blue Jays…this season, has made 3 apps (all starts) and failed to com-plete 5 IP in any of the 3 starts…yielded 9 runs (8 earned) on April 15 at TOR (his first start with the Rays), but has allowed 1 R/ER in each of his other two starts.

2015 GAME LOGGAME DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP P/K FINAL OPP. LEFT*4/10 at MIA -- 31.50 2.0 6 7 7 3 2 0 1 0 50/31 L, 9-10 (10) -- --4/15 at TOR L-1 25.31 3.1 9 9 8 3 4 1 0 0 91/53 L, 7-12 Buehrle down, 7-0*4/19 vs. NYY -- 21.32 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8/6 L, 3-5 -- --4/25 vs. TOR -- 13.94 4.0 4 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 58/40 W, 4-2 Norris tied, 1-1*4/28 at NYY -- 12.71 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11/7 L, 2-4 -- --APRIL 0-1 12.71 11.1 19 17 16 7 9 1 1 0 -- -- -- --*5/3 vs. BAL -- 11.37 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16/12 L, 2-4 -- --*5/4 at BOS -- 10.54 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11/7 W, 5-1 -- --*5/7 vs. TEX -- 8.31 3.2 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 53/36 L, 4-5 -- --*5/11 vs. NYY -- 8.38 2.0 1 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 21/14 L, 5-11 -- --5/14 vs. NYY W-1 6.66 5.0 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 68/40 W, 6-1 Whitley up, 5-05/19 at ATL W-2 6.44 5.0 2 3 3 2 5 0 2 0 80/52 W, 5-3 Foltynewicz up, 5-35/24 vs. OAK L-2 6.62 6.0 5 5 5 5 4 2 1 0 95/58 L, 2-7 Gray down, 5-05/30 at BAL W-3 5.53 7.0 3 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 84/57 W, 3-0 Gonzalez up, 3-0MAY 3-1 2.90 31.0 15 10 10 10 27 3 4 0 -- -- -- --6/4 at SEA W-4 5.10 5.1 7 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 72/50 W, 2-1 Elias up, 2-16/10 vs. LAA W-5 4.96 5.0 5 2 2 0 3 0 2 0 78/50 W, 4-2 Weaver up, 3-26/15 vs. WAS W-6 4.45 6.0 5 0 0 3 4 0 1 0 103/66 W, 6-1 Gonzalez up, 6-06/20 at CLE -- 4.23 3.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 36/26 W, 4-1 Kluber up, 4-06/30 vs. CLE L-3 4.01 5.2 2 1 1 1 7 1 0 0 84/54 L, 2-6 Salazar down, 1-0JUNE 3-1 1.44 25.0 21 4 4 5 22 1 3 0 -- -- -- --7/5 at NYY W-7 3.80 6.0 3 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 99/59 W, 8-1 Nova up, 4-17/10 vs. HOU W-8 3.63 6.0 4 1 1 1 5 1 0 0 77/50 W, 3-1 McHugh up, 2-17/18 at TOR -- 3.54 4.2 4 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 65/44 W, 3-2 Dickey tied, 1-17/25 vs. BAL L-4 3.74 7.1 7 5 5 0 3 1 0 0 95/65 L, 1-5 Gonzalez down, 5-07/31 at BOS -- 3.61 6.0 5 4 1 2 6 0 0 1 95/63 L, 5-7 Rodriguez up, 5-4JULY 2-1 2.70 30.0 23 12 9 6 21 3 1 1 -- -- -- --8/5 at CWS -- 3.83 6.0 6 5 5 2 2 1 0 0 98/69 L, 5-6 (10) Rodon down, 5-48/11 vs. ATL W-9 3.59 7.0 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 70/48 W, 9-4 Perez up, 2-08/17 at HOU W-10 3.57 5.2 6 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 102/64 W, 9-2 Kazmir up, 6-28/22 at OAK -- 3.66 7.0 8 4 4 2 4 2 0 0 95/67 W, 5-4 Gray down, 4-38/28 vs. KC L-5 3.68 4.1 6 3 2 3 4 1 0 0 88/57 L, 2-3 Volquez down, 3-2AUGUST 2-1 3.90 30.0 31 14 13 9 16 5 0 0 -- -- -- --9/2 at BAL -- 3.84 4.0 6 4 4 0 3 1 0 1 56/39 L, 6-7 (11) Gausman tied, 4-49/8 at DET -- 3.96 5.0 6 4 4 0 9 1 0 0 79/58 L, 7-8 (13) Boyd up, 5-19/14 vs. NYY -- 3.75 7.2 1 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 98/62 L, 1-4 Sabathia tied, 0-09/19 vs. BAL L-6 3.70 7.0 9 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 86/65 L, 1-2 Chen down, 2-19/24 at BOS W-11 3.65 7.0 4 2 2 0 6 1 0 0 92/69 W, 4-2 Miley up, 4-2SEPTEMBER 1-1 3.52 30.2 26 12 12 2 28 3 0 1 -- -- -- --

* relief appearance

A.L. LEADERS SINCE APRIL 19

Lowest ERADallas Keuchel, HOU 2.62David Price, DET/TOR 2.68Sonny Gray, OAK 2.80Erasmo Ramirez, TB 2.89Lowest Opp Avg.Marco Estrada, TOR .206Erasmo Ramirez, TB .215Sonny Gray, OAK .216

Lowest WHIPErasmo Ramirez, TB 1.00Dallas Keuchel, HOU 1.01Marco Estrada, TOR 1.07

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RAYS HITTER NOTES#40 J.P. ARENCIBIA, C/1B Thu: 2-4, RBI, E2 MIA Series: 3-8, RBI Trip: 2-11, HR, RBI, R vs. LH: .259 (7-27), 2-HR2015: .310/.315/.606, 6-HR, 17-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 3G (.364, 4-11) RISP: .429 (6-14) vs. RH: .341 (15-44), 4-HR

Ê Played for the Blue Jays in 2010-13…homered at the Rogers Centre last Friday, an 8th-inning solo shot off Mark Lowe. Ê Has 6 HR in 71 at-bats at the major league level…since his Aug 26 selection from Triple-A Durham, ranks among major league catchers in HR (6,

2nd; one shy of TOR Russell Martin), RBI (17, 3rd) and XBH (9, T-4th)…min. 50 PA, his .606 SLG leads ML catchers over that span. Ê Has played in 24 games with 19 starts (18-C, 1-DH)…all 6 HR came in September, his most in a calendar month since April 2013 (8), and tied Curt

Casali (July 2015) for the most ever by a Rays catcher in a single month…finished 2nd in the International League with 22 HR, behind Matt Davidson (23) of Charlotte (White Sox), but led the IL in HR at the time of his promotion…has 28 HR in 477 at-bats between the majors and minors this season.

#1 TIM BECKHAM, INF Thu: 0-4, 3-SO MIA Series: 0-6 Trip: 1-5 vs. LH: .245 (25-102), 5-HR2015: .228/.275/.446, 9-HR, 34-RBI, 3-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-7 RISP: .245 (12-49) vs. RH: .209 (19-91), 4-HR

Ê Has played 79 games with 47 starts (22-SS, 19-2B, 7-DH)…had a career-high-tying 3 SO yesterday vs. MIA, all vs. Jose Fernandez. Ê 45.5 pct. of his hits have been XBH (24-1B, 7-2B, 4-3B, 9-HR)…of his 34 RBI, 18 have come in inn. 7-thru-9, and 18 have come in 2-strike counts. Ê Has hit 4 HR in his last 57 at-bats, after a 51 at-bat homerless drought spanning two stints in the majors (and 102 AB including minors) before that…

had a 2-run homer on Sep 18 vs. BAL, his 9th HR this season—a club record for a Rays rookie middle infielder (prev. 8, Reid Brignac in 2010). Ê Is hitless in his last 18 at-bats off the bench, after an 8-for-17 (.471) start with 4 XBH in that role…also 0-for-his-last-8 as a PH, after a 4-for-8 start.

#9 JOEY BUTLER, OF Thu: DNP MIA Series: DNP Trip: DNP vs. LH: .250 (26-104), 3-HR2015: .269/.321/.390, 6-HR, 24-RBI, 5-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-4 RISP: .224 (13-58) vs. RH: .283 (41-145), 3-HR

Ê Hasn’t played since Sep 20 vs. BAL, and hasn’t started since Aug 31 at BAL…is 1-for-his-last-15, and batting .182 (4-for-22) since his Aug 27 recall. Ê Batting .158 (15-for-95) in his last 42 games spanning two stints since June 24…before it, hit .338 (52-for-154) in his first 44 games this season. Ê Has played in 86 games with 59 starts (36-DH, 21-LF, 2-RF)…has hit into a team-leading 16 GIDP…has gone 124 PA since his last homer. Ê Batting .087 (2-for-23) as a pinch-hitter this year, and hitless in his last 12 PH AB…hasn’t had a hit as a PH since July 21 at PHI (single). Ê Was a teammate of Manager Kevin Cash in 2011 for Triple-A Round Rock (Rangers).

#13 ASDRUBAL CABRERA, INF Thu: DNP MIA Series: 2-5, HR, 4-RBI, 2-BB, 2-R Trip: 9-28, 2-2B, HR, 4-RBI, BB, 4-R vs. LH: .282 (42-149), 3-HR2015: .267/.317/.428, 14-HR, 57-RBI, 6-SB Current Hitting Streak: 2G (.400, 2-5) RISP: .198 (25-126) vs. RH: .260 (90-346), 11-HR

Ê Had 2 RBI on Wed vs. MIA, finishing September with 18 RBI, his most in a calendar month since June 2012 (20)…since the start of August, his 8 HR rank 2nd among major league shortstops and his 33 RBI rank T-2nd…in comparison, had 6 HR and 24 RBI through the end of July.

Ê Since returning from the 15-day DL on July 28, is batting .335/.380/.546 (65-for-194), ranking 6th in the AL in avg. …has raised his season avg. from .223 to .267 over that span…among AL shortstops this season, ranks T-1st in XBH, T-2nd in HR and 4th in fielding pct.

Ê Has 14 HR, his fifth straight season reaching that total (2011-15)…joins NYY Carlos Beltran and CLE Carlos Santana as the only switch hitters who can make that claim, and Robinson Cano as the only middle infielders…his 14th HR was a go-ahead homer in the 8th inning on Tue vs. MIA.

Ê Recorded his 100th career HR on Sep 23 at BOS, a 9th-inning solo shot off Pesky’s Pole…had his 500th career RBI on Sep 20 vs. BAL (PH sac fly).

#11 LOGAN FORSYTHE, INF Thu: DNP MIA Series: 0-0, HBP Trip: 5-21, 2-2B, 5-RBI, 2-BB, 2-R vs. LH: .299 (50-167), 10-HR2015: .281/.359/.444, 17-HR, 68-RBI, 9-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.250, 1-4) RISP: .227 (32-141) vs. RH: .273 (102-373), 7-HR

Ê Won the Don Zimmer Award today, as announced by the Tampa Bay Chapter of the BBWAA…the award is given to the team’s Most Valuable Player. Ê Hasn’t played on Tue vs. MIA, when he left the game after the 2nd inning with a bruised right foot…X-rays were negative and he is day-to-day. Ê With 17 HR, is one shy of matching his career total from 2011-14 entering the season (18 in 338 games)…only one Rays 2B (min. half of games at

2B) has ever matched his combination of homers and OBP: Ben Zobrist in 2009 (27 HR, .405 OBP)…has established career highs in virtually every offensive category, including doubles (33), homers (17), XBH (52), RBI (68), games (153) and starts (148; 124-2B, 14-1B, 6-DH, 4-3B).

Ê Ranks among team leaders in 2B (2nd), HR (2nd), XBH (2nd), RBI (2nd), 2-out RBI (24, 1st) BB (55, 1st) and multi-hit games (39, 1st). Ê Among AL 2B, ranks T-3rd in HR, 4th in RBI, 3rd in OBP and 5th in SLG…no 2B in the majors can match his combination of OBP, HR and RBI. Ê His .599 SLG vs. LHP ranks 3rd in the AL, trailing SEA Nelson Cruz (.679) and TOR Josh Donaldson (.655).

#2 NICK FRANKLIN, INF Thu: 0-4, 3-SO MIA Series: 0-4, R Trip: 1-3, BB vs. LH: .231 (6-26)2015: .167/.223/.323, 3-HR, 7-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-4 RISP: .087 (2-23) vs. RH: .143 (10-70), 3-HR

Ê Eight of his 16 hits this season have gone for extra bases (4-2B, 1-3B, 3-HR), including 6 of his last 11 hits dating back to June 12 vs. CWS. Ê Hit a go-ahead homer on Wed vs. MIA, the Rays major-league-leading 22nd HR out of the No. 9 spot, two shy of the major league record (24). Ê Has played in 14 games (5 starts) since his Sep 8 recall, his second stint with the Rays, batting .250 (6-for-24) with 2 HR and 4 RBI over that span. Ê Following his last option, hit .259/.344/.500 (44-for-170) with 20 XBH (10 HR, 9-2B, 1-3B) and 26 RBI in 49 games with Triple-A Durham. Ê Is 2-for-23 with RISP, and 0-for-8 as a PH…has played 42 games and made 22 starts (11-2B, 5-1B, 5-SS, 1-DH), incl. his first career apps at 1B.

#5 BRANDON GUYER, OF Thu: DNP MIA Series: 1-4, 2B Trip: 7-21, 2B, 3B, HR, RBI, BB, 7-R vs. LH: .270 (50-185), 7-HR2015: .267/.355/.417, 8-HR, 27-RBI, 10-SB Current Hitting Streak: 4G (.286, 4-14) RISP: .295 (18-61) vs. RH: .262 (37-141), 1-HR

Ê Has started all 51 Rays games vs. left-handed starters, including 50 of 51 at leadoff…batting .304/.360/.630 (14-for-46) to lead off games. Ê Batting .375 (10-for-28) with 5 XBH in his last 9 games (since Sep 19), on the heels of an 0-for-17…has a club record 21 HBP (prev. Sean Rodriguez, 18

in 2011)…of his 21 HBP, 16 have come vs. LHP, including his last 10 as well as 15 of his last 16…ranks 2nd in the majors to CHC Anthony Rizzo (30). Ê Has played in 125 games with 77 starts (38-LF, 20-RF, 16-CF, 3-DH)…is one of 3 players in the AL with at least 15 starts at all 3 outfield positions. Ê His .355 OBP ranks 2nd on the team (min. 250 PA) to Forsythe…had a career .315 OBP in three seasons entering this season (2011-12, 2014). Ê Had 2 OF assists on Sep 22 at BOS, the first two of his career…was the first Ray with 2 OF assists in a game since Kiermaier, Aug 12, 2014 at TEX. Ê Homered in consecutive games for the first time in his career on Sep 20-21 vs. BAL, at BOS…became the first player in club history with both a pair of

pinch-hit homers and leadoff homers in the same season, and the first AL player to do that since TEX David Delluci (6 leadoff, 2 PH) in 2005. Ê On Sep 20 vs. BAL, had the first game-tying pinch-hit HR since Dan Johnson’s 9th-inning homer on Sep 28, 2011 vs. NYY (“Game 162”).

#28 JOHN JASO, 1B/OF/DH Thu: 2-5, R MIA Series: 3-7, 2-BB, 3-R Trip: 2-11, 2B, 3-RBI, 2-BB, R vs. LH: .308 (4-13)2015: .286/.380/.445, 4-HR, 21-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 2G (.500, 3-6) RISP: .355 (11-31) vs. RH: .284 (48-169), 4-HR

Ê Batting .353/.450/.618 (12-for-34) in his last 12 home games (since Aug 29), compared to .189/.313/.302 (10-for-53) at Tropicana Field before that. Ê Has started at leadoff 35 times, and batting .323/.405/.504 (41-for-127) out of the No. 1 spot in the lineup…min. 100 PA at leadoff, his OBP ranks 1st

in the AL, avg. ranks 2nd and SLG ranks 2nd…no Rays player has posted a higher avg. batting leadoff (min. 100 PA) since Rocco Baldelli in 2006 (.339), nor a higher OBP out of the leadoff spot in club history…has made 31 DH starts at leadoff, more than any other team…since 2008, the only players with more DH starts at leadoff in a season are TEX Shin-Soo Choo (34 in 2014) and TB Johnny Damon (33 in 2011).

Ê Has played in 69 games and made 47 starts (41-DH, 6-LF)…has played 39 innings in LF and 2 innings in RF, his first career action in the outfield. Ê Batting .353/.455/.444 (6-for-18) with 4 BB as a pinch-hitter this season.

#39 KEVIN KIERMAIER, OF Thu: 3-4, 2B MIA Series: 3-10, 2B, RBI Trip: 7-18, 2B, 2-HR, 3-RBI, BB, 6-R vs. LH: .248 (35-141), 2-HR2015: .265/.300/.422, 10-HR, 40-RBI, 18-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.750, 3-4) RISP: .297 (33-111) vs. RH: .271 (98-361), 8-HR

Ê Threw out the potential tying run at the plate yesterday vs. MIA (7th inning)…the throw came in at 100.4 mph, per MLB StatCast…was his 15th OF assists, which leads major league CF and is one shy of Upton’s club record for a CF (2008)…his 15 assists rank 3rd among all ML outfielders.

Ê Batting .307/.342/.460 (54-for-176) with 13 XBH and 22 RBI in 51 G (47 GS) since the start of August…tied his season high with 3 hits yesterday vs. MIA. Ê Leads the majors with 41 Defensive Runs Saved, according to Baseball Reference, which would tie for the most since Baseball Info Solutions started

tracking DRS in 2003, joining ARI Gerardo Parra (2013) and ATL Andrelton Simmons (2013)…the closest player this season is ARI Ender Inciarte (29), and the closest AL player is TOR Kevin Pillar (21)…per Baseball Reference his 7.3 Wins Above Replacement ranks 3rd among AL position players.

Ê Ranks among team leaders in 3B (12, 1st), 2B (25, 4th), XBH (47, T-3rd), hits (133, 3rd), runs scored (62, 4th), SB (18, 1st) and 2-out RBI (22, 2nd). Ê Has played in 149 games with 130 starts (128-CF, 2-RF)…was the winner of the Rays Heart & Hustle Award for the second straight year. Ê He and MIN Eddie Rosario both have at least a dozen triples and a dozen outfield assists, first players to do that since KC Carlos Beltran in 2001…

hasn’t tripled since Aug 26 vs. MIN, but his 12 3B rank 2nd in the majors to Rosario (15).

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#21 JAMES LONEY, 1B Thu: 3-4 MIA Series: 4-12 Trip: 3-21 vs. LH: .232 (19-82), 1-HR2015: .280/.321/.359, 4-HR, 32-RBI, 2-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.750, 3-4) RISP: .299 (26-87) vs. RH: .294 (80-272), 3-HR

Ê Had 3 H yesterday vs. MIA on the heels of a 4-for-29 (.138) slump…extended streak to 11 games without an XBH or RBI (Sep 18 vs. BAL). Ê Remains 1 HR shy of 100 for his career, having gone 151 AB and 44 G since his last homer, his 2nd-longest homerless streak (64 G in 2012). Ê Batting .308/.337/.385 (52-for-169) in 50 G (43 GS) since August…through July, hit .254/.307/.335 (47-for-185) in 52 G (48 GS) with a pair of DL stints. Ê Min. 200 PA, ranks as the toughest player in the AL to strike out, at 11.88 PA/SO (380-PA, 32-SO)…batting .343 (23-for-67) when putting the first

pitch in play, and 23.2 pct. of his hits (23 of 99) have come on the first pitch…batting .268 (34-for-127) in 2-strike counts, 3rd in the majors. Ê Has played in 102 games with 91 starts (90-1B, 1-DH), including 40 starts at cleanup (last Aug 22 at OAK)…since joining Rays in 2013, leads the

majors (min. 15 PA) in avg., OBP and SLG as a pinch-hitter, batting .611/.632/.944 (11-for-18) including 5-for-7 this season.

#3 EVAN LONGORIA, 3B Thu: 2-5, 2B, HR, 2-RBI, 2-R MIA Series: 5-12, 2-2B, HR, 2-RBI, BB, 4-R Trip: 8-29, 2-2B, HR, 3-RBI, BB, 3-R vs. LH: .344 (52-151), 8-HR2015: .271/.330/.439, 21-HR, 73-RBI, 3-SB Current Hitting Streak: 3G (.417, 5-12) RISP: .252 (33-131) vs. RH: .246 (109-443), 13-HR

Ê Yesterday vs. MIA had ninth multi-XBH game this season and his sixth since the start of Aug…homered in the 1st and doubled in the 7th. Ê Batting .340/.358/.600 (17-for-50) with 8 XBH in his last 12 games since Sep 19…had 10 XBH in his previous 32 games from Aug 15–Sep 18. Ê Batting .344/.395/.576 (52-for-151) vs. LHP, ranking 4th in the AL in avg. and 5th in SLG…batting .246/.307/.393 vs. RHP. Ê Ranks among team leaders in RBI (73, 1st), 2B (35, 1st), HR (21, 1st), hits (161, 1st), walks (51, 2nd), runs scored (73, 1st) and multi-hit games (38,

2nd; one shy of Logan Forsythe)…is the club’s all-time leader in HR (205), 2B (261), XBH (479), RBI (708) and SLG (.486). Ê Had his 20th HR on Sep 24 at BOS, joining Eddie Mathews, Scott Rolen and Chipper Jones as only third basemen to hit at least 20 HR in seven of

their first eight seasons…is one of seven AL third basemen (min. 50 pct. of games at 3B) with seven 20 HR seasons overall. Ê Became the first in Rays history to reach 200 HR…became the first 3B in ML history to record 200 HR and 250 2B in his first 8 seasons (min. 50 pct. of games

at 3B)…he’s the 20th player all-time to reach those totals in their first 8 seasons, joining a list including Ted Williams, Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds.

#27 MIKIE MAHTOOK, OF Thu: 0-0 (def. rep.) MIA Series: 1-6, HR, RBI, R Trip: 5-14, 2-HR, 4-RBI, BB, 3-R vs. LH: .290 (18-62), 6-HR2015: .292/.352/.583, 7-HR, 14-RBI, 4-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-4 RISP: .304 (7-23) vs. RH: .294 (10-34), 1-HR

Ê Two of his 7 career home runs have come vs. tonight’s starter Mark Buehrle, including his first career HR (Apr 15 at TOR)…has homered in consecu-tive starts, though Mon vs. MIA was his first career homer at Tropicana Field…six of his 7 HR have come vs. LHP.

Ê Batting .356/.406/.661 (21-for-59) with 4 2B, 4 HR and 8 RBI in 23 games (15 starts) since his Sep 1 recall, his sixth stint with the Rays. Ê Batting .391/.440/.761 (18-for-46) in 17 games (13 starts) out of the No. 2 spot in the lineup, opposed to .200 (10-for-50) anywhere else. Ê For the month of September, ranked among AL rookie leaders (min. 50 PA) in batting avg. (2nd), OBP (3rd) and SLG (1st)…his .356 avg. was the

2nd-highest ever posted by a Rays rookie in a calendar month, trailing Rocco Baldelli in April 2003 (.368). Ê Had 5 hits on Sep 18 vs. BAL, a club record for a rookie, and tied a franchise record overall (8th time, last Matt Joyce, June 29, 2014 at BAL). Ê Has played in 38 games with 24 starts (9-RF, 8-CF, 5-LF, 2-DH)…his only career outfield assist earned ESPN’s Baseball Tonight’s No. 1 Web Gem,

on Sep 14 vs. NYY when he made a leaping catch at the RF wall and started a 9-6 DP to end the 7th and keep Erasmo Ramirez’s no-hit bid intact.

#46 LUKE MAILE, C Thu: DNP MIA Series: 0-3 Trip: 1-10, 2B vs. LH: .063 (1-16)2015: .071/.071/.143, 0-HR, 1-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-6 RISP: .000 (0-6) vs. RH: .083 (1-12)

Ê Last name is pronounced MAY-lee…has played in 12 games with 7 starts (four with Matt Moore pitching), and Mon vs. MIA marked the third time he played the entire game…batting .071 (2-for-28) with the Rays this season, but both hits have been doubles (Sep 24 at BOS, Sep 12 vs. BOS).

Ê His first career hit—and only career RBI—was a pinch-hit double off Rick Porcello…became the first Ray to record his first career hit as a pinch-hitter since Tim Beckham on Sep 19, 2013 vs. TEX, and first to have it go for extra bases since Desmond Jennings on Sep 11, 2010 at TOR (2B).

Ê Selected from Durham on Sep 1…became the 51st player used by the Rays, one shy of the club record (2000), and 18th rookie, extending the club record. Ê Was a non-roster invite to spring training…named by Baseball America as the Best Defensive Catcher in the Rays system at the end of last season.

#7 DANIEL NAVA, 1B/OF Thu: DNP MIA Series: DNP Trip: 1-3, RBI, HBP vs. LH: .242 (8-33)2015: .194/.315/.245, 1-HR, 10-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.333, 1-3) RISP: .273 (9-33) vs. RH: .179 (19-106), 1-HR

Ê Batting .233/.364/.301 (17-for-73) with 3 XBH (2-2B, 1-HR) and 3 RBI in 30 games (18 starts; 14-RF, 3-1B, 1-LF) since joining the Rays on Aug 7. Ê All 3 RBI with Tampa Bay have given Rays a lead (last Sep 23 at BOS, single off Rick Porcello)…since joining the Rays, is batting .208/.377/.292

(10-for-48) vs. RHP, with as many walks (10) as hits (10)…has only made one start (Sep 23 at BOS) in the Rays last 23 games since Sep 7. Ê Claimed off waivers by the Rays on Aug 5 from Boston and is the only current Ray to have played with Kevin Cash in the majors (Boston, 2010).

#44 RENE RIVERA, C Thu: DNP MIA Series: DNP Trip: 0-2, BB, R vs. LH: .181 (17-94)2015: .179/.215/.277, 5-HR, 26-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-3 RISP: .200 (14-70) vs. RH: .178 (36-202), 5-HR

Ê Has only thrown out 3 of his last 15 potential base stealers, but his 35.5 percent eraser rate this season ranks 4th in the majors. Ê Is 2-for-his-last-28…only has 2 XBH (both doubles) since the All-Star break, and is homerless in his last 83 AB…since the break, has started 22 of

the Rays 68 games, and 4 of their 28 games since the start of September…has started at catcher in 25 of Chris Archer’s 33 starts, including 21 of his last 24 and a stretch of 17 straight from June 18–Sep 16…last start at catcher with any other pitcher was Aug 30 vs. KC (Nathan Karns).

Ê Batting .077 (1-for-13) as a pinch-hitter since the start of 2014…has made 11 errors, 2nd among major league catchers, and 4 more than any other AL catcher…ranks 2nd among catchers in club history, behind Dioner Navarro in 2007 (14).

#36 RICHIE SHAFFER, INF Thu: DNP MIA Series: DNP Trip: 2-17, HR, 2-RBI, BB, 4-R vs. LH: .111 (5-45), 1-HR2015: .179/.309/.388, 4-HR, 6-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-13 RISP: .000 (0-12) vs. RH: .318 (7-22), 3-HR

Ê Batting .146/.276/.313 (7-for-48) in 20 games (12 starts) since Sep 1, when he was recalled for his second stint…hit .263 (5-for-19) in his first stint. Ê Hitless in his last 13 AB…had his first career sac fly on Sun at TOR…four of his 12 hits have been solo homers, yielding 4 of his 6 career RBI. Ê Has played in 28 games with 17 starts (7-1B, 5-DH, 4-3B, 1-LF)…six of his 12 hits at the major league level have gone for extra bases. Ê Has 30 HR in 460 at-bats between the minors and majors…named the Rays Minor League Player of the Year after leading the organization with a

career-high 26 HR and ranking T-2nd with 72 RBI, batting .267/.357/.539 (105-for-393) in 108 games between Double-A and Triple-A.

#24 GRADY SIZEMORE, OF Thu: 2-4, RBI, E7 MIA Series: 4-8, 2B, 4-RBI Trip: 3-6, 2-2B, 3-RBI, BB, R vs. LH: .333 (6-18), 1-HR2015: .252/.308/.379, 6-HR, 33-RBI, 3-SB Current Hitting Streak: 7G (.476, 10-21) RISP: .261 (18-69) vs. RH: .247 (62-251), 5-HR

Ê Has 10 RBI in his last 8 games (5 starts), 8 of them coming on three bases-loaded doubles (two bases-clearing, one 2-run)…had RBI single in the 3rd inning yesterday vs. MIA (Jose Fernandez) in his 6th career start at cleanup (all with the Rays)…has a total of 9 RBI in his 6 cleanup starts.

Ê Has reached safely in his last 12 starts, dating back to Sep 2, his longest streak since reaching in 14 straight starts from July 19–Aug 7, 2009 (with CLE). Ê Batting .400/.455/.500 (16-for-40) in 16 games (8 starts) since Sep 6…hit .409 with his first 6 games with the Rays, but .174 in between. Ê Has 6 HR and 27 RBI in 57 games this season for the Rays, compared to 0 HR and 6 RBI in 39 games to start the season with the Phillies. Ê Has made 42 starts (21-LF, 12-RF, 9-DH) for the Rays, batting .257/.319/.427 (44-for-171) overall…has only hit .219 (21-for-96) in 31 road games,

compared to .307 (23-for-75) in 24 games at Tropicana Field…has reached safely in 5 of his last 7 pinch-hit plate appearances.

#20 STEVEN SOUZA JR., OF Thu: 2-5, R MIA Series: 4-11, 2B, 2-BB, 2-R Trip: 7-21, 2B, HR, 4-RBI, BB, 4-R vs. LH: .216 (21-97), 4-HR2015: .227/.319/.404, 16-HR, 40-RBI, 12-SB Current Hitting Streak: 7G (.379, 11-29) RISP: .164 (12-73) vs. RH: .230 (62-269), 12-HR

Ê Extended hitting streak to 7 games yesterday vs. MIA, besting his prev. career high (6, July 27–Sep 11)…batting .293/.400/.414 (17-for-58) in 19 games (16 starts) since his Sep 11 return from the 15-day DL, including .286 (4-for-14) with RISP…has gone 108 AB since last HR at home (June 11 vs. LAA).

Ê Despite a pair of DL stints, his 16 HR rank 3rd among AL rookies, trailing HOU Carlos Correa (21) and MIN Miguel Sano (18), and are the most by a Rays rookie since Evan Longoria in 2008 (27)…his 12 SB are the most by a Rays rookie since Desmond Jennings (20) in 2011.

Ê Batting .269/.344/.488 (43-for-160) with 10 HR and 25 RBI on the road, compared to .194/.300/.340 (40-for-206) with 6 HR and 15 RBI at home. Ê Only two other rookies in the majors can match his combination of homers (16) and steals (12): HOU Carlos Correa and CHC Kris Bryant…it’s a

combination unmatched by any rookie in franchise history.

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RAYS BULLPEN NOTES#35 MATT ANDRIESE, RH Last App: 9/27 at TOR (GS, 3.0-IP, 2-H, 1-R, 1-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: 2-2 vs. LH: .288 (34-118), 5-HR2015: 3-5-2, 4.31 ERA, 23 G, 8 GS Long Relief App: 4.0, 2x-last 6/17 at WAS IR-RS: 5-3 vs. RH: .256 (33-129), 3-HR

Ê Got the start on Sun at TOR, his first start since July 7 at KC (G2)…went 3 IP and yielded a 1st-inning RBI ground-rule double to Justin Smoak. Ê Last relief app was Sep 19 vs. BAL, a scoreless 9th…Rays have lost 11 of last 12 G he’s pitched in, including 6 straight after winning in 8 of his prev. 11 apps. Ê Has a 5.27 ERA (27.1-IP, 16-ER) in 15 relief apps this year, compared to a 3.57 ERA in 8 starts…this marks his fifth stint in the majors this season,

and he’s allowed run(s) in 7 of 11 apps (1 start) since his August 19 recall, increasing his ERA from 3.11 to 4.31.

#59 ANDREW BELLATTI, RH Last App: 9/27 at TOR (0.1-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: .167 (6-36), 1-HR2015: 3-1-0, 1.19 ERA, 16 G Long Relief App: 3.1, 5/9 vs. TEX IR-RS: 9-2 vs. RH: .175 (7-40), 1-HR

Ê Has made 6 straight scoreless apps since Sep 19 (4.1-IP, 2-H, 1-BB, 3-SO)…retired his only BF on Sun at TOR (Josh Donaldson). Ê Has a 0.84 ERA (10.2-IP, 1-ER) in 11 apps since Sep 8 recall…has made 16 apps spanning 4 stints with the Rays this season, 13 of them scoreless. Ê Has retired 14 of his last 17 BF…has only yielded 3 ER in 22.2 IP this season, all scoring via HR (Albert Pujols 2-run HR, Greg Bird solo HR). Ê Recalled from Triple-A Durham on Sep 8…is the youngest player on the active roster (24 years, 58 days).

#26 BRAD BOXBERGER, RH Last App: 10/1 vs. MIA (SV, 1.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: 40-46 vs. LH: .225 (29-129), 4-HR2015: 4-10-41, 3.71 ERA, 69 G Long Relief App: 1.2, 7/22 at PHI IR-RS: 13-3 vs. RH: .238 (25-105), 5-HR

Ê Saved all 3 wins in sweep of MIA, the 2nd time this year he’s saved all 3 games of a 3-game sweep (July 10-12 vs. HOU)…only other Rays to do that it in a series were J.P. Howell (July 17-19, 2009 at KC), Troy Percival (April 22-24, 2008 vs. TOR) and Danys Baez (Aug 19-21, 2005 vs. TEX).

Ê Has recorded a save in his last 7 apps, passing LAA Huston Street (40) for the AL lead…is fifth pitcher in Rays history with a 40-save season, joining Fernando Rodney (48 in 2012), Rafael Soriano (an AL-leading 45 in 2010), Roberto Hernandez (43 in 1999) and Danys Baez (41 in 2005)…the only pitcher to ever match his combination of losses (10) and saves (41) in a season was COL Jose Jimenez in 2002 (10-L, 41-SV).

Ê Has 10 losses, a club record for a reliever and matching the most by a major league reliever in the last 10 seasons (since 2006)…last reliever with more losses was LAA Scot Shields in 2005 (11)…had a club record 6 walk-off losses, most in the majors since PHI Brad Lidge in 2009 (6).

Ê Has yielded 32 BB, T-4th among AL relievers, as well as 9 HR, T-8th among AL relievers…has allowed 18 HR since 2014, T-1st among AL relievers. Ê According to Baseball Reference, 236 of his 271 BF—87.1 pct.—have come in “Late & Close” situations (PA in the 7th inning or later with the batting

team tied, ahead by one or the tying run on deck)…it’s the highest rate in the AL (min. 150 BF) since LAA Francisco Rodriguez in 2008 (91.3 pct.).

#31 XAVIER CEDEÑO, LH Last App: 10/1 vs. MIA (1.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 1-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: 1-3 vs. LH: .196 (19-97), 1-HR2015: 4-1-1, 2.35 ERA, 66 G Long Relief App: 1.2, 9/5 at NYY IR-RS: 37-6 vs. RH: .276 (21-76), 3-HR

Ê Pitched scoreless 8th inning yesterday vs. MIA…has a 1.27 ERA (21.1-IP, 3-ER) in 27 apps since the All-Star break. Ê Has a 2.09 ERA (43-IP, 10-ER) with the Rays, and 85.2 percent of his apps (52 of 61) have been scoreless…his 2.09 ERA would rank 4th among

left-handed relievers in club history (min. 30 IP)…only 4 of his 30 inherited runners have scored (13.3 pct.—T-2nd in the AL, min. 20 IR). Ê Has made 61 apps with the Rays, going 0.2 IP or less 36 times, and making 13 apps of 1 BF…on Sep 5 at NYY, made his longest app since April

17, 2013 at OAK (2.2, with HOU)…had a career-high 4 SO, most by a Rays lefty reliever since Cesar Ramos on Sep 7, 2014 vs. BAL (4).. #37 ALEX COLOME, RH Last App: 9/29 vs. MIA (BS/W, 0.2-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 2-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-5 vs. LH: .280 (59-211), 4-HR2015: 7-5-0, 3.98 ERA, 42 G, 13 GS Long Relief App: 3.0, 2x-last 8/16 at TEX IR-RS: 16-9 vs. RH: .266 (53-199), 5-HR

Ê Got a blown save on Wed vs. MIA, allowing an inherited runner to score…became the first pitcher in Rays history with 5 blown saves in a calendar month, and the first pitcher to do it in the majors since LAA Jose Arredondo in Aug 2008…was his 4th win as a reliever, first since Aug 22 at OAK.

Ê Has blown saves in consecutive apps and 3 of his last 4 apps…has allowed combined 8 runs spanning 5.2 IP over his last 6 apps, on the heels of going 16 straight apps without allowing an earned run…still has 2.23 ERA (36.1-IP, 9-ER) in 27 apps since All-Star break.

Ê Since moving into his current role on Aug 19, his 8 holds rank T-4th among AL relievers…has entered with the Rays ahead or tied in all but two of his 18 apps since then…has 2.72 ERA (39.2-IP, 12-ER) in his 29 relief apps this season, compared to a 4.70 ERA in his 13 starts.

Ê Hasn’t allowed a homer in his last 59.2 IP spanning 32 apps (3 starts), the longest active homerless streak in the majors (by innings).. #54 STEVE GELTZ, RH Last App: 9/27 vs. TOR (L, 0.2-IP, 1-H, 1-R, 0-BB, 0-SO, 1-HR) Saves-Opps: 2-5 vs. LH: .196 (20-102), 2-HR2015: 2-6-2, 3.78 ERA, 69 G, 2 GS Long Relief App: 2.0, 2x-last 6/24 vs. TOR IR-RS: 26-3 vs. RH: .187 (25-134), 6-HR

Ê Led the AL with 62 apps (2 starts) through the end of Aug…has only made 7 apps since the start of Sep, but his 69 apps are a club rookie record. Ê Yielded a walk-off, solo homer to Josh Donaldson on Sun at TOR, the third time this season he was on the mound for a walk-off loss. Ê Only 3 of his 26 IR have scored (11.5 pct.—2nd in the majors, min. 20 IR)…according to Baseball Reference, has made 17 multiple inning apps (at

least one out to end an inning, and at least one batter faced the following inning)…has entered with runners on base in 17 apps. Ê Has 20 holds, T-3rd among major league rookies this season and a club rookie record (prev. 14, Chad Orvella, 2005). Ê Had a club-record streak of 32 consecutive batters retired end on June 24 vs. TOR.

. #47 BRANDON GOMES, RH Last App: 9/30 vs. MIA (0.2-IP, 2-H, 1-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: 1-3 vs. LH: .194 (19-98), 3-HR2015: 2-6-1, 3.99 ERA, 62 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 6x-last 9/13 vs. BOS IR-RS: 40-8 vs. RH: .281 (34-121), 6-HR

Ê Has allowed runs in consecutive apps for the first time since July 28-31 vs. DET, at BOS…yielded an RBI single to Miguel Rojas on Tue vs. MIA. Ê Has allowed a career-high 9 HR this season, T-8th among AL relievers…since the start of August, has a 3.09 ERA (23.1-IP, 8-ER) in 25 apps, with

7 of the 8 runs scoring via home run (two solo, one 2-run, and charged 3 runs on a Xander Bogaerts grand slam on Sep 21 at BOS). Ê At 31 years, 79 days is the oldest pitcher on the active roster (and the only pitcher over 30 years old)…has a team-high 40 IR.

#57 JAKE McGEE, LH Last App: 9/30 vs. MIA (0.1-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: 6-10 vs. LH: .205 (9-44), 2-HR2015: 1-2-6, 2.48 ERA, 38 G Long Relief App: 1.2, 8/18 at HOU IR-RS: 3-0 vs. RH: .191 (17-89), 1-HR

Ê Has made two scoreless apps since being reinstated from the 15-day DL (left knee surgery)…retired his only BF on Wed vs. MIA (Dee Gordon). Ê Since his season debut (May 17) ranks T-5th among AL relievers with 19 holds, despite missing 35 games from Aug 19–Sep 24. Ê From May 29–July 24 made 21 consecutive scoreless apps, tied for the 2nd-longest streak in club history (J.P. Howell, 24 straight in 2012). Ê Has made two DL stints this season (also Opening Day–May 14, offseason elbow surgery)…was placed on the DL for the second time on Aug 20

(retroactive to Aug 19)…on Aug 21, Dr. Koco Eaton performed surgery in St. Pete to repair a torn meniscus.

#34 C.J. RIEFENHAUSER, LH Last App: 9/26 at TOR (1.1-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 1-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: .348 (8-23), 3-HR2015: 1-0-0, 6.08 ERA, 15 G Long Relief App: 2.1, 6/16 vs. WAS IR-RS: 8-2 vs. RH: .208 (5-24)

Ê Has a 2.57 ERA (7-IP, 2-ER) since Sep 1 recall, his fourth stint with the Rays this season…had a 9.95 ERA across his previous three stints. Ê Has made a career-high 5 straight scoreless apps…has allowed 3 HR in 13.1 IP, and all 3 have been to lefties (last Travis Shaw, Sep 12 vs. BOS). Ê Went 4-2 with a 2.78 ERA (35.2-IP, 11-ER) in 30 apps between Durham and Class-A Charlotte. Ê At 12 letters, is tied with Jason Isringhausen as the longest surname in Rays history.

#45 ENNY ROMERO, LH Last App: 9/30 vs. MIA (1.0-IP, 2-H, 1-R, 1-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-1 vs. LH: .372 (16-43)2015: 0-1-0, 4.45 ERA, 21 G Long Relief App: 3.0, 5/23 vs. OAK IR-RS: 9-5 vs. RH: .247 (18-73)

Ê Snapped a streak of 5 straight scoreless apps on Wed vs. Miami…went 2B, 1B to his first 2 BF; then run-scoring GIDP, BB, K to end the inning. Ê Has a 2.50 ERA (18-IP, 5-ER) in his last 16 apps since Aug 17, compared to a 7.84 ERA (10.1-IP, 9-ER) in his first 5 apps before that. Ê Has thrown the fastest pitch by a Ray this season, registering 99.3 mph on Sep 4 at NYY…averaging 96.1 mph on his fastball, per FanGraphs. Ê Recalled from Triple-A Durham on Aug 20 for his fifth stint in the majors this season (also May 23, June 6-9, June 12-22 and Aug 17-18).

#49 KIRBY YATES, RH Last App: 9/26 at TOR (1.0-IP, 1-H, 1-R, 0-BB, 1-SO, 1-HR) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: .333 (11-33), 5-HR2015: 1-0-0, 8.38 ERA, 19 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 2x-last 9/1 at BAL IR-RS: 9-5 vs. RH: .250 (12-48), 5-HR

Ê Has allowed 10 HR, T-4th among AL relievers, in only 19.1 IP…yielded solo homers in consecutive games to Jose Bautista on Sep 25-26 at TOR. Ê Recalled on Sep 1 for his fourth stint with the Rays this season…went 1-2 with a 5.60 ERA (27.1-IP, 17-ER) in 25 minor league apps this season. Ê Got his first career win on Sep 20 vs. BAL…from June 29–Sep 1, yielded homers in a club-record 6 straight relief apps, becoming the first major

league reliever to do that within one season since CIN Jay Hook in 1961 (6).

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RAYS BY THE NUMBERSCurrent Streak: W3 When commit error: 30-41 Hit homer: 61-44Current Record: 78-81 Ahead after 6-7-8: 59-13/65-8/70-4 Homer with men on: 30-16Home/Road: 40-41/38-40 Behind after 6-7-8: 8-53/6-59/2-65 Hit multiple homers: 27-14Day/Night: 19-28/59-53 Tied after 6-7-8: 11-15/7-14/4-12 Score first: 53-25Grass/Turf: 34-34/44-47 1-run games: 25-30 Score 5 or more: 40-17vs. East: 34-39 2-run games: 20-18 Score less than 5: 38-64vs. Central: 13-19 Extra innings: 2-13 Outhit opponents: 56-25vs. West: 17-17 Win in last at-bat: 12 Outhit by opponents: 14-49vs. National League: 14-6 Come-from-behind wins: 35 Collect 10 or more hits: 34-24vs. RH/LH starters: 49-59/29-22 Opp. come-from-behind wins: 35 Opp. 10 or more hits: 6-39Series W-L-T (home): 9-13-4 Series W-L-T (road): 12-11-2 Wearing white/gray/navy/lt. blue: 32-30/17-21/22-24/6-6

HOME RUNS1R 2R 3R GS TOTAL

Longoria 15 3 3 21Forsythe 13 3 1 17Souza Jr. 10 3 3 16Cabrera 10 4 14Casali 7 3 10Kiermaier 6 4 10Beckham 4 4 1 9Guyer 7 1 8Mahtook 4 3 7Arencibia 4 2 6Butler 4 2 6Sizemore 5 1 6DeJesus 4 1 5Rivera 2 1 2 5Jaso 3 1 4Loney 3 1 4Shaffer 4 4Franklin 1 2 3Elmore 1 1 2Dykstra 1 1Jennings 1 1Karns 1 1Nava 1 1TOTALS 110 38 13 - 161

RUN SUPPORT FOR STARTING PITCHERSPITCHER STARTS RUNS RUNS/START RUNS/9-IP CLUB RECORD QUALITYAndriese 8 20 2.50 5.09 4-4 1Archer 33 92 2.79 4.00 17-16 19Colome 13 21 1.61 2.74 3-10 3Geltz 2 0 0.00 0.00 1-1 0Karns 26 63 2.42 3.94 12-14 9Moore 11 29 2.64 4.58 4-7 3Odorizzi 28 71 2.54 3.77 14-14 17Ramirez 26 72 2.77 4.44 15-11 9Smyly 12 41 3.42 5.54 8-4 6

RAYS PITCHING BY THE NUMBERS

LAST HR OFF ’15 MOST HITS GAME ’15 MOST RBI GAMEArencibia 9/25 at TOR Lowe 3, 9/1 at BAL 6, 9/1 at BALBeckham 9/18 vs. BAL Wilson 2, 11x-last, 9/9 at DET 4, 7/28 vs. DETButler 6/19 at CLE Carrasco 4, 5/31 at BAL 2, 5x-last, 6/12 vs. CWS Cabrera 9/29 vs. MIA Morris 4, 8/5 at CWS 3, 2x-last, 8/22 at OAKForsythe 9/20 vs. BAL Gausman 3, 9x-last, 9/2 at BAL 3, 2x-last, 8/1 at BOSFranklin 9/30 vs. MIA Cosart 2, 4x-last, 9/30 vs. MIA 2, 2x-last, 9/15 vs. NYYGuyer 9/21 at BOS Britton 4, 9/1 at BAL 4, 4/26 vs. TORJaso 9/17 vs. BAL Tillman 3, 2x-last, 8/1 at BOS 3, 8/9 vs. NYMKiermaier 9/26 at TOR Price 3, 6x-last, 10/1 vs. MIA 2, 10x-last, 9/26 at TORLoney 8/7 vs. NYM deGrom 4, 5/17 at MIN 3, 2x-last, 8/25 vs. MINLongoria 10/1 vs. MIA Fernandez 4, 4/25 vs. TOR 3, 7x-last, 9/8 at DETMahtook 9/29 vs. MIA Conley 5, 9/18 vs. BAL 2, 3x-last, 9/27 at TORMaile -- -- 1, 2x-last, 9/24 at BOS 1, 9/12 vs. BOSNava 8/26 vs. MIN Duffey 3, 2x-last, 8/28 vs. KC 2, 2x-last, 4/11 at NYYRivera 7/8 at KC Blanton 3, 3x-last, 8/4 at CWS 4, 5/14 vs. NYYShaffer 9/21 at BOS Hembree 3, 8/9 vs. NYM 1, 6x-last, 9/27 at TORSizemore 8/12 vs. ATL Wisler 4, 5/16 vs. ARI 3, 2x-last, 9/30 vs. MIASouza Jr. 9/23 at BOS Mendez 4, 9/23 at BOS 3, 5x-last, 6/3 at LAA

RAYS SEASON HIGHSTEAM BATTING INDIVIDUAL BATTINGLongest win streak 5, April 22-26 Most runs, game, TB 3, 6x-last, Guyer, 9/1 at BALLong loss streak 7, June 28-July 4 Most runs, game, Opp 5, Shaw, 8/1 at BOSMost runs game, TB 12, 4/24 vs. TOR Most hits, game, TB 5, Mahtook, 9/18 vs. BALMost runs game, Opp 16, 6/16 vs. WAS Most hits, game, Opp 5, 2x-last, Escobar, 6/18 at WASMost runs, inn, TB 7, 4/10 at MIA Most 2B, game, TB 2, 13x-last, Mahtook, 9/18 vs. BALMost runs, inn, Opp 7, 2x-last, 8/23 at OAK Most 2B, game, Opp 2, 10x-last, Pillar, 9/26 at TORMost hits, game, TB 19, 5/17 at MIN Most HR, game, TB 2, 4x-last, Longoria, 9/2 at BALMost hits, game, Opp 23, 6/16 vs. WAS Most HR, game, Opp 2, 15x-last, Bautista, 9/26 at TORMost hits, inn, TB 6, 8/8 vs. NYM Most RBI, game, TB 6, Arencibia, 9/1 at BALMost hits, inn, Opp 8, 8/23 at OAK Most RBI, game, Opp 6, Seager, 5/26 vs. SEAMost doubles, game, TB 6, 2x-last, 5/31 at BAL Most x-base hits, game, TB 3, Souza Jr., 5/31 at BALMost doubles, game, Opp 5, 6/9 vs. LAA Most x-base hits, game, Opp 3, Shaw, 8/1 at BOSMost HR, game, TB 4, 2x-last, 9/9 at DET Most steals, game, TB 2, 9x-last, Kiermaier, 9/23 at BOSMost HR, game, Opp 5, 2x-last, 9/12 vs. BOS Most steals, game, Opp 3, DeShields, 5/7 vs. TEXMost x-base hits, game, TB 8, 4x-last, 9/2 at BAL Hitting Streak 11, Cabrera, July 11-Aug 9Most x-base hits, game, Opp 7, 5x-last, 9/26 at TOR TEAM/INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most stolen bases, game, TB 5, 6/22 vs. TOR Most SO, TB Starter 15, Archer, 6/2 at LAAMost stolen bases, game, Opp 4, 6/24 vs. TOR Most SO, Opp Starter 14, Kluber, 7/2 vs. CLEMost walks, game, TB 9, 5/6 at BOS Most SO, TB Reliever 5, 2x-last, Andriese, 8/25 vs. MINMost walks, game, Opp 9, 7/3 at NYY Most IP, TB Reliever 4.0, 2x-last, Andriese, 6/17 at WASMost strikeouts, game, TB 19, 7/2 vs. CLE Most walks, game, TB 5, 7x-last, Archer, 9/26 at TORMost strikeouts, game, Opp 19, 2x-last, 9/13 vs. BOS Most walks, game, Opp 6, Masterson, 5/6 at BOSMost LOB, game, TB 14, 6/22 vs. TOR Most SO, Team, TB 19, 2x-last, 9/13 vs. BOSMost LOB, game, Opp 12, 2x-last, 6/15 vs. WAS Most walks, Team, TB 9, 7/3 at NYYMost errors, game, TB 3, 3x-last, 8/29 vs. KC Low-Hit Game 1, Archer, 8/20 at HOUMost errors, game, Opp 3, 6x-last, 9/26 at TOR Consecutive Scoreless IP 20.1, McGee, May 29-July 24Longest game, time 5:03, 9/8 at DET Shortest game, time 2:02, 8/11 vs. ATLLongest game, time (9 inn.) 3:47, Sep 21 at BOS Shortest game, time (9 inn.) 2:02, 8/11 vs. ATL

Grand Slams (-): -Back-to-Back (5): Dykstra/Forsythe (4/17 vs. NYY, A Warren), For-

sythe/Butler (5/11 vs. NYY, C Sabathia), Longoria/Forsythe (7/26 vs. BAL, W Chen), Cabrera/Shaffer (8/4 at CWS, D Webb), Cabrera/Souza Jr. (9/23 at BOS, J Machi, R Mendez)

2-HR games (4): Longoria-2 (5/6 at BOS, J Masterson/A Ogando; 9/2 at BAL, K Gausman/D O’Day), Casali-2 (7/27 vs. DET, A Sanchez/B Rondon; 7/28 vs. DET, D Price)

3-HR games (-): -Pinch-hit (4): Beckham-2 (4/11 at MIA, M Dunn; 4/16 at TOR,

A Loup), Guyer-2 (5/8 vs. TEX, A Claudio; 9/21 vs. BAL, Z Britton)

Walk-off (-): -Lead-off (3): Guyer-3 (4/26 vs. TOR, M Buehrle; 8/2 at BOS,

W Miley; 9/21 at BOS E Rodriguez)Inside-the-park (1): Forsythe-1 (7/8 at KC, J Guthrie)

HOME RUNS

CATCHERSPCT CS ATT

Arencibia .333 7 21Casali .240 6 25Rivera .355 22 62Wilson .250 5 20TOTALS .313 40 128

Game-Tying & Go-Ahead RBI: Longoria (31), For-sythe (24), Kiermaier (18), Cabrera (17), Souza Jr. (15), Loney (14), Guyer (12), Sizemore (12), Jaso (10), DeJesus (9), Butler (7), Rivera (7), Beckham (6), Elmore (5), Mahtook (5), Jennings (4), Casali (3), Franklin (3), Nava (3), Shaffer (2), Wilson (2), Arencibia (1), Dykstra (1), Karns (1)2-Out RBI: Forsythe (24), Kiermaier (22), Cabrera (18), Longoria (18), Beckham (16), Rivera (13), Loney (11), DeJesus (10), Guyer (10), Souza Jr. (10), Jaso (9), Casali (8), Elmore (7), Sizemore (7), Arencibia (6), Butler (5), Mahtook (5), Franklin (4), Nava (2), Wilson (2), Jennings (1), Krauss (1), Maile (1)Outfield Assists: Kiermaier (15), Souza Jr. (8), DeJesus (3), Jennings (3), Guyer (2), Nava (2), Sizemore (2), Butler (1), Jaso (1), Mahtook (1)Bunt Singles: Cabrera (4), Kiermaier (3), Beckham (2), Souza Jr. (2), Franklin (1)Ejections: Cash-3 (4/16 at TOR, 8th inn.; 5/10 vs. TEX, 5th inn.; 8/28 vs. KC, 3rd inn.), Cabrera-1 (6/22 vs. TOR, 5th inn.), Loney-1 (8/22 at OAK, 6th inn.), Shelton-1 (5/10 vs. TEX, 5th inn.)Batted Around: 4/10 at MIA (7th inn., 11 batters), 4/15 at TOR (9th inn., 9 batters), 4/22 vs. BOS (6th inn., 9 batters), 5/17 at MIN (6th inn., 10 batters), 6/3 at LAA (6th inn., 9 batters), 7/5 at NYY (8th inn., 9 batters), 8/4 at CWS (6th inn., 10 batters), 8/8 vs. NYM (1st inn., 9 batters), 8/12 vs. ATL (7th inn., 9 batters), 9/2 at BAL (3rd inn., 9 batters), 9/8 at DET (6th inn., 9 batters), 9/9 at DET (7th inn., 9 batters), 9/18 vs. BAL (5th inn., 10 batters), 9/30 vs. MIA (5th inn., 9 batters)

MISC.

1. May 11 vs. NYY—Tim Beckham pop out to SS Didi Gregorius hit off the B-ring catwalk…off Branden Pinder (9th inning).2. June 16 vs. WAS—Clint Robinson home run off the C-ring catwalk in right field (449 feet)…off Alex Colome (2nd inning).3. July 27 vs. DET—Curt Casali home run off the B-ring catwalk in left field (355 feet)…off Bruce Rondon (8th inning).4. August 12 vs. ATL—Grady Sizemore home run off the C-ring catwalk in right field (401 feet)…off Matt Wisler (5th inning).5. August 27 vs. MIN—Miguel Sano double off the B-ring catwalk in center field…off Drew Smyly (3rd inning).6. August 28 vs. KC—Kendrys Morales home run off the C-ring catwalk in center field (443 feet)…off Erasmo Ramirez (3rd inning).7. September 16 vs. NYY—Greg Bird home run off the D-ring catwalk in right field (404 feet)…off Andrew Bellatti (9th inning).8. September 17 vs. BAL—John Jaso home run off the C-ring catwalk in right field (384 feet)…off Chris Tillman (3rd inning).

CATWALKS

LAST HR & PLAYER SEASON HIGHS

Rays Totals (bold): 54 challenges (16 overturned, 17 stand, 21 confirmed) | Opp Totals: 42 challenges (21 overturned, 10 stand, 11 confirmed) Umpire Totals: 18 challenge (0 record keeping, 4 overturned, 6 stand, 8 confirmed)

RUNS BY INNING1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X Total

Opponent 82 69 62 64 58 74 75 70 57 16 628Tampa Bay 66 54 51 67 92 87 80 74 49 4 624

W-L-S G ERA IP H ER BB SO HRTotals 78-81-60 159 3.72 1426.1 1280 590 468 1337 170Starters 51-45-0 159 3.64 898.1 811 363 275 841 102Relievers 27-36-60 158 3.87 528.0 469 227 193 496 68Home 40-41-33 81 3.60 737.0 653 295 225 725 87Road 38-40-27 78 3.85 689.1 627 295 243 612 83April 12-10-10 22 3.70 199.1 155 82 71 184 20May 14-15-11 29 3.10 255.2 216 88 83 248 28June 16-12-13 28 3.32 254.2 245 94 78 235 31July 9-16-7 25 4.04 220.1 196 99 72 183 23August 14-13-10 27 4.28 242.0 237 115 71 253 31September 12-15-8 27 4.11 245.1 227 112 90 225 37October 1-0-1 1 0.00 9.0 4 0 3 9 0

INSTANT REPLAY CHALLENGES (last five)GAME CHALLENGED BY INN. PLAYER OF REFERENCE INITIAL CALL RULING DELAYSep 25 at TOR Umpire B4 Josh Donaldson Foul Confirmed 0:45Sep 27 at TOR Toronto T8 Mikie Mahtook Safe at 3rd Stands TBASep 29 vs. MIA Tampa Bay B8 Steven Souza Jr. Out at 1st Confirmed 0:57Sep 30 vs. MIA Tampa Bay B5 Steven Souza Jr. Out at 2nd Overturned 1:20Oct 1 vs. MIA Marlins B7 James Loney Safe at 3rd Stands 2:20

1. April 23 vs. BOS (W 2-1)—Rene Rivera single to left field…off Anthony Varvaro (9th inning).2. September 20 vs. BAL (7-6)—Kevin Kiermaier infield single to 2B…off Zach Britton (9th inning).

WALK-OFF WINS

1. April 10 at MIA (L 9-10)—Christian Yelich single to right field…off Brad Boxberger (10th inning).2. May 29 at BAL (L 1-2)—J.J. Hardy single to left field…off Steve Geltz (9th inning).3. June 21 at CLE (L 0-1)—David Murphy sacrifice fly to center field…off Kevin Jepsen (9th inning).4. July 3 at NYY (L 5-7)—Brian McCann home run to right field…off Steve Geltz (12th inning).5. July 4 at NYY (L 2-3)—Ramon Flores sacrifice bunt, throwing error on pitcher…off Brad Box-berger (9th inning).6. July 7 at KC, G1 (L 5-9)—Paulo Orlando grand slam to left field…off Brad Boxberger (9th inning).7. July 22 at PHI (L 4-5)—Odubel Herrera single to left field…off Brad Boxberger (10th inning).8. August 5 at CWS (L 5-6)—Avisail Garcia bases-loaded walk…off Brad Boxberger (10th inning).9. August 18 at HOU (L 2-3)—Marwin Gonzalez home run to right field…off Brad Boxberger (10th inning).10. August 19 at HOU (L 2-3)—Carlos Correa single to right field…off Matt Andriese (13th inning).11. September 2 at BAL (L 6-7)—Chris Davis home run to center field…off Matt Andriese (11th inning).12. September 8 at DET (L 7-8)—Rajai Davis sacri-fice fly to left field…off Andrew Bellatti (13th inning).13. September 27 at TOR (L 4-5)—Josh Donaldson home run to left field…off Steve Geltz (9th inning).

WALK-OFF LOSSES

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C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH 6TH 7TH 8TH 9TH Arencibia 9-9 - - - - - - - 1-0 - - - - 1-0 - 4-0 1-0 4-9Beckham - - 8-10 - 9-13 - - - 4-3 - 1-0 - - 1-2 5-7 4-9 7-7 3-1Brett - - 0-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0-1 -Butler - - - - - 11-10 - 1-1 19-17 - 21-19 1-0 - 4-6 2-1 - 3-2 -Cabrera - - - - 64-64 - - - 2-1 1-1 0-1 13-10 1-0 13-12 16-21 22-20 - -Casali 14-18 - - - - - - - 0-1 - - - - - - 1-1 1-1 12-17DeJesus - - - - - 18-25 - 0-1 12-8 8-5 4-0 0-2 6-13 3-2 8-12 1-0 - -Dykstra - 7-4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-4 - 1-0 -Elmore - 14-8 2-3 3-3 2-2 1-2 - - - 1-0 1-0 - - - 7-2 6-6 7-10 -Forsythe - 4-11 61-62 1-3 - - - - 4-2 - 3-1 0-2 29-24 26-42 5-4 7-4 0-1 -Franklin - 2-3 7-5 - 3-2 - - - 1-0 - - - - - 0-1 2-1 8-7 3-0Guyer - - - - - 21-17 9-7 9-11 2-1 28-22 2-2 - - 1-0 1-1 3-6 6-5 -Jaso - - - - - 3-3 - - 19-22 19-17 2-1 - 1-7 - - - - -Jennings - - - - - 10-9 4-3 - 0-1 - 1-2 - - 9-7 1-2 3-2 - -Kiermaier - - - - - - 58-70 2-0 - 19-24 - - - - 2-0 7-7 31-35 1-3Krauss - 0-4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0-1 0-3 -Loney - 43-47 - - - - - - 0-1 - - 3-2 20-21 4-6 10-8 6-11 - -Longoria - - - 73-73 - - - - 4-5 - - 61-65 16-13 - - - - -Mahtook - - - - - 3-2 6-1 5-4 1-1 - 6-7 - - - 2-0 4-0 3-1 -Maile 4-3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4-3Nava - 3-0 - - - 1-0 - 5-9 - 0-1 6-5 - - - - 4-2 0-1 -Rivera 41-45 2-0 - - - - - - 0-1 - - - - - - 2-3 5-4 36-39Shaffer - 3-4 - 1-3 - 1-0 - - 1-3 - 0-2 - - - 2-2 2-5 2-1 -Sizemore - - - - - 9-12 - 5-7 1-8 1-10 10-14 - 4-2 - 0-1 - - -Souza Jr. - - - - - - - 50-48 0-1 1-1 22-27 - - 15-4 12-3 0-2 - -Wilson 10-6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-0 9-6

W-L BY BATTING ORDER (STARTS)W-L BY POSITION (STARTS)

RAYS ON THE DISABLED LIST (6)POS. PLAYER DL INJURY DATE ON RETRO FIRST DATE OFF GMS MISSED RECORDLHP Jeff Beliveau 60-day Left labrum tear April 17 April 16 June 16 150 73-77C Curt Casali 15-day Strained left hamstring Aug 26 - Sep 10 34 16-18RHP Alex Cobb 60-day Tommy John surgery April 5 March 27 May 27 159 78-81LHP Grayson Garvin 60-day Left back tear Aug 26 - Oct 5 34 16-18OF Desmond Jennings 15-day Bruised left knee Aug 27 Aug 26 Sep 10 34 16-18RHP Burch Smith 60-day Tommy John surgery April 8 - June 8 157 78-79

Others (Games Missed): INF Tim Beckham (25, strained right hamstring, 16-9), RH Andrew Bellatti (27, right shoulder tendonitis, 12-15), INF Ryan Brett (34, left shoulder subluxation, 18-16), SS As-drubal Cabrera (11, right hamstring strain, 5-6), RH Alex Colome (22, pneumonia, 12-10), INF Nick Franklin (38, left oblique strain, 20-18), OF John Jaso (83, left wrist contusion, 43-40), OF Desmond Jennings (96, left knee bursitis, 48-48), 1B James Loney (15, mild right oblique strain, 8-7; 36, left middle finger fracture, 18-18), LH Jake McGee (36, offseason elbow surgery, 20-16; 35 left knee surgery, 16-19), LH Matt Moore (80, Tommy John surgery, 42-38), RH Jake Odorizzi (33, left oblique strain, 14-19), LH C.J. Riefenhauser (37, left shoulder inflammation, 18-19), LH Drew Smyly (16, left shoulder tendonitis, 8-8; 89, torn left labrum, 44-45), OF Steven Souza Jr. (11, right finger laceration, 4-7; 34, left hand fracture, 17-17), RH Kirby Yates (50, strained right pectoral, 25-25)

July 1 Designated RH Ronald Belisario for assignment; optioned RH Kirby Yates to Dur-ham; recalled RH Preston Guilmet and LH C.J. Riefenhauser from Durham.

July 2 Optioned INF Marc Krauss to Durham; reinstated LH Matt Moore (Tommy John sur-gery) from the 60-day DL.

July 3 Optioned RH Preston Guilmet to Durham; reinstated 1B James Loney (left middle finger fracture) from the 15-day DL.

July 4 Designated 1B Marc Krauss for assignment; optioned LH C.J. Riefenhauser to Dur-ham; selected LH Everett Teaford from Durham.

July 7 Designated RH Preston Guilmet for assignment; placed OF Steven Souza Jr. (right finger laceration) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 6; reinstated OF John Jaso (left wrist contusion) from the 60-day DL; added RH Matt Andriese from Durham per MLB’s 26th Man Rule.

July 8 Returned RH Matt Andriese to Durham per MLB’s 26th Man Rule; designated LH Everett Teaford for assignment; reinstated RH Andrew Bellatti (right shoulder ten-donitis) from the 15-day DL.

July 11 Optioned RH Andrew Bellatti to Durham; reinstated RH Jake Odorizzi (left oblique strain) from the 15-day DL.

July 12 Placed SS Asdrubal Cabrera (right hamstring strain) on the 15-day DL; recalled INF Tim Beckham from Durham.

July 21 Optioned OF Grady Sizemore to Durham; reinstated OF Steven Souza Jr. (right fin-ger laceration) from the 15-day DL.

July 28 Optioned INF Jake Elmore to Durham; reinstated SS Asdrubal Cabrera (right ham-string strain) from the 15-day DL…acquired minor league RH Eduar Lopez from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in exchange for OF David DeJesus.

July 29 Selected C Bobby Wilson from Durham.July 30 Designated C Bobby Wilson for assignment.July 31 Acquired minor league RH Chih-Wei Hu and minor league RH Alexis Tapia from the

Minnesota Twins in exchange for RH Kevin Jepsen…recalled OF Mikie Mahtook and RH Kirby Yates from Durham.

Aug 1 Optioned OF Mikie Mahtook to Durham; recalled OF Grady Sizemore from Durham.Aug 2 Placed OF Steven Souza Jr. (left hand fracture) on the 15-day DL; recalled OF Mikie

Mahtook from Durham.Aug 3 Optioned LH Matt Moore to Durham; selected INF Richie Shaffer from Durham.Aug 5 Claimed 1B/OF Daniel Nava off waivers from the Boston Red Sox.Aug 6 Optioned OF Mikie Mahtook to Durham.Aug 13 Optioned OF Joey Butler to Durham.Aug 14 Reinstated OF Desmond Jennings (left knee bursitis) from the 60-day DL.Aug 16 Designated RH Jose Dominguez for assignment; optioned RH Kirby Yates to Dur-

ham; reinstated LH Drew Smyly (torn left labrum) from the 60-day DL.Aug 17 Optioned INF Richie Shaffer to Durham; recalled LH Enny Romero from Durham.Aug 19 Optioned LH Enny Romero to Durham; recalled RH Matt Andriese from Durham.Aug 20 Placed LH Jake McGee (torn left meniscus) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug 19;

recalled LH Enny Romero from Durham.Aug 26 Placed C Curt Casali (strained left hamstring) on the 15-day DL; recalled LH Grayson

Garvin (left back tear) from Montgomery and placed him on the 60-day DL; selected C J.P. Arencibia from Durham.

Aug 27 Placed OF Desmond Jennings (bruised left knee) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug 26; recalled OF Joey Butler from Durham.

Sep 1 Designated INF Hak-Ju Lee for assignment; recalled OF Mikie Mahtook, LH Matt Moore, LH C.J. Riefenhauser, INF Richie Shaffer and RH Kirby Yates from Dur-ham; selected C Luke Maile from Durham.

Sep 8 Recalled RH Andrew Bellatti and INF Nick Franklin from Durham.Sep 11 Reinstated OF Steven Souza Jr. (fractured left hand) from the 15-day DL.Sep 26 Reinstated LH Jake McGee (torn left meniscus) from the 15-day DL.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

2015 CAREERPLAYER W L SV IP H ER SO ERA AVG W L SV IP H ER SO ERA AVGAndriese 0 1 1 17.0 17 9 8 4.76 .250 0 1 1 17.0 17 9 8 4.76 .250Archer 3 2 0 32.2 22 12 34 3.31 .186 5 3 0 86.0 71 32 82 3.35 .223Bellatti 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 1 0.00 .000 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 1 0.00 .000Boxberger 0 0 4 6.0 3 2 6 3.00 .158 0 2 5 10.1 16 9 11 7.84 .372Cedeño 0 0 0 1.2 3 0 2 0.00 .429 0 0 0 1.2 3 0 2 0.00 .429Colome 0 0 0 2.2 2 1 2 3.38 .200 0 0 0 6.2 5 3 2 4.05 .208Geltz 1 1 0 8.1 5 4 6 4.32 .172 1 2 0 11.0 8 6 10 4.91 .205Gomes 0 1 0 5.1 4 5 2 8.44 .200 1 1 0 23.1 17 9 26 3.47 .198Karns 0 0 0 6.0 3 0 5 0.00 .150 1 0 0 13.0 5 0 13 0.00 .116Moore - - - - - - - - - 4 2 0 41.1 36 15 42 3.27 .228McGee 0 0 1 3.0 2 0 2 0.00 .182 4 0 2 29.0 22 10 36 3.10 .204Odorizzi 1 2 0 17.1 15 11 8 5.71 .238 2 2 0 36.1 29 16 24 3.96 .220Ramirez 0 1 0 12.0 17 10 10 7.50 .321 1 1 0 21.2 26 14 17 5.82 .292Riefenhauser 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 0.00 .167 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 0.00 .167Romero 0 0 0 5.0 5 1 7 1.80 .263 0 0 0 5.0 5 1 7 1.80 .263Smyly 0 0 0 4.2 4 2 5 3.86 .222 1 0 0 16.1 8 2 11 1.10 .143Yates 0 0 0 4.0 5 2 4 4.50 .294 0 0 0 5.2 7 3 5 4.76 .304

RAYS PITCHERS vs. BLUE JAYS

RAYS HITTERS vs. BLUE JAYS2015 CAREER

PLAYER G AB H HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP G AB H HR RBI BB SO AVG OBPArencibia 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 .333 .333 5 14 3 2 4 0 3 .214 .267Beckham 10 30 11 2 7 3 11 .367 .412 11 31 12 2 7 3 11 .387 .429Butler 4 17 5 0 1 1 5 .294 .333 4 17 5 0 1 1 5 .294 .333Cabrera 13 51 7 1 5 3 11 .137 .182 55 221 51 6 26 22 44 .231 .301Forsythe 16 51 15 1 6 6 11 .294 .393 29 91 23 1 8 9 20 .253 .337Franklin 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 4 9 1 0 1 2 5 .111 .273Guyer 13 39 10 2 6 5 12 .256 .362 26 74 19 2 6 6 20 .257 .325Jaso 6 18 4 0 2 0 4 .222 .222 38 98 23 2 16 12 15 .235 .330Kiermaier 15 51 17 1 4 0 9 .333 .333 28 87 30 1 10 2 13 .345 .356Loney 8 28 6 1 3 1 3 .214 .241 48 176 40 3 14 12 21 .227 .274Longoria 16 56 16 0 3 6 11 .286 .369 130 475 139 19 87 65 102 .293 .376Mahtook 4 6 3 2 4 1 1 .500 .571 4 6 3 2 4 1 1 .500 .571Maile 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000Nava 3 9 0 0 0 3 3 .000 .250 54 166 39 2 15 17 34 .235 .310Rivera 14 38 4 1 3 3 11 .105 .190 20 56 10 1 5 3 16 .179 .246Shaffer 2 6 0 0 1 0 2 .000 .000 2 6 0 0 1 0 2 .000 .000Sizemore 4 13 3 1 2 0 3 .231 .231 55 221 50 6 29 19 60 .226 .291Souza Jr. 11 42 12 2 7 4 16 .286 .348 11 42 12 2 7 4 16 .286 .348

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RAYS 2015 DAY-BY-DAYPOS. HOME

# GAME FINAL WINNER LOSER W-L GA/GB ATT. CUM.1 4/6 vs. BAL L, 2-6 Tillman (1-0) Archer (0-1) 0-1 T-4/-1.0 31,042 31,0422 4/7 vs. BAL L, 5-6 Gausman (1-0) Karns (0-1) 0-2 5/-2.0 13,906 44,9483 4/8 vs. BAL W, 2-0 Odorizzi (1-0) Gonzalez (0-1) 1-2 5/-1.0 13,569 58,517

4/9 - OFF (1) T-4/-1.04 4/10 at MIA L, 9-10 (10) Morris (1-0) Boxberger (0-1) 1-3 T-5/-2.0 17,3755 4/11 at MIA W, 2-0 Archer (1-1) Cosart (0-1) 2-3 4/-2.0 17,8306 4/12 at MIA W, 8-5 Karns (1-1) Alvarez (0-2) 3-3 T-3/-1.0 20,1997 4/13 at TOR W, 2-1 Odorizzi (2-0) Dickey (0-1) 4-3 T-2/-1.0 48,4148 4/14 at TOR W, 3-2 Geltz (1-0) Castro (0-1) 5-3 2/-1.0 17,2649 4/15 at TOR L, 7-12 Buehrle (2-0) Ramirez (0-1) 5-4 T-2/-1.0 15,08610 4/16 at TOR W, 4-2 Archer (2-1) Sanchez (0-2) 6-4 2/-0.5 14,43311 4/17 vs. NYY L, 4-5 Betances (2-0) Jepsen (0-1) 6-5 2/-1.5 15,752 74,26912 4/18 vs. NYY L, 0-9 Tanaka (2-1) Odorizzi (2-1) 6-6 T-3/-1.5 20,824 95,09313 4/19 vs. NYY L, 3-5 Pineda (2-0) Andriese (0-1) 6-7 T-3/-1.5 21,791 116,884

4/20 - OFF (2) T-3/-2.014 4/21 vs. BOS L, 0-1 Miley (1-1) Archer (2-2) 6-8 5/-3.0 14,307 131,19115 4/22 vs. BOS W, 7-5 Boxberger (1-1) Mujica (1-1) 7-8 T-4/-2.0 12,733 143,92416 4/23 vs. BOS W, 2-1 Boxberger (2-1) Varvaro (0-1) 8-8 4/-1.0 13,834 157,75817 4/24 vs. TOR W, 12-3 Dominguez (1-0) Dickey (0-2) 9-8 T-3/-1.0 11,897 169,65518 4/25 vs. TOR W, 4-2 Frieri (1-0) Cecil (1-2) 10-8 T-1/+1.0 19,772 189,42719 4/26 vs. TOR W, 5-1 Archer (3-2) Buehrle (3-1) 11-8 T-1/+1.0 21,107 210,53420 4/27 at NYY L, 1-4 Wilson (1-0) Gomes (0-1) 11-9 T-2/-1.0 34,59021 4/28 at NYY L, 2-4 Whitley (1-0) Odorizzi (2-2) 11-10 T-2/-2.0 36,93422 4/29 at NYY W, 3-2 (13) Gomes (1-0) Shreve (1-1) 12-10 T-2/-1.0 30,055

4/30 - OFF (3) T-2/-1.023 5/1 vs. BAL* W, 2-0 Colome (1-0) Tillman (2-3) 13-10 2/-1.0 9,94524 5/2 vs. BAL* L, 0-4 Gonzalez (3-1) Archer (3-3) 13-11 2/-2.0 12,78925 5/3 vs. BAL* L, 2-4 Hunter (1-1) Geltz (1-1) 13-12 T-2/-3.0 16,65226 5/4 at BOS W, 5-1 Odorizzi (3-2) Buchholz (1-4) 14-12 2/-2.0 34,54127 5/5 at BOS L, 0-2 Porcello (3-2) Smyly (0-1) 14-13 2/-3.0 33,68828 5/6 at BOS W, 5-3 Colome (2-0) Masterson (2-1) 15-13 2/-2.0 35,06029 5/7 vs. TEX L, 4-5 Claudio (1-0) Archer (3-4) 15-14 2/-3.0 8,701 219,23530 5/8 vs. TEX W, 8-2 Karns (2-1) Gallardo (2-5) 16-14 2/-3.0 11,704 230,93931 5/9 vs. TEX W, 7-2 Bellatti (1-0) Detwiler (0-4) 17-14 2/-2.0 20,943 251,88232 5/10 vs. TEX L, 1-2 Kela (3-1) Jepsen (0-2) 17-15 2/-3.0 14,521 266,40333 5/11 vs. NYY L, 5-11 Sabathia (1-5) Colome (2-1) 17-16 2/-4.0 10,619 277,02234 5/12 vs. NYY W, 4-2 Jepsen (1-2) Eovaldi (3-1) 18-16 2/-3.0 10,417 287,43935 5/13 vs. NYY W, 3-2 Karns (3-1) Warren (2-2) 19-16 2/-2.0 11,924 299,36336 5/14 vs. NYY W, 6-1 Ramirez (1-1) Whitley (1-2) 20-16 2/-1.0 11,977 311,34037 5/15 at MIN L, 2-3 Hughes (3-4) Odorizzi (3-3) 20-17 2/-1.0 24,01838 5/16 at MIN L, 4-6 Duensing (1-0) Jepsen (1-3) 20-18 2/-2.0 27,12839 5/17 at MIN W, 11-3 Archer (4-4) Gibson (3-3) 21-18 2/-1.0 23,708

5/18 - OFF (4) 2/-1.040 5/19 at ATL W, 5-3 Ramirez (2-1) Foltynewicz (2-1) 22-18 T-1/+2.5 20,12041 5/20 at ATL L, 1-2 Cunniff (2-0) Odorizzi (3-4) 22-19 T-1/+2.5 24,54942 5/21 vs. OAK W, 3-0 Colome (3-1) Chavez (1-4) 23-19 1/+0.5 10,605 321,94543 5/22 vs. OAK W, 5-2 Archer (5-4) Kazmir (2-3) 24-19 1/+1.5 12,329 334,27444 5/23 vs. OAK L, 0-5 Graveman (2-2) Karns (3-2) 24-20 1/+1.5 15,207 349,48145 5/24 vs. OAK L, 2-7 Gray (5-2) Ramirez (2-2) 24-21 1/+1.5 15,692 365,17346 5/25 vs. SEA L, 1-4 Elias (2-1) Odorizzi (3-5) 24-22 1/+0.5 10,401 375,57447 5/26 vs. SEA L, 6-7 (10) Rodney (2-2) Boxberger (2-2) 24-23 2/-0.5 9,628 385,20248 5/27 vs. SEA L, 0-3 Hernandez (8-1) Boxberger (2-3) 24-24 2/-1.5 10,365 395,567

5/28 - OFF (5) 2/-1.049 5/29 at BAL L, 1-2 O’Day (1-0) Gomes (1-2) 24-25 T-2/-1.0 45,50550 5/30 at BAL W, 3-0 Ramirez (3-2) Chen (1-4) 25-25 2/-1.0 38,17751 5/31 at BAL W, 9-5 Odorizzi (4-5) Tillman (2-7) 26-25 T-1/+2.0 36,94552 6/1 at LAA L, 3-7 Richards (5-3) Colome (3-2) 26-26 2/-1.0 27,07853 6/2 at LAA W, 6-1 Archer (6-4) Wilson (3-4) 27-26 2/-1.0 28,77154 6/3 at LAA W, 6-5 (10) Boxberger (3-3) Street (2-2) 28-26 2/-1.0 28,24555 6/4 at SEA W, 2-1 Ramirez (4-2) Elias (2-3) 29-26 2/-0.5 16,09656 6/5 at SEA W, 1-0 Bellatti (2-0) Rodney (2-3) 30-26 2/-0.5 20,69557 6/6 at SEA L, 1-2 Hernandez (9-2) Geltz (1-2) 30-27 2/-1.5 31,10658 6/7 at SEA W, 3-1 Archer (7-4) Montgomery (0-1) 31-27 2/-1.5 27,906

6/8 - OFF (6) 2/-1.559 6/9 vs. LAA L, 2-8 Shoemaker (4-4) Karns (3-3) 31-28 2/-2.5 11,617 407,18460 6/10 vs. LAA W, 4-2 Ramirez (5-2) Weaver (4-6) 32-28 2/-1.5 10,088 417,27261 6/11 vs. LAA L, 2-6 Richards (6-4) Jepsen (1-4) 32-29 2/-2.0 10,779 428,05162 6/12 vs. CWS W, 7-5 Andriese (1-1) Danks (3-6) 33-29 2/-1.0 13,448 441,49963 6/13 vs. CWS W, 5-4 Boxberger (4-3) Putnam (1-2) 34-29 T-1/+1.0 20,248 461,74764 6/14 vs. CWS W, 2-1 Riefenhauser (1-0) Sale (6-3) 35-29 T-1/+1.0 17,962 479,70965 6/15 vs. WAS W, 6-1 Ramirez (6-2) Gonzalez (4-4) 36-29 1/+1.0 10,216 489,92566 6/16 vs. WAS L, 4-16 Roark (3-2) Colome (3-3) 36-30 1/+1.0 11,491 501,41667 6/17 at WAS W, 5-0 Andriese (2-1) Zimmermann (5-5) 37-30 1/+1.0 28,92968 6/18 at WAS W, 5-3 Archer (8-4) Fister (2-3) 38-30 1/+1.0 29,24269 6/19 at CLE W, 4-1 Karns (4-3) Carrasco (8-6) 39-30 1/+1.0 22,81170 6/20 at CLE W, 4-1 Cedeño (1-0) Kluber (3-9) 40-30 1/+1.0 24,67071 6/21 at CLE L, 0-1 Allen (1-2) Jepsen (1-5) 40-31 1/+1.0 20,84772 6/22 vs. TOR L, 5-8 Hutchison (7-1) Andriese (2-2) 40-32 1/+1.0 10,324 511,74073 6/23 vs. TOR W, 4-3 Archer (9-4) Dickey (3-7) 41-32 1/+2.0 11,474 523,21474 6/24 vs. TOR L, 0-1 (12) Cecil (2-4) Gomes (1-3) 41-33 1/+1.0 18,469 541,683

6/25 - OFF (7) 1/+1.575 6/26 vs. BOS L, 3-4 (10) Ogando (2-0) Geltz (1-3) 41-34 1/+0.5 17,508 559,19176 6/27 vs. BOS W, 4-1 Andriese (3-2) Miley (7-7) 42-34 1/+0.5 23,876 583,06777 6/28 vs. BOS L, 3-5 Masterson (3-2) Archer (9-5) 42-35 T-1/+0.5 21,963 605,03078 6/29 vs. CLE L, 1-7 Anderson (1-0) Karns (4-4) 42-36 T-1/+0.5 11,802 616,83279 6/30 vs. CLE L, 2-6 Salazar (7-3) Ramirez (6-3) 42-37 T-1/+0.5 10,437 627,26980 7/1 vs. CLE L, 1-8 Carrasco (10-6) Colome (3-4) 42-38 T-3/-1.0 11,394 638,66381 7/2 vs. CLE L, 4-5 (10) Shaw (1-1) Cedeño (1-1) 42-39 T-3/-1.0 16,353 655,01682 7/3 at NYY L, 5-7 (12) Shreve (6-1) Geltz (1-4) 42-40 T-3/-2.0 43,14183 7/4 at NYY L, 2-3 Betances (5-1) Boxberger (4-4) 42-41 T-3/-3.0 35,50884 7/5 at NYY W, 8-1 Ramirez (7-3) Nova (1-2) 43-41 T-3/-2.0 35,050

POS. HOME# GAME FINAL WINNER LOSER W-L GA/GB ATT. CUM.

7/6 at KC - PPD - Rain (1) - Rescheduled for July 7 3/-2.085 7/7 at KC (1) L, 5-9 Holland (3-0) Boxberger (4-5) 43-42 4/-2.5 22,38686 7/7 at KC (2) L, 1-7 Finnegan (2-0) Gomes (1-4) 43-43 4/-2.5 28,11987 7/8 at KC L, 7-9 Guthrie (7-5) Archer (9-6) 43-44 4/-3.5 28,20488 7/9 at KC L, 3-8 Ventura (4-6) Karns (4-5) 43-45 4/-4.5 32,30889 7/10 vs. HOU W, 3-1 Ramirez (8-3) McHugh (9-5) 44-45 T-3/-4.5 17,129 672,14590 7/11 vs. HOU W, 3-0 Odorizzi (5-5) Keuchel (11-4) 45-45 T-3/-3.5 18,479 690,62491 7/12 vs. HOU W, 4-3 Moore (1-0) McCullers (4-3) 46-45 2/-3.5 16,458 707,082

7/13 - All-Star Break7/14 - All-Star Game AL 6, NL 3 at Great American Ball Park (Cincinnati Reds)7/15 - All-Star Break7/16 - All-Star Break

92 7/17 at TOR L, 2-6 Hutchison (9-2) Odorizzi (5-6) 46-46 T-2/-4.5 32,90893 7/18 at TOR W, 3-2 Jepsen (2-5) Tepera (0-1) 47-46 2/-3.5 41,58394 7/19 at TOR L, 0-4 Estrada (7-5) Archer (9-7) 47-47 T-3/-4.5 41,68395 7/20 at PHI L, 3-5 Buchanan (1-5) Moore (1-1) 47-48 4/-5.0 20,14896 7/21 at PHI W, 1-0 Karns (5-5) Nola (0-1) 48-48 T-3/-5.0 28,70397 7/22 at PHI L, 4-5 (10) Papelbon (2-1) Boxberger (4-6) 48-49 T-3/-6.0 22,252

7/23 - OFF (8) 3/-6.598 7/24 vs. BAL W, 3-1 Colome (4-4) O’Day (5-1) 49-49 T-2/-5.5 17,838 724,92099 7/25 vs. BAL L, 1-5 Gonzalez (9-6) Ramirez (8-4) 49-50 3/-6.5 24,327 749,247100 7/26 vs. BAL L, 2-5 Chen (5-6) Moore (1-2) 49-51 4/-7.5 18,613 767,860101 7/27 vs. DET W, 5-2 Karns (6-5) Sanchez (10-8) 50-51 4/-7.5 13,348 781,208102 7/28 vs. DET W, 10-2 Odorizzi (6-6) Price (9-4) 51-51 3/-7.5 16,326 797,534103 7/29 vs. DET L, 1-2 Verlander (1-3) Archer (9-8) 51-52 4/-7.5 28,057 825,591

7/30 - OFF (9) 4/-7.0104 7/31 at BOS L, 5-7 Tazawa (2-3) McGee (0-1) 51-53 4/-8.0 36,715105 8/1 at BOS L, 7-11 Kelly (3-6) Moore (1-3) 51-54 4/-8.0 35,944106 8/2 at BOS W, 4-3 Geltz (2-4) Tazawa (2-4) 52-54 4/-8.0 35,699107 8/3 at CWS W, 5-4 McGee (1-1) Robertson (4-3) 53-54 4/-7.5 16,496108 8/4 at CWS W, 11-3 Archer (10-8) Sale (9-7) 54-54 4/-7.5 18,499109 8/5 at CWS L, 5-6 (10) Robertson (5-3) Boxberger (4-7) 54-55 4/-7.5 20,028

8/6 - OFF (10) 4/-8.0110 8/7 vs. NYM L, 3-4 Clippard (1-0) Boxberger (4-8) 54-56 4/-8.0 23,145 848,736111 8/8 vs. NYM W, 5-4 Karns (7-5) Syndergaard (6-6) 55-56 4/-7.0 31,042 879,778112 8/9 vs. NYM W, 4-3 Cedeno (2-1) Colon (10-11) 56-56 4/-6.0 26,681 906,459

8/10 - OFF (11) 4/-6.0113 8/11 vs. ATL W, 2-0 Ramirez (9-4) Perez (4-3) 57-56 4/-5.0 15,506 921,965114 8/12 vs. ATL W, 9-6 Colome (5-4) Marksberry (0-1) 58-56 3/-4.5 16,337 938,302

8/13 - OFF (12) 3/-5.0115 8/14 at TEX L, 3-5 Dyson (1-1) McGee (1-2) 58-57 4/-5.5 32,512116 8/15 at TEX L, 4-12 Lewis (13-5) Archer (10-9) 58-58 4/-6.5 32,351117 8/16 at TEX L, 3-5 Gallardo (9-9) Smyly (0-2) 58-59 4/-6.5 29,167118 8/17 at HOU W, 9-2 Ramirez (10-4) Kazmir (6-8) 59-59 4/-6.5 16,256119 8/18 at HOU L, 2-3 (10) Gregerson (6-2) Boxberger (4-9) 59-60 4/-7.5 17,749120 8/19 at HOU L, 2-3 (13) Fields (4-1) Andriese (3-3) 59-61 4/-8.5 26,001121 8/20 at HOU W, 1-0 Archer (11-9) McHugh (13-7) 60-61 4/-7.5 18,177122 8/21 at OAK W, 2-1 Smyly (1-2) Bassitt (1-5) 61-61 4/-6.5 20,671123 8/22 at OAK W, 5-4 Colome (6-4) Venditte (0-2) 62-61 4/-6.5 35,067124 8/23 at OAK L, 2-8 Rodriguez (3-1) Geltz (2-5) 62-62 4/-7.0 19,425

8/24 - OFF (13) T-3/-7.0125 8/25 vs. MIN L, 7-11 Graham (1-1) Andriese (3-4) 62-63 T-3/-8.0 9,632 947,934126 8/26 vs. MIN L, 3-5 Duensing (4-0) Archer (11-10) 62-64 4/-9.0 9,205 957,139127 8/27 vs. MIN W, 5-4 Gomes (2-4) Milone (6-4) 63-64 T-3/-8.0 9,375 966,514128 8/28 vs. KC L, 2-3 Volquez (12-7) Ramirez (10-5) 63-65 T-3/-9.0 13,622 980,136129 8/29 vs. KC L, 3-6 Medlen (3-0) Odorizzi (6-7) 63-66 T-3/-10.0 24,372 1,004,508130 8/30 vs. KC W, 3-2 Cedeno (3-1) Hochevar (1-1) 64-66 3/-10.0 18,634 1,023,142131 8/31 at BAL W, 6-3 Archer (12-10) Chen (8-7) 65-66 3/-9.0 19,841132 9/1 at BAL W, 11-2 Smyly (2-2) Tillman (9-10) 66-66 3/-9.0 22,987133 9/2 at BAL L, 6-7 (11) Brach (5-2) Andriese (3-5) 66-67 3/-10.0 15,963

9/3 - OFF (14) 3/-10.0134 9/4 at NYY L, 2-5 Severino (3-2) Odorizzi (6-8) 66-68 3/-10.0 32,530135 9/5 at NYY W, 3-2 Cedeño (4-1) Eovaldi (14-3) 67-68 3/-10.0 35,030136 9/6 at NYY L, 4-6 Nova (6-7) Archer (12-11) 67-69 3/-11.0 35,299137 9/7 at DET L, 4-5 Alburquerque (4-1) Gomes (2-5) 67-70 3/-11.0 27,958138 9/8 at DET L, 7-8 (13) Ryan (2-3) Bellatti (2-1) 67-71 3/-12.0 26,526139 9/9 at DET W, 8-0 Odorizzi (7-8) Lobstein (3-7) 68-71 3/-11.0 25,932

9/10 - OFF (15) 3/-11.0140 9/11 vs. BOS W, 8-4 Bellatti (3-1) Tazawa (2-7) 69-71 3/-11.0 14,796 1,037,938141 9/12 vs. BOS L, 4-10 Porcello (8-12) Moore (1-4) 69-72 3/-12.5 20,698 1,058,636142 9/13 vs. BOS L, 0-2 (13) Hembree (1-0) Romero (0-1) 69-73 T-3/-12.5 15,402 1,074,038143 9/14 vs. NYY L, 1-4 Cotham (1-0) Boxberger (4-10) 69-74 4/-13.0 11,940 1,085,978144 9/15 vs. NYY W, 6-3 Odorizzi (8-8) Rumbelow (1-1) 70-74 4/-12.0 13,539 1,099,517145 9/16 vs. NYY L, 1-3 Severino (4-3) Archer (12-12) 70-75 4/-13.0 13,299 1,112,816146 9/17 vs. BAL L, 3-4 Roe (4-2) Colome (6-5) 70-76 4/-14.0 9,617 1,122,433147 9/18 vs. BAL W, 8-6 Smyly (3-2) Wilson (2-2) 71-76 4/-14.0 10,697 1,133,130148 9/19 vs. BAL L, 1-2 Chen (10-7) Ramirez (10-6) 71-77 4/-14.0 17,053 1,150,183149 9/20 vs. BAL W, 7-6 Yates (1-0) Britton (4-1) 72-77 4/-13.0 17,801 1,167,984150 9/21 at BOS L, 7-8 Machi (1-0) Gomes (2-6) 72-78 5/-14.0 33,673151 9/22 at BOS W, 5-2 Moore (2-4) Owens (3-3) 73-78 4/-13.0 33,673152 9/23 at BOS W, 6-2 Smyly (4-2) Porcello (8-14) 74-78 4/-13.0 32,753153 9/24 at BOS W, 4-2 Ramirez (11-6) Miley (11-11) 75-78 4/-12.5 34,916154 9/25 at TOR L, 3-5 Dickey (11-11) Odorizzi (8-9) 75-79 4/-13.5 47,696155 9/26 at TOR L, 8-10 Price (18-5) Archer (12-13) 75-80 4/-14.5 47,094156 9/27 at TOR L, 4-5 Cecil (4-5) Geltz (2-6) 75-81 5/-15.5 47,287

9/28 - OFF (16) 5/-16.0157 9/29 vs. MIA W, 4-2 Colome (7-5) Morris (5-4) 76-81 5/-15.5 9,150158 9/30 vs. MIA W, 6-4 Smyly (5-2) Cosart (2-5) 77-81 T-4/-15.0 9,431159 10/1 vs. MIA W, 4-1 Odorizzi (9-9) Fernandez (6-1) 78-81 T-3/-14.0 9,657160 10/2 vs. TOR 7:10161 10/3 vs. TOR 6:10 Rays Oktoberfest Freezer Mug (All fans)162 10/4 vs. TOR 3:10 Raymond Halloween Mask (Kids 14 & under)

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