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SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 vs. TORONTO BLUE JAYS RH Chris Archer (6-5, 3.10) vs. RH Todd Redmond (1-1, 3.62) First Pitch: 1:40 p.m. | Location: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla. | TV: Sun Sports | Radio: WDAE 620 AM, WAMA 1550 AM (Spanish) Game No.: 122 (69-52) | Home Game No.: 64 (40-23) | All-Time Game No.: 2,549 (1,172-1,376) | All-Time Home Game No.: 1,277 (655-621) April: 12-14 | May: 18-10 | June: 13-15 | July: 21-5 | August: 5-8 RAY MATTER—Last night’s loss snapped a 3-game winning streak and dropped the Rays to 2.0 games back of first-place Bos- ton in the AL East…they have lost 7 of their last 10 games…the Rays maintain a half- game lead on Oakland in the AL Wild Card race…with today’s rubber match vs. Toron- to, their streak of 8 unbeaten series at home (7-0-1) is on the line…their last series loss here was June 13-16 vs. KC (lost 3 of 4)… last night was only the Rays 5th loss in their last 22 home games. Ê The Rays hold the AL’s best record since June 29 (28-13, .683) and since May 8 (55-34, .618), trailing only the Dodgers in the majors for both spans. Ê The Rays are 19-17 in one-run games, but are 17-9 in their last 26 after starting the season 2-8. Ê The Rays are 3-2 so far in a stretch of 46 games in 48 days to finish the regular season. Ê The Rays have had 9 walk-off wins this season—including twice in the last 4 games—by 9 different players. Ê The Rays are 24-17 vs. left-handed starters, but have lost 6 of their last 7 including last night. ST. PETE’S NATIVE SON—Today the Rays face RH Todd Redmond, a graduate of Northeast High School…he will be the fourth St. Pete-born pitcher (third opposing) to start at Tropicana Field and first since TOR Jesse Litsch on Aug 28, 2008…Litsch made 3 starts here in 2007-08…the oth- ers were MIN Boof Bonser (2 starts in 2006-07) and TB Doug Waechter (30 starts from 2003-06)…only twice has a St. Pete-born pitcher beaten the Rays at Tropicana Field: Bonser on Sep 4, 2006 and Litsch on July 31, 2007—both in their first starts here…only two other St. Pete-born play- ers have played at the Trop: TEX/CWS/CIN reliever Nick Masset and 1B Casey Kotchman. RAYS vs. JAYS—Last night’s loss snapped a 4-game winning streak vs. Toronto…they have won 7 of their last 9 and lead the season series, 9-6 (5-4 at home, 4-2 on road)…they need one more victory to win the season series for a 6th consecutive year…they have won 18 of their last 19 home series vs. Toronto—when the Rays lost 2 of 3 here May 20-22, it was their first series loss at home vs. Toronto since April 6-8, 2007, ending a span of 17 straight series victories…their all-time 145-127 (.533) mark vs. TOR is the 2nd best vs. an AL opponent (KC, .544)…Rays are 78-39 (.667) since May 1, 2007…they meet again Sep 27-29 at TOR to finish the season. DEFENSIVE WIZARDRY—The Rays have been fielding at a historic pace…through 121 games, their 44 errors are 2nd fewest in major league history behind this year’s Orioles (36; see chart)…the Rays have commit- ted only 3 errors in their last 17 games, 9 in their last 40 and 28 in their last 90 since May 7…the Rays 44 errors are 2nd fewest in the majors behind the Orioles (36) and almost half their total through 121 games in 2012 (86)…the Rays and Orioles are both on pace to break the 2003 Mari- ners’ mark for fewest errors in a 162-game season (65). Ê Since June 19, 5 of the Rays last 13 errors have been committed by pitchers including LH Alex Torres last night…this means that position players have committed only 8 errors in the last 52 games. STARTING STRUGGLES—In the month of August, Rays starting pitchers have a combined 5.17 ERA (69.2-IP, 40-ER), 3rd worst in the AL, after re- cording a 2.54 ERA in July, lowest July ERA by an AL team since the 1971 Oakland A’s (2.38)…a Rays starter has gone 7 innings only once in the last 7 games and twice in the last 11 games…the Rays are 30-8 when the start- ing pitcher goes at least 7 innings, and they have won 10 of their last 12. Ê This year when RH Chris Archer has pitched 6 or more innings in a start, the Rays are 7-1—and 1-5 when he doesn’t. STINGY vs. RIGHTIES—RH Chris Archer has held right-handed hitters to a .160/.236/.211 line in his career, including .157/.250/.204 (17-for-108) this year…over his last 6 starts, RH batters have hit just .137 (10-for-73) against him with 9 of the 10 hits be- ing singles…has only allowed 3 extra- base hits to righties all season (Mike Morse double in last start vs. SEA; Austin Jackson solo HR and Omar Infante double on June 29 vs. DET)…right-handed hitters are slugging just .204 against him, 2nd-lowest in the majors since his recall behind only TEX Yu Darvish (.196). BEN ZOBRIST—Is errorless in his last 70 games at second base, the 2nd- longest streak in club history for a 2B behind Aki Iwamura (75) in 2007-08. Ê Zobrist’s next RBI will tie B.J. Upton (447) for 5th most in team his- tory…he is 3 away from tying Aubrey Huff (449) for 4th. Ê Is batting .330/.394/.505 (32-for-97) with 3 HR, 6 2B, 1 3B, 11 BB and 4 SB in 24 games since the All-Star break. YUNEL ESCOBAR—Leads all active major league shortstops with a .989 fielding pct. (DET Jhonny Peralta led at .991 before his suspension)…his .989 mark is on pace for a career high (prev. .982 in 2012 with Toronto) and club record for a shortstop (.980 by Chris Gomez in 2002). Ê Since the All-Star break, Escobar leads AL shortstops (min. 60 AB) with a .299 batting avg. (23-for-77) and leads all major league short- stops with a .382 OBP in 22 games…has hit safely in 12 of his last 13 games and 17 of his last 19 with 5 multi-hit games over that stretch… he can tie his season-high hitting streak (7) with a hit today…over his last 100 games (98 starts) since April 17, is batting .283 (97-for-343) with a .348 OBP. EVAN LONGORIA—Has 8 extra-base hits over his last 10 games…only had 7 extra-base hits over his previous 33 games (June 23–Aug 4). RISING IN THE EAST—The Rays are playing 9 straight games vs. AL East opponents (1-1 so far), with series at Baltimore and vs. New York to follow… they have won 12 of their last 16 games vs. AL East clubs but are only 29-27 (.518) on the year within the division compared to 40-25 (.615) outside it. ON TO BALTIMORE—After today’s game the Rays fly to Baltimore for a brief 3-game road trip…their off-day Thursday after that series is their penultimate off-day of the season, with Sep 9 the last…the Rays are 7-5 against the Orioles this season and have won 5 of their last 6…last time they were in Baltimore they swept a 3-game series, May 17-19. DAVID PRICE—Since his return from the DL, tomorrow’s starter has only walked 3 of his 258 batters faced (9 starts, 71.1 IP) and has allowed only 21 three-ball counts…overall this year leads the AL in walks per 9 IP (BB/9 IP) at 1.21 and strikeout-to-walk ratio (SO/BB) at 5.88…in the majors, ranks 2nd in the majors in both categories to STL Adam Wainwright (1.18 and 6.75)…Price’s career rates coming into the season were 3.0 BB/9 IP and 2.80 SO/BB…since 2007, the only AL pitchers to have a higher SO/BB ratio over a full season are SEA/TEX Cliff Lee in 2010 (10.28) and TOR Roy Halladay in 2009 (5.94). Ê Price has set new club records twice this year with streaks of 35.1 (July 19-Aug 9) and 27 innings (July 2-19) without a walk. WIL CHASING HOOT—OF Wil Myers leads AL rookies with 37 RBI…the most regular-season games Wil can play this season is 90…the last player to lead all AL rookies in RBI and play in 90 or fewer games was DET Hoot Evers in 1946, with 33 RBI in 81 games…the only other occasions it has happened in AL history were BOS George Whiteman in 1918 (28 in 71 games) and PHA Danny Murphy in 1902 (48 in 76 games). Ê Since his June 18 call-up, Myers leads all major league rookies in HR (9) and RBI (37)…during this span he leads AL rookies and ranks 2nd to LAD Yasiel Puig among major league rookies in hits (59), batting avg. (.312), OBP (.365) and SLG (.503). RAYS AFTER 121 GAMES Year W-L Pct. Pos GB 2013 69-52 .570 2 2.0 2012 67-54 .554 2 5.0 2011 65-56 .537 3 9.5 2010 74-47 .611 1 1.0 2009 66-55 .545 3 10.5 2008 74-47 .612 1 +3.5 A.L. EAST STANDINGS Boston 73-52 .584 -- Tampa Bay 69-52 .570 2.0 Baltimore 66-56 .541 5.5 New York 63-59 .516 8.5 Toronto 57-66 .463 15.0 A.L. WILD CARD STANDINGS Tampa Bay 69-52 .570 -- Oakland 69-53 .566 -- Baltimore 66-56 .541 3.0 Cleveland 66-57 .537 3.5 (GB of 2nd Wild Card) MLB’S BEST SINCE JUNE 29 Los Angeles-NL 36-7 .837 Tampa Bay 28-13 .683 Atlanta 29-14 .674 Upcoming Games Opp. Time TV Rays Starting Pitcher Opp. Starting Pitcher Mon., Aug 19 @BAL 7:05 p.m. Sun Sports LH David Price (6-5, 3.28) RH Chris Tillman (14-3, 3.70) Tues., Aug 20 @BAL 7:05 p.m. Sun Sports, MLBN RH Alex Cobb (7-2, 2.94) RH Miguel Gonzalez (8-5. 3.84) Wed., Aug 21 @BAL 705 p.m. Sun Sports, ESPN2 RH Jeremy Hellickson (10-6, 4.91) LH Wei-Yin Chen (6-6, 3.23) **All games broadcast on WDAE 620 AM; Sat and Sun games will be broadcast in Spanish on WGES 680 AM. All times Eastern Standard Time (EST).** FEWEST ERRORS AFTER 121 GAMES, MLB HISTORY Baltimore, 2013 36 Tampa Bay, 2013 44 Boston, 2006 44 Seattle, 2003 44

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 vs. TORONTO BLUE JAYSRH Chris Archer (6-5, 3.10) vs. RH Todd Redmond (1-1, 3.62)

First Pitch: 1:40 p.m. | Location: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla. | TV: Sun Sports | Radio: WDAE 620 AM, WAMA 1550 AM (Spanish)Game No.: 122 (69-52) | Home Game No.: 64 (40-23) | All-Time Game No.: 2,549 (1,172-1,376) | All-Time Home Game No.: 1,277 (655-621)

April: 12-14 | May: 18-10 | June: 13-15 | July: 21-5 | August: 5-8

RAY MATTER—Last night’s loss snapped a 3-game winning streak and dropped the Rays to 2.0 games back of first-place Bos-ton in the AL East…they have lost 7 of their last 10 games…the Rays maintain a half-game lead on Oakland in the AL Wild Card race…with today’s rubber match vs. Toron-to, their streak of 8 unbeaten series at home (7-0-1) is on the line…their last series loss here was June 13-16 vs. KC (lost 3 of 4)…last night was only the Rays 5th loss in their last 22 home games.

Ê The Rays hold the AL’s best record since June 29 (28-13, .683) and since May 8 (55-34, .618), trailing only the Dodgers in the majors for both spans.

Ê The Rays are 19-17 in one-run games, but are 17-9 in their last 26 after starting the season 2-8.

Ê The Rays are 3-2 so far in a stretch of 46 games in 48 days to finish the regular season.

Ê The Rays have had 9 walk-off wins this season—including twice in the last 4 games—by 9 different players.

Ê The Rays are 24-17 vs. left-handed starters, but have lost 6 of their last 7 including last night.

ST. PETE’S NATIVE SON—Today the Rays face RH Todd Redmond, a graduate of Northeast High School…he will be the fourth St. Pete-born pitcher (third opposing) to start at Tropicana Field and first since TOR Jesse Litsch on Aug 28, 2008…Litsch made 3 starts here in 2007-08…the oth-ers were MIN Boof Bonser (2 starts in 2006-07) and TB Doug Waechter (30 starts from 2003-06)…only twice has a St. Pete-born pitcher beaten the Rays at Tropicana Field: Bonser on Sep 4, 2006 and Litsch on July 31, 2007—both in their first starts here…only two other St. Pete-born play-ers have played at the Trop: TEX/CWS/CIN reliever Nick Masset and 1B Casey Kotchman.

RAYS vs. JAYS—Last night’s loss snapped a 4-game winning streak vs. Toronto…they have won 7 of their last 9 and lead the season series, 9-6 (5-4 at home, 4-2 on road)…they need one more victory to win the season series for a 6th consecutive year…they have won 18 of their last 19 home series vs. Toronto—when the Rays lost 2 of 3 here May 20-22, it was their first series loss at home vs. Toronto since April 6-8, 2007, ending a span of 17 straight series victories…their all-time 145-127 (.533) mark vs. TOR is the 2nd best vs. an AL opponent (KC, .544)…Rays are 78-39 (.667) since May 1, 2007…they meet again Sep 27-29 at TOR to finish the season.

DEFENSIVE WIZARDRY—The Rays have been fielding at a historic pace…through 121 games, their 44 errors are 2nd fewest in major league history behind this year’s Orioles (36; see chart)…the Rays have commit-ted only 3 errors in their last 17 games, 9 in their last 40 and 28 in their last 90 since May 7…the Rays 44 errors are 2nd fewest in the majors behind the Orioles (36) and almost half their total through 121 games in 2012 (86)…the Rays and Orioles are both on pace to break the 2003 Mari-ners’ mark for fewest errors in a 162-game season (65).

Ê Since June 19, 5 of the Rays last 13 errors have been committed by pitchers including LH Alex Torres last night…this means that position players have committed only 8 errors in the last 52 games.

STARTING STRUGGLES—In the month of August, Rays starting pitchers have a combined 5.17 ERA (69.2-IP, 40-ER), 3rd worst in the AL, after re-cording a 2.54 ERA in July, lowest July ERA by an AL team since the 1971 Oakland A’s (2.38)…a Rays starter has gone 7 innings only once in the last 7 games and twice in the last 11 games…the Rays are 30-8 when the start-ing pitcher goes at least 7 innings, and they have won 10 of their last 12.

Ê This year when RH Chris Archer has pitched 6 or more innings in a start, the Rays are 7-1—and 1-5 when he doesn’t.

STINGY vs. RIGHTIES—RH Chris Archer has held right-handed hitters to a .160/.236/.211 line in his career, including .157/.250/.204 (17-for-108) this year…over his last 6 starts, RH batters have hit just .137 (10-for-73) against him with 9 of the 10 hits be-ing singles…has only allowed 3 extra-base hits to righties all season (Mike Morse double in last start vs. SEA; Austin Jackson solo HR and Omar Infante double on June 29 vs. DET)…right-handed hitters are slugging just .204 against him, 2nd-lowest in the majors since his recall behind only TEX Yu Darvish (.196).

BEN ZOBRIST—Is errorless in his last 70 games at second base, the 2nd-longest streak in club history for a 2B behind Aki Iwamura (75) in 2007-08.

Ê Zobrist’s next RBI will tie B.J. Upton (447) for 5th most in team his-tory…he is 3 away from tying Aubrey Huff (449) for 4th.

Ê Is batting .330/.394/.505 (32-for-97) with 3 HR, 6 2B, 1 3B, 11 BB and 4 SB in 24 games since the All-Star break.

YUNEL ESCOBAR—Leads all active major league shortstops with a .989 fielding pct. (DET Jhonny Peralta led at .991 before his suspension)…his .989 mark is on pace for a career high (prev. .982 in 2012 with Toronto) and club record for a shortstop (.980 by Chris Gomez in 2002).

Ê Since the All-Star break, Escobar leads AL shortstops (min. 60 AB) with a .299 batting avg. (23-for-77) and leads all major league short-stops with a .382 OBP in 22 games…has hit safely in 12 of his last 13 games and 17 of his last 19 with 5 multi-hit games over that stretch…he can tie his season-high hitting streak (7) with a hit today…over his last 100 games (98 starts) since April 17, is batting .283 (97-for-343) with a .348 OBP.

EVAN LONGORIA—Has 8 extra-base hits over his last 10 games…only had 7 extra-base hits over his previous 33 games (June 23–Aug 4).

RISING IN THE EAST—The Rays are playing 9 straight games vs. AL East opponents (1-1 so far), with series at Baltimore and vs. New York to follow…they have won 12 of their last 16 games vs. AL East clubs but are only 29-27 (.518) on the year within the division compared to 40-25 (.615) outside it.

ON TO BALTIMORE—After today’s game the Rays fly to Baltimore for a brief 3-game road trip…their off-day Thursday after that series is their penultimate off-day of the season, with Sep 9 the last…the Rays are 7-5 against the Orioles this season and have won 5 of their last 6…last time they were in Baltimore they swept a 3-game series, May 17-19.

DAVID PRICE—Since his return from the DL, tomorrow’s starter has only walked 3 of his 258 batters faced (9 starts, 71.1 IP) and has allowed only 21 three-ball counts…overall this year leads the AL in walks per 9 IP (BB/9 IP) at 1.21 and strikeout-to-walk ratio (SO/BB) at 5.88…in the majors, ranks 2nd in the majors in both categories to STL Adam Wainwright (1.18 and 6.75)…Price’s career rates coming into the season were 3.0 BB/9 IP and 2.80 SO/BB…since 2007, the only AL pitchers to have a higher SO/BB ratio over a full season are SEA/TEX Cliff Lee in 2010 (10.28) and TOR Roy Halladay in 2009 (5.94).

Ê Price has set new club records twice this year with streaks of 35.1 (July 19-Aug 9) and 27 innings (July 2-19) without a walk.

WIL CHASING HOOT—OF Wil Myers leads AL rookies with 37 RBI…the most regular-season games Wil can play this season is 90…the last player to lead all AL rookies in RBI and play in 90 or fewer games was DET Hoot Evers in 1946, with 33 RBI in 81 games…the only other occasions it has happened in AL history were BOS George Whiteman in 1918 (28 in 71 games) and PHA Danny Murphy in 1902 (48 in 76 games).

Ê Since his June 18 call-up, Myers leads all major league rookies in HR (9) and RBI (37)…during this span he leads AL rookies and ranks 2nd to LAD Yasiel Puig among major league rookies in hits (59), batting avg. (.312), OBP (.365) and SLG (.503).

RAYS AFTER 121 GAMESYear W-L Pct. Pos GB2013 69-52 .570 2 2.02012 67-54 .554 2 5.02011 65-56 .537 3 9.52010 74-47 .611 1 1.02009 66-55 .545 3 10.52008 74-47 .612 1 +3.5

A.L. EAST STANDINGSBoston 73-52 .584 --Tampa Bay 69-52 .570 2.0Baltimore 66-56 .541 5.5New York 63-59 .516 8.5Toronto 57-66 .463 15.0

A.L. WILD CARDSTANDINGS

Tampa Bay 69-52 .570 --Oakland 69-53 .566 --Baltimore 66-56 .541 3.0Cleveland 66-57 .537 3.5

(GB of 2nd Wild Card)

MLB’S BEST SINCE JUNE 29Los Angeles-NL 36-7 .837Tampa Bay 28-13 .683Atlanta 29-14 .674

Upcoming Games Opp. Time TV Rays Starting Pitcher Opp. Starting Pitcher Mon., Aug 19 @BAL 7:05 p.m. Sun Sports LH David Price (6-5, 3.28) RH Chris Tillman (14-3, 3.70)Tues., Aug 20 @BAL 7:05 p.m. Sun Sports, MLBN RH Alex Cobb (7-2, 2.94) RH Miguel Gonzalez (8-5. 3.84)Wed., Aug 21 @BAL 705 p.m. Sun Sports, ESPN2 RH Jeremy Hellickson (10-6, 4.91) LH Wei-Yin Chen (6-6, 3.23)

**All games broadcast on WDAE 620 AM; Sat and Sun games will be broadcast in Spanish on WGES 680 AM. All times Eastern Standard Time (EST).**

FEWEST ERRORS AFTER 121 GAMES, MLB HISTORY

Baltimore, 2013 36Tampa Bay, 2013 44Boston, 2006 44Seattle, 2003 44

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#70 JOE MADDON, MANAGER Ê Two-time AL Manager of the Year (2008, 2011) enters his 8th season as

Rays skipper…owns a career 654-601 (.521) record with the Rays: 127-197 (.392) in his first two seasons (2006-07) and 527-404 (.566) since the start of 2008…the Rays were 518-775 (.401) prior to his arrival.

Ê Has three ejections this season and 30 as a Ray, a club record. Ê Signed a 3-year contract extension on Feb 15, 2012 that runs through

2015…at that time, he will be the longest tenured manager/head coach in Tampa Bay sports history, surpassing the Bucs’ John McKay (1976-84).

Ê KING ARCHER—24-year-old makes his 15th start of the season, 8th at home…the Rays have lost his last 3 starts after winning his previous 7 in a row from June 23–July 27.

Ê LAST START—On Tue vs. SEA, allowed 5 runs in 5 innings and took the loss in a 5-4 defeat opposite Erasmo Ramirez...his line: 5 IP, 9 H, 5 R/ER, 1 BB, 5 SO, 2 HR, 1 WP, 91/62...his five runs allowed matched a career high (also June 1 at CLE, the date of his season debut) and his 9 hits allowed set a new career high (prev. 7, Aug 2 vs. SF and June 1 at CLE)…four of the 9 hits went for extra bases…previous career high was 3 XBH allowed (3x; last Aug 2 vs. SF).

Ê AUGUST NOT LIKE JULY—In 3 starts so far this month, is 0-2 with a 6.59 ERA (13.2-IP, 10-ER) and 18 hits and 4 HR allowed (Rays are 0-3)...when he won AL Pitcher of the Month in July, he went 4-0 with a 0.73 ERA and 17 hits and 1 HR allowed in 5 starts (Rays went 5-0).

Ê 6 IS KEY—This year when he has pitched 6 or more innings in a start, the Rays are 7-1...when he doesn’t last 6 innings, the Rays are 1-5.

Ê LONGBALLS—Has allowed 4 HR in 13.2 IP over his last 3 starts...only allowed 5 HR in 67.2 IP over his first 11 starts this year.

Ê THE TURNAROUND—Over his last 10 starts, is 5-2 with a 2.48 ERA (61.2-IP, 17-ER)…went 1-3 with a 5.03 ERA (19.2-IP, 11-ER) over his first 4 starts.

Ê STINGY vs. RIGHTIES—For his career, has held right-handed hitters to a .160/.236/.211 line, including .157/.250/.204 (17-for-108) this year...over his last 6 starts, RH batters have hit just .137 (10-for-73) against him with 9 of the 10 hits being singles...has only allowed 3 extra-base hits to righties all season (Mike Morse double in last start vs. SEA; Aus-tin Jackson solo HR and Omar Infante double on June 29 vs. DET)...RH hitters are slugging just .204 against him, 2nd-lowest in the majors since his recall behind only TEX Yu Darvish (.196).

Ê CONTROL—Of his 14 starts this year, he has had 7 outings with 2 BB or less and 7 outings with 3 BB or more...when he has walked 2 or less in a start, he is 5-1 with a 1.65 ERA (43.2-IP, 8-ER) and 6.0 H/9 IP...in the starts with 3 BB or more, he is 1-4 with a 4.78 ERA (37.2-IP, 20-ER) and 8.4 H/9 IP.

Ê ROTY?—Among AL rookies this year (min. 50 IP), he ranks 3rd in ERA (3.10; 1st among AL rookie starters), 2nd in opponents’ average (.218) and H/9 IP (7.1), 1st in WHIP (1.16), CG (2) and SHO (2), and and T-2nd in wins (6).

Ê PITCHER/ROOKIE OF THE MONTH—Won both the AL Pitcher of the Month and AL Rookie of the Month awards for July, making him one of only three AL players to accomplish the feat since the rookie awards began in 2001…joined teammate Jeremy Hellickson (May 2011) and LAA Mike Trout (July 2012)…for July, went 4-0 with a 0.73 ERA (37-IP, 3-ER) and only 17 hits allowed over 5 starts…his 0.73 ERA for the month was the 2nd-best in the majors behind NYY Hiroki Kuroda (0.69) and the best ERA ever by a rookie in the month of July.

Ê SHUTOUTS—Tossed 9-inning shutouts on July 14 at HOU (his first ca-reer complete game) and July 27 at NYY...prior to July 14, his longest career outing (including minors) was only 7 IP...on July 27 at NYY, the Rays won, 1-0, and he became the first Ray ever to throw a shutout vs. the Yankees in the Rays 268th game against New York…his line: 9 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 SO, 97/67...he also became the 4th rookie pitcher to throw a 1-0 shutout with 2 or fewer hits vs. NYY, 3rd at home, according to the Elias…the first two came 5 days apart in Sep 1914 by the Sena-tors’ Jim Shaw (at Wash) and Jack Bentley (at NY), and the last one before Archer’s was by BAL Don Ferrarese (at NY) on May 12, 1956.

Ê NO. 2—Entered the 2013 season rated by Baseball America as the No. 2 prospect in the Rays organization behind OF Wil Myers.

Ê DEEP THOUGHTS—Tweeted yesterday, “Observe your actions. They will tell you who you are.”

2013 SPLITSvs. LH: .254 (47-185), 8-HRvs. RH: .157 (17-108), 1-HRHome: 3-3, 3.14 ERA (43-IP, 15-ER)Road: 3-2, 3.05 ERA (38.1-IP, 13-ER)

ARCHER vs. TORONTOONCE BEFORE—Has only faced the Blue Jays once...on July 21 at TOR, earned his third straight win in a 4-3 victory opposite R.A. Dickey...his line: 7 IP, 5 H, 1 R/ER, 4 BB, 1 SO, 1 HBP, 103/60...registered a ca-reer low with only 1 SO...current Blue Jays are just 2-for-20 against him.

2013 GAME LOG (AAA)GAME DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP P/K FINAL OPP. LEFT4/5 at NOR W-1 1.80 5.0 3 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 82/49 W, 11-2 Clark up, 6-14/10 vs. NOR W-2 4.50 5.0 7 4 4 1 7 0 0 0 86/56 W, 10-6 Gilmartin up, 5-44/15 at CHA -- 4.20 5.0 5 2 2 3 6 0 0 3 86/51 W, 6-3 Stewart up, 3-24/20 vs. NOR W-3 4.05 5.0 7 3 2 3 4 0 1 0 95/61 W, 10-4 Clark up, 10-34/25 vs. TOL L-1 5.04 5.0 7 6 5 2 6 3 0 0 91/62 L, 7-9 Misch down, 4-54/30 at SYR W-4 4.06 6.0 4 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 86/51 W, 7-1 Maya up, 6-0APRIL 4-1 4.06 31.0 33 16 14 12 35 3 1 3 -- -- -- --5/11 vs. LHV L-2 3.97 3.0 3 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 54/31 L, 3-9 Martin down, 0-15/16 at ROC -- 4.38 5.0 6 4 4 4 1 2 0 0 73/42 L, 5-6 Deduno down, 0-45/21 at NOR W-5 4.00 6.0 3 1 1 1 6 1 0 0 81/52 W, 3-2 Wada up, 2-15/26 at SWB L-3 3.96 5.0 5 4 2 3 6 0 1 0 89/47 L, 3-7 Bootcheck down, 2-4MAY 1-2 3.79 19.0 17 10 8 11 17 3 1 0 -- -- -- --

2013 GAME LOG (MAJORS)GAME DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP P/K FINAL OPP. LEFT6/1 at CLE L-1 11.25 4.0 7 5^ 5^ 3 4 2^ 0 0 94/55 L, 0-5 Jimenez down, 0-56/7 vs. BAL W-1 4.91 7.0^ 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 84/53 W, 2-1 Hammel up, 2-16/12 vs. BOS L-2 4.80 4.0 4 2 2 4 7 1 0 0 103/58 L, 1-2 Aceves down, 0-26/18 at BOS L-3 5.03 4.2 5 4 3 5^ 5 0 0 0 109^/64 L, 1-5 Aceves down, 1-46/23 at NYY W-2 4.21 6.0 6 1 1 1 4 0 1 0 92/57 W, 3-2 Nova up, 3-16/29 vs. DET -- 4.40 5.0 3 3 3 3 3 1 0 3^ 94/57 W, 4-3 Verlander down, 2-3JUNE 2-3 4.40 30.2 29 16 15 18 25 4 2 3 -- -- -- --7/4 at HOU -- 4.17 6.0 2 2 2 3 5 1 0 0 97/62 W, 7-5 Lyles down, 1-27/9 vs. MIN W-3 3.59 6.0 3 1 0 0 2 0 2^ 0 84/53 W, 4-1 Gibson up, 4-17/14 vs. HOU W-4 2.96 9.0^ 5 0 0 0 8* 0 0 0 112^/80 W, 5-0 Bedard --7/21 at TOR W-5 2.76 7.0 5 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 103/60 W, 4-3 Dickey up, 4-17/27 at NYY W-6 2.39 9.0^ 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 97/67 W, 1-0 Nova --JULY 4-0 0.73 37.0 17 4 3 7 22 1 3 0 -- -- -- --8/2 vs. SF L-4 2.65 7.0 7 4 4 3 4 2^ 0 0 109/68 L, 1-4 Bumgarner down, 1-48/7 at ARI -- 2.71 1.2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 27/17 L, 8-9 Delgado up, 3-18/13 vs. SEA L-5 3.10 5.0 9^ 5^ 5^ 1 5 2^ 1 0 91/62 L, 4-5 Ramirez tied, 4-4AUGUST 0-2 6.59 13.2 8 10 10 5 10 4 1 0 -- -- -- --

*SEASON HIGH; ̂ CAREER HIGH

TODAY’S STARTER—RH CHRIS ARCHER (6-5, 3.10)

YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO HR Avg.2012 Durham (AAA) 7-9 3.66 25 25 0 0 128.0 99 54 52 62 139 6 .216

Tampa Bay 1-3 4.60 6 4 0 0 29.1 23 17 15 13 36 3 .2152013 Durham (AAA) 5-3 3.96 10 10 0 0 50.0 50 26 22 23 52 6 .251

Tampa Bay 6-5 3.10 14 14 2 2 81.1 64 30 28 30 57 9 .218Major League Totals 7-8 3.50 20 18 2 2 110.2 87 47 43 43 93 12 .218Minor League Totals 47-44 3.77 165 159 0 0 769.2 648 372 322 428 770 43 .207

TOMORROW’S STARTER—LH DAVID PRICE (6-5, 3.28) Ê THE ACE—The 27-year-old (turns 28 on Aug 26) makes his 19th start

of the year, 10th on the road…is 5-1 with a 2.71 ERA (63-IP, 19-ER) in 9 road starts this year compared to 1-4 with a 3.84 ERA (63.1-IP, 27-ER) in 9 starts at home.

Ê LAST START—In his last start on Wed vs. SEA, allowed 4 runs but did not factor in a 5-4 walk-off victory highlighted by Jason Bourgeois game-winning, bases-loaded single in the 9th...Price’s line: 7 IP, 5 H, 4 R/ER, 1 BB, 7 SO, 117 pitches, 85 strikes...it was his first career start against the Mariners…they remain the only AL team he has yet to beat...marked the first time in 9 starts since he returned from the DL that he exited the game with the Rays losing.

Ê WALK LOW—Since his return from the DL, has only walked 3 of his 258 batters faced (9 starts, 71.1 IP) and has allowed only 21 three-ball counts...leads the AL in walks per 9 IP (BB/9 IP) at 1.21 and strikeout-to-walk ratio (SO/BB) at 5.88...in the majors, only STL Adam Wainwright (1.18 and 6.75) has better BB/9 IP and SO/BB ratios this year...Price’s career rates coming into the season were 3.0 BB/9 IP and 2.80 SO/BB...since 2007, the only AL pitchers to finish a season with a higher SO/BB ratio are SEA/TEX Cliff Lee in 2010 (10.28) and TOR Roy Halladay in 2009 (5.94)...Price has set club records twice this year with streaks of 35.1 (July 19-Aug 9) and 27 innings (July 2-19) without a walk.

Ê at BAL—Is undefeated in 7 starts at Camden Yards (3-0, 3.20 ERA).

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RAYS HITTER NOTES#13 JASON BOURGEOIS, OF Sat: 1-3, R Series: 1-3, R Stand: 2-6, RBI, BB, R vs. LH: .125 (1-8) 2013: .182/.250/.182, 0-HR, 1-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.333, 1-3) RISP: .250 (1-4) vs. RH: .333 (1-3)

Ê Is 2-for-11 since being selected from Durham…has made 3 starts, all vs. LHP (last yesterday vs. TOR J.A. Happ). Ê His 9th-inning, walk-off single Wed vs. SEA was his first hit as a Ray and 2nd career walk-off hit (also a walk-off single on April 30, 2011 vs. MIL with

the Astros)…joins Brandon Allen in 2011, Joel Guzman in 2007 and Nick Green in 2005 as the 4 players with a walk-off on their first hit as a Ray. Ê 31-year-old was selected from Triple-A Durham on Aug 6 to take the place of Desmond Jennings (fractured left middle finger) on the active roster. Ê Over parts of 5 previous major league seasons from 2008-12, hit .261/.306/.324 (121-for-463) with 51 SB and a .315 avg. (74-for-235) vs. LHP. Ê Was a non-roster invite to spring training…hit .291 (95-for-326) in 84 games with for Durham, including .354 (35-for-99) with RISP.

#11 YUNEL ESCOBAR, SS Sat: 1-4, RBI Series: 2-7, 3B, 2-RBI, BB, 2-R Stand: 6-17, 3B, 3-RBI, 3-BB, 2-R vs. LH: .305 (39-128), 4-HR 2013: .260/.326/.374, 8-HR, 50-RBI, 4-SB Current Hitting Streak: 6G (.333, 7-21) RISP: .284 (29-102) vs. RH: .238 (62-260), 4-HR

Ê Is batting .299 (23-for-77) with a .382 OBP in 22 games since the All-Star break…his 6-game hitting streak is 1 shy of his season long (2x-last July 2-8)…has hit safely in 12 of his last 13 games and 17 of his last 19 with 5 multi-hit games over that stretch.

Ê Since April 17, is batting .283 (97-for-343) with a .347 OBP in 100 games (98 starts)…hit .089 (4-for-45) in his first 13 G (through April 16) this year. Ê Had a club record streak of 53 consecutive errorless games by a Rays SS from May 21–July 22…his current .989 fielding pct. is the best among

qualifying shortstops in franchise history…prev. best was .980 by Chris Gomez in 2002.

#5 SAM FULD, OF Sat: 0-3, BB Series: 1-6, RBI, BB Stand: 2-12, RBI, BB, 2-R vs. LH: .348 (16-46), 1-HR 2013: .206/.278/.291, 2-HR, 17-RBI, 4-SB Current Hitting Streak: -- RISP: .294 (10-34) vs. RH: .137 (13-95), 1-HR

Ê Has appeared in 91 games (35 as a def. rep.) with 37 starts (15-LF, 13-CF, 9-RF)…has appeared in 54 games as a sub this season, most in the AL…is on pace to appear in 72 games as a sub, which would be the most in the AL since CLE Jolbert Cabrera (85) and SEA Charles Gipson (80) in 2001.

Ê Hitting .250 (9-for-32) with a .351 OBP over his last 19 games (9 starts)…three of his last 5 hits have given the Rays the lead: hit a go-ahead RBI single off R.A. Dickey Fri vs. TOR…also hit a go-ahead 2-run single on Aug 7 at ARI and a go-ahead RBI single on Aug 4 vs. SF.

Ê Is batting .348 (16-for-46) vs. LHP this season compared to .137 (13-for-95) vs. RHP…he has made 15 starts vs. LHP and 22 starts vs. RHP.

#2 KELLY JOHNSON, INF/OF Sat: 1-2 (PH in 7th) Series: 1-4, BB, R Stand: 2-10, BB, 2-R vs. LH: .324 (23-71) 2013: .251/.318/.455, 16-HR, 49-RBI, 7-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.500, 1-2) RISP: .329 (23-70) vs. RH: .228 (53-232), 16-HR

Ê Is 2-for-14 (.143) over his last 5 games since Aug 10…has made 25 starts in the Rays 52 games (48.1 pct.) since Wil Myers was selected from Triple-A Durham on June 18…started 55 of the Rays 69 games (79.7 pct.) before then.

Ê Following his 2-HR, 6-RBI game on May 27 vs. MIA, hit .131 with a .237 OBP in 24 games (22 starts) from May 28–June 30. Ê Has started 80 of 121 games (49-LF, 10-DH, 10-2B, 9-3B, 2-1B) this season…had not appeared at a position other than 2B since his rookie season. Ê All 16 of his HR have come vs. RHP…is the only player in the AL with at least 16 HR with none vs. LHP.

#20 MATT JOYCE, OF Sat: 0-1 (PH in 7th) Series: 1-5, HR, RBI, R Stand: 4-15, HR, 2-RBI, BB, 4-R vs. LH: .167 (8-48), 2-HR 2013: .245/.333/.433, 15-HR, 36-RBI, 7-SB Current Hitting Streak: -- RISP: .225 (16-71) vs. RH: .259 (72-278), 13-HR

Ê Hit a solo HR off R.A. Dickey Fri in the 6th on the 11th pitch of the AB, his first HR since June 15 vs. KC, a span of 123 AB, longest of his career…marked the longest at-bat resulting in a home run by a Ray since Jonny Gomes’ 15-pitch atbat on June 28, 2008 at PIT off LH Damaso Marte.

Ê Is batting .314 (11-for-35) over his last 16 games (8 starts) since July 28…hit .165 (15-for-91) over his previous 31 games (22 starts). Ê Hit a game-tying, RBI single in the 9th inning Wed vs. SEA, his first hit on a 0-2 pitch since June 13 vs. KC. Ê Has started 80 of 121 games (46-RF, 29-LF, 6-DH)…Rays have faced 41 lefty starters but he has only three starts vs. lefties—all Jon Lester starts…

has started 78 of 80 games vs. right-handed starters…did not start Aug 3 vs. SF (Tim Lincecum) and July 10 vs. MIN (Kevin Correia). Ê During his career has batted a combined .297 in April–May with 35 HR in 168 games, and .231 with 41 HR in 384 games the rest of the season.

#59 JOSE LOBATON, C Sat: DNP Series: 3-4, 3B, 2-RBI Stand: 4-10, 3B, 2-RBI, BB, R vs. LH: .247 (18-73), 1-HR 2013: .255/.317/.387, 4-HR, 22-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 2G (.571, 4-7) RISP: .298 (14-47) vs. RH: .260 (34-131), 3-HR

Ê Recorded the first walk-off hit of his career Fri vs. TOR with a triple in the 9th…was the 4th walk-off triple in the majors this year and 3rd in franchise history (also Ben Zobrist in 2012 and Sam Fuld in 2011)…became just the 3rd catcher with a walk-off triple since 1994.

Ê Friday vs. TOR marked his first 3-hit game since July 1 at HOU…exceeded his 2012 RBI total (20) with a 3rd inning RBI single. Ê Has started 55 games at catcher…is 4-for-7 over his last 2 games after batting .114 (5-for-44) over his previous 14 games.

#21 JAMES LONEY, 1B Sat: 1-4 Series: 2-7, BB, R Stand: 5-18, 2-RBI, 2-BB, R vs. LH: .325 (38-117), 3-HR 2013: .310/.359/.443, 10-HR, 55-RBI, 3-SB Current Hitting Streak: 2G (.286, 2-7) RISP: .297 (33-111) vs. RH: .304 (86-283), 7-HR

Ê Ranks 6th in the AL with a .310 batting avg. …batting .363 (69-for-190) on the road, best in the majors…is .325 (38-for-117) vs. LHP, T-3rd best in the AL among LH hitters after hitting .248 vs. LHP entering 2013…is 4-for-21 (.190) vs. LHP since July 28 compared to 34-for-96 (.354) before then.

Ê Batting .341/.390/.519 (46-for-135) in the 7th inning or later…ranks 4th in the AL in batting avg., 8th in on-base pct. and 9th in SLG. Ê Led the majors in batting avg. at the end of play on May 16 (.367), one of 3 players in Rays history to lead the majors in batting that late in the season. Ê 29.3 percent of his balls in play are line drives, according to Fangraphs, the highest pct. in the majors…the major league avg. is 21.0 pct.

#3 EVAN LONGORIA, 3B Sat: 2-4, 2B, R Series: 2-7, 2B, BB, R Stand: 7-19, 3-2B, HR, 2-RBI vs. LH: .326 (44-135), 7-HR2013: .268/.346/.497, 23-HR, 64-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.500, 2-4) RISP: .248 (26-105) vs. RH: .244 (77-316), 16-HR

Ê Is 12-for-44 (.273) with 8 XBH (6-2B, 2-HR) over his last 11 games…had consecutive multi-hit games on Aug 14-15 vs. SEA…only had 7 XBH (3-2B, 4-HR) over his previous 32 games from June 23–Aug 3…hit .171 (20-for-117) with a .297 OBP over that stretch.

Ê Hit a 2-run HR Thur vs. SEA, his first HR at home since June 15 vs. KC…eight of his 23 homers this season have come on the first pitch. Ê Wed vs. SEA marked his first game with multi-XBH since June 22 at NYY…reached base safely 4 times for the first time since July 5 vs. CWS. Ê Is the first in Rays history with five 20-HR seasons…Aubrey Huff and Carlos Peña both had 4…is 2nd on the Rays all-time HR list, 10 HR behind

Peña for 1st (163)…has 354 career extra-base hits, 2nd-most in Rays history (Carl Crawford, 424). Ê Is one of 6 major league players with 3 hitting streaks of 10-plus games this season and the first Ray who can make that claim since he did it in 2009. Ê Played a personal best 42 consecutive errorless games at 3B from May 22–July 20…his .976 fielding pct. ranks 2nd among AL third basemen. Ê Leads the team with 55 BB…has 124 SO and is on pace for 166 SO, which would be a new career high (140 in 2009).

#28 JOSE MOLINA, C Sat: 0-4 Series: 0-4 Stand: 1-7, BB vs. LH: .229 (16-70) 2013: .242/.306/.308, 2-HR, 13-RBI, 2-SB Current Hitting Streak: -- RISP: .167 (7-42) vs. RH: .248 (35-141), 2-HR

Ê Is 10-for-39 (.256) with a .370 OBP (7-BB) over his last 13 games after going 0-for-16 in his previous 5 games. Ê Has started 67 of 121 games (66-C, 1-DH) this season…hitting .270 (30-for-111) on the road compared to .210 (21-for-100) at home. Ê 17.3 pct. of balls in play are line drives…56.5 pct. are ground balls, highest pct. on the team and highest pct. of his career.

#9 WIL MYERS, OF Sat: 0-4 Series: 0-8 Stand: 4-20, 2-2B, HR, 6-RBI vs. LH: .318 (21-66), 2-HR 2013: .312/.365/.503, 9-HR, 37-RBI, 5-SB Current Hitting Streak: -- RISP: .360 (18-50) vs. RH: .309 (38-123), 7-HR

Ê Is 0-for-8 over the last 2 games and 4-for-27 (.148) in his last 7 games since Aug 10 at LAD. Ê Leads AL rookies with 37 RBI despite only 49 games played…with 41 games remaining, can play in 90 regular season games at the most…the last

player to lead all AL rookies in RBI and play in 90 or fewer games was DET Hoot Evers in 1946, with 33 RBI in 81 games…the only other occasions it has happened in AL history were BOS George Whiteman in 1918 (28 in 71 games) and PHA Danny Murphy in 1902 (48 in 76 games).

Ê Tied career highs Thursday vs. SEA with 3 hits (4th time, last July 19 at TOR) and 4 RBI (3rd time, last July 28 at NYY). Ê His 2-run HR in the 6th on Wed vs. SEA snapped a 0-for-15 skid…his last 3 homers have come on the first pitch of the AB. Ê Has started 6 games in CF…played 87 games there with 83 starts in 2012 between Double-A Northwest Arkansas and Triple-A Omaha. Ê Since being selected on June 18, ranks among MLB rookie leaders in RBI (37, 1st), HR (9, 1st) and hits (59, 2nd) behind LAD Yasiel Puig (68). Ê Hit .286 (72-for-252) with 14 HR, 29 BB and 57 RBI in 64 G for the Bulls, including .354 (34-for-96) with 10 HR and 32 RBI in his last 23 games.

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#1 SEAN RODRIGUEZ, INF/OF Sat: 0-2 Series: 0-3 Stand: 2-9, R vs. LH: .254 (31-122), 2-HR2013: .257/.321/.362, 2-HR, 17-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: -- RISP: .239 (11-46) vs. RH: .267 (8-30)

Ê Has started 40 of the Rays 41 games vs. left-handed starters…batting .279 (12-for-43) in 20 games (12 starts) since the All-Star break. Ê 28-year-old has appeared in 71 games with 44 starts (22-LF, 14-1B, 5-RF, 3-SS)…ten of his 11 extra-base hits have come vs. LHP. Ê Has played 353 innings defensively this season, spending time in LF (179 innings) and RF (39) as well as 1B (106), SS (26) and 2B (3)…has made

only three starts in the middle infield this season…entering 2013, 278 of his 349 career starts (80 pct.) had been at 2B or SS.

#18 BEN ZOBRIST, INF Sat: 1-2, RBI, BB Series: 2-6, RBI, BB Stand: 5-19, 3B, 2-HR, 4-RBI vs. LH: .234 (36-154), 1-HR2013: .275/.357/.409, 9-HR, 58-RBI, 10-SB Current Hitting Streak: 2G (.333, 2-6) RISP: .296 (32-108) vs. RH: .297 (87-293), 8-HR

Ê Batting .330 (32-for-97) with a .394 OBP and .505 SLG in 24 games since the All-Star break…led off the 9th Wed vs. SEA with a triple and scored the game-tying run…was his 29th career triple, passing Randy Winn for 2nd on the Rays all-time list.

Ê Recorded the third multi-HR game of his career Tuesday vs. SEA…the first leadoff HR of his career marked the 100th HR of his career. Ê Has played 70 consecutive errorless games at 2B, 2nd-longest streak for a 2B in club history…club record is 75 by Akinori Iwamura in 2007-08. Ê Has appeared in 116 games with 115 starts (81-2B, 24-RF, 7-SS, 2-DH, 1-LF)…Aug 6 at ARI was his first start in LF since Oct 1, 2009 vs. BAL. Ê Was selected to the 2013 All-Star Game by Tigers manager Jim Leyland but did not play…was the 2nd selection of his career (2009 by Joe Maddon). Ê Ranks among team leaders in walks (54, 2nd) and RBI (58, 2nd)…since 2009, ranks 2nd in the AL and 5th in the majors with 411 walks…his 168

doubles lead all switch-hitters, and no major league player can match his combination of doubles (168) and triples (25).

RAYS BULLPEN NOTES#47 BRANDON GOMES, RH Last App: 8/17 vs. TOR (1.0-IP, 2-H, 1-R, 0-BB, 2-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-0 vs. LH: .300 (6-20), 3-HR2013: 0-1-0, 5.68 ERA, 15 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 4/21 vs. OAK IR-RS: 8-1 vs. RH: .214 (6-28)

Ê 29-year-old was reinstated from the 60-day DL (right lat strain) yesterday to take the place of DH Luke Scott (15-day DL) on the active roster. Ê Made his first app yesterday since May 7 vs. TOR…allowed a homer to the first batter he faced (Adam Lind to lead off 8th inning). Ê Has held right-handed hitters to a .204 avg. (31-for-152) during his career while opposing lefties have hit .304 (31-for-102). Ê Has recorded 18 SO in 12.2 IP this season (12.8 SO/9 IP)…has struck out 34.6 pct. of batters faced. Ê Has stranded 7 of his 8 inherited runners this year…made 13 rehab appearances between the GCL Rays (1), Class-A Charlotte (5) and most re-

cently Triple-A Durham (7), where he compiled a 2.25 ERA (8-IP, 5-H, 2-R/ER, 1-BB, 11-SO).

#57 JAKE McGEE, LH Last App: 8/16 vs. TOR (1.0-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: 1-5 vs. LH: .230 (14-61), 2-HR2013: 2-3-1, 4.24 ERA, 53 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 5/27 vs. MIA IR-RS: 28-13 vs. RH: .219 (25-114), 4-HR

Ê Has pitched to a 1.82 ERA (34.2-IP, 7-ER) in 38 apps (31 scoreless) since May 10…opponents are hitting .168 (20-for-119) over that span. Ê Has made 3 scoreless apps this homestand (3-IP, 3-H)…allowed 3 hits on Aug 7 at ARI, his most since May 1 at KC (5). Ê Took the loss on July 28 at NYY after allowing a walkoff RBI single to Alfonso Soriano in the 9th, the second walkoff allowed in his career. Ê Right-handers are only hitting .163 (13-for-80) against him since May 7, compared to .353 (12-for-34) before then. Ê Has been charged with 4 blown saves this season…had a 11.25 ERA (12-IP, 15-ER) and opponents hit .339 against him over his first 15 apps.

#62 JOEL PERALTA, RH Last App: 8/16 vs. TOR (BS, 1.0-IP, 1-H, 1-R, 1-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: 1-3 vs. LH: .160 (17-106), 2-HR2013: 2-5-1, 3.16 ERA, 59 G Long Relief App: 1.1, 2x-last 8/7 at ARI IR-RS: 22-2 vs. RH: .221 (17-77), 2-HR

Ê Ranks among AL leaders in apps (59, T-1st) and holds (30, 1st)…leads AL relievers with 206 apps since joining the Rays in 2011. Ê Was charged with a blown save Fri vs. TOR, allowing the game-tying run to score in the 8th…recorded the win on Wed vs. SEA…took the loss on

Aug 7 at ARI after being charged with 2 runs in the 8th, his first runs allowed since July 4 at HOU…matched his longest app of the season. Ê Only 2 of his 22 inherited runners (Fri at LAD, April 27 at CWS) have scored…9.1 pct. is tied for the 4th-lowest rate in the AL (min. 10 IR). Ê 46 of his apps have been scoreless…opponents are hitting only .186 (34-for-183) against him this year…since joining the Rays in 2011, owns a

club-record 86 holds and lefties are hitting only .163 (56-for-343) against him…the Rays have been tied or had the lead in 53 of his apps this season. Ê In his Rays career, the 37-year-old has faced the opponents 3-4-5 batters more than any other spots in the order and has held them to a .176 avg.

(43-for-245)…opponents’ No. 3 hitters have hit .082 (6-for-73), lowest in the majors over that span (min. 50 AB).

#27 CESAR RAMOS, LH Last App: 8/17 vs. TOR (1.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: 1-1 vs. LH: .324 (23-71), 1-HR2013: 2-2-1, 4.14 ERA, 37 G Long Relief App: 3.0, 4x-last 6/10 vs. BOS IR-RS: 14-4 vs. RH: .252 (31-123), 2-HR

Ê Has only allowed one run over his last 5 apps spanning 7 innings…since May 8 vs. TOR, 13 of his 25 apps have been 2 IP or more. Ê Allowed a run in 12 of his 17 apps from May 18–July 31…had a 5.60 ERA (27.1, 17-ER) and opponents hit .315 (35-for-111) over that span. Ê On June 9 vs. BAL (45 pitches over 3 IP) and June 10 vs. BOS (44 pitches over 3 IP), became the first relief pitcher since CWS D.J. Carrasco on

June 7-8, 2009 to throw 40 pitches on back-to-back days.

#56 FERNANDO RODNEY, RH Last App: 8/16 vs. TOR (W, 1.0-IP, 2-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: 27-34 vs. LH: .255 (26-102), 1-HR2013: 5-3-27, 4.07 ERA, 51 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 6/29 vs. DET IR-RS: 14-4 vs. RH: .198 (17-86), 2-HR

Ê Has pitched 2 scoreless apps this homestand (2-IP, 2-H)…recorded the win Friday vs. TOR after pitching a scoreless 9th. Ê Has blown his last two save opportunities (Aug 7 at ARI, Fri at LAD) after converting his previous 18 consecutive save chances. Ê His 4 hits allowed Aug 9 at LAD were his most since Oct 6, 2009 at MIN while with the Tigers…the 4 runs allowed were his most since Sep 2, 2010

vs. MIN while with the Angels…also blew the save on July 7 at ARI after allowing two inherited runners to score. Ê Marks the second time this season he has blown two consecutive saves (also May 22-25)…has not blown 3 straight was July 5–Aug 3, 2008. Ê Has only issued 11 BB (2 IBB) in his last 30 apps, dating back to May 28 vs. MIA, compared to 19 BB (1 IBB) in his first 21 apps this year. Ê Eleven of his 30 walks have come around to score (36.7 pct.)…opponents are hitting only .200 (16-for-80) when he is ahead in the count. Ê Started the year 9-for-14 in save opportunities…blew only 2 saves in 50 chances last season, when his 96 save pct. led the majors. Ê Of his 66 strikeouts this season, 47 have come via his changeup (71.2 pct.), most strikeouts via the changeup among major league relievers.

#54 ALEX TORRES, LH Last App: 8/17 vs. TOR (1.1-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 1-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-0 vs. LH: .157 (8-51)2013: 4-0-0, 1.35 ERA, 25 G Long Relief App: 4.0, 2x-last 6/1 at CLE IR-RS: 14-3 vs. RH: .095 (8-84), 1-HR

Ê His .119 opp. avg. is the lowest of any major league reliever with at least 25 IP…has a 0.54 ERA (16.2-IP, 1-ER) in 14 apps at home this season. Ê Over his first 21 apps this season, only allowed one run in 34.1 IP…allowed runs in both apps on the last road trip (3.1-IP, 5-ER)…his ERA increased

from 0.26 to 1.43 following those 2 apps…allowed a career high three runs on Aug 7 at ARI in relief of Chris Archer. Ê According to Elias, he became the second major league pitcher in the last 50 seasons (1964-2013) to allow fewer than 10 hits in the first 100 AB of

a season against him (9-for-100), joining CIN Aroldis Chapman last year (also 9-for-100). Ê Righties are hitting only .095 (8-for-84) against him…in 2012, Jake McGee’s .098 opp. avg. vs. righties was lowest by a LHP (min. 100 AB) since 1974.

#35 JAMEY WRIGHT, RH Last App: 8/15 vs. SEA (2.0-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 3-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-0 vs. LH: .207 (23-111), 2-HR2013: 2-1-0, 3.16 ERA, 49 G Long Relief App: 3.0, 2x-last 5/31 at CLE IR-RS: 18-5 vs. RH: .266 (21-79)

Ê Has a 1.85 ERA (24.1-IP, 5-ER) over his last 25 apps, 22 of which have been scoreless…pitched to a 4.33 ERA (27-IP, 13-ER) over his first 24 apps. Ê Of his 49 apps, the Rays have trailed in 30 of them or led by 3 runs or more in 12 of them…Rays were tied in 6 apps and had a 2-run lead in the other. Ê Since converting to the bullpen full-time in 2008, has a 4.03 ERA in 409 IP—most relief innings in the majors in that span. Ê Eighteen-year veteran is with his 10th major league team but is still seeking his first postseason game…no active player has gone longer without

playing in the playoffs…this is the 6th straight season he made an Opening Day roster after going to camp as a non-roster invite.

#49 WESLEY WRIGHT, LH Last App: 8/15 vs. SEA (1.0-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-4 vs. LH: .314 (27-86), 3-HR2013: 0-4-0, 3.74 ERA, 56 G Long Relief App: 2.1, 4/17 at OAK IR-RS: 39-16 vs. RH: .241 (20-83), 2-HR

Ê Ranks T-5th in the AL and T-1st among AL lefties with 56 apps…has made 9 straight scoreless apps spanning 6 IP since July 28…has pitched to a 1.69 ERA (10.2-IP, 2-ER) since the All-Star break…owns a 0.79 ERA (11.1-IP, 1-ER) in 12 apps against AL East opponents this season.

Ê 28-year-old was claimed off waivers on Monday from Houston…made his Rays debut Tuesday vs. SEA and allowed a go-ahead triple to Dustin Ackley in the 6th (run was charged to Chris Archer)…16 of his 39 inherited runners (41 pct.) have scored.

Ê Has held lefties to a .223 avg. (52-for-233) since the start of the 2011 season…has a 3.48 ERA with 9.0 SO/9 IP since the start of 2012. Ê Was the Astros longest tenured player prior to the waiver claim…had spent parts of the last 6 seasons in the majors, all with Houston.

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RAYS BY THE NUMBERSCurrent Streak: L1 When commit error: 19-19 Hit homer: 47-25Current Record: 69-52 Ahead after 6-7-8: 51-7/56-7/57-4 Homer with men on: 32-8Home/Road: 40-23/29-29 Behind after 6-7-8: 8-37/4-42/3-41 Hit multiple homers: 26-12Day/Night: 23-18/46-34 Tied after 6-7-8: 10-8/9-3/9-7 Score first: 46-19Grass/Turf: 25-27/44-24 1-run games: 19-17 Score 5 or more: 42-10vs. East: 29-27 2-run games: 11-6 Score less than 5: 27-41vs. Central: 17-12 Extra innings: 6-5 Outhit opponents: 57-6vs. West: 11-5 Win in last at-bat: 13 Outhit by opponents: 6-40vs. National League: 12-8 Come-from-behind wins: 30 Collect 10 or more hits: 37-10vs. RH/LH starters: 45-35/24-17 Opp. come-from-behind wins: 28 Opp. 10 or more hits: 14-28Series W-L-T (home): 13-5-2 Series W-L-T (road): 9-9-2 Wearing white/gray/navy/lt. blue: 31-19/10-13/21-17/7-3

HOME RUNS (127)1R 2R 3R GS TOTAL

Longoria 16 6 1 23Johnson 9 4 3 16Joyce 9 6 15Jennings 7 4 11Loney 6 3 1 10Myers 5 2 1 1 9Scott 5 4 9Zobrist 6 3 9Escobar 4 4 8Roberts 4 1 5Lobaton 4 4Duncan 1 1 2Fuld 1 1 2Molina 1 1 2Rodriguez 1 1 2TOTALS 79 40 6 2 127

RUN SUPPORT FOR STARTING PITCHERSPITCHER STARTS RUNS RUNS/START RUNS/9-IP CLUB RECORD QUALITYArcher 14 32 2.29 3.54 8-6 7Cobb 14 52 3.71 5.28 10-4 9Colome 3 5 1.67 2.81 1-2 0Hellickson 25 102 4.08 6.26 15-10 11Hernandez 22 51 2.32 3.36 8-14 9Moore 21 83 3.95 6.16 16-5 13Odorizzi 3 10 3.33 5.00 1-2 0Price 18 56 3.11 3.99 9-9 12

RAYS PITCHING BY THE NUMBERSW-L-S G ERA IP H ER BB SO HR

Totals 69-52-30 121 3.87 1082.0 982 465 346 960 116Starters 50-35-0 121 3.92 731.2 685 319 206 587 87Relievers 19-17-30 114 3.75 350.1 297 146 140 373 29Home 40-23-15 63 3.66 581.0 508 236 166 526 60Road 29-29-15 58 4.11 501.0 474 229 180 434 56April 12-14-3 26 3.97 226.2 200 100 80 210 28May 18-10-10 28 4.43 253.2 231 125 91 232 35June 13-15-6 28 3.98 251.0 239 111 93 230 21July 21-5-10 26 2.54 237.1 182 67 49 197 20August 5-8-1 13 4.76 113.1 129 60 33 91 12

LAST HR OFF ’13 MOST HITS GAME ’13 MOST RBI GAMEBourgeois 7/31/11 at MIL Narveson 1, 2x-last 8/17 vs. TOR 1, 8/15 vs. SEAEscobar 7/30/13 vs. ARI Kennedy 3, 7x-last 7/4 at HOU 3, 3x-last 8/9 at LADFuld 6/24/13 vs. TOR Rogers 3, 7/1 at HOU 2, 3x-last 8/7 at ARIJohnson 8/7/13 at ARI Delgado 4, 2x-last 5/27 vs. MIA 6, 5/27 vs. MIAJoyce 8/16/13 vs. TOR Dickey 3, 2x-last 8/7 at ARI 5, 5/18 at BALLobaton 6/16/13 vs. KC Holland 3, 5x-last 8/16 vs. TOR 2, 5x-last 8/16 vs. TORLoney 7/26/13 at NYY Warren 3, 11x-last 8/9 at LAD 4, 7/26 at NYYLongoria 8/15/13 vs. SEA Saunders 4, 4/27 at CWS 4, 5/6 vs. TORMolina 7/5/13 vs. CWS Axelrod 3, 2x-last 6/19 at BOS 2, 2x-last 7/5 vs. CWSMyers 8/14/13 vs. SEA Harang 3, 4x-last 8/15 vs. SEA 4, 3x-last 8/15 vs. SEARodriguez 5/26/13 vs. NYY Sabathia 4, 7/1 at HOU 3, 7/1 at HOUZobrist 8/13/13 vs. SEA Ramirez 5, 6/10 vs. BOS 3, 2x-last 8/13 vs. SEA

RAYS SEASON HIGHSTEAM BATTING INDIVIDUAL BATTINGLongest win streak 8, July 4-July 11 Most runs, game, TB 3, 9x-last, Myers, 7/28 at NYYLong loss streak 6, August 6-August 13 Most runs, game, Opp 3, 9x-last, Goldschmidt, 7/31 vs. ARIMost runs game, TB 12, 2x-last, 7/1 at HOU Most hits, game, TB 5, Zobrist, 6/10 vs. BOSMost runs game, Opp 13, 4/7 vs. CLE Most hits, game, Opp 5, Santana, 4/7 vs. CLEMost runs, inn, TB 7, (3rd), 5/6 vs. TOR Most 2B, game, TB 2, 19x-last, Myers, 8/15 vs. SEAMost runs, inn, Opp 8, 2x-last (6th), 6/13 vs. KC Most 2B, game, Opp 2, 11x-last, Hill, 8/7 at ARIMost hits, game, TB 19, 4/27 at CWS Most HR, game, TB 2, 8x-last, Zobrist, 8/13 vs. SEAMost hits, game, Opp 17, 4/7 vs. CLE Most HR, game, Opp 2, 7x-last, Lind, 8/17 vs. TORMost hits, inn, TB 7, (2nd), 7/5 vs. CWS Most RBI, game, TB 6, Johnson, 5/27 vs. MIAMost hits, inn, Opp 8, (6th), 6/13 vs. KC Most RBI, game, Opp 4, 12x-last, Prado, 8/7 at ARIMost doubles, game, TB 8, 5/18 at BAL Most x-base hits, game, TB 3, 2x-last, Johnson, 5/27 vs. MIAMost doubles, game, Opp 7, 6/9 vs. BAL Most x-base hits, game, Opp 3, 5x-last, Hicks, 7/8 vs. MINMost HR, game, TB 4, 4x-last, 7/19 at TOR Most steals, game, TB 2, 2x-last, Jennings, 7/5 vs. CWSMost HR, game, Opp 5, 4/7 vs. CLE Most steals, game, Opp 2, 10x-last, Pollock, 7/31 vs. ARIMost x-base hits, game, TB 10, 5/18 at BAL Hitting Streak 16, 2x-last, Loney, June 19-July 5Most x-base hits, game, Opp 11, 4/7 vs. CLE TEAM/INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most stolen bases, game, TB 3, 3x-last, 7/25 at BOS Most SO, TB Starter 13, Cobb, 5/10 vs. SDMost stolen bases, game, Opp 4, 4/4 vs. BAL Most SO, Opp Starter 11, Buchholz, 4/14 at BOSMost walks, game, TB 10, 6/11 vs. BOS Most SO, TB Reliever 6, Torres, 6/1 at CLEMost walks, game, Opp 9, 6/22 at NYY Most IP, TB Reliever 4.0, 2x-last, Torres, 6/1 at CLEMost strikeouts, game, TB 16, 7/10 vs. MIN Most walks, game, TB 6, 3x-last, Moore, 6/25 vs. TORMost strikeouts, game, Opp 19, 7/10 vs. MIN Most walks, game, Opp 7, 2x-last, Lester, 6/11 vs. BOSMost LOB, game, TB 15, 7/10 vs. MIN Most SO, Team, TB 19, 7/10 vs. MINMost LOB, game, Opp 12, 2x-last, 6/4 at DET Most walks, Team, TB 9, 6/22 at NYYMost errors, game, TB 2, 6x-last, 8/9 at LAD Low-Hit Game 2, 6x-last, Moore, 7/22 at BOSMost errors, game, Opp 4, 8/11 at LAD Consecutive Scoreless IP 22.1, Moore, June 25-July 11Longest game, time 5:24, 6/10 vs. BOS Shortest game, time 2:10, 6/26 vs. TOR Longest game, time (9 inn.) 3:55, 8/9 at LAD Shortest game, time (9 inn.) 2:10, 6/26 vs. TOR

Grand Slams (2): Longoria (5/6 vs. TOR, M Buehrle), Myers (6/22 at NYY, C Sabathia)Back-to-Back (5): Scott/Johnson (7/21 vs. TOR, R Dickey), Scott/Longoria (7/11 vs. MIN, M Pelfrey), Molina/Johnson (7/5 vs. CWS, D Axelrod),

Joyce/Jennings (6/11 vs. BOS, J Lester/J De La Torre), Joyce/Zobrist (5/1 at KC, L Mendoza)Back-to-Back-to-Back (1): Loney/Myers/Fuld (6/24 vs. TOR, E Rogers)2-HR games (8): Jennings-1 (6/11 vs. BOS, J Lester/J De La Torre), Johnson-1 (5/27 vs. MIA, J Fernandez/A Ramos), Loney-1 (5/31 at CLE, S

Barnes/B Shaw), Longoria-1 (6/20 at NYY, A Pettitte/J Chamberlain), Myers-1 (7/28 at NYY, P Huhes), Roberts-2 (7/1 at HOU, L Keuchel/H Ambriz; 4/22 vs. NYY, C Sabathia), Zobrist-1 (8/13 vs. SEA, E Ramirez)

3-HR games (-): Pinch-hit (-): Walk-off (2): Joyce (4/3 vs. BAL, T Hunter), Longoria (5/11 vs. SD, H Street)Lead-off (5): Jennings-2 (4/18 at BAL, M Gonzalez; 4/16 at BAL, J Arrieta), Joyce-2 (6/14 vs. KC, L Mendoza; 6/10 vs. BOS, J Lackey), Zobrist-1

(8/13 vs. SEA, E Ramirez)

HOME RUNS

CATCHERSPCT CS ATT

Lobaton .170 8 47Molina .224 13 58TOTALS .200 21 105

Game-Tying & Go-Ahead RBI:Zobrist (21), Longoria (19), Jennings (18), Joyce (17), Loney (16), Myers (15), Scott (15), Johnson (13), Escobar (11), Lobaton (10), Molina (8), Roberts (6), Rodriguez (5), Fuld (4), Bourgeois (1) Duncan (1)Outfield Assists: Johnson (6), Zobrist (2), Fuld (1), Jennings (1), Myers (1), Rodriguez (1)Bunt Singles: Jennings (4), Joyce (3), Scott (3), Bourgeois (1), Fuld (1), Lobaton (1), Roberts (1) Zobrist (1)Ejections: Maddon-3 (5/8 vs. TOR, 6th inn., 5/7 vs. TOR, 2nd inn., 4/17 at BAL, 5th inn.), Foley-1 (8/10 at LAD, 6th inn.) Hellickson-1 (4/28 at CWS, 8th inn.)Batted Around: 8/9 at LAD (5th inn, 9 batters), 7/26 at NYY (2nd inn, 9 batters), 7/9 vs. MIN (4th inn, 9 batters), 7/5 vs. CWS (2nd inn, 10 batters), 7/1 at HOU (7th inn, 10 batters), 6/8 vs. BAL (5th inn, 9 batters), 5/27 vs. MIA (2nd inn, 9 batters), 5/18 at BAL (9th inn, 10 batters), 5/17 at BAL (5th inn, 9 batters), 5/14 vs. BOS (4th inn, 9 batters), 5/11 vs. SD (2nd inn, 11 batters), 5/10 vs. SD (7th inn, 10 batters), 5/8 vs. TOR (1st inn, 9 batters), 5/6 vs. TOR (3rd inn, 10 batters), 4/19 vs. OAK (1st inn, 9 batters)

MISC.

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

Opponent 73 38 73 49 54 48 54 49 43 11 492Tampa Bay 66 64 79 54 53 72 51 52 43 11 545

1. June 28 vs. DET–Prince Fielder home run off the C-ring catwalk in right field (414 feet)…off Cesar Ramos (8th inn).

CATWALKS

1. April 3 vs. BAL (W 8-7)–Matt Joyce solo home run to right field…off Tommy Hunter (9th inning).2. May 9 vs. TOR (W 5-4)–Luke Scott walk with bases loaded…off Brad Lincoln (10th inning).3. May 11 vs. SD (W 8-7)–Evan Longoria 2-run HR to left-center field…off Huston Street (9th).4. May 28 vs. MIA (W 7-6)–Desmond Jennings RBI single to right field…off Chad Qualls (9th).5. June 29 vs. DET (W 4-3)–Yunel Escobar RBI single to center field…off Bruce Rondon (10th).6. July 10 vs. MIN (W 4-3)–Ben Zobrist RBI single to right-center field…off Ryan Pressly (13th inning).7. August 3 vs. SF (W 2-1)–Wil Myers RBI single to left field…off Jean Machi (10th inning).8. August 14 vs. SEA (W 5-4)–Jason Bourgeois RBI single to right field…off Danny Farquhar (9th inning).9. August 16 vs. TOR (W 5-4)–Jose Lobaton RBI triple to right field…off Aaron Loup (9th inning).

WALK-OFF WINS

1. April 17 at BAL–Adam Jones vs. Matt Moore (3rd inn., 2 out)…Double to CF–overturned: home run—time of delay: 0:552. April 26 at CWS–Jose Molina vs. Addison Reed (9th inn., 1 out)…Double to CF–ruling upheld—time of delay: 1:363. May 6 vs. TOR–Kelly Johnson vs. Mark Buehrle (3rd inn., 0 out)…Single to CF–ruling upheld—time of delay: 2:05 4. May 7 vs. TOR–Jose Bautista vs. Roberto Hernandez (1st inn., 2 out)…Double to CF–ruling upheld—time of delay: 1:355. May 18 at BAL–Jose Molina vs. Jair Jurrjens (3rd inn., 1 out)…Double to RCF–ruling upheld—time of delay: 1:326. May 19 at BAL–Matt Joyce vs. Chris Tillman (6th inn., 1 out)…Double to RF–overturned: home run—time of delay: 2:347. August 14 vs. SEA–Ben Zobrist vs. Danny Farquhar (9th inn., 0 out)…Triple to RF–ruling upheld—time of delay: 1:04

INSTANT REPLAY

LAST HR & PLAYER SEASON HIGHS

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RAYS HITTERS vs. BLUE JAYS2013 CAREER

PLAYER G AB H HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP G AB H HR RBI BB SO AVG OBPBourgeois 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 8 13 5 0 2 1 1 .385 .429Escobar 12 43 10 2 5 1 5 .233 .250 13 47 10 2 5 1 5 .213 .229Fuld 13 29 5 1 3 3 4 .172 .250 26 71 13 1 6 7 13 .183 .256Johnson 12 38 14 4 7 2 10 .368 .415 20 68 23 6 12 6 17 .338 .400Joyce 11 27 7 1 2 4 5 .259 .355 53 159 36 5 20 19 41 .226 .321Lobaton 8 21 6 0 2 2 4 .286 .348 13 36 11 0 5 3 8 .306 .359Loney 13 48 15 1 4 5 5 .313 .377 19 72 19 1 5 5 8 .264 .312Longoria 15 54 20 4 13 11 12 .370 .477 91 329 99 14 66 50 72 .301 .390Molina 9 31 2 0 0 3 2 .065 .147 55 153 27 2 12 12 34 .176 .241Myers 7 28 8 2 5 1 9 .286 .300 7 28 8 2 5 1 9 .286 .300Rodriguez 10 21 5 0 2 0 7 .238 .261 57 156 40 6 26 20 36 .256 .359Zobrist 14 51 15 1 5 8 8 .294 .387 102 357 95 14 47 62 73 .266 .374

RAYS PITCHERS vs. BLUE JAYS2013 CAREER

PLAYER W L SV IP H ER SO ERA AVG W L SV IP H ER SO ERA AVGArcher 1 0 0 7.0 5 1 1 1.29 .200 1 0 0 7.0 5 1 1 1.29 .200Cobb 1 0 0 6.1 3 1 2 1.42 .136 2 0 0 13.1 8 2 9 1.35 .178Gomes 0 0 0 1.1 2 1 3 6.75 .333 1 0 0 11.0 10 3 13 2.45 .238Hellickson 2 0 0 31.0 25 10 17 2.90 .223 5 2 0 68.1 59 22 44 2.90 .234Hernandez 0 2 0 19.2 18 8 15 3.66 .240 3 3 0 57.1 61 27 33 4.24 .275McGee 0 0 0 6.2 6 5 7 6.75 .231 1 0 0 16.0 16 8 24 4.50 .250Peralta 0 1 0 5.2 7 4 8 6.35 .292 0 2 2 36.2 38 20 29 4.91 .268Price 1 0 0 15.0 14 6 13 3.60 .241 13 2 0 117.1 98 32 102 2.45 .225Ramos 0 1 0 4.2 2 1 2 1.93 .143 1 1 0 14.0 8 4 12 2.57 .167Rodney 1 1 4 8.1 10 6 9 6.48 .286 1 6 13 39.2 37 22 35 4.99 .247Torres 0 0 0 4.1 3 1 4 2.08 .200 1 0 0 9.1 6 1 9 0.96 .194J Wright 0 0 0 5.1 4 2 6 3.38 .222 0 2 0 23.1 20 13 21 5.01 .241W Wright 0 0 0 0.2 1 1 1 13.50 .333 0 0 0 0.2 1 1 1 13.50 .333

C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH 6TH 7TH 8TH 9TH Bourgeois 1-2 0-1 1-0 0-1Duncan 1-0 9-5 4-2 3-3 3-0Escobar 62-49 0-1 3-6 16-16 8-4 35-22Fuld 8-7 9-4 3-6 1-1 1-3 4-5 1-1 13-8Jennings 59-43 46-30 4-4 0-1 6-7 3-1Johnson 2-0 9-1 4-4 31-18 3-8 6-5 8-6 1-0 6-2 17-8 0-1 11-9Joyce 15-14 25-21 4-2 11-14 19-10 1-1 0-2 3-6 3-1 6-2 1-1Lobaton 35-20 3-2 32-18Loney 58-46 8-2 36-27 2-6 11-11 1-0Longoria 61-45 5-7 4-1 14-14 48-37Molina 34-32 1-0 1-0 0-1 34-31Myers 1-5 25-12 4-2 2-2 4-1 7-7 10-2 7-7Roberts 14-16 3-3 0-1 1-0 7-7 0-1 1-1 2-3 5-3 1-5Rodriguez 8-6 2-1 13-9 3-2 1-2 10-3 5-4 6-4 0-4 1-0 3-1Scott 1-1 38-21 4-3 3-3 1-0 5-1 16-4 9-11 1-0Zobrist 46-35 5-2 0-1 13-11 2-0 9-3 12-14 39-26 5-4 1-2

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

RAYS ON THE DISABLED LIST (7)POS. PLAYER DL INJURY DATE ON RETRO FIRST DATE OFF GMS MISSED RECORDRHP Jesse Crain 60-day Right shoulder strain June 30 -- August 29 16 7-9OF Brandon Guyer 15-day Broken right middle finger August 2 -- August 17 13 5-8OF Desmond Jennings 15-day Fractured left middle finger August 6 August 4 August 19 11 4-7LHP Matt Moore 15-day Left elbow soreness July 31 July 29 August 13 15 6-9RHP Jeff Niemann 60-day Right shoulder surgery April 5 March 28 May 27 121 69-52RHP Juan Carlos Oviedo 60-day Tommy John surgery March 31 -- May 30 121 69-52DH Luke Scott 15-day Lower back spasms August 18 August 15 August 30 1 0-1Others (Games Missed): RHP Alex Cobb (50, concussion, 31-19); RHP Brandon Gomes (88, right lat strain, 55-33); LHP David Price (44, left triceps strain, 24-20); DH Luke Scott (25, right calf strain,

12-13)

OPENING DAY ROSTER

PITCHERS (12): RH Alex Cobb, RH Kyle Farnsworth, RH Jeremy Hellickson, RH Roberto Hernandez, LH Jake McGee, LH Matt Moore, RH Jeff Niemann, RH Joel Peralta, LH David Price, LH Cesar Ramos, RH Fernando Rodney, RH Jamey Wright

CATCHERS (2): Jose Lobaton, Jose Molina

INFIELDERS (7): Shelley Duncan, Yunel Escobar, Kelly Johnson, James Loney, Evan Longoria, Ryan Roberts, Sean Rodriguez

OUTFIELDERS (4): Sam Fuld, Desmond Jennings, Matt Joyce, Ben Zobrist

DL (2): RHP Juan Carlos Oviedo (60-day), DH Luke Scott (15-day)

April 5 Placed RH Jeff Niemann (right shoulder soreness) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 28; recalled RH Brandon Gomes from Durham; traded C Stephen Vogt to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for a player to be named or cash considerations.

April 8 Traded C Robinson Chirinos to the Texas Rangers in exchange for a player to be named or cash considerations.

April 16 Acquired LH Jeff Beliveau from the Texas Rangers in exchange for cash consider-ations; transferred RH Jeff Niemann (right shoulder surgery) to the 60-day DL.

April 30 Designated 1B/DH Shelley Duncan for assignment; reinstated DH Luke Scott (right calf strain) from the 15-day DL.

May 10 Placed RH Brandon Gomes (right lat strain) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 8; recalled RH Josh Lueke from Durham.

May 16 Placed LH David Price (left triceps strain) on the 15-day DL; recalled LH Alex Torres from Durham.

May 19 Optioned LH Alex Torres to Durham; recalled LH Jeff Beliveau from Durham.May 20 Optioned LH Jeff Beliveau to Durham; recalled RH Jake Odorizzi from Durham.May 29 Optioned RH Jake Odorizzi to Durham; recalled RH Alex Colome from Durham.May 31 Optioned RH Alex Colome to Durham; recalled LH Jeff Beliveau from Durham; added

RH Chris Archer to the taxi squad.June 1 Optioned LH Jeff Beliveau and RH Josh Lueke to Durham; recalled RH Chris Archer

and LH Alex Torres from Durham.June 11 Placed RH Alex Cobb on the bereavement list; recalled RH Jake Odorizzi from Durham.

June 14 Optioned RH Jake Odorizzi to Durham; reinstated RH Alex Cobb from the bereavement list.June 16 Placed RH Alex Cobb on the 7-day concussion DL; recalled RH Josh Lueke from Durham.June 18 Optioned INF Ryan Roberts to Durham; selected OF Wil Myers from Durham; added

RH Jake Odorizzi from Durham per MLB’s 26th Man Rule.June 19 Returned RH Jake Odorizzi to Durham per MLB’s 26th Man Rule.June 22 Optioned RH Josh Lueke to Durham; recalled RH Alex Colome from Durham.June 29 Optioned RH Alex Colome to Durham; recalled INF Ryan Roberts from Durham;

returned RH Brandon Gomes (right lat strain) from his rehab assignment.June 30 Transferred RH Alex Cobb from the 7-day concussion DL to the 15-day DL.July 2 Optioned INF Ryan Roberts to Durham; reinstated LH David Price (left triceps strain)

from the 15-day DL.July 19 Placed 1B James Loney on the paternity list; recalled INF Ryan Roberts from Durham.July 21 Optioned INF Ryan Roberts to Durham; reinstated 1B James Loney from the paternity list.July 29 Acquired RH Jesse Crain from the Chicago White Sox for players to be named or cash

considerations; transferred RH Brandon Gomes (right lat strain) from the 15-day DL to the 60-day DL.

July 31 Placed LH Matt Moore (left elbow soreness) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 29; recalled INF Ryan Roberts from Durham.

Aug 2 Recalled OF Brandon Guyer (broken right middle finger) from Durham and placed him on the 15-day DL.

Aug 6 Placed OF Desmond Jennings (fractured left middle finger) on the 15-day DL retroac-tive to Aug 4; selected OF Jason Bourgeois from Durham; transferred RH Alex Cobb (concussion) from the 15-day DL to the 60-day DL.

Aug 9 Designated RH Kyle Farnsworth for assignment; recalled RH Josh Lueke from Durham.Aug 12 Claimed LH Wesley Wright off waivers from the Houston Astros; optioned RH Josh

Lueke to Durham.Aug 15 Designated INF Ryan Roberts for assignment; reinstated RH Alex Cobb (concussion)

from the 15-day DL.Aug 17 Placed DH Luke Scott (lower back spasms) on the 15-day DL retroactive to Aug. 15;

transferred RHP Jesse Crain (right shoulder strain) from the 15-day DL to the 60-day DL; reinstated RHP Brandon Gomes (right lat strain) from the 60-day DL.

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# GAME FINAL WINNER LOSER W-L GA/GB ATT. CUM.1 4/2 vs. BAL L, 4-7 Hammel (1-0) McGee (0-1) 0-1 T-3/-1.0 34,078 34,0782 4/3 vs. BAL W, 8-7 Rodney (1-0) Hunter (0-1) 1-1 T-2/-1.0 15,599 49,6773 4/4 vs. BAL L, 3-6 Gonzalez (1-0) Hernandez (0-1) 1-2 T-3/-1.0 17,491 67,1684 4/5 vs. CLE W, 4-0 Moore (1-0) McAllister (0-1) 2-2 3/-1.0 16,019 83,1875 4/6 vs. CLE W, 6-0 Cobb (1-0) Bauer (0-1) 3-2 T-1/+1.0 32,217 115,4046 4/7 vs. CLE L, 0-13 Masterson (2-0) Price (0-1) 3-3 T-2/-1.0 21,629 137,0337 4/8 at TEX L, 4-5 Ogando (2-0) Hellickson (0-1) 3-4 T-2/-2.0 27,3558 4/9 at TEX L, 1-5 Tepesch (1-0) Hernandez (0-2) 3-5 4/-2.5 31,3989 4/10 at TEX W, 2-0 Moore (2-0) Holland (0-1) 4-5 4/-1.5 26,643

4/11 - OFF (1) 4/-1.04/12 at BOS - PPD - Rain (1) - Rescheduled for June 18 4/-1.0

10 4/13 at BOS L, 1-2 (10) Tazawa (2-0) Gomes (0-1) 4-6 5/-2.0 33,03911 4/14 at BOS L, 0-5 Buchholz (3-0) Cobb (1-1) 4-7 5/-3.0 35,19812 4/15 at BOS L, 2-3 Bailey (1-0) Peralta (0-1) 4-8 5/-4.0 37,44913 4/16 at BAL L, 4-5 Arrieta (1-0) Hernandez (0-3) 4-9 5/-5.0 14,67014 4/17 at BAL W, 6-2 Moore (3-0) Tillman (0-1) 5-9 5/-5.0 13,59115 4/18 at BAL L, 6-10 (10) Patton (1-0) Wright (0-1) 5-10 5/-6.0 13,98616 4/19 vs. OAK W, 8-3 Cobb (2-1) Anderson (1-3) 6-10 5/-5.5 15,115 152,14817 4/20 vs. OAK W, 1-0 Hellickson (1-1) Parker (0-3) 7-10 4/-5.5 25,611 177,75918 4/21 vs. OAK W, 8-1 Hernandez (1-3) Milone (3-1) 8-10 4/-4.0 25,954 203,71319 4/22 vs. NYY W, 5-1 Moore (4-0) Sabathia (3-2) 9-10 4/-4.0 15,331 219,04420 4/23 vs. NYY L, 3-4 Robertson (1-0) Price (0-2) 9-11 4/-4.0 17,644 236,68821 4/24 vs. NYY W. 3-0 Cobb (3-1) Pettitte (3-1) 10-11 4/-4.0 19,177 255,86522 4/25 at CWS L, 2-5 Sale (2-2) Hellickson (1-2) 10-12 4/-5.0 15,05623 4/26 at CWS L, 4-5 Peavy (3-1) Hernandez (1-4) 10-13 4/-6.0 19,46024 4/27 at CWS W, 10-4 Moore (5-0) Floyd (0-4) 11-13 4/-6.0 25,27025 4/28 at CWS W, 8-3 Price (1-2) Jones (0-2) 12-13 4/-6.0 22,677

4/29 - OFF (2) 4/-6.026 4/30 at KC L, 2-8 Shields (2-2) Cobb (3-2) 12-14 4/-6.0 12,73827 5/1 at KC L, 8-9 Chen (2-0) McGee (0-2) 12-15 4/-7.0 11,514

5/2 at KC - PPD - Rain (2) - Rescheduled for August 26 4/-7.528 5/3 at COL W, 7-4 (10) Farnsworth (1-0) Belisle (1-2) 13-15 4/-6.5 30,25529 5/4 at COL L, 3-9 Garland (3-2) Price (1-3) 13-16 4/-6.5 29,09930 5/5 at COL W, 8-3 Cobb (4-2) Chacin (3-1) 14-16 4/-5.5 39,22031 5/6 vs. TOR L, 7-8 Oliver (1-1) Rodney (1-1) 14-17 4/-6.5 9,952 265,81732 5/7 vs. TOR L, 4-6 Delabar (3-1) Peralta (0-2) 14-18 4/-6.5 10,273 276,09033 5/8 vs. TOR W, 10-4 Moore (6-0) Romero (0-2) 15-18 4/-5.5 11,075 287,16534 5/9 vs. TOR W, 5-4 (10) Farnsworth (2-0) Loup (1-3) 16-18 4/-4.5 11,979 299,14435 5/10 vs. SD W, 6-3 McGee (1-2) Thayer (0-2) 17-18 4/-4.5 12,424 311,56836 5/11 vs. SD W, 8-7 Ramos (1-0) Street (0-2) 18-18 4/-4.5 18,587 330,15537 5/12 vs. SD W, 4-2 Hernandez (2-4) Stults (3-3) 19-18 4/-4.5 17,396 347,551

5/13 - OFF (3) 4/-4.538 5/14 vs. BOS W, 5-3 Moore (7-0) Lackey (1-4) 20-18 4/-4.5 15,227 362,77839 5/15 vs. BOS L, 2-9 Lester (6-0) Price (1-4) 20-19 4/-4.5 15,767 378,54540 5/16 vs. BOS L, 3-4 Tazawa (3-2) Rodney (1-2) 20-20 4/-4.5 16,055 394,60041 5/17 at BAL W, 12-10 Hellickson (2-2) Hammel (5-2) 21-20 4/-4.5 38,06142 5/18 at BAL W, 10-6 Torres (1-0) Johnson (1-4) 22-20 4/-4.5 34,68543 5/19 at BAL W, 3-1 Moore (8-0) Tillman (3-2) 23-20 T-3/-4.0 37,70444 5/20 at TOR L, 5-7 Dickey (4-5) Lueke (0-1) 23-21 T-3/-5.0 29,88545 5/21 at TOR W, 4-3 Cobb (5-2) Ortiz (1-2) 24-21 T-3/-4.0 15,80246 5/22 at TOR L, 3-4 (10) Loup (2-3) Ramos (1-1) 24-22 4/-4.0 18,771

5/23 - OFF (4) 4/-4.047 5/24 vs. NYY L, 4-9 Phelps (3-2) Hernandez (2-5) 24-23 4/-5.0 17,825 412,42548 5/25 vs. NYY L,3-4 (11) Nova (2-1) Lueke (0-2) 24-24 4/-6.0 25,874 438,29949 5/26 vs. NYY W, 8-3 Cobb (6-2) Sabathia (4-4) 25-24 4/-5.0 24,159 462,45850 5/27 vs. MIA W, 10-6 McGee (2-2) Fernandez (2-3) 26-24 4/-5.0 13,025 475,48351 5/28 vs. MIA W, 7-6 Rodney (2-2) Dunn (1-1) 27-24 4/-4.0 13,876 489,35952 5/29 at MIA W, 3-1 Hernandez (3-5) Koehler (0-3) 28-24 4/-3.0 16,67153 5/30 at MIA W, 5-2 Colome (1-0) Nolasco (3-6) 29-24 4/-3.0 23,19954 5/31 at CLE W, 9-2 Wright (1-1) Barnes (0-1) 30-24 4/-2.0 29,60355 6/1 at CLE L, 0-5 Jimenez (4-3) Archer (0-1) 30-25 4/-3.0 22,74856 6/2 at CLE W, 11-3 Hellickson (3-2) McAllister (4-5) 31-25 T-3/-3.0 18,106

6/3 - OFF (5) 4/-3.057 6/4 at DET L, 1-10 Sanchez (6-5) Moore (8-1) 31-26 4/-4.0 30,56958 6/5 at DET W, 3-0 Peralta (1-2) Fister (5-3) 32-26 4/-3.0 30,00559 6/6 at DET L, 2-5 Scherzer (8-0) Hernandez (3-6) 32-27 4/-4.0 36,16860 6/7 vs. BAL W, 2-1 Archer (1-1) Hammel (7-4) 33-27 4/-3.5 13,256 502,61561 6/8 vs. BAL W, 8-0 Hellickson (4-2) Gausman (0-3) 34-27 3/-3.0 21,834 524,44962 6/9 vs. BAL L, 7-10 Tillman (6-2) Moore (8-2) 34-28 4/-4.0 19,921 544,37063 6/10 vs. BOS L, 8-10 (14) Morales (2-0) Ramos (1-2) 34-29 4/-5.0 15,477 559,84764 6/11 vs. BOS W, 8-3 Hernandez (4-6) Lester (6-3) 35-29 4/-4.0 16,870 576,71765 6/12 vs. BOS L, 1-2 Aceves (3-1) Archer (1-2) 35-30 4/-5.0 15,091 591,80866 6/13 vs. KC L, 1-10 Santana (5-5) Hellickson (4-3) 35-31 4/-5.0 11,398 603,20667 6/14 vs. KC L, 2-7 Mendoza (2-3) Moore (8-3) 35-32 4/-5.0 13,407 616,61368 6/15 vs. KC W, 5-3 Torres (2-0) Guthrie (7-4) 36-32 4/-5.0 18,593 635,20669 6/16 vs. KC L, 3-5 Davis (4-5) Hernandez (4-7) 36-33 4/-5.0 27,442 662,648

6/17 - OFF (6) 4/-5.070 6/18 at BOS L, 1-5 Aceves (4-1) Archer (1-3) 36-34 4/-6.0 33,43071 6/18 at BOS L, 1-3 Bailey (3-0) Peralta (1-3) 36-35 4/-7.0 32,15672 6/19 at BOS W, 6-2 Hellickson (5-3) Dempster (4-8) 37-35 4/-6.0 35,71073 6/20 at NYY W, 8-3 Moore (9-3) Pettitte (5-5) 38-35 4/-5.0 37,64974 6/21 at NYY L, 2-6 Phelps (5-4) Hernandez (4-8) 38-36 4/-6.0 41,12375 6/22 at NYY L, 5-7 Sabathia (8-5) Peralta (1-4) 38-37 5/-6.0 46,01376 6/23 at NYY W, 3-1 Archer (2-3) Nova (2-2) 39-37 5/-5.0 46,05477 6/24 vs. TOR W, 4-1 Hellickson (6-3) Rogers (3-3) 40-37 4/-4.5 11,407 674,05578 6/25 vs. TOR W, 5-1 Moore (10-3) Buehrle (4-5) 41-37 4/-4.5 12,041 686,09679 6/26 vs. TOR L, 0-3 Dickey (7-8) Hernandez (4-9) 41-38 4/-5.5 21,502 707,598

6/27 - OFF (7) 4/-6.080 6/28 vs. DET L, 3-6 Scherzer (12-0) Colome (1-1) 41-39 4/-7.0 17,645 725,24381 6/29 vs. DET W, 4-3 (10) Rodney (3-2) Rondon (0-1) 42-39 4/-6.0 23,809 749,05282 6/30 vs. DET W, 3-1 Hellickson (7-3) Porcello (4-6) 43-39 3/-6.0 23,427 772,479

POS. HOME# GAME WINNER LOSER REC. GA/GB ATT. CUM.83 7/1 at HOU W, 12-0 Moore (11-3) Keuchel (4-5) 44-39 3/-5.5 12,72284 7/2 at HOU W, 8-0 Price (2-4) Bedard (3-4) 45-39 3/-5.5 19,63185 7/3 at HOU L, 1-4 Norris (6-7) Hernandez (4-10) 45-40 4/-6.5 14,14386 7/4 at HOU W, 7-5 (11) Wright (2-1) Fields (0-1) 46-40 4/-6.5 20,47087 7/5 vs. CWS W, 8-3 Hellickson (8-3) Axelrod (3-5) 47-40 4/-6.5 15,825 788,30488 7/6 vs. CWS W, 3-0 Moore (12-3) Sale (5-8) 48-40 T-3/-5.5 21,047 809,35189 7/7 vs. CWS W, 3-1 Price (3-4) Danks (2-6) 49-40 T-2/-4.5 16,832 826,18390 7/8 vs. MIN W, 7-4 Torres (3-0) Deduno (4-4) 50-40 2/-3.5 11,516 837,69991 7/9 vs. MIN W, 4-1 Archer (3-3) Gibson (1-2) 51-40 2/-3.5 12,777 850,47692 7/10 vs. MIN W, 4-3 (13) Ramos (2-2) Pressly (2-1) 52-40 2/-3.5 12,757 863,23393 7/11 vs. MIN W, 4-3 Moore (13-3) Pelfrey (4-7) 53-40 2/-3.5 24,751 887,98494 7/12 vs. HOU L, 1-2 Cosart (1-0) Price (3-5) 53-41 2/-4.5 13,347 901,33195 7/13 vs. HOU W, 4-3 Hernandez (5-10) Harrell (5-10) 54-41 2/-3.5 20,409 921,74096 7/14 vs. HOU W, 5-0 Archer (4-3) Bedard (3-6) 55-41 2/-2.5 21,180 942,920

7/15 - All-Star Break7/16 - All-Star Game American League 3, National League 0 at Citi Field (New York Mets)7/17 - All-Star Break7/18 - All-Star Break

97 7/19 at TOR W, 8-5 Price (4-5) Cecil (3-1) 56-41 2/-2.5 33,26698 7/20 at TOR W, 4-3 Hellickson (9-3) Buehrle (5-7) 57-41 2/-1.5 42,63999 7/21 at TOR W, 4-3 Archer (5-3) Dickey (8-11) 58-41 2/-1.5 41,247100 7/22 at BOS W, 3-0 Moore (14-3) Workman (0-1) 59-41 2/-0.5 35,016101 7/23 at BOS L, 2-6 Lester (9-6) Hernandez (5-11) 59-42 2/-1.5 34,609102 7/24 at BOS W, 5-1 Price (5-5) Doubront (7-4) 60-42 2/-0.5 36,514

7/25 at BOS - PPD - Rain (3) - Rescheduled for July 29 2/-0.5103 7/26 at NYY W, 10-6 Hellickson (10-3) Sabathia (9-9) 61-42 1/+0.5 44,486104 7/27 at NYY W, 1-0 Archer (6-3) Nova (4-4) 62-42 1/+0.5 43,424105 7/28 at NYY L, 5-6 Rivera (2-2) McGee (2-3) 62-43 2/-0.5 47,714106 7/29 at BOS W, 2-1 Price (6-5) Doubront (7-5) 63-43 1/+0.5 37,242107 7/30 vs. ARI W, 5-2 Hernandez (6-11) Kennedy (3-8) 64-43 1/+0.5 17,402 960,322108 7/31 vs. ARI L, 0-7 Miley (8-8) Hellickson (10-4) 64-44 2/-0.5 25,095 985,417

8/1 - OFF (8) 2/-1.0109 8/2 vs. SF L, 1-4 Bumgarner (11-6) Archer (6-4) 64-45 2/-1.0 20,144 1,005,561110 8/3 vs. SF W, 2-1 (10) Rodney (4-2) Machi (2-1) 65-45 2/-1.0 31,969 1,037,530111 8/4 vs. SF W, 4-3 Torres (4-0) Mijares (0-3) 66-45 2/-0.5 34,078 1,071,608

8/5 - OFF (9) 2/-0.5112 8/6 at ARI L, 1-6 Miley (9-8) Hellickson (10-5) 66-46 2/-1.5 19,458113 8/7 at ARI L, 8-9 Putz (3-1) Peralta (1-5) 66-47 2/-2.5 18,733

8/8 - OFF (10) 2/-2.0114 8/9 at LAD L, 6-7 Belisario (5-6) Rodney (4-3) 66-48 2/-2.0 51,083115 8/10 at LAD L, 0-5 Greinke (10-3) Hernandez (6-12) 66-49 2/-3.0 52,619116 8/11 at LAD L, 2-8 Kershaw (11-7) Hellickson (10-6) 66-50 2/-3.0 52,248

8/12 - OFF (11) 2/-3.0117 8/13 vs. SEA L, 4-5 Ramirez (4-0) Archer (6-5) 66-51 2/-4.0 13,294 1,084,902118 8/14 vs. SEA W, 5-4 Peralta (2-5) Farquhar (0-1) 67-51 2/-3.0 14,910 1,099,812119 8/15 vs. SEA W, 7-1 Cobb (7-2) Saunders (10-12) 68-51 2/-2.0 13,299 1,113,111120 8/16 vs. TOR W, 5-4 Rodney (5-3) Loup (4-6) 69-51 2/-1.0 15,433 1,128,544121 8/17 vs. TOR L, 2-6 Happ (3-2) Hernandez (6-13) 69-52 2/-2.0 25,036 1,153,580122 8/18 vs. TOR 1:40 Rays Lunchbox (Kids 14 & under) Sweetbay Supermarket

Victoria Justice Postgame Concert123 8/19 at BAL 7:05124 8/20 at BAL 7:05125 8/21 at BAL 7:05

8/22 - OFF (12)126 8/23 vs. NYY 7:10127 8/24 vs. NYY 7:10 Moore Cowbell (10,000 fans) Dairy Queen128 8/25 vs. NYY 1:40 Jennings the Jet Action Figure (Kids 14 & under)129 8/26 at KC 2:10 Rescheduled from May 2130 8/27 vs. LAA 7:10131 8/28 vs. LAA 7:10132 8/29 vs. LAA 1:10133 8/30 at OAK 10:07134 8/31 at OAK 9:07135 9/1 at OAK 4:07136 9/2 at LAA 9:05137 9/3 at LAA 10:05138 9/4 at LAA 10:05139 9/5 at LAA 10:05140 9/6 at SEA 10:10141 9/7 at SEA 9:10142 9/8 at SEA 4:10

9/9 - OFF (13)143 9/10 vs. BOS 7:10144 9/11 vs. BOS 7:10145 9/12 vs. BOS 7:10146 9/13 at MIN 8:10147 9/14 at MIN 7:10148 9/15 at MIN 2:10149 9/16 vs. TEX 7:10150 9/17 vs. TEX 7:10151 9/18 vs. TEX 7:10152 9/19 vs. TEX 7:10153 9/20 vs. BAL 7:10 Tampa Bay Times Ticket Tandem154 9/21 vs. BAL 7:10 Tampa Bay Times Ticket Tandem155 9/22 vs. BAL 1:40 Raymond Bobble Belly (Kids 14 & under) Chevrolet156 9/23 vs. BAL 3:10 Tampa Bay Times Ticket Tandem157 9/24 at NYY 7:05158 9/25 at NYY 7:05159 9/26 at NYY 7:05160 9/27 at TOR 7:07161 9/28 at TOR 1:07162 9/29 at TOR 1:07

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