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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2015 vs. BOSTON RED SOX RH Nathan Karns (1-1, 4.58) vs. RH Joe Kelly (1-0, 2.13) ARCHER Ks TO BENEFIT YOUTH BASEBALL—With 9 SO last night, RH Chris Archer took over the major league lead with 30 SO…today, it was announced that for every strikeout he records this season, Archer, the Rays and Channel 10 News will each donate $25 ($75 total) to be split among Burg Baseball Inc. and RBI Baseball of Tampa…Burg Baseball Inc. is a nonprofit organization that provides free baseball programs for underserved youth players in South St. Pete…Archer visited the league last season to meet and play catch with the participants…his 30 SO so far brings the sea- son total to $2,250. D.L. REACHES 11—Today the Rays placed INF Ryan Brett on the 15-day DL after sustaining a left shoulder subluxation in last night’s game, on a pickoff by LH Wade Miley…they selected INF Jake Elmore from Triple-A Durham; he will wear No. 10…to make room on the 40-man roster, LH Jeff Beliveau was transferred to the 60-day DL; he will undergo surgery tomor- row in Pensacola, Fla., to repair a torn left labrum…Dr. James Andrews will perform the procedure…with the addition of Brett, the Rays DL grows to 11 players, most in the majors and setting a new club record for most at one time…they had 10 players on the DL for parts of May 2012 and several oc- casions in 1998-99…for a complete listing see Page 6. RAY MATTER—The Rays have lost 4 straight games to begin the 9-game homestand…they are the only AL club to win 4 and lose 4 in a row this sea- son, and one of three in the majors along with Cincinnati and Colorado… the Rays lost 1-0 in last night’s series opener, their second shutout loss of the season, both coming in the last 3 games (9-0 on Sat vs. NYY)…since the start of 2014, the Rays have been shut out 20 times (14 at home, 6 on the road)—one shy of Seattle for most in the majors. Ê Last night was the third time in club history they lost 1-0 on an un- earned run (also Aug 21, 2012 vs. KC; July 10, 2011 at NYY)…the winning run scored on 2B Ryan Brett’s throwing error in the 3rd…it was their first 1-0 game of the season, after a club-record 10 in 2014 (6-4), most by any AL team since the 1976 Rangers. Ê Last night the Rays were held to 4 hits, the third time this season they were held to 4 or fewer. Ê The Rays are 3-5 so far in a stretch of 22 straight games against AL East competition, going through May 6. DOME WOES—The Rays have dropped to 1-6 (.143) at home, 2nd worst in the majors ahead of Milwaukee (1-7)…meanwhile, their 5-2 (.714) road re- cord is tied for 4th best in the majors…dating back to last June 2, the Rays are 25-37 (.403) at home—2nd worst in the majors ahead of Texas (22-39, .361)—while their 35-22 (.614) record on the road is 2nd best in the majors to Kansas City (38-20, .655). TOUGH LUCK, ARCH—Last night was the fifth 1-0 game started by RH Chris Archer…in those 5 games he is 0-3 with a 0.56 ERA (32.1-IP, 2-ER) as the Rays offense has scored 0 runs while he was on the mound…they won the first 2 of those games (April 8, 2014 at KC and May 23, 2014 vs. BOS) but the Rays didn’t score until the 9th inning, after his exit. Ê Last night was his third consecutive start without yielding an earned run, tying the club record (Alex Cobb, April 6–May 22, 2014; Matt Moore, Sep 29, 2012–April 10, 2013)…in his next start, Archer will have a chance to become the first AL pitcher with 4 consecutive starts without an ER in one season since KC Zack Greinke began the 2009 season with 4 straight. RAYS vs. RED SOX—Last night was the sixth 1-0 game all-time between these clubs (Rays are 4-2)…the only other game the Rays lost was July 17, 2011 at Tropicana Field, a 16-inning game on ESPN Sunday Night Base- ball…since the start of 2014, 8 of the 20 games between these clubs have been decided by one run…tonight is the second of 19 games between these clubs…the Rays went 10-9 vs. the Sox in the 2014 regular season (7-3 at home, 3-6 at Fenway Park)…since becoming the Rays in 2008, they’ve lost only one season series to Boston (7-12 in 2013) as they’ve compiled a 68-61 record during that span…they went 58-112 (.341) prior to that…there were nine ejections in the 2014 season series. TROUBLE WITH RISP—Over the last 8 games, the Rays are batting .130 (7-for-54) with RISP…they are 0-for-16 since their last hit with RISP, 1B Allan Dykstra’s 3-run homer in the 4th inning on Fri vs. NYY…prior to this 8-game slump, the Rays hit .288 (15-for-52) with RISP in their first 6 games. ABOUT THE ROSTER—The Rays 25-man roster includes: Ê 8 rookies (Andriese, Beckham, Dominguez, Dykstra, Geltz, Karns, Riefenhauser, Souza Jr.) Ê 11 players who are making or have made their Rays debut in 2015 Ê 12 pitchers (who have a combined 82 major league wins) Ê 15 players acquired by trade Ê 14 players with less than 2 years of MLB service time Ê 5 players who were not on the 40-man roster during spring training Ê OF David DeJesus (35) is the oldest member of the active roster by more than 3 years—C Bobby Wilson (32) is next…after RH Grant Balfour was designated for assignment this weekend, the oldest member of the pitching staff is RH Brandon Gomes (30). RAMPANT ROOKIESTonight is the seventh game out of 15 this sea- son in which the Rays have used a rookie starting pitcher…the Rays have used 10 different rookies this year, a club record before Sep 1—they used nine rookies before Sep 1 in 2005, 2007, 2011 and 2014…four players have made their major league debut this season (RH Matt Andriese, INF Ryan Brett, 1B Allan Dykstra, OF Mikie Mahtook)—matching the club’s total for all of 2014 (the club record is six, in 2008 and 2001)…the Rays currently have eight rookies on the active roster, and had a club-record nine before INF Ryan Brett was placed on the DL today…prior to this year, the Rays had never used more than four rookies in the month of April (1998 and 2008). Ê RH Nathan Karns leads AL rookies with 17.2 IP and 17 SO. ROOKIE MUSCLE—Rays rookies have hit 7 of the club’s 13 HR (Steven Souza Jr.-3, Tim Beckham-2, Allan Dykstra-1, Mikie Mahtook-1) and 7 of the 14 HR hit by AL rookies this far…the club record for most rookie home runs in April is 8 in 1998 (Rich Butler-3, Bobby Smith-3, Miguel Cairo-1 and Bubba Trammell-1)…prior to this month, the Rays hadn’t had a home run by a rookie in April since Reid Brignac on April 27, 2010 vs. OAK. MORE ON SOUZA—On Sun vs. NYY, OF Steven Souza Jr. hit his team- leading third home run of the season…among major league rookies, he ranks T-1st in home runs with TOR Devon Travis, 2nd with 10 RBI and 1st with 4 SB…in major league history, only eight other rookies have matched Souza Jr.’s totals in HR, RBI and SB by the end of April—yet the Rays have 8 games remaining this month…the other eight: OAK Yoenis Ces- pedes (2012), BOS Jacoby Ellsbury (2008), ANA Adam Kennedy (2000), KC Carlos Beltran (1999), BOS Nomar Garciaparra (1997), CAL Devon White (1987), OAK Mitchell Page (1977) and SF Dave Kingman (1972). STRONG LEADERSHIP—A glance at the AL leaderboards: Ê RH Chris Archer leads the AL with 25.1 IP and 30 SO…he ranks 6th with a 1.07 ERA Ê RH Jake Odorizzi ranks 8th with a 1.74 ERA and 2nd with a .129 opp avg. …RH Brad Boxberger is T-3rd with 4 saves. Ê OF Desmond Jennings is T-1st with 5 SB, after stealing only 4 bas- es in his final 78 games in 2014 (May 25–season’s end). Ê OF Kevin Kiermaier is T-2nd with 5 doubles and T-4th with 8 extra- base hits. Ê 3B Evan Longoria has 10 BB, one shy of leader TOR Jose Bau- tista…Souza Jr. leads AL rookies with 7 BB. THAT’S A FIRST—Several notable “firsts” have taken place in the season’s first two weeks: First career win Manager Kevin Cash April 8 vs. BAL First career HR Tim Beckham April 11 at MIA First career hit Allan Dykstra April 13 at TOR First career win Steve Geltz April 14 at TOR First career HR Mikie Mahtook April 15 at TOR First career HR Allan Dykstra April 17 vs. NYY ON THIS DATEÊ 1990Kevin Kiermaier was born in Fort Wayne, Ind. Ê 2000—The Devil Rays hit 5 HR, including a 2-run, pinch-hit walk-off homer in the 10th by Bubba Trammell that leads to an 11-9 win vs. LAA…Jose Canseco hits a 472-foot homer off the CF catwalk. Ê 2005—The Devil Rays beat the Red Sox, 5-4, on Eduardo Perez’s pinch-hit homer vs. LH Alan Embree…it’s the second PH walk-off homer in club history, coming exactly 5 years after the first (see above). First Pitch: 7:10 p.m. | Location: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla. | TV: Sun Sports | Radio: WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 (Spanish) Game No.: 15 (6-8) | Home Game No.: 8 (1-6) | All-Time Game No.: 2,767 (1,278-1,488) | All-Time Home Game No.: 1,383 (703-679) Upcoming Games Opp. Time TV Rays Starting Pitcher Opp. Starting Pitcher Thurs., April 23 BOS 7:10 p.m. Sun Sports RH Jake Odorizzi (2-1, 1.74) RH Clay Buchholz (1-2, 6.06) Fri., April 24 TOR 7:10 p.m. Sun Sports LH Drew Smyly (9-10, 3.24 in 2014) RH R.A. Dickey (0-1, 3.26) Sat., April 25 TOR 6:10 p.m. Sun Sports TBA LH Daniel Norris (1-1, 6.08) Sun, April 26 TOR 1:10 p.m. Sun Sports RH Chris Archer (2-2, 1.07) LH Mark Buehrle (3-0, 4.00) **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).**

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2015 vs. BOSTON RED SOXRH Nathan Karns (1-1, 4.58) vs. RH Joe Kelly (1-0, 2.13)

ARCHER Ks TO BENEFIT YOUTH BASEBALL—With 9 SO last night, RH Chris Archer took over the major league lead with 30 SO…today, it was announced that for every strikeout he records this season, Archer, the Rays and Channel 10 News will each donate $25 ($75 total) to be split among Burg Baseball Inc. and RBI Baseball of Tampa…Burg Baseball Inc. is a nonprofit organization that provides free baseball programs for underserved youth players in South St. Pete…Archer visited the league last season to meet and play catch with the participants…his 30 SO so far brings the sea-son total to $2,250.

D.L. REACHES 11—Today the Rays placed INF Ryan Brett on the 15-day DL after sustaining a left shoulder subluxation in last night’s game, on a pickoff by LH Wade Miley…they selected INF Jake Elmore from Triple-A Durham; he will wear No. 10…to make room on the 40-man roster, LH Jeff Beliveau was transferred to the 60-day DL; he will undergo surgery tomor-row in Pensacola, Fla., to repair a torn left labrum…Dr. James Andrews will perform the procedure…with the addition of Brett, the Rays DL grows to 11 players, most in the majors and setting a new club record for most at one time…they had 10 players on the DL for parts of May 2012 and several oc-casions in 1998-99…for a complete listing see Page 6.

RAY MATTER—The Rays have lost 4 straight games to begin the 9-game homestand…they are the only AL club to win 4 and lose 4 in a row this sea-son, and one of three in the majors along with Cincinnati and Colorado…the Rays lost 1-0 in last night’s series opener, their second shutout loss of the season, both coming in the last 3 games (9-0 on Sat vs. NYY)…since the start of 2014, the Rays have been shut out 20 times (14 at home, 6 on the road)—one shy of Seattle for most in the majors.

Ê Last night was the third time in club history they lost 1-0 on an un-earned run (also Aug 21, 2012 vs. KC; July 10, 2011 at NYY)…the winning run scored on 2B Ryan Brett’s throwing error in the 3rd…it was their first 1-0 game of the season, after a club-record 10 in 2014 (6-4), most by any AL team since the 1976 Rangers.

Ê Last night the Rays were held to 4 hits, the third time this season they were held to 4 or fewer.

Ê The Rays are 3-5 so far in a stretch of 22 straight games against AL East competition, going through May 6.

DOME WOES—The Rays have dropped to 1-6 (.143) at home, 2nd worst in the majors ahead of Milwaukee (1-7)…meanwhile, their 5-2 (.714) road re-cord is tied for 4th best in the majors…dating back to last June 2, the Rays are 25-37 (.403) at home—2nd worst in the majors ahead of Texas (22-39, .361)—while their 35-22 (.614) record on the road is 2nd best in the majors to Kansas City (38-20, .655).

TOUGH LUCK, ARCH—Last night was the fifth 1-0 game started by RH Chris Archer…in those 5 games he is 0-3 with a 0.56 ERA (32.1-IP, 2-ER) as the Rays offense has scored 0 runs while he was on the mound…they won the first 2 of those games (April 8, 2014 at KC and May 23, 2014 vs. BOS) but the Rays didn’t score until the 9th inning, after his exit.

Ê Last night was his third consecutive start without yielding an earned run, tying the club record (Alex Cobb, April 6–May 22, 2014; Matt Moore, Sep 29, 2012–April 10, 2013)…in his next start, Archer will have a chance to become the first AL pitcher with 4 consecutive starts without an ER in one season since KC Zack Greinke began the 2009 season with 4 straight.

RAYS vs. RED SOX—Last night was the sixth 1-0 game all-time between these clubs (Rays are 4-2)…the only other game the Rays lost was July 17, 2011 at Tropicana Field, a 16-inning game on ESPN Sunday Night Base-ball…since the start of 2014, 8 of the 20 games between these clubs have been decided by one run…tonight is the second of 19 games between these clubs…the Rays went 10-9 vs. the Sox in the 2014 regular season (7-3 at home, 3-6 at Fenway Park)…since becoming the Rays in 2008, they’ve lost only one season series to Boston (7-12 in 2013) as they’ve compiled a 68-61 record during that span…they went 58-112 (.341) prior to that…there were nine ejections in the 2014 season series.

TROUBLE WITH RISP—Over the last 8 games, the Rays are batting .130 (7-for-54) with RISP…they are 0-for-16 since their last hit with RISP, 1B Allan Dykstra’s 3-run homer in the 4th inning on Fri vs. NYY…prior to this 8-game slump, the Rays hit .288 (15-for-52) with RISP in their first 6 games.

ABOUT THE ROSTER—The Rays 25-man roster includes: Ê 8 rookies (Andriese, Beckham, Dominguez, Dykstra, Geltz, Karns,

Riefenhauser, Souza Jr.) Ê 11 players who are making or have made their Rays debut in 2015 Ê 12 pitchers (who have a combined 82 major league wins) Ê 15 players acquired by trade Ê 14 players with less than 2 years of MLB service time Ê 5 players who were not on the 40-man roster during spring training Ê OF David DeJesus (35) is the oldest member of the active roster by

more than 3 years—C Bobby Wilson (32) is next…after RH Grant Balfour was designated for assignment this weekend, the oldest member of the pitching staff is RH Brandon Gomes (30).

RAMPANT ROOKIES—Tonight is the seventh game out of 15 this sea-son in which the Rays have used a rookie starting pitcher…the Rays have used 10 different rookies this year, a club record before Sep 1—they used nine rookies before Sep 1 in 2005, 2007, 2011 and 2014…four players have made their major league debut this season (RH Matt Andriese, INF Ryan Brett, 1B Allan Dykstra, OF Mikie Mahtook)—matching the club’s total for all of 2014 (the club record is six, in 2008 and 2001)…the Rays currently have eight rookies on the active roster, and had a club-record nine before INF Ryan Brett was placed on the DL today…prior to this year, the Rays had never used more than four rookies in the month of April (1998 and 2008).

Ê RH Nathan Karns leads AL rookies with 17.2 IP and 17 SO.

ROOKIE MUSCLE—Rays rookies have hit 7 of the club’s 13 HR (Steven Souza Jr.-3, Tim Beckham-2, Allan Dykstra-1, Mikie Mahtook-1) and 7 of the 14 HR hit by AL rookies this far…the club record for most rookie home runs in April is 8 in 1998 (Rich Butler-3, Bobby Smith-3, Miguel Cairo-1 and Bubba Trammell-1)…prior to this month, the Rays hadn’t had a home run by a rookie in April since Reid Brignac on April 27, 2010 vs. OAK.

MORE ON SOUZA—On Sun vs. NYY, OF Steven Souza Jr. hit his team-leading third home run of the season…among major league rookies, he ranks T-1st in home runs with TOR Devon Travis, 2nd with 10 RBI and 1st with 4 SB…in major league history, only eight other rookies have matched Souza Jr.’s totals in HR, RBI and SB by the end of April—yet the Rays have 8 games remaining this month…the other eight: OAK Yoenis Ces-pedes (2012), BOS Jacoby Ellsbury (2008), ANA Adam Kennedy (2000), KC Carlos Beltran (1999), BOS Nomar Garciaparra (1997), CAL Devon White (1987), OAK Mitchell Page (1977) and SF Dave Kingman (1972).

STRONG LEADERSHIP—A glance at the AL leaderboards: Ê RH Chris Archer leads the AL with 25.1 IP and 30 SO…he ranks 6th

with a 1.07 ERA Ê RH Jake Odorizzi ranks 8th with a 1.74 ERA and 2nd with a .129

opp avg. …RH Brad Boxberger is T-3rd with 4 saves. Ê OF Desmond Jennings is T-1st with 5 SB, after stealing only 4 bas-

es in his final 78 games in 2014 (May 25–season’s end). Ê OF Kevin Kiermaier is T-2nd with 5 doubles and T-4th with 8 extra-

base hits. Ê 3B Evan Longoria has 10 BB, one shy of leader TOR Jose Bau-

tista…Souza Jr. leads AL rookies with 7 BB.

THAT’S A FIRST—Several notable “firsts” have taken place in the season’s first two weeks:First career win Manager Kevin Cash April 8 vs. BALFirst career HR Tim Beckham April 11 at MIAFirst career hit Allan Dykstra April 13 at TORFirst career win Steve Geltz April 14 at TORFirst career HR Mikie Mahtook April 15 at TORFirst career HR Allan Dykstra April 17 vs. NYY

ON THIS DATE— Ê 1990—Kevin Kiermaier was born in Fort Wayne, Ind. Ê 2000—The Devil Rays hit 5 HR, including a 2-run, pinch-hit walk-off

homer in the 10th by Bubba Trammell that leads to an 11-9 win vs. LAA…Jose Canseco hits a 472-foot homer off the CF catwalk.

Ê 2005—The Devil Rays beat the Red Sox, 5-4, on Eduardo Perez’s pinch-hit homer vs. LH Alan Embree…it’s the second PH walk-off homer in club history, coming exactly 5 years after the first (see above).

First Pitch: 7:10 p.m. | Location: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla. | TV: Sun Sports | Radio: WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 (Spanish) Game No.: 15 (6-8) | Home Game No.: 8 (1-6) | All-Time Game No.: 2,767 (1,278-1,488) | All-Time Home Game No.: 1,383 (703-679)

Upcoming Games Opp. Time TV Rays Starting Pitcher Opp. Starting PitcherThurs., April 23 BOS 7:10 p.m. Sun Sports RH Jake Odorizzi (2-1, 1.74) RH Clay Buchholz (1-2, 6.06)Fri., April 24 TOR 7:10 p.m. Sun Sports LH Drew Smyly (9-10, 3.24 in 2014) RH R.A. Dickey (0-1, 3.26)Sat., April 25 TOR 6:10 p.m. Sun Sports TBA LH Daniel Norris (1-1, 6.08)Sun, April 26 TOR 1:10 p.m. Sun Sports RH Chris Archer (2-2, 1.07) LH Mark Buehrle (3-0, 4.00)

**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).**

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TONIGHT’S STARTER—RH NATHAN KARNS (1-1, 4.58)

#16 KEVIN CASH, MANAGER

Ê LAST START—On Fri vs. NYY, left in line to win his second consecu-tive start before Ernesto Frieri allowed a game-tying HR to Alex Ro-driguez—No. 658 of his career…threw a season-high-tying 106 pitches over 5 IP, an avg. of 21.2 pitches per inning…allowed 2 hits, both of them solo homers: to Rodriguez in the 2nd and Stephen Drew in the 4th…his line: ND, 5 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 4 BB, 7 SO, 2 HR, 106 pit, 68 str.

Ê HARD TO HIT—Opponents are hitting just .155 (9-for-58) against him this season, 4th-lowest in the AL…ahead of him on that leaderboard is CLE Trevor Bauer (.125), teammate Jake Odorizzi (.129) and OAK Scott Kazmir (.145)…his .150 BABIP ranks 1st in the AL while Odorizzi is 2nd (.176).

Ê Of his 9 H allowed, 5 have gone for extra bases (1-2B, 1-3B, 3-HR. Ê His 4.7 pct. line drive rate is the lowest among ML starters, per

FanGraphs…next closest is CIN Anthony DeSclafani (7.5%)…the ML avg. is 20.2 pct. …his 53.5 pct. GB rate is 12th in the AL.

Ê In his last 2 starts, righties are 1-for-17 against him…RHB are 4-for-26 this year with 3 XBH (1-2B, 2-HR).

Ê THE LONG BALL—In his major league career, 24.4 pct. of his fly balls have gone for homers…his HR/FB pct. this season is 16.7…the major league average so far is 10.5 pct. …2014 avg. was 9.5 pct.

Ê Has allowed 11 HR in 41.2 career innings (2.38 HR/9 IP). Ê Has allowed 6 HR in 29.2 innings with the Rays (2014-15)…all

6 HR have come in 15.2 IP spanning 3 starts at Tropicana Field.

Ê FEAST OR FAMINE—Since the start of the 2014 season, has made 33 starts between Durham (including postseason) and the Rays…has yielded 1 ER or fewer 14 times and 5 ER or more 11 times…has allowed fewer runs in his last 15.2 IP this season than he did in his first 2 IP:

Ê First 2 IP (April 7 vs. BAL): 5 H, 6 R, 2 BB, 1 SO Ê Last 15.2 IP: 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 8 BB, 16 SO

Ê UNCLE CHARLIE—In a limited sample of 5 career starts with the Rays, 158 of 512 (30.9 pct.) of his pitches have been curveballs, according to FanGraphs…among qualifiers, the only pitcher who threw his curve more frequently last season was PHI A.J. Burnett (33.1 pct.).

Ê According to the MLBAM PITCHf/x database, 8 of his 17 SO have come with the curveball this season…also has 8 with his fastball and 1 on the changeup.

Ê WILD THING—Ranks T-3rd in the AL with 10 BB and T-1st with 3 WP…is 1 of 5 pitchers in the majors (min. 10 IP) to allow more walks than hits…the others: BAL Ubaldo Jimenez (4 BB, 1 H), TOR R.A. Dickey (12 BB, 11 H), ARI Archie Bradley (6 BB, 5 H) and CLE Trevor Bauer (11 B, 8 H).

Ê Threw first-pitch strikes to 49 pct. of batters faced in 2 starts with the Rays last year…is up to 65.3 pct. this season.

Ê COUNT ON KARNS—Has averaged 102.3 pitches per game in his three starts, the 5th-highest mark among AL starters.

Ê 46.7—The percentage of Rays games started by a rookie pitcher (7 of 15, including tonight): Karns (4), RH Matt Andriese (2) and RH Steve Geltz (1)…no other team has a higher number of games.

Ê RESPECT YOUR ELDERS—Will be making his ninth career start, fourth this year…the 27-year-old made his first Opening Day roster and is already the oldest member of the season-opening starting rotation…the only starting pitcher on the 40-man roster older than Karns is Alex Cobb, who is seven weeks his senior.

Ê SPRING THINGS—Went 2-2 with a 3.86 ERA (23.1-IP, 10-ER) in 6 offi-cial apps, 5 starts…his last outing came in relief, April 2 at PHI, when he threw a strong 6 IP in relief of Chris Archer, who made a final tune-up start…6 of his 9 ER allowed all spring came March 28 vs. BOS.

Ê LAND OF OPPORTUNITY—Entered spring as a contender for the fifth spot in the starting rotation…following a number of injuries to starters Alex Cobb, Drew Smyly and Alex Colome, he was assigned by Man-ager Kevin Cash to start the second game of the season on March 27.

Ê HIGHLY REGARDED—Enters 2015 rated by Baseball America as the No. 7 prospect in the Rays system and No. 2 pitching prospect behind Alex Colome…the publication also recognized him as Best Curveball in the organization.

Ê KARNS, WITH A K—Has struck out 515 batters in 449.1 IP lifetime in the minors (10.3 SO/9 IP) while holding opponents to a .215 avg.

Ê 2014 REVIEW—Made a career-high 30 starts between Triple-A Dur-ham (regular and postseason) and the Rays…spent most of the season with Durham before making 2 starts for the Rays in September…also recalled for 2 days (May 3-4) after Heath Bell was designated for as-signment, but did not pitch.

Ê LAST START—On Sat vs. NYY, took his first defeat of the season, de-spite pitching into the 7th (1 BF) for the 3rd time in as many starts…had 9 SO, his most since Aug 9, 2014 at CHC (9)…allowed a 2-out, 2-run triple to Brian McCann in the 6th, breaking a scoreless tie…the Rays were shut out by Masahiro Tanaka and two relievers, marking the 7th time since the start of 2014 the Rays were shut out in his 34 starts…his line: 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 9 SO, 102 pitches, 64 strikes.

Ê BEAST vs. EAST—Each of his start this season have come against AL East opponents…last season, he had a 4.83 ERA (72.2-IP, 39-ER) and 1.40 WHIP in 14 starts against divisional foes…has a 1.74 ERA (20.2-IP, 4-ER) and 0.68 WHIP in those 3 starts this year.

Ê HOMEBODY—Last season, he compiled a 2.62 ERA (99.2-IP, 29-ER) in 17 home starts, compared to a 6.32 ERA (68.1-IP, 44-ER) in 14 road starts—the largest home-road differential in the majors (min. 100 IP)…his road ERA was 2nd highest in club history among season qualifiers—only Mark Hendrickson (6.53 in 2005) was higher.

Ê vs. BOSTON—Is 1-2 with a 4.32 ERA (25-IP, 12-ER) in 5 career starts against the Red Sox…has gone 1-0 with a 0.69 ERA (13-IP, 1-ER) in 2 starts against them at Tropicana Field, compared to 0-2 with an 8.25 ERA (12-IP, 11-ER) at Fenway Park…last faced them on Sep 24, 2014 at Fenway—his final start of the season—and only lasted 3 IP, throwing 91 pitches.

TOMORROW’S STARTER—RH JAKE ODORIZZI (2-1, 1.74)

Ê Ejected on Thu at TOR in the 8th inn. by HP umpire Laz Diaz for arguing the result of an instant replay review…was his 2nd career ejection and first as a manager…as a player, was ejected Sep 7, 2007 with BOS.

Ê 37-year-old rookie 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 Orlando Magic interim head coach James Borrego (37)…Cash is 24 days younger.

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.

YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO HR Avg.2014 Durham 9-9 5.08 27 27 0 0 145.1 142 89 82 62 153 16 .257

Tampa Bay 1-1 4.50 2 2 0 0 12.0 7 6 6 4 13 3 .1632015 Tampa Bay 1-1 4.58 3 3 0 0 17.2 9 10 9 10 17 3 .155Career Majors 2-3 5.40 8 8 0 0 41.2 33 27 25 20 41 11 .214Career Minors 33-21 3.45 87 81 5 0 449.1 350 191 172 190 515 33 .215

2015 SPLITSvs. RH: .154 (4-26), 2-HRvs. LH: .156 (5-32), 1-HRHome: 0-1, 6.75 ERA (10.2-IP, 8-ER)Road: 1-0, 1.29 ERA (7.0-IP, 1-ER)

KARNS vs. RED SOXCAREER—Has never faced the Red Sox, the only AL East team has he yet to face…has made 4 starts against AL oppo-nents, going 1-1 with a 4.50 ERA (22-IP, 11-ER), 1.18 WHIP and 22 SO.

2015 SPRING GAME LOGGAME DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP P/K FINAL OPP. LEFT3/5 vs. BAL -- 0.00 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 21/10 L, 2-3 Chen tied, 0-03/9 @ NYY L-1 1.80 3.0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 50/33 L, 3-4 Pineda down, 2-03/14 @ BAL W-1 1.00 4.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 53/33 W, 3-2 Matusz up, 2-03/19 vs. MIN W-2 2.03 4.1 6 2 2 1 4 0 1 0 65/39 W, 4-2 Nolasco up, 3-23/28 vs. BOS L-2 4.67 4.0 5 6 6 3 3 1 0 1 72/48 L, 6-9 Wright down, 6-5*4/2 @ PHI -- 3.86 5.0 5 1 1 2 8 1 0 0 -- W, 10-1 -- --TOTAL 2-2 3.86 23.1 19 11 10 8 19 2 1 1 -- -- -- --

* relief appearance

2015 GAME LOGGAME DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP P/K FINAL OPP. LEFT4/7 vs. BAL L-1 9.53 5.2 5 6 6 4 4 1 1 1 95/53 L, 5-6 Chen down, 3-64/12 at MIA W-1 4.97 7.0 2 2 1 2 6 0 0 2 106/72 W, 8-5 Alvarez up, 7-24/17 vs. NYY -- 4.58 5.0 2 2 2 4 7 2 0 0 106/68 L, 4-5 Warren up, 4-2

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RAYS HITTER NOTES#1 TIM BECKHAM, INF Tue: 0-2, BB NYY Series: 1-7, BB Trip: 7-18, 3B, 2-HR, 6-RBI, BB, 4-R vs. LH: .267 (4-15), 2-HR2015: .250/.306/.500, 2-HR, 6-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-3 RISP: .333 (2-6) vs. RH: .235 (4-17)

Ê Batting .136/.200/.136 (3-for-22) in 7 games as a starter compared to .500/.545/1.300 (5-for-10) off the bench…has 2 PH HR and 1 PH 3B. Ê Has played 13 games with 7 starts (5-2B, 2-SS)…the 25-year-old rookie made his first Opening Day roster…only prev. ML action came in Sep 2013. Ê Both of his homers have come in 2-strike counts…had a 2-run HR off Aaron Loup on Thu at TOR…he became the first rookie since NYM Ron Swo-

boda in 1965 to hit 2 PH HR in his team’s first 10 games…he’s also the first rookie in Rays history with 2 PH HR in a season and the 7th Ray all-time to do it, along with Willy Aybar (2010), Ben Zobrist (2009), Gabe Kapler (2009), Travis Lee (2005), Bubba Trammell (2000) and Paul Sorrento (1998).

Ê He became the first in Rays history to have a pinch-hit homer as the first of his career…it was a solo shot on April 11 at MIA to end a 10-pitch AB.

#13 ASDRUBAL CABRERA, INF Tue: 0-1 (PH in 7th) NYY Series: 2-10 Trip: 6-30, 3B, 4-RBI, 2-BB, 3-R vs. LH: .000 (0-12)2015: .189/.218/.245, 0-HR, 5-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-4 RISP: .167 (3-18) vs. RH: .244 (10-41)

Ê Has 2 hits in his last 30 at-bats…leads the team with 53 AB…is 17 hits away from 1,000 for his career and 2 runs scored shy of 500. Ê Has started 13 G (12-SS, 1-DH), all in the No. 3 hole…is 0-for-12 vs. LHP but entered 2015 with a higher career avg. vs. LHP (.280) than RHP (.262). Ê Has made 1 error in 47 chances at shortstop this season for a .979 fielding pct. Ê 29-year-old made his eighth straight Opening Day start, sixth straight at SS…also started seven straight openers for Cleveland from 2008-14. Ê Since 2011, ranks among ML switch-hitter leaders in HR (69, 6th), RBI (290, 5th), 2B (134, 2nd) and hits (581, 6th).

#7 DAVID DEJESUS, OF Tue: 0-1 (PH in 8th) NYY Series: 3-6, BB, 2-R Trip: 4-11, 2-2B, HR, 8-RBI, 2-BB, 3-R vs. LH: --2015: .400/.464/.600, 1-HR, 8-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-1 RISP: .571 (4-7) vs. RH: .400 (10-25), 1-HR

Ê Among AL players with at least 20 AB, ranks T-4th in avg. and 4th in OBP…ranks 2nd on the team with 8 RBI despite only 6 starts and 25 AB. Ê Does not have an AB vs. LHP…batting .429/.467/.429 (6-for-14) at Tropicana Field, but all 3 XBH (2-2B, 1-HR) have come on the road. Ê Had an RBI double on Thu at TOR…drew a bases-loaded walk on April 13 at TOR, the 9th of his career and 2nd as a Ray (May 1, 2014 at BOS-G1). Ê Had a go-ahead, 3-run homer on April 12 at MIA (Henderson Alvarez), the 5th HR of his career on an 0-2 pitch (last June 13, 2013 vs. CIN). Ê Made his 11th Opening Day roster…snapped a streak of 10 straight O.D. starts (2005-10 with KC, 2011 with OAK, 2012-13 with CHC and 2014 with TB).

#31 ALLAN DYKSTRA, 1B Tue: 0-1 (def. rep.) NYY Series: 1-10, HR, 3-RBI, R Trip: 1-13, 5-BB, 2-R vs. LH: .000 (0-2)2015: .080/.258/.200, 1-HR, 3-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-9 RISP: .500 (1-2) vs. RH: .087 (2-23), 1-HR

Ê Has 8 PA in his last 3 games: 6 SO, 1 GIDP, 1 groundout…prior to that, had 4 SO in 23 PA to start his career. Ê Ranks T-2nd among AL rookies with 6 BB (Souza Jr., 7)…has played 11 games (9 starts) at 1B since being selected from Triple-A Durham. Ê Had a 3-run HR in the 4th on Fri at TOR off the foul poul, his first career HR and RBI…it came on a 2-0 pitch against Adam Warren…first career hit was

a ground ball single to left on April 13 at TOR (R.A. Dickey)…is tied for the 2nd-tallest pos. player in club history behind 6’7” Joel Guzman. Ê 27-year-old is a career .257/.406/.452 hitter with 91 HR over 7 minor league seasons…was the 23rd overall selection in the 2008 June Draft (Padres).

#10 JAKE ELMORE, INF/OF Tue: -- NYY Series: -- Trip: -- vs. LH: --Triple-A: .333/.462/.333, 0-HR, 5-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak (2014): 1G (.333, 1-3) RISP: -- vs. RH: --

Ê 27-year-old was selected from Triple-A Durham today…hit .333/.462/.333 (14-for-42) with 5 RBI for the Bulls, having reached in each of his 12 games…his .462 OBP ranked T-2nd in the International League at the time of his selection.

Ê Spring Training: Hit .135/.298/.162 (5-for-37) in 22 games…played innings at 1B (3), 2B (23), 3B (33), SS (28), LF (12) and RF (15). Ê Has spent parts of 3 seasons in the majors with ARI, HOU and CIN…over 2 stints with the Astros in 2013, appeared at all 9 positions (incl. pitcher).

#11 LOGAN FORSYTHE, INF Tue: 1-3, BB NYY Series: 3-9, HR, RBI, R Trip: 6-24, 3-2B, RBI, 3-BB, 3-R vs. LH: .294 (5-17), 1-HR2015: .267/.353/.467, 2-HR, 5-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.333, 1-3) RISP: .182 (2-11) vs. RH: .250 (7-28), 1-HR

Ê Has played 14 G with 12 starts (8-2B, 3-1B, 1-3B)…he and SF Matt Duffy are the only players with starts at 1B, 2B and 3B this season. Ê Was the back end of back-to-back homers with Allan Dykstra on Fri vs. NYY (4th)…his 2nd HR of 2015 came in his 35th AB as part of his first 3-hit

game since Aug 14, 2014 at TEX…last season, he didn’t hit his 2nd HR until his 147th AB, in the Rays 84th game on June 29 at BAL. Ê On Thu at TOR, became the first AL player to play 1B, 2B and 3B in the same game since Ben Zobrist on Sep 23, 2010 at NYY. Ê Has played 32.1 innings at 1B…his only previous regular season action there was 1 inning on April 17, 2014 vs. NYY. Ê Is a career .272/.340/.430 (103-for-379) hitter with 11 HR vs. LHP compared to .216/.284/.301 (141-for-652) with 9 HR vs. RHP.

#5 BRANDON GUYER, OF Tue: 1-4 NYY Series: 1-7, 2B Trip: 4-11, 2-2B, RBI, 3-BB, 3-R vs. LH: .133 (2-15)2015: .214/.353/.321, 0-HR, 1-RBI, 2-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.250, 1-4) RISP: .333 (1-3) vs. RH: .308 (4-13)

Ê Has played 12 games with 6 starts (5-LF, 1-DH)…has made 4 starts at leadoff, all of them against left-handed starting pitchers. Ê Batting .133 (2-for-15) vs. LHP…entering 2015, was a career .272/.327/.415 (40-for-147) hitter vs. LHP and .238/.305/.331 vs. RHP. Ê Has 3 2B in 28 at-bats…his .353 OBP ranks T-3rd on the team (min. 10 AB) behind David DeJesus (.464) and Steven Souza Jr. (.364). Ê 29-year-old made his second consecutive Opening Day roster…on April 10 at MIA, drew his first career bases-loaded walk in the 7th (Sam Dyson). Ê Spring Training: Appeared in 11 games between all three outfield positions…hit a grand slam on April 3 at DET off Anibal Sanchez.

#8 DESMOND JENNINGS, OF Tue: 0-4 NYY Series: 1-10, 2-BB, R Trip: 5-24, RBI, 3-BB, 4-R vs. LH: .273 (3-11)2015: .188/.298/.188, 0-HR, 2-RBI, 5-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-5 RISP: .100 (1-10) vs. RH: .162 (6-37)

Ê Ranks T-1st in the AL and T-3rd in the majors with 5 SB…his 7 SB att. match his total from his last 78 G of 2014…has stolen 3B three times—as many as he had all of 2014 and one shy of his career high (2012)…did it twice on April 13 at TOR, the 5th time in club history that occurred.

Ê Batting .100 (1-for-10) with RISP…has 4 AB with the bases loaded, most on the team, and is 0-for-4…FC yesterday vs. BOS (Alexi Ogando). Ê Has 0 XBH in 48 AB…the only other players in the majors with as many AB and no XBH are SEA Logan Morrison and CIN Brandon Phillips. Ê Has started all 14 games (8-LF, 5-CF, 1-DH)…has gone 367 chances since his last error on Sep 6, 2013 at SEA…has hit 5th or 6th in all 14 games. Ê Spring Training: His .435 avg. ranked 5th in the majors among players with as many AB…led the team with 20 hits and .471 OBP.

#39 KEVIN KIERMAIER, OF Tue: DNP NYY Series: 0-5 Trip: 8-23, 4-2B, HR, 2-RBI, 2-BB, 5-R vs. LH: .273 (3-11)2015: .297/.333/.649, 2-HR, 4-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-7 RISP: .143 (1-7) vs. RH: .308 (8-26), 2-HR

Ê Turns 25 today…last start was Fri vs. NYY (illness)…is T-4th in the AL with 8 XBH and T-2nd with 5 2B…his .649 SLG would be 4th if he qualified. Ê Seven of his 8 XBH came in the Rays 6 1st G, a combination (4 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR) unmatched in the majors through 6 G since TEX Ruben Sierra in 1992. Ê Of his 5 2B this season, 2 have been categorized by the Rays Radio broadcasting team as “hustle doubles”…took an extra base on his triple as well. Ê 24-year-old made his first career Opening Day roster and started on April 6 vs. BAL in CF as the No. 9 hitter. Ê Spring Training: Led club with 5 2B, 2 3B and 5 SB…his 5 SB ranked T-7th in the majors…played exclusively center field.

#3 EVAN LONGORIA, 3B Tue: 0-3, BB NYY Series: 1-9, BB, R Trip: 4-23, 3-2B, RBI, 4-BB, R vs. LH: .286 (2-7)2015: .186/.352/.349, 1-HR, 2-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-10 RISP: .100 (1-10) vs. RH: .167 (6-36), 1-HR

Ê Only HR was Opening Day vs. BAL (solo shot)…has gone 13 games without one and 9 games since his last RBI on April 11 at MIA. Ê Ranks T-3rd in AL with 10 BB…is the franchise’s all-time leader in homers (185), doubles (230), extra-base hits (427), RBI (637) and SLG (.492). Ê Has made 183 consecutive starts, the active ML leader, according to Elias…has played in 256 straight games, the longest active streak as SF Hunter

Pence (383) begins the year on the DL…was 1 of 3 players to start every game last year (ATL Freddie Freeman, KC Alcides Escobar). Ê Is 17 hits shy of 1,000 for his career…made his 7th straight Opening Day start at 3B and 4th Opening Day start at cleanup. Ê Spring Training: Led the team with 10 RBI and tied for the team lead with 3 HR (Logan Forsythe).

#44 RENE RIVERA, C Tue: 1-3 NYY Series: 1-8 Trip: 4-23, 2-2B, 2-RBI, BB, 2-R vs. LH: .214 (3-14)2015: .133/.170/.178, 0-HR, 2-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 2G (.286, 2-7) RISP: .143 (2-14) vs. RH: .097 (3-31)

Ê Has played 14 games with 12 starts (10-C, 1-1B, 1-DH)…they marked his first career starts at 1B and DH…is 3-for-his-last-25. Ê On Sun vs. NYY, threw out Jacoby Ellsbury attempting to steal 2B…has caught 31 of 93 attempted base stealers since the start of 2014 (33.3 pct.). Ê According to FanGraphs, 22.6 pct. of his balls in play are line drives…team avg. is 17.5 pct. …has a .194 avg. on balls in play. Ê Spring Training: Four of his 7 hits went for extra bases (2-2B, 2-HR)…only multi-hit game included a 2-run homer on March 14 at BAL.

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#20 STEVEN SOUZA JR., OF Tue: 0-3, BB NYY Series: 5-13, 2B, HR, 3-RBI, R Trip: 6-23, 2B, 2-HR, 6-RBI, 3-BB, 4-R vs. LH: .231 (3-13), 2-HR2015: .271/.364/.500, 3-HR, 10-RBI, 4-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-5 RISP: .083 (1-12) vs. RH: .286 (10-35), 1-HR

Ê Leads the team with 3 HR and 10 RBI and ranks 2nd with 4 SB…no other player in the majors can match his combination of homers and steals. Ê Batting .345/.387/.724 (10-for-29) with 3 HR and 8 RBI in his last 7 G…his 3 HR ties the Rays rookie record for April (6th time, last Evan Longoria in

2008)…his 10 RBI T-4th for April among Rays rookies, trailing Rocco Baldelli (20) in 2003, Delmon Young (13) in 2007 and Bobby Smith (12) in 1998. Ê Among major league rookies, ranks T-5th in hits (13), T-1st in homers (3), 2nd in RBI (10), 2nd in walks (7) and 1st in SB (4). Ê Homered in consecutive games April 14-15 at TOR…just missed a grand slam in the 9th on April 15 at TOR…it went off the top of the wall for a 2B. Ê Homered off the facing of the third deck in CF on April 14 at TOR, estimated by ESPN Stats & Info at 463 feet…it was the third longest by a Ray since

ESPN began tracking home runs in 2006, trailing Carlos Peña on June 13, 2009 vs. WAS (466) and Gabe Gross on Aug 6, 2008 vs. CLE (466)…he was the 4th in Rays history to have a HR, bunt single and SB in the same game and the first since Elliot Johnson on May 13, 2012 vs. BAL.

Ê Made his first Opening Day roster…turns 26 this coming Friday.

#46 BOBBY WILSON, C Tue: 0-2 NYY Series: 0-3, BB Trip: 3-9, RBI, BB vs. LH: .125 (1-8)2015: .214/.313/.214, 0-HR, 1-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-5 RISP: .667 (2-3) vs. RH: .333 (2-6)

Ê Has played 7 games with 4 starts at catcher…has thrown out 1-of-4 attempted base stealers…Rays debut was April 10 at MIA on a double-switch. Ê Became the 1st catcher to make the Rays Opening Day roster as a non-roster invite…marked his 4th Opening Day roster (2010-12 with LAA). Ê Aside from a September stint last year, spent the season with Triple-A Reno (D-backs)…caught a Triple-A best 54.1 pct. of attempted base stealers. Ê Became the 12th Tampa Bay-area native to play for the Rays…attended Seminole High School and St. Petersburg College.

RAYS BULLPEN NOTES#26 BRAD BOXBERGER, RH Last App: 4/16 at TOR (SV, 1.0-IP, 1-H, 1-R, 1-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: 4-4 vs. LH: .333 (3-9)2015: 0-1-4, 3.38 ERA, 6 G Long Relief App: 1.0, 5x-last 4/16 at TOR IR-RS: -- vs. RH: .100 (1-10)

Ê Ranks T-3rd in the AL in saves (4) and T-2nd in games finished (6)…last pitched on Thu at TOR. Ê All 6 of his apps have come in the 9th or 10th inning…the tying run has been at the plate in all four of his save opportunities. Ê Took the loss on April 10 at MIA, allowing a walk-off 1B (Yelich)…only other time he was on the mound in a walk-off was May 15, 2014 at LAA (Trout HR). Ê Has recorded at least 1 SO in his last 13 apps and in 16 of his last 17 apps dating back to the end of 2014…made his 1st Opening Day roster. Ê Spring Training: Had a 0.67 WHIP and opponents hit just .133 (4-for-30) off him in 9 IP. Ê In 2014, had a club relief record 104 SO…struck out 42.1 pct. of batters, highest rate in AL history by a right-handed reliever.

#52 JOSE DOMINGUEZ, RH Last App: 4/21 vs. BOS (1.0-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: .200 (1-5)2015: 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA, 3 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 4/18 vs. NYY IR-RS: 1-0 vs. RH: .143 (1-7)

Ê Has made 3 scoreless apps for the Rays, allowing 2 H over 4.1 IP…on Sat vs. NYY, tied his longest career app (3rd time). Ê 24-year-old was recalled on April 15 from Durham, replacing Kirby Yates on the active roster…allowed one unearned run over 2 apps with the Bulls. Ê Has a 4.74 ERA (19-IP, 10-ER) in 17 career major league apps…made the Dodgers Opening Day roster in 2014, but made only 5 apps over 4 stints

in the majors…acquired from the Dodgers in a four-player trade involving RH Joel Peralta on Nov 20, 2014. Ê Has recorded 355 SO in 319.2 IP over eight minor league seasons (including 2015), an average of 9.99 SO/9 IP. Ê Is a cousin of Alex Colome…Alex’s father and Jose’s mother are half-siblings.

#43 ERNESTO FRIERI, RH Last App: 4/21 vs. BOS (1.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 1-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: 1-2 vs. LH: .286 (4-14), 2-HR2015: 0-0-1, 5.87 ERA, 7 G Long Relief App: 1.1, 3x-last 4/19 vs. NYY IR-RS: 4-1 vs. RH: .214 (3-14), 1-HR

Ê His last 2 apps spanning 2.1 IP have been scoreless…allowed homers in his 3 prev. apps before that, first time in his career doing so. Ê Tied his season long app on Sun vs. NYY (1.1 IP)…on Fri vs. NYY, yielded a game-tying, 2-run HR to Alex Rodriguez in the 6th inning. Ê Since 2011, has allowed 37 HR, most among major league relievers…has allowed 14 HR since the start of 2014, 2nd among ML relievers, in 49.1 IP. Ê On April 12 at MIA recorded his first save since June 9, 2014 vs. OAK and his first save of 4 or more outs since Sep 15, 2013 at HOU. Ê 29-year-old made his fifth consecutive Opening Day roster…is the first Colombian-born player in Rays history. Ê Spring Training: All 3 runs allowed came on March 20 vs. TOR…allowed a solo homer to Justin Smoak and a 2-run HR to Ryan Goins.

#54 STEVE GELTZ, RH Last App: 4/19 vs. NYY (1.1-IP, 1-H, 1-R, 2-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: .154 (2-13)2015: 1-0-0, 3.38 ERA, 7 G, 1 GS Long Relief App: 1.1, 3x-last 4/19 vs. NYY IR-RS: 5-0 vs. RH: .143 (2-14)

Ê Tied his career high throwing 35 pitches on Sun vs. NYY (2nd time)…only other time was his only career start on April 10 at MIA. Ê Has stranded all 5 inherited runners…last season 6 of his 8 inherited runners scored. Ê Made his first career start on April 10 at MIA after 256 career relief apps between the minors and majors…tied his longest career app in the majors. Ê Became the first AL pitcher to make 2 relief apps and a start within his team’s first 4 games of the season since NYY Greg Cadaret in 1990. Ê On Opening Day vs. BAL (1.1-IP, 4-SO), he became the first pitcher in since records are available (1914) with more than 1 IP to strike out every BF. Ê Spring Training: His 11 apps tied for the team lead with C.J. Riefenhauser…allowed only 7 H and 0 BB in 10.1 IP.

#47 BRANDON GOMES, RH Last App: 4/21 vs. BOS (1.1-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: .167 (1-6)2015: 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 4/19 vs. NYY IR-RS: 4-0 vs. RH: .000 (0-5)

Ê Has made 2 scoreless apps (3.1-IP, 1-H, 1-BB, 3-SO) since being selected from Durham on Sunday after Grant Balfour was designated for assignment. Ê Retired all 4 BF yesterday vs. BOS…made his season debut on Sun vs. NYY, throwing 40 pitches over 2 scoreless innings. Ê Was 0-1 with a 3.38 ERA (5.1-IP, 2-ER) and 7 SO in 4 apps for the Bulls…has split the last 4 seasons (2011-14) between Durham and the Rays. Ê Spring Training: Went 1-0 with a 0.63 ERA (14.1-IP, 9-H, 1-R/ER, 1-BB, 20-SO) in 9 relief apps…was reassigned to minor league camp March 30. Ê In his career, has held righties to .195/.277/.319 (49-for-251), while lefties have hit .291/.362/.473 (48-for-165). Ê In 2014, made 29 apps over three stints with the Rays…over his final 2 stints, had a 1.50 ERA (12-IP, 2-ER) in 9 apps.

#40 KEVIN JEPSEN, RH Last App: 4/17 vs. NYY (L, 1.0-IP, 2-H, 1-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: 1-1 vs. LH: .100 (1-10)2015: 0-1-1, 1.50 ERA, 6 G Long Relief App: 1.0, 6x-last 4/17 vs. NYY IR-RS: 3-1 vs. RH: .200 (2-10)

Ê Took the loss on Fri vs. NYY, allowing his first run as a Ray on an RBI single to Alex Rodriguez, who was 0-for-10 lifetime against him before that. Ê Escaped a no-out, bases-loaded jam by only allowing one run to score on Thu at TOR (Bautista fly out, Encarnacion sac fly, Navarro ground out). Ê Pitched a perfect 9th on April 14 at TOR for his 6th career save and 1st as a Ray…became the 3rd Ray with a save (Boxberger, Frieri) this year. Ê 30-year-old made his 7th straight Opening Day roster (2009-14 with LAA)…had career highs in apps (74, 4th in AL), IP (65) and SO (75) in 2014. Ê Spring Training: Started the spring with 4 straight scoreless apps…allowed runs in 3 straight apps from March 23-30. Ê His last major league win was June 27, 2013 at DET, having made 104 apps since then…only three pitchers in AL history made more apps than he

did last season (74) and not earned a win.

#30 ERASMO RAMIREZ, RH Last App: 4/19 vs. NYY (1.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: .333 (4-12)2015: 0-1-0, 19.89 ERA, 3 G, 1 GS Long Relief App: 2.0, 4/10 at MIA IR-RS: -- vs. RH: .476 (10-21), 1-HR

Ê Has made 3 apps (1 start) for the Rays…pronounced “eh-RASS-moh”…he was acquired on March 31 in exchange for LH Mike Montgomery. Ê Pitched a scoreless 9th on Sun vs. NYY, retiring Teixeira, Headley and Drew in order on 8 pitches. Ê His Rays debut was on April 10 at MIA in relief…allowed 6 hits and 7 runs over the 3rd-4th innings…his 7 runs allowed were the most by a Rays

reliever since Gary Glover on July 10, 2008 at CLE and tied with Brian Meadows on April 5, 2006 at BAL for the most ever in a Rays relief debut. Ê Has faced 40 batters this season…21 of them have reached base and 16 have scored.

#34 C.J. RIEFENHAUSER, LH Last App: 4/18 vs. NYY (0.1-IP, 3-H, 3-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: .750 (3-4)2015: 0-0-0, 20.25 ERA, 2 G Long Relief App: 1.0, 4/17 vs. NYY IR-RS: 1-1 vs. RH: .000 (0-1)

Ê Six of his 9 career apps have been against the Yankees at Tropicana Field…pitched in the first 2 games of the Yankees series (Fri-Sat). Ê On Sat vs. NYY, replaced Jake Odorizzi with 1-on and no outs in the 7th…faced 4 batters (double, sac fly, single, single). Ê The 25-year-old was recalled from Triple-A Durham on Friday, replacing LH Jeff Beliveau (15-day disabled list) on the active roster. Ê Prior to his recall, had made 2 apps this season with Durham with a 9.00 ERA (3-IP, 3-ER). Ê At 12 letters, he is tied with Jason Isringhausen as the longest surname in Rays history.

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RAYS BY THE NUMBERSCurrent Streak: L4 When commit error: 2-3 Hit homer: 4-6Current Record: 6-8 Ahead after 6-7-8: 5-0/5-0/6-0 Homer with men on: 2-4Home/Road: 1-6/5-2 Behind after 6-7-8: 0-7/0-6/0-8 Hit multiple homers: 0-3Day/Night: 2-2/4-6 Tied after 6-7-8: 1-1/1-2/0-0 Score first: 6-0Grass/Turf: 2-5/4-3 1-run games: 2-4 Score 5 or more: 1-3vs. East: 4-7 2-run games: 2-1 Score less than 5: 4-5vs. Central: 0-0 Extra innings: 0-1 Outhit opponents: 5-1vs. West: 0-0 Win in last at-bat: 0 Outhit by opponents: 1-6vs. National League: 2-1 Come-from-behind wins: 0 Collect 10 or more hits: 1-2vs. RH/LH starters: 5-5/1-3 Opp. come-from-behind wins: 2 Opp. 10 or more hits: 0-4Series W-L-T (home): 0-2-0 Series W-L-T (road): 2-0-0 Wearing white/gray/navy/lt. blue: 1-3/0-2/5-2/0-1

HOME RUNS1R 2R 3R GS TOTAL

Souza Jr. 2 1 3Kiermaier 1 1 2Beckham 1 1 2Forsythe 1 1 2Longoria 1 1DeJesus 1 1Mahtook 1 1Dykstra 1 1CabreraGuyerJenningsRiveraWilsonTOTALS 6 5 2 - 13

RUN SUPPORT FOR STARTING PITCHERSPITCHER STARTS RUNS RUNS/START RUNS/9-IP CLUB RECORD QUALITYAndriese 2 4 2.00 5.14 1-1 0Archer 4 6 1.50 2.13 2-2 2Geltz 1 0 0.00 0.00 0-1 0Karns 3 14 4.67 7.13 1-2 1Odorizzi 3 3 1.00 1.31 2-1 3Ramirez 1 0 0.00 0.00 0-1 0

RAYS PITCHING BY THE NUMBERS

LAST HR OFF ’15 MOST HITS GAME ’15 MOST RBI GAMEBeckham 4/16 at TOR Loup 2, 3x-last, 4/15 at TOR 2, 2x-last, 4/16 at TORCabrera 9/3/14 at LAD Correia 3, 4/10 at MIA 2, 4/10 at MIADeJesus 4/12 at MIA Alvarez 2, 3x-last, 4/18 vs. NYY 3, 2x-last, 4/12 at MIADykstra 4/17 vs. NYY Warren 1, 2x-last, 4/17 vs. NYY 3, 4/17 vs. NYYElmore 8/6/13 vs. BOS Britton - -Forsythe 4/17 vs. NYY Warren 3, 4/17 vs. NYY 2, 4/7 vs. BALGuyer 8/29/14 vs. BOS Ranaudo 2, 4/10 at MIA 1, 4/10 at MIAJennings 8/8/14 at CHC Wada 1, 9x-last, 4/19 vs. NYY 1, 2x-last, 4/14 at TORKiermaier 4/10 at MIA Haren 2, 4x-last, 4/16 at TOR 2, 2x-last, 4/10 at MIALongoria 4/6 vs. BAL Tillman 1, 8x-last, 4/17 vs. NYY 1, 2x-last, 4/11 at MIARivera 9/25/14 at SF Machi 3, 4/12 at MIA 2, 4/12 at MIASouza Jr. 4/19 vs. NYY Pineda 3, 2x-last, 4/19 vs. NYY 3, 2x-last, 4/19 vs. NYYWilson 8/31/12 at SEA Luetge 1, 3x-last, 4/15 at TOR 1, 4/15 at TOR

RAYS SEASON HIGHSTEAM BATTING INDIVIDUAL BATTINGLongest win streak 4, April 11-14 Most runs, game, TB 2, 9x-last, DeJesus, 4/19 vs. NYYLong loss streak 4, April 17-Current Most runs, game, Opp 4, Gordon, 4/10 at MIAMost runs game, TB 9, 4/10 at MIA Most hits, game, TB 3, 5x-last, Souza Jr., 4/19 vs. NYYMost runs game, Opp 12, 4/15 at TOR Most hits, game, Opp 3, 8x-last, Jones, 4/19 vs. NYYMost runs, inn, TB 7, 4/10 at MIA Most 2B, game, TB 2, 2x-last, Rivera, 4/12 at MIAMost runs, inn, Opp 7, 4/18 vs. NYY Most 2B, game, Opp 1, 20x-last, Victorino, 4/21 vs. NYYMost hits, game, TB 14, 4/12 at MIA Most HR, game, TB 1, 13x-last, Souza Jr., 4/19 vs. NYYMost hits, game, Opp 13, 2x-last, 4/15 at TOR Most HR, game, Opp 2, Rodriguez, 4/17 vs. NYYMost hits, inn, TB 4, 3x-last, 4/15 at TOR Most RBI, game, TB 3, 5x-last, Souza Jr., 4/19 vs. NYYMost hits, inn, Opp 5. 2x-last, 4/18 vs. NYY Most RBI, game, Opp 4, 2x-last, Young, 4/18 vs. NYYMost doubles, game, TB 6. 4/12 at MIA Most x-base hits, game, TB 2, 5x-last, Souza Jr., 4/19 vs. NYYMost doubles, game, Opp 4. 4/10 at MIA Most x-base hits, game, Opp 2, 3x-last, Rodriguez, 4/17 vs. NYYMost HR, game, TB 2. 3x-last, 4/17 vs. NYY Most steals, game, TB 2, Jennings, 4/13 at TORMost HR, game, Opp 3, 3x-last, 4/17 vs. NYY Most steals, game, Opp 2, 2x-last, Gardner, 4/18 vs. NYYMost x-base hits, game, TB 8. 4/12 at MIA Hitting Streak 6, Forsythe, April 11-17Most x-base hits, game, Opp 6. 4/15 at TOR TEAM/INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most stolen bases, game, TB 4, 4/14 at TOR Most SO, TB Starter 11, Archer, 4/16 at TORMost stolen bases, game, Opp 3. 4/10 at MIA Most SO, Opp Starter 8, Tanaka, 4/18 vs. NYYMost walks, game, TB 8. 4/8 vs. BAL Most SO, TB Reliever 4, Geltz, 4/6 vs. BALMost walks, game, Opp 6. 3x-last, 4/19 vs. NYY Most IP, TB Reliever 2.0, 4x-last, Gomes, 4/19 vs. NYYMost strikeouts, game, TB 11. 3x-last, 4/19 vs. NYY Most walks, game, TB 4, 2x-last, Karns, 4/17 vs. NYYMost strikeouts, game, Opp 13. 4/8 vs. BAL Most walks, game, Opp 5, 2x-last, Dickey, 4/13 at TORMost LOB, game, TB 9. 4/14 at TOR Most SO, Team, TB 13, 4/8 vs. BALMost LOB, game, Opp 10, 4/19 vs. NYY Most walks, Team, TB 6, 2x-last, 4/19 vs. NYYMost errors, game, TB 1. 4x-last, 4/21 vs. NYY Low-Hit Game 2, 3 Pitchers, 4/11 at MIAMost errors, game, Opp 1, 4x-last, 4/16 at TOR Consecutive Scoreless IP 16.0, Archer, April 11-21Longest game, time 3:36, 4/10 at MIA Shortest game, time 2:30, 4/13 at TORLongest game, time (9 inn.) 3:22, 4/7 vs. BAL Shortest game, time (9 inn.) 2:30, 4/13 at TOR

Grand Slams (-): -Back-to-Back (2): Dykstra/Forsythe (4/17 vs. NYY, Warren)2-HR games (-): -3-HR games (-): -Pinch-hit (2): Beckham-2 (4/11 at MIA, M Dunn; 4/16 at TOR,

A Loup)

Walk-off (-): -Lead-off (-): -Inside-the-park (-): -

HOME RUNS

CATCHERSPCT CS ATT

Rivera .333 2 6Wilson .250 1 4TOTALS .300 3 10

Game-Tying & Go-Ahead RBI: Souza Jr. (4), DeJesus (2), Cabrera (1), Forsythe (1), Longoria (1), Jennings (1), Dykstra (1)2-Out RBI: DeJesus (4), Kiermaier (3), Cabrera (2), Mahtook (2), Souza Jr. (2), Forsythe (1), Guyer (1), Longoria (1), Beckham (1), Wilson (1)Outfield Assists: Jennings (1), Souza Jr. (1)Bunt Singles: Souza Jr. (1), Beckham (1)Ejections: Cash-1 (4/16 at TOR, 8th inn.)Batted Around: 4/10 at MIA (7th inn., 11 batters), 4/15 at TOR (9th inn., 9 batters)

MISC.

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CATWALKS

LAST HR & PLAYER SEASON HIGHS

Rays Totals (bold): 8 challenges (0 overturned, 6 stand, 2 confirmed) | Opp Totals: 2 challenges (2 overturned, 0 stand, 0 confirmed) Umpire Totals: 1 challenges (0 record keeping, 0 overturned, 0 stand, 1 confirmed)

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

Opponent 9 6 6 13 7 5 8 6 3 1 64Tampa Bay 4 1 2 9 6 10 9 4 6 0 51

W-L-S G ERA IP H ER BB SO HRTotals 6-8-6 14 4.24 125.1 101 59 52 114 12Starters 5-6-0 14 3.55 76.0 57 30 27 74 6Relievers 1-2-6 14 5.29 49.1 44 29 25 40 6Home 1-6-1 7 4.29 63.0 51 30 28 66 8Road 5-2-5 7 4.19 62.1 50 29 24 48 4April 6-8-6 14 4.24 125.1 101 59 52 114 12

INSTANT REPLAY CHALLENGESGAME CHALLENGED BY INN. PLAYER OF REFERENCE INITIAL CALL RULING DELAYApril 6 vs. BAL Tampa Bay T5 James Loney Out at Home Confirmed 1:28April 6 vs. BAL Baltimore T8 Steve Pearce Out at Home Overturned 2:34April 8 vs. BAL Baltimore T1 Desmond Jennings Safe at 2nd Overturned 1:12April 8 vs. BAL Tampa Bay B4 Logan Forsythe Out at 1st Stands 2:05April 8 vs. BAL Umpire B7 Steven Souza Jr. Out at 2nd Confirmed 0:57April 14 at TOR Tampa Bay T6 Desmond Jennings Out at 2nd Stands 1:41April 15 at TOR Tampa Bay T2 Desmond Jennings Out at 2nd Stands 2:34April 16 at TOR Tampa Bay B8 Josh Donaldson Hit-by-pitch Confirmed 1:06April 18 vs. NYY Tampa Bay T7 Chase Headley Safe at Home Stands 1:05April 19 vs. NYY Tampa Bay B6 Allan Dykstra Out at 1st Stands 0:53April 21 vs. BOS Tampa Bay B6 Brandon Guyer Out at 2nd Stands 2:06

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WALK-OFF WINS

1. April 10 at MIA (L 9-10)—Christian Yelich single to right field…off Brad Boxberger (10th 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 Beckham - - 1-4 - 1-1 - - - - - - - - - 0-1 - 1-3 1-1Cabrera - - - - 5-7 - - - 1-0 - - 6-7 - - - - - -DeJesus - - - - - 1-0 - - 3-2 3-2 1-0 - - - - - - -Dykstra - 5-4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 4-4 - 1-0 -Forsythe - 0-3 5-3 0-1 - - - - - - - 0-1 - - 1-2 4-3 0-1 -Guyer - - - - - 1-4 - - 0-1 1-3 - - - - - 0-1 0-1 -Jaso - - - - - - - - 0-1 0-1 - - - - - - - -Jennings - - - - - 4-4 2-3 - 0-1 - - - - 6-7 0-1 - - -Kiermaier - - - - - - 4-5 1-0 - 2-2 - - - - 1-0 0-1 2-0 0-2Loney - 0-1 - - - - - - - - - - - 0-1 - - - -Longoria - - - 6-8 - - - - - - - - 6-8 - - - - -Rivera 4-6 1-0 - - - - - - 0-1 - - - - - - 2-3 1-2 2-2Souza Jr. - - - - - - - 4-8 - - 4-8 - - - - - - -Wilson 2-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-0 1-2

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

RAYS ON THE DISABLED LIST (11)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 15 5 1-4INF Ryan Brett 15-day Left shoulder subluxation April 22 April 21 May 6 - -RHP Alex Cobb 15-day Right forearm tendonitis April 5 March 27 April 11 14 6-8RHP Alex Colome 15-day Pneumonia March 27 - April 11 14 6-8INF Nick Franklin 15-day Left oblique strain April 5 March 27 April 11 14 6-8OF John Jaso 15-day Left wrist contusion April 10 April 7 April 22 13 6-7LHP Jake McGee 15-day Offseason elbow surgery April 5 - April 20 14 6-8LHP Matt Moore 60-day Tommy John surgery April 5 - June 4 14 6-81B James Loney 15-day Mild right oblique strain April 8 April 7 April 22 13 6-7LHP Drew Smyly 15-day Left shoulder tendonitis April 5 March 27 April 11 14 6-8RHP Burch Smith 60-day Tommy John surgery April 8 - June 7 12 6-6

Others (Games Missed): -

Mar 5 Signed RH Jim Miller to a minor league contract with an invitation to major league spring training.

Mar 10 Signed LH Jonny Venters to a minor league contract.Mar 12 Reassigned INF Daniel Robertson and OF Boog Powell to minor league camp.Mar 15 Optioned RH Jose Dominguez and INF Hak-Ju Lee to the minor leagues…reas-

signed RH Dylan Floro, C Luke Maile and LH Robert Zarate to minor league camp.Mar 16 Optioned INF Ryan Brett, LH Grayson Garvin and C Justin O’Conner to the minor

leagues.Mar 19 Optioned OF Mikie Mahtook and LH Enny Romero to the minor leagues…reassigned

INF Vince Belnome to minor league camp.Mar 20 Optioned RH Burch Smith to the minor leagues.Mar 23 Reassigned 1B Allan Dykstra and UTL Taylor Motter to minor league camp.Mar 26 Reassigned RH Ronald Belisario, RH Andrew Bellatti, RH Bryce Stowell and INF/

OF Eugenio Velez to minor league camp.Mar 27 Placed RH Alex Colome (pneumonia) on the 15-day DL.Mar 30 Reassigned C Mayo Acosta, OF Corey Brown, OF Joey Butler, RH Brandon

Gomes, RH Jhan Marinez, RH Jim Miller, LH Jordan Norberto, LH Everett Teaford to minor league camp.

Mar 31 Acquired RH Erasmo Ramirez from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for LH Mike Montgomery…released INF Alexi Casilla.

Apr 3 Reassigned INF Jake Elmore to the minor leagues.Apr 5 Placed RH Alex Cobb (right forearm tendonitis), INF Nick Franklin (left oblique strain),

LH Drew Smyly (left shoulder tendonitis) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 27…placed LH Jake McGee (offseason elbow surgery) on the 15-day DL…placed LH Matt Moore (Tommy John surgery) on the 60-day DL…optioned C Curt Casali and LH C.J. Riefenhauser to Triple-A Durham…selected the contract of C Bobby Wilson.

Apr 7 Released INF Juan Francisco.

Apr 8 Placed 1B James Loney (mild right oblique strain) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 7; recalled RH Burch Smith (Tommy John surgery) and placed him on the 60-day DL; selected 1B Allan Dykstra from Durham.

Apr 10 Placed OF John Jaso (left wrist contusion) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 7; recalled OF Mikie Mahtook from Durham.

Apr 15 Optioned RH Kirby Yates to Durham; recalled RH Jose Dominguez from Durham.Apr 17 Placed LH Jeff Beliveau (left shoulder soreness) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to

April 16; optioned OF Mikie Mahtook to Durham; recalled INF Ryan Brett and LH C.J. Riefenhauser from Durham.

Apr 19 Designated RH Grant Balfour for assignment; selected RH Brandon Gomes from Durham.Apr 22 Transferred LH Jeff Beliveau (left labrum tear) to the 60-day DL; placed INF Ryan

Brett (left shoulder subluxation) on the 15-day DL; selected INF Jake Elmore from Durham.

OPENING DAY ROSTER

PITCHERS (12): RH Matt Andriese, RH Chris Archer, RH Grant Balfour, LH Jeff Beliveau, RH Brad Boxberger, RH Ernesto Frieri, RH Steve Geltz, RH Kevin Jepsen, RH Nathan Karns, RH Jake Odorizzi, RH Erasmo Ramirez, RH Kirby Yates

CATCHERS (2): Rene Rivera, Bobby Wilson

INFIELDERS (5): Tim Beckham, Asdrubal Cabrera, Logan Forsythe, James Loney, Evan Longoria

OUTFIELDERS (6): David DeJesus, Brandon Guyer, John Jaso, Desmond Jennings, Kevin Kiermaier, Steven Souza Jr.

DL (6): RHP Alex Cobb (15-day), RHP Alex Colome (15-day), INF Nick Franklin (15-day), LHP Jake McGee (15-day), LHP Matt Moore (60-day), LHP Drew Smyly (15-day)

TRANSACTIONS

2015 CAREERPLAYER W L SV IP H ER SO ERA AVG W L SV IP H ER SO ERA AVGAndriese - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Archer 0 1 0 5.2 7 0 9 0.00 .292 1 5 0 40.0 44 23 47 5.18 .273Boxberger - - - - - - - - - 0 0 0 8.1 2 1 14 1.08 .080Dominguez 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0.00 .333 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0.00 .333Frieri 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 1 0 4 11.0 6 6 17 4.91 .154Geltz - - - - - - - - - 0 0 0 1.2 3 1 4 5.40 .375Gomes 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 1 0.00 .000 2 2 0 12.2 9 4 8 2.84 .191Jepsen - - - - - - - - - 2 2 1 20.1 21 12 18 5.31 .266Karns - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Odorizzi - - - - - - - - - 1 2 0 25.0 23 12 23 4.32 .245Ramirez - - - - - - - - - 0 0 0 11.2 11 9 8 6.94 .244Riefenhauser - - - - - - - - - 0 0 0 0.1 3 2 1 54.00 .750

RAYS PITCHERS vs. RED SOX

RAYS HITTERS vs. RED SOX2015 CAREER

PLAYER G AB H HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP G AB H HR RBI BB SO AVG OBPBeckham 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333Cabrera 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 45 178 49 6 25 14 43 .275 .328DeJesus 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 64 220 54 4 30 28 40 .245 .342Dykstra 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000Elmore - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Forsythe 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 13 45 7 0 4 2 14 .156 .200Guyer 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 17 52 14 1 5 4 10 .269 .356Jennings 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 57 224 51 7 22 23 59 .228 .298Kiermaier - - - - - - - - - 11 35 12 1 3 2 7 .343 .395Longoria 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 115 431 114 21 74 55 106 .265 .352Rivera 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 5 18 4 0 0 1 6 .222 .263Souza Jr. 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250Wilson 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 9 10 1 0 1 1 4 .100 .182

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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 7:1016 4/23 vs. BOS 7:1017 4/24 vs. TOR 7:1018 4/25 vs. TOR 6:10 Chris Archer Bobblehead (All fans)19 4/26 vs. TOR 1:10 Desmond Jennings Batting Gloves (Kids 14 & under)20 4/27 at NYY 7:0521 4/28 at NYY 7:0522 4/29 at NYY 1:05

4/30 - OFF (3)23 5/1 at BAL 7:0524 5/2 at BAL 7:0525 5/3 at BAL 1:3526 5/4 at BOS 7:1027 5/5 at BOS 7:1028 5/6 at BOS 7:1029 5/7 vs. TEX 7:1030 5/8 vs. TEX 7:1031 5/9 vs. TEX 6:10 Evan Longoria Walk-Up Music Bobblehead (All fans)32 5/10 vs. TEX 1:10 Shared Moments Picture Frame (All women)33 5/11 vs. NYY 7:1034 5/12 vs. NYY 7:1035 5/13 vs. NYY 7:1036 5/14 vs. NYY 7:1037 5/15 at MIN 8:1038 5/16 at MIN 2:1039 5/17 at MIN 2:10

5/18 - OFF (4)40 5/19 at ATL 7:1041 5/20 at ATL 7:1042 5/21 vs. OAK 7:1043 5/22 vs. OAK 7:1044 5/23 vs. OAK 4:1045 5/24 vs. OAK 1:10 Camo Tank Top (Kids 14 & under)46 5/25 vs. SEA 7:1047 5/26 vs. SEA 7:1048 5/27 vs. SEA 1:10

5/28 - OFF (5)49 5/29 at BAL 7:0550 5/30 at BAL 4:0551 5/31 at BAL 1:3552 6/1 at LAA 10:0553 6/2 at LAA 10:0554 6/3 at LAA 10:0555 6/4 at SEA 10:1056 6/5 at SEA 10:1057 6/6 at SEA 10:1058 6/7 at SEA 4:10

6/8 - OFF (6)59 6/9 vs. LAA 7:1060 6/10 vs. LAA 7:1061 6/11 vs. LAA 7:1062 6/12 vs. CWS 7:10 MLB Network Reusable Tote Bag (All fans)63 6/13 vs. CWS 4:1064 6/14 vs. CWS 1:10 Rays Etch A Sketch (Kids 14 & under)65 6/15 vs. WAS 7:1066 6/16 vs. WAS 7:1067 6/17 at WAS 7:0568 6/18 at WAS 7:0569 6/19 at CLE 7:1070 6/20 at CLE 7:1071 6/21 at CLE 1:1072 6/22 vs. TOR 7:1073 6/23 vs. TOR 7:1074 6/24 vs. TOR 12:10 Rays Cheer Sticks (Kids 14 & under)

6/25 - OFF (7)75 6/26 vs. BOS 7:10 Rays Cowboy Hat (All women)76 6/27 vs. BOS 4:10 Rays Retro Headband (All fans)77 6/28 vs. BOS 1:10 Rays Retro Tin Lunch Box (Kids 14 & under)78 6/29 vs. CLE 7:1079 6/30 vs. CLE 7:1080 7/1 vs. CLE 7:1081 7/2 vs. CLE 12:10 Rays Cheer Sticks (Kids 14 & under)82 7/3 at NYY 7:0583 7/4 at NYY 1:0584 7/5 at NYY 1:05

POS. HOME# GAME FINAL WINNER LOSER W-L GA/GB ATT. CUM.85 7/6 at KC 8:1086 7/7 at KC 8:1087 7/8 at KC 8:1088 7/9 at KC 2:1089 7/10 vs. HOU 7:1090 7/11 vs. HOU 4:1091 7/12 vs. HOU 1:10 Rays Inflatable Chair (Kids 14 & under)

7/13 - All-Star Break7/14 - All-Star Game Great American Ball Park (Cincinnati Reds)7/15 - All-Star Break7/16 - All-Star Break

92 7/17 at TOR 7:0793 7/18 at TOR 1:0794 7/19 at TOR 1:0795 7/20 at PHI 7:0596 7/21 at PHI 7:0597 7/22 at PHI 1:05

7/23 - OFF (8)98 7/24 vs. BAL 7:1099 7/25 vs. BAL 6:10100 7/26 vs. BAL 1:10 Rays Surprise Christmas Present (Kids 14 & under)101 7/27 vs. DET 7:10102 7/28 vs. DET 7:10103 7/29 vs. DET 12:10 Rays Cheer Sticks (Kids 14 & under)

7/30 - OFF (9)104 7/31 at BOS 7:10105 8/1 at BOS 1:35106 8/2 at BOS 1:35107 8/3 at CWS 8:10108 8/4 at CWS 8:10109 8/5 at CWS 2:10

8/6 - OFF (10)110 8/7 vs. NYM 7:10 DJ Kitty Cat Face Bag (All women)111 8/8 vs. NYM 6:10 Rays Fedora (All fans)112 8/9 vs. NYM 1:10 Raymond Soap Dispenser (Kids 14 & under)

8/10 - OFF (11)113 8/11 vs. ATL 7:10114 8/12 vs. ATL 7:10

8/13 - OFF (12)115 8/14 at TEX 8:05116 8/15 at TEX 8:05117 8/16 at TEX 3:05118 8/17 at HOU 8:10119 8/18 at HOU 8:10120 8/19 at HOU 8:10121 8/20 at HOU 8:10122 8/21 at OAK 10:07123 8/22 at OAK 9:07124 8/23 at OAK 4:07

8/24 - OFF (13)125 8/25 vs. MIN 7:10126 8/26 vs. MIN 7:10127 8/27 vs. MIN 7:10128 8/28 vs. KC 7:10129 8/29 vs. KC 6:10 Kevin Kiermaier Outlaw Action Figure (All fans)130 8/30 vs. KC 1:10 DJ Kitty Drawstring Bag (Kids 14 & under)131 8/31 at BAL 7:05132 9/1 at BAL 7:05133 9/2 at BAL 7:05

9/3 - OFF (14)134 9/4 at NYY 7:05135 9/5 at NYY 1:05136 9/6 at NYY 1:05137 9/7 at DET 1:08138 9/8 at DET 7:08139 9/9 at DET 7:08

9/10 - OFF (15)140 9/11 vs. BOS 7:10141 9/12 vs. BOS 6:10 DJ Kitty Plush Window Cling (All fans)142 9/13 vs. BOS 1:10 Rays Superhero Cape T-Shirt (Kids 14 & under)143 9/14 vs. NYY 7:10144 9/15 vs. NYY 7:10145 9/16 vs. NYY 7:10146 9/17 vs. BAL 7:10147 9/18 vs. BAL 7:10148 9/19 vs. BAL 6:10 Fan Vote Bobblehead (All fans)149 9/20 vs. BAL 1:10 Rays Skull Cap (Kids 14 & under)150 9/21 at BOS 7:10151 9/22 at BOS 7:10152 9/23 at BOS 7:10153 9/24 at BOS 7:10154 9/25 at TOR 7:07155 9/26 at TOR 1:07156 9/27 at TOR 1:07

9/28 - OFF (16)157 9/29 vs. MIA 7:10158 9/30 vs. MIA 7:10159 10/1 vs. MIA 7:10160 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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