THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 2017 at PITTSBURGH PIRATES RH Chris Archer (6-4, 3.88) vs. RH Jameson Taillon (3-2, 3.33 ERA)

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1 THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 2017 at PITTSBURGH PIRATES RH Chris Archer (6-4, 3.88) vs. RH Jameson Taillon (3-2, 3.33 ERA) First Pitch: 7:05 p.m. Location: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pa. TV: Fox Sports Sun Radio: WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.) Game No.: 81 (41-39) Road Game No.: 39 (17-21) All-Time Game No.: 3,157 (1,461-1,695) All-Time Road Game No.: 1,575 ( ) April: May: June: PHOTO FINISH FOR COREY? All-Star voting ends tonight at 11:59 ET, and in Major League Baseball s final All-Star balloting update released today Corey Dickerson (1,616,809 votes) has surged ahead to take his first lead in the AL designated hitter voting SEA Nelson Cruz (1,557,747) ranks 2nd, and CLE Edwin Encarnacion (1,505,226) ranks 3rd in addition to leading the AL overall with 103 hits (1st in majors), 33 multi-hit games and a.333 batting avg. (tied with NYY Aaron Judge), Dickerson also leads all DHs on the ballot with 59 runs scored, 20 2B, 3 3B,.583 SLG,.955 OPS, 40 XBH and 180 total bases the Rays have had only three players start the All-Star Game, all in 2010 at Angel Stadium: LH David Price, LF Carl Crawford and 3B Evan Longoria DH José Canseco (1999) and Longoria (2009) were also elected starters but did not play. The AL and NL All-Star teams will be announced on Sunday, July 2 at 7 p.m. ET on the Esurance All-Star Selection Show on ESPN. ROSTER MOVE The Rays have activated RH Brad Boxberger (right flexor strain) from the 60-day DL and designated RH Danny Farquhar for assignment Boxberger, a 2015 American League All-Star, began the year on the DL and will be making his season debut over the past 11 days (beginning June 19), the Rays have turned over 28 pct. of their active roster (7 of 25) the additions: INF Trevor Plouffe (trade), OF Shane Peterson (selected), C Wilson Ramos (activated), SS Adeiny Hechavarria (trade), LH Blake Snell (recalled), LH Adam Kolarek (selected) and Boxberger those seven have replaced INF Michael Martínez (DFA), OF Colby Rasmus (DL), C Derek Norris (DFA), INF Daniel Robertson (optioned), RH Austin Pruitt (optioned) and LH José Alvarado (optioned) RH Erasmo Ramirez has also moved from the rotation to the bullpen. If and when Kolarek (koh-lair-ick) appears in a game, he will become the eighth player to make his major league debut for the Rays this season a mark that only the Reds (nine), Yankees (eight) and Phillies (eight) could match entering today. RAY MATTER With a win tonight, the Rays look to improve to over their last 14 series the Rays have won 7 of their last 8 rubber match games, having dropped their most recent one on Sun vs. BAL yesterday they briefly led 1-0 in the 1st inning before LH Blake Snell yielded 4 runs in the bottom of the 1st, en route to a 6-2 loss it was their 26th loss of the season in which they blew a lead, most in the AL and one shy of the Brewers for most in the majors the Rays went 2-for-13 with RISP and left 11 men on base, including one in each of the first 8 innings after tonight s series finale, the Rays continue their 8-game trip to Camden Yards for 3 games (Fri Sun) and Wrigley Field for 2 games (Tue Wed). Through the upcoming series in Baltimore, the Rays will have faced 10 consecutive right-handed starters the Rays are (.582) vs. RH starters, 2nd-best record in the AL behind Houston (42-16,.724) they are 9-16 (.360) vs. LH starters, 2nd-worst record in the AL ahead of Toronto (6-13,.316). The Rays are outside the AL East, within the division. The Rays have been in third place for 18 straight days after spending only one day of the previous eight weeks in third (end of play May 20) last time they were alone in third place this late in the year was end of play Sep 12, 2015 (141 games). HALFTIME SHOW Tonight the Rays play their 81st game of the season, marking the midway point of the regular season regardless of what happens tonight, they will reach the midway point with their most home runs (121 entering tonight) in club history (prev. 110 in 2016) through 81 games, their most runs scored (389) since 2010 (411) and their most triples (19) since 2004 (24) they enter tonight with a.257 batting avg.; they owned a.240 avg. at the 81-game mark in both 2016 and Below is a Rays era (since 2008) breakdown of where the Rays stood through 81 games and where they went on to finish the season (years where reached postseason in bold): Record thru 81 G Season Finish Year (AL East standing) (AL East standing) (1st, +0.5) (1st, +2.0) (3rd, -5.0) (3rd, -19.0) (3rd, -2.0) (1st, +1.0) (3rd, -3.5) (2nd, -6.0) (3rd, -5.5) (3rd, -5.0) (4th, -6.0) (2nd, -5.5) (5th, -12.0) (4th, -19.0) (3rd, -1.0) (4th, -13.0) (5th, -14.0) (5th, -25.0) 2017 (thru 80 G) (3rd, -3.0) THE STARS OF THE FIRST HALF OF/DH Corey Dickerson enters tonight s game with 103 hits, already tying OF Carl Crawford (2009 and 2004) for the club record for hits through 81 team games his 33 multi-hit games entering tonight are only one shy of Crawford s club record of 34 (2009) through 81 team games only two players in Rays history have reached the 81-game mark with as many home runs as 1B Logan Morrison (22 currently): José Canseco (30 in 1999) and Carlos Peña (23 in 2009). RAY-KING RAYS The Rays have not homered in the first 2 games of this series, only the fourth time this season they ve failed to homer in 2 or more consecutive games their longest homerless streak of the season is 3 games (twice, last June 4-7) the Rays have hit 121 HR, 3rd in the majors to the Astros (126) and Yankees (122) 121 HR are their most ever through 80 games, ahead of 2016 (110) they ve hit 17 HR in the last 9 games, 33 HR in the last 20 games, and 72 HR in the last 40 games they rank among AL leaders in many other categories (see chart) the Rays have outscored opponents (+76) in innings 1-thru-5, but have been outscored after that (-59). Ê Ê RAYS OFFENSE A.L. RANKS 389 runs T-3rd 705 hits 4th 19 3B 1st 121 HR 3rd 261 XBH 3rd 1,227 TB 2nd.447 SLG 3rd.777 OPS 3rd 293 BB 2nd 783 SO 1st Ê The Rays have 10+ HR from every defensive position except for 2B (6). Ê The Rays have a club-record 10 back-to-back home runs, most in the majors ahead of Washington (7) 3+ consecutive homers counts as one occurrence. HE S DUE 1B Logan Morrison has gone 4 games without a home run, his longest homerless drought since April (5) his next home run will tie his career high (23, 2011) ranks 3rd in the AL with 22 HR and 54 RBI (tied), putting him on pace for 45 HR (one shy of Carlos Peña s club record in 2007) and 109 RBI he owns a 9-game hitting streak, his longest since a career-long 16-game streak May 24 June 10, 2015 is batting.314 (11- for-35) over the course of the streak with 3 HR and 10 RBI. RAYS vs. PIRATES The Rays are seeking their second series win over the Pirates out of five series played their only series win thus far was June 27-29, 2008, when they won 2 of 3 in their last visit to PNC Park the clubs last met at Tropicana Field, June 23-25, 2014, when the Rays lost 2 of 3 the Rays are 6-8 all-time vs. the Bucs (2-4 at home, 4-4 here) in 8 career games vs. the Pirates, 3B Evan Longoria has hit.314/.342/.526 (11-for-35) with 3 2B, 2 HR and 8 RBI. INTERLEAGUE INTRIGUE The Rays are 6-3 in interleague play this season (3-1 vs. MIA, 2-1 vs. CIN, 1-1 vs. PIT) the Rays are 3-1 in National League parks (2-0 at MIA, 1-0 here) the Rays have won 10 of their last 13 interleague games, and 9 of their last 13 in NL parks Manager Kevin Cash is 15-9 lifetime in NL parks Rays are all-time in interleague play and (.587) in the Rays era (since 2008), 3rd best in the majors behind Boston (117-68,.632) and Texas (110-72,.604). The American League is (.574) in interleague play in 2017, and has won the last 13 season series ( ). GRAB A BAT Tonight s starter, RH Chris Archer, is 0-for-20 lifetime as a hitter with 1 BB, 10 SO and 2 runs scored Rays pitchers are 0-for-9 with 1 BB at the plate this season last year they went 3-for-23 (.130), their most hits since 2009 (4-for-24) 2 of those hits were by LH Matt Moore, the other by RH Jake Odorizzi pitchers on the Rays active roster are a combined 3-for-71 (.042) lifetime, with 2 runs, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 3 BB and 29 SO the only hits are an RBI double by RH Alex Cobb in 2014, an RBI single by Odorizzi in 2016 and a single by RH Chase Whitley in 2014, in his first career AB. AWARD SEASON Today Triple-A Durham RH Brent Honeywell, 22, and Class-A Bowling Green SS Lucius Fox, who turns 20 this Sunday, were named to the U.S. team and World team, respectively, for the 2017 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game the annual Futures Game will be played at 4 p.m. on Sunday, July 9 at Marlins Park in Miami Durham Manager Jared Sandberg will serve as the first base coach for the U.S. team. Four Durham players were named to the Triple-A All-Star Team today: INF Willy Adames, INF Patrick Leonard, C Mike Marjama and RH Andrew Kittredge the Triple-A All-Star Game will be played at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, Wash., on Wednesday, July 12. Upcoming Games Time (ET) Probable Starting Pitchers (Rays vs. Opp.) TV Radio Fri., June 30 at BAL 7:05 p.m. RH Jake Faria (3-0, 2.10) vs. RH Chris Tillman (1-5, 8.39) Fox Sports Sun WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.) Sat., July 1 at BAL 4:05 p.m. RH Jake Odorizzi (4-3, 4.00) vs. RH Dylan Bundy (8-6, 3.73) Fox Sports Sun WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.) Sun., July 2 at BAL 1:05 p.m. RH Alex Cobb (6-5, 3.73) vs. RH Kevin Gausman (4-7, 6.07) Fox Sports Sun WDAE 620 AM, Radio Luz 760 AM (Sp.)

2 TONIGHT S STARTER RH CHRIS ARCHER (6-4, 3.88) YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO HR Avg Tampa Bay Tampa Bay Major League Totals Minor League Totals LAST START On Fri vs. BAL, got a career-high-tying 14 runs of support (also April 19, 2014 vs. NYY) and won for the first time in his career when yielding 5 runs (or more) one run was unearned, following a scoring change the next day giving an error to SS Tim Beckham his 4 SO were a season low and his fewest since Sep 16, 2016 at BAL (4) threw 92 pitches, snapping a club record streak of throwing 100 pitches or more in 24 straight starts, which dated back to Aug 12, 2016 at NYY his line: W, 6 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 SO, 92 pit, 54 str. THE WIN COLUMN Is tied with Alex Cobb for the team lead with 6 wins has won consecutive decisions for the first time since April 2-14 and has won consecutive starts (without a no-decision in between) for the first time (within the same season) since June 18-23, 2015 at WAS, vs. TOR will be attempting to win 3 straight starts for the second time in his career (4, July 9-27, 2013 vs. MIN, vs. HOU, at TOR, at NYY). Last year at the halfway point (team s first 81 games), he was 4-11 with a 4.50 ERA (104-IP, 52-ER) and 17 HR allowed. A.L. LEADERS Ranks among AL leaders in strikeouts (126, 2nd), starts (16, T-4th), innings (104.1, 5th), SO/9 IP (10.87, 2nd), SO/BB (3.82, 8th), HR/9 IP (0.78, 5th), WHIP (1.20, 10th) and WP (8, T-2nd). Has held righties to a.267 OBP, 6th in the AL (min. 50 IP). PITCHING DEEPER Has made 7 starts of at least 7 IP this season, tied for 5th in the AL has gone 7 IP (or more) in 13 of his 30 starts since the 2016 All-Star break, compared to twice in his 19 starts during the first half last season has gone 7 IP (or more) and yielded 2 runs or fewer in 6 starts this season, one shy of NYY Luis Severino, MIN Ervin Santana and BOS Chris Sale for the AL lead made one such start all of last season: on Aug 17 vs. SD (7.1-IP, 0-ER). DOUBLE DIGITS Has reached double-digit strikeouts 5 times in his last 10 starts (since May 5) his 5 starts with 10 SO or more this season are tied for 2nd in the AL (BOS Chris Sale, 10) and T-3rd in the majors, and his 5 starts with 11 SO or more are one shy of WAS Max Scherzer for the major league lead has 23 career double-digit strikeout games, tied with David Price for most in franchise history. Has made seven career scoreless starts recording double-digit strikeouts, most in franchise history, ahead of Scott Kazmir (4). Has made seven career starts with 10 SO (or more) and 0 BB, tied with James Shields for 2nd in club history behind Price (8). Has reached double-digit strikeouts without recording the win 12 times, the most in franchise history has had 10 SO (or more) and taken the loss 6 times, also the most in franchise history. Has reached double-digit strikeouts 20 times since the start of the 2015 season, 2nd in the AL to CWS/BOS Chris Sale (27). INTERLEAGUE Hasn t made a start in interleague play since Aug 17, 2016 vs. SD is 5-6 with a 2.75 ERA (85-IP, 26-ER) in 14 career 2017 GAME LOG LAST START/vs. BALTIMORE On Sat vs. BAL, allowed as many runs (3) as he did in his first 3 career starts combined yielded the first 2 HR of his career, and all 3 runs scored via the home run the 2ndinning, 2-run homer by Welington Castillo snapped a 20.2 IP homerless streak to begin his career, and Adam Jones added a solo homer in the 3rd inning only allowed 1 hit over his final 3 IP, all scoreless his line: ND, 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 7 SO, 2 HR, 2 HBP, 108 pit, 74 str. FEATS OF FARIA Has 29 SO over his first 4 career outings, most On May 9 vs. KC, was ejected in the 3rd inning by 3B umpire Bill Welke, his sixth career ejection as a manager and second ejection this season. Is in his third season as Rays manager and at age 39, remains the majors youngest active skipper 5 months younger than SD Andy Green. 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 starts, yielding 3 ER or fewer in 12 of those 14 starts is 0-for-20 with 1 BB, 10 SO and 0 SH at the plate. MR. DURABLE Leads the majors with 138 starts since June 1, 2013, the day he was recalled for good, ahead of Max Scherzer (137) KC/SD/CWS James Shields entered this season as the major league leader over that span, but had a DL stint earlier this year. 1st INNING Has a 3.94 ERA (16-IP, 7-ER) in the 1st inning, but 5 of those 7 runs came on May 15 at CLE has only yielded 1st-inning runs in 3 of his 16 starts this season last season, had a 6.82 ERA (33-IP, 25-ER) in the 1st inning compared to a 3.48 ERA (168.1-IP, 65-ER) after that. SEVERE SPLITS Has a 5.04 ERA (144.2-IP, 81-ER) since the start of last season on the road, compared to a 3.27 ERA on the road in his career before 2016 over that same span, his 3.02 ERA (161-IP, 54-ER) at home ranks 3rd in the AL (min. 100 IP). GOOD DEED Prior to the start of this series, Archer, INF Tim Beckham, OF Mallex Smith and Pirates 1B Josh Bell visited the Pittsburgh RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities) Program in the neighborhood of Homewood the group spoke to the kids and answered GAME DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP P/K FINAL OPP. LEFT 4/2 vs. NYY W /66 W, 7-3 Tanaka up, 7-2 4/8 vs. TOR /72 W, 3-2 (11) Sanchez down 2-1 4/14 at BOS W /62 W, 10-5 Porcello up, 8-1 4/19 vs. DET /67 W, 8-7 Zimmermann up, 5-4 4/24 at BAL L /63 L, 3-6 Jimenez down, 5-3 4/30 at TOR /73 L, 1-3 Sanchez up, 1-0 APRIL /5 vs. TOR /68 L, 4-8 Liriano tied, 3-3 5/10 vs. KC W /73 W, 12-1 Hammel up, /15 at CLE L /57 L, 7-8 Carrasco down, 5-7 5/21 vs. NYY L /72 L, 2-3 Sabathia down, 3-2 5/26 at MIN W /71 W, 5-2 Santiago up, 5-2 5/31 at TEX /72 W, 7-5 (10) Bibens-Dirkx down, 4-3 MAY /6 vs. CWS L /65 L, 2-4 Quintana down, 2-1 6/11 vs. OAK /75 W, 5-4 Hahn tied, 4-4 6/17 at DET W /66 W, 3-2 Fulmer up, 3-2 6/23 vs. BAL W /54 W, 15-5 Jimenez up, 14-5 JUNE TOMORROW S STARTER RH JAKE FARIA (3-0, 2.10) #16 KEVIN CASH, MANAGER Most Double-Digit Strikeout Games, Rays History David Price, Chris Archer, James Shields, Most Double-Digit Strikeout Games, MLB, 2017 Chris Sale, BOS 10 Max Scherzer, WAS 9 Chris Archer, TB 5 Corey Kluber, CLE 5 Jacob degrom, NYM 5 Robbie Ray, ARI 5 Stephen Strasburg, WAS 5 Most Games with 11 SO or More, MLB, 2017 Max Scherzer, WAS 6 Chris Archer, TB 5 Chris Sale, BOS 4 Most Strikeouts, MLB, 2017 Chris Sale, BOS 155 Max Scherzer, WAS 151 Chris Archer, TB 126 Most Strikeouts, MLB, Max Scherzer, WAS 711 Chris Sale, CWS/BOS 662 Chris Archer, TB 611 Most Double-Digit Strikeout Games, MLB, Max Scherzer, WAS 33 Chris Sale, CWS/BOS 27 Clayton Kershaw, LAD 26 Chris Archer, TB 20 questions this is Archer s third season of mentoring young athletes all over North America through MLB s RBI Program. K S FOR KIDS Every strikeout he records will benefit the local nonprofit Starting Right, Now for every strikeout, he and the Rays Baseball Foundation will each donate $25 Starting Right, Now combats homelessness for youth through one-on-one mentoring, providing a stable home, obtaining employment, teaching financial literacy/life skills and promoting educational achievement fans can also make a pledge by visiting raysbaseball.com/archer over the previous two seasons, his 485 SO raised more than $35,000, which was split between Burg Baseball Inc. and Tampa RBI SPLITS vs. RH:.210 (47-224), 4-HR vs. LH:.263 (45-171), 5-HR Home: 3-2, 3.66 ERA (59-IP, 24-ER) Road: 3-2, 4.17 ERA (45.1-IP, 21-ER) ARCHER vs. PIRATES CAREER Has faced the Pirates once in his career, on June 24, 2014 at Tropicana Field allowed an unearned run in the 1st, an RBI groundout by Andrew Mc- Cutchen in the 3rd, allowed 3 runs on RBI singles from Starling Marte and Mc- Cutchen and a sac fly from Neil Walker fifth run scored on an RBI single from Josh Harrison in the 6th his line: L, 7 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 7 SO. by a Rays pitcher to begin his major league career, passing RH Chris Archer (28) in 2012 and RH Wade Davis (28) in 2009 is the second Rays pitcher to begin his career with 6 IP or more in his first 4 career apps, joining RH Jeremy Hellickson (2010) is the fourth Ray to get through his first 4 career apps, all as a starter, without a loss, joining RH Alex Cobb (2011), Hellickson (2010) and RH James Shields (2006) he and Cobb both have active streaks of 4 straight starts of 6 IP (or more) and 3 runs or fewer, the first Rays to do it this season. Lopez and Tony La Russa, Lou Piniella, Dave Miley and John Hart. Played 12 professional seasons as a catcher, including parts of eight seasons in the majors ( ) spent two years ( ) in the Rays org. Played in the 1989 Little League World Series (Tampa Northside LL), 1999 College World Series (Florida State) and earned World Series rings in 2007 (Red Sox) and 2009 (Yankees).

3 RAYS HITTER NOTES #1 TIM BECKHAM, INF Wed: 2-4, E4 Series: 3-7, 2B, BB Stand: 1-6, 3-BB vs. LH:.250 (19-76), 1-HR 2017:.282/.332/.440, 10-HR, 31-RBI, 4-SB Current Hitting Streak: 2G (.429, 3-7) RISP:.250 (15-60) vs. RH:.295 (54-183), 9-HR Has started consecutive games at 2B, his first starts there since Aug 21, 2016 vs. TEX batting.333/.420/.500 (20-for-60) with 5 XBH in June. Prior to the trade for Hechavarria, had 10 HR as a shortstop, 4th in the majors at the position behind Lindor (14), Correa (14) and Seager (12). Batting.500 (15-for-30) when putting the first pitch in play when he is ahead in the count, is batting.339/.500/.554 (19-for-56) with 4 HR. Batting.308/.371/.442 (37-for-120) over his last 33 games (32 starts) since May 16 and.300/.352/.476 (68-for-227) in 60 games since April 16. Has appeared in 70 games with 69 starts (67-SS, 2-2B) according to Fangraphs, 45.4 pct. of his balls in play are hard hit, 5th in the AL. #18 PETER BOURJOS, OF Wed: DNP Series: 0-0 Stand: 3-9, 2B, R vs. LH:.245 (12-49), 1-HR 2017:.241/.292/.422, 3-HR, 7-RBI, 3-SB Current Hitting Streak: 2G (.600, 3-5) RISP:.231 (3-13) vs. RH:.235 (8-34), 2-HR Batting.333/.357/.593 (9-for-27) in 11 games (6 starts) since returning from the DL was batting.196/.262/.339 prior to his DL stint (tennis elbow). Has appeared in 45 games with 20 starts (16-LF, 3-CF, 1-RF), including 19 starts against LH starters hit.301/.333/.361 (25-for-83) vs. LHP in Has been used 17 times as a defensive replacement, 3 times as a PH and 5 times as a PR four of his 7 RBI have come in games off the bench. On June 8 vs. CWS, became the first Ray with a home run and stolen base in the same game since Kevin Kiermaier on Aug 15, 2016 vs. SD. #10 COREY DICKERSON, OF Wed: 2-5, 2-R Series: 4-9, 3-R Stand: 8-24, 2-HR, 5-RBI, 3-BB, 7-R vs. LH:.340 (33-97), 3-HR 2017:.333/.373/.583, 17-HR, 39-RBI, 2-SB Current Hitting Streak: 7G (.414, 12-29) RISP:.352 (19-54) vs. RH:.330 (70-212), 14-HR Has 3 consecutive multi-hit games and has multiple hits in 5 of the 7 games during his hitting streak, batting.414 (12-for-29) with 2 2B and 5 RBI. Leads the majors with 103 hits, ahead of COL Charlie Blackmon (102), and tied with Blackmon for the ML lead 33 multi-hit games, most in the AL ahead of Starlin Castro (29) and Avisail Garcia (29) ranks among AL leaders in avg. (.333, T-1st), SLG (.583, 4th), OPS (.955, 3rd), extra-base hits (40, T-2nd), 2B (20, T-7th), 3B (3, T-5th), total bases (180, 2nd), runs scored (59, 3rd), times on base (123, 4th) and avg. with RISP (.352, 7th). Was the AL s outright leader in avg. through Monday, the latest in any season (by date) a Ray led the AL batting race on Tue at PIT, reached 100 hits in the team s 79th game, tying Carl Crawford (2009) for the 2nd fastest in club history to get there the only one to do it faster was Crawford in 2004 (77th game). His 33 hits vs. LHP are a career high and his.340 avg. vs. LHP is the highest in the AL among LHB his 3 HR vs. LHP match a career high (2014). His last 18 starts have come out of the No. 2 spot in the lineup has also made 41 starts batting leadoff and has a club-record 6 leadoff homers. Is swinging at 59.2 percent of his pitches seen, according to Fangraphs, the 2nd-highest rate in the majors, behind CWS Avisail Garcia (59.9). Has appeared in 75 games with 71 starts (43-DH, 28-LF) batting.342 (63-for-184) with 13 2B, 13 HR and 29 RBI in his 43 games as the DH. #21 TAYLOR FEATHERSTON, INF Wed: DNP Series: DNP Stand: 4-12, 2B, HR, 3-RBI, 2-BB, 3-R vs. LH:.250 (2-8) 2017:.269/.323/.538, 2-HR, 5-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.333, 1-3) RISP:.250 (1-4) vs. RH:.278 (5-18), 2-HR On Sun vs. BAL, had a career-high-tying 2 RBI (3rd time, last Sep 17, 2015 at MIN, with LAA) has reached base in 6 of his last 13 PA, since June 20 vs. CIN has 2 HR since joining the Rays, matching his career total from 197 games (120 starts) with the Angels (2015) and Phillies (2016). Has appeared in 11 games with 6 starts (5-2B, 1-3B) with the Rays twice has come off the bench to play first base, his first career action there. According to Fangraphs, has been credited with 9 Defensive Runs Saved over innings in his career, the majority of his innings at 2B. #11 ADEINY HECHAVARRIA, INF Wed: 2-3, 2B, BB Series: 3-6, 2B, 2-RBI, BB Stand: -- vs. LH:.500 (6-12), 1-HR 2017:.296/.311/.408, 1-HR, 8-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 2G (.500, 3-6) RISP:.417 (5-12) vs. RH:.254 (15-59) Batting.500 (3-for-6) with 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB and 1 SF in 2 games, both starts at shortstop, with the Rays yesterday at PIT, reached in 3 of 4 PA. On Tue at PIT, was reinstated from the 10-day DL (left oblique strain) to make his Rays debut and the first ground ball hit to him in the field was a diving stop and throw to get Josh Bell in the 2nd inning also recorded a season-high 2 RBI (also April 26 at PHI, with MIA) joined Shane Peterson as Rays with multi-rbi in their team debut this season prior to this season, the last Ray to do that was Ryan Roberts on July 25, 2012 at BAL. Acquired from the Marlins for minor league RH Ethan Clark and minor league OF Braxton Lee appeared in 9 rehab games before the trade. Has converted all 69 chances at shortstop for a fielding pct. since 2015, his 18 Defensive Runs Saved are 7th among SS (Fangraphs). #3 EVAN LONGORIA, 3B Wed: 2-5, 2-2B, RBI Series: 3-9, 2-2B, RBI Stand: 5-20, 2B, 2-HR, 8-RBI, BB, 4-R vs. LH:.189 (17-90), 5-HR 2017:.255/.319/.438, 12-HR, 47-RBI, 2-SB Current Hitting Streak: 6G (.320, 8-25) RISP:.333 (22-66) vs. RH:.282 (61-216), 7-HR Yesterday at PIT, had his third multi-2b game of the season (last June 10 (G1) vs. OAK), extending his hitting streak to a season-high-tying 6 G. Since May 5, is batting.284/.339/.477 (56-for-197) in 49 games before this, was batting.202/.282/.367 (22-for-109) in 28 games to start the season. On Sat-Sun vs. BAL, homered in consecutive games for the second time this season on Sun vs. BAL, his homer was his first with 2 runners (or more) on base since Sep 15, 2016 at BAL it was the ninth of his career off Chris Tillman, his most against any pitcher (CC Sabathia, 7), and 37th of his career against the Orioles, his most frequent opponent (NYY, 34) on Sat vs. BAL, went back-to-back with Corey Dickerson off Dylan Bundy. Is the Rays all-time leader in home runs, RBI, doubles, extra-base hits, total bases, games, service time and walk-off hits (last June 10 (G1) vs. OAK). Has started 77 games (70-3B, 7-DH) since the start of the 2013 season, leads the majors with 719 games played next is SEA Kyle Seager (715). #7 LOGAN MORRISON, 1B Wed: 1-5, 2B Series: 2-9, 2B Stand: 7-22, 2B, 3B, HR, 7-RBI, 4-BB, 3-R vs. LH:.235 (16-68), 4-HR 2017:.250/.355/.565, 22-HR, 54-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 9G (.314, 11-35) RISP:.145 (10-69) vs. RH:.255 (49-192), 18-HR Has gone 4 games since his last homer, his longest homerless drought since April (5) his last homer was Fri vs. BAL (Miguel Castro). Ranks among AL leaders in HR (22, 3rd), RBI (54, T-3rd), extra-base hits (37, T-7th), walks (42, 7th), SLG (.565, 6th) and OPS (.920, 9th). Despite leading the team with 54 RBI (ahead of Steven Souza Jr., 49), is batting.145 (10-for-69) with RISP, 3rd-lowest in the AL (per Stats LLC). His 22 HR are the most by a Ray before the All-Star break since Carlos Peña in 2009 (24) is 1 HR shy of tying his career high (23, 2011), and his 4 HR vs. LHP are his most since 2012 (4) 34 of his 54 RBI this season have come via the home run (13 solo, 7 2-run, 1 3-run, 1 grand slam). All 22 HR have come while playing first base, most in the majors has 51 RBI while playing the position, most in the AL and 5th in the majors. Has appeared in 76 games with 69 starts (67-1B, 2-DH) fourteen of his 22 HR have come on the road, where he has a.383 OBP and.653 SLG. #2 SHANE PETERSON, OF Wed: 0-1 (PH in 6th) Series: 0-1 Stand: 1-8, HR, 4-RBI, BB, R vs. LH:.200 (1-5) 2017:.234/.288/.404, 2-HR, 10-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-7 RISP:.267 (4-15) vs. RH:.238 (10-42), 2-HR Has 2 HR in 47 AB with the Rays, matching his career total entering this season from 95 games (47 starts) and 208 AB with the Athletics (2013) and Brewers (2015) on Fri vs. BAL, recorded a career-high 4 RBI (prev. 3, April 14 at BOS), coming on an RBI groundout, 2-run homer and sac fly. Both homers have come on days he was selected to the active roster from Triple-A Durham is in his second stint with the Rays (April 14 May 2). Batting.500 (5-for-10) when putting the first pitch in play batting (2-for-2) with the bases loaded, a run-scoring single and 2-run double. Has appeared in 18 games with 12 starts (8-LF, 2-DH, 2-RF) with Triple-A Durham, hit.286 (48-for-168) with 10 HR and 30 RBI in 46 games. #14 TREVOR PLOUFFE, INF Wed: 0-1 (PH in 8th) Series: 0-2 Stand: 4-13, 2B, HR, RBI, 2-BB, 2-R vs. LH:.296 (16-54), 1-HR 2017:.218/.282/.371, 8-HR, 15-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-2 RISP:.116 (5-43) vs. RH:.189 (27-143), 7-HR Has hit safely in all 4 starts since joining the Rays (0-for-2 as a PH), and has started at three positions (2-DH, 1-1B, 1-3B) batting.267/.353/.533 (4-for-15) with 1 2B and 1 HR with TB has 2 HR in his last 23 AB (with OAK, TB) of his 8 HR, 7 have been solo, and 7 have come at home. Signed with the A s as a free agent prior to this season designated for assignment on June 15 and acquired by the Rays two days later for cash. Is a career.270/.345/.458 (203-for-753) hitter with 28 HR against LHP batting.296/.367/.370 (16-for-54) vs. LHP this season (.189 vs. RHP). With the Twins ( ), A s (2017) and Rays (2017), owns a career.245 avg., 154 2B and 104 HR hit 24 HR in 2012 and 22 HR in #40 WILSON RAMOS, C Wed: 0-2, RBI, BB, SF Series: 0-5, RBI, BB, R Stand: 1-4 vs. LH:.000 (0-2) 2017:.111/.182/.111, 0-HR, 1-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-5 RISP:.000 (0-2) vs. RH:.143 (1-7) Yesterday at PIT, his 3rd-inn. sac fly was his first RBI with the Rays and first since Sep 23, 2016 at PIT (with WAS) is 1-for-9 to start the season. Has appeared in 3 games, all starts at catcher on Sat vs. BAL, made his Rays debut, returning from the 60-day DL (recovery from torn ACL). Played in 13 rehab games with Class-A Charlotte (5 games) and Triple-A Durham (8 games) hit.214/.267/.429 (9-for-42) with 2 HR and 5 RBI. Signed by the Rays as a free agent on Dec 12, 2016 suffered a torn ACL after leaping for a throw to home plate on Sep 26 vs. ARI (with WAS). Last season, elected to the NL All-Star Team, his first career selection established career highs in several categories including games (131), runs scored (58), hits (148), doubles (25), home runs (22), RBI (80), avg. (.307) and SLG (.496) won the NL s Silver Slugger Award among catchers.

4 #0 MALLEX SMITH, OF Wed: 0-5 Series: 0-10 Stand: 6-18, RBI, 5-BB, 4-R vs. LH:.421 (8-19) 2017:.311/.392/.389, 1-HR, 5-RBI, 9-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-12 RISP:.333 (5-15) vs. RH:.282 (20-71), 1-HR Is 0-for-10 this series and hitless in his last 12 AB batting.158 (3-for-19) in his last 5 games since snapping a career-high 12-game hitting streak. Since his June 9 recall, is batting.328/.408/.418 (22-for-67) ranks among team leaders over that span in avg. (2nd), OBP (1st) and SB (6, 1st). Has 25 SB in 98 career games has gone 9-for-13 in SB attempts this season, and his 9 SB rank 2nd on the team behind Kevin Kiermaier (10). Has 4 bunt hits, T-7th in the majors and 4th in the AL has had 10 bunt attempts, batting.444 (4-for-9) on them while being credited with 1 SAC. Has appeared in 26 games with 24 starts (16-CF, 8-LF) with Triple-A Durham, hit.311 (41-for-132) with 5 2B, 4 3B, 3 HR and 16 SB in 30 games. #20 STEVEN SOUZA JR., OF Wed: 1-3, HBP Series: 2-7, RBI, R Stand: 6-23, 2B, HR, 4-RBI, 2-BB, 5-R vs. LH:.256 (21-82) 2017:.265/.371/.481, 14-HR, 49-RBI, 3-SB Current Hitting Streak: 3G (.273, 3-11) RISP:.286 (20-70) vs. RH:.269 (50-186), 14-HR Batting.303/.387/.545 (20-for-66) with 4 HR and 16 RBI in his last 18 games, dating back to June 9, breaking out of 0-for-10 and 1-for-24 slumps. Ranks among AL leaders in times on base (117, 10th) and walks (43, 6th) his career high for walks is 46 (2015); had 31 BB in 468 PA in Has 49 RBI, 2nd on the team to Morrison (54) has 16 multi-rbi games, T-3rd in the AL to SEA Nelson Cruz (17) and NYY Aaron Judge (17). On Tue at PIT, singled on the first pitch of the 10th inning and came around to score from 1B on David Freese s E5 (off the bat of Wilson Ramos). Since May 24, has 9 HR in 31 games, compared to 5 HR in 42 games prior his 9 HR over this span are 2nd on the team and T-7th in the AL. Has appeared in 74 games with 73 starts (70-RF, 2-DH, 1-CF) has a.404 OBP and.516 SLG in 38 games (37 starts) at home this season. #45 JESÚS SUCRE, C Wed: DNP Series: DNP Stand: 5-12, HR, 2-RBI, BB, 3-R vs. LH:.172 (5-29), 1-HR 2017:.245/.270/.372, 3-HR, 19-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.750, 3-4) RISP:.379 (11-29) vs. RH:.277 (18-65), 2-HR On Sun vs. BAL, tied a career high with 3 hits (5th time) it was his second 3-hit game of the season, both this month (also June 9 vs. OAK). His 3 HR and 19 RBI are both career highs has 17 RBI out of the No. 9 spot in the order, 2nd in the majors behind DET Jose Iglesias (20). Batting.379 (11-for-29) with RISP and.313 (15-for-48) with runner(s) on base in comparison, has hit.174 (8-for-46) with the bases empty. Has appeared in 31 games (24 starts) at catcher has 3 catcher pickoffs, most in the AL and tying the club record set by Toby Hall in Has thrown out 3 of 14 attempted base stealers has thrown out 27.6 percent in his career, including 43.5 pct. (10 of 23) with Seattle in RAYS BULLPEN NOTES #26 BRAD BOXBERGER, RH Last App: -- Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: -- Rehab: 0-1-0, 7.04 ERA, 8 G, 4 GS Long Relief App: -- IR-RS: -- vs. RH: -- Reinstated from the 60-day DL today (right flexor strain) and will be making his season debut had an injury-plagued 2016 season (27 apps). Made a combined 8 rehab apps (4 starts) with Class-A Charlotte and Triple-A Durham, going 0-1 with a 7.04 ERA (7.2-IP, 6-ER), 7 BB and 13 SO. Last season, endured two trips to the DL, costing him a total of 99 games pitched in only one game over the first four months of the season became the first player to not record a save a year after leading the AL in saves since TOR Duane Ward in 1993 in 2015, was named to his first All-Star Team and led the AL with 41 saves joined Rafael Soriano (45 in 2010) as the only Rays pitchers to lead the league in saves. #37 ALEX COLOMÉ, RH Last App: 6/27 at PIT (BS/W, 1.0-IP, 2-H, 2-R, 2-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: vs. LH:.194 (12-62), 2-HR 2017: , 3.57 ERA, 33 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 2x-last 5/28 at MIN IR-RS: 16-2 vs. RH:.284 (19-67) On Tue at PIT, took his fourth blown save, more than he had all of last season (3) yielded a leadoff HBP and back-to-back 1-out doubles by Josh Harrison and Andrew McCutchen, accounting for both runs allowed marked his third straight app yielding multiple runs, since June 20 vs. CIN. Over his last 3 apps, has yielded 7 H, 7 R/ER, 4 BB (4 IBB), 1 HR and 2 HBP in 3 IP his ERA has increased from 1.95 to 3.57 over this span. Dating back to May 31 at TEX, has allowed at least 1 hit in 9 consecutive apps has totaled 16 hits in 10 IP over this stretch for a.372 opp avg. Has 20 SV, 3rd in the AL behind BOS Craig Kimbrel (21) and MIN Brandon Kintzler (21) has 5 SV of 4 outs or more this season, most in the AL and 2nd in the majors to LAD Kenley Jansen (7) since the start of 2016, has 11 saves of 4 outs or more, one shy of Jansen for most in the majors. Pitched for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic during spring training, going 1-0 with a 4.15 ERA (4.1-IP, 2-ER) in 5 apps. #17 JUMBO DÍAZ, RH Last App: 6/28 at PIT (1.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 2-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-3 vs. LH:.297 (11-37), 2-HR 2017: 0-3-0, 5.40 ERA, 27 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 3x-last 6/24 vs. BAL IR-RS: 20-7 vs. RH:.265 (18-68), 1-HR Yesterday at PIT, had a perfect 7th incl. strikeouts of Josh Harrison and David Freese five of his 6 apps since returning from the DL have been scoreless, but yielded 4 R/ER over 2 IP in the non-scoreless app, Sat vs. BAL (see below) yielded runs in 5 of his last 7 apps before the DL stint. On Sat vs. BAL, his 5 hits marked a career high and his 4 runs were his most since April 29, 2015 vs. MIL (5) his 2 IP matched a season high (3rd time) was one strike away from getting out of the 7th inning, then allowed a 2-run double to Mark Trumbo and 2-run homer to Trey Mancini. Has pitched to a 7.62 ERA (13-IP, 11-ER) over his last 13 apps, increasing his season ERA from 3.29 to 5.40 (since May 5) all 3 HR allowed have come over this stretch (Kendrys Morales, Francisco Lindor, Trey Mancini) was on the 10-day DL from May 25 June 11 due to right arm fatigue. Pitched for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic (2 apps; ERA) and did not join the Rays in spring training until March 22. #49 TOMMY HUNTER, RH Last App: 6/27 at PIT (S, 1.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: 1-1 vs. LH:.162 (6-37) 2017: 0-2-1, 2.38 ERA, 25 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 2x-last 5/30 at TEX IR-RS: 12-3 vs. RH:.265 (13-49), 2-HR On Tue at PIT, had a perfect 10th for his first save since Aug 1, 2015 at MIL (with CHC) became the fifth Ray to record a save this season. Has retired his last 8 BF on Sun vs. BAL, retired all 5 BF, entering with a 1-run lead got the last 2 outs of the 6th inn. and all 3 outs in the 7th. Has pitched to an 0.73 ERA (12.1-IP, 2-R, 1-ER) in 15 apps at Tropicana Field this season compared to a 4.35 ERA (10.1-IP, 5-ER) in 10 road apps. On June 15 at DET, yielded a walk-off, 2-run homer to Miguel Cabrera, his second loss of the season (also April 15 at BOS) it was the sixth time in his career he was on the mound for a walk-off loss, first since July 6, 2015 at MIN (with BAL), a walk-off homer by Brian Dozier in the 10th inning. Has been used exclusively as a reliever since 2013 has pitched to a 3.17 ERA (264-IP, 93-ER) and held righties to a.220 avg. over that span. #55 ADAM KOLAREK, LH Last App: -- Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: -- Triple-A: 1-4-2, 1.36 ERA, 31 G Long Relief App: -- IR-RS: -- vs. RH: -- Selected from Triple-A Durham yesterday and will be making his major league debut has pitched in 320 minor league games over 8 seasons. Will become the eighth player to make his major league debut for the Rays this season, a mark matched by only CIN (9), NYY (8) and PHI (8). Has spent the entire season with the Bulls, going with a 1.36 ERA (33-IP, 5-ER) and 29 SO in 31 apps had a.217 opp avg (26-for-120). Selected by the Mets in the 11th round of the 2010 June Draft selected by the Rays in the minor league phase of the 2015 Rule 5 Draft signed by Atlanta in Nov 2016 and was a non-roster invite to Braves spring training released on March 24 and signed by the Rays on March 27. #30 ERASMO RAMIREZ, RH Last App: 6/28 at PIT (1.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: 1-1 vs. LH:.255 (24-94), 4-HR 2017: 4-2-1, 4.92 ERA, 21 G, 8 GS Long Relief App: 4.0, 2x-last 4/26 at BAL IR-RS: 6-1 vs. RH:.265 (36-136), 5-HR Yesterday at PIT, made his first relief app since May 28 at MIN and had a perfect 9th two groundouts and a Josh Bell SO returned to the bullpen after the announcement of Blake Snell rejoining the rotation went with a 6.49 ERA (34.2-IP, 25-ER) in 8 apps (7 starts) from May 19 June 21. Is 1-0 with a 2.91 ERA (21.2-IP, 7-ER) and.189 opp avg. in 13 relief apps this season, compared to 3-2 with a 6.05 ERA (38.2-IP, 26-ER) in 8 GS. Has recorded 4 outs or more in 6 of his 13 relief apps, including 4 apps of 2 IP or longer got 4 outs or more in 35 of 63 relief apps last season. Has allowed 16 HR out of the bullpen since the start of last season 4th most among AL relievers over that span and one shy of the AL co-leaders. Got the save on May 28 at MIN, and started the next night at TEX according to the Elias Sports Bureau, he became the first pitcher to record a save and go on to start the team s next game on consecutive days since CLE Steve Farr did it in #47 CHASE WHITLEY, RH Last App: 6/25 vs. BAL (BS, 1.0-IP, 1-H, 1-R, 0-BB, 1-SO, 1-HR) Saves-Opps: 2-3 vs. LH:.185 (10-54) 2017: 2-1-2, 3.00 ERA, 23 G Long Relief App: 3.0, 3x-last 5/20 vs. NYY IR-RS: 14-1 vs. RH:.180 (11-61), 1-HR On Sun vs. BAL, charged a blown save in the 8th inning, yielding a game-tying solo homer to Jonathan Schoop, his first BF retired his next 3 BF. Has a 2.70 ERA (10-IP, 3-ER) over his last 7 apps, coinciding with the start of June in his 9 apps prior to that, had a 6.35 ERA (11.1-IP, 8-ER). Has allowed 7.1 pct. of inherited runners to score, 3rd among AL relievers (min. 10 IR) to LAA Yusmeiro Petit (0.0) and DET Warwick Saupold (0.0). Has gone with a 2.85 ERA (47.1-IP, 15-ER) in 28 apps (1 start) with TB since returning from Tommy John surgery on Sep 11, 2016 at NYY. Has made 7 relief apps this season of at least 2 IP (last June 14 at TOR) has made 3 relief apps this season of at least 3 IP (last May 20 vs. NYY).

5 RAYS PITCHING BY THE NUMBERS W-L-S G ERA IP H ER BB SO HR Totals Starters Relievers Home Road April May June LAST HR OFF 17 MOST HITS GAME 17 MOST RBI GAME Beckham 6/9/17 vs. OAK Neal 3, 4x-last, 6/9 vs. OAK 4, 5/4 vs. MIA Bourjos 6/8/17 vs. CWS Holland 3, 5/3 vs. MIA 2, 2x-last, 6/21 vs. CIN Dickerson 6/24/17 vs. BAL Bundy 4, 3x-last, 6/13 at TOR 4, 5/20 vs. NYY Featherston 6/21/17 vs. CIN Storen 2, 6/21 vs. CIN 2, 6/21 vs. CIN Hechavarria 5/7/17 at NYM Wilk 3, 2x-last, 5/3 at TB 2, 2x-last, 6/27 at PIT Longoria 6/25/17 vs. BAL Tillman 4, 5/19 vs. NYY 4, 2x-last, 6/23 vs. BAL Morrison 6/23/17 vs. BAL Castro 3, 4/2 vs. NYY 4, 4/14 at BOS Peterson 6/23/17 vs. BAL Jiménez 2, 2x-last, 4/19 vs. DET 4, 6/23 vs. BAL Plouffe 6/21/17 vs. CIN Adleman 3, 5/18 vs. BOS 3, 4/20 vs. SEA Ramos 9/23/16 at PIT Bastardo 1, 6/24 vs. BAL 1, 6/28 at PIT Smith 6/9/17 vs. OAK Triggs 3, 6/11 vs. OAK 2, 6/9 vs. OAK Souza Jr. 6/19/17 vs. CIN Feldman 4, 5/29 at TEX 4, 6/18 at DET Sucre 6/20/17 vs. CIN Garrett 3, 2x-last, 6/25 vs. BAL 3, 2x-last, 5/14 at BOS RAYS BY THE NUMBERS Current Streak: L1 When commit error: Hit homer: Current Record: Ahead after 6-7-8: 33-7/36-4/37-1 Homer with men on: Home/Road: 24-18/17-21 Behind after 6-7-8: 5-22/3-30/3-34 Hit multiple homers: Day/Night: 14-17/27-21 Tied after 6-7-8: 3-10/2-5/1-4 Score first: Grass/Turf: 15-18/ run games: 8-10 Score 5 or more: 32-7 vs. East: run games: 11-6 Score less than 5: 9-32 vs. Central: 12-8 Extra innings: 5-3 Outhit opponents: 31-7 vs. West: 8-9 Win in last at-bat: 7 Outhit by opponents: 4-29 vs. National League: 6-3 Come-from-behind wins: 20 Collect 10 or more hits: 25-6 vs. RH/LH starters: 32-23/9-16 Opp. come-from-behind wins: 24 Opp. 10 or more hits: Series W-L-T (home): Series W-L-T (road): Wearing white/gray/navy/lt. blue: 1-12/7-9/9-14/3-4 RUN SUPPORT FOR STARTING PITCHERS PITCHER STARTS RUNS RUNS/START RUNS/9-IP CLUB RECORD QUALITY Andriese Archer Cobb Faria Odorizzi Pruitt Ramirez Snell RAYS SEASON HIGHS TEAM BATTING INDIVIDUAL BATTING Longest win streak 4, 2x-last, 6/7-6/10 Most runs, game, TB 4, 2x-last, Souza Jr., 5/29 at TEX Long loss streak 4, 6/2-6/7 Most runs, game, Opp 3, 11x-last, Joseph, 6/25 vs. BAL Most runs game, TB 15, 6/23 vs. BAL Most hits, game, TB 4, 5x-last, Dickerson, 6/13 at TOR Most runs game, Opp 13, 6/16 at DET Most hits, game, Opp 4, 7x-last, Alonso, 6/10 vs. OAK (G2) Most runs, inn, TB 7, 5/14 at BOS (9th) Most 2B, game, TB 2, 5x-last, Longoria, 6/10 vs. OAK (G1) Most runs, inn, Opp 5, 8x-last, 6/16 at DET (5th) Most 2B, game, Opp 2, 9x-last, Osuna, 6/28 at PIT Most hits, game, TB 18, 5/28 at MIN Most HR, game, TB 2, 7x-last, Morrison, 6/18 at DET Most hits, game, Opp 17, 2x-last, 5/3 vs. MIA Most HR, game, Opp 2, 2x-last, Morales, 5/5 vs. TOR Most hits, inn, TB 8, 5/14 at BOS (9th) Most RBI, game, TB 4, 9x-last, Longoria/Peterson, 6/23 vs. BAL Most hits, inn, Opp 7, 5/3 vs. MIA (6th) Most RBI, game, Opp 7, Zunino, 6/3 at SEA Most doubles, game, TB 4, 9x-last, 6/11 vs. OAK Most x-base hits, game, TB 3, 2x-last, Beckham, 4/26 at BAL Most doubles, game, Opp 5, 4/16 at BOS Most x-base hits, game, Opp 3, 2x-last, Morales, 5/5 vs. TOR Most HR, game, TB 5, 3x-last, 6/18 at DET Most steals, game, TB 3, Smith, 6/9 vs. OAK Most HR, game, Opp 3, 7x-last, 6/25 vs. BAL Most steals, game, Opp 3, Gordon, 5/1 at MIA Most x-base hits, game, TB 8, 2x-last, 6/9 vs. OAK Hitting Streak 12, Smith, June 9-June 21 Most x-base hits, game, Opp 7, 6/16 at DET TEAM/INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most stolen bases, game, TB 4, 2x-last, 6/9 vs. OAK Most SO, TB Starter 12, Archer, 5/21 vs. NYY Most stolen bases, game, Opp 4, 5/8 vs. KC Most SO, Opp Starter 12, 2x-last, Sale, 5/13 at BOS Most walks, game, TB 11, 5/2 at MIA Most SO, TB Reliever 5, 3x-last, Stanek, 6/10 vs. OAK (G2) Most walks, game, Opp 11, 5/28 at MIN Most IP, TB Reliever 4.0, 3x-last, Hu, 6/10 vs. OAK (G2) Most strikeouts, game, TB 17, 5/28 at MIN Most walks, game, TB 6, Archer, 5/15 at CLE Most strikeouts, game, Opp 17, 5/21 vs. NYY Most walks, game, Opp 8, Volquez, 5/2 at MIA Most LOB, game, TB 29, 5/28 at MIN Most SO, Team, TB 17, 5/21 vs. NYY Most LOB, game, Opp 28, 2x-last, 6/10 vs. OAK (G1) Most walks, Team, TB 11, 5/28 at MIN Most errors, game, TB 4, 5/8 vs. KC Low-Hit Game 2, 4/25 at BAL Most errors, game, Opp 3, 6/27 at PIT Consecutive Scoreless IP 14.0, Cobb, April 26 May 7 Longest game, time 6:26, 5/28 at MIN Shortest game, time 2:37, 4/10 at NYY Longest game, time (9 inn.) 4:32, 5/14 at BOS Shortest game, time (9 inn.) 2:37, 4/10 at NYY Grand Slams (3): Morrison (4/14 at BOS, Porcello); Rasmus (5/10 vs. KC, Moylan); Souza Jr. (6/18 at DET, Farmer) Back-to-Back (10): Miller/Souza Jr. (4/14 at BOS, Porcello); Robertson/Norris (5/5 vs. TOR, Liriano); Morrison/Weeks Jr. (5/10 vs. KC, Hammel); Norris/Dickerson (5/16 at CLE, Salazar); Rasmus/Souza Jr. (5/24 vs. LAA, Nolasco); Longoria/Morrison (5/28 at MIN, Santiago); Rasmus/Beckham (6/2 at SEA, Bergman); Norris/Bourjos (6/8 vs. CWS, Holland); Longoria/Morrison (6/18 at DET, Bell); Dickerson/Longoria (6/24 vs. BAL, Bundy) LAST HR & PLAYER SEASON HIGHS HOME RUNS RUNS BY INNING 2-HR games (7): Beckham-2 (4/26 at BAL, Bundy; 5/4 vs. MIA, Straily); Dickerson-2 (5/16 at CLE, Salazar; 5/20 vs. NYY, Tanaka); Morrison-1 (6/18 at DET, Farmer/Bell); Norris-1 (6/8 vs. CWS); Souza Jr.-1 (5/24 vs. LAA, Nolasco) 3-HR games (-): - Pinch-hit (-): - Walk-off (-): - Lead-off (6): Dickerson-6 (6/3 at SEA, Gaviglio; 5/22 vs. LAA, Ramirez; 5/20 vs. NYY, Tanaka; 4/24 at BAL, Jiménez; 4/21 vs. HOU, Fiers; 4/5 vs. NYY, Pineda) Inside-the-park (-): X Total Opponent Tampa Bay HOME RUNS 1R 2R 3R GS TOTAL Morrison Dickerson Souza Jr Longoria Beckham Norris Rasmus Kiermaier Robertson Bourjos 3 3 Sucre Featherston 2 2 Miller 2 2 Peterson 2 2 Weeks Jr Plouffe 1 1 Smith 1 1 TOTALS CATCHERS PCT CS ATT Norris Ramos Sucre TOTALS MISC. Game-Tying & Go-Ahead RBI: Longoria (19), Morrison (19), Souza Jr. (16), Dickerson (14), Beckham (13), Robertson (8), Miller (7), Sucre (6), Kiermaier (5), Norris (5), Rasmus (4), Weeks Jr. (3), Featherston (2), Peterson (2), Bourjos (1), Smith (1) 2-Out RBI: Souza Jr. (25), Morrison (18), Beckham (17), Rasmus (14), Dickerson (13), Kiermaier (12), Longoria (12), Sucre (9), Norris (8), Weeks Jr. (5), Miller (3), Peterson (3), Smith (3), Bourjos (2), Robertson (2), Featherston (1) Outfield Assists (11): Kiermaier (3), Rasmus (3), Souza Jr. (3), Bourjos (2) Bunt Singles (8): Smith (4), Beckham (1), Kiermaier (1), Miller (1), Rasmus (1) Ejections (4): Cash-2 (4/19 vs. DET, 9th inn.; 5/9 vs. KC, 3rd inn.); Andriese-1 (5/20 vs. NYY, 6th inn.); Kiermaier-1 (4/9 vs. TOR, 7th inn.) Batted Around (12): 4/7 vs. TOR (1st inn., 10 batters; 6th inn., 9 batters); 4/22 vs. HOU (6th inn., 9 batters); 4/23 vs. HOU (1st inn., 9 batters), 5/5 vs. TOR (4th inn., 9 batters); 5/9 vs. KC (1st inn., 9 batters); 5/14 at BOS (9th inn., 11 batters); 5/20 vs. NYY (4th inn., 9 batters; 5th inn., 9 batters), 6/13 at TOR (3rd inn., 9 batters), 6/23 vs. BAL (5th inn., 9 batters) CATWALKS 1. April 5 vs. NYY Logan Morrison single off the B-ring catwalk in right field off Michael Pineda (2nd inning). 2. April 7 vs. TOR Rickie Weeks Jr. double off the B-ring catwalk in left field off Dominic Leone (2nd inning). 3. May 22 vs. LAA Cameron Maybin home run off the C-ring catwalk in left field off Jake Odorizzi (5th inning). 4. June 6 vs. CWS Yolmer Sánchez home run off the C-ring catwalk in center field off Chris Archer (1st inning). 5. June 19 vs. CIN Steven Souza Jr. home run off the C-ring catwalk in left field...off Scott Feldman (6th inning). WALK-OFF WINS 1. April 8 vs. TOR (W 3-2) Brad Miller basesloaded walk off Casey Lawrence (11th inning). 2. April 19 vs. DET (W 8-7) Logan Morrison fielder s choice, throwing error off Francisco Rodríguez (9th inning). 3. June 10 (G1) vs. OAK (W, 6-5) Evan Longoria single to left field off Liam Hendricks (10th inning). WALK-OFF LOSSES 1. April 26 at BAL (L, 4-5) Seth Smith basesloaded walk off Danny Farquhar (11th inning). 2. June 15 at DET (L, 3-5) Miguel Cabrera 2-run home run to right field off Tommy Hunter (9th inning). INSTANT REPLAY CHALLENGES (last five) GAME CHALLENGED BY INN. PLAYER OF REFERENCE INITIAL CALL RULING 6/21 vs. CIN Umpires B5 Steven Souza Jr. No home run Stands 6/23 vs. BAL Baltimore B1 Shane Peterson Safe at 1B Overturned 6/23 vs. BAL Tampa Bay B5 Derek Norris Out at 1B Overturned 6/25 vs. BAL Tampa Bay T9 Jonathan Schoop Hit By Pitch Confirmed 6/27 at PIT Tampa Bay T4 Logan Morrison Out at 2B Stands Rays Totals (bold): 35 challenges (15 overturned, 12 stand, 8 confirmed) Opp Totals: 27 challenges (9 overturned, 10 stand, 8 confirmed) Umpire Totals: 10 challenges (0 record keeping, 1 overturned, 7 stand, 3 confirmed)