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1 TAMPA BAY RAYS (12-14) at DETROIT TIGERS (11-15) RH Jake Faria (1-1, 6.33) vs. RH Jordan Zimmermann (1-0, 7.91) Monday, April 30, 2018 First Pitch: 7:10 p.m. Location: Comerica Park TV: FOX Sports Sun Radio: WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.) Game No.: 27 (12-14) Road Game No.: 14 (6-7) All-Time Game No.: 3,265 ( ) All-Time Road Game No.: 1,631 ( ) UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE Upcoming Games Time (ET) Probable Starting Pitchers (Rays vs. Opp.) TV & Radio Tues., 5/1 at DET 7:10 p.m. RH Chris Archer (2-1, 6.61) vs. LH Matthew Boyd (0-2, 2.74) FOX Sports Sun, WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.) Wed., 5/2 at DET 1:10 p.m. LH Blake Snell (4-1, 2.52) vs. RH Michael Fulmer (1-2, 2.76) FOX Sports Sun, WDAE 620 AM RAY MATTER Yesterday at BOS, the Rays blew a 3-0 lead and lost, 4-3, to snap an 8-game winning streak, which tied for the 3rd-longest in franchise history the Rays are 8-1 over their last 9 games and have come from behind in six of the 8 wins they have outscored opponents, and outhit opponents, during that span this stretch has brought the Rays from 4-13 (.235) worst record in the AL East and 3rd-worst winning pct. in the majors to (.462), 5.0 games up on the Orioles in the division, and 3.5 GB of the second Wild Card position. The Rays are 9-2 in their last 11 games and 11-6 since a 1-8 start to the season they are 6-2 in their last 8 road games. Yesterday was the ninth time this season the Rays held a lead and went on to lose, tied for 3rd-most in the majors behind the Nationals (10) and Royals (10) the Rays have held a lead in 80.8 pct. (21 of 26) of their games this season, 4th-highest rate in the AL behind the Astros (82.8), Red Sox (81.5) and Yankees (81.5). The Rays have won four consecutive series for the first time since June 3-16, 2016 at MIN, at ARI, vs. HOU, vs. SEA yesterday, they missed a chance at a third consecutive sweep, something they ve done only once in franchise history (June 11-20, 2004). OFFENSE EN FUEGO The 3 runs yesterday at BOS were the fewest scored by the Rays since April 17 vs. TEX (2) the club has scored at least 8 runs in six of their last 8 games, compared to once in their first 18 games this season this stretch includes a club-record streak of five straight games scoring 8 runs or more from April the Rays have totaled 66 runs over their last 9 games and 62 runs over their last 8 games. In the last 8 games, the Rays are batting.343 (102-for-297) overall and.378 (34-for-90) with RISP in the first 18 games this season, they hit.235 (141-for-601) overall and.237 (36-for-152) with RISP. The Rays have totaled 8 HR over their last 3 games, including a season-high 4 HR on Sat at BOS they have hit multiple homers five times in their last 7 games, including 3+ HR in 4 games over these 7 games, the home run has accounted for 31 of 54 runs scored. Since April 18 the first game of the eventual 8-game winning streak the Rays have scored multiple runs in a single inning 20 times, 3 runs or more seven times and 4 runs or more four times in the first 17 games this season, they had 11, three and two of these type of innings, respectively. HOME RUNS: LAST 7 GAMES vs. FIRST 19 GAMES LAST 7 FIRST 19 HR Multi-HR Gms HR Gms 4 0 Solo 5 9 LAST 7 FIRST 19 Runner(s) On 12 1 % Solo % Runs Via HR THE TURNAROUND The loss on April 8 at BOS dropped the Rays to 1-8, the worst record in the majors at the time and tied for the worst 9-game start in club history, and dropped them to 0-5 on the road they were averaging 3.00 runs per game, tied for 2nd-lowest in the majors, and ranked 29th and 28th in avg. and OBP, respectively since then: The Rays are 11-6 (.647), 5th-best record in the majors and 3rd-best in the AL behind the Yankees (13-4,.765) and Red Sox (.667) The Rays are 6-2 (.750) on the road, 2nd in the majors (Angels, 8-1) The Rays are averaging 5.71 runs per game, 4th in the majors they lead the majors with a.305 avg. and a.373 OBP RAYS vs. TIGERS This is the first of six meetings between the Rays and Tigers this season, as the Tigers visit Tropicana Field from July 9-11 the Rays went 5-2 last season (3-0 at home, 2-2 on the road), just the second time in the past seven seasons they have won the season series over the Tigers (4-3 in 2014) they have won only one of their last seven series at Comerica Park since the start of 2011 (won 3 of 4, July 3-6, 2014). The Rays are 5-1 (.833) against the AL Central this season, compared to 7-13 (.350) against all other opponents. SEEKING LENGTH Rays starters have totaled 27 IP over the last 6 games, with starts of 4.2, 4.1, 5.1, 7.1, 2.0 and 3.1 IP only twice this season has a Rays starter completed 7 IP, both starts by Blake Snell on Fri at BOS and April 21 vs. MIN Rays starters have failed to finish at least 5 IP in 11 starts, tied with the Twins for most in the majors Rays pitchers have recorded 6 quality starts, tied for the fewest in the majors. Snell has recorded four of the team s 6 quality starts. Rays relievers have made 7 apps of at least 50 pitches and 3 apps of at least 70 pitches, both most in the majors they have totaled 6 apps of 4 IP or more no other team has more than 2 apps of this type and 17 apps of 2 IP or more, 3rd in the majors. CLOSE SHAVES The Rays have played a major-league-most 12 games decided by 1 run no AL team has played more games decided by 1 run within the first 26 games of their season since the 2007 Tigers (13) the Rays are 4-8 (.333) in 1-run games, tied with the Nationals for the most losses and tied for 4th-lowest winning pct. in the majors seven of their 10 games against the majors-best Red Sox have been decided by 1 run, and the Rays are 1-6 in these games since 2016, the Rays are (.392) in 1-run games, 2nd-worst winning pct. in the majors over that span. The Rays are 7-8 (.467) when scoring first, but have won five of their last 6 games when doing so to improve from 2-7. ROAMING BUFFALO Wilson Ramos has homered in three consecutive games for the first time in his career is the first Rays player to do this since Kevin Kiermaier, Sep 12-15, 2017 (3) and the first Rays catcher to ever do so he has an extra-base hit in eight consecutive starts, matching the club record (Matt Joyce, 2013; Evan Longoria, 2009). MR. WENDLE Joey Wendle has 24 hits, tied with MIA Brian Anderson, NYY Miguel Andújar and SD Christian Villanueva for most among major league rookies this is tied with Miguel Cairo for 3rd-most by a Rays rookie before the end of April, behind Rocco Baldelli (40) in 2003 and Delmon Young (26) in 2007 he has multiple hits in five consecutive games, longest streak of his career and the longest streak by a Ray since Wilson Ramos (5) from Aug 17-23, 2017 no Ray has recorded multiple hits in six straight since Asdrubal Cabrera in 2015, and the club record is eight straight (Crawford in 2007). WHO S HOT Denard Span has homered in back-to-back games for the sixth time in his career (last May 11-12, 2017 vs. CIN, with SF) this includes an inside-the-park home run on Sat at BOS, the second of his career and 15th in franchise history he has never homered in 3 straight. Daniel Robertson enters tonight s game 1 PA shy of qualifying for leaderboards if he qualified, he would rank 1st in the majors in OBP and 2nd in avg. has reached in 18 of his last 28 PA, since the 9th inning on April 21 has multiple hits in five of his last 6 games. LA PANTERA Shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria has not committed an error since last July 30 at NYY, going 75 games and 253 chances since then these are the longest streaks in franchise history for a shortstop since last Aug 1, he is the only shortstop in the majors to appear in at least 20 games without committing an error since being acquired by the Rays on June 26, 2017, he has a.989 fielding pct. in 101 games (98 starts). WHAT A COMEBACK On Wed at BAL, Jonny Venters retired his only batter faced in the 6th it was his first appearance in the majors in 2,028 days since the NL Wild Card Game on Oct 5, 2012 (with ATL) according to FanGraphs, he became the first pitcher ever to return to the majors after three Tommy John surgeries between appearances, 1,287 players made their major league debut according to the Elias Sports Bureau, he was the first All-Star to return to the majors after missing at least five years since Justin Thompson, who was an All-Star in 1997 and pitched for the Rangers on Aug 18, 2005 in his first game since Aug 15, LAST CALL Authenticated, game-used jerseys from Rays players on Jackie Robinson Day are now up for auction at raysbaseball.com/auctions all jerseys feature No. 42 on the back and a special emblem patch on the right sleeve the auction ends tonight at 8 p.m. ET. THIS DATE IN RAYS HISTORY On April 30, 2003 at MIN, Rocco Baldelli hit the first home run of his career, off Brad Radke his 2 hits in the game give him 40 hits on the season, which remains a major league rookie record through the end of April, ahead of SEA Ichiro Suzuki (39) in RAYS ON THE TUBE According to FOX Sports Sun, yesterday s series finale at Fenway Park (4.0 HH) was the network s 2nd-highest rated Rays game of the season the games on Fri at BOS (2.6 HH) and Sat at BOS (3.1 HH) each drew more viewers locally than NFL Draft coverage.

2 TONIGHT S STARTER: RH JAKE FARIA (1-1, 6.33 ERA) CAREER MLB BREAKDOWN YEAR W L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO HR Career LAST START On Wed at BAL, yielded an RBI double to Adam Jones in the 1st inning, 2-run double to Jace Peterson in the 2nd inning and solo homer to Chance Sisco, his last batter faced, in the 5th inning failed to complete 5 IP for the third time in 5 starts this season it was the first time in his 4 starts against the Orioles in his career that he failed to go at least 6 IP tied his season high with 83 pitches (2nd time) his line: ND, 4.1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 BB, 5 SO, 1 HR, 83 pit, 50 str. HOME vs. AWAY Has a ERA (6-IP, 12-ER) in 2 starts this season on the road, compared to a 1.76 ERA (15.1-IP, 3-ER) in 3 starts at home for his career, is 2-3 with a 5.37 ERA (52-IP, 31-ER) in 11 apps (10 starts) on the road, and 4-2 with a 2.73 ERA (56-IP, 17-ER) in 10 apps (9 starts) at Tropicana Field hasn t won on the road since last June 18, 2017 at DET, going 0-3 with a 6.75 ERA (38.2-IP, 29-ER) in 9 apps (8 starts) since then furthermore, since July 19, 2017 at OAK, he has pitched to a 9.26 ERA (23.1-IP, 24-ER) on the road and yielded 3 runs or more in all 6 road starts. vs. DETROIT His only appearance against them was last June 18 at DET, the third start of his career yielded 3 baserunners in the 1st inning (2-1B, 1-BB), including a 2-out, RBI single by Justin Upton, but did not allow a run over his next 6 IP, totaling 4 baserunners, all singles, in innings 2-thru-7 at one point, struck out 5 straight BF in the 3rd and 4th innings, and finished with what remains a career-high-tying 9 SO became the fifth pitcher since Baseball Reference data is available (1913) to go at least 6 IP, allow 1 run or fewer and earn the win in his first 3 career apps. RECENT STRUGGLES Has only won once in his last 12 apps (10 starts) dating back to July 30, 2017 at NYY has gone less than 6 IP in all but 3 starts over this span, and doesn t have a start longer than 6 IP since June 25, 2017 vs. BAL (7.1 IP) only has one quality start in 10 apps (8 starts) since Aug 11, 2017 vs. CLE both his win and quality start came on April 18 vs. TEX, and he is attempting to win consecutive decisions for the first time since June 7 July 6, 2017 (4). WHEN HE S ON Has yielded 1 run or fewer in 3 of his 5 starts this season, pitching to a 1.76 ERA (15.1-IP, 3-ER) in these games he joins Blake Snell as Rays pitchers with at least 3 starts of 1 run or fewer Snell has done this four times in 6 starts, while the rest of the rotation has combined to do it four times all of his starts of 1 run or fewer have come at home. Has yielded more than 3 runs only four times in his 19 career starts but twice in his last 4 starts. Twice this year, has allowed 1 run or fewer and not gotten the win is one of eight AL pitchers to do that multiple times, joining DET Matthew Boyd (3), CWS Reynaldo Lopez (3), BOS Chris Sale (3), TB Yonny Chirinos (2), TEX Bartolo Colon (2), DET Michael Fulmer (2) and KC Ian Kennedy (2). SPRING THINGS Went 1-2 with a 5.12 ERA (19.1-IP, 11-ER) in 6 starts during Grapefruit League action, in addition to pitching in an intrasquad game on March 6 did not record a strikeout in his first 3 starts spanning 4.1 IP and 29 BF pitched in the Rays spring finale on March 27 vs. DET at Tropicana Field, and threw 6 innings of no-hit ball in a no-decision that start brought his spring ERA down from 7.43 to Originally was tabbed by Manager Kevin Cash to start the fifth game of the season, but moved up following the injury to Nathan Eovaldi. This is his second major league season after making his major league debut last June 7 vs. CWS. TOMORROW S STARTER: RH CHRIS ARCHER (2-1, 6.61 ERA) Pronunciation: fuh-ree-uh 2018 SPLITS SPLIT W L ERA G IP H R ER BB SO Home Road March April May June July August September SPLITS vs. TIGERS SPLIT W L ERA G IP H R ER BB SO Career on Road SPLITS vs. BATTERS SPLIT AB H AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO TB PA vs. LHB vs. RHB SEASON & CAREER HIGHS 2018 CAREER 6.0, 4/18 vs. TEX IP 7.1, 7/25/17 vs. BAL 5, 2x-last 4/18 vs. TEX H 7, 7/25/17 vs. BAL 8, 4/7 at BOS R 8, 4/7/18 at BOS 8, 4/7 at BOS ER 8, 4/7/18 at BOS 5, 4/7 at BOS BB 5, 2x-last 4/7/18 at BOS 7, 4/13 vs. PHI SO 9, 2x-last 8/4/17 vs. MIL 1, 3x-last 4/25 at BAL HR 2, 2x-last 9/28/17 at NYY -- CG SHO -- 1, 4/18 Current Win Streak 4G, 6/7/17 7/6/17 1, 4/7 at BOS Loss Streak 4G, 8/4/17 4/7/ HIGHLIGHTS Last season he was named the club s Outstanding Rookie by the Tampa Bay Chapter of the BBWAA min. 75 IP, he led AL rookies with a 3.43 ERA,.225 opp avg.,.387 opp SLG, 8.72 SO/9 IP and 1.18 WHIP ranked 4th among AL rookies with 84 SO, and ranked 2nd to NYY Jordan Montgomery (91) after his June 7 recall achieved this despite spending 25 games on the disabled list from Aug 17 Sep 14. REDEFINING QUALITY He was the first pitcher to begin his career with 7 consecutive quality starts since NYY Masahiro Tanaka (16) in 2014, and one of only nine pitchers since 1913 to begin his career in this fashion he became the fifth pitcher since 1913 to go 6 IP or more, allow 1 run or fewer and earn the win in his first 3 apps, joining STL Andy Rincon (1980), CIN Wayne Simpson (1970), STL Stu Miller (1952) and DET Alex Main (1914) he also became the second pitcher since 1913 with at least 35 SO and 5 BB or fewer in his first 5 starts, with no relief apps in between, joining SEA Félix Hernández in 2005 was the second Ray to win his first 4 decisions, all as a starter, joining James Shields in LUCKY DUCK While playing scout ball in 2010, he was turned away by an overbooked hotel to apologize, the hotel provided a gift bag with treats and a rubber duck the duck found its way to his equipment bag, where it was forgotten after a strong first season as a professional, he was frustrated by a poor 2012 campaign the next spring began poorly as well, until Jake realized a new equipment bag had separated him from the duck when his father shipped Jake s car, he placed the duck inside an outstanding 2013 campaign followed and the duck has traveled with him to the ballpark ever since GAME LOG GAME DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP P/K FINAL OPP. LEFT 4/1 vs. BOS /53 L, 1-2 Velázquez tied, 1-1 4/7 at BOS L /34 L, 3-10 Porcello down, 8-2 4/13 vs. PHI /50 L, 1-2 Velasquez up, 1-0 4/18 vs. TEX W /53 W, 4-2 Hamels up, 3-1 4/25 at BAL /50 W, 8-4 Cobb up, 5-4 LAST START On Thurs at BAL, allowed a pair of runs in the 3rd inning to cut the Rays lead to 6-2, and a 2-run homer to Adam Jones in the 5th to cut the lead to 8-4 allowed 11 hits, one shy of his career high and his most since Aug 15, 2015 at TEX (11) was the eighth time in franchise history a pitcher won when allowing 11 hits or more, first since James Shields on April 27, 2012 at TEX threw 115 pitches, his most since July 4, 2017 at CHC (116) his line: W, 5.1 IP, 11 H, 4 R, 1 BB, 7 SO, 1 HR, 115 pit, 78 str. Became the third Ray to allow at least 1 HR in each of his first 6 starts of the season, following Steve Parris (7) in 2003 and Dennis Springer (9) in vs. DETROIT Is 2-2 with a 3.55 ERA (45.2-IP, 18-ER) in 8 starts against the Tigers, including a pair of double-digit strikeout games last season, went 1-0 with a 4.91 ERA (11-IP, 6-ER) in 2 starts is 2-1 with a 5.19 ERA (17.1-IP, 10-ER) in 3 starts at Comerica Park this will be his ninth start against them, his most frequent AL Central opponent. #16 KEVIN CASH, MANAGER Is in his fourth season as Rays manager at age 40, is the majors youngest active skipper 5 months younger than SD Andy Green. His last ejection was July 18, 2017 at OAK, his seventh ejection as Rays manager his 7 ejections are tied for 4th in franchise history. Is the sixth Tampa-born manager in major league history, and second to manage the Rays that list includes Hall of Famers Al Lopez and Tony La Russa, Lou Piniella, Dave Miley and John Hart. Played 12 professional seasons as a catcher, incl. parts of eight seasons in the majors ( ) and 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 #44 C.J. CRON 1B Pronunciation: krohn 2018:.270/.315/ HR 17 RBI 0 SB Sun at BOS: 1-4 BOS Series: 4-13, 2B, BB, 3-R Trip: 6-23, 2-2B, HR, 4-RBI, BB, 5-R vs. LH:.424 (14-33), 3-HR Last HR: 4/26/18 at BAL Current Hitting Streak: 7G (.313, 10-32) RISP:.214 (6-28) vs. RH:.194 (13-67), 3-HR Has hit safely in 15 of his last 16 games, batting.324/.365/.588 (22-for-68) with 3 2B, 5 HR and 15 RBI and raising his avg. from.156 to.270. Has 4 HR in 7 games since April 21, compared to 2 HR in his first 18 games his last 4 HR have come with runner(s) on base (first 2 HR were solo). On Fri at BOS, snapped a stretch of multiple RBI in four consecutive games, the longest streak by a Ray since Ben Zobrist (5) in April Batting.424/.457/.727 (14-for-33) with 3 HR vs. LHP entered this season with a higher career avg. against RHP (.269) than LHP (.246). Has appeared in 25 games and made 24 starts (13-1B, 11-DH) recorded the ninth multi-hr game of his career on April 21 vs. MIN. #5 MATT DUFFY INF 2018:.296/.324/ HR 7 RBI 2 SB Sun at BOS: DNP BOS Series: 5-11, 2B Trip: 5-11, 2B vs. LH:.185 (5-27) Last HR: 4/5/18 at BOS Current Hitting Streak: 6G (.391, 9-23) RISP:.300 (6-20) vs. RH:.364 (16-44), 1-HR On Sat at BOS, recorded a career-high-tying 4 hits (3rd time, also Aug 4, 2015 at ATL and July 10, 2015 vs. PHI, both with the Giants). Batting.350/.395/.400 (14-for-40) with 2 2B and 3 RBI over his last 10 games (all starts), raising his avg. from.226 to.296 and OBP from.226 to.324. Reinstated from the 10-day DL (right hamstring strain) on Fri vs. BOS, missing the minimum 10 days played in a rehab game prior to his return. Has appeared in 17 games, all starts at third base has made 8 starts against opposing left-handed starters, batting leadoff in those games. On April 5 at BOS, his 8th-inning homer was his first since Aug 28, 2016 at HOU, missing all of last season recovering from Achilles surgery. #10 JOHNNY FIELD 0F 2018:.200/.259/ HR 3 RBI 0 SB Sun at BOS: 0-3 BOS Series: 2-8, HR, 3-RBI, 2-R Trip: 2-8, HR, 3-RBI, 2-R vs. LH:.231 (3-13), 1-HR Last HR: 4/28/18 at BOS Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-3 RISP:.167 (1-6) vs. RH:.167 (2-12) On Sat at BOS, made his first start since April 18 vs. TEX and hit a 3-run homer in the 9th inning, the first home run and RBI of his career was the first Ray to homer with 2 runners (or more) on base for his first career homer since Allan Dykstra on April 17, 2015 vs. NYY was the third Ray to ever hit the first home run of his career at Fenway Park, following Joey Butler on May 4, 2015 and Brent Abernathy on June 25, Was selected from Triple-A Durham on April 13 last season, hit.261/.303/.425 (116-for-445) with 35 2B, 1 3B, 12 HR, 57 RBI and 12 SB in 111 games with Durham it marked his fourth consecutive season with at least 12 HR and his fifth straight year with double-digit stolen bases. #27 CARLOS GÓMEZ OF 2018:.176/.229/ HR 7 RBI 2 SB Sun at BOS: 0-1 (PH in 9th) BOS Series: 2-11, HR, RBI, R Trip: 5-21, 2B, HR, RBI, 3-R vs. LH:.152 (5-33), 3-HR Last HR: 4/28/18 at BOS Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-3 RISP:.227 (5-22) vs. RH:.188 (13-69), 1-HR Batting.138/.180/.259 (8-for-58) in 14 games (13 starts) dating back to April 13 vs. PHI his 39 SO this season are tied for 4th-most in the majors. On April 22 vs. MIN, hit a 2-run homer in the 9th inning for the first walk-off plate appearance of his career, coming in his 1,329th game according to the Elias Sports Bureau, the last player to wait that long for his first career walk-off RBI was HOU Lance Berkman (1,345th game, solo homer). Has appeared in 25 games and made 24 starts (19-RF, 3-CF, 2-DH) since the start of 2013, no other player in the majors can match his combination of 93 HR and 124 SB is one of seven active players with at least 100 HR and 200 SB in his career, according to Baseball Reference. #11 ADEINY HECHAVARRIA SS Pronunciation: etch-ah-vah-ree-yah 2018:.284/.320/ HR 12 RBI 0 SB Sun at BOS: 1-3, R, SAC BOS Series: 4-11, BB, 3-R Trip: 6-19, HR, RBI, BB, 4-R vs. LH:.345 (10-29) Last HR: 4/25/18 at BAL Current Hitting Streak: 3G (.364, 4-11) RISP:.286 (6-21) vs. RH:.254 (15-59), 2-HR Hasn t made an error since last July 30 at NYY, giving him errorless streaks of 75 games and 253 chances these are the longest in club history for a shortstop: by games, he has shattered Yunel Escobar s record (53) in 2013; by total chances, he has passed Chris Gomez (242) in Has hit safely in 10 of his last 11 games, batting.390/.435/.561 (16-for-41) with 2 HR over this stretch and raising his season avg. from.191 to.284. Batting.381/.396/.476 (16-for-42) with runners on base and.286/.280/.429 (6-for-21) with RISP but.196/.245/.261 (9-for-46) with the bases empty. Has appeared in 24 games, all starts at shortstop since he was acquired on June 26, 2017, he has started 97 of the team s 109 games at shortstop. #13 BRAD MILLER INF 2018:.228/.286/ HR 9 RBI 0 SB Sun at BOS: 1-4, 2B, R BOS Series: 3-10, 2B, RBI, 2-R Trip: 6-19, 2-2B, 3-RBI, 4-R vs. LH:.188 (3-16) Last HR: 4/1/18 vs. BOS Current Hitting Streak: 5G (.316, 6-19) RISP:.333 (4-12) vs. RH:.244 (10-41), 1-HR Batting.233/.273/.300 (7-for-30) with 4 RBI in 8 games (7 starts) since returning from the 10-day DL (left groin strain) on April 20 vs. MIN. Has hit safely in five consecutive games, batting.316 (6-for-19) with 2 2B has walked in 7.9 pct. of PA this season, down from 15.5 pct. in Has appeared in 17 games with 14 starts (13-1B, 1-DH), including 10 starts at cleanup played 3 innings at second base on April 3 at NYY. Since 2016, his home run(s) have accounted for all the team s runs in a game nine times, most in the majors over that span (last April 1 vs. BOS). #40 WILSON RAMOS C Pronunciation: RAH-mos 2018:.292/.346/ HR 13 RBI 0 SB Sun at BOS: DNP BOS Series: 4-7, 2B, 2-HR, 4-RBI, BB, 3-R Trip: 7-14, 2-2B, 3-HR, 8-RBI, 2-BB, 4-R vs. LH:.320 (8-25), 2-HR Last HR: 4/28/18 at BOS Current Hitting Streak: 9G (.429, 15-35) RISP:.409 (9-22) vs. RH:.277 (13-47), 2-HR Left Saturday s game at BOS with bilateral leg tightness and is day-to-day (removed as precaution) has homered in three consecutive games for the first time in his career is the first Rays player to do this since Kevin Kiermaier, Sep 12-15, 2017 (3) and the first Rays catcher to ever do so. Is 2 HR shy of 100 HR for his career has an extra-base hit in eight consecutive starts, matching the club record (Joyce, 2013; Longoria, 2009). Batting.391/.451/.761 (18-for-46) with 5 2B, 4 HR and 13 RBI over his last 13 games (12 starts), raising his season avg. from.115 to.292. Has appeared in 20 games and made 19 starts (18-C, 1-DH) hasn t thrown out any of 10 attempted base stealers, but does have 1 catcher pickoff. #8 ROB REFSNYDER INF/OF Pronunciation: REHF-sniy-der 2018:.174/.387/ HR 1 RBI 0 SB Sun at BOS: DNP BOS Series: 2-5, HR, RBI, BB, R Trip: 2-5, HR, RBI, BB, R vs. LH:.125 (2-16), 1-HR Last HR: 4/27/18 at BOS Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-3 RISP:.000 (0-7) vs. RH:.286 (2-7) On Fri at BOS, snapped his homerless drought at 266 AB, which was the 3rd-longest active streak in the majors was his first since Oct 1, 2015 vs. BOS (with NYY) and the third of his career all 3 HR have come against the Red Sox, including 2 HR at Fenway Park (also July 12, 2015). Has reached in 12 of 31 PA this season for a.387 OBP all 8 BB have come vs. LHP, tied for 5th in the majors and tied for 2nd in the AL. Has appeared in 12 games and made 10 starts (5-LF, 5-DH), including 9 starts against left-handed starters acquired from the Indians at the end of spring and became the third South Korean-born player in franchise history, following right-handed pitchers Jae Weong Seo and Jae Kuk Ryu. #28 DANIEL ROBERTSON INF 2018:.355/.500/ HR 8 RBI 1 SB Sun at BOS: 2-4 BOS Series: 4-10, 2B, HR, 2-RBI, 2-BB, R Trip: 8-18, 2-2B, HR, 3-RBI, 3-BB, 3-R vs. LH:.318 (7-22), 2-HR Last HR: 4/27/18 at BOS Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.500, 2-4) RISP:.263 (5-19) vs. RH:.375 (15-40), 1-HR Enters tonight s game 1 PA shy of qualifying for leaderboards if he qualified, would rank 1st in the majors in OBP and 2nd in batting avg. Has reached in 18 of his last 28 PA, dating back to the 9th inning on April 21 has multiple hits in five of his last 6 games since April 22. On Sat at BOS, recorded the fifth multi-bb game of his career drew the third bases-loaded walk of his career (Aug 15, 2017 and Sep 29, 2017). Has appeared in 21 games with 20 starts (10-2B, 7-3B, 2-SS, 1-DH), including 10 starts vs. left-handed pitching his hit 5th in his last 8 starts. In his career, has made 1 error in 169 chances at second base for a.994 fielding pct. has handled his last 93 chances there without an error. #0 MALLEX SMITH OF 2018:.342/.405/ HR 5 RBI 5 SB Sun at BOS: 2-4, RBI BOS Series: 2-8, RBI Trip: 5-15, 2-RBI vs. LH:.421 (8-19) Last HR: 7/21/17 vs. TEX Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.500, 2-4) RISP:.421 (8-19) vs. RH:.316 (18-57) Ranks among AL leaders in batting avg. (.342, 4th), on-base pct. (.405, 11th), triples (2, tied for 3rd) and stolen bases (5, tied for 3rd). Batting.383/.439/.500 (23-for-60) with 3 2B, 2 3B and 5 RBI over his last 16 games (all starts), increasing his season avg. from.188 to.342 this stretch includes 7 multi-hit games and a pair of 4-hit games is one of three players in the majors with multiple 4-hit games (Altuve, J.D. Martinez). Batting.421/.421/.579 (8-for-19) with 3 2B and 1 sac bunt in 20 PA against lefties entered the season as a career.165 (15-for-91) hitter vs. LHP. Has appeared in 23 games and made 20 starts (10-CF, 6-LF, 4-RF) has made more starts in center field (89) than any other position in his career.

4 RAYS HITTER NOTES (cont d). #2 DENARD SPAN OF 2018:.267/.378/ HR 21 RBI 2 SB Sun at BOS: 1-4, HR, 2-RBI, R BOS Series: 3-8, 2-HR, 4-RBI, 2-BB, 3-R Trip: 5-17, 2B, 2-HR, 4-RBI, 3-BB, 6-R vs. LH:.353 (6-17), 1-HR Last HR: 4/29/18 at BOS Current Hitting Streak: 2G (.375, 3-8) RISP:.458 (11-24) vs. RH:.241 (14-58), 2-HR Has homered in back-to-back games for the sixth time in his career (last May 11-12, 2017 vs. CIN, with SF) has never homered in 3 straight. Batting.333/.422/.641 (13-for-39) with 3 2B, 3 HR and 13 RBI over his last 10 games (9 starts), including multiple hits in five of these games. On Sat at BOS, hit the second inside-the-park home run of his career (also Aug 19, 2017 vs. PHI, with SF) it was the 15th inside-the-park home run in club history, first since Logan Forsythe on July 8, 2015 at KC was the second at Fenway Park, following Kevin Kiermaier in May Has 21 RBI in 75 AB for a 3.57 AB/RBI ratio, 2nd-best in the majors behind NYY Didi Gregorius (3.13) last season, didn t reach 21 RBI until July 14. Has appeared in 23 games and made 18 starts (13-LF, 5-DH) his leadoff homer on April 15 vs. PHI was the 15th leadoff homer of his career. #45 JESÚS SUCRE C Pronunciation: heh-soos SUE-cray 2018:.310/.323/ HR 3 RBI 1 SB Sun at BOS: 0-4 BOS Series: 1-5, 2B, RBI Trip: 1-5, 2B, RBI vs. LH:.300 (3-10) Last HR: 9/24/17 at BAL Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-4 RISP:.333 (4-12) vs. RH:.316 (6-19) Has appeared in 9 games and made 8 starts at catcher has multiple hits in three of his 8 starts, including a 3-hit game on April 22 vs. MIN. Last year was his first full season in the majors, appearing in 62 games with 50 starts at catcher established career highs with 7 HR and 29 RBI, both more than his career totals from with Seattle (2 HR, 20 RBI) his 20 runs and 45 hits were also career highs. #18 JOEY WENDLE INF 2018:.348/.410/ HR 9 RBI 2 SB Sun at BOS: 2-4, 2B BOS Series: 2-4, 2B Trip: 7-13, 2-2B, 3-RBI, 3-R vs. LH:.462 (6-13) Last HR: 4/9/18 at CWS Current Hitting Streak: 7G (.500, 14-28) RISP:.278 (5-18) vs. RH:.321 (18-56), 1-HR Min. 50 AB, is tied for 4th in the AL with a.348 avg. is tied for 3rd in the AL with 2 3B and tied for 1st among AL second baseman with 3 DRS. Has multiple hits in five consecutive games, longest streak of his career and the longest streak by a Ray since Wilson Ramos (5) from Aug 17-23, 2017 no Ray has recorded multiple hits in six straight since Asdrubal Cabrera in 2015, and the club record is eight straight (Crawford in 2007). Batting.500/.500/.643 (14-for-28) with 2 2B and 1 3B over his 7-game hitting streak, which has increased his season avg. from.244 to.348. Batting.424/.486/.667 (14-for-33) in 10 games on the road, compared to.278/.341/.389 (10-for-36) at home batting.394 (13-for-33) with none on. Has appeared in 22 games and made 16 starts, all at second base vs. right-handed starters has been used exclusively at second base in his career. RAYS BULLPEN NOTES #46 JOSÉ ALVARADO LH Pronunciation: al-vuh-rah-doh 2018: ERA 14 G Last App: 4/28 at BOS (1.1-IP, 1-H, 0-R, Long Relief App: 1.1, 2x-last 4/28 at BOS Saves-Opps: 0-1 IR-RS: 12-2 vs. LH:.174 (4-23) 0-BB, 2-SO, 16-pit) Last Win, Loss & Save: Win none, Loss 4/1/18 vs BOS, Save none vs. RH:.174 (4-23) On Sat at BOS, went 1.1 IP to tie his season high (also April 22 vs. MIN) allowed a single to Rafael Devers in the 7th but retired his other 4 BF. Hasn t allowed a run in 8 apps spanning 7.2 IP on the road overall, has pitched to a 1.46 ERA (24.2-IP, 4-ER) in 28 apps dating back to Aug 4, His avg. fastball velocity this season is 98.1 mph, according to StatCast, and his max velocity is mph in his outing on Wed at BAL. Made 35 apps with the Rays last season spanning three stints, his first career major league action made his debut at 21 years, 347 days old. #37 ALEX COLOMÉ RH Pronunciation: COLE-uh-may 2018: ERA 13 G Last App: 4/29 at BOS (L, 1.0-IP, 2-H, Long Relief App: 1.0, 11x-last 4/29 at BOS Saves-Opps: 5-7 IR-RS: 3-3 vs. LH:.214 (6-28) 1-R, 1-BB, 1-SO, 24-pit) Last Win, Loss & Save: Win 4/22/18 vs. MIN, Loss 4/29/18 at BOS, Save 4/27/18 at BOS vs. RH:.520 (13-25), 1-HR Yesterday at BOS, allowed a go-ahead RBI single to Sandy Leon in the 8th inning has lowered his ERA from 9.00 to 6.00 in his last 5 apps. Ranks among AL relievers in wins (2, tied for 2nd), saves (5, tied for 7th), losses (3, tied for 1st) and blown saves (2, tied for 2nd) has recorded a win, loss or save in ten of his 13 apps this season opponents are batting.358/.433/.491 (19-for-53) and righties are batting.520/.571/.760 (13-for-25). Has 89 saves in his career, 2nd in franchise history behind all-time leader Roberto Hernández (101) passed Fernando Rodney on April 9 at CWS. Led the majors with 47 saves last season, becoming the first pitcher in franchise history to do that he posted 8 saves more than any other AL pitcher his 47 saves ranked 2nd for a single season in franchise history and were one shy of Fernando Rodney s club record (48 in 2012). #58 CHIH-WEI HU RH Pronunciation: CHEE-way HOO 2018: ERA 1 G Last App: 4/16 vs. TEX (2.2-IP, 3-H, 3-R, Long Relief App: 2.2, 4/16 vs. TEX Saves-Opps: 0-0 IR-RS: 1-0 vs. LH:.667 (2-3), 1-HR 1-BB, 2-SO, 1-HR, 41-pit) Last Win, Loss & Save: Win 9/28/17 at NYY, Loss 6/10/17 vs. OAK (G2), Save None vs. RH:.125 (1-8) Recalled from Triple-A Durham yesterday for his second stint with the Rays this season (also a one-day stint on April 16 vs. TEX). On April 16 vs. TEX, pitched the final 2.2 innings of an 8-4 win in relief of Blake Snell yielded a 3-run homer to Nomar Mazara in the 8th. Scratched from his scheduled start for Durham on Sat. has gone 0-1 with a 4.15 ERA (13-IP, 6-ER) and 16 SO in 3 apps (all starts) for the Bulls. Last season, made 6 apps over six stints with the Rays, his first career major league action was the first Taiwan-born play in Rays history. Entered the season ranked by Baseball America as having the Best Changeup in the organization for a second consecutive year. #36 ANDREW KITTREDGE RH Pronunciation: KIT-rij 2018: ERA 7 G 2 GS Last App: 4/29 at BOS (0.2-IP, 3-H, Long Relief App: 2.1, 4/5 at BOS Saves-Opps: 0-0 IR-RS: 2-2 vs. LH:.188 (3-16) 3-R, 2-BB, 0-SO, 29-pit) Last Win, Loss & Save: Win 4/25/18 at BAL, Loss 4/5/18 at BOS, Save none vs. RH:.419 (13-31), 2-HR Yesterday at BOS, got the final 2 outs of the 5th inning charged 3 runs in the 6th and did not retire a batter (single, walk, single, single, walk). In his 5 relief apps, is 1-1 with a ERA (5.2-IP, 11-H, 7-ER, 1-HR) his starts on March 31 vs. BOS and April 8 at BOS were the first of his career. Has yielded at least 1 run in five of his 7 apps this season, including 3 runs in two of his last 3 apps got his first career win on Wed at BAL. Made his major league debut last year and was on the active roster for four stints, incl. a 0.87 ERA (10.1-IP, 1-ER) in 10 apps during his final stint. #52 CHAZ ROE RH 2018: ERA 14 G Last App: 4/28 at BOS (0.2-IP, 0-H, 0-R, Long Relief App: 1.0, 7x-last 4/26 at BAL Saves-Opps: 0-0 IR-RS: 8-1 vs. LH:.143 (1-7), 1-HR 0-BB, 1-SO, 10-pit) Last Win, Loss & Save: Win 9/12/16 vs. MIA, Loss 3/30/18 vs. BOS, Save none vs. RH:.250 (8-32), 1-HR On Sat at BOS, his only runner in the 7th inning reached via E5 on Fri at BOS, allowed a 2-out RBI single to J.D. Martinez in the 8th. Eight of his last 9 apps have been scoreless is 0-1 with a 2.33 ERA (19.1-IP, 5-ER), 25 SO and.194 opp avg. (13-for-67) in 23 apps since Sep 6, According to FanGraphs, has thrown his slider for 58.9 pct. of total pitches this season has thrown it 44.3 pct. of the time in his career. The Rays are his 10th major league organization since being selected in the 2005 June Draft also played independent ball in #54 SERGIO ROMO RH 2018: ERA 11 G Last App: 4/29 at BOS (BS, 2.0-IP, 0-H, Long Relief App: 2.0, 4/29 at BOS Saves-Opps: 0-2 IR-RS: 12-6 vs. LH:.421 (8-19), 1-HR 0-R, 0-BB, 3-SO, 23-pit) Last Win, Loss & Save: Win 8/27/17 at STL, Loss 4/10/17 at CHC, Save 10/1/16 vs. LAD vs. RH:.167 (3-18), 1-HR Yesterday at BOS, his 2 IP were his most since Aug 25, 2017 at STL (2 IP) inherited the bases loaded with no outs in the 6th inning, and allowed a run to score on a sacrifice fly (charged to Andrew Kittredge) pitched a perfect 7th inning on 10 pitches, including 2 SO (Núñez, H. Ramirez). Has pitched to a ERA (4.1-IP, 5-ER) over his last 5 apps, compared to a 1.69 ERA (5.1-IP, 1-ER) over his first 6 apps of the season. Has made 36 apps since the July 2017 trade to the Rays and 27 of these apps have been scoreless has a 2.45 ERA (40.1-IP, 11-ER) since the trade. Has held right-handed hitters to a.188 avg. (228-for-1,216) in his career, including a.169 avg. (15-for-89) since joining the Rays last July. #49 JONNY VENTERS LH 2018: ERA 2 G Last App: 4/29 at BOS (1.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, Long Relief App: 1.0, 4/29 at BOS Saves-Opps: 0-0 IR-RS: 2-0 vs. LH:.000 (0-4) 0-BB, 0-SO, 9-pit) Last Win, Loss & Save: Win 8/17/12 vs. LAD, Loss 9/10/12 at MIL, Save 8/22/11 at CHC vs. RH: -- Has retired all 4 BF spanning 2 apps this season yesterday at BOS, got the final 2 outs of the 4th inning and the first out of the 5th inning. On Wed at BAL, retired Chris Davis his only batter faced on a ground out in the 6th inning it was his first appearance in the majors in 2,028 days since the NL Wild Card Game on Oct 5, 2012 (with ATL) according to FanGraphs, he became the first pitcher ever to return to the majors after three Tommy John surgeries (2005, 2013, 2014) and in 2016, he underwent an additional half-tommy John between appearances, 1,287 players made their major league debut according to the Elias Sports Bureau, he was the first All-Star to return to the majors after missing at least five years since Justin Thompson, who was an All-Star in 1997 and pitched for the Rangers on Aug 18, 2005 in his first game since Aug 15, From , he was one of the top relievers in all of baseball during that span, he ranked among major league relief leaders with 230 apps (tied for 2nd), 258 SO (4th), 15 wins (tied for 4th) and a 2.23 ERA (8th) in 2011, he was a NL All-Star and led the majors with 85 apps.

5 RAYS PITCHING BY THE NUMBERS W-L-S G ERA IP H ER BB SO HR Totals Starters Relievers Home Road March April May June July August September LAST HOME RUN & PLAYER SEASON HIGHS LAST HR OFF 18 MOST HITS GAME 18 MOST RBI GAME Cron 4/26/18 at BAL Bundy 2,6x-last 4/27 at BOS 4, 4/21 vs. MIN Duffy 4/5/18 at BOS Smith 4, 4/28/ at BOS 2, 2x-last 4/9 at CWS Field 4/28/18 at BOS Johnson 2, 2x-last 4/28 at BOS 3, 4/28 at BOS Gómez 4/28/18 at BOS Hembree 2, 6x-last 4/28 at BOS 2, 4/22 vs. MIN Hechavarria 4/25/18 at BAL Castro 3, 4/17 vs. TEX 3, 4/22 vs. MIN Miller 4/1/18 vs. BOS Velazquez 2, 4/26 at BAL 2, 2x-last 4/25 at BAL Ramos 4/28/18 at BOS Price 3, 2x-last 4/28 at BOS 3, 4/26 at BAL Refsnyder 4/27/18 at BOS Pomeranz 2, 4/27 at BOS 1, 4/27 at BOS Robertson 4/27/18 at BOS Pomeranz 4, 4/22 vs. MIN 1, 7x-last 4/28 at BOS Smith 7/21/17 vs. TEX Darvish 4, 2x-last 4/16 vs. TEX 1, 5x-last 4/29 at BOS Span 4/29/18 at BOS Porcello 2, 6x-last 4/28 at BOS 3, 3x-last 4/21 vs. MIN Sucre 9/24/17 at BAL Tillman 3, 4/22 vs. MIN 1, 3x-last 4/28 at BOS Wendle 4/9/18 at CWS Gonzalez 3, 2x-last 4/25 at BAL 2, 4/25 at BAL RAYS BY THE NUMBERS Current Streak: L1 When commit error: 4-6 Hit homer: 9-7 Current Record: Ahead after 6-7-8: 11-2/12-2/10-1 Hit multiple homers: 6-0 Home/Road: 6-7/6-7 Behind after 6-7-8: 1-8/0-9/0-11 Score first: 7-8 Day/Night: 6-9/6-5 Tied after 6-7-8: 0-5/0-3/2-1 Score 5 or more: 10-1 Grass/Turf: 6-7/6-7 1-run games: 4-8 Score less than 5: 2-13 vs. East: run games: 3-0 Outhit opponents: 10-5 vs. Central: 5-1 Extra innings: 1-1 Outhit by opponents: 2-9 vs. West: 2-1 Win in last at-bat: 2 Collect 10 or more hits: 10-3 vs. National League: 0-3 Come-from-behind wins: 5 Opp. 10 or more hits: 2-5 vs. RH/LH starters: 7-9/5-5 Opp. come-from-behind wins: 8 Wearing white/gray/navy: 4-4/6-6/2-2 Series W-L-T (home): Series W-L-T (road): Wearing light blue/other: 0-1/0-1 RUN SUPPORT FOR STARTING PITCHERS PITCHER STARTS RUNS RUNS/START RUNS/9-IP CLUB RECORD QUALITY Andriese Archer Chirinos Faria Kittredge Snell Yarbrough HOME RUNS 1R 2R 3R GS TOTAL Cron Gómez Ramos Robertson 3 3 Span Hechavarria Duffy 1 1 Field 1 1 Miller 1 1 Refsnyder 1 1 Wendle 1 1 Kiermaier Smith Sucre TOTALS CATWALKS Date: April 16 vs. TEX Batter: Joey Gallo Play Description: Home run off D-ring catwalk in center field (430 feet) off Blake Snell (4th inning). Date: April 17 vs. TEX Batter: Shin-Soo Choo Play Description: Home run off D-ring catwalk in rightcenter (446 feet) off Yonny Chirinos (6th inning). WALK-OFF WINS Date: April 20 vs. MIN Batter: Denard Span Outcome: W 8-7 (10) Pitcher: Zach Duke Play Description: Runner scored from second on E1 Date: April 22 vs. MIN Batter: Carlos Gómez Outcome: W 8-6 Pitcher: Addison Reed Play Description: 2-run home run to left WALK-OFF LOSSES Date: April 5 at BOS Batter: Hanley Ramírez Outcome: L 2-3 (12) Pitcher: Ryan Yarbrough Play Description: Bases-loaded single to right CATCHERS PCT CS ATT Ramos Sucre TOTALS INSTANT REPLAY Rays Opp Umpires Overturned Stand Confirmed TOTALS TEAM BATTING Longest win streak 8, 4/18 4/28 Longest losing streak 8, 3/30 4/8 Most runs game, TB 12, 4/228 at BOS Most runs game, Opp 11, 4/3 at NY Most runs, inn, TB 6, 3/29 vs. BOS (8th) Most runs, inn, Opp 6, 2x-last 4/14 vs. PHI (2nd) Most hits, game, TB 18, 4/28 at BOS Most hits, game, Opp 16, 4/26 at BAL Most hits, inn, TB 5, 5x-last 4/26 at BAL (3rd) Most hits, inn, Opp 7, 4/8 at BOS (8th) Most doubles, game, TB 5, 4/25 at BAL Most doubles, game, Opp 5, 4/27 at BOS Most HR, game, TB 4, 4/28 at BOS Most HR, game, Opp 3, 3x-last 4/20 vs. MIN Most x-base hits, game, TB 8, 4/28 at BOS Most x-base hits, game, Opp 6, 4/7 at BOS Most stolen bases, game, TB 3, 4/9 at CWS Most stolen bases, game, Opp 3, 4/9 at CWS Most walks, game, TB 10, 4/10 at CWS Most walks, game, Opp 7, 4/10 at CWS Most strikeouts, game, TB 13, 4/20 vs. MIN Most strikeouts, game, Opp 14, 2x-last 4/28 at BOS Most LOB, game, TB 14, 4/10 at CWS Most LOB, game, Opp 12, 4/9 at CWS Most errors, game, TB 2, 4/10 at CWS Most errors, game, Opp 3, 4/26 at BAL Longest game, time 3:55, 4/5 at BOS Longest game, time (9 inn.) 3:52, 4/28 at BOS Grand Slams (--): -- Back-to-Back (--): -- 2-HR games (1): Cron, 4/21 vs. MIN (Gibson/Moya) 3-HR games (--): -- RAYS SEASON HIGHS HOME RUN HIGHLIGHTS INDIVIDUAL BATTING Most runs, game, TB 3, Robertson, 4/8 at BOS Most runs, game, Opp 4, Choo, 4/17 vs. TEX Most hits, game, TB 4, 4x-last Duffy, 4/28 at BOS Most hits, game, Opp 4, 2x-last Martinez, 4/29 at BOS Most 2B, game, TB 2, Robertson, 4/25 at BAL Most 2B, game, Opp 2, 6x-last Benintendi, 4/28 at BOS Most HR, game, TB 2, Cron, 4/21 vs. TEX Most HR, game, Opp 2, Gregorius, 4/3 at NYY Most RBI, game, TB 4, Cron, 4/21 vs. MIN Most RBI, game, Opp 8, Gregorius, 4/3 at NYY Most x-base hits, game, TB 2, 6x-last Ramos, 4/28 at BOS Most x-base hits, game, Opp 3, Gregorius, 4/3 at NYY Most steals, game, TB 2, Smith, 4/9 at CWS Most steals, game, Opp 2, Garcia, 4/9 at CWS Hitting Streak 9, Ramos, 4/14 Current TEAM/INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most SO, TB Starter 10, Snell, 4/10 at CWS Most SO, Opp Starter 9, Sale, 3/29 vs. BOS Most SO, TB Reliever 6, Yarbrough, 4/28 at BOS Most IP, TB Reliever 5, Pruitt, 4/15 vs. PHI Most walks, game, TB 5, 2x-last Snell, 4/10 at CWS Most walks, game, Opp 6, Fulmer, 4/10 at CWS Most SO, Team, TB 14, 2x-last 4/28 at BOS Most walks, Team, TB 8, 4/7 at BOS Low-Hit Game 5, 4/25 at BAL Consecutive Scoreless IP 14.1, Chirinos, 4/1 4/16 Shortest game, time 2:36, 4/18 vs. TEX Shortest game, time (9 inn.) 2:36, 4/18 vs. TEX Pinch-hit (--): -- Walk-off (1): Gómez, 4/22 vs. MIN (Reed) Lead-off (1): Span, 4/15 vs. PHI (Lively) Inside-the-park (1): Span, 4/28 at BOS (Price) RUNS BY INNING X Total Opponent Tampa Bay MISC. Game-Tying & Go-Ahead RBI: Cron (10), Span (8), Miller (6), Duffy (4), Ramos (4), Gómez (3), Robertson (2), Smith (2), Wendle (1) 2-Out RBI: Span (11), Ramos (6), Cron (5), Hechavarria (5), Smith (4), Duffy (2), Miller (2), Robertson (2), Sucre (2), Gómez (1), Kiermaier (1), Wendle (1) Outfield Assists (2): Gómez (2) Bunt Singles (3): Gómez (1), Smith (1), Span (1) Ejections (0):-- Batted Around (3): 3/29 vs. BOS (8th inn., 10 batters), 4/16 vs. TEX (2nd inn., 10 batters), 4/25 at BAL (5th inn., 9 batters)

6 FEBRUARY 17 Acquired 1B C.J. Cron from the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for a player to be named (INF Luis Rengifo); designated OF/DH Corey Dickerson for assignment. 17 Acquired minor league SS Jermaine Palacios from the Minnesota Twins in exchange for RH Jake Odorizzi. 20 Acquired LH Anthony Banda and two players to be named from the Arizona Diamondbacks and minor league 2B Nick Solak from the New York Yankees in a three-team trade in exchange for OF Steven Souza Jr. 22 Acquired RH Daniel Hudson, minor league INF Tristan Gray and cash considerations from the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for OF/DH Corey Dickerson. MARCH 3 Signed OF Carlos Gómez to a one-year contract; designated INF Ryan Schimpf for assignment. 5 Traded INF Ryan Schimpf to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for cash considerations. 6 Reassigned INF Grant Kay to minor league camp. 7 Released RH Evan Scribner and RH Dustin McGowan. 9 Reassigned RH R.J. Alaniz, C Nick Ciuffo, RH Edwin Fierro and RH Forrest Snow to minor league camp; optioned RH Brent Honeywell to Triple-A Durham. 10 Reassigned INF Jake Cronenworth and INF Nick Solak to minor league camp. 11 Released LH Dan Runzler; reassigned 1B/OF Joe McCarthy, C Brett Sullivan and RH Ryan Weber to minor league camp; optioned INF Willy Adames, INF Christian Arroyo, 1B/OF Jake Bauers, RH Diego Castillo, RH José Mujica, RH Jaime Schultz, OF Justin Williams and RH Hunter Wood to Durham. 16 Reassigned LH Vidal Nuño to minor league camp; optioned RH Chih-Wei Hu to Durham. 18 Reassigned LH Kyle Bird, C Xorge Carrillo, RH Ian Gibaut, RH Cody Hall, LH Adam Kolarek, C Johnny Monell and RH Colton Murray to minor league camp; optioned LH Anthony Banda and RH Ryne Stanek to Durham. 19 Reassigned INF Andrew Velazquez to minor league camp. 21 Signed C Curt Casali to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training. 25 Reassigned OF Jason Coats, INF/OF Micah Johnson, C Adam Moore, INF Kean Wong to minor league camp; optioned RH Austin Pruitt to Durham. 26 Released LH Dan Jennings; reassigned LH Jonny Venters to minor league camp. 27 Acquired INF/OF Rob Refsnyder from the Cleveland Indians in exchange for cash considerations; reassigned C Curt Casali, OF Johnny Field and INF/OF Brandon Snyder to minor league camp. 28 Released RH Daniel Hudson; placed RH José De León (Tommy John surgery) and RH Nathan Eovaldi (loose bodies in right elbow) on the 10-day DL; recalled RH Austin Pruitt from Durham. TRANSACTIONS RAYS ON THE DISABLED LIST (3) POS. PLAYER DL INJURY DATE ON RETRO FIRST DATE OFF GMS MISSED RECORD RHP José De León 60-day Tommy John surgery March May RHP Nathan Eovaldi 10-day Loose bodies in right elbow March April CF Kevin Kiermaier 60-day Torn ligament in right thumb April June Others (Games Missed): INF Matt Duffy (7, right hamstring strain, 6-1), INF Brad Miller (9, left groin strain, 4-5) OPENING DAY ROSTER PITCHERS (12): LH José Alvarado, RH Matt Andriese, RH Chris Archer, RH Yonny Chirinos, RH Alex Colomé, RH Jake Faria, RH Andrew Kittredge, RH Austin Pruitt, RH Chaz Roe, RH Sergio Romo, LH Blake Snell, LH Ryan Yarbrough CATCHERS (2): Wilson Ramos, Jesús Sucre INFIELDERS (6): C.J. Cron, Matt Duffy, Adeiny Hechavarria, Brad Miller, Daniel Robertson, Joey Wendle OUTFIELDERS (5): Carlos Gómez, Kevin Kiermaier, Rob Refsnyder, Mallex Smith, Denard Span 10-DAY DL (2): RH José De León, RH Nathan Eovaldi APRIL 9 Placed INF Brad Miller (left groin strain) on the 10-day DL; recalled RH Ryan Weber from Durham. 10 Transferred RH José De León (Tommy John surgery) to the 60-day DL; acquired OF Jeremy Hazelbaker from the Arizona Diamondbacks for cash considerations and optioned him to Durham. 12 Optioned RH Ryan Weber to Durham; added OF Johnny Field to the taxi squad. 13 Designated RH Ryan Weber for assignment; selected OF Johnny Field from Durham. 16 Placed OF Kevin Kiermaier (torn ligament in right thumb) on the 10-day DL; recalled RH Chih-Wei Hu from Durham. 17 Placed INF Matt Duffy (right hamstring strain) on the 10-day DL; transferred OF Kevin Kiermaier (torn ligament in right thumb) to the 60-day DL; optioned RH Chih-Wei Hu to Durham; recalled RH Hunter Wood from Durham; selected INF/OF Brandon Snyder from Durham. 20 Reinstated INF Brad Miller (left groin strain) from the 10-day DL; designated INF/OF Brandon Snyder for assignment. 25 Optioned RH Hunter Wood to Durham; selected LH Jonny Venters from Durham. 27 Optioned RH Austin Pruitt to Durham; reinstated INF Matt Duffy (right hamstring strain) from the 10-day DL. 29 Optioned LH Ryan Yarbrough to Durham; selected RH Chih-Wei Hu from Durham. W-L BY POSITION (STARTS) W-L BY BATTING ORDER (STARTS) C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH 6TH 7TH 8TH 9TH Cron Duffy Field Gómez Hechavarria Kiermaier Miller Ramos Refsnyder Robertson Smith Snyder Span Sucre Wendle RAYS HITTERS vs. TIGERS 2017 CAREER PLAYER G AB H HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP G AB H HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP Cron Duffy Field Gómez Hechavarria Miller Ramos Refsnyder Robertson Smith Span Sucre Wendle RAYS PITCHERS vs. TIGERS 2017 CAREER PLAYER W L SV IP H ER SO ERA AVG W L SV IP H ER SO ERA AVG Alvarado Andriese Archer Chirinos Colomé Faria Hu Kittredge Roe Romo Snell Venters