WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2016 vs. MIAMI MARLINS RH Matt Andriese (3-0, 2.11) vs. LH Justin Nicolino (2-2, 4.30)

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1 WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2016 vs. MIAMI MARLINS RH Matt Andriese (3-0, 2.11) vs. LH Justin Nicolino (2-2, 4.30) First Pitch: 7:10 p.m. Location: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla. TV: Fox Sports Sun Radio: WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.) Game No.: 43 (21-22) Home Game No.: 22 (10-11) All-Time Game No.: 2,958 (1,373-1,584) All-Time Home Game No.: 1,481 ( ) April: May: ROSTER MOVE Today the Rays optioned INF Tim Beckham to Triple-A Durham, selected RH Ryan Garton from Triple-A Durham and designated INF Jake Goebbert for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster Garton, 26, will be making his major league debut and will wear No. 52 he will become: the second player in Rays history born in Clearwater, joining bullpenmate RH Ryan Webb. the second alumnus of J. W. Mitchell High School (New Port Richey) to reach the majors, following RH Tyler Clippard. the 10th alumnus of Florida Atlantic University to reach the majors and second for the Rays, joining LH Jeff Beliveau. the fourth Ray to make his major league debut this season, following LH Blake Snell (April 23 at NYY), UTL Taylor Motter (May 16 at TOR) and RH Tyler Sturdevant (yesterday at MIA). RAY MATTER The Rays return home for a 5-game homestand against the Marlins (2 games) and Yankees (3) the Rays are winless in their last 3 series at home and are 3-6 at home since April 27 yesterday s 4-3 victory in Miami clinched their first winning road trip of the season (5-3) as they went 3-0 in Toronto, 1-2 in Detroit and 1-1 in Miami the Rays won the first 4 games of the trip but lost 3 of the last 4 during the trip, the Rays averaged 7.0 runs per game (56-R) while batting.303/.364/.537 (89-for-294) with 18 2B, 3 3B and 15 HR this raised their overall team batting avg. from.221 (last in the majors) to.238, its highest point since April 6 (season-high.241) the series in Detroit started the Rays on a stretch of 20 days before their next off day (2-3). OFFENSE PICKING IT UP After averaging 3.30 runs per game in April (29th in the majors), the Rays have averaged 5.40 runs per game in May (2nd in the majors behind the Red Sox) the Rays have scored 4 or more runs in 10 consecutive games, longest such streak in the majors this season and longest streak in the Rays era (since 2008) the only longer streak in club history was a 13-game run, Aug 24 Sep 5, 2007 the Rays scored 4-plus runs in only 12 of their first 33 games. The Rays had six position players bat over.300 on the road trip, plus two pitchers: 1B Logan Morrison (.522, 12-for-23), SS Brad Miller (.409, 9-for-22), INF Steve Pearce (.391, 9-for-23), CF Kevin Kiermaier (.375, 6-for-16), OF Steven Souza Jr. (.333, 11-for-33), UTL Taylor Motter (.308, 4-for-13) as well as LH Matt Moore and RH Jake Odorizzi (both 1-for-2). NOT THE RAYS WAY In the last 14 games, Rays starters have completed 7 innings only once and in the last 19 games they have completed 7 only twice: both by RH Matt Andriese, who joined the rotation on May 8 the starters have a 6-2 record in the last 10 games but only three times in that stretch have they pitched more than 5.1 innings 20 times in 44 games Rays starters have failed to pitch more than 5 innings. MORE ON ANDRIESE With a win tonight, RH Matt Andriese would become the second pitcher in Rays history to begin a season by winning 4 consecutive starts LH Matt Moore won his first 5 in ROAD TRIP HAD ITS FIRSTS UTL Taylor Motter had his first major league hit and home run on the just-completed road trip in the past 2 games at Marlins Park, LH Matt Moore and RH Jake Odorizzi both recorded their first major league hits it was the first series in which the Rays had 2 pitchers hit safely since June at ARI when RH James Shields, LH J.P. Howell, RH Jason Hammel and RH Edwin Jackson (the latter two in the same game) all had hits.rh Tyler Sturdevant made his major league debut yesterday at Miami (0.2-IP, 1-SO) at 30 years, 155 days of age, he is the oldest player to make his major league debut with the Rays since 31-year-old RH Jason Childers in 2006 and the second oldest since LH Jim Morris (35 in 1999). A WIN AND A GAME-WINNING RBI Yesterday, Jake Odorizzi became the fourth pitcher in Rays history get the game-winning RBI and a win in the same game he joined James Shields (May 22, 2011 at FLA), Alex Cobb (July 23, 2014 at STL) and Nathan Karns (July 21, 2015 at PHI). RAYS AND INTERLEAGUE Rays are 2-2 in interleague play in 2016 (1-1 vs. Dodgers and 1-1 at Marlins) the Rays have a (.498) all-time interleague record, but they are since June 25, 2014 and since 2008 are (.592), 3rd-best interleague record in the majors over that span behind the Red Sox (.617) and Yankees (.595). CITRUS SERIES The Rays and Marlins split the 2-game set in Miami to start the week Rays lead the all-time series, Rays were 5-1 last year and since 2011 they are 19-9 (.696) and that includes 0-4 in 2014 in the Rays era (since 2008), the Rays are (.673) the Rays hold a (.583) record all-time at Tropicana Field, including a 3-0 mark in 2015, 9-3 mark since June 27, 2011 and 14-6 (.700) mark since POWER BROKERS Yesterday snapped a streak of 9 games with a home run by Rays hitters and was only the second time in the Rays last 22 games they were homerless the Rays are tied with the Orioles and Mets for the major league home run lead with 65, the first time the Rays have ever led the majors in homers on this date the Rays have 2016 HR LEADERS Rays 65 Mets 65 Orioles 65 Cardinals 61 Mariners 61 hit 12 more than they have ever hit after 43 games (53 in 2007) and 24 more than they hit a year ago at this time the Rays have 19 HR in their last 10 games and 41 HR in their last 22 the Rays lead the majors with a clubrecord 38 HR in the month of May, and with 7 games remaining they are 6 HR shy of the club mark for most home runs in any month (44 in Sep 2012). With 65 HR, the Rays have hit equaled the home run total of Cincinnati s Big Red Machine after 43 games in While they are tied for the major league HR lead, the Rays have none of the majors 24 players with double-digit homers. APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS FOR LOMO With his 3-for-3 day yesterday, 1B Logan Morrison moved his batting avg. above the Mendoza line for the first time this season the 8-game road trip raised his avg. from.119 to.206 as he went 12-for-23 (.522/.607/.783) with 5 BB, 2 HR and 7 RBI Morrison s.475 OBP in the month of May ranks 4th in the majors behind BOS Jackie Bradley Jr. (.506), CHC Ben Zobrist (.500) and OAK Josh Reddick (.485) after his.156 OBP in April ranked dead last in the majors over his last 11 games, he has reached 21 times in 37 PA and has walked 12 times in his last 16 games after going 76 AB without an RBI, LoMo picked up his first last Tuesday at TOR and has driven in a run in 5 of 7 games since. ALEX COLOME Recorded the final 6 outs yesterday, his major-leagueleading third save of the season of more than an inning it was the first save of 2.0 or more innings by a Rays pitcher since RH Matt Andriese on May 14, 2015 vs. NYY (4.0) his 12 saves (in 12 chances) are tied for 2nd in the AL, and only three other pitchers in the majors have as many saves without a blown save: NYM Jeurys Familia (15), MIA A.J. Ramos (14) and BAL Zach Britton (12) the club record for consecutive saves to start the season is 16, shared by RH Rafael Soriano (2010) and RH Al Reyes (2007). Colome is one of five pitchers in the majors to have every one of his team s saves...also BOS Craig Kimbrel, COL Jake McGee, LAD Kenley Jansen and MIN Kevin Jepsen. UNDER 4, OVER 5 Tomorrow s starting pitcher LH Drew Smyly is one of only three pitchers in the majors with 5 or more losses and an ERA under 4.00: Smyly (2-5, 3.54) is joined by ex-ray SD James Shields (2-6, 3.07) and PHI Jared Eickhoff (2-6, 3.86). MEDICAL MATTERS Yesterday CF Kevin Kiermaier underwent successful surgery in St. Petersburg to repair two metacarpal fractures in his left hand, performed by Dr. Doug Carlan early estimates are that he could be out for 8-10 weeks the injury was suffered Sat at DET RH Brad Boxberger (adductor surgery) wil make his fifth rehab appearance tonight night for Double-A Montgomery against Jackson (Mariners) he has made 2 appearances for Class-A Charlotte and 2 for Triple-A Durham. EXTRA EXTRA Tonight from 6:30 7:00, former Rays INF Miguel Cairo will participate in a meet-and-greet in the Republic Bank Draft Room Season Ticket Club following Cairo s meet-and-greet, WWE wrestler Sheamus will be in the club to meet fans from 7:00 7:15 Sheamus will also be throwing tonight s ceremonial first pitch. Tomorrow is the Thursday Senior Special, presented by Duke Energy for all Thursday home games, Press Level tickets for fans 60 years of age or older are only $15 for a complete list of weekday ticket specials, see page 7. Upcoming Games Time (ET) Probable Starting Pitchers (Rays vs. Opp.) TV Radio Thu., May 26 vs. MIA 1:10 p.m. LH Drew Smyly (2-5, 3.54) vs. RH Jose Fernandez (6-2, 3.02) Fox Sports Sun WDAE 620 AM Fri., May 27 vs. NYY 7:10 p.m. RH Chris Archer (3-5, 5.16) vs. TBA Fox Sports Sun WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.) Sat., May 28 vs. NYY 4:10 p.m. LH Matt Moore (1-3, 5.47) vs. TBA Fox Sports Sun WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.) Sun., May 29 vs. NYY 1:10 p.m. RH Jake Odorizzi (1-2, 3.81) vs. TBA Fox Sports Sun WDAE 620 AM, WAMA 1550 AM (Sp.)

2 LAST START On Fri at DET, gave back a 3-0 lead after a 2nd-inning balk and a 3rd-inning, 2-run homer by Miguel Cabrera was given another 3-run lead following Kevin Kiermaier s bases-clearing triple replaced with 2-on, 1-out in the 6th and his last run scored on a James McCann single off Ryan Webb improved to 3-0 despite a seasonlow in innings pitched and season highs in hits and runs his line: W, 5.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 3 SO, 1 HR, 92 pitches, 59 strikes. His balk snapped his scoreless streak at 16 straight innings. Has thrown 18 consecutive scoreless innings at Tropicana Field, dating back to the end of his relief app on Aug 25, 2015 vs. MIN. ONE OF FIVE Is only the fifth pitcher in Rays history to begin a season by winning 3 consecutive starts joins Matt Moore (5-0, 2013), Jeremy Hellickson (3-0, 2010), Matt Garza (3-0, 2010) and Victor Zambrano (3-0, 2004) with a win tonight, he will join CWS Chris Sale (9-0), CLE Josh Tomlin (5-0), BOS Rick Porcello (5-0), DET Jordan Zimmermann (5-0) and CWS Mat Latos among AL pitchers to begin this season by winning at least 4 consecutive starts. PITCHING DEEP Only twice in their last 19 games (since May 3) has a Rays starter gone at least 7 IP both have been starts by Andriese, despite him not joining the rotation until May 8 went 7 IP in his season debut on May 8 at LAA and had a CG SHO on May 14 vs. OAK. INTERLEAGUE Will be making his first career interleague start has gone 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA (5-IP, 2-H, 0-ER) in 2 career relief apps last app was last June 17 at WAS, when he replaced Steve Geltz after two innings and pitched four scoreless innings. THE LONG BALL His homer allowed to Miguel Cabrera in his last start snapped a homerless streak at 46 IP between the minors and majors, his first allowed since April 13 vs. Gwinnett (Braves) hasn t yielded a homer to a left-handed hitter at any level (minors or majors) since BAL Chris Davis had an 11th-inning walkoff last Sep 2 lefties have totaled 101 homerless at-bats since then. FIRST SHUTOUT On May 14 vs. OAK, recorded his first professional CG shutout in his 27th career app (10th start), having never gone more than 8 IP in the minors the 26-year-old remains the youngest AL pitcher to throw a CG SHO this season and second youngest in the majors, behind 23-year-old PHI Vincent Velasquez (April 14 vs. SD) became the fourth different Rays pitcher to throw a shutout on 2 H or fewer and 0 BB, joining James Shields (twice), Chris Archer Recorded 100 career wins faster than any manager in club history on Fri at DET was the youngest to do it since CLE Eric Wedge in Has been ejected 4 times as manager, once this year (April 29 vs. TOR). Marks his second season as Rays manager 38-year-old is the youngest active manager in MLB, ahead of SD Andy Green (5 months older). Is the fifth manager in Rays history is the sixth Tampa-born manager in ML history and second to manage the Rays joins Hall of Famers Al Lopez and Tony La Russa, Lou Piniella, Dave Miley and John Hart. TONIGHT S STARTER RH MATT ANDRIESE (3-0, 2.11) TOMORROW S STARTER LH DREW SMYLY (2-5, 3.54) LAST START On Sat at DET, faced his former team for the second time since being traded (both at Comerica Park) went 6.1 IP, his longest start since April 24 at NYY (7 IP) and threw 112 pitches, his most since Aug 11, 2014 at TEX (116) only run allowed through 6 IP was a Cameron Maybin solo homer, then went single, homer, strikeout in the 7th and was replaced the go-ahead homer was hit by James McCann, Smyly s former teammate at the University of Arkansas his line: L, 6.1 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 5 SO, 2 HR, 112 pitches, 72 strikes. A.L. RANKS Ranks among AL leaders in SO (63, 7th), WHIP (1.04, 4th), opp avg. (.216, 8th), opp OBP (.266, 6th), H/9 IP (7.07, 8th), SO/9 IP (10.13, 6th) and SO/BB (4.50, 7th) ranks T-3rd in the AL with 55 swinging strikeouts per PITCHf/x, has gotten strikeouts with the fastball (31), curveball (18), cutter (11) and changeup (3). YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO HR Avg Durham (AAA) Tampa Bay Durham (AAA) Tampa Bay Major League Totals Minor League Totals GAME LOG GAME DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP P/K FINAL OPP. LEFT 5/8 at LAA W /51 W, 3-1 Tropeano up, 3-1 5/14 vs. OAK W /78 W, 6-0 Graveman -- 5/20 at DET W /59 W, 7-5 Sanchez up, GAME LOG (AAA) GAME DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP P/K FINAL OPP. LEFT 4/8 vs. CHA /55 L, 6-8 Johnson up, 4-2 4/13 vs. GWN L /63 L, 2-6 Foltynewicz down, 3-0 4/18 at GWN W /68 W, 5-4 Foltynewicz up, 4-3 4/23 at NOR L /54 L, 0-1 (7) Miranda -- 4/28 vs. LOU /61 L, 3-8 Smith down, 3-2 APRIL /3 at IND /70 L, 1-0 (12) Taillon tied, 0-0 THE LONG BALL Hasn t yielded a homer in 5 of his 9 starts, but has allowed a combined 9 HR in his other 4 starts no other AL starter has and Drew Smyly his line: W, 9 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 SO, 1 HBP, career-high 106 pitches, 78 strikes. WITH DURHAM Went 1-2 with a 3.41 ERA (34.1-IP, 13-ER) in 6 starts for the Bulls started the Bulls second game of the season (following Opening Day starter Blake Snell) and allowed 4 ER in 5.1 IP allowed 3 ER or fewer in 5 straight starts after that, compiling a 2.79 ERA (29-IP, 9-ER) over that span had a career-high 14 SO in his last start before his recall, May 3 at Indianapolis (PIT) had his first career complete game on April 23 at Norfolk (BAL), a 1-0 loss in 7 innings. #16 KEVIN CASH, MANAGER MINOR LEAGUE LEADERBOARDS At the time of his recall, his 44 SO ranked 4th among minor league pitchers also ranked among International League leaders in SO (2nd), IP (34.1, 5th), SO/9 IP (11.5, 2nd), SO/BB (6.3, 2nd), wild pitches (5, T-1st) and balks (5, 1st) his minor league SO/9 IP rate has increased in all three seasons with the Rays organization (7.2, 9.6, 11.5) HIGHLIGHTS Made the Rays Opening Day roster and appeared in 25 games (8 starts) over five stints with the Rays, his first major league action went 2-2 with a 3.57 ERA (35.1-IP, 14-ER) in his 8 starts, compared to 1-3 with a 4.75 ERA (30.1-IP, 16-ER) in 17 relief apps allowed 2 runs or fewer in 6 of his 8 starts was one of six major league pitchers with at least 2 starts and 2 saves in 2015, and one of two rookies along with teammate Steve Geltz. SO CAL GUY Pronounced ann-dreese grew up an hour east of Angel Stadium in Redlands, Calif. in January, he became the third baseball player to have his jersey (No. 5) retired by Redlands East Valley HS, joining former Angels pitchers Tyler Chatwood and the late Tommy Hanson, who played ball with Matt s older brother, Bryan Matt remains close friends with Chatwood his high school coach, Steve Hernandez, is now a scout for the Angels. AMATEUR CAREER Was a 3rd-round selection by the Padres in the 2011 June Draft out of UC-Riverside, where he pitched three seasons and was a teammate of Red Sox RH Joe Kelly and Mariners minor league catcher Rob Brantly former Angels, Tigers, Cardinals and Rays ( ) pitcher Troy Percival played college baseball for UC-Riverside from and was selected by the California Angels in the 6th round of the 1990 June Draft as a catcher Percival was named head coach of UC-Riverside in July yielded multiple homers in 4 starts NL starters to do this are LAD Scott Kazmir (5), WAS Max Scherzer (4), PIT Jon Niese (4) and MIL Chase Anderson (4) has allowed 3 HR to left-handed hitters (all vs. Toronto); didn t allow one to a lefty in 66.2 IP last season. vs. MIAMI Is 1-0 with a 1.29 ERA (7-IP, 1-ER) in 2 career apps (1 start) against the Marlins only start came in the Rays last homestand of last season as he closed out the year winning a fifth straight decision (6-IP, 3-H, 1-ER, 3-BB, 8-SO) only run allowed came in the 4th inning following a 2-out double by Justin Bour and an RBI single by Marcell Ozuna first app was in relief on Sep 28, 2013 at MIA SPLITS vs. RH:.196 (9-46) vs. LH:.080 (2-25) Home: 1-0, 0.00 ERA (9.0-IP, 0-ER) Road: 2-0, 3.65 ERA (12.1-IP, 5-ER) ANDRIESE vs. MIAMI CAREER Only career app against the Marlins was his major league debut on April 10, 2015 at Marlins Park pitched a scoreless 6th inning and his only baserunner allowed was a walk to Giancarlo Stanton (1-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 1-BB, 1-SO). INTERLEAGUE Is 1-1 with a 3.21 ERA (28-IP, 10-ER) in 11 career apps (4 starts) has made one IL start this season, a ND on May 4 vs. LAD opposite Alex Wood his only IL win in those 11 apps came against the Marlins at the end of the 2015 season. 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).Played in the 1989 Little League WS (Tampa Northside LL), 1999 College WS (Florida State) and earned World Series rings in 2007 (Red Sox) and 2009 (Yankees).

3 RAYS HITTER NOTES #19 CURT CASALI, C Tue: 0-1 (def. rep.) 4G vs. MIA: 0-5 Trip: 2-21, 2B, HR, 4-RBI, BB, 4-R vs. LH:.200 (7-35), 2-HR 2016:.163/.222/.370, 5-HR, 14-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-19 RISP:.105 (2-19) vs. RH:.140 (8-57), 3-HR Hitless in his last 19 at-bats, longest hitless streak of his career (prev. 0-for-16, 2x-last April last hit was May 16 at TOR, a 3rd-inn. 3-run HR. Has hit 4 HR since the beginning of May, most among AL catchers and 2nd in the majors this month trailing MIL Jonathan Lucroy (6). Since the start of last season, 64.1 percent of his hits have gone for extra bases (14-1B, 10-2B, 15-HR) has averaged a home run every at-bats over that span, 2nd in the AL (min. 10 HR) and 4th in the majors trails MIA Giancarlo Stanton, WAS Bryce Harper and BAL Chris Davis. Has played in 32 games with 27 starts at catcher his.163 avg. is the lowest among major league catchers with at least 75 at-bats. #24 HANK CONGER, C Tue: 1-4, 2-RBI 4G vs. MIA: 1-4, 2-RBI Trip: 1-12, 2-RBI, BB vs. LH:.000 (0-2) 2016:.164/.207/.164, 0-HR, 3-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.250, 1-4) RISP:.125 (2-16) vs. RH:.170 (9-53) Had 2 RBI yesterday at MIA, compared to 1 RBI in his first 23 games marked his first multi-rbi game since Sep 9, 2015 at OAK (with HOU). Has thrown out 1 of his last 51 attempted base stealers it came on May 1 vs. TOR, his first since May 29, 2015 vs. CWS (snapped an 0-for-48). All but two of his at-bats have come vs. RHP has a.370 OPS vs. RHP, after an.892 OPS vs. RHP last year, best among catchers (min. 100 AB). Has played in 24 games with 16 starts at catcher all 9 hits have been singles; has gone a career-long 58 at-bats since his last extra-base hit on Sep 29, 2015 at SEA (double) has gone 74 at-bats since his last home run (Sep 12, 2015 at LAA). #10 COREY DICKERSON, OF Tue: 1-4, 2B, R 4G vs. MIA: 1-5, 2B, R Trip: 4-19, 3-2B, RBI, 3-R vs. LH:.038 (1-26) 2016:.181/.235/.449, 8-HR, 18-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.250, 1-4) RISP:.143 (5-35) vs. RH:.218 (22-101), 8-HR Seventeen of his 23 hits 73.9 percent have gone for extra bases (8-HR, 8-2B, 1-3B) it s the highest rate in the majors (min. 20 games played). According to FanGraphs, only 9.0 percent of his balls in play have been line drives, lowest rate in the majors his LD% was 29.8 last season. Has only singled once over his last 23 G (18 starts) batting.123/.200/.356 (9-for-73) over this span (since April 24) with 3 2B, 1 3B and 4 HR. Ranks among team leaders in XBH (17, 2nd), HR (8, T-2nd) and RBI (18, 4th) fourteen of his 18 RBI have come via the home run. His.449 SLG is the highest in the majors for a sub-.200 avg. the highest SLG ever for a sub-.200 avg. was ARI Mark Reynolds in 2010 (.433). Has played in 39 games with 31 starts (24-DH, 6-LF, 1-RF) batting.152/.212/.402 (14-for-92) as a DH and.286/.333/.643 (8-for-28) as an OF. #5 BRANDON GUYER, OF Tue: 0-3, 2-BB 4G vs. MIA: 3-8, 2B, HR, RBI, 2-BB, 3-R Trip: 9-33, 4-2B, HR, 2-RBI, 2-BB, 6-R vs. LH:.378 (17-45), 3-HR 2016:.317/.410/.548, 5-HR, 13-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-4 RISP:.462 (6-13) vs. RH:.271 (16-59), 2-HR Min. 75 PA, his.410 OBP ranks 4th in the AL has reached safely in 15 of his last 16 games, batting.328/.403/.627 (22-for-67) over that span. His 3 hits on Mon at MIA were his most since May 11 at SEA (3) was his 11th multi-hit game, 2nd on the team to Longoria (13), and the sixth multi- XBH game of his career (last May 15 vs. OAK) had his 5th HR; didn t reach No. 5 until Aug 2 last season en route to a career-high 8 HR. Has a major-league-leading 12 HBP, as many as the Marlins have as a team is 4 HBP shy of tying Carlos Peña for the Rays all-time record (51). Had his first career multi-hr game on May 15 vs. OAK, incl. his fourth career leadoff homer (last Sep 21, 2015 at BOS) his 5 RBI tied the club record for a leadoff hitter (also John Jaso on June 6, 2010 at TEX) was the seventh player in club history with a multi-hr game from the leadoff spot. Has played in 30 games, 26 starts (11-LF, 5-RF, 6-DH, 4-CF) has started all 66 Rays games vs. left-handed starters since the start of last year. #8 DESMOND JENNINGS, OF Tue: 0-0 (def. rep.) 4G vs. MIA: 0-2 Trip: 5-20, 2B, 2-HR, 4-RBI, 4-R vs. LH:.158 (6-38) 2016:.178/.252/.290, 3-HR, 10-RBI, 2-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-10 RISP:.227 (5-22) vs. RH:.188 (13-69), 3-HR Hitless in his last 10 at-bats batting.111/.183/.241 (6-for-54) over his last 20 games (14 starts) since April 23, including a 1-for-36 stretch. Has played in 35 games with 29 starts (26-LF, 2-DH, 1-CF) his 16 innings in CF over his last 4 G is his first action there since April 25, Has homered twice in his last 16 at-bats, compared to once in his first 91 at-bats both came in the Toronto series on the road trip, third time in his career he homered in consecutive games went back-to-back with Logan Morrison on May 18 at TOR and a season-high 3 hits on May 16 at TOR. His.996 career fielding percentage is the best among active outfielders (min. 1,000 chances), percentage points ahead of Jacoby Ellsbury only catcher A.J. Ellis (.997) has a higher fielding percentage among actives (min. 1,000 chances) last error was Sep 6, 2013 at SEA. #3 EVAN LONGORIA, 3B Tue: 0-4, BB 4G vs. MIA: 0-8, 2-BB Trip: 9-34, 2B, HR, RBI, 3-BB, 5-R vs. LH:.255 (12-47), 2-HR 2016:.251/.302/.463, 8-HR, 20-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-8 RISP:.158 (6-38) vs. RH:.250 (32-128), 6-HR Hitless over his last 8 at-bats since snapping a 10-game hitting streak, longest by a Ray this season hit.357/.413/.619 (15-for-42) over that span. Is T-7th in the AL with 13 2B ranks among team leaders in XBH (21, 1st), hits (44, 1st), HR (8, T-2nd), RBI (20, 1st) and multi-hit G (13, 1st). Batting.158/.233/.211 (6-for-38) with 2 2B and 9 RBI with RISP has gone 2-for-his-last-28 with RISP following a 4-for-10 start to the season. Had his 500th career XBH on Sat at DET is one of nine active players to record 500 XBH with their current team, joining NYY Alex Rodriguez, BOS David Ortiz, DET Miguel Cabrera, PHI Ryan Howard, MIL Ryan Braun, NYM David Wright, WAS Ryan Zimmerman and CIN Brandon Phillips. Is the franchise s all-time leader in HR (213), RBI (728), 2B (274) and XBH (500) his service time (8.051) ranks 2nd to Carl Crawford (8.072). #27 MIKIE MAHTOOK, OF Tue: DNP 4G vs. MIA: 1-3, R Trip: 1-4, R vs. LH:.250 (1-4) 2016:.250/.250/.250, 0-HR, 0-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.333, 1-3) RISP:.000 (0-1) vs. RH: -- Recalled from Triple-A Durham on Sunday on Mon at MIA he snapped a streak of homering in 4 straight starts, dating back to the end of Seven of his 9 HR in his career have come vs. LHP has a career.363 OBP and.639 SLG vs. LHP, compared to a.316 OBP and.541 SLG vs. RHP. Hit.333/.416/.487 (26-for-78) with 7 XBH (3-2B, 3-3B, 1-HR) and 5 RBI in 20 games with Durham missed three weeks with an oblique injury. Had 6 stints with the Rays last season from Sep 1 through season s end, led the team in HR (6), avg. (.353), SLG (.706) and OPS (1.103). #13 BRAD MILLER, SS Tue: 2-3, 2-BB, R, 2-SB 4G vs. MIA: 3-4, 2-BB, R Trip: 9-22, 2-2B, 2-3B, 5-RBI, 3-BB, 3-R vs. LH:.231 (6-26), 1-HR 2016:.233/.303/.434, 5-HR, 15-RBI, 4-SB Current Hitting Streak: 2G (.750, 3-4) RISP:.241 (7-29) vs. RH:.233 (24-103), 4-HR Reached 4 times yesterday at MIA, tying a career high (6th time, last May 6 at LAA) had a career-high-tying 2 SB (also May 5, 2014 at OAK). Since April 24, ranks among major league shortstop leaders in SLG (.561, 1st), HR (4, T-3rd), XBH (11, T-5th) and total bases (46, T-7th) batting.305/.374/.561 (25-for-82) over this span with 5 2B, 2 3B, 4 HR and 12 RBI, raising his season avg. from.106 and his season OBP from.176. Had his third multi-xbh game of the season on Sat at DET (last May 17 at TOR), including a 2-run triple has a pair of games this season with both a double and a triple, first Ray to do that since Evan Longoria in 2013 fourteen of his 30 hits 46.7 percent have gone for extra bases. Has played in 39 games with 33 starts, all at shortstop has made five errors including his first career multi-error game on Fri at DET. #7 LOGAN MORRISON, 1B Tue: 3-3, BB, 2-R, SB 4G vs. MIA: 4-5, RBI, BB, 2-R Trip: 12-23, 2-HR, 7-RBI, 5-BB, 7-R vs. LH:.273 (3-11) 2016:.206/.309/.280, 2-HR, 7-RBI, 3-SB Current Hitting Streak: 3G (.625, 5-8) RISP:.313 (5-16) vs. RH:.198 (19-96), 2-HR Reached 4 times yesterday at MIA, his most since May 5, 2015 at LAA (with SEA) his 3 hits tied a season high (also May 18 at TOR). Batting.340/.475/.468 (16-for-47) with 2 HR and 7 RBI since the beginning of May, raising his season avg. from.100 and his season OBP from.156 reached in 17 of his 28 PA on the just-completed road trip his.475 OBP in May ranks 3rd in the AL (min. 50 PA). Has played in 36 games with 29 starts (25-1B, 4-DH) tied for the team lead with 16 BB (Steve Pearce) all 7 RBI have come over his last 7 games (6 starts) since May 17 batting.297/.384/.406 (19-for-64) in 21 road games compared to.070/.200/.093 (3-for-43) in 15 games at Tropicana Field. #38 TAYLOR MOTTER, UTL Tue: DNP 4G vs. MIA: 2-3, 2B, HR, 3-RBI, BB, R Trip: 4-13, 2B, 2-HR, 5-RBI, 2-BB, 4-R vs. LH:.500 (2-4), 1-HR 2016:.308/.400/.846, 2-HR, 5-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.667, 2-3) RISP:.000 (0-1) vs. RH:.222 (2-9), 1-HR From Palm Beach Gardens and grew up a Marlins fan on Mon at MIA joined Richie Shaffer, Elijah Dukes, Delmon Young and Toby Hall as the only Rays to homer twice through his first 6 career games his 5 RBI are tied for the 2nd-most by a Ray through 6 games, trailing Wil Myers (6). Has played in 6 games with 3 starts (all at SS) since his recall first career homer came as a pinch-hitter on May 17 at TOR major league debut was May 16 at TOR, becoming the first player since Baseball Reference data is available (1913) to play SS and in the OF in his major league debut. Last season he spent the entire season with Durham and was named their MVP by the Rays Baseball Operations department named a midseason and postseason IL All-Star led the IL with 43 2B and 58 XBH and ranked in the top 10 in avg., OBP, SLG, hits, runs scored and total bases.

4 #28 STEVE PEARCE, UTL Tue: 1-4, RBI 4G vs. MIA: 1-6, RBI, 2-BB Trip: 9-23, 2B, 2-HR, 6-RBI, 7-BB, 5-R vs. LH:.405 (15-37), 5-HR 2016:.303/.402/.545, 7-HR, 19-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.250, 1-4) RISP:.333 (8-24) vs. RH:.242 (15-62), 2-HR Min. 75 PA, his.402 OBP ranks 7th in the AL ranks among team leaders in RBI (19, T-2nd incl. a team-high 14 RBI in May) and BB (16, T-1st) only four other AL players with drawn as many BB and have more BB than SO: Melky Cabrera, Jose Altuve, Carlos Santana and Jose Bautista. Since April 24, his 7 HR rank T-8th in the AL batting.338/.446/.676 (23-for-68) with 16 RBI, 13 BB and 8 SO over those 20 games (19 starts). Batting.405/.488/.865 (15-for-37) vs. LHP ranks among AL leaders vs. LHP in avg. (4th), OBP (1st), SLG (1st), HR (T-2nd) and RBI (1st). Has played in 30 games with 27 starts (18-1B, 8-2B, 1-3B) he and HOU Marwin Gonzalez are the only AL players with starts at 1B, 2B and 3B. Since 2014, has hit 9 HR in 101 at-bats at Tropicana Field that includes 7 HR as an Oriole, most among visiting players from #20 STEVEN SOUZA JR., OF Tue: 0-3, BB 4G vs. MIA: 3-8, RBI, BB Trip: 11-33, 2B, HR, 3-RBI, 2-BB, 5-R vs. LH:.366 (15-41), 3-HR 2016:.273/.331/.500, 9-HR, 19-RBI, 2-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-5 RISP:.242 (8-33) vs. RH:.239 (26-109), 6-HR Has reached base in 12 of his last 13 games had 3 hits on Mon at MIA, his third 3-hit game (or more) of the season and second of the road trip. Since May 4, is batting.304/.368/.536 (21-for-69) with 4 2B, 4 HR and 8 RBI in 18 games (all starts) was in a 2-for-22 slump before that. Ranks among team leaders in XBH (16, 3rd), HR (9, 1st), SLG (.500, 1st) and RBI (19, T-2nd) thirteen of his 19 RBI have come via the HR. On Fri at DET made his third career start at leadoff, first since July 25, 2015 vs. BAL reached 4 times, matching his season high (also April 6 vs. DET) homered on the second pitch of the game, his team-leading 9th HR of the season and the first of his career out of the leadoff spot. His 56 SO rank T-5th in the AL (41 swinging, 15 looking) since the start of 2015, has averaged a strikeout once every 2.95 PA (589-PA, 200-SO). RAYS BULLPEN NOTES #31 XAVIER CEDEÑO, LH Last App: 5/24 at MIA (1.0-IP, 2-H, 1-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-2 vs. LH:.227 (5-22) 2016: 2-1-0, 3.97 ERA, 16 G Long Relief App: 1.1, 4/16 vs. CWS IR-RS: 7-3 vs. RH:.190 (4-21) Had a scoreless 7th yesterday at MIA and replaced after his first 2 BF reached in the 8th (double, error) his leadoff double came around to score. Has pitched 0.2 IP or fewer in 9 of his 16 apps, including 9 of his last 12 apps has made 3 apps of 1 BF (Chris Davis, Chris Davis, Kole Calhoun and has recorded the out in all 3 apps) has thrown less than 10 pitches in 8 of his 16 apps the Rays have been tied or ahead in 14 of his 16 apps. Had a season-high 3 SO on Sat at DET, striking out the side in the 8th had 3 SO in an inning for the first time since Sep 5, 2015 at NYY. Has 13 SO and 6 BB this season for a 2.17 SO/BB ratio after last season s trade to the Rays, had a 3.58 SO/BB ratio (43-SO, 12-BB). #37 ALEX COLOME, RH Last App: 5/24 at MIA (S, 2.0-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 2-SO) Saves-Opps: vs. LH:.261 (6-23) 2016: , 1.29 ERA, 19 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 3x-last 5/24 at MIA IR-RS: 9-4 vs. RH:.140 (7-50), 1-HR Went 2 IP yesterday at MIA, tying his season-long app (3rd time) and his longest career app ending in a save was his 12th save, T-2nd in the AL, and his third save or 4 outs or more, most in the majors the only other AL pitcher with as many saves and no blown saves is BAL Zach Britton (12). Is 1 of 5 pitchers to have every one of his team s saves joins BOS Craig Kimbrel, COL Jake McGee, LAD Kenley Jansen and MIN Kevin Jepsen. His last 10 apps spanning 12 IP have been scoreless (since May 4) all but two of his team-high-tying 19 apps have been scoreless. Converted the save in four consecutive Rays games from May 4-8, joining Rafael Soriano (July 3-6, 2010) as the only Rays to ever do that. Has a 0.00 ERA (13.2-IP, 5-H, 0-ER, 20-SO) in save situations (13 apps), compared to a 3.68 ERA (7.1-IP, 8-H, 3-ER, 8-SO) in non-save situations (5 apps) since 2015, has a 2.19 ERA (61.2-IP, 15-ER) in 49 relief apps with only 1 HR allowed. #51 DANA EVELAND, LH Last App: 5/20 at DET (1.0-IP, 1-H, 1-R, 2-BB, 2-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH:.389 (7-18), 1-HR 2016: 0-1-0, 8.25 ERA, 14 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 5/13 vs. OAK IR-RS: 7-0 vs. RH:.226 (7-31), 1-HR On Sun at DET yielded a bases-loaded walk to Cameron Maybin, his third allowed in his career and first since June 30, 2014 at ATL (with NYM). Has allowed runs in 7 of his last 9 apps, increasing his ERA from 2.08 to 8.25 his 8.25 ERA is the 5th-highest in the AL (min. 10 apps). The Rays have been tied or trailing in 11 of his 14 apps; has had at least a 4-run lead in his other 3 apps his only loss came on May 9 at SEA, the only time this season he s entered in a tie game has made 7 multi-inning apps (at least 1 out to end an inning and 1 BF to start the next inning). The Rays are his 10th major league team became the second lefty in club history to make the Opening Day roster as a non-roster invite. #52 RYAN GARTON, RH Last App: -- Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: -- Triple-A: 1-0-2, 2.38 ERA, 14 G Long Relief App: -- IR-RS: -- vs. RH: year-old was selected from Triple-A Durham today and will be making his major league debut will become the second player in Rays history born in Clearwater, joining bullpenmate Ryan Webb will be the second alumnus of J. W. Mitchell High School (New Port Richey) to reach the majors, following RH Tyler Clippard will also join Blake Snell, Taylor Motter and Tyler Sturdevant as Rays to make their major league debut this year. Went 1-0 with a 2.38 ERA (22.2-IP, 6-ER) in 14 apps with Triple-A Durham, recording two saves and SO/9 IP nine of his 14 apps with Durham were 1.1 IP or longer, including a season-high 4 IP on May 7 vs. Norfolk (Orioles) last app was Sat vs. Rochester (Twins). #30 ERASMO RAMIREZ, RH Last App: 5/23 at MIA (L, 2.0-IP, 3-H, 2-R, 2-BB, 2-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-1 vs. LH:.264 (14-53), 3-HR 2016: 6-2-0, 2.43 ERA, 19 G, 1 GS Long Relief App: 2.2, 5/18 at TOR IR-RS: 20-1 vs. RH:.179 (14-78), 2-HR Threw 54 pitches on Mon at MIA, most by a Rays reliever since Nathan Karns on Sep 8, 2015 at DET (59) his prev. season-high as a reliever was 34 (May 18 at TOR); threw 66 in his only start (April 16 vs. CWS) allowed a season-high-tying 3 H and a season-high 2 BB took the loss, going single-single to start the 8th and both runners scored after he departed has allowed runs in 5 straight apps, taking his ERA from 1.32 to Has gotten at least 4 outs in 16 of 18 relief apps, most such apps in the majors he also leads the majors with 10 relief apps of at least 2 IP. Min. 30 IP, ranks among AL leaders in ERA (2.43, 7th) and WHIP (0.92, 2nd) has averaged 13.8 pitches per inning, 2nd-fewest in the AL. Has made a team-high-tying 19 apps (1 start) and leads the majors with 31.1 relief innings has 6 wins incl. a major-league-most 5 as a reliever. Has stranded 19 of his 20 IR, 2nd among AL relievers five times he has inherited the bases loaded; hasn t allowed an IR to score in those apps. #45 ENNY ROMERO, LH Last App: 5/24 at MIA (0.1-IP, 3-H, 2-R, 0-BB, 0-SO, 1-HR) Saves-Opps: 0-1 vs. LH:.148 (4-27) 2016: 1-0-0, 3.71 ERA, 18 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 2x-last 5/10 at SEA IR-RS: 8-1 vs. RH:.188 (6-32), 2-HR Yielded a season-high 3 hits to 4 BF yesterday at MIA, his most since Oct 14, 2015 vs. TOR (4) allowed a solo homer to Giancarlo Stanton, snapping a streak of 7 consecutive scoreless apps was his first run allowed since May 4 vs. LAD and his second multi-run app of the season. Charged with his third career blown save, first this season, on Mon at MIA allowed an inherited runner to score for the first time this season. His.169 opp avg. (10-for-59) ranks 1st among Rays relievers and 3rd among AL lefties (Britton, Miller) his average fastball velocity is 96.0 mph, per PITCHf/x 7th among AL relievers (min. 10 IP) has allowed 7 BB in addition to his 10 H, including 5 BB vs. left-handed batters. Has pitched to an 2.13 ERA (12.2-IP, 3-ER) in 11 apps on the road compared to a 8.31 ERA (4.1-IP, 4-ER) in 7 apps at Tropicana Field. Retired his first 17 batters faced this season, the longest streak to start a season in franchise history. #50 TYLER STURDEVANT, RH Last App: 5/24 at MIA (0.2-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH: : 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 G Long Relief App: 0.2, 5/24 at MIA IR-RS: 1-0 vs. RH:.000 (0-2) Made his major league debut yesterday at MIA struck out his first batter faced, Adeiny Hechavarria, then got a 5-3 putout to end the inning selected from Triple-A Durham on Monday was 30 years, 156 days of age at the time of his debut, the oldest player to make his MLB debut with the Rays since 31-year-old Jason Childers in 2006, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, and the second oldest since LH Jim Morris (35 in 1999). Was 1-0 with a 1.56 ERA (17.1-IP, 3-ER) in 14 apps for Durham eleven of his last 12 apps were scoreless (since April 14). Had a 2.74 ERA, 9.8 SO/9 IP and 2.8 BB/9 IP ratios over parts of seven minor league seasons signed by the Rays as a minor league free agent on November 20, 2015 and was a non-roster invite to spring training spent his first 6 minor league seasons with the Indians organization. #58 RYAN WEBB, RH Last App: 5/22 at DET (3.0-IP, 2-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 3-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH:.353 (6-17) 2016: 0-0-0, 3.00 ERA, 15 G Long Relief App: 3.0, 5/22 at DET IR-RS: 8-5 vs. RH:.325 (13-40), 2-HR Went 3 IP on 27 pitches on Sun at DET, his longest app since Aug 11, 2015 vs. NYY (with CLE) and the longest app by a Ray since Nathan Karns on Sep 8, 2015 at DET (3 IP) allowed singles to his first 2 BF, then got a GIDP and K to end the inning retired his last 8 batters faced. His last 6 apps have been scoreless has a 1.69 ERA (10.2-IP, 2-ER) over his last 11 apps since April 22, compared to a 6.23 ERA before that. According to FanGraphs, his ground-ball percentage is 44.9 percent, down from 59.2 percent last season and from his 56.2 pct. career rate. Last season he was with three organizations but spent most of the season in the majors with Cleveland, where he made 40 apps.

5 RAYS PITCHING BY THE NUMBERS W-L-S G ERA IP H ER BB SO HR Totals Starters Relievers Home Road April May LAST HR & PLAYER SEASON HIGHS LAST HR OFF 16 MOST HITS GAME 16 MOST RBI GAME Casali 5/16 at TOR Antolin 2, 4x-last, 5/16 at TOR 3, 5/16 at TOR Conger 9/12/15 at LAA Santiago 1, 9x-last, 5/24 at MIA 2, 5/24 at MIA Dickerson 5/11 at SEA Walker 3, 2x-last, 5/6 at LAA 4, 5/11 at SEA Guyer 5/23 at MIA Chen 4, 4/17 vs. CWS 5, 5/15 vs. OAK Jennings 5/18 at TOR Dickey 3, 5/16 at TOR 3, 5/16 at TOR Longoria 5/21 at DET Fulmer 2, 13x-last, 5/22 at DET 2, 3x-last, 5/3 vs. LAD Mahtook 10/4/15 vs. TOR Tepera 1, 5/23 at MIA - Miller 5/14 vs. OAK Graveman 4, 5/6 at LAA 3, 2x-last, 5/17 at TOR Morrison 5/22 at DET Zimmerman 3, 2x-last, 5/24 at MIA 2, 2x-last, 5/22 at DET Motter 5/23 at MIA Chen 2, 5/23 at MIA 3, 5/23 at MIA Pearce 5/20 at DET Wilson 2, 8x-last, 5/22 at DET 3, 2x-last, 5/16 at TOR Souza Jr. 5/20 at DET Sanchez 4, 4/6 vs. TOR 4, 4/6 vs. TOR RAYS BY THE NUMBERS Current Streak: W1 When commit error: 7-9 Hit homer: Current Record: Ahead after 6-7-8: 15-2/14-2/18-1 Homer with men on: 15-4 Home/Road: 10-11/11-11 Behind after 6-7-8: 3-15/2-17/0-18 Hit multiple homers: 13-7 Day/Night: 6-8/15-14 Tied after 6-7-8: 3-5/5-3/3-3 Score first: 14-5 Grass/Turf: 8-11/ run games: 4-6 Score 5 or more: 12-4 vs. East: run games: 6-5 Score less than 5: 9-18 vs. Central: 4-5 Extra innings: 1-1 Outhit opponents: 15-4 vs. West: 4-5 Win in last at-bat: 6 Outhit by opponents: 3-16 vs. National League: 2-2 Come-from-behind wins: 9 Collect 10 or more hits: 9-3 vs. RH/LH starters: 14-16/7-6 Opp. come-from-behind wins: 8 Opp. 10 or more hits: 2-11 Series W-L-T (home): Series W-L-T (road): Wearing white/gray/navy/lt. blue: 9-7/8-4/3-8/1-3 RUN SUPPORT FOR STARTING PITCHERS PITCHER STARTS RUNS RUNS/START RUNS/9-IP CLUB RECORD QUALITY Andriese Archer Moore Odorizzi Ramirez Smyly Snell RAYS SEASON HIGHS TEAM BATTING INDIVIDUAL BATTING Longest win streak 4, 2x-last, May Most runs, game, TB 3, 3x-last, Guyer, 5/23 at MIA Long loss streak 4, May 9-13 Most runs, game, Opp 3, 4x-last, Valencia, 5/15 vs. OAK Most runs game, TB 13, 5/16 at TOR Most hits, game, TB 4, 3x-last, Miller, 5/6 at LAA Most runs game, Opp 10, 5/3 vs. LAD Most hits, game, Opp 4, 4x-last, Suzuki, 5/23 at MIA Most runs, inn, TB 6, (4th) 4/21 at BOS Most 2B, game, TB 2, 2x-last, Forsythe, 4/26 vs. BAL Most runs, inn, Opp 5, (1st) 4/21 at BOS Most 2B, game, Opp 2, 7x-last, Ozuna, 5/24 at MIA Most hits, game, TB 17, 2x-last, 5/17 at TOR Most HR, game, TB 2, 3x-last, Guyer, 5/15 vs. OAK Most hits, game, Opp 15, 4/21 at BOS Most HR, game, Opp 3, Valencia, 5/15 vs. OAK Most hits, inn, TB 6, (1st) 4/24 at NYY Most RBI, game, TB 5, Guyer, 5/15 vs. OAK Most hits, inn, Opp 6, (1st) 4/21 at BOS Most RBI, game, Opp 5, Valencia, 5/15 vs. OAK Most doubles, game, TB 5, 2x-last, 5/17 at TOR Most x-base hits, game, TB 3, Souza Jr., 4/6 vs. TOR Most doubles, game, Opp 7, 4/21 at BOS Most x-base hits, game, Opp 3, 2x-last, Valencia, 5/15 vs. OAK Most HR, game, TB 5, 4/24 at NYY Most steals, game, TB 2, 2x-last, Miller, 5/24 at MIA Most HR, game, Opp 4, 4x-last, 5/15 vs. OAK Most steals, game, Opp 2, 2x-last, Kipnis, 4/14 vs. CLE Most x-base hits, game, TB 8, 2x-last, 5/16 at TOR Hitting Streak 10, Longoria, May Most x-base hits, game, Opp 9, 4/21 at BOS TEAM/INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most stolen bases, game, TB 3, 5/24 at MIA Most SO, TB Starter 12, Archer, 4/3 vs. TOR Most stolen bases, game, Opp 5, 4/14 vs. CLE Most SO, Opp Starter 11, Fulmer, 5/21 at DET Most walks, game, TB 7, 2x-last, 5/24 at MIA Most SO, TB Reliever 4, Ramirez, 4/13 vs. CLE Most walks, game, Opp 7, 3x-last, 5/11 at SEA Most IP, TB Reliever 3.0, Webb, 5/22 at DET Most strikeouts, game, TB 16, 2x-last, 5/11 at SEA Most walks, game, TB 4, 6x-last, Odorizzi, 5/18 at TOR Most strikeouts, game, Opp 16, 4/3 vs. TOR Most walks, game, Opp 5, Koehler, 5/24 at MIA Most LOB, game, TB 12, 2x-last, 5/11 at SEA Most SO, Team, TB 16, 4/3 vs. TOR Most LOB, game, Opp 13, 4/14 vs. CLE Most walks, Team, TB 7, 3x-last, 5/11 at SEA Most errors, game, TB 3, 4/21 at BOS Low-Hit Game 1, 4/19 at BOS Most errors, game, Opp 2, 3x-last, 5/17 at TOR Consecutive Scoreless IP 16.0, Andriese, May 8-May 20 Longest game, time 4:16, 4/21 at BOS Shortest game, time 2:23, 4/15 vs. CWS Longest game, time (9 inn.) 4:16, 4/21 at BOS Shortest game, time (9 inn.) 2:23, 4/15 vs. CWS HOME RUNS 1R 2R 3R GS TOTAL Souza Jr Dickerson Longoria Pearce Casali Miller Kiermaier Guyer Forsythe Jennings 3 3 Beckham 2 2 Motter Morrison Conger TOTALS CATCHERS PCT CS ATT Casali Conger TOTALS MISC. Game-Tying & Go-Ahead RBI: Longoria (9), Guyer (8), Souza Jr. (8), Forsythe (6), Pearce (5), Kiermaier (5), Dickerson (4), Casali (4), Miller (3), Jennings (3), Morrison (3), Motter (1), Odorizzi (1) 2-Out RBI: Dickerson (10), Longoria (10), Forsythe (9), Pearce (9), Guyer (8), Souza Jr. (7), Jennings (6), Kiermaier (6), Miller (6), Casali (5), Motter (3), Morrison (2), Conger (1), Odorizzi (1) Outfield Assists: Jennings (2), Souza Jr. (1) Bunt Singles: - Ejections: Cash-1 (4/29 vs. TOR, 5th inn.) Batted Around: 4/19 at BOS (10th inn., 9 batters), 4/21 at BOS (4th inn., 10 batters), 4/24 at NYY (1st inn., 9 batters), 5/11 at SEA (6th inn., 9 batters). CATWALKS 1. April 6 vs. TOR Curt Casali pop out to SS Troy Tulowitzki hit off the A-ring catwalk off J.A. Happ (3rd inning). 2. April 16 vs. CWS Brett Lawrie home run off the C-ring catwalk in left field (389 feet)...off Steve Geltz (7th inning). 3. April 29 vs. TOR Josh Donaldson home run off the C-ring catwalk in left field (445 feet) off Drew Smyly (6th inning). 4. May 3 vs. LAD Trayce Thompson home run off the C-ring catwalk in left field (416 feet) off Matt Moore (2nd inning). 5. May 13 vs. OAK Danny Valencia home run off the C-ring catwalk in left field (437 feet) off Jake Odorizzi (1st inning). 6. May 16 vs. OAK Yonder Alonso pop out to 2B Steve Pearce hit off the B-ring catwalk off Matt Moore (2nd inning). WALK-OFF WINS 1. April 30 vs. TOR (W 4-3) Curt Casali single to left field off Brett Cecil (9th inning). WALK-OFF LOSSES 1. April 23 at NYY (L 2-3) Brett Gardner home run to right field off Erasmo Ramirez (9th inning). 2. May 11 at SEA (L 5-6) Chris Iannetta home run to right-center field off Steve Geltz (11th inning). Grand Slams (1): Dickerson-1 (5/11 at SEA, T Walker) Back-to-Back (1): Morrison/Jennings (5/18 at TOR, R Dickey) 2-HR games (4): Souza Jr.-2 (4/6 vs. TOR, J Happ/A Leon; 4/24 at NYY, M Pineda), Pearce-1 (5/10 at SEA, W Miley), Guyer-1 (5/15 vs. OAK, S Gray) 3-HR games (-): - HOME RUNS RUNS BY INNING Pinch-hit (1): Motter-1 (5/17 at TOR, D Storen) Walk-off (-): - Lead-off (2): Guyer-1 (5/15 vs. OAK, S Gray), Souza-1 (5/20 at DET, A. Sanchez) Inside-the-park (-): X Total Opponent Tampa Bay INSTANT REPLAY CHALLENGES (last five) GAME CHALLENGED BY INN. PLAYER OF REFERENCE INITIAL CALL RULING DELAY May 8 at LAA Tampa Bay T7 Logan Forsythe Out at second Confirmed 1:03 May 18 at TOR Toronto T6 Logan Morrison Safe at first Stands 1:11 May 23 at MIA Tampa Bay T7 Taylor Motter Out at third Confirmed TBA May 24 at MIA Tampa Bay T3 Brad Miller Out at second base Stands TBA May 24 at MIA Miami T9 Brandon Guyer Safe at third Overturned TBA Rays Totals (bold): 13 challenges (5 overturned, 3 stand, 5 confirmed) Opp Totals: 13 challenges (6 overturned, 2 stand, 5 confirmed) Umpire Totals: 2 challenges (0 record keeping, 1 overturned, 1 stand, 0 confirmed)

6 Feb 18 Mar 8 Mar 10 Mar 15 Mar 19 Mar 25 Mar 27 Mar 30 Apr 2 Apr 3 Signed RH Ryan Webb to a major league contract; placed RH Chase Whitley (Tommy John surgery) on the 60-day DL. Optioned C Justin O Conner to the minor leagues. Signed RH David Carpenter to a minor league contract with an invitation to major league spring training. Optioned INF Ryan Brett, RH Jacob Faria, RH Taylor Guerrieri and LH Blake Snell to the minor leagues; reassigned C Jake DePew, OF Johnny Field, RH Eddie Gamboa, INF/OF Patrick Leonard, LH Justin Marks, RH Adam Reifer, INF Daniel Robertson, RH Jaime Schultz, OF Dayron Varona and LH Adam Wilk to minor league camp. Optioned INF Nick Franklin and C Luke Maile to the minor leagues; reassigned RH Ryan Garton, RH Parker Markel, 1B Kyle Roller, LH Jonny Venters and RH Neil Wagner to minor league camp. Reassigned RH Kyle McPherson, INF Juniel Querecuto and RH Mark Sappington to minor league camp. Optioned UTL Taylor Motter to the minor leagues; reassigned C Mayo Acosta, OF Jaff Decker, RH Jhan Mariñez and RH Tyler Sturdevant to minor league camp. Released C Rene Rivera and RH David Carpenter; optioned RH Matt Andriese and INF Richie Shaffer to the minor leagues. Optioned RH Andrew Bellatti and OF Mikie Mahtook to the minor leagues; placed RH Brad Boxberger (adductor surgery) and RH Alex Cobb (Tommy John surgery) on the 15-day DL; selected LH Dana Eveland to the major league roster. Released 1B James Loney. TRANSACTIONS OPENING DAY ROSTER PITCHERS (12): RH Chris Archer, LH Xavier Cedeño, RH Alex Colome, LH Dana Eveland, RH Danny Farquhar, RH Steve Geltz, LH Matt Moore, RH Jake Odorizzi, RH Erasmo Ramirez, LH Enny Romero, LH Drew Smyly, RH Ryan Webb CATCHERS (2): Curt Casali, Hank Conger INFIELDERS (6): Tim Beckham, Logan Forsythe, Evan Longoria, Brad Miller, Logan Morrison, Steve Pearce OUTFIELDERS (5): Corey Dickerson, Brandon Guyer, Desmond Jennings, Kevin Kiermaier, Steven Souza Jr. DL (3): RHP Brad Boxberger (15-day), RHP Alex Cobb (15-day), RH Chase Whitley (60-day) Apr 6 Claimed OF Jake Goebbert off waivers from Pittsburgh and optioned him to Triple-A Durham. Apr 23 Optioned RH Danny Farquhar to Durham; recalled LH Blake Snell from Durham. Apr 24 Transferred RH Alex Cobb (Tommy John surgery) to the 60-day DL; optioned LH Blake Snell to Durham; selected RH Jhan Mariñez from Durham. May 7 Added RH Matt Andriese to the taxi squad. May 8 Designated RH Jhan Mariñez for assignment; recalled RH Matt Andriese from Durham. May 14 Placed 2B Logan Forsythe (left scapula) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 10; recalled RH Danny Farquhar from Durham. May 15 Designated RH Danny Farquhar for assignment; recalled UTL Taylor Motter from Durham. May 16 Optioned RH Danny Farquhar to Durham. May 22 Placed CF Kevin Kiermaier (left hand fracture) on 15-day DL; recalled OF Mikie Mahtook from Durham. May 23 Optioned RH Steve Geltz to Durham; selected RH Tyler Sturdevant from Durham. May 25 Designated OF Jake Goebbert for assignment; optioned INF Tim Beckham to Durham; selected RH Ryan Garton from Durham. RAYS ON THE DISABLED LIST (5) POS. PLAYER DL INJURY DATE ON RETRO FIRST DATE OFF GMS MISSED RECORD RHP Brad Boxberger 15-day Adductor surgery April 2 - April RHP Alex Cobb 60-day Tommy John surgery April 2 - June B Logan Forsythe 15-day Left scapula hairline fracture May 14 May 10 May CF Kevin Kiermaier 15-day Left hand fracture May 22 - June RHP Chase Whitley 60-day Tommy John surgery Feb 18 - June Others (Games Missed): - 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 Beckham Casali Conger Dickerson Forsythe Guyer Jennings Kiermaier Longoria Mahtook Miller Morrison Motter Pearce Souza Jr RAYS HITTERS vs. MARLINS 2016 CAREER PLAYER G AB H HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP G AB H HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP Casali Conger Dickerson Guyer Jennings Longoria Mahtook Miller Morrison Motter Pearce Souza Jr RAYS PITCHERS vs. MARLINS 2016 CAREER PLAYER W L SV IP H ER SO ERA AVG W L SV IP H ER SO ERA AVG Andriese Archer Cedeño Colome Eveland Garton Moore Odorizzi Ramirez Romero Smyly Sturdevant Webb