SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 vs. TORONTO BLUE JAYS RH Jake Odorizzi (0-1, 3.58) vs. RH Marcus Stroman (3-0, 4.37)

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1 SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 vs. TORONTO BLUE JAYS RH Jake Odorizzi (0-1, 3.58) vs. RH Marcus Stroman (3-0, 4.37) First Pitch: 1:10 p.m. Location: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla. TV: Fox Sports Sun Radio: WDAE 620 AM, WAMA 1550 AM (Sp.) Game No.: 24 (11-12) Home Game No.: 16 (8-7) All-Time Game No.: 2,938 (1,363-1,574) All-Time Home Game No.: 1,475 ( ) HAPPY 75TH Today the Rays are celebrating the 75th anniversary of MacDill Air Force Base the U.S. Special Operations Headquarters Rappel Team will rappel from the catwalk to hand off the ceremonial first pitch ball to Col. Daniel Tulley of the 6th Air Mobility Wing at MacDill. ACCESS-A-RAY Today from noon 12:30 p.m., kids 14 and under can get autographs from C Curt Casali and RH Jhan Mariñez down the right field line as part of Autograph Sunday from 12:15 12:45 p.m., season ticket holders have a chance to meet RH Chase Whitley in the Republic Bank Draft Room Season Ticket Club. RAY MATTER Last night the Rays won 4-3 in the 9th inning on C Curt Casali s walk-off single, his first career walk-off hit it was their first walkoff victory of the season, though they did win April 5 vs. TOR on a walkoff slide by Jose Bautista prior to Casali s hit, the Rays were 0-for-11 with 2 BB (1 IBB) with runners on 2B and 3B this season (excluding bases loaded) the Elias Sports Bureau notes that Toronto has been the victim of four of the last five times that a Rays catcher has delivered a walk-off RBI (Robinson Chirinos in 2011 and Jose Lobaton twice in 2013). Today the Rays go for their fourth series win in their last five they are 3-2 on the 8-game homestand (2-1 vs. BAL, 1-1 vs. TOR) despite going 4-for-34 (.118) with RISP the homestand concludes with 2 games vs. LAD (Tues Wed). The Rays passed the Blue Jays in the AL East standings last night and are now alone in third place, 3.0 GB of first-place Baltimore. The Rays are 8-5 over their last 13 games after starting the year 3-7 last night they improved to 6-0 when they score more than 3 runs. RAYS vs. JAYS The Rays are 3-3 in the season series, after splitting a 4-game set here to open the season the Rays are in series play in Toronto s last 26 visits to Tropicana Field they make their first trip to Toronto, May at which point they will have played 10 of their first 38 games against the Jays then they don t meet again until Aug 8-10 in Toronto the Rays 168 wins vs. the Blue Jays are their most against an opponent and their all-time mark of (.525) is their 2nd best against an AL opponent behind their 15-6 record vs. Houston (AL only) Rays are since 2009 Tampa Bay is at home vs. the Jays, including since Sep 8, In the Rays era (since 2008), the Rays have posted a winning record in seven of eight season series vs. Toronto, the exception being 2014 (8-11) they hold a (.608) record in this span, best mark of any AL team against the Jays they went 10-9 in 2015 (6-3 at home, 4-6 in Toronto). APRIL PITCHING WRAP The Rays went in April, the third time in four years they ve posted a losing record in the month the pitching staff s 3.31 ERA, 205 SO and.223 opp avg. all ranked 2nd in club history for the month of April (club records: 3.13 ERA in 2010,.214 opp avg. in 2015, 210 SO in 2013) their 1.09 WHIP was a club record for April (prev in 2015) with 205 SO in IP, it was the first time the Rays had more Ks than IP in the month of April last night RH Chris Archer set the club record with 43 SO in the month of April, passing LH Drew Smyly (this year) and LH David Price (2014) who each had 41 that same trio, Price now with Boston, are the AL s top three in strikeouts in April (Price 46, Archer 43, Smyly 41) Smyly set a club record for April with a.151 opp avg. The Rays offense s.225 avg.,.293 OBP and 3.30 runs per game are all the lowest marks in club history for the month of April (prev..214 in 2001,.290 in 2001 and 3.32 in 2004) their 213 SO were most in club history for April (207 in 2011) the Rays hit 27 HR in April, their most since 2013 (30). 2B Logan Forsythe s OPS was the best by a Ray in April since Evan Longoria (1.134) in 2009 he ranked 3rd in the AL with a.341 avg. and 2nd with a.426 OBP. OF Brandon Guyer absorbed 6 HBP, tops in the majors and a new club record for April. ARCHER, PRICE, JOHNSON, RYAN With 43 SO and a 5.01 ERA, RH Chris Archer and BOS David Price (46 SO, 5.76 ERA) join SEA Randy Johnson in 1998 (48, 6.12) and CAL Nolan Ryan in 1974 (51, 5.12) as the only pitchers in major league history to finish April with at least 43 SO and an ERA over 5.00 April R.J. and Ryan s seasons turned out just fine Johnson went with a 2.84 ERA and 281 SO the rest of the way, and was traded to Houston on July 31 Ryan went with a 2.54 ERA and 316 SO the rest of the way, and finished 3rd in the AL Cy Young race. FIRST IN 8 YEARS In each of the last 2 games, the Rays starting pitcher s only hit(s) allowed were home runs (Drew Smyly-2 on Fri, Chris Archer-1 on Sat) prior to these 2 games, there had been only 11 such starts in franchise history, never back-to-back according to Rays PR research, the last teammates to do this in back-to-back starts were Milwaukee s Ben Sheets and Dave Bush, Sep 17-18, 2008 at CHC (won, lost). LEFTY LOOSEY With last night s win, the Rays improved to 5-2 vs. lefthanded starters since the start of 2015, they are (.583) vs. lefty starters, best record in the AL ahead of Toronto (23-19,.548) they are (.448) vs. RH starters both Rays- Dodgers games this week will feature matchups of lefty starters the last time the Rays played back-to-back games with lefties starting for both sides was Sep 14-15, 2013 at MIN (Matt Moore vs. Andrew Albers, David Price vs. Pedro Hernandez). BEST RECORD vs. LH STARTERS, MLB, SINCE 2015 Cubs Nationals Rays Mets Pirates LOGAN S RUN 2B Logan Forsythe reached in all 4 PA last night over the last 4 games he has reached in 12 of 17 PA, good for a.706 OBP he leads AL second basemen in batting (.341) and OBP (.426) and paces all major league second basemen with a OPS in addition to leading the club in batting, OBP and SLG (.610) he paces the team with 14 runs, 28 hits, 8 2B, 28 H, 13 XBH, 11 BB and 3 SB (tied with Kiermaier). Over his last 12 games (starting April 17), he is batting.444/.537/.778 (20-for-45) with 7 multi-hit games, 7 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 6 RBI and 8 BB this has raised his season avg. from.216 to.341. All 4 of his home runs this year have come in the 7th inning or later, including last night s tying shot off J.A. Happ in the 7th only four other players in the majors have as many: NYM Neil Walker (5), OAK Marcus Semien (5), WAS Bryce Harper (4) and SEA Robinson Cano (4) 3 of them either tied the game or took the lead. WHO ELSE IS HOT SS Brad Miller is batting.389 (7-for-18) with 4 XBH (3-2B, 1-HR) over his last 6 games, raising his avg. from.106 to of his 12 hits this season have gone for extra bases he had a key pinch-hit infield single in the 9th last night and scored the game-winning run CF Kevin Kiermaier, who doubled in the 9th last night, is batting.316 (12-for-38) over his last 11 games with 8 XBH (5-2B, 3-HR), after 0 XBH in his first 10 G. DODGERS FIRST VISIT IN 9 YEARS After this series, the Dodgers visit for 2 games Tues Wed, marking their first visit to Tropicana Field since 2007 the Rays travel to Dodger Stadium, July 26-27, just their secondever visit to that ballpark (suffered 3-game sweep, Aug 9-11, 2013) the Rays have played only 9 games/3 series all-time vs. LAD (3-6) tied with the Cubs, Brewers and Giants as their least frequent opponent their 3 wins are tied for their fewest all-time against any opponent (3-9 vs. CIN) the last Rays pitcher to record a win over the Dodgers was the Rays last win over the Dodgers was recorded on June 24, 2007 by Edwin Jackson his first career victory in a Rays uniform as he improved to 1-8 on the season. The Dodgers visit will mark a return for several former members of the Rays organization: LH Scott Kazmir, LH J.P. Howell, OF Carl Crawford, LH Adam Liberatore, former OF and current first base coach George Lombard, President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman and TV broadcaster Joe Davis (who did play-by-play for the Montgomery Biscuits from ) Howell has not returned to Tropicana Field since leaving as a free agent, and Liberatore (who pitched in the Rays minor league system) has never pitched here. RAYS vs. RAYS Tuesday, former Rays LH Scott Kazmir will make his 6th start against the Rays it will be the 25th time a pitcher from the Rays 2008 AL Championship team will start vs. TB Rays are so far in those games: vs. Kazmir (4-1), vs. David Price (3-1), vs. James Shields (0-2), vs. Jason Hammel (3-3), vs. Matt Garza (2-0) and vs. Edwin Jackson (2-3). Tuesday will be the eighth game since Kevin Cash became manager of the Rays (2015) that the Rays will face a starting pitcher who had previously started a game with Cash behind the plate between Rays are 6-1 in those games against Scott Kazmir (2-0), Bartolo Colon (1-0), Justin Masterson (1-1) and Clay Buchholz (2-0). INTERLEAGUE INTRIGUE The upcoming Dodgers series kicks off interleague play for the Rays in 2016 in 2015, the Rays went 14-6 vs. NL opponents, their 3rd-best mark in club history they are (.593) since 2008, 4th best in the majors during that span, and (.497) all-time the AL has won 15 of the 19 season series since interleague play began in Upcoming Games Time (ET) Probable Starting Pitchers (Rays vs. Opp.) TV Radio Tues., May 3 vs. LAD 7:10 p.m. LH Matt Moore (1-2, 3.66) vs. LH Scott Kazmir (1-2, 5.76) Fox Sports Sun WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.) Wed., May 4 vs. LAD 7:10 p.m. LH Drew Smyly (1-3, 2.60) vs. LH Alex Wood (1-2, 4.82) Fox Sports Sun WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.)

2 TODAY S STARTER RH JAKE ODORIZZI (0-1, 3.58) YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO HR Avg Charlotte (A) Tampa Bay Tampa Bay Major League Totals Minor League Totals LAST START On Tue vs. BAL, matched a career-low with 1 SO (4th time, last July 17, 2015 at TOR) got out of a 2-on, 1-out jam in the 2nd and a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the 4th only run allowed was an RBI single by Mark Trumbo lasted 5 IP, his second straight start of 5 or fewer for the first time since July 17-22, 2015 at TOR/PHI his line: ND, 7 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SO, 97 pitches, 60 strikes. FRIENDLY CONFINES Has pitched to a 2.55 ERA (198-IP, 56-ER) at Tropicana Field since the start of the 2014 season, 3rd in the AL (min. 20 GS) has made 33 home starts over that span, holding opponents to a.208/.267/.311 (152-for-732) line and 0.50 HR/9 IP has allowed 1 earned run or fewer in 20 of those 33 starts, and 0 ER in nine has also never allowed double-digit hits. LOWEST HOME ERA, A.L., SINCE 2014 Dallas Keuchel, HOU 1.94 Felix Hernandez, SEA 2.39 Jake Odorizzi, TB 2.55 Chris Sale, CWS 2.71 Jered Weaver, LAA 2.78 min. 20 home starts UNLUCKY BREAKDOWN His 4 no-decisions tie NYY Masahiro Tanaka for the major league lead (among starters) his 14 no-decisions since the start of last season rank T-3rd in the AL, trailing LAA Hector Santiago (16) and former teammate Nathan Karns (15) averaging 3.84 runs of support over that span, 9th-lowest in the AL. Since 2015, is 9-10 and has received 16 runs in his 10 losses. Since 2014, has made 26 starts allowing 1 run or fewer and hasn t earned the win in 12 of them, 2nd-most such starts in the AL behind teammate Chris Archer (13). Since 2014, is with a 3.72 ERA (365-IP, 151-ER) only two AL pitchers have as many losses and a lower ERA over that span: CLE Corey Kluber (28) and TB Chris Archer (26). WORKLOAD Averaging 18.1 pitches per inning, T-6th-most among AL qualifiers along with teammate Chris Archer the highest in club history among qualifiers is 18.0, by Odorizzi in 2014 has only finished 6 IP in two of his 5 starts this season, compared to 75 percent (21 of 28) of his starts last season has pitched in the 7th inning once, after 15 times a season ago (53.6 percent). THE EARLY-GOING Nine of his 11 earned runs allowed have come within the first two innings has an 8.10 ERA (10-IP, 9-ER) in innings 1-2 and a 1.02 ERA (17.2-IP, 1-ER) after that. THE LONG BALL Has allowed 2 HR in 27.2 IP for a 0.65 HR/9 IP ratio, best on the staff hasn t allowed a home run at home since last Sep 20, when BAL Chris Davis went deep has made 4 straight homerless starts at Tropicana Field since then since he was acquired by the Rays from the Royals, only 13 of his 43 HR allowed (30.2 percent) have come at home his last 10 HR have been hit vs. AL East opponents; hasn t allowed one to a non-divisional foe since last Aug 12 vs. ATL. THROWING BLANKS Has made 12 scoreless starts since the start of the 2014 season, tied for 4th in the AL trails teammate Chris Archer (14), MIN Kyle Gibson (14) and SEA Felix Hernandez (13) James Shields, the pitcher he was traded for, has 7 over that span (with Kansas City and San Diego) Jake has received no decision in four of his 12 scoreless starts IN REVIEW In his sophomore season, his 28 starts ranked 2nd on the team behind Chris Archer (34) he and Archer became just the third set of Rays teammates to finish in the top 10 in ERA, joining James Shields and Jeremy Hellickson (2011) and David Price and Hellickson (2012) ranked among AL leaders with a 3.35 ERA (8th) and.231 opp avg. (T-9th) compared to 2014, lowered his ERA from 4.13 to 3.35, and worked 1.1 more innings despite making 3 fewer starts missed 5 weeks due to a strained oblique, sustained June 5 at SEA. CH-CH-CHANGES Thirty pct. of his pitches in 2015 were changeups, most in the majors, according to FanGraphs had 65 SO with the changeup, accounting for 43.3 pct. of his total strikeouts borrowed his changeup grip from Alex Cobb in the offseason. PROUD PAPA Jake and his wife, Carissa, welcomed their first child on Dec 27, son Rhett Walker GAME LOG GAME DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP P/K FINAL OPP. LEFT 4/5 vs. TOR /67 W, 3-2 Sanchez down, 2-1 4/10 at BAL L /66 L, 3-5 Worley down, 4-3 4/15 vs. CWS /59 L, 0-1 Sale tied, 0-0 4/21 at BOS /60 W, 12-8 Price up, 8-5 4/26 vs. BAL /60 W, 3-1 Jimenez tied, 1-1 APRIL SPRING GAME LOG GAME DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP P/K FINAL OPP. LEFT 3/2 vs. WAS /6 L, 6-2 Roark tied, 0-0 3/6 vs. MIN L /24 L, 5-4 Gibson down, 4-0 3/11 at PIT /31 L, 4-3 Nicasio down, 1-0 *3/16 vs. BOS / *3/21 vs. BAL / /26 at PIT W /67 W, 3-1 Liriano up, 3-1 3/31 vs PIT L /34 L, 13-8 Lobstein down, 6-1 TOTAL * minor league game 2016 SPLITS vs. RH:.329 (23-70), 2-HR vs. LH:.225 (9-40) Home: 0-0, 1.02 ERA (17.2-IP, 2-ER) Road: 0-1, 8.10 ERA (10.0-IP, 9-ER) ODORIZZI vs. TORONTO CAREER Is 2-2 with a 3.64 ERA (42- IP, 17-ER) in 7 career apps (all starts) against the Blue Jays has failed to finish 6 IP in his three most recent starts vs. Toronto (since the second half of last season) has gone 1-0 with a 1.37 ERA (19.2-IP, 3-ER) in 3 starts at home. LAST FACED On April 5 vs. TOR, had 10 SO to reach double-digits for the third time in his career, finishing one shy of his career high joined Chris Archer (12, Opening Day vs. TOR) and Jeremy Hellickson (10, April 6, 2011 vs. LAA) as the only Rays pitchers to reach 10 SO in their first start of the season. LAST START On Wed vs. BAL, allowed 3 runs, all coming in a span of 6 pitches with 2 outs in the 5th: 4-pitch walk to Nolan Reimold, first pitch single to Jonathan Schoop and first pitch 3-run HR to former Rays farmhand Joey Rickard those two know each other from working out together for a few offseasons went 7 IP, matching his longest start of the season had 9 SO, one shy of a season high his line: L, 7 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 9 SO, 1 HR, 107 pitches, 63 strikes. Has yielded 4 HR accounting for 9 of his 13 runs allowed. INTERLEAGUE Has never faced the Dodgers will be the first Rays starter to face the Dodgers at Tropicana Field since Edwin Jackson on June 24, 2007 is 2-1 with a 3.89 ERA (34.2-IP, 15-ER) in 6 career interleague apps (all starts) both wins came in Had his fourth career ejection as Rays manager on Fri 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. TUESDAY S STARTER LH MATT MOORE (1-2, 3.66) #16 KEVIN CASH, MANAGER PITCHING DEEPER Has gone at least 6 IP in 4 straight starts and in 8 of his last 9 starts, dating back to Sep 17, 2015 vs. BAL this was preceeded by a streak of 9 straight starts of 5 IP or fewer longest in club history averaging 104 pitches per game, most on the staff and 9th in the AL his 16.3 pitches per inn. are just below the AL average (16.5). FRIENDLY CONFINES Will be making his major-league-leading fifth start at home is 1-1 with a 3.20 ERA (25.1-IP, 9-ER) at home and hasn t allowed more than 5 hits in any of his previous 4 home starts has totaled 30 SO to 5 BB, and 19 of those 30 SO have come over his last two home starts. Played 12 professional seasons as a catcher, including parts of eight seasons in the majors ( ) spent two years ( ) in the Rays org. Played in the 1989 Little League World Series (Tampa Northside LL), 1999 College World Series (Florida State) and earned World Series rings in 2007 (Red Sox) and 2009 (Yankees).

3 RAYS HITTER NOTES #1 TIM BECKHAM, INF Sat: 1-3, 2B Series: 1-3, 2B Stand: 1-5, 2B vs. LH:.235 (4-17) 2016:.182/.250/.227, 0-HR, 1-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.333, 1-3) RISP:.200 (1-5) vs. RH:.000 (0-5) Has played in 7 games with 6 starts (5-SS, 1-2B), all vs. left-handed starters this season marked his second straight Opening Day roster. His only extra-base hit and only RBI have come in separate starts off TOR J.A. Happ double yesterday vs. TOR, bases-loaded single on April 6. Last season had a team-high 10 RBI vs. Toronto, matching the most any Rays player had against a single opp. (also Forsythe vs. NYY, vs. BOS). In 2015, made starts at SS (22), 2B (21), DH (7) and 3B (1) and hit 9 HR, a club record for a rookie middle infielder. #19 CURT CASALI, C Sat: 1-4, RBI Series: 1-7, RBI Stand: 2-12, 2B, 3-RBI vs. LH:.150 (3-20), 1-HR 2016:.146/.180/.250, 1-HR, 6-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.250, 1-4) RISP:.100 (1-10) vs. RH:.143 (4-28) Had his first career walk-off hit yesterday vs. TOR, snapping 0-for-9 and 1-for-21 slides was the first walk-off hit by a Rays catcher since Rene Rivera on April 23, 2015 vs. BOS joins BAL Matt Wieters (April 4 vs. MIN) as the only AL catchers with a walk-off hit this season. Has struck out in half of his at-bats (48-AB, 24-SO) batting.108 (4-for-37) with 1 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI and 21 SO over his last 12 games (10 starts). Has played in 17 games with 15 starts at catcher since the start of last season, 61.3 percent of his hits have gone for extra bases (12-1B, 8-2B, 11-HR) has averaged a home run every 13.6 at-bats (149-AB, 11-HR), 3rd-highest rate in the AL (min. 10 HR) and 6th in the majors. #24 HANK CONGER, C Sat: DNP Series: 0-1 Stand: 0-4 vs. LH:.000 (0-1) 2016:.154/.185/.154, 0-HR, 1-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-7 RISP:.125 (1-8) vs. RH:.160 (4-25) Is 2-for-5 with 1 HR in his career vs. Marcus Stroman the homer came on May 11, 2014 at TOR (with LAA), the first allowed in Stroman s career. Has played in 13 games with 8 starts at catcher has started three of the Rays last 14 games, compared to five of their first nine. Opposing base stealers have been successful on their last 48 attempts (all 11 attempts in 2016) his last CS was May 29, 2015 vs. CWS. Is coming off his best offensive season with Houston in 2015 with career highs in HR (11), RBI (33), BB (23), OBP (.311) and SLG (.436). #10 COREY DICKERSON, OF Sat: DNP Series: 0-4 Stand: 0-12, 3-BB, R vs. LH:.067 (1-15) 2016:.214/.276/.500, 5-HR, 9-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-15 RISP:.167 (3-18) vs. RH:.265 (14-55), 5-HR Homered off Marcus Stroman on Opening Day, a solo shot leading off the 9th inning to end Stroman s bid for a complete game shutout. Hitless in his last 15 at-bats, longest hitless streak of his career hasn t had a hit since his 1st-inning, 2-run homer on April 24 at NYY. Has played in 21 games with 18 starts (15-DH, 2-LF, 1-RF) ranks among team leaders in XBH (10, T-2nd), HR (5, T-1st) and SLG (.500, 3rd). Swinging at 55.0 percent of his pitches seen, 9th in the AL his average exit velocity is 93.0 mph, per StatCast, 2nd on the team to Forsythe (94.3). Ten of his 15 hits have gone for extra bases since 2014, his.551 SLG ranks 6th in the majors (min. 500 PA) behind MIA Giancarlo Stanton (.573), LAA Mike Trout (.572), WAS Bryce Harper (.571), COL Nolan Arenado (.554) and ARI Paul Goldschmidt (.554). #11 LOGAN FORSYTHE, INF Sat: 3-3, HR, 2-RBI, BB, R Series: 5-7, 2B, HR, 2-RBI, 2-BB, R Stand: 8-16, 3-2B, HR, 2-RBI, 4-BB, 2-R vs. LH:.476 (10-21), 2-HR 2016:.341/.426/.610, 4-HR, 10-RBI, 3-SB Current Hitting Streak: 4G (.615, 8-13) RISP:.500 (5-10) vs. RH:.295 (18-61), 2-HR Reached in all 4 PA yesterday vs. TOR, incl. 7th-inning game-tying homer has a.706 OBP over his last 4 games, having reached in 12 of 17 PA all 4 HR have come in the 7th inning or later, T-3rd in the majors 6 of his 10 RBI have come in Late & Close situations, per Baseball Reference. Ranks among AL leaders in avg. (.341, 3rd), OBP (.426, 2nd), SLG (.610, 6th), OPS (1.035, 4th), hits (28, T-9th), 2B (8, T-6th), XBH (13, T-6th), total bases (50, T-7th) and BB-Ref WAR (1.7, 2nd) additionally, leads the team in walks (11), multi-hit games (8) and avg. exit velocity (94.3 mph). Batting.444/.537/.778 (20-for-45) over his last 12 games since April 17, raising his avg. from.216 to.341 and his OBP from.275 to.426. Has started 22 games, all at leadoff (21-2B, 1-DH) has more homers (21) over the last two seasons ( , in 175 games) than he did in his first four seasons combined (18 in 338 games) since the start of last season, has a.633 SLG and 12 HR vs. LHP and a.394 SLG and 9 HR vs. RHP. In 2015, was chosen as the Don Zimmer Award winner by the Tampa Bay Chapter of the BBWAA, as the team s most valuable player. #5 BRANDON GUYER, OF Sat: 0-3, HBP Series: 2-7, 2B Stand: 2-8, 2B, R vs. LH:.261 (6-23), 1-HR 2016:.324/.452/.441, 1-HR, 3-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-3 RISP:.333 (2-6) vs. RH:.455 (5-11) Batting.435/.567/.609 (10-for-23) over his last 8 games (6 starts) since April 16, having reached in 17 of his 30 PA over that span. Min. 30 PA, his.452 OBP ranks 2nd in the AL leads the majors with 6 HBP (last yesterday vs. TOR) had a club-record-tying 3 HBP on April 21 at BOS, the second 3-HBP game of his career, joining Reed Johnson (three times) and Damion Easley (twice) as the only players to do that has been hit an AL-leading 30 times since 2015, an average of once every 14.2 PA for context, Hall of Famer Craig Biggio was once every 43.9 PA. Has played in 13 games, 9 starts (4-RF, 3-LF, 2-CF) in his career, 12 of his 15 HR in his career have come vs. left-handed pitching. #8 DESMOND JENNINGS, OF Sat: 0-4 Series: 0-4 Stand: 0-15, RBI vs. LH:.192 (5-26) 2016:.183/.253/.254, 1-HR, 6-RBI, 2-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-20 RISP:.200 (3-15) vs. RH:.178 (8-45), 1-HR Hitless in his last 20 at-bats, longest hitless streak by a Ray this season his career long is an 0-for-26 spanning the end of 2011 and start of Is a career.304/.374/.504 (70-for-230) hitter in 61 games (58 starts) vs. Toronto has 10 HR vs. the Blue Jays, his most vs. any opponent. On Tue vs. BAL had his first sac fly since Aug 23, 2015 at OAK and the first by a Ray this year they were the last team in the majors without one. His.996 career fielding percentage is the best among active outfielders (min. 1,000 chances), pct. points ahead of Jacoby Ellsbury only catchers Erik Kratz (.997) and A.J. Ellis (.997) have a higher fielding pct. among actives (min. 1,000 chances) last error was Sep 6, 2013 at SEA. Has made 20 starts (17-LF, 2-DH), the first 19 in the No. 5 spot in the batting order only homer came on April 16 vs. CWS (Zach Putnam). #39 KEVIN KIERMAIER, CF Sat: 1-3, 2B, BB, R, SB Series: 3-7, 2B, BB, R Stand: 4-16, 2B, HR, 2-RBI, 2-BB, 2-R vs. LH:.143 (2-14) 2016:.250/.342/.469, 3-HR, 6-RBI, 3-SB Current Hitting Streak: 2G (.429, 3-7) RISP:.333 (3-9) vs. RH:.280 (14-50), 3-HR Set up Curt Casali s walk-off yesterday vs. TOR with his second hit vs. a lefty this season (both doubles, also April 17 vs. CWS). Batting.316/.366/.684 (12-for-38) over his last 11 games with 8 XBH (5-2B, 3-HR) didn t have an extra-base hit through his first 10 games. Had a go-ahead homer on Tue vs. BAL (off Ubaldo Jimenez), the second of his career on an 0-2 pitch (also Sep 7, 2014 vs. BAL). Dating back to last June 3 at LAA, 8 of his last 10 HR have given the Rays a lead in his career, 11 of his 23 HR have come with 2-strike counts. Has started 21 games, all as the No. 8 hitter and in CF last season he won the sixth Gold Glove in club history, first Platinum Glove. #3 EVAN LONGORIA, 3B Sat: 1-4, HR, RBI, R Series: 1-8, HR, RBI, R Stand: 3-20, HR, RBI, R vs. LH:.310 (9-29), 2-HR 2016:.232/.263/.421, 4-HR, 10-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.250, 1-4) RISP:.200 (4-20) vs. RH:.197 (13-66), 2-HR Batting.556/.600/1.000 (5-for-9) with 1 2B and 1 HR in his career off Marcus Stroman hit 4 HR in April, compared to 1 HR in April 2015 yesterday vs. TOR had the 12th HR of his career hit to the opposite field, according to Baseball Reference (last July 28, 2015 vs. DET off Neftali Feliz). Batting.197/.232/.348 (13-for-66) over his last 16 games (since April 13) has 1 hit in his last 14 at-bats with RISP following a 3-for-6 start with RISP. Is swinging at 55.9 percent of his pitches seen, 5th in the AL, according to FanGraphs averaging 3.51 pitches per PA, 7th lowest in the AL. Has made one error in 58 chances at 3B his.983 fielding pct. ranks 4th among AL 3B had a.976 fielding pct. in 2015, a club record for a 3B. Ranks among team leaders in multi-hit games (6, 2nd), hits (22, 2nd), 2B (6, 2nd) and RBI (10, T-2nd) is the franchise s all-time leader in HR (209), RBI (718), 2B (267) and XBH (489) his service time (8.027) ranks 2nd to Carl Crawford (8.072). #13 BRAD MILLER, SS Sat: 1-1, R (PH) Series: 3-4, HR, RBI, BB, 2-R Stand: 6-13, 2-2B, HR, RBI, 2-BB, 2-R vs. LH:.250 (3-12), 1-HR 2016:.185/.254/.354, 2-HR, 5-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 2G (.750, 3-4) RISP:.083 (1-12) vs. RH:.170 (9-53), 1-HR Had a leadoff, pinch-hit infield single in the 9th yesterday vs. TOR and scored the game-winning run batting.389/.450/.722 (7-for-18) with 4 XBH (3-2B, 1-HR) over his last 6 games, raising his avg. 79 points from.106 to.185 min. 30 AB, his.185 avg. is 2nd-lowest among AL shortstops. Reached 3 times on Fri vs. TOR, his most since Oct 2, 2015 vs. OAK (3) seven of his 12 hits this season have gone for extra bases (5-2B, 2-HR). Has played in 21 games with 18 starts, all at SS has 2 HR, becoming the 17th Florida-born player to homer in franchise history.

4 #7 LOGAN MORRISON, 1B Sat: DNP Series: 0-4 Stand: 2-10, 2B, BB vs. LH:.167 (1-6) 2016:.100/.156/.133, 0-HR, 0-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-4 RISP:.000 (0-8) vs. RH:.093 (5-54) Snapped a season-long 4-game hitting streak on Fri vs. TOR has 2 2B over his last 5 games, compared to 0 XBH in his first 14 games (11 starts). Min. 50 AB, his.100 avg. is lowest in the majors has appeared in 28 games since his last HR (Sep 24, 2015 at KC) and 19 games since his last RBI (Oct 4, 2015 vs. OAK) his 60 at-bats are the most in the majors among players without an RBI (next is LAD Howie Kendrick, 53 AB). Has at least one strikeout in 17 of his 18 games with an at-bat this year his 25 SO rank 2nd on the team to Steven Souza Jr. (28). Has played in 19 games with 16 starts (14-1B, 2-DH) has made 12 starts in the No. 2 spot in the batting order and 4 starts in the No. 6 spot. #28 STEVE PEARCE, UTL Sat: 0-3, BB Series: 0-3, BB Stand: 2-7, RBI, 2-BB vs. LH:.286 (6-21) 2016:.262/.354/.357, 1-HR, 5-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-3 RISP:.444 (4-9) vs. RH:.238 (5-21), 1-HR Is 3-for-5 with 1 HR lifetime vs. Stroman homered last Sep 30 (G1) vs. TOR (with BAL), his only run allowed in 8 IP as he finished the season 4-0. Has reached in 7 of his last 14 PA dating back to April 24 at NYY this stretch has raised his season OBP from.294 to.354. Had his first multi-hit game and connected for his first homer as a Ray on April 24 at NYY, snapping a streak of 52 at-bats without a homer. Has played in 14 games with 11 starts (9-1B, 1-2B, 1-3B) he and ARI Phil Gosselin are the only players with starts at 1B, 2B and 3B this year. Is the oldest member of the Rays active roster (33 years, 18 days old) is the first player in Rays history born in Lakeland, per Baseball Reference. #20 STEVEN SOUZA JR., OF Sat: 1-4, 2B Series: 2-8, 2B Stand: 4-18, 2B, 2-BB, 2-R vs. LH:.318 (7-22), 1-HR 2016:.274/.329/.521, 5-HR, 11-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 2G (.250, 2-8) RISP:.333 (5-15) vs. RH:.255 (13-51), 4-HR Batting.279/.340/.465 (12-for-43) over his last 11 games ranks among team leaders in HR (5, T-1st), RBI (11, 1st) and SLG (.521, 2nd). Tied his season high with 3 SO yesterday vs. TOR (on a total of 9 pitches) leads the team and ranks T-7th in the AL with 28 SO. On Wed vs. BAL made a diving catch in right-center, the No. 1 Web Gem on Baseball Tonight covered 88.2 feet with max speed 19.5 mph, per StatCast. Has two multi-hr games, joining COL Trevor Story, HOU Colby Rasmus and COL Nolan Arenado as players to do that the second was April 24 at NYY, becoming the first Ray in franchise history with a pair of multi-hr games within the team s first 18 games did it on his 27th birthday, the 12th time (reg. season) a Ray homered on his birthday (first multi-hr game) became the first player with a multi-hr game on his birthday since MIN Trevor Plouffe in 2012 joined MIN Justin Morneau in 2009 as the only players to do it at current Yankee Stadium. RAYS BULLPEN NOTES #31 XAVIER CEDEÑO, LH Last App: 4/30 vs. TOR (W, 0.2-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-2 vs. LH:.286 (4-14) 2016: 2-0-0, 1.35 ERA, 9 G Long Relief App: 1.1, 4/16 vs. CWS IR-RS: 2-1 vs. RH:.091 (1-11) Has gone less than an inning in his last 5 apps got the win yesterday vs. TOR, inheriting a 1-out double and retiring both BF (Goins, Dominguez). Has the only two blown saves by Rays relievers this season allowed a combined 4 H and 2 BB over those 2 consecutive apps spanning 1 IP. Made his third Opening Day roster, first with the Rays led Rays lefties with 61 apps in 2015, despite not joining the team until their 21st game, after he was acquired from the Dodgers his 2.09 ERA (43-IP, 10-ER) ranked 3rd all-time by a Rays lefthanded reliever (min. 50 apps). #37 ALEX COLOME, RH Last App: 4/26 vs. BAL (SV, 0.2-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: 5-5 vs. LH:.500 (4-8) 2016: 1-1-5, 1.08 ERA, 8 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 4/5 vs. TOR IR-RS: 2-0 vs. RH:.048 (1-21) Has saved his last 5 apps has retired his last 10 BF dating back to the end of his save on April 17 vs. CWS, which was the first of his career. Has held RHB to a.048 avg. (1-for-21), 3rd in the AL (min. 10 AB) trails KC Wade Davis (.000) and CWS Nate Jones (.040). His first career save (in either the minors or the majors) came on April 17 vs. CWS went 1.2 IP, 1 BB, 2 SO in his 400th career professional app. Won his season debut on April 5 vs. TOR, throwing a season-high 34 pitches and was on the mound when the Rays won in unprecedented fashion (new slide rule 6.01(j)) hasn t allowed a homer since last June 16 vs. WAS streak of 69.0 straight homerless innings is longest active in majors. #51 DANA EVELAND, LH Last App: 4/29 vs. TOR (0.1-IP, 1-H, 2-R, 1-BB, 0-SO, 1-HR) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH:.400 (4-10), 1-HR 2016: 0-0-0, 7.11 ERA, 8 G Long Relief App: 1.2, 4/3 vs. TOR IR-RS: 3-0 vs. RH:.235 (4-17) Made 9 starts for the Blue Jays in 2010 his solo homer allowed to Michael Saunders on Fri vs. TOR was the 6th of his career to a LHB. 32-year-old is the oldest pitcher on the active roster made his fourth Opening Day roster, first since 2010 with Toronto (also with OAK). The Rays are his 10th major league team became the 3rd pitcher in the Rays era (since 2008) to make the Opening Day roster after entering camp as a non-roster invite, following Jamey Wright in 2013 and Juan Cruz in 2011 is the 2nd LHP in club history to do so, joining Jim Parque in #54 STEVE GELTZ, RH Last App: 4/29 vs. TOR (1.0-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 1-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH:.100 (1-10) 2016: 0-0-0, 4.26 ERA, 7 G Long Relief App: 1.0, 5x-last 4/29 vs. TOR IR-RS: 3-0 vs. RH:.231 (3-13), 2-HR His last 3 apps have been scoreless pitched around a leadoff walk to Edwin Encarnacion and a 2-out single by Russell Martin on Fri vs. TOR. Opponents are batting.174 (4-for-23) has allowed 2 HR (Brett Lawrie, Rajai Davis), the first time in his career yielding homers in consecutive apps. Made his second straight Opening Day roster after a Rays rookie record 70 apps in 2015 tied with SEA Carson Smith for the AL rookie lead. His.192 opp avg. last season ranked second among AL relievers to TOR Roberto Osuna only allowed 3 of his 26 inherited runners to score. #50 JHAN MARIÑEZ, RH Last App: 4/29 vs. TOR (1.0-IP, 1-H, 1-R, 0-BB, 0-SO, 1-HR) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH:.200 (1-5), 1-HR 2016: 0-0-0, 4.50 ERA, 2 G Long Relief App: 1.0, 2x-last 4/29 vs. TOR IR-RS: -- vs. RH:.000 (0-2) Has made 2 apps since his April 24 recall pitched a perfect 9th on April 24 at NYY and allowed a solo homer to Ryan Goins on Fri vs. TOR. Was with a 2.25 ERA (8-IP, 2-ER) in 6 apps with Triple-A Durham, and his last 5 apps spanning 6.1 IP were scoreless last season he ranked in the top five among International League relievers in opp avg. (.196, 1st), SO/9 IP (9.59, 3rd) and baserunners per 9 IP (10.18, 2nd). Prior to this season, had made a total of 6 major league apps: 4 with the Marlins and 2010 and 2 with the White Sox in 2012 was traded by the Marlins following the 2011 season sent with SS Osvaldo Martinez to the White Sox for RH Ricardo Andres and Manager Ozzie Guillen. #30 ERASMO RAMIREZ, RH Last App: 4/30 vs. TOR (1.2-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 2-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH:.250 (7-28), 2-HR 2016: 4-1-0, 1.29 ERA, 10 G, 1 GS Long Relief App: 2.0, 5x-last 4/26 at BAL IR-RS: 9-0 vs. RH:.159 (7-44) Has gotten 4 outs in 8 of 9 relief apps, most such apps in the majors his 5 relief apps of 2 IP are most in the AL and 2nd in the majors to PIT Kyle Lobstein (7) among AL pitchers, only OAK Marc Rzepczynski (10) has inherited more baserunners than Erasmo (9) without allowing one to score. His 4 wins are one shy of the major league lead became the first pitcher in club history with 4 wins through the team s first 15 games. Leads the team in wins since the start of last season despite 12 fewer starts than Chris Archer, who ranks 2nd he is 15-6 (.714) over that span. Has averaged 12.4 pitches per inning, T-2nd-fewest in the majors (min. 10 IP) averaged 14.8 per inning last season, 3rd fewest among AL qualifiers. Took the loss on April 23 at NYY after a 9th-inn., 2-out solo homer to Brett Gardner, the first time in his career he was on the mound for a walk-off loss. Was the 2nd-youngest player on the Rays Opening Day roster (Enny Romero) was the only Nicaraguan-born player on an Opening Day roster. #45 ENNY ROMERO, LH Last App: 4/30 vs. TOR (0.2-IP, 1-H, 1-R, 1-BB, 2-SO, 1-HR) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH:.143 (2-14) 2016: 1-0-0, 1.93 ERA, 9 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 4/8 at BAL IR-RS: 5-0 vs. RH:.059 (1-17), 1-HR Allowed a solo homer to Kevin Pillar last night vs. TOR, his first hit allowed to a right-handed batter this season righties started 0-for-16. Recorded his first career win on Tue vs. BAL (32nd app) said he plans to send the ball and lineup card home to his mother in the Dominican. His.097 opp avg. (3-for-31) ranks 8th among AL relievers has averaged 96.3 mph on his fastball, per PITCHf/x, 2nd among AL lefty relievers. Was the youngest Ray on this year s Opening Day roster retired his first 17 BF this season, the longest streak to start a season in franchise history. #58 RYAN WEBB, RH Last App: 4/29 vs. TOR (0.2-IP, 2-H, 1-R, 1-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH:.333 (2-6) 2016: 0-0-0, 5.40 ERA, 7 G Long Relief App: 1.1, 4/3 vs. TOR IR-RS: 4-3 vs. RH:.333 (6-18), 1-HR The Rays have been trailing in all 7 apps has entered with runners on base in 3 apps, and allowed 3 of 4 inherited runners to score. On Fri vs. TOR he inherited 1-on, 1-out and allowed a 2-out, bases-loaded single to Justin Smoak. His career groundball-to-flyball ratio of 2.57 ranks 9th among active pitchers (min. 300 IP) is the first player in club history born in Clearwater. 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 LAST HR & PLAYER SEASON HIGHS LAST HR OFF 16 MOST HITS GAME 16 MOST RBI GAME Beckham 9/18/15 vs. BAL Wilson 1, 4x-last, 4/30 vs. TOR 1, 4/6 vs. TOR Casali 4/21 at BOS Price 2, 4/21 at BOS 2, 2x-last, 4/25 vs. BAL Conger 9/12/15 at LAA Santiago 1, 4x-last, 4/20 at BOS 1, 4/20 at BOS Dickerson 4/24 at NYY Pinedo 3, 4/23 at NYY 2, 2x-last, 4/24 at NYY Forsythe 4/30 vs. TOR Happ 3, 4x-last, 4/30 vs. TOR 2, 4x-last, 4/30 vs. TOR Guyer 4/16 vs. CWS Danks 4, 4/17 vs. CWS 1, 3x-last, 4/22 at NYY Jennings 4/16 vs. CWS Putnam 2, 2x-last, 4/16 vs. CWS 2, 4/19 at BOS Kiermaier 4/26 vs. BAL Jimenez 3, 4/4 vs. TOR 2, 4/26 vs. BAL Longoria 4/30 vs. TOR Happ 2, 6x-last, 4/22 at NYY 2, 2x-last, 4/21 at BOS Miller 4/29 vs. TOR Storen 2, 3x-last, 4/29 vs. TOR 3, 4/16 vs. CWS Morrison 9/24/15 at KC Davis 1, 6x-last, 4/27 vs. BAL - Pearce 4/24 at NYY Pineda 2, 4/24 at NYY 1, 5x-last, 4/27 vs. BAL Souza Jr. 4/24 at NYY Pineda 4, 4/6 vs. TOR 4, 4/6 vs. TOR RAYS BY THE NUMBERS Current Streak: W1 When commit error: 3-5 Hit homer: 9-7 Current Record: Ahead after 6-7-8: 6-1/5-0/9-0 Homer with men on: 7-0 Home/Road: 8-7/3-5 Behind after 6-7-8: 3-10/2-10/0-10 Hit multiple homers: 7-0 Day/Night: 4-4/7-8 Tied after 6-7-8: 2-1/4-2/2-2 Score first: 7-3 Grass/Turf: 3-5/8-7 1-run games: 3-2 Score 5 or more: 5-0 vs. East: run games: 3-4 Score less than 5: 6-12 vs. Central: 3-3 Extra innings: 1-0 Outhit opponents: 6-3 vs. West: 0-0 Win in last at-bat: 5 Outhit by opponents: 2-7 vs. National League: 0-0 Come-from-behind wins: 5 Collect 10 or more hits: 4-0 vs. RH/LH starters: 6-10/5-2 Opp. come-from-behind wins: 4 Opp. 10 or more hits: 1-5 Series W-L-T (home): Series W-L-T (road): Wearing white/gray/navy/lt. blue: 7-5/2-2/1-4/1-1 RUN SUPPORT FOR STARTING PITCHERS PITCHER STARTS RUNS RUNS/START RUNS/9-IP CLUB RECORD QUALITY Archer Moore Odorizzi Ramirez Smyly Snell RAYS SEASON HIGHS TEAM BATTING INDIVIDUAL BATTING Longest win streak 3, 2x-last, April 24-April 26 Most runs, game, TB 3, Forsythe, 4/21 at BOS Long loss streak 3, April 13-April 15 Most runs, game, Opp 3, 2x-last, Betts, 4/20 at BOS Most runs game, TB 12, 4/21 at BOS Most hits, game, TB 4, 2x-last, Guyer, 4/17 vs. CWS Most runs game, Opp 8, 4/21 at BOS Most hits, game, Opp 4, Machado, 4/10 at BAL 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, 4x-last, Alvarez, 4/25 vs. BAL Most hits, game, TB 15, 4/21 at BOS Most HR, game, TB 2, 2x-last, Souza Jr., 4/24 at NYY Most hits, game, Opp 15, 4/21 at BOS Most HR, game, Opp 2, Saunders, 4/29 vs. TOR Most hits, inn, TB 6, (1st) 4/24 at NYY Most RBI, game, TB 4, Souza Jr., 4/6 vs. TOR Most hits, inn, Opp 6, (1st) 4/21 at BOS Most RBI, game, Opp 3, 4x-last, Rickard, 4/27 vs. BAL Most doubles, game, TB 5, 4/21 at BOS 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 2, 9x-last, Pillar, 4/30 vs. TOR Most HR, game, TB 5, 4/24 at NYY Most steals, game, TB 1, 12x-last, Kiermaier, 4/30 vs. TOR Most HR, game, Opp 4, 2x-last, 4/29 vs. TOR Most steals, game, Opp 2, 2x-last, Kipnis, 4/14 vs. CLE Most x-base hits, game, TB 8, 4/24 at NYY Hitting Streak 6, 2x-last, Souza, April Most x-base hits, game, Opp 9, 4/21 at BOS TEAM/INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most stolen bases, game, TB 2, 4/26 vs. BAL Most SO, TB Starter 12, Archer, 4/3 vs. TOR Most stolen bases, game, Opp 5, 4/14 vs. CLE Most SO, Opp Starter 9, 5x-last, Tillman, 4/27 vs. BAL Most walks, game, TB 6, 4/21 at BOS Most SO, TB Reliever 4, Ramirez, 4/13 vs. CLE Most walks, game, Opp 7, 4/14 vs. CLE Most IP, TB Reliever 2.0, 7x-last, Ramirez, 4/26 vs. BAL Most strikeouts, game, TB 16, 4/24 at NYY Most walks, game, TB 4, Archer, 4/30 vs. TOR Most strikeouts, game, Opp 16, 4/3 vs. TOR Most walks, game, Opp 3, 5x-last, Happ, 4/30 vs. TOR Most LOB, game, TB 12, 4/21 at BOS Most SO, Team, TB 16, 4/3 vs. TOR Most LOB, game, Opp 13, 4/14 vs. CLE Most walks, Team, TB 7, 4/14 vs. CLE Most errors, game, TB 3, 4/21 at BOS Low-Hit Game 1, 4/19 at BOS Most errors, game, Opp 2, 4/3 vs. TOR Consecutive Scoreless IP 14.0, Smyly, April 13-April 24 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 Dickerson Souza Jr Longoria Forsythe Kiermaier Miller Casali 1 1 Guyer 1 1 Jennings 1 1 Pearce 1 1 Beckham Conger Morrison TOTALS CATCHERS PCT CS ATT Casali Conger TOTALS MISC. Game-Tying & Go-Ahead RBI: Forsythe (5), Souza Jr. (4), Longoria (4), Guyer (3), Kiermaier (3), Pearce (2), Dickerson (2), Jennings (2), Casali (2) 2-Out RBI: Forsythe (7), Longoria (6), Dickerson (6), Souza Jr. (6), Jennings (4), Casali (3), Miller (3), Pearce (3), Guyer (2), Conger (1), Kiermaier (1) Outfield Assists: Jennings (1), 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) 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). 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 3-2) Brett Gardner home run to right field off Erasmo Ramirez (9th inning). Grand Slams (-): - Back-to-Back (-): - 2-HR games (2): Souza Jr. (2) 3-HR games (-): - HOME RUNS Pinch-hit (-): - Walk-off (-): - Lead-off (-): - Inside-the-park (-): - RUNS BY INNING X Total Opponent Tampa Bay INSTANT REPLAY CHALLENGES GAME CHALLENGED BY INN. PLAYER OF REFERENCE INITIAL CALL RULING DELAY April 3 vs. TOR Toronto B2 Kevin Kiermaier Safe at 1B Overturned 1:14 April 4 vs. TOR Crew Chief T3 Josh Thole Fan Interference (2B) Overturned (HR) 1:28 April 4 vs. TOR Tampa Bay T4 Steven Souza Jr. Dropped fair ball Overturned 5:00 April 5 vs. TOR Tampa Bay T6 Michael Saunders Safe at first Overturned 1:06 April 5 vs. TOR Tampa Bay T9 Jose Bautista Legal slide Overturned 1:41 April 6 vs. TOR Toronto T6 Ezequiel Carrera Out at first Confirmed 1:26 April 10 at BAL Tampa Bay B5 Manny Machado Safe at first Overturned 1:25 April 12 vs. CLE Cleveland T4 Mike Napoli Out at second Confirmed 1:04 April 12 vs. CLE Crew Chief B8 Kevin Kiermaier Safe at second Stands 1:14 April 13 vs. CLE Tampa Bay B8 Curt Casali Out at home Confirmed 1:20 April 14 vs. CLE Cleveland B5 Hank Conger Safe at second Overturned 1:25 April 15 vs. CWS Tampa Bay T9 Desmond Jennings No catch Confirmed 1:40 April 17 vs. CWS Tampa Bay T3 Adam Eaton Safe at first Stands 1:24 April 19 at BOS Boston T6 Evan Longoria Safe at first Overturned 1:12 April 19 at BOS Boston T9 Desmond Jennings Legal slide Confirmed 2:21 April 20 at BOS Boston T3 Kevin Kiermaier Safe at first Overturned 1:45 April 21 at BOS Boston B2 Hanley Ramirez Out at first Stands 2:55 April 22 at NYY New York T3 Steve Pearce Safe at first Confirmed 1:36 April 23 at NYY New York T3 Kevin Kiermaier Safe at second Overturned 1:25 April 29 vs. BAL Tampa Bay T9 Chris Davis Safe at first Overturned 2:34 April 30 vs. TOR Toronto B9 Brad Miller Safe at first Confirmed 0:52 Rays Totals (bold): 8 challenges (5 overturned, 1 stand, 2 confirmed) Opp Totals: 11 challenges (5 overturned, 1 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 Apr 23 Apr 24 Claimed OF Jake Goebbert off waivers from Pittsburgh and optioned him to Triple-A Durham. Optioned RH Danny Farquhar to Durham; recalled LH Blake Snell from Durham. Transferred RH Alex Cobb (Tommy John surgery) to the 60-day DL; optioned LH Blake Snell to Durham; selected RH Jhan Mariñez from Durham. RAYS ON THE DISABLED LIST (3) 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 RHP Chase Whitley 60-day Tommy John surgery February 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 Miller Morrison Pearce Souza Jr RAYS HITTERS vs. BLUE JAYS 2016 CAREER PLAYER G AB H HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP G AB H HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP Beckham Casali Conger Dickerson Forsythe Guyer Jennings Kiermaier Longoria Miller Morrison Pearce Souza Jr RAYS PITCHERS vs. BLUE JAYS 2016 CAREER PLAYER W L SV IP H ER SO ERA AVG W L SV IP H ER SO ERA AVG Archer Cedeño Colome Eveland Geltz Mariñez Moore Odorizzi Ramirez Romero Smyly Webb