THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2015 vs. MIAMI MARLINS RH Jake Odorizzi (8-9, 3.49) vs. RH Jose Fernandez (6-0, 2.91)

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1 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2015 vs. MIAMI MARLINS RH Jake Odorizzi (8-9, 3.49) vs. RH Jose Fernandez (6-0, 2.91) First Pitch: 7:10 p.m. Location: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla. TV: Sun Sports Radio: WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.) Game No.: 159 (77-81) Home Game No.: 81 (39-41) All-Time Game No.: 2,911 (1,349-1,561) All-Time Home Game No.: 1,388 ( ) April: May: June: July: 9-16 August: September: Pre-All-Star: Post-All-Star: COMING TOMORROW The annual Shirts Off Our Backs campaign, which supports Rays charitable outreach efforts throughout Tampa Bay, begins tomorrow and runs throughout the weekend series vs. Toronto volunteers will be on hand offering scratch-off cards in return for donations to the team charity prizes include 2016 single game tickets, concession stand and team store discounts, and the big ticket prize: a chance to come on the field following Sunday s game to receive the shirt right off a player s back. RAY MATTER The Rays have matched their 2014 win total (77-85) with 4 games remaining tonight they look to complete their first sweep of 3 or more games since July vs. HOU this is their first home series win since Aug vs. ATL with one more loss, the Rays would finish with a sub-.500 record for only the second time since becoming the Rays in 2008 only six teams have had two or fewer losing seasons since 2008: Cardinals (0), Yankees (0), Dodgers (1), Giants (2), Rangers (2) and Angels (2). The Rays have homered in 10 straight games, tying their longest streak this season (Aug 1-12) last time they had a longer streak was April 15 May 3, 2013 (club-record 17). This 3-game set with Miami is the Rays only break from the AL East out of their final 23 games on the schedule after tonight s series finale the Rays close out the season with a 3-game weekend set vs. Toronto. WITNESSING BASEBALL HISTORY There have been 1,234 World Series games played in October between American League and National League clubs BUT tonight is the first regular-season game played between an AL and NL club in the month of October in major league history Houston and Arizona will play a 3-game series this weekend to close out the interleague schedule. PARITY All five teams in the AL East have at least 77 wins since the current divisional format began in 1994, only two other times has a division had all of its teams finish with 77 or more wins: 2005 NL East (all five teams with 81 or more wins) and 2006 AL West (all four teams with 78 or more wins). INTERLEAGUE INTRIGUE The Rays are 13-6 (.684) in interleague play, 2nd-best BEST INTERLEAGUE RECORDS, RAYS HISTORY record in the majors behind Houston (14-3,.824) they are 7-2 at home, and 6-4 in NL parks they ve won 5 consecutive interleague (.833) 13-5 (.722) 13-6 (.684) games, all coming at home this is (.667) (.667) the fifth straight season they ve had a.500 or better interleague record, and 7th time in 8 seasons in the Rays era since becoming the Rays in 2008, their (.591) is 4th best in the majors Rays are (.495) all-time vs. the NL. The AL leads the season series (.554) and has clinched a 12th consecutive season series in interleague play only three times has a league posted a better interleague record than the AL this year: the AL in 2006 (.611), 2008 (.591) and 2012 (.563) all-time, the AL is 2,562-2,298 (.527) since interleague play began in CITRUS SERIES The Rays are 4-1 in the season series vs. Miami, and lead the all-time series, they ve won 4 straight games against the Marlins, and 17 of their last 23 since May 22, 2011 they re seeking their sixth 3-game sweep of the Marlins, all but one of those coming since 2008 the Rays are all-time at Tropicana Field Tampa Bay is (.674) since becoming the Rays in CLOSE SHAVES Last night was the Rays 93rd game this season decided by 2 runs or fewer (45-48), most in the majors and most by any AL team since the 2005 White Sox (95), according to the Elias Sports Bureau they ve played 55 one-run games (25-30), one shy of the club record (2010) and tied with St. Louis for 3rd most in the majors behind the White Sox (57) and Mariners (56) the 30 one-run losses are a club record. The Rays are 6-19 in games decided in the 9th inning or later, and in games decided in the 7th or later the Rays lost 13 games in walk-off fashion, a club record and most in the majors. The Rays are a major-league-worst 2-13 in extra innings. STRONG CABOOSE Last night s homer by 2B Nick Franklin was the Rays 22nd out of the No. 9 spot in the batting order, which leads the majors and is most of any team since the 2005 Indians tied the major league record of 24 (also 2003 Red Sox and 1987 Orioles) 17 of those 22 HR have come from catchers the 22 HR are the Rays 2nd most of any batting order position this year they have 25 HR from the No. 6 spot. DIVISION OF POWER The Rays have a club-record 14 players with at least 5 HR this season, tied with Cleveland for most in the majors and one shy of the major league record (2013 Cubs, 2012 Astros, 2007 Rangers, 2002 A s) the Rays have three more players sitting at 4 HR apiece: DH John Jaso, 1B James Loney and INF Richie Shaffer five of their 14 players with 5 HR are rookies: Steven Souza Jr. (16), Curt Casali (10), Tim Beckham (9), Mikie Mahtook (7) and Joey Butler (6). The Rays haven t had a grand slam in their last 226 games, since Kevin Kiermaier on July 9, 2014 at KC off Yordano Ventura the Rays are in danger of their first season ever without a grand slam, and are one of two teams (Rangers) without one this year BRAD BOXBERGER Last night became the fifth pitcher in Rays history to record 40 saves in a season, joining Fernando Rodney (48 in 2012), Rafael Soriano (45 in 2010), Roberto Hernandez (43 in 1999) and Danys Baez (41 in 2005) he tied LAA Huston Street for the AL lead, and could join Soriano (2010) as the only Rays pitchers to lead the AL in saves Boxberger will be the Rays 10th different saves leader in 11 years he is second pitcher in major league history to record 40 saves and 10 losses in a season, joining COL Jose Jimenez (41-SV, 10-L) in PEN CARRYING HEAVY LOAD The Rays bullpen leads the AL with 59 saves, one shy of the 1991 Blue Jays for the most ever by an AL East team prior to the Rays, the most saves ever recorded by a team without a winning record was 54 by the 2014 Braves the Rays have earned a save in 59 of their 77 victories (76.6 pct.), compared to 52.3 pct. by the rest of MLB this is currently the highest mark in MLB history, topping the inaugural 1993 Marlins: Percentage of Wins with a Save, MLB, Since 1969 Tampa Bay, SV 77 W 76.6 Florida, SV 64 W 75.0 Chicago-AL, SV 94 W 72.3 Atlanta, SV 79 W 68.3 EVERYDAY EVAN 3B Evan Longoria has missed only 2 games this season, playing in 156 games over the last three seasons ( ), he leads the majors with 478 games played, one ahead of SEA Kyle Seager. OUTLAW IN SEARCH OF GOLD CF Kevin Kiermaier leads the majors with 38 Defensive Runs Saved, 17 more than the next-closest AL player, TOR Kevin Pillar (21) Defensive Runs Saved attempts to calculate how many runs a player saved or cost his team in the field compared to the average player at his position Kiermaier leads all major league center fielders with 14 assists, 2 shy of the club record for CF set by Melvin Upton Jr. (2008). THEY SAID IT Following last night s game, both managers chimed in on the catch by Kiermaier robbing Derek Dietrich in the 7th inning: Ê Ê You see the quarterbacks that go pay their offensive linemen at the end of the year for protecting them [our pitchers] ought to be dishing out money to KK for all the runs saved. Rays Manager Kevin Cash Ê Ê That ball was crushed, and for that kid to be able to drop step and be able to go back to the wall like that and leap and pull that down We haven t seen Tampa since early in the year but we re very familiar with Kiermaier and he s a Gold Glover a special, special defender. Marlins Manager Dan Jennings WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS The Rays finished September at the Rays hit 35 HR, their most in any calendar month since Sep 2012 (44, a club record for any month) their 60 doubles ranked 2nd in the majors to Boston (66), and their.447 SLG ranked 5th in the majors they averaged 4.9 runs per game (131-R, 27-G), their highest monthly mark since May 2013 (5.9) they allowed 37 HR, their most in any month since Aug 2009 (38). OF Mikie Mahtook batted.356 (21-for-59), the 2nd-highest monthly mark ever by a Rays rookie Rocco Baldelli batted.368 (39-for-106) in his very first month in the majors, April 2003 it was the highest September batting avg. by a Ray since Carl Crawford (.376) in Sep 2010 Mahtook also led AL rookies with a.661 SLG in September. C J.P. Arencibia s 6 HR and 15 RBI set a Rays record for a catcher in the month of September he led major league catchers in homers and ranked 2nd in RBI to TOR Russell Martin (19). With 8 SO last night, LH Drew Smyly finished the month with 45 strikeouts tying Scott Kazmir s club record for September (2007) and tying BOS Rick Porcello for most in the AL. Upcoming Games Time (ET) Probable Starting Pitchers (Rays vs. Opp.) TV Radio Fri., Oct 2 vs. TOR 7:10 p.m. RH Erasmo Ramirez (11-6, 3.65) vs. LH Mark Buehrle (14-7, 3.76) Sun Sports WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.) Sat., Oct 3 vs. TOR 6:10 p.m. RH Chris Archer (12-13, 3.26) vs. RH Marco Estrada (13-8, 3.15) Sun Sports WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.) Sun., Oct 4 vs. TOR 3:10 p.m. LH Matt Moore (2-4, 5.84) vs. TBA Sun Sports 1250 AM, 94.5 FM, FM, 1550 AM (Sp.)

2 TONIGHT S STARTER RH JAKE ODORIZZI (8-9, 3.49) YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO HR Avg Tampa Bay Tampa Bay Charlotte (A) Major League Totals Minor League Totals LAST START On Fri at TOR, yielded homers to Josh Donaldson (solo) and Kevin Pillar (solo) in a 5-3 defeat opposite R.A. Dickey needed 111 pitches for 5 IP, an average of 22.2 per inning including a 33-pitch 3rd and 28-pitch 4th yielded 4-plus runs for the 5th time in his last 9 starts (since Aug 12), compared to 3 times in his first 18 starts his line: L, 5 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 BB, 4 SO, 2 HR, 111 pitches, 67 strikes. THE LONG BALL Allowed multiple homers in three of his five September starts, after doing so only twice in his first 22 starts this season. In 29.1 IP, totaled 8 HR in September, tied for most in the majors (Mike Bolsinger, Felix Doubront, Mike Fiers, Scott Kazmir). Were the most by a Ray in a calendar month since Wade Davis in May 2011 (9) his prev. career high was 5, 3x-last May In comparison, allowed 10 HR in 133 IP from April August. UNSUPPORTED Has received the 5th-lowest run support in the AL at 3.71 R/9 IP (162.1-IP, 67-RS) ranked lowest in the AL as late as his Sep 9 start at DET since then has gotten 8, 4, 4 and 2 runs of support the Rays have scored 2 runs or fewer for him 17 times and have given him 13 runs in his 9 losses. HE LIKES IT HERE Has a 3.05 ERA (73.2-IP, 25-ER) at Tropicana Field, compared to a 3.86 ERA on the road has allowed 1 earned run or less in 7 of his 12 home starts since 2014, his 2.80 home ERA ranks 8th in the AL (min. 100 IP). First 8 Home Starts (April 8 Aug 7): 3-2, 1.40 ERA, 0.90 WHIP Last 4 Home Starts (Aug 12 Current): 1-1, 6.85 ERA, 1.57 WHIP ABOUT THAT RECORD Fell to 8-9 in his last start, Fri at TOR only three other qualifying AL pitchers have an ERA as low and a.500 record or lower including teammate Chris Archer (12-13, 3.26) both Odorizzi and Archer are guaranteed to finish no better than.500 no pair of AL teammates has finished.500 or lower and posted an ERA of 3.50 or lower since 1993, when SEA Chris Bosio (9-9, 3.45) and Erik Hanson (11-12, 3.47) did it. WORKLOAD Averaging 98.4 pitches per game has finished 6 IP in 20 of his 27 starts this season, compared to 14 times in 31 starts a season ago has pitched into the 7th inning 14 times, compared to 8 times last year averaging 16.4 pitches per inning, down from 18.0 in 2014 which was highest in club history among qualifiers. SINCE HIS RETURN Is 4-4 with a 4.41 ERA (85.2-IP, 42-ER) in 15 starts since returning from the 15-day DL (left oblique strain) ranked 5th in the AL with a 2.47 ERA at the time of his injury. COBBYCAT 30.0 percent of his pitches have been changeups, most in the majors, according to FanGraphs has 62 strikeouts with the changeup, accounting for 43.4 percent of his total strikeouts borrowed his changeup grip from Alex Cobb in the offseason. STINGY vs. LEFTIES Has held left-handed hitters to a.233/.270/.375 (82-for-352) line his.270 opp OBP vs. LHB ranks 6th in the AL (min. 200 BF) has allowed 5 HR in 352 AB but 4 of them have come in his last 5 starts (since Sep 4), compared to 1 HR vs. LHB in his first 22 starts the only pitcher in the majors with as many AB vs. LHB and fewer HR allowed is CHC Jake Arrieta (3). GROUNDED Has a 1.04 GB/FB ratio this season, well below the AL average (1.43), but up considerably from his 0.65 GB/FB ratio last season 2nd lowest in the majors to SEA Chris Young (0.42) has gotten 8 GIDP behind him this season, compared to 1 in TOMORROW S STARTER RH ERASMO RAMIREZ (11-6, 3.65) #16 KEVIN CASH, MANAGER Has been ejected three times as manager, last: Aug 28 vs. KC (3rd inn.). in ML history and second to manage the Rays joins Hall of Famers Al 37-year-old manager is the youngest skipper in the majors since ARI A.J. Lopez and Tony La Russa, Lou Piniella, Dave Miley and John Hart. Hinch (34) in 2009 and youngest active manager/head coach in the four major sports, ahead of Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens (38). LOWEST RUN SUPPORT, AL, 2015* Corey Kluber, CLE 3.36 Jose Quintana, CWS 3.62 CC Sabathia, NYY 3.66 Scott Kazmir, OAK/HOU 3.69 Jake Odorizzi, TB 3.71 *runs per nine innings 2015 GAME LOG GAME DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP P/K FINAL OPP. LEFT 4/8 vs. BAL W /66 W, 2-0 Gonzalez up, 1-0 4/13 at TOR W /63 W, 2-1 Dickey up, 2-1 4/18 vs. NYY L /64 L, 0-9 Tanaka down, 2-0 4/23 vs. BOS /57 W, 2-1 Buchholz tied, 1-1 4/28 at NYY L /65 L, 2-4 Whitley down, 4-2 APRIL /4 at BOS W /78 W, 5-1 Buchholz up, 5-1 5/10 vs. TEX /62 L, 1-2 Rodriguez tied, 1-1 5/15 at MIN L /68 L, 2-3 Hughes tied, 2-2 5/20 at ATL L /56 L, 1-2 Perez down, 2-1 5/25 vs. SEA L /73 L, 1-4 Elias down, 2-1 5/31 at BAL W /61 W, 9-5 Tillman up, 7-4 MAY /5 at SEA /49 W, 1-0 Happ tied, 0-0 JUNE /11 vs. HOU W /52 W, 3-0 Keuchel up, 3-0 7/17 at TOR L /55 L, 2-6 Hutchison down, 6-1 7/22 at PHI /57 L, 4-5 (10) Morgan up, 3-2 7/28 vs. DET W /67 W, 10-2 Price up, 5-1 JULY /2 at BOS /68 W, 4-3 Miley down, 3-2 8/7 vs. NYM /65 L, 3-4 degrom tied, 1-1 8/12 vs. ATL /68 W, 9-6 Wisler down, 4-3 8/18 at HOU /71 L, 2-3 (10) Feldman up, 2-1 8/23 at OAK /61 L, 2-8 Graveman up, 2-1 8/29 vs. KC L /57 L, 3-6 Medlen down, 4-3 AUGUST /4 at NYY L /69 L, 2-5 Severino down, 5-1 9/9 at DET W /60 W, 8-0 Lobstein up, 8-0 9/15 vs. NYY W /70 W, 6-3 Warren up, 4-3 9/20 vs. BAL /65 W, 7-6 Gausman tied, 4-4 9/25 at TOR L /67 L, 3-5 Dickey down, 4-2 SEPTEMBER GAME LOG (A) GAME DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP P/K FINAL OPP. LEFT 7/1 at BRD W, 5-2 Duncan up, 2-1 7/6 vs. PMB W, 4-0 Kaminsky tied, 0-0 LAST START On Thu at BOS, made his third straight start of at least 7 IP, first time doing that in his career yielded a 2-run homer to David Ortiz in the 1st, but didn t allow a run over his next 6 IP allowed 4 hits, two of them in the 1st, and made his team-leading 9th start without a walk his line: W, 7 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 6 SO, 92 pit, 69 str. TYPICALLY STRONG Has yielded 2 earned runs or fewer in 18 of his 26 starts, and 1 ER or fewer in 13 of 26 since moving into the starting Is the fifth manager in Rays history is the sixth Tampa-born manager 2015 SPLITS vs. RH:.235 (63-268), 13-HR vs. LH:.233 (82-352), 5-HR Home: 4-3, 3.05 ERA (73.2-IP, 25-ER) Road: 4-6, 3.86 ERA (88.2-IP, 38-ER) ODORIZZI vs. MIAMI CAREER Is 0-1 with a ERA (9-IP, 10-ER) in 2 career apps (both starts) against the Marlins, both at home last faced them on June 5, 2014 L, 5 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 0 BB, 8 SO. INTERLEAGUE Is 3-3 with a 3.84 ERA (58.2-IP, 25-ER) in 10 career interleague apps (all starts), having allowed 2 runs or fewer in 7 of his 10 career IL starts. rotation for good on May 14, has gone 11-5 and ranks 3rd in the AL with a 2.99 ERA (138.2-IP, 46-ER) leads the Rays staff in wins over that span, two more than Chris Archer (9) and twice as many as anyone else. vs. TORONTO Is 1-1 with a 5.82 ERA (21.2-IP, 14-ER) in 6 career apps (4 starts) against the Blue Jays this season, has made 3 apps (all starts) and failed to complete 5 IP in any of the 3 yielded 9 runs (8 earned) in his first start with the Rays, but allowed 1 R/ER in each of his other two. Played 12 professional seasons as a catcher, including parts of eight seasons in the majors ( ) spent two years ( ) in the Rays org., and appeared in 13 major league games in 2005 for Lou Piniella.

3 RAYS HITTER NOTES #40 J.P. ARENCIBIA, C/1B Wed: 1-4 Series: 1-4 Trip: 2-11, HR, RBI, R vs. LH:.259 (7-27), 2-HR 2015:.299/.304/.612, 6-HR, 16-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 2G (.286, 2-7) RISP:.333 (4-12) vs. RH:.325 (13-40), 4-HR Snapped a 1-for-16 on Fri at TOR with an 8th-inning homer against his former team (off Mark Lowe). Has 6 HR in 67 at-bats at the major league level since his Aug 26 selection from Triple-A Durham, ranks among major league leading catchers in HR (6, 2nd; one shy of TOR Russell Martin), RBI (16, 3rd) and XBH (9, T-4th) min. 50 PA, his.612 SLG leads ML catchers over that span. Has played in 23 games with 18 starts (17-C, 1-DH) all 6 HR have come since Sep 1, his most in a calendar month since April 2013 (8), and tying Curt Casali (July 2015) for the most ever by a Rays catcher in a single month finished 2nd in the International League with 22 HR, behind Matt Davidson (23) of Charlotte (White Sox), but led the IL in HR at the time of his promotion has 28 HR in 473 at-bats between the majors and minors this season. #1 TIM BECKHAM, INF Wed: DNP Series: 0-2 Trip: 1-5 vs. LH:.248 (25-101), 5-HR 2015:.233/.280/.455, 9-HR, 34-RBI, 3-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-3 RISP:.255 (12-47) vs. RH:.216 (19-88), 4-HR Was defensive replacement for Logan Forsythe on Tue vs. MIA is 0-for-his-last-18 off the bench after starting 8-for-17 (.471) with 4 XBH in that role. Has hit 4 HR in his last 53 at-bats, after a 51 at-bat homerless drought spanning two stints in the majors (and 102 AB including minors) before that had a 2-run homer on Sep 18 vs. BAL, his 9th HR this season a club record for a Rays rookie middle infielder (prev. 8, Reid Brignac in 2010). Has played 78 games with 46 starts (21-SS, 19-2B, 7-DH) is 0-for-his-last-8 as a pinch-hitter, after a 4-for-8 start (1B, 3B, 2-HR) as a PH pct. of his hits have been XBH (24-1B, 7-2B, 4-3B, 9-HR) of his 34 RBI, 18 have come in inn. 7-thru-9, and 18 have come in 2-strike counts. #9 JOEY BUTLER, OF Wed: DNP Series: DNP Trip: DNP vs. LH:.250 (26-104), 3-HR 2015:.269/.321/.390, 6-HR, 24-RBI, 5-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-4 RISP:.224 (13-58) vs. RH:.283 (41-145), 3-HR Last start was Aug 31 at BAL since Aug 27 recall, is batting.182 (4-for-22) in 12 games (3 starts) is 1-for-his-last-15 dating back to Aug 30 vs. KC. Batting.158 (15-for-95) in his last 42 games spanning two stints since June 24 before it, hit.338 (52-for-154) in his first 44 games this season. Has played in 86 games with 59 starts (36-DH, 21-LF, 2-RF) has hit into a team-leading 16 GIDP has gone 124 PA since his last homer. Batting.087 (2-for-23) as a pinch-hitter this year, and hitless in his last 12 PH AB hasn t had a hit as a PH since July 21 at PHI (single). Was a teammate of Manager Kevin Cash in 2011 for Triple-A Round Rock (Rangers). #13 ASDRUBAL CABRERA, INF Wed: 1-2, 2-RBI, BB, SF Series: 2-5, HR, 4-RBI, 2-BB, 2-R Trip: 9-28, 2-2B, HR, 4-RBI, BB, 4-R vs. LH:.282 (42-149), 3-HR 2015:.267/.317/.428, 14-HR, 57-RBI, 6-SB Current Hitting Streak: 2G (.400, 2-5) RISP:.198 (25-126) vs. RH:.260 (90-346), 11-HR Had 2 RBI yesterday vs. MIA (sac fly, single) finished September with 18 RBI, his most in any calendar month since June 2012 (20) since the start of August, has 8 HR (T-2nd among ML shortstops) and 33 RBI (T-2nd) in 51 games after posting just 6 HR and 24 RBI in 89 games through July. Hit game-winning HR in the 8th inn. on Tue vs. MIA, his seventh career go-ahead HR in the 8th or later (last Sep 11 vs. BOS) matched his HR total from last season and joined NYY Carlos Beltran and CLE Carlos Santana as the only switch hitters with at least 14 HR in each of the last five seasons ( ). Batting.333 (20-for-59) in 16 interleague games this season, including.444 (8-for-18) with 7 RBI in 5 games vs. MIA. Reached 4 times on Sat at TOR, tying his season high (also his 4-hit game on Aug 5 at CWS) since returning from the 15-day DL on July 28, is batting.335/.380/.546 (65-for-194), ranking 6th in the AL in avg. has raised his season avg. from.223 to.267 over that span. Ranks among AL shortstop leaders in XBH (47, 1st) and HR (14, T-2nd) ranks 4th among AL SS with a.979 fielding pct. Is one of two middle infielders with 14 HR in each season since 2011 (Robinson Cano) ranks among team leaders in 2B (3rd) and 3B (2nd). Recorded his 100th career HR on Sep 23 at BOS, a 9th-inning solo shot off Pesky s Pole had his 500th career RBI on Sep 20 vs. BAL (PH sac fly). #11 LOGAN FORSYTHE, INF Wed: DNP Series: 0-0, HBP Trip: 5-21, 2-2B, 5-RBI, 2-BB, 2-R vs. LH:.299 (50-167), 10-HR 2015:.281/.359/.444, 17-HR, 68-RBI, 9-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.250, 1-4) RISP:.227 (32-141) vs. RH:.273 ( ), 7-HR Left game after 2nd inning on Tue vs. MIA with a bruised right foot (X-rays negative) is day-to-day. With 17 HR, is one shy of matching his career total from entering the season (18 in 338 games) only one Rays 2B (min. half of games at 2B) has ever matched his combination of homers and OBP: Ben Zobrist in 2009 (27 HR,.405 OBP) has established career highs in virtually every offensive category, including doubles (33), homers (17), XBH (52), RBI (68), games (153) and starts (148; 124-2B, 14-1B, 6-DH, 4-3B). Ranks among team leaders in 2B (2nd), HR (2nd), XBH (2nd), RBI (2nd), 2-out RBI (24, 1st) BB (55, 1st) and multi-hit games (39, 1st). Among AL 2B, ranks T-3rd in HR, 4th in RBI, 2nd in OBP and 5th in SLG no 2B in the majors can match his combination of OBP, HR and RBI. Batting.363/.419/.670 (33-for-91) vs. LHP since June 15, with 11 2B and 5 HR his SLG vs. LHP ranks 2nd in the AL over that span. #2 NICK FRANKLIN, INF Wed: 2-4, HR, RBI, R Series: 0-0, R Trip: 1-3, BB vs. LH:.240 (6-25) 2015:.174/.232/.337, 3-HR, 7-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 3G (.455, 5-11) RISP:.095 (2-21) vs. RH:.149 (10-67), 3-HR Hit go-ahead HR in the 5th yesterday vs. MIA was Rays ML-best 22nd HR out of 9th spot in the lineup and most by any team since 2005 (CLE, 25 HR). Eight of his 16 hits this season have gone for extra bases (4-2B, 1-3B, 3-HR), including 6 of his last 11 hits dating back to June 12 vs. CWS. Has played in 13 games (4 starts) since his Sep 8 recall, his second stint with the Rays, batting.300 (6-for-20) with 2 HR and 4 RBI over that span. Following his last option, hit.259/.344/.500 (44-for-170) with 20 XBH (10 HR, 9-2B, 1-3B) and 26 RBI in 49 games with Triple-A Durham. Is 2-for-21 with RISP, and 0-for-8 as a PH has played 41 games and made 21 starts (10-2B, 5-1B, 5-SS, 1-DH), incl. his first career apps at 1B. #5 BRANDON GUYER, OF Wed: DNP Series: 1-4, 2B Trip: 7-21, 2B, 3B, HR, RBI, BB, 7-R vs. LH:.270 (50-185), 7-HR 2015:.267/.355/.417, 8-HR, 27-RBI, 10-SB Current Hitting Streak: 4G (.286, 4-14) RISP:.295 (18-61) vs. RH:.262 (37-141), 1-HR Had leadoff double on Tue vs. MIA is batting.304/.360/.630 (14-for-46) with 8 XBH from the leadoff spot in the 1st inning this season. Had 21st HBP on Sun at TOR, extending a club record (prev. Sean Rodriguez, 18 in 2011) of his 21 HBP, 16 have come vs. LHP, incl. his last 10 and 15 of his last 16 only CHC Anthony Rizzo (30) has more HBP this season batting.375 (10-for-28) with 5 XBH in his last 9 games on the heels of an 0-for-17. Has played in 125 games with 77 starts (38-LF, 20-RF, 16-CF, 3-DH) is one of 3 players in the AL with at least 15 starts at all 3 outfield positions. His.355 OBP ranks 2nd on the team (min. 250 PA) to Forsythe has started all 51 Rays games vs. left-handed starters, incl. 50 of 49 at leadoff. Had 2 OF assists on Sep 22 at BOS, the first two of his career was the first Ray with 2 OF assists in a game since Kiermaier, Aug 12, 2014 at TEX. Homered in consecutive games for the first time in his career on Sep vs. BAL, at BOS is the first player in club history with both a pair of pinch-hit homers and leadoff homers in the same season, and the first AL player to do that since TEX David Delluci (6 leadoff, 2 PH) in On Sep 20 vs. BAL, had the first game-tying pinch-hit HR since Dan Johnson s 9th-inning homer on Sep 28, 2011 vs. NYY ( Game 162 ). #28 JOHN JASO, 1B/OF/DH Wed: 1-1, 2-BB, 2-R Series: 1-2, 2-BB, 2-R Trip: 2-11, 2B, 3-RBI, 2-BB, R vs. LH:.308 (4-13) 2015:.282/.380/.446, 4-HR, 21-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (1.000, 1-1) RISP:.355 (11-31) vs. RH:.280 (46-164), 4-HR Reached on error in pinch-hit at-bat on Tue vs. MIA batting.353/.455/.444 (6-for-18) with 4 BB as a pinch-hitter this season. Batting.316/.394/.463 (30-for-95) in 38 games (22 starts) on the road, compared to.244/.364/.427 (20-for-82) in 30 games (24 starts) at home. Has started at leadoff 34 times, and batting.320/.406/.508 (39-for-122) out of the No. 1 spot in the lineup min. 100 PA at leadoff, his OBP ranks 1st in the AL, avg. ranks 3rd and SLG ranks 2nd no Rays player has posted a higher avg. batting leadoff (min. 100 PA) since Rocco Baldelli in 2006 (.339), nor a higher OBP out of the leadoff spot since Jason Bartlett in 2009 (.398) has made 30 DH starts at leadoff, more than any other team since 2008, the only players with more DH starts at leadoff in a season are TEX Shin-Soo Choo (34 in 2014) and TB Johnny Damon (33 in 2011). Has played in 68 games and made 46 starts (40-DH, 6-LF) has played 39 innings in LF and 2 innings in RF, his first career action in the outfield. #39 KEVIN KIERMAIER, OF Wed: 0-4 Series: 0-6, RBI Trip: 7-18, 2B, 2-HR, 3-RBI, BB, 6-R vs. LH:.243 (34-140), 2-HR 2015:.261/.297/.418, 10-HR, 40-RBI, 18-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-8 RISP:.291 (32-110) vs. RH:.268 (96-358), 8-HR Had 14th outfield assist on Tue vs. MIA, most among ML CF and two shy of tying the club record for a center fielder (Melvin Upton Jr. in 2008). Leads the majors with 38 Defensive Runs Saved, according to Baseball Reference, nine more than the next closest player (ARI Ender Inciarte), and 17 more than the next closest AL player (TOR Kevin Pillar) as a result, he ranks 4th among AL position players with 6.8 Wins Above Replacement, according to Baseball Reference the last Rays outfielder to finish with a 6.8 WAR or higher was Carl Crawford in 2010 (7.0). Ranks among team leaders in 3B (12, 1st), 2B (24, 4th), XBH (46, 4th), hits (130, 4th), runs scored (62, 4th), SB (18, 1st) and 2-out RBI (22, 2nd). He and MIN Eddie Rosario both have at least a dozen triples and a dozen outfield assists, first players to do that since KC Carlos Beltran in 2001 hasn t tripled since Aug 26 vs. MIN, but his 12 3B rank 2nd in the majors to Rosario (15). Has played in 148 games with 129 starts (127-CF, 2-RF) was the winner of the Rays Heart & Hustle Award for the second straight year. Batting.297/.333/.448 (51-for-172) with 12 XBH (4-2B, 2-3B, 6-HR) and 22 RBI in 50 games (46 starts) since the start of August.

4 #21 JAMES LONEY, 1B Tue: 0-4 Series: 1-8 Trip: 3-21 vs. LH:.222 (18-81), 1-HR 2015:.274/.316/.354, 4-HR, 32-RBI, 2-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-6 RISP:.302 (26-86) vs. RH:.290 (78-269), 3-HR Batting.138 (4-for-29) since Sep 21, the start of the last road trip had 6 LOB yesterday vs. MIA, tied for his most this season (also Sep 21 at BOS). Hasn t had an extra-base hit since Sep 18 vs. BAL remains 1 HR shy of 100 for his career, having gone 147 AB and 43 G since his last homer. Batting.297/.328/.376 (49-for-165) in 49 G (42 GS) since August through July, hit.254/.307/.335 (47-for-185) in 52 G (48 GS) with a pair of DL stints. Min. 200 PA, ranks as the toughest player in the AL to strike out, at PA/SO (376-PA, 32-SO) batting.348 (23-for-66) when putting the first pitch in play, and 24.0 pct. of his hits (23 of 96) have come on the first pitch batting.262 (33-for-126) in 2-strike counts, 5th in the majors. Has played in 101 games with 90 starts (89-1B, 1-DH), including 40 starts at cleanup (last Aug 22 at OAK) since joining Rays in 2013, leads the majors (min. 15 PA) in avg., OBP and SLG as a pinch-hitter, batting.611/.632/.944 (11-for-18) including 5-for-7 this season. #3 EVAN LONGORIA, 3B Tue: 2-3, 2B, BB, 2-R Series: 3-7, 2B, BB, 2-R Trip: 8-29, 2-2B, HR, 3-RBI, BB, 3-R vs. LH:.344 (52-151), 8-HR 2015:.270/.330/.433, 20-HR, 71-RBI, 3-SB Current Hitting Streak: 2G (.429, 3-7) RISP:.254 (33-130) vs. RH:.244 ( ), 12-HR Reached 3 times yesterday vs. MIA, breaking a tie with Logan Forsythe for the team lead in doubles and runs scored ranks among team leaders in RBI (71, 1st), 2B (34, 1st), HR (20, 1st), hits (159, 1st), walks (51, 2nd), runs scored (71, 1st) and multi-hit games (37, 2nd). Is the club s all-time leader in HR (204), 2B (260), XBH (477), RBI (706) and SLG (.485) only has 1 HR in his last 21 games, after 5 HR in his previous 7 games before that had his 20th HR on Sep 24 at BOS, joining Eddie Mathews, Scott Rolen and Chipper Jones as only third basemen to hit at least 20 HR in seven of their first eight seasons is one of seven AL third basemen (min. 50 pct. of games at 3B) with seven 20 HR seasons overall. Batting.344/.395/.576 (52-for-151) vs. LHP, ranking 4th in the AL in avg., 10th in OBP and 6th in SLG batting.244/.306/.384 vs. RHP. Became the first in Rays history to reach 200 HR became the first 3B in ML history to record 200 HR and 250 2B in his first 8 seasons (min. 50 pct. of games at 3B) he s the 20th player all-time to reach those totals in their first 8 seasons, joining a list including Ted Williams, Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds. #27 MIKIE MAHTOOK, OF Tue: 0-2 (PH in 6th) Series: 1-6, HR, RBI, R Trip: 5-14, 2-HR, 4-RBI, BB, 3-R vs. LH:.290 (18-62), 6-HR 2015:.292/.352/.583, 7-HR, 14-RBI, 4-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-4 RISP:.304 (7-23) vs. RH:.294 (10-34), 1-HR Has homered in consecutive starts, though Mon vs. MIA was his first career homer at Tropicana Field six of his 7 HR have come vs. LHP. Batting.356/.406/.661 (21-for-59) with 4 2B, 4 HR and 8 RBI in 23 games (15 starts) since his Sep 1 recall, his sixth stint with the Rays. For the month of September, ranked among AL rookie leaders (min. 50 PA) in batting avg. (2nd), OBP (3rd) and SLG (1st) his.356 avg. was the 2nd-highest ever posted by a Rays rookie in a calendar month, trailing Rocco Baldelli in April 2003 (.368). Batting.391/.440/.761 (18-for-46) in 17 games (13 starts) out of the No. 2 spot in the lineup, opposed to.200 (10-for-50) anywhere else. Had 5 hits on Sep 18 vs. BAL, a club record for a rookie, and tied a franchise record overall (8th time, last Matt Joyce, June 29, 2014 at BAL). Has played in 37 games with 24 starts (9-RF, 8-CF, 5-LF, 2-DH) his only career outfield assist earned ESPN s Baseball Tonight s No. 1 Web Gem, on Sep 14 vs. NYY when he made a leaping catch at the RF wall and started a 9-6 DP to end the 7th and keep Erasmo Ramirez s no-hit bid intact. #46 LUKE MAILE, C Tue: DNP Series: 0-3 Trip: 1-10, 2B vs. LH:.063 (1-16) 2015:.071/.071/.143, 0-HR, 1-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-6 RISP:.000 (0-6) vs. RH:.083 (1-12) Last name is pronounced MAY-lee has played in 12 games with 7 starts (four with Matt Moore pitching), and Mon vs. MIA marked the third time he played the entire game batting.071 (2-for-28) with the Rays this season, but both hits have been doubles (Sep 24 at BOS, Sep 12 vs. BOS). His first career hit and only career RBI was a pinch-hit double off Rick Porcello became the first Ray to record his first career hit as a pinchhitter since Tim Beckham on Sep 19, 2013 vs. TEX, and first to have it go for extra bases since Desmond Jennings on Sep 11, 2010 at TOR (2B). Selected from Durham on Sep 1 became the 51st player used by the Rays, one shy of the club record (2000), and 18th rookie, extending the club record. Was a non-roster invite to spring training named by Baseball America as the Best Defensive Catcher in the Rays system at the end of last season. #7 DANIEL NAVA, 1B/OF Tue: DNP Series: DNP Trip: 1-3, RBI, HBP vs. LH:.242 (8-33) 2015:.194/.315/.245, 1-HR, 10-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.333, 1-3) RISP:.273 (9-33) vs. RH:.179 (19-106), 1-HR Batting.233/.364/.301 (17-for-73) with 3 XBH (2-2B, 1-HR) and 3 RBI in 30 games (18 starts; 14-RF, 3-1B, 1-LF) since joining the Rays on Aug 7. All 3 RBI with Tampa Bay have given Rays a lead (last Sep 23 at BOS, single off Rick Porcello) since joining the Rays, is batting.208/.377/.292 (10-for-48) vs. RHP, with as many walks (10) as hits (10) has only made one start (Sep 23 at BOS) in the Rays last 22 games since Sep 7. Claimed off waivers by the Rays on Aug 5 from Boston and is the only current Ray to have played with Kevin Cash in the majors (Boston, 2010). #44 RENE RIVERA, C Tue: DNP Series: DNP Trip: 0-2, BB, R vs. LH:.181 (17-94) 2015:.179/.215/.277, 5-HR, 26-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-3 RISP:.200 (14-70) vs. RH:.178 (36-202), 5-HR Has only thrown out 3 of his last 15 potential base stealers, but his 35.5 percent eraser rate this season ranks 4th in the majors. Is 2-for-his-last-28 only has 2 XBH (both doubles) since the All-Star break, and is homerless in his last 83 AB since the break, has started 22 of the Rays 67 games, and 4 of their 27 games since the start of September has started at catcher in 25 of Chris Archer s 33 starts, including 21 of his last 24 and a stretch of 17 straight from June 18 Sep 16 last start at catcher with any other pitcher was Aug 30 vs. KC (Nathan Karns). Batting.077 (1-for-13) as a pinch-hitter since the start of 2014 has made 11 errors, 2nd among major league catchers, and 4 more than any other AL catcher ranks 2nd among catchers in club history, behind Dioner Navarro in 2007 (14). #36 RICHIE SHAFFER, INF Tue: DNP Series: DNP Trip: 2-17, HR, 2-RBI, BB, 4-R vs. LH:.111 (5-45), 1-HR 2015:.179/.309/.388, 4-HR, 6-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-13 RISP:.000 (0-12) vs. RH:.318 (7-22), 3-HR Batting.146/.276/.313 (7-for-48) in 20 games (12 starts) since Sep 1, when he was recalled for his second stint hit.263 (5-for-19) in his first stint. Hitless in his last 13 AB had his first career sac fly on Sun at TOR four of his 12 hits have been solo homers, yielding 4 of his 6 career RBI. Has played in 28 games with 17 starts (7-1B, 5-DH, 4-3B, 1-LF) six of his 12 hits at the major league level have gone for extra bases. Has 30 HR in 460 at-bats between the minors and majors named the Rays Minor League Player of the Year after leading the organization with a career-high 26 HR and ranking T-2nd with 72 RBI, batting.267/.357/.539 (105-for-393) in 108 games between Double-A and Triple-A. #24 GRADY SIZEMORE, OF Tue: 2-4, 2B, 3-RBI Series: 2-4, 2B, 3-RBI Trip: 3-6, 2-2B, 3-RBI, BB, R vs. LH:.333 (6-18), 1-HR 2015:.249/.306/.377, 6-HR, 32-RBI, 3-SB Current Hitting Streak: 6G (.471, 8-17) RISP:.254 (17-67) vs. RH:.243 (60-247), 5-HR Has 9 RBI in his last 7 games (4 starts), 8 of them coming on a pair of bases-loaded doubles (two bases-clearing, one 2-run) had a bases-clearing double yesterday vs. MIA in the 5th (Jarred Cosart) in his 5th career start at cleanup (all with the Rays) has a total of 8 RBI in his 5 cleanup starts. Has reached safely in his last 11 starts, dating back to Sep 2 batting.389/.450/.500 (14-for-36) in 15 games (8 starts) since Sep 6. Has 6 HR and 26 RBI in 56 games this season for the Rays, compared to 0 HR and 6 RBI in 39 games to start the season with the Phillies. Has made 41 starts (20-LF, 12-RF, 9-DH) for the Rays, batting.251/.315/.425 (42-for-167) overall has only hit.219 (21-for-96) in 31 road games, compared to.296 (21-for-71) in 23 games at Tropicana Field has reached safely in 5 of his last 7 pinch-hit plate appearances. #20 STEVEN SOUZA JR., OF Tue: 1-3, BB, R Series: 2-6, 2B, 2-BB, R Trip: 7-21, 2B, HR, 4-RBI, BB, 4-R vs. LH:.216 (21-97), 4-HR 2015:.224/.318/.404, 16-HR, 40-RBI, 12-SB Current Hitting Streak: 6G (.375, 9-24) RISP:.167 (12-72) vs. RH:.227 (60-264), 12-HR Has a 6-game hitting streak, tying his career long (also July 27 Sep 11) batting.283/.400/.415 (15-for-53) in 18 games (15 starts) since his Sep 11 return from the 15-day DL, including.308 (4-for-13) with RISP last HR at Tropicana Field was June 11 vs. LAA, having gone 103 AB since. Despite a pair of DL stints, his 16 HR rank 3rd among AL rookies, trailing HOU Carlos Correa (21) and MIN Miguel Sano (18), and are the most by a Rays rookie since Evan Longoria in 2008 (27) his 12 SB are the most by a Rays rookie since Desmond Jennings (20) in Batting.269/.344/.488 (43-for-160) with 10 HR and 25 RBI on the road, compared to.189/.297/.338 (38-for-201) with 6 HR and 15 RBI at home. Only two other rookies in the majors can match his combination of homers (16) and steals (12): HOU Carlos Correa and CHC Kris Bryant it s a combination unmatched by any rookie in franchise history.

5 RAYS BULLPEN NOTES #35 MATT ANDRIESE, RH Last App: 9/27 at TOR (GS, 3.0-IP, 2-H, 1-R, 1-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: 2-2 vs. LH:.288 (34-118), 5-HR 2015: 3-5-2, 4.31 ERA, 23 G, 8 GS Long Relief App: 4.0, 2x-last 6/17 at WAS IR-RS: 5-3 vs. RH:.256 (33-129), 3-HR Got the start on Sun at TOR, his first start since July 7 at KC (G2) went 3 IP and yielded a 1st-inning RBI ground-rule double to Justin Smoak. Has a 5.27 ERA (27.1-IP, 16-ER) in 15 relief apps this year, compared to a 3.57 ERA in 8 starts this marks his fifth stint in the majors this season, and he s allowed run(s) in 7 of 11 apps (1 start) since his August 19 recall, increasing his ERA from 3.11 to His major league debut came against the Marlins on April 10 at MIA, a scoreless 6th inning allowed a 1-out walk to Giancarlo Stanton. #59 ANDREW BELLATTI, RH Last App: 9/27 at TOR (0.1-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH:.167 (6-36), 1-HR 2015: 3-1-0, 1.19 ERA, 16 G Long Relief App: 3.1, 5/9 vs. TEX IR-RS: 9-2 vs. RH:.175 (7-40), 1-HR Has made 6 straight scoreless apps since Sep 19 (4.1-IP, 2-H, 1-BB, 3-SO) retired his only BF on Sun at TOR (Donaldson). Has a 0.84 ERA (10.2-IP, 1-ER) in 11 apps since Sep 8 recall has made 16 apps spanning 4 stints with the Rays this season, 13 of them scoreless. Has retired 14 of his last 17 BF has only yielded 3 ER in 22.2 IP this season, all scoring via HR (Albert Pujols 2-run HR, Greg Bird solo HR). On Sep 8 at DET, became the sixth Rays pitcher to be on the mound for a walk-off loss this season (Rajai Davis walk-off sac fly). Recalled from Triple-A Durham on Sep 8 is the youngest player on the active roster (24 years, 57 days). #26 BRAD BOXBERGER, RH Last App: 9/30 vs. MIA (SV, 1.0-IP, 2-H, 1-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: vs. LH:.227 (29-128), 4-HR 2015: , 3.77 ERA, 68 G Long Relief App: 1.2, 7/22 at PHI IR-RS: 13-3 vs. RH:.243 (25-103), 5-HR Has recorded a save in his last 6 apps, tying AL leader LAA Huston Street (40) became the fifth pitcher in Rays history with 40 saves in a season, joining Fernando Rodney (48 in 2012), Rafael Soriano (an AL-leading 45 in 2010), Roberto Hernandez (43 in 1999) and Danys Baez (41 in 2005) the only pitcher to ever match his combination of losses (10) and saves (40) in a season was COL Jose Jimenez in 2002 (10-L, 41-SV). Has 10 losses, a club record for a reliever and matching the most by a major league reliever in the last 10 seasons (since 2006) last reliever with more losses was LAA Scot Shields in 2005 (11) had a club record 6 walk-off losses, most in the majors since PHI Brad Lidge in 2009 (6). Has yielded 32 BB, T-4th among AL relievers, as well as 9 HR, T-8th among AL relievers has allowed 18 HR since 2014, T-1st among AL relievers. According to Baseball Reference, 236 of his 268 BF 88.1 pct. have come in Late & Close situations (PA in the 7th inning or later with the batting team tied, ahead by one or the tying run on deck) it s the highest rate in the AL (min. 150 BF) since LAA Francisco Rodriguez in 2008 (91.3 pct.). #31 XAVIER CEDEÑO, LH Last App: 9/29 vs. MIA (0.1-IP, 1-H, 1-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: 1-3 vs. LH:.200 (19-95), 1-HR 2015: 4-1-1, 2.40 ERA, 65 G Long Relief App: 1.2, 9/5 at NYY IR-RS: 37-6 vs. RH:.280 (21-75), 3-HR Replaced after 2 BF on Mon at MIA; inherited runner scored has a 1.33 ERA (20.1-IP, 3-ER) in 26 apps since the All-Star break. Has a 2.14 ERA (42-IP, 10-ER) with the Rays, and 85 percent of his apps (51 of 60) have been scoreless his 2.14 ERA would rank 4th among left-handed relievers in club history (min. 30 IP) only 4 of his 30 inherited runners have scored (13.3 pct. T-2nd in the AL, min. 20 IR). Has made 60 apps with the Rays, going 0.2 IP or less 36 times, and making 13 apps of 1 BF on Sep 5 at NYY, made his longest app since April 17, 2013 at OAK (2.2, with HOU) had a career-high 4 SO, most by a Rays lefty reliever since Cesar Ramos on Sep 7, 2014 vs. BAL (4).. #37 ALEX COLOME, RH Last App: 9/29 vs. MIA (BS/W, 0.2-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 2-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-5 vs. LH:.280 (59-211), 4-HR 2015: 7-5-0, 3.98 ERA, 42 G, 13 GS Long Relief App: 3.0, 2x-last 8/16 at TEX IR-RS: 16-9 vs. RH:.266 (53-199), 5-HR Got a blown save on Mon vs. MIA, allowing an inherited runner to score became the first pitcher in Rays history with 5 blown saves in a calendar month, and the first pitcher to do it in the majors since LAA Jose Arredondo in Aug 2008 was his 4th win as a reliever, first since Aug 22 at OAK. Has blown saves in consecutive apps and 3 of his last 4 apps has allowed combined 8 runs spanning 5.2 IP over his last 6 apps, on the heels of going 16 straight apps without allowing an earned run still has 2.23 ERA (36.1-IP, 9-ER) in 27 apps since All-Star break. Since moving into his current role on Aug 19, his 8 holds rank T-3rd among AL relievers has entered with the Rays ahead or tied in all but two of his 18 apps since then has 2.72 ERA (39.2-IP, 12-ER) in his 29 relief apps this season, compared to a 4.70 ERA in his 13 starts. Hasn t allowed a homer in his last 59.2 IP spanning 32 apps (3 starts), the longest active homerless streak in the majors (by innings).. #54 STEVE GELTZ, RH Last App: 9/27 vs. TOR (L, 0.2-IP, 1-H, 1-R, 0-BB, 0-SO, 1-HR) Saves-Opps: 2-5 vs. LH:.196 (20-102), 2-HR 2015: 2-6-2, 3.78 ERA, 69 G, 2 GS Long Relief App: 2.0, 2x-last 6/24 vs. TOR IR-RS: 26-3 vs. RH:.187 (25-134), 6-HR Led the AL with 62 apps (2 starts) through the end of Aug has only made 7 apps since the start of Sep, but his 69 apps are a club rookie record. Yielded a walk-off, solo homer to Josh Donaldson on Sun at TOR, the third time this season he was on the mound for a walk-off loss. Only 3 of his 26 IR have scored (11.5 pct. 2nd in the majors, min. 20 IR) according to Baseball Reference, has made 17 multiple inning apps (at least one out to end an inning, and at least one batter faced the following inning) has entered with runners on base in 17 apps. Has 20 holds, T-3rd among major league rookies this season and a club rookie record (prev. 14, Chad Orvella, 2005). Had a club-record streak of 32 consecutive batters retired end on June 24 vs. TOR.. #47 BRANDON GOMES, RH Last App: 9/30 vs. MIA (0.2-IP, 2-H, 1-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: 1-3 vs. LH:.194 (19-98), 3-HR 2015: 2-6-1, 3.99 ERA, 62 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 6x-last 9/13 vs. BOS IR-RS: 40-8 vs. RH:.281 (34-121), 6-HR Has allowed runs in consecutive apps for the first time since July vs. DET, at BOS yielded an RBI single to Miguel Rojas yesterday vs. MIA. Has allowed a career-high 9 HR this season, T-8th among AL relievers since the start of August, has a 3.09 ERA (23.1-IP, 8-ER) in 25 apps, with 7 of the 8 runs scoring via home run (two solo, one 2-run, and charged 3 runs on a Xander Bogaerts grand slam on Sep 21 at BOS). At 31 years, 78 days is the oldest pitcher on the active roster (and the only pitcher over 30 years old) has a team-high 40 IR. #57 JAKE McGEE, LH Last App: 9/30 vs. MIA (0.1-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: 6-10 vs. LH:.205 (9-44), 2-HR 2015: 1-2-6, 2.48 ERA, 38 G Long Relief App: 1.2, 8/18 at HOU IR-RS: 3-0 vs. RH:.191 (17-89), 1-HR Has made two scoreless apps since being reinstated from the 15-day DL (left knee surgery) retired his only BF yesterday vs. MIA (Dee Gordon). Since his season debut (May 17) ranks T-5th among AL relievers with 19 holds, despite missing 35 games from Aug 19 Sep 24. From May 29 July 24 made 21 consecutive scoreless apps, tied for the 2nd-longest streak in club history (J.P. Howell, 24 straight in 2012). Has made two DL stints this season (also Opening Day May 14, offseason elbow surgery) was placed on the DL for the second time on Aug 20 (retroactive to Aug 19) on Aug 21, Dr. Koco Eaton performed surgery in St. Pete to repair a torn meniscus. #34 C.J. RIEFENHAUSER, LH Last App: 9/26 at TOR (1.1-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 1-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH:.348 (8-23), 3-HR 2015: 1-0-0, 6.08 ERA, 15 G Long Relief App: 2.1, 6/16 vs. WAS IR-RS: 8-2 vs. RH:.208 (5-24) Has a 2.57 ERA (7-IP, 2-ER) since Sep 1 recall, his fourth stint with the Rays this season had a 9.95 ERA across his previous three stints. Has made a career-high 5 straight scoreless apps has allowed 3 HR in 13.1 IP, and all 3 have been to lefties (last Travis Shaw, Sep 12 vs. BOS). Went 4-2 with a 2.78 ERA (35.2-IP, 11-ER) in 30 apps between Durham and Class-A Charlotte. At 12 letters, is tied with Jason Isringhausen as the longest surname in Rays history. #45 ENNY ROMERO, LH Last App: 9/30 vs. MIA (1.0-IP, 2-H, 1-R, 1-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-1 vs. LH:.372 (16-43) 2015: 0-1-0, 4.45 ERA, 21 G Long Relief App: 3.0, 5/23 vs. OAK IR-RS: 9-5 vs. RH:.247 (18-73) Snapped a streak of 5 straight scoreless apps yesterday vs. Miami went 2B, 1B to his first 2 BF; then run-scoring GIDP, BB, K to end the inning. Has a 2.50 ERA (18-IP, 5-ER) in his last 16 apps since Aug 17, compared to a 7.84 ERA (10.1-IP, 9-ER) in his first 5 apps before that. Has thrown the fastest pitch by a Ray this season, registering 99.3 mph on Sep 4 at NYY averaging 96.1 mph on his fastball, per FanGraphs. Recalled from Triple-A Durham on Aug 20 for his fifth stint in the majors this season (also May 23, June 6-9, June and Aug 17-18). Lefties have hit.372/.426/.488 (16-for-43) against him this year, compared to.247/.329/.288 (18-for-73) for righties. #49 KIRBY YATES, RH Last App: 9/26 at TOR (1.0-IP, 1-H, 1-R, 0-BB, 1-SO, 1-HR) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH:.333 (11-33), 5-HR 2015: 1-0-0, 8.38 ERA, 19 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 2x-last 9/1 at BAL IR-RS: 9-5 vs. RH:.250 (12-48), 5-HR Has allowed 10 HR, T-4th among AL relievers, in only 19.1 IP yielded solo homers in consecutive games to Jose Bautista on Fri-Sat at TOR. Recalled on Sep 1 for his fourth stint with the Rays this season went 1-2 with a 5.60 ERA (27.1-IP, 17-ER) in 25 minor league apps this season. Got his first career win on Sep 20 vs. BAL from June 29 Sep 1, yielded homers in a club-record 6 straight relief apps, becoming the first major league reliever to do that within one season since CIN Jay Hook in 1961 (6).

6 RAYS PITCHING BY THE NUMBERS W-L-S G ERA IP H ER BB SO HR Totals Starters Relievers Home Road April May June July August September LAST HR OFF 15 MOST HITS GAME 15 MOST RBI GAME Arencibia 9/25 at TOR Lowe 3, 9/1 at BAL 6, 9/1 at BAL Beckham 9/18 vs. BAL Wilson 2, 11x-last, 9/9 at DET 4, 7/28 vs. DET Butler 6/19 at CLE Carrasco 4, 5/31 at BAL 2, 5x-last, 6/12 vs. CWS Cabrera 9/29 vs. MIA Morris 4, 8/5 at CWS 3, 2x-last, 8/22 at OAK Forsythe 9/20 vs. BAL Gausman 3, 9x-last, 9/2 at BAL 3, 2x-last, 8/1 at BOS Franklin 9/30 vs. MIA Cosart 2, 4x-last, 9/30 vs. MIA 2, 2x-last, 9/15 vs. NYY Guyer 9/21 at BOS Britton 4, 9/1 at BAL 4, 4/26 vs. TOR Jaso 9/17 vs. BAL Tillman 3, 2x-last, 8/1 at BOS 3, 8/9 vs. NYM Kiermaier 9/26 at TOR Price 3, 5x-last, 9/23 at BOS 2, 10x-last, 9/26 at TOR Loney 8/7 vs. NYM degrom 4, 5/17 at MIN 3, 2x-last, 8/25 vs. MIN Longoria 9/24 at BOS Miley 4, 4/25 vs. TOR 3, 7x-last, 9/8 at DET Mahtook 9/29 vs. MIA Conley 5, 9/18 vs. BAL 2, 3x-last, 9/27 at TOR Maile , 2x-last, 9/24 at BOS 1, 9/12 vs. BOS Nava 8/26 vs. MIN Duffey 3, 2x-last, 8/28 vs. KC 2, 2x-last, 4/11 at NYY Rivera 7/8 at KC Blanton 3, 3x-last, 8/4 at CWS 4, 5/14 vs. NYY Shaffer 9/21 at BOS Hembree 3, 8/9 vs. NYM 1, 6x-last, 9/27 at TOR Sizemore 8/12 vs. ATL Wisler 4, 5/16 vs. ARI 3, 2x-last, 9/30 vs. MIA Souza Jr. 9/23 at BOS Mendez 4, 9/23 at BOS 3, 5x-last, 6/3 at LAA RAYS BY THE NUMBERS Current Streak: W2 When commit error: Hit homer: Current Record: Ahead after 6-7-8: 58-13/64-8/69-4 Homer with men on: Home/Road: 39-41/38-40 Behind after 6-7-8: 8-53/6-59/2-65 Hit multiple homers: Day/Night: 19-28/58-53 Tied after 6-7-8: 11-15/7-14/4-12 Score first: Grass/Turf: 34-34/ run games: Score 5 or more: vs. East: run games: Score less than 5: vs. Central: Extra innings: 2-13 Outhit opponents: vs. West: Win in last at-bat: 12 Outhit by opponents: vs. National League: 13-6 Come-from-behind wins: 35 Collect 10 or more hits: vs. RH/LH starters: 48-59/29-22 Opp. come-from-behind wins: 35 Opp. 10 or more hits: 6-39 Series W-L-T (home): Series W-L-T (road): Wearing white/gray/navy/lt. blue: 31-30/17-21/22-24/6-6 RUN SUPPORT FOR STARTING PITCHERS PITCHER STARTS RUNS RUNS/START RUNS/9-IP CLUB RECORD QUALITY Andriese Archer Colome Geltz Karns Moore Odorizzi Ramirez Smyly RAYS SEASON HIGHS TEAM BATTING INDIVIDUAL BATTING Longest win streak 5, April Most runs, game, TB 3, 6x-last, Guyer, 9/1 at BAL Long loss streak 7, June 28-July 4 Most runs, game, Opp 5, Shaw, 8/1 at BOS Most runs game, TB 12, 4/24 vs. TOR Most hits, game, TB 5, Mahtook, 9/18 vs. BAL Most runs game, Opp 16, 6/16 vs. WAS Most hits, game, Opp 5, 2x-last, Escobar, 6/18 at WAS Most runs, inn, TB 7, 4/10 at MIA Most 2B, game, TB 2, 13x-last, Mahtook, 9/18 vs. BAL Most runs, inn, Opp 7, 2x-last, 8/23 at OAK Most 2B, game, Opp 2, 10x-last, Pillar, 9/26 at TOR Most hits, game, TB 19, 5/17 at MIN Most HR, game, TB 2, 4x-last, Longoria, 9/2 at BAL Most hits, game, Opp 23, 6/16 vs. WAS Most HR, game, Opp 2, 15x-last, Bautista, 9/26 at TOR Most hits, inn, TB 6, 8/8 vs. NYM Most RBI, game, TB 6, Arencibia, 9/1 at BAL Most hits, inn, Opp 8, 8/23 at OAK Most RBI, game, Opp 6, Seager, 5/26 vs. SEA Most doubles, game, TB 6, 2x-last, 5/31 at BAL Most x-base hits, game, TB 3, Souza Jr., 5/31 at BAL Most doubles, game, Opp 5, 6/9 vs. LAA Most x-base hits, game, Opp 3, Shaw, 8/1 at BOS Most HR, game, TB 4, 2x-last, 9/9 at DET Most steals, game, TB 2, 9x-last, Kiermaier, 9/23 at BOS Most HR, game, Opp 5, 2x-last, 9/12 vs. BOS Most steals, game, Opp 3, DeShields, 5/7 vs. TEX Most x-base hits, game, TB 8, 4x-last, 9/2 at BAL Hitting Streak 11, Cabrera, July 11-Aug 9 Most x-base hits, game, Opp 7, 5x-last, 9/26 at TOR TEAM/INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most stolen bases, game, TB 5, 6/22 vs. TOR Most SO, TB Starter 15, Archer, 6/2 at LAA Most stolen bases, game, Opp 4, 6/24 vs. TOR Most SO, Opp Starter 14, Kluber, 7/2 vs. CLE Most walks, game, TB 9, 5/6 at BOS Most SO, TB Reliever 5, 2x-last, Andriese, 8/25 vs. MIN Most walks, game, Opp 9, 7/3 at NYY Most IP, TB Reliever 4.0, 2x-last, Andriese, 6/17 at WAS Most strikeouts, game, TB 19, 7/2 vs. CLE Most walks, game, TB 5, 7x-last, Archer, 9/26 at TOR Most strikeouts, game, Opp 19, 2x-last, 9/13 vs. BOS Most walks, game, Opp 6, Masterson, 5/6 at BOS Most LOB, game, TB 14, 6/22 vs. TOR Most SO, Team, TB 19, 2x-last, 9/13 vs. BOS Most LOB, game, Opp 12, 2x-last, 6/15 vs. WAS Most walks, Team, TB 9, 7/3 at NYY Most errors, game, TB 3, 3x-last, 8/29 vs. KC Low-Hit Game 1, Archer, 8/20 at HOU Most errors, game, Opp 3, 6x-last, 9/26 at TOR Consecutive Scoreless IP 20.1, McGee, May 29-July 24 Longest game, time 5:03, 9/8 at DET Shortest game, time 2:02, 8/11 vs. ATL Longest game, time (9 inn.) 3:47, Sep 21 at BOS Shortest game, time (9 inn.) 2:02, 8/11 vs. ATL Grand Slams (-): - Back-to-Back (5): Dykstra/Forsythe (4/17 vs. NYY, A Warren), Forsythe/Butler (5/11 vs. NYY, C Sabathia), Longoria/ Forsythe (7/26 vs. BAL, W Chen), Cabrera/Shaffer (8/4 at CWS, D Webb), Cabrera/Souza Jr. (9/23 at BOS, J Machi, R Mendez) 2-HR games (4): Longoria-2 (5/6 at BOS, J Masterson/A Ogando; 9/2 at BAL, K Gausman/D O Day), Casali-2 (7/27 vs. DET, A Sanchez/B Rondon; 7/28 vs. DET, D Price) LAST HR & PLAYER SEASON HIGHS HOME RUNS RUNS BY INNING 3-HR games (-): - Pinch-hit (4): Beckham-2 (4/11 at MIA, M Dunn; 4/16 at TOR, A Loup), Guyer-2 (5/8 vs. TEX, A Claudio; 9/21 vs. BAL, Z Britton) Walk-off (-): - Lead-off (3): Guyer-3 (4/26 vs. TOR, M Buehrle; 8/2 at BOS, W Miley; 9/21 at BOS E Rodriguez) Inside-the-park (1): Forsythe-1 (7/8 at KC, J Guthrie) X Total Opponent Tampa Bay INSTANT REPLAY CHALLENGES (last five) GAME CHALLENGED BY INN. PLAYER OF REFERENCE INITIAL CALL RULING DELAY Sep 24 at BOS Boston T9 Kevin Kiermaier Safe at 2nd Overturned 0:42 Sep 25 at TOR Umpire B4 Josh Donaldson Foul Confirmed 0:45 Sep 27 at TOR Toronto T8 Mikie Mahtook Safe at 3rd Stands TBA Sep 29 vs. MIA Tampa Bay B8 Steven Souza Jr. Out at 1st Confirmed 0:57 Sep 30 vs. MIA Tampa Bay B5 Steven Souza Jr. Out at 2nd Overturned 1:20 Rays Totals (bold): 53 challenges (16 overturned, 16 stand, 21 confirmed) Opp Totals: 42 challenges (21 overturned, 10 stand, 11 confirmed) Umpire Totals: 18 challenge (0 record keeping, 4 overturned, 6 stand, 8 confirmed) HOME RUNS 1R 2R 3R GS TOTAL Longoria Forsythe Souza Jr Cabrera Casali Kiermaier Beckham Guyer Mahtook Arencibia Butler Sizemore DeJesus Rivera Jaso Loney Shaffer 4 4 Franklin Elmore Dykstra 1 1 Jennings 1 1 Karns 1 1 Nava 1 1 TOTALS CATCHERS PCT CS ATT Arencibia Casali Rivera Wilson TOTALS MISC. Game-Tying & Go-Ahead RBI: Longoria (30), Forsythe (24), Kiermaier (18), Cabrera (17), Souza Jr. (15), Loney (14), Guyer (12), Sizemore (12), Jaso (10), DeJesus (9), Butler (7), Rivera (7), Beckham (6), Elmore (5), Mahtook (5), Jennings (4), Casali (3), Franklin (3), Nava (3), Shaffer (2), Wilson (2), Arencibia (1), Dykstra (1), Karns (1) 2-Out RBI: Forsythe (24), Kiermaier (22), Cabrera (18), Longoria (17), Beckham (16), Rivera (13), Loney (11), DeJesus (10), Guyer (10), Souza Jr. (10), Jaso (9), Casali (8), Elmore (7), Sizemore (7), Arencibia (6), Butler (5), Mahtook (5), Franklin (4), Nava (2), Wilson (2), Jennings (1), Krauss (1), Maile (1) Outfield Assists: Kiermaier (14), Souza Jr. (8), DeJesus (3), Jennings (3), Guyer (2), Nava (2), Sizemore (2), Butler (1), Jaso (1), Mahtook (1) Bunt Singles: Cabrera (4), Kiermaier (3), Beckham (2), Souza Jr. (2), Franklin (1) Ejections: Cash-3 (4/16 at TOR, 8th inn.; 5/10 vs. TEX, 5th inn.; 8/28 vs. KC, 3rd inn.), Cabrera-1 (6/22 vs. TOR, 5th inn.), Loney-1 (8/22 at OAK, 6th inn.), Shelton-1 (5/10 vs. TEX, 5th inn.) Batted Around: 4/10 at MIA (7th inn., 11 batters), 4/15 at TOR (9th inn., 9 batters), 4/22 vs. BOS (6th inn., 9 batters), 5/17 at MIN (6th inn., 10 batters), 6/3 at LAA (6th inn., 9 batters), 7/5 at NYY (8th inn., 9 batters), 8/4 at CWS (6th inn., 10 batters), 8/8 vs. NYM (1st inn., 9 batters), 8/12 vs. ATL (7th inn., 9 batters), 9/2 at BAL (3rd inn., 9 batters), 9/8 at DET (6th inn., 9 batters), 9/9 at DET (7th inn., 9 batters), 9/18 vs. BAL (5th inn., 10 batters), 9/30 vs. MIA (5th inn., 9 batters) CATWALKS 1. May 11 vs. NYY Tim Beckham pop out to SS Didi Gregorius hit off the B-ring catwalk off Branden Pinder (9th inning). 2. June 16 vs. WAS Clint Robinson home run off the C-ring catwalk in right field (449 feet) off Alex Colome (2nd inning). 3. July 27 vs. DET Curt Casali home run off the B-ring catwalk in left field (355 feet) off Bruce Rondon (8th inning). 4. August 12 vs. ATL Grady Sizemore home run off the C-ring catwalk in right field (401 feet) off Matt Wisler (5th inning). 5. August 27 vs. MIN Miguel Sano double off the B-ring catwalk in center field off Drew Smyly (3rd inning). 6. August 28 vs. KC Kendrys Morales home run off the C-ring catwalk in center field (443 feet) off Erasmo Ramirez (3rd inning). 7. September 16 vs. NYY Greg Bird home run off the D-ring catwalk in right field (404 feet) off Andrew Bellatti (9th inning). 8. September 17 vs. BAL John Jaso home run off the C-ring catwalk in right field (384 feet) off Chris Tillman (3rd inning). WALK-OFF WINS 1. April 23 vs. BOS (W 2-1) Rene Rivera single to left field off Anthony Varvaro (9th inning). 2. September 20 vs. BAL (7-6) Kevin Kiermaier infield single to 2B off Zach Britton (9th inning). WALK-OFF LOSSES 1. April 10 at MIA (L 9-10) Christian Yelich single to right field off Brad Boxberger (10th inning). 2. May 29 at BAL (L 1-2) J.J. Hardy single to left field off Steve Geltz (9th inning). 3. June 21 at CLE (L 0-1) David Murphy sacrifice fly to center field off Kevin Jepsen (9th inning). 4. July 3 at NYY (L 5-7) Brian McCann home run to right field off Steve Geltz (12th inning). 5. July 4 at NYY (L 2-3) Ramon Flores sacrifice bunt, throwing error on pitcher off Brad Boxberger (9th inning). 6. July 7 at KC, G1 (L 5-9) Paulo Orlando grand slam to left field off Brad Boxberger (9th inning). 7. July 22 at PHI (L 4-5) Odubel Herrera single to left field off Brad Boxberger (10th inning). 8. August 5 at CWS (L 5-6) Avisail Garcia basesloaded walk off Brad Boxberger (10th inning). 9. August 18 at HOU (L 2-3) Marwin Gonzalez home run to right field off Brad Boxberger (10th inning). 10. August 19 at HOU (L 2-3) Carlos Correa single to right field off Matt Andriese (13th inning). 11. September 2 at BAL (L 6-7) Chris Davis home run to center field off Matt Andriese (11th inning). 12. September 8 at DET (L 7-8) Rajai Davis sacrifice fly to left field off Andrew Bellatti (13th inning). 13. September 27 at TOR (L 4-5) Josh Donaldson home run to left field off Steve Geltz (9th inning).