TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016 at TORONTO BLUE JAYS RH Chris Archer (2-4, 4.57) vs. RH Marcus Stroman (4-0, 3.54)

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1 TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016 at TORONTO BLUE JAYS RH Chris Archer (2-4, 4.57) vs. RH Marcus Stroman (4-0, 3.54) First Pitch: 7:07 p.m. Location: Rogers Centre, Toronto, ONT TV: Fox Sports Sun Radio: WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.) Game No.: 37 (17-19) Road Game No.: 16 (7-8) All-Time Game No.: 2,951 (1,369-1,581) All-Time Road Game No.: 1,471 ( ) April: May: 6-7 RAY MATTER The Rays opened this 3-game series with a 13-4 win last night recording season highs in runs and hits (17) it was only the 7th game in club history that the Rays have had at least 13 runs, 17 hits and 4 home runs and the first time since June 9, 2008 at LAA in a 13-4 win the Rays 17 hits last night were just 2 shy of their combined total over their previous 3 games the Rays hiked their team avg. from.221 to.228 Tampa Bay has won 2 of their last 3 games since their season-high 4-game losing streak and has scored 25 runs, their most over a 3-game span since April 18-20, 2014 (28) on the flip side, the Rays are 2-5 since a season-high 4-game winning streak and Rays pitchers have allowed 30 ER and 12 HR in the 5 losses. RAYS ON THE ROAD Last night, the Rays began a three-city, 8-game road trip while in the middle of a stretch that has them playing 24 of 32 games on the road Rays are 5-3 in their last 8 road games the Rays have scored one more run (71-70) and hit 2 more home runs (28-26) on the road than they have at home in 6 fewer games Tampa Bay has the best road record in the majors since 2010, despite the fact that since 2013, they have 31 walk-off losses, tied with the Reds and Mariners for most in the majors since then. RAYS vs. JAYS Season series is tied at 4-4 Rays win last night snapped a 4-game losing streak at Rogers Centre the Rays 17 hits last night were their most here since they had 17 in a loss on June 5, 2007 the Rays have held the Jays to a.199 batting avg. (52-for-261), but 13 of Toronto s 42 hits have been home runs the last 10 games between these two have been at Tropicana Field at the completion of this series the Rays will have played 10 of their first 38 games vs. the Jays they don t play again for another 79 days following this set Rays all-time mark of (.524) is their 2nd best vs. an AL opponent (Houston, 21-12,.636) Rays have lost only one of the last nine season series to the Jays, and since Sep 30, 2007 they are (.609). RAYS ARE FIRST, LAST IN MAY The Rays lead the majors with 27 home runs in May, but their 104 hits are last Rays have already matched their April home run total Steve Pearce has hit 5, tied for the AL lead, and the Rays have gotten home runs from 9 other players this month the club record for May is 36 HR (2009) and for any month is 44 (Sep 2012). MORE ON HOME RUNS The Rays 54 home runs this season are tied with the Cardinals for 2nd in the majors behind the Orioles (55) 34 of the Rays 54 HR have been solo, most in the majors the Rays are ranked last in hits (273) and batting avg. (.228) and 25th in runs scored this is 10 more HR than the Rays have ever hit after 36 games (44 in 2012) they have hit 24 HR over the last 11 games and 36 over the last 19 games. According to Stats LLC, the home run has accounted for a MLB-most 57.4 pct. (81 of 141) of the Rays total runs up from 37.0 in 2015 over a full season, the highest pct. in Rays history is 40.2 pct. in 2006, and the highest mark of any team since data is available (1974) is 53.1 pct. by the 2010 Blue Jays. MLB S BEST ROAD RECORDS, Rays Yankees Dodgers Rangers Cardinals HIGHEST PCT. OF RUNS SCORED VIA HOME RUN, MLB, 2016 Team HR HR R R Pct. Rays Mets Orioles Mariners Tigers Blue Jays Source: Stats LLC HITS HAVE BEEN SCARCE While the Rays are last in the majors in hitting, Rays pitchers have held opponents to a.232 avg., lowest in the AL since 2008, Rays pitchers have held opponents to a.240 average, lowest in the majors over that span. SOUTHPAW TRIPLE CROWN LEADER INF Steve Pearce leads the majors in home runs (5) and RBI (13) vs. left-handed pitching and is 2nd in the majors in batting (.429) behind WAS Daniel Murphy (.452) his OPS vs. southpaws is a major-league-best GUYER ON FIRE In his last 19 games since April 16, OF Brandon Guyer has a.475 on-base pct., 2nd in the majors over that span behind CHC Ben Zobrist (.476) during that span, Guyer is 24-for-65 (.369) with 1 BB, 11 HBP, 6 2B, 4 HR and 11 RBI his.369 avg. during that span is tops in the AL and 5th in the majors overall this season, his.435 OBP is 2nd in the AL (min. 75 PA) behind TOR Justin Smoak (.438) Guyer leads the majors with 12 HBP, a number that is more than 14 teams currently have Toronto has 17 he led the AL last year with a club-record 24 he s been hit 10 times in his last 16 games and 15 times in his last 27 games dating back to last Oct 2 when Mark Buerhle plunked him 3 times. JENNINGS NORTH OF THE BORDER Rays OF Desmond Jennings hiked his career average at Rogers Centre to.315, 5th best among active players (min. 100 PA) his 3-hit game last night was the 5th time he has had 3 or more hits in a game here his home run in the 9th last night was the 8th of his career here in 31 games in 2016, he is batting.333 (8-for-24) vs. Toronto and.132 (9-for-68) against everyone else. MOTTER S UNIQUE DEBUT Taylor Motter made his major league debut last night becoming the 38th Florida-born Rays player he became 17th Ray to get a base hit in his major league with an infield single off J.A. Happ teammates Curt Casali (2014), Tim Beckham (2013) and Brandon Guyer (2011) are among the group according to Baseball Reference, he also became the first player since 1913 to play shortstop and outfield in his major league debut and just the 8th to play the infield and outfield in his debut he joined OAK Tyler Ladendorf (2015), KC Kevin Seitzer (1986), DET Howard Johnson (1982), MTL Pepe Frias (1973), CHC Terry Hughes (1970), SF Manny Mota (1962) and STL-NL Dutch Distel (1918) Motter started at SS and moved to RF in the 6th. FOR STARTERS In their last 7 games, Rays starters have worked more than 5 innings only once last night (Drew Smyly) was just the 8th win by a Rays starting pitcher this season; only Minnesota (5) and Atlanta (5) have fewer this is the fewest wins by Rays starters after 36 games since 2007 (also 8) between , Rays starters won 505 games, 4th most in the majors Rays starters have only 15 quality starts by contrast, the Blue Jays and Cubs lead the majors with 27. ABOUT THE ROSTER The Rays have used only five players in their 30s this season, tied with Arizona for fewest in the majors the Jays have used 14 and the Braves and Royals a major-league-most 16 tonight will be the 272nd consecutive game the Rays have started a pitcher under the age of 30, the longest current streak in the majors Rays pitchers this season have an average age of 27.2, 2nd youngest in the majors behind the Phillies (27.0) according to Baseball Reference the Rays are only one of five teams to have one or fewer players go on the disabled list since the start of the season the Astros (0), Pirates (1), D-backs (1) and Brewers (1) are the others Saturday, the Rays placed 2B Logan Forsythe on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 10, with a hairline fracture of his left shoulder blade it tied 2001 for the latest they ve gone into a season without placing a player on the DL once the season was underway (after 33 games) the Rays are 2-4 in the 6 games Logan has missed. DEFENSE IMPROVING After making 12 errors in their first 17 games, the Rays have committed only 7 in the last 19. ARCHER AND RBI RH Chris Archer will visit with members of the Toronto RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities) here at Rogers Centre before tomorrow s game Archer first met the group last season when he visited the RBI facility last month Archer and Steven Souza Jr. visited the Harlem RBI charter school since last season, Archer has also visited with RBI leagues in Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia and Arlington, in addition to Tampa and Bradenton. RAYS vs. KNUCKLEBALLERS Tomorrow night when they face R.A. Dickey will be the 66th time in club history the Rays have faced a knuckleball starter Rays are in those games, but in the Rays era (since 2008) those 65 starts have been made by Dickey, Tim Wakefield, Dennis Springer, Steve Sparks and Tom Candiotti the Rays are 10-8 in 18 starts by Dickey as a knuckleballer and have lost 2 of the last 3 games the Rays were in Wakefield s 36 starts and 7-4 in 11 starts made by Springer, Candiotti and Sparks. BOXBERGER TOMORROW Brad Boxberger (adductor surgery) will make his 2nd rehab appearance tomorrow night at 6:35 p.m. for Class A Charlotte vs. Daytona (Reds) on Sunday, he pitched one inning for Class- A Charlotte vs. Jupiter (Marlins), his first official rehab appearance his line: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 SO, 24 pitches, 14 strikes. Upcoming Games Time (ET) Probable Starting Pitchers (Rays vs. Opp.) TV Radio Wed., May 18 at TOR 7:07 p.m. RH Jake Odorizzi (0-2, 3.83) vs. RH R.A. Dickey (2-4, 4.31) Fox Sports Sun WDAE 620 AM, WDAE 680 AM (Sp.) Fri., May 20 at DET 7:10 p.m. RH Matt Andriese (2-0, 0.56) vs. RH Anibal Sanchez (3-4, 5.91) Fox Sports Sun WDAE 620 AM, WDAE 680 AM (Sp.) Sat., May 21 at DET 4:10 p.m. LH Drew Smyly (2-4, 3.44) vs. RH Michael Fulmer (2-1, 6.52) Fox Sports Sun WDAE 620 AM, WDAE 680 AM (Sp.) Sun., May 22 at DET 1:10 p.m. RH Chris Archer (2-4, 4.57) vs. RH Jordan Zimmermann (6-2, 2.45) Fox Sports Sun WDAE 620 AM, WAMA 1550 AM (Sp.)

2 TONIGHT S STARTER RH CHRIS ARCHER (2-4, 4.57) YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO HR Avg Tampa Bay Tampa Bay Major League Totals Minor League Totals LAST START On Wed at SEA, got ND in the Rays 6-5, 11-inning walkoff loss had a 33-pitch 1st inning with 3 BB, including the 7th of his career with the bases loaded, then a 2-run single to Seth Smith his 3 BB that frame marked his most ever in a 1st inning and one shy of a career high for an inning also allowed a 3rd-inning solo homer to Nelson Cruz took the mound in the 6th with a 4-4 tie following Corey Dickerson s grand slam but removed after a leadoff walk, his season-high-tying 4th BB. THE REMATCH Tonight is a rematch of Opening Day, when Archer lost a 5-3 decision to RH Marcus Stroman at Tropicana Field this is the ninth time in Rays history that the starting pitchers from Opening Day had a rematch later in the season and the Rays are 7-1 in these games, losing only the very first occurrence: TB SP Opp SP Rematch Dec Final Kennedy Martinez 4/17/03 at BOS L L, 0-6 Zambrano Mussina 4/6/04 vs. NYY W W, 9-4 Shields Guthrie 4/11/08 at BAL ND W, 10-5 Price Guthrie 6/11/11 at BAL ND W, 7-5 (11) Shields Sabathia 9/3/12 vs. NYY W W, 4-3 Price Hammel 9/20/13 vs. BAL ND W, 5-4 (18) Price Dickey 7/13/14 vs. TOR W W, 3-0 Archer Tillman 7/24/15 vs. BAL ND W, 3-1 LAST FOUR Has gone 2-0 with a 2.28 ERA (23.2-IP, 6-ER) and held opponents to.186/.271/.291 (16-for-86), including.059 (1-for-17) with RISP in comparison, through 4 starts he was 0-4 with a 7.32 ERA (19.2-IP, 16-ER) and opponents hit.345/.418/.598 (30-for-87), including.286 (8-for-28) with RISP his last 4 starts have lowered his ERA by 2.75 runs and his WHIP from 2.08 to A.L. LEADERS Ranks among AL leaders in SO (54, 3rd), SO/9 IP (11.22, 2nd), HR (8, T-6th), BB (21, T-7th), losses (4, T-9th), starts (8, T- 1st) and WP (4, T-5th) trails BOS David Price (65) and teammate Drew Smyly (582) in strikeouts 45 of his 54 SO have been swinging (83.3 percent) has a major-league-leading 33 SO (28 swinging) with the slider on his way to a club-record 252 SO last season, he had 58 SO through his first 8 starts his 8 HR are more than his first 16 starts (6) last season. SLIDE RULES Last season, had a ML-most 179 SO with the slider (152 swinging), 71.0 pct. of his total strikeouts no other pitcher in the majors had as many Ks on any other pitch, per Stats LLC a comparison at how opponents have fared vs. his slider this season: First 4 GS:.317/.378/.595 (13-for-41), 2 2B, 3 HR, 18 SO Last 4 GS:.200/.273/.225 (8-for-40), 1 2B, 0 HR, 15 SO 100TH START On May 6 at LAA, earned the victory in his 100th career start he became the fifth pitcher to make 100 starts in a Rays uniform and the fourth of those 5 to make a scoreless start in his 100th, joining Scott Kazmir, David Price and Jeremy Hellickson. ARCHER, PRICE, JOHNSON, RYAN Finished April with 43 SO and a 5.01 ERA he and BOS David Price (46 SO, 5.76 ERA) joined 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 Johnson ended up going 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. OPENING DAY ASSIGNMENT On April 3 vs. TOR, made his second consecutive Opening Day start, joining David Price ( ), James Shields ( ), Scott Kazmir ( ) and Wilson Alvarez ( ) as the only Rays to start back-to-back Opening Days had 12 SO, a club record for Opening Day and the most in the majors on Opening Day since SEA Felix Hernandez on April 2, 2007 vs. OAK became the first pitcher to record at least 12 SO on Opening Day and lose since STL Bob Gibson in 1975 vs. MTL. KING OF THE ROAD Went 9-5 on the road in 2015, his 9 wins tying for 2nd in the AL behind DET/TOR David Price (11) this season is 1-2 with a 7.08 ERA (20.1-IP, 16-ER) in his first 4 road starts in contrast, went 6-0 with a 0.89 ERA (40.2-IP, 4-ER) in his first 6 road starts last year IN REVIEW Earned his first All-Star selection and set a club record with 252 SO, 2nd in the AL to CWS Chris Sale (274) and 4th in the majors finished 5th in the AL Cy Young voting with 29 points ranked among AL leaders with 212 IP (6th), 3.23 ERA (6th), SO/9 IP (2nd), 3.82 SO/BB (9th) and 1.14 WHIP (10th) held opponents to a.220 avg. (4th),.282 OBP (8th) and.331 SLG (3rd). K S FOR KIDS For the second straight season, every strikeout he records will benefit both Burg Baseball Inc. and Tampa RBI for every strikeout, he joins the Rays and Channel 10 News to each donate $25 to be split among the youth leagues this season, fans can visit raysbaseball.com/archer to pledge a dollar amount for every Archer strikeout, with a minimum pledge of 25 cents amounts will be collected at the end of each month, based on Archer s strikeout total that month last season, Archer raised $18,900 to split between the two organizations GAME LOG GAME DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP P/K FINAL OPP. LEFT 4/3 vs. TOR L /66 L, 3-5 Stroman down, 3-1 4/8 at BAL L /60 L, 1-6 Tillman down, 6-1 4/14 vs. CLE L /67 L, 0-6 Salazar down, 3-0 4/20 at BOS L /48 L, 3-7 Porcello down, 6-0 4/25 vs. BAL W /65 W, 2-0 Gausman up, 2-0 4/30 vs. TOR /52 W, 4-3 Happ tied, 2-2 APRIL /6 at LAA W /58 W, 5-2 Rasmus up, 5-0 5/11 at SEA /55 L, 5-6 (11) Walker tied, 4-4 MAY SPLITS vs. RH:.263 (26-99), 7-HR vs. LH:.270 (20-74), 1-HR Home: 1-2, 2.35 ERA (23.0-IP, 6-ER) Road: 1-2, 7.08 ERA (20.1-IP, 16-ER) ARCHER vs. TORONTO CAREER Is 5-4 with a 3.26 ERA (102- IP, 37-ER) in 17 career starts his 18th start vs. Toronto will be 6 more than he s made against any other opponent (Boston, 12) has already faced them twice (Opening Day, April 30) this season (0-1, 3.27), both at home has held the Blue Jays to 2 earned runs or fewer in 14 of his 17 career starts against them. AT ROGERS CENTRE Has gone 2-2 with a 3.26 ERA (47-IP, 17-ER) in 8 career starts. TOMORROW S STARTER RH JAKE ODORIZZI (0-2, 3.83) LAST START On Fri vs. OAK, lost a 6-3 decision to Rich Hill his line: 4 IP, 7 H, 5 R/ER, 1 BB, 2 SO, 3 HR, 97 pit, 70 str in the 1st inning threw 42 pitches (31 strikes), the 2nd-highest inning pitch count of his career, including a 14-pitch single by Billy Burns who fouled off 11 pitches Khris Davis, Danny Valencia and Marcus Semien all homered, the the first 2 coming in the 1st inning his 5 R/ER tied his season high (April 21 at BOS). The loss snapped a streak of 5 straight no-decisions, which tied the club record (also Odorizzi from Aug 2-23, 2015 and Dave Eiland from May 15 Aug 20, 2000). HARD LUCK Is winless in all 8 starts, the longest winless streak by a Rays starter to begin the season since Jason Hammel (8 starts) in Had his fourth career ejection as Rays manager on April 29 vs. TOR. Marks his second season as Rays manager 38-year-old is the youngest active manager in MLB, ahead of SD Andy Green (5 months older). Is the fifth manager in Rays history is the sixth Tampa-born manager in ML history and second to manage the Rays joins Hall of Famers Al Lopez and Tony La Russa, Lou Piniella, Dave Miley and John Hart. #16 KEVIN CASH, MANAGER 2007 the club record to begin a season is 15 starts by Tanyon Sturtze in 2002 only two other qualifying pitchers in the majors remain winless: SF Matt Cain (5.87 ERA over 8 starts) and ATL Julio Teheran (3.17 ERA over 8 starts). vs. TORONTO Will be making his third start vs. Toronto this season (0-0, 1.42 ERA, 12.2-IP, 2-ER) on May 1 at home, held the Jays to 2 hits and 1 R/ER over 7 IP, the lone run coming on Josh Donaldson s 4th-inning homer left with the game tied 1-1 against Marcus Stroman, but Toronto scored 4 runs off the bullpen for a 5-1 defeat notched 10 SO in his season debut, April 5 at home, earning ND in the 3-2 win lifetime is 2-2 with a 3.31 ERA (49-IP, 18-ER) in 8 starts at Rogers Centre, is 1-2 with a 5.64 ERA (22.1-IP, 14-ER) in 4 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 Mon: 1-5, HR, 2-RBI, R OAK Series: 0-3, BB Trip: 0-5 vs. LH:.200 (6-30), 1-HR 2016:.143/.200/.238, 1-HR, 3-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.200, 1-5) RISP:.286 (2-7) vs. RH:.000 (0-12) Snapped an 0-for-13 yesterday at TOR and a career-long 66 at-bat homerless drought in the 2nd, his first since Sep 18, 2015 vs. BAL recorded his first multi-rbi game since Oct 3, 2015 vs. TOR, his first RBI since his second at-bat of the season had 1 RBI in his first 12 games (10 starts). Has hit.302/.356/.547 (16-for-53) in 17 career games (14 starts) vs. TOR, and his 3 HR and 13 RBI are both his most vs. any opponent is a career.296/.333/.593 (8-for-27) with 2 HR and 5 RBI in 9 games (7 starts) at Rogers Centre, his most HR and RBI at a visiting ballpark. Is 1-for-his-last-18 still seeking his first multi-hit game of the season both XBH and all 3 RBI this season have come in 3 starts vs. J.A. Happ. Has played in 13 games with 11 starts (7-SS, 4-2B), all vs. left-handed starters has made 1 error in 49 chances for a.980 fielding pct. #19 CURT CASALI, C Mon: 2-5, 2B, HR, 3-RBI, 2-R OAK Series: 0-3, BB Trip: 3-13, 2B, HR, RBI, 2-BB, 3-R vs. LH:.219 (7-32), 2-HR 2016:.197/.256/.447, 5-HR, 13-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.400, 2-5) RISP:.125 (2-16) vs. RH:.182 (8-44), 3-HR His 5 HR rank T-3rd among AL catchers, and his 4 HR in May lead AL catchers and rank 2nd in the majors behind MIL Jonathan Lucroy (5) has hit 4 HR in 28 at-bats this month, compared to 1 HR in 48 AB in April since 2015, 64.1 percent of his hits have gone for extra bases (14-1B, 10-2B, 15-HR) has averaged a home run every AB over that span, best in the AL (min. 10 HR) and 2nd in the majors to Giancarlo Stanton (10.74). Batting.281/.361/.719 (9-for-32) over his last 11 games (9 starts), compared to.136/.174/.250 before that tied a career high with 3 RBI (4th time) and had his fifth career multi-xbh game yesterday at TOR, second this season (also May 8 at LAA) has played in 27 G with 23 starts at catcher. #24 HANK CONGER, C Mon: DNP OAK Series: 1-6, BB, R Trip: 2-8 vs. LH:.000 (0-1) 2016:.186/.222/.186, 0-HR, 1-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.333, 1-3) RISP:.077 (1-13) vs. RH:.190 (8-42) Has thrown out 1 of his last 50 attempted base stealers it came on May 1 vs. TOR, his first since May 29, 2015 vs. CWS (snapped an 0-for-48). Has played in 20 games with 13 starts at catcher on Sat-Sun vs. OAK started consecutive games at catcher for the first time since Sep 15-16, 2015 at TEX caught Matt Andriese s CG SHO on Sat vs. OAK, first time he caught one since Aug 4, 2014 at LAD (with LAA, Garrett Richards). All 8 hits have been singles his last XBH was Sep 29, 2015 at SEA (double), having gone 46 at-bats since then has gone 62 AB since his last HR. #10 COREY DICKERSON, OF Mon: DNP OAK Series: 1-9, 3B Trip: 3-21, 3-HR, 8-RBI, 2-BB, 4-R vs. LH:.045 (1-22) 2016:.176/.239/.463, 8-HR, 17-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-7 RISP:.167 (5-30) vs. RH:.209 (18-86), 8-HR Batting.093/.197/.352 (5-for-54) since April 24, dropping his avg. from.259 to.176 all 5 hits since then have gone for extra bases (4-HR, 1-3B). No other player in baseball with a sub-.200 avg. has as high as SLG closest is Ryan Howard (.413 SLG); closest AL player is Troy Tulowitzki (.401). Has played in 33 games with 27 starts (21-DH, 5-LF, 1-RF) batting.139/.209/.405 (11-for-79) with 6 HR as a DH, compared to.292/.346/.667 (7-for-24) with 2 HR as an outfielder 14 of his 17 RBI have come via the HR is one of four players in baseball with at least 8 HR, all vs. RHP. Ranks among team leaders in XBH (14, T-3rd), HR (8, T-1st) and RBI (17, T-2nd) 14 of his 19 hits have gone for extra bases (8-HR, 5-2B, 1-3B). Had his first career grand slam on Wed at SEA (6th inning) was the first grand slam by a Ray on the road since Wil Myers on June 22, 2013 at NYY. Since 2014, his.543 SLG ranks 7th in the majors (min. 500 PA) trails Trout, Stanton, Harper, Arenado, Ortiz and Goldschmidt. #5 BRANDON GUYER, OF Mon: 1-5, 2B OAK Series: 4-13, 2B, 2-HR, 7-RBI, 3-R Trip: 5-13, 3-2B, BB, R vs. LH:.325 (13-40), 2-HR 2016:.329/.435/.566, 4-HR, 11-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 3G (.357, 5-14) RISP:.500 (5-10) vs. RH:.333 (12-36), 2-HR Has multiple hits in 5 of his last 10 games min. 75 PA, his.435 OBP ranks 2nd in the AL behind TOR Justin Smoak (.438) and 7th in the majors. Had his first career multi-hr game on Sun vs. OAK, which included his fourth career leadoff homer (last Sep 21, 2015 at BOS) became the seventh player in club history (11th time) with multi-hr from the leadoff spot, first since Ben Zobrist on April 13, 2014 at CIN was the fourth time in club history a player homered in both the 1st and 2nd innings and the first time since Desmond Jennings on Aug 28, 2011 at TOR. His career-high 5 RBI on Sun vs. OAK tied the club record for a leadoff hitter, joining John Jaso on June 6, 2010 at TEX had 7 RBI in the Oakland series, compared to 4 RBI through his first 21 games were the most by a Ray in a 3-game series since Wil Myers from May 2-4, 2014 at NYY (7). Has a major-league-leading 12 HBP, more than 14 teams is one of three players since Baseball Reference data is available (1913) to coax 12 HBP within his team s first 36 games in a season has drawn 47 HBP in his career, four shy of tying Carlos Peña for the Rays all-time record. Has played in 24 games, 20 starts (7-LF, 5-RF, 5-DH, 3-CF) has started all 65 Rays games vs. left-handed starters since the start of last year. #8 DESMOND JENNINGS, OF Mon: 3-5, 2B, HR, 3-RBI, 2-R OAK Series: 0-1, 3-BB, 2-R Trip: 0-8 vs. LH:.171 (6-35) 2016:.185/.269/.283, 2-HR, 9-RBI, 2-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.600, 3-5) RISP:.211 (4-19) vs. RH:.193 (11-57), 2-HR Snapped a 1-for-36 yesterday at TOR his 3 hits were his most since Aug 14, 2015 at TEX, his 2 XBH tied a career high (18th time) and were his most since July 6, 2014 at DET, his 3 RBI were his most since Sep 21, 2013 vs. BAL (4) and his 2 runs scored tied a season high (also Fri vs. OAK). Has reached in 6 of his last 9 PA (3-H, 3-BB), compared to 3 of his previous 38 PA is a career.311/.378/.523 (73-for-235) hitter in 62 games (59 starts) vs. Toronto has 11 HR vs. the Blue Jays, his most vs. any opponent, and 8 of those 11 HR have come in 31 G (29 starts) at Rogers Centre. Has played in 29 games with 26 starts (24-LF, 2-DH) his.996 career fielding percentage is the best among active outfielders (min. 1,000 chances), pct. points ahead of Jacoby Ellsbury hasn t made an error since Sep 6, 2013 at SEA. #39 KEVIN KIERMAIER, CF Mon: 1-2, RBI, SF OAK Series: 3-11, 2B, RBI, BB, R Trip: 2-23, HR, RBI, 2-BB, 2-R vs. LH:.148 (4-27) 2016:.220/.295/.404, 4-HR, 10-RBI, 6-SB Current Hitting Streak: 5G (.278, 5-18) RISP:.250 (5-20) vs. RH:.244 (20-82), 4-HR Has a 5-game hitting streak, breaking out of a 1-for-21 slump has hit.278 (5-for-18) with 2 XBH (1-2B, 1-HR) and 3 RBI over that span. Didn t have an extra-base hit through his first 10 games since April 17, his 12 XBH (7-2B, 4-HR) rank 2nd on the team to Evan Longoria (15). Nine of his last 11 HR, including all 4 HR this season (last Wed at SEA, 9th inning), have tied the game or given the Rays a lead. All 4 hits vs. LHP have been doubles (last May 4 vs. LAD) his 4 2B vs. LHP are tied for the most by a lefty hitter in the majors. Has played in 34 games with 33 starts, all as the No. 8 hitter and in CF in 2015, won the sixth Gold Glove in club history, first Platinum Glove. #3 EVAN LONGORIA, 3B Mon: 1-3, BB, 2-R OAK Series: 5-12, 3-2B, HR, 2-RBI, BB, 3-R Trip: 4-23, 2B, HR, 3-RBI, 3-BB, 2-R vs. LH:.279 (12-43), 2-HR 2016:.250/.301/.479, 7-HR, 19-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 5G (.368, 7-19) RISP:.167 (5-30) vs. RH:.238 (24-101), 5-HR Is 2 XBH shy of 500 for his career on Sun vs. OAK had his second multi-xbh game of the season (also April 21 at BOS), including his 7th HR. Ranks among team leaders in hits (36, 1st), 2B (12, 1st), HR (7, 3rd), XBH (19, 1st), RBI (19, 1st) and multi-hit games (10, T-1st). Batting.333/.429/.667 (10-for-30) with 4 2B and 2 HR over his last 8 G swinging at 39.4 pct. of pitches over that span (55.0 pct. before that). Is 1-for-his-last-20 with RISP following a 4-for-10 start six of his 7 HR have been solo, the only exception a 2-run homer on April 12 vs. CLE. Is the franchise s all-time leader in HR (212), RBI (727), 2B (273) and XBH (498) his service time (8.043) ranks 2nd to Carl Crawford (8.072). #13 BRAD MILLER, SS Mon: 1-2 (def. rep.) OAK Series: 1-13, HR, 2-RBI, R Trip: 8-25, 2-HR, 3-RBI, 3-BB, 3-R vs. LH:.167 (4-24), 1-HR 2016:.202/.269/.385, 5-HR, 10-RBI, 2-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.500, 1-2) RISP:.167 (4-24) vs. RH:.212 (18-85), 4-HR Batting.274/.338/.516 (17-for-62) with 4 HR and 7 RBI over his last 18 games (15 starts) since April 24 over that span, his.516 SLG ranks 3rd among AL shortstops, trailing Bogaerts (.554) and Semien (.522) in comparison, hit.106/.176/.213 (5-for-47) in 15 games (13 starts) prior to that. Has averaged feet on his 5 HR this season (last Sat vs. OAK) three of his 5 HR have come with runners on base, tied for most on the team. Has played in 33 games with 28 starts, all at shortstop has made starts from the No. 2 (12), No. 6 (14), No. 7 (1) and No. 9 (1) spots in the lineup. Ten of his 22 hits have gone for extra bases (12-1B, 5-2B, 5-HR) had a career-high-tying 4 hits on May 6 at LAA (also Sep 6, 2014 at TEX). #7 LOGAN MORRISON, 1B Mon: 1-1 (def. rep.) OAK Series: 0-5, 4-BB Trip: 4-15, 3-BB, R vs. LH:.333 (3-9) 2016:.129/.229/.153, 0-HR, 0-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (1.000, 1-1) RISP:.182 (2-11) vs. RH:.105 (8-76) Has a.375 OBP in 10 games in May, compared to a.156 OBP in 19 G in April min. 50 AB, his.129 avg. and.153 SLG are the lowest in the majors. Had a career-high-tying 3 BB on Sat vs. OAK (5th time, last July 4, 2013 at ATL (with MIA) has more walks in May (7) than he did in April (4). Hasn t had a multi-hit game since Sep 25, 2015 at LAA the only AL player with more games this season without one is HOU Preston Tucker (33). Has played in 29 games with 23 starts (20-1B, 3-DH) has gone 106 at-bats since his last home run his 85 at-bats are the most in the majors without an RBI and are the 2nd-most at-bats in club history to start the season without one, after Jose Molina in 2014 (87).

4 #38 TAYLOR MOTTER, UTL Mon: 1-4, BB, 2-R OAK Series: DNP Trip: -- vs. LH:.500 (1-2) 2016:.250/.400/.250, 0-HR, 0-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.250, 1-4) RISP: -- vs. RH:.000 (0-2) Made his major league debut yesterday at TOR, starting at SS and moving to RF in the 6th became the only player since Baseball Reference data is available (1913) to play SS and in the OF in his major league debut and the eighth to play the infield and outfield in his debut with his infield single in the 1st (off J.A. Happ), he became the 17th Ray to record a hit in his first career PA, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Hit.190/.228/.303 (27-for-142) in 34 games with Triple-A Durham and led the team with 4 HR and 8 SB at the time of his recall. Named the 2016 Al Lopez Award winner, given to the most outstanding Rays rookie in spring training hit.250 and played six different positions. Last season he spent the entire season with Durham and was named their MVP by the Rays Baseball Operations department named a midseason and postseason International League All-Star as a utility player saw significant time at 6 positions (RF, 3B, SS, 2B, CF and LF) and started in all nine spots of the batting order led the IL with 43 2B and 58 XBH and ranked in the top 10 in avg., OBP, SLG, hits, runs scored and total bases. #28 STEVE PEARCE, UTL Mon: 2-4, HR, 3-RBI, BB, 2-R OAK Series: 1-11, 2-RBI, BB, 3-R Trip: 5-15, 2-HR, 2-RBI, 3-BB, 3-R vs. LH:.429 (15-35), 5-HR 2016:.288/.370/.538, 6-HR, 16-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.500, 2-4) RISP:.333 (7-21) vs. RH:.178 (8-45), 1-HR Batting.327/.414/.714 (16-for-49) with 6 HR and 13 RBI over his last 14 G (13 starts) since April 24 ranks among AL leaders over that span (min. 50 PA) in SLG (.714, 3rd trailing BOS David Ortiz and BOS Jackie Bradley Jr.) and HR (6, T-4th) his 13 RBI are the most by a Ray since then. Batting.429/.487/.914 (15-for-35) vs. LHP ranks among AL leaders vs. LHP in avg. (1st), OBP (2nd), SLG (1st), HR (T-1st) and RBI (1st). Has played in 24 games with 21 starts (16-1B, 4-2B, 1-3B) he and HOU Marwin Gonzalez are the only AL players with starts at 1B, 2B and 3B in his career, has played in 22 games with 17 starts at 2B and hasn t made an error there in 74 chances has 2 errors this season, both as a 1B. On Tue at SEA had his 4th career multi-hr game, first since Sep 18, 2015 at TB (with BAL) his 2nd HR was the 3rd of his career on an 0-2 pitch. Since 2014, has hit 9 HR in 101 at-bats at Tropicana Field that includes 7 HR as an Oriole, most among visiting players from #20 STEVEN SOUZA JR., OF Mon: 3-5, 2B, RBI, 2-R OAK Series: 3-10, 2-2B, RBI, 2-BB, R Trip: 6-24, 2B, 2-HR, 3-RBI, 2-BB, 3-R vs. LH:.316 (12-38), 3-HR 2016:.270/.326/.525, 8-HR, 17-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.600, 3-5) RISP:.259 (7-27) vs. RH:.250 (21-84), 5-HR Had 3 hits yesterday at TOR, his most since a career-high-tying 4 hits on April 6 vs. TOR has hit.344/.344/.719 (11-for-32) with 3 HR in 8 G against the Blue Jays this season is a career.367/.406/.633 hitter at Rogers Centre his 5 HR in his career vs. TOR tie for his most vs. any opponent. Batting.317/.378/.634 (13-for-41) with 4 2B, 3 HR and 6 RBI over his last 11 games (since May 4) has raised his season avg. from.247 to.270. Ranks among team leaders in XBH (15, 2nd), HR (8, T-1st), SLG (.525, 1st) and RBI (17, T-2nd) twelve of his 17 RBI have come via the HR. His 46 SO rank T-5th in the AL last season he struck out once every 2.96 PA, more frequently than anyone else in the majors (min. 400 PA). Was the first player in Rays history with a pair of multi-hr games within the team s first 18 games remains one of six AL players with two multi- HR games this season (Trumbo-3, Cano-2, Rasmus-2, Schoop-2, Valencia-2) the second came on April 24 at NYY, the day of his 27th birthday. RAYS BULLPEN NOTES #31 XAVIER CEDEÑO, LH Last App: 5/15 vs. OAK (0.2-IP, 1-H, 1-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-2 vs. LH:.211 (4-19) 2016: 2-1-0, 3.86 ERA, 14 G Long Relief App: 1.1, 4/16 vs. CWS IR-RS: 7-3 vs. RH:.200 (3-15) Started the 9th inning on Sun vs. OAK and brought the Rays to within one out of a win replaced following a 2-out double by Billy Burns. The Rays have been tied or ahead in 13 of his 14 apps has pitched less than one inning in 9 of his 14 apps, including 3 apps of 1 BF (recorded out in all 3) has thrown less than 10 pitches in 8 of his 14 apps his 14 apps are tied with Enny Romero for most among Rays lefties. Has 10 SO and 6 BB this season for a 1.67 SO/BB ratio after last season s trade to the Rays, had a 3.58 SO/BB ratio (43-SO, 12-BB). Allowed 2 BB on Wed at SEA, his most as a Ray and first time since April 13, 2015 at BOS (with WAS) replaced with the bases loaded. #37 ALEX COLOME, RH Last App: 5/15 vs. OAK (1.0-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 1-BB, 2-SO) Saves-Opps: 9-9 vs. LH:.333 (6-18) 2016: 1-1-9, 1.69 ERA, 15 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 2x-last 5/11 at SEA IR-RS: 4-2 vs. RH:.132 (5-38), 1-HR Faced the A s 4-thru-8 hitters in the 8th inning on Sun vs. OAK his last 6 apps spanning 7 IP have been scoreless (since May 4). Last save was May 8 at LAA is one of four AL pitchers with at least 9 saves without a blown save (Ryan Madson, Zach Britton, Cody Allen). Converted the save in four consecutive Rays games from May 4-8, joining Rafael Soriano (July 3-6, 2010) as the only Rays to ever do that. Thirteen of his 15 apps this season have been scoreless has a 0.00 ERA (9.1-IP, 3-H, 13-SO) in save situations (10 apps), compared to a 4.05 ERA (6.2-IP, 8-H, 8-SO) in non-save situations (5 apps) since 2015, has a 2.38 ERA (56.2-IP, 15-ER) in 45 relief apps, with only 1 HR allowed. #51 DANA EVELAND, LH Last App: 5/16 at TOR (1.0-IP, 2-H, 1-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH:.389 (7-18), 1-HR 2016: 0-1-0, 9.00 ERA, 12 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 5/13 vs. OAK IR-RS: 7-0 vs. RH:.250 (6-24), 1-HR Has allowed runs in 6 of his last 7 apps, increasing his ERA from 2.08 to 9.00 his 9.00 ERA is the 2nd-highest in the AL (min. 10 apps). Went ground-rule double, RBI single to his first 2 BF yesterday at TOR got a double play and a 6-3 grounder to get out of the inning. Went 2 IP on Fri vs. OAK, his longest app since July 18, 2014 at SD (with NYM, also 2 IP) allowed a solo homer to Danny Valencia. The 32-year-old is the oldest pitcher on the active roster the Rays are his 10th major league team became the second left-handed pitcher in club history to make the Opening Day roster after entering as a non-roster invite, joining Jim Parque in #54 STEVE GELTZ, RH Last App: 5/16 at TOR (1.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-1 vs. LH:.160 (4-25), 1-HR 2016: 0-1-0, 4.30 ERA, 15 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 5/13 vs. OAK IR-RS: 7-3 vs. RH:.241 (7-29), 4-HR Had a perfect 6th yesterday at TOR on 7 pitches, incl. Michael Saunders strikeout marked his first perfect app since May 3 vs. LAD (1.2 IP). Since May 9, has allowed 3 game-winning HR (Danny Valencia go-ahead, Chris Iannetta walk-off, Ketel Marte go-ahead) his 5 HR this season rank T-2nd among AL relievers, and his 13 HR since the start of 2015 rank T-3rd five of his 11 hits allowed this season have been homers. On Sun vs. OAK entered with 1-on, 2-out in the 9th and allowed a 2-run homer to Danny Valencia his 3rd of the game on his first pitch thrown. Got the final out of the 10th on Wed at SEA (Dae-Ho Lee strikeout) yielded a walk-off solo homer to his first batter faced in the 11th (Chris Iannetta) was the fourth time in his career he was on the mound in a walk-off loss (last Sep 27, 2015 at TOR, Josh Donaldson solo homer). #30 ERASMO RAMIREZ, RH Last App: 5/15 vs. OAK (2.0-IP, 2-H, 1-R, 0-BB, 2-SO, 1-HR) Saves-Opps: 0-1 vs. LH:.267 (12-45), 3-HR 2016: 6-1-0, 1.76 ERA, 16 G, 1 GS Long Relief App: 2.0, 8x-last 5/15 vs. OAK IR-RS: 17-1 vs. RH:.148 (9-61) Min. 30 IP, ranks among AL leaders in ERA (1.76, 3rd) and WHIP (0.82, 2nd) has averaged 13.1 pitches per inning, fewest in the majors. Has gotten at least 4 outs in 13 of 15 relief apps, most such apps in the majors his 8 relief apps of 2 IP are tied for most in the majors. Has made a team-leading 16 apps (1 start) and leads the majors with 25.0 relief innings his 6 wins are T-3rd in the majors and remain tied with Matt Moore (2013) and James Shields (2012) for most in club history through 36 games has a major-league-leading 5 wins as a reliever. Since the start of the 2015 season, his 17 wins are three more than any other pitcher on the team (Chris Archer, despite 14 fewer starts) during that same span, his 17-7 record (.708) is 3rd best in the AL (min. 20 decisions) behind David Price (.793) and Nathan Eovaldi (.773). His 17 IR ranks T-3rd in the AL four times he has inherited the bases loaded; hasn t allowed an IR to score in those 4 apps (last Wed at SEA). #45 ENNY ROMERO, LH Last App: 5/16 at TOR (1.0-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH:.087 (2-23) 2016: 1-0-0, 3.14 ERA, 14 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 2x-last 5/10 at SEA IR-RS: 6-0 vs. RH:.120 (3-25), 1-HR Has retired his 15 of his last 16 batters faced his.104 opp avg. (5-for-48) ranks 2nd among major league relievers to CLE Joba Chamberlain (.103) has actually allowed more runs (6) than hits (5) has allowed 7 BB 5 to left-handed hitters tied for most among Rays relievers. His avg. fastball velocity is 96.1 mph, per PITCHf/x ranks 8th among AL relievers (min. 10 IP) and 2nd among AL lefties to KC Danny Duffy (96.2). His last 4 apps have been scoreless since allowing 3 ER over 0.0 IP on May 4 vs. LAD this stretch has brought his ERA down from 4.82 to Retired his first 17 batters faced this season, the longest streak to start a season in franchise history. #58 RYAN WEBB, RH Last App: 5/16 at TOR (1.0-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH:.417 (5-12) 2016: 0-0-0, 4.09 ERA, 12 G Long Relief App: 1.1, 4/3 vs. TOR IR-RS: 6-4 vs. RH:.300 (9-30), 2-HR Yesterday at TOR, pitched with a lead (up 11-1) for the first time since Sep 18, 2015 vs. CWS the Rays have been trailing in 11 of his 12 apps. Has a 2.70 ERA (6.2-IP, 2-ER) over his last 8 apps since April 22 prior to that, had a 6.23 ERA (4.1-IP, 3-ER) through his first 4 apps. His career groundball-to-flyball ratio of 2.59 ranks 9th among actives (min. 300 IP) has a 2.38 ratio this season, compared to 3.65 in Last season he was with three organizations but spent most of the season in the majors with Cleveland, where he made 40 apps.

5 RAYS PITCHING BY THE NUMBERS W-L-S G ERA IP H ER BB SO HR Totals Starters Relievers Home Road April May LAST HR & PLAYER SEASON HIGHS LAST HR OFF 16 MOST HITS GAME 16 MOST RBI GAME Beckham 5/16 at TOR Happ 1, 6x-last, 5/16 at TOR 2, 5/16 at TOR Casali 5/16 at TOR Antolin 2, 4x-last, 5/16 at TOR 3, 5/16 at TOR Conger 9/12/15 at LAA Santiago 1, 8x-last, 5/15 vs. OAK 1, 4/20 at BOS Dickerson 5/11 at SEA Walker 3, 2x-last, 5/6 at LAA 4, 5/11 at SEA Guyer 5/15 vs. OAK Gray 4, 4/17 vs. CWS 5, 5/15 vs. OAK Jennings 5/16 at TOR Chavez 3, 5/16 at TOR 3, 5/16 at TOR Kiermaier 5/11 at SEA Vincent 3, 4/4 vs. TOR 2, 4/26 vs. BAL Longoria 5/15 vs. OAK Gray 2, 10x-last, 5/15 vs. OAK 2, 3x-last, 5/3 vs. LAD Miller 5/14 vs. OAK Graveman 4, 5/6 at LAA 3, 4/16 vs. CWS Morrison 9/24/15 at KC Davis 1, 11x-last, 5/16 at TOR - Motter - - 1, 5/16 at TOR - Pearce 5/16 at TOR Happ 2, 6x-last, 5/16 at TOR 3, 2x-last, 5/16 at TOR Souza Jr. 5/10 at SEA Miley 4, 4/6 vs. TOR 4, 4/6 vs. TOR RAYS BY THE NUMBERS Current Streak: W1 When commit error: 5-9 Hit homer: Current Record: Ahead after 6-7-8: 11-2/10-1/14-1 Homer with men on: 13-3 Home/Road: 10-11/7-8 Behind after 6-7-8: 3-14/2-15/0-15 Hit multiple homers: 11-5 Day/Night: 5-7/12-12 Tied after 6-7-8: 3-3/5-3/3-3 Score first: 11-4 Grass/Turf: 6-8/ run games: 3-4 Score 5 or more: 9-3 vs. East: run games: 5-5 Score less than 5: 8-16 vs. Central: 3-3 Extra innings: 1-1 Outhit opponents: 12-4 vs. West: 4-5 Win in last at-bat: 6 Outhit by opponents: 2-13 vs. National League: 1-1 Come-from-behind wins: 7 Collect 10 or more hits: 7-1 vs. RH/LH starters: 10-14/7-5 Opp. come-from-behind wins: 7 Opp. 10 or more hits: 1-9 Series W-L-T (home): Series W-L-T (road): Wearing white/gray/navy/lt. blue: 9-7/4-2/3-7/1-3 RUN SUPPORT FOR STARTING PITCHERS PITCHER STARTS RUNS RUNS/START RUNS/9-IP CLUB RECORD QUALITY Andriese Archer Moore Odorizzi Ramirez Smyly Snell RAYS SEASON HIGHS TEAM BATTING INDIVIDUAL BATTING Longest win streak 4, May 4-8 Most runs, game, TB 3, Forsythe, 4/21 at BOS Long loss streak 4, May 9-13 Most runs, game, Opp 3, 4x-last, Valencia, 5/15 vs. OAK Most runs game, TB 13, 5/16 at TOR Most hits, game, TB 4, 3x-last, Miller, 5/6 at LAA Most runs game, Opp 10, 5/3 vs. LAD Most hits, game, Opp 4, 3x-last, Marte, 5/9 at SEA 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, 5x-last, Marte, 5/9 at SEA Most hits, game, TB 17, 5/16 at TOR Most HR, game, TB 2, 3x-last, Guyer, 5/15 vs. OAK Most hits, game, Opp 15, 4/21 at BOS Most HR, game, Opp 3, Valencia, 5/15 vs. OAK Most hits, inn, TB 6, (1st) 4/24 at NYY Most RBI, game, TB 5, Guyer, 5/15 vs. OAK Most hits, inn, Opp 6, (1st) 4/21 at BOS Most RBI, game, Opp 5, Valencia, 5/15 vs. OAK Most doubles, game, TB 5, 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 3, 2x-last, Valencia, 5/15 vs. OAK Most HR, game, TB 5, 4/24 at NYY Most steals, game, TB 2, Kiermaier, 5/7 at LAA Most HR, game, Opp 4, 4x-last, 5/15 vs. OAK Most steals, game, Opp 2, 2x-last, Kipnis, 4/14 vs. CLE Most x-base hits, game, TB 8, 2x-last, 5/16 at TOR Hitting Streak 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, 2x-last, 5/7 at LAA Most SO, TB Starter 12, Archer, 4/3 vs. TOR Most stolen bases, game, Opp 5, 4/14 vs. CLE Most SO, Opp Starter 10, Tropeano, 5/8 at LAA Most walks, game, TB 7, 5/13 vs. OAK Most SO, TB Reliever 4, Ramirez, 4/13 vs. CLE Most walks, game, Opp 7, 3x-last, 5/11 at SEA Most IP, TB Reliever 2.0, 14x-last, Ramirez, 5/15 vs. OAK Most strikeouts, game, TB 16, 2x-last, 5/11 at SEA Most walks, game, TB 4, 4x-last, Smyly, 5/16 at TOR Most strikeouts, game, Opp 16, 4/3 vs. TOR Most walks, game, Opp 4, Hill, 5/13 vs. OAK Most LOB, game, TB 12, 2x-last, 5/11 at SEA Most SO, Team, TB 16, 4/3 vs. TOR Most LOB, game, Opp 13, 4/14 vs. CLE Most walks, Team, TB 7, 3x-last, 5/11 at SEA Most errors, game, TB 3, 4/21 at BOS Low-Hit Game 1, 4/19 at BOS Most errors, game, Opp 2, 2x-last, 5/7 at LAA Consecutive Scoreless IP 15.0, Andriese, May 8-Current Longest game, time 4:16, 4/21 at BOS Shortest game, time 2:23, 4/15 vs. CWS Longest game, time (9 inn.) 4:16, 4/21 at BOS Shortest game, time (9 inn.) 2:23, 4/15 vs. CWS HOME RUNS 1R 2R 3R GS TOTAL Souza Jr Dickerson Longoria Pearce Casali Miller Forsythe Kiermaier Guyer Jennings 2 2 Beckham 1 1 Conger Morrison TOTALS CATCHERS PCT CS ATT Casali Conger TOTALS MISC. Game-Tying & Go-Ahead RBI: Longoria (8), Forsythe (6), Souza Jr. (6), Dickerson (4), Guyer (6), Kiermaier (4), Pearce (4), Casali (3), Miller (3), Jennings (2) 2-Out RBI: Dickerson (9), Forsythe (9), Longoria (9), Pearce (8), Guyer (7), Souza Jr. (7), Jennings (6), Casali (5), Miller (3), Kiermaier (3), Conger (1) Outfield Assists: Jennings (2), Souza Jr. (1) Bunt Singles: - Ejections: Cash-1 (4/29 vs. TOR, 5th inn.) Batted Around: 4/19 at BOS (10th inn., 9 batters), 4/21 at BOS (4th inn., 10 batters), 4/24 at NYY (1st inn., 9 batters), 5/11 at SEA (6th inn., 9 batters). CATWALKS 1. April 6 vs. TOR Curt Casali pop out to SS Troy Tulowitzki hit off the A-ring catwalk off J.A. Happ (3rd inning). 2. April 16 vs. CWS Brett Lawrie home run off the C-ring catwalk in left field (389 feet)...off Steve Geltz (7th inning). 3. April 29 vs. TOR Josh Donaldson home run off the C-ring catwalk in left field (445 feet) off Drew Smyly (6th inning). 4. May 3 vs. LAD Trayce Thompson home run off the C-ring catwalk in left field (416 feet) off Matt Moore (2nd inning). 5. May 13 vs. OAK Danny Valencia home run off the C-ring catwalk in left field (437 feet) off Jake Odorizzi (1st inning). 6. May 16 vs. OAK Yonder Alonso pop out to 2B Steve Pearce hit off the B-ring catwalk off Matt Moore (2nd inning). WALK-OFF WINS 1. April 30 vs. TOR (W 4-3) Curt Casali single to left field off Brett Cecil (9th inning). WALK-OFF LOSSES 1. April 23 at NYY (L 2-3) Brett Gardner home run to right field off Erasmo Ramirez (9th inning). 2. May 11 at SEA (L 5-6) Chris Iannetta home run to right-center field off Steve Geltz (11th inning). Grand Slams (1): Dickerson-1 (5/11 at SEA, T. Walker) Back-to-Back (-): - 2-HR games (4): Souza Jr.-2 (4/6 vs. TOR, J Happ/A. Leon; 4/24 at NYY, Pineda), Pearce-1 (5/10 at SEA, Miley), Guyer-1 (5/15 vs. OAK, Gray) HOME RUNS RUNS BY INNING 3-HR games (-): - Pinch-hit (-): - Walk-off (-): - Lead-off (1): Guyer-1 (5/15 vs. OAK, Gray) Inside-the-park (-): X Total Opponent Tampa Bay INSTANT REPLAY CHALLENGES (last five) GAME CHALLENGED BY INN. PLAYER OF REFERENCE INITIAL CALL RULING DELAY April 27 vs. BAL Tampa Bay T9 Chris Davis Safe at first Overturned 2:37 April 30 vs. TOR Toronto B9 Brad Miller Safe at first Confirmed 0:56 May 6 at LAA Tampa Bay T7 Steven Souza Jr. Out at third Confirmed 3:23 May 7 at LAA Tampa Bay B5 Johnny Giavotella Safe at first Stands 2:35 May 8 at LAA Tampa Bay T7 Logan Forsythe Out at second Confirmed 1:03 Rays Totals (bold): 11 challenges (5 overturned, 2 stand, 4 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 Claimed OF Jake Goebbert off waivers from Pittsburgh and optioned him to Triple-A Durham. Apr 23 Optioned RH Danny Farquhar to Durham; recalled LH Blake Snell from Durham. Apr 24 Transferred RH Alex Cobb (Tommy John surgery) to the 60-day DL; optioned LH Blake Snell to Durham; selected RH Jhan Mariñez from Durham. May 7 Added RH Matt Andriese to the taxi squad. May 8 Designated RH Jhan Mariñez for assignment; recalled RH Matt Andriese from Durham. May 14 Placed 2B Logan Forsythe (left scapula) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 10; recalled RH Danny Farquhar from Durham. May 15 Designated RH Danny Farquhar for assignment; recalled UTL Taylor Motter from Durham. May 16 Optioned RH Danny Farquhar to Durham. W-L BY POSITION (STARTS) RAYS ON THE DISABLED LIST (4) POS. PLAYER DL INJURY DATE ON RETRO FIRST DATE OFF GMS MISSED RECORD RHP Brad Boxberger 15-day Adductor surgery April 2 - April RHP Alex Cobb 60-day Tommy John surgery April 2 - June B Logan Forsythe 15-day Left scapula hairline fracture May 14 May 10 May RHP Chase Whitley 60-day Tommy John surgery Feb 18 - June Others (Games Missed): - 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 Motter 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 Guyer Jennings Kiermaier Longoria Miller Morrison Motter 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 Andriese Archer Cedeño Colome Eveland Geltz Moore Odorizzi Ramirez Romero Smyly Webb