FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2016 vs. CHICAGO WHITE SOX RH Jake Odorizzi (0-1, 3.86) vs. LH Chris Sale (2-0, 3.86)

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1 FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2016 vs. CHICAGO WHITE SOX RH Jake Odorizzi (0-1, 3.86) vs. LH Chris Sale (2-0, 3.86) First Pitch: 7:10 p.m. Location: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla. TV: Fox Sports Sun Radio: WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.) Game No.: 10 (3-6) Home Game No.: 8 (3-4) All-Time Game No.: 2,924 (1,355-1,568) All-Time Home Game No.: 1,467 ( ) JACKIE ROBINSON DAY Today the Rays are celebrating Breaking Barriers, Jackie Robinson Day the annual leaguewide celebration commemorates the 69th anniversary of Robinson breaking baseball s color barrier in 1947 and features on-field, pregame ceremonies in ballparks throughout the league all teams will wear Robinson s No. 42, which the Rays have worn each year since 2008 the Rays are offering a special two tickets for $42 tonight at raysbaseball.com/42, a savings of more than 50 pct. while supplies last, all fans will receive a Breaking Barriers poster. Also today, the Pitching Promises art display, created by local artist Ya La ford and children from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay, makes its debut at Tropicana Field near Gate 6 on the main level. Tomorrow the Rays will host a free baseball clinic for Burg Baseball at Tropicana Field, and community service projects at Midtown PAL in St. Petersburg and Rey Park in West Tampa from 9 a.m. noon. COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS Prior to tonight s game, the Rays will honor nine Jackie Robinson Breaking Barriers Community Champions, each of whom have demonstrated Robinson s nine core values: Citizenship (Lounell Britt), Commitment (Ross Anderson), Courage (Tony Macon), Determination (Jim Oliver), Excellence (Dominick Rosado), Integrity (Dr. Ricardo Davis), Justice (Sgt. Matthew Furse), Persistence (Louis Stephens Jr.) and Teamwork (Lucinda Johnson). CLAIM YOUR PRIZE Prior to tonight s game, RH Chris Archer and CF Kevin Kiermaier will receive their 2015 Esurance MLB Awards Archer was voted as baseball s Best Social Media Personality, and Kiermaier was voted Defensive Player of the Year. RAY MATTER The Rays were shut out 6-0 yesterday in their rubber match with the Indians, and have yet to win a series this season they have lost 4 of their last 5 games the Rays have scored only 1 run in the last 2 games, and are averaging 2.67 runs per game this season, 3rd fewest in the majors ahead of the Mets (2.50) and Twins (1.56) their.269 OBP is 2nd lowest in the majors, ahead of Oakland (.261) through 9 games, the Rays have scored 24 runs (2nd fewest in club history; 20 in 2011) their fewest ever scored after 10 games is 31 (2001) Rays pitchers have allowed only 37 runs, 2nd fewest in club history (23 in 2014) they have been held to 3 runs or fewer in 7 of 9 games (W 5-1 on Tues vs. CLE, W 5-3 on April 6 vs. TOR). The Rays have led at the end of only 8 of a possible 81 innings this season, and have trailed after 6 innings in all 9 games 10 of their 24 total runs scored have come in the 8th inning. Yesterday the Rays allowed 5 SB, their most since Sep 19, 2013 vs. TEX (5). The Rays have committed 4 errors in the last 2 games, compared to 2 errors in the first 7 games. The Rays have failed to homer in consecutive games for the first time since Sep 13-14, 2015, following a club-record streak of 21 games with a home run. The Rays are in last place in the AL East the current 6-game homestand vs. Cleveland and Chicago is the only break the Rays get from the AL East in the month of April. LEFTY LOOSEY After facing only one lefthanded starting pitcher in their first 9 games (TOR J.A. Happ on April 6), the Rays will face three straight southpaw starters in this series vs. Chicago since the start of 2015, the Rays are (.574) when facing a lefty starter (best in the AL) compared to vs. RH BEST RECORD vs. LH STARTERS, MLB, Cubs Nationals Dodgers Rays starters in 2015, they ranked 3rd in the majors in home runs (69) and OPS (.766) against lefty starters, but against RH starters they ranked T-23rd in home runs (98) and 24th in OPS (.697) only Houston (81) and Texas (78) hit more home runs against lefty starters in Ks FOR DAYS Tonight the Rays face 2015 American League strikeout leader LH Chris Sale, completing a 4-day stretch in which they have faced 4 of the AL s top 7 pitchers in strikeouts from 2015 in the just-completed series vs. Cleveland, they were opposed by RH Corey Kluber (6-SO), RH Carlos Carrasco (8-SO) and RH Danny Salazar (9-SO), respectively. Rays pitchers have 85 SO this season, their most ever after 9 games (prev. 68 in 2000). The Rays have already had three 10-SO performances by three different pitchers: RH Chris Archer (12 on Opening Day), RH Jake Odorizzi (10 on April 5 vs. TOR) and LH Drew Smyly (11 on Wed vs. CLE) no other team has more than one 10-SO performance. SEEKING A W Rays starting pitchers are still seeking their first victory, one of six teams in that situation twice in club history it took them until their 10th game or longer to record their first win by a starter: 2003 (17th game, win by Jorge Sosa) and 2011 (10th game, win by Jeremy Hellickson). RAYS vs. WHITE SOX Tonight is the first of 7 scheduled games between the clubs in 2016 after this weekend, they won t meet again until the final week of the regular season, Sep for a 4-game set in the Windy City last season was the Rays best ever against the White Sox as they went 5-1 (3-0 at home, 2-1 in Chicago) in losing the series finale Aug 5 at CWS, they missed a chance to become the first AL team to go undefeated against the Sox in their 115-year history their 3-game sweep at Tropicana Field (June 12-14) was their second-ever sweep of Chicago (also July 5-7, 2013 at home) the Rays are (.449) all-time, and at home they are since becoming the Rays in RAYS ON SALE Tonight s starter CWS Chris Sale has lost his last 3 consecutive starts to the Rays tonight the Rays have a chance to become just the second team to defeat Sale in 4 consecutive starts, joining the Indians who did it in 2013 Sale has also lost his last 4 decisions (across 5 starts) against the Minnesota Twins. THE EARLY GOING Not counting Saturday s postponement, the Rays had 8 scheduled off-days in the first 47 days, and at least one off-day in each of the first 7 weeks, allowing them to begin the season with a 4-man starting rotation 10 of the Rays first 12 games will be at home as well as 18 of their first LOB Yesterday Rays pitchers stranded 13 Indians base runners, the most LOB by a Rays opponent in a 9-inning game since the Twins (13) on April 24, 2014 here at Tropicana Field, a 9-7 Rays loss. SCORING CHANGES Two scoring changes have been made since the end of yesterday s game in top-5th, CLE Mike Napoli struck out and reached 1B on a fielder s choice, while Rajai Davis was retired 2-1 at home plate (previously it was ruled that Napoli reached on a wild pitch by Chris Archer) in bot-5th, Hank Conger s double has been changed to a single after initially being called safe at 2B, instant replay showed Conger came off the bag and he was ruled out RF Marlon Byrd gets an assist. UNDER-30 STREAK ROLLS ON Today will be the 246th consecutive game the Rays have started a pitcher under the age of 30, the longest current streak in the majors Arizona s streak of 237 ended in their season opener, when 31-year-old Zack Greinke started vs. Colorado the Rays streak doesn t figure to end any time soon, as the Rays don t have a starter over the age of 27 Erik Bedard on July 3, 2014 was the last 30-plus pitcher to start a game for the Rays since May 25, 2007, the Rays have started a pitcher under 30 in 1,342 of their last 1,422 games (94 pct.), including a streak of 764 consecutive games between REHAB WATCH Today RH Alex Cobb and RH Chase Whitley, both rehabbing from Tommy John surgery, will throw off a mound for a second time. COBB TO VISIT DRAFT ROOM Tomorrow from 5:15 5:45, Alex Cobb will visit the Republic Bank Draft Room Season Ticket Club, the new, exclusive area for full season ticket holders which blends hospitality and comfort with behind the scenes access to Rays staff, players and coaches. FUN-FILLED WEEKEND The Rays will honor Kevin Kiermaier s 2015 Platinum Glove Award this weekend with a pair of premium promotional items tomorrow (Saturday) all fans will receive a special Kevin Kiermaier Platinum Glove Bobblehead presented by DEX Imaging and Kiermaier will receive his Rawlings AL Platinum Glove Award from Rawlings officials prior to the game on Sunday, all kids 14 and under will receive a Kevin Kiermaier Glove presented by the Florida Division of Emergency Management all Rays promotional items are available while supplies last. Sunday is Dog Day at the Rays, and the Rays wives and girlfriends will work with Pet Pal Animal Shelter to collect donated pet supplies collection points will be staffed by the wives and girlfriends at Gate 6 and on the TBT Deck fans are encouraged to bring dog food (preferably Science Diet), dog toys, dog crates, dog beds, treats, flea medicine, heart medicine anything a dog can use. Also on Sunday, 10News staff will be collecting cereal for their Cereal for Summer campaign when fans donate one box or more of cereal, they ll receive a voucher for a free ticket to a future weekday game or $10 off a weekend game. Upcoming Games Time (ET) Probable Starting Pitchers (Rays vs. Opp.) TV Radio Sat., April 16 vs. CWS 6:10 p.m. TBA vs. LH John Danks (0-1, 9.00) Fox Sports Sun WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.) Sun., April 17 vs. CWS 1:10 p.m. LH Matt Moore (0-0, 3.00) vs. LH Jose Quintana (1-0, 2.31) Fox Sports Sun WDAE 620 AM, WAMA 1550 AM (Sp.)

2 TONIGHT S STARTER RH JAKE ODORIZZI (0-1, 3.86) YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO HR Avg Charlotte (A) Tampa Bay Tampa Bay Major League Totals Minor League Totals LAST START On Sun at BAL, allowed four 2nd-inning runs in a 5-3 loss opposite Vance Worley marked his most runs allowed in an inning since last July 17 at TOR (5-run 5th) yielded an RBI double to Jonathan Schoop, sac fly to Joey Rickard and 2-run homer to Manny Machado allowed 6 hits within his first 2 IP; 3 hits over his last 4 IP his line: L, 6 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 0 BB, 4 SO, 1 HR, 103 pitches, 66 strikes. FRIENDLY CONFINES Has pitched to a 2.66 ERA (186-IP, 55-ER) at Tropicana Field since the start of the 2014 season, 3rd in the AL (min. 150 IP) has made 31 home starts over that span, holding opponents to a.205/.266/.310 (141- for-688) line and 0.53 HR/9 IP has allowed 5 hits or fewer in 22 of 31 starts and never allowed double-digit hits. LOWEST HOME ERA, A.L., SINCE 2014 Dallas Keuchel, HOU 2.01 Felix Hernandez, SEA 2.47 Jake Odorizzi, TB 2.66 Jered Weaver, LAA 2.68 Corey Kluber, CLE 2.70 minimum 150 IP Has allowed 1 ER or fewer in 18 of those 31 starts, and hasn t allowed an earned run in eight. LOW AND STEADY His current 3.86 ERA is the highest it s been since the end of the 2014 season last season, was one of five AL pitchers with a 3.50 ERA or lower for the full duration of the season, along with David Price, Dallas Keuchel, Scott Kazmir and Sonny Gray. THROWING BLANKS Has made 11 scoreless starts since the start of the 2014 season, tied with tonight s opposing starter CWS Chris Sale and for 5th in the AL James Shields, the pitcher he was traded for, has 7 over that span (with Kansas City and San Diego). DOUBLE DIGITS In his season debut on April 5 vs. TOR, reached double-digit strikeouts for the third time in his career, finishing one shy of his career high joined Chris Archer (12, April 3 vs. TOR) and Jeremy Hellickson (10, April 6, 2011 vs. LAA) as the only Rays pitchers to reach 10 SO in their first start of the season his 111 pitches were the most by a Rays starter their first turn through the rotation since Hellickson on April 8, 2012 vs. NYY (118). SPRING THINGS Named the Rays No. 3 starter by Manager Kevin Cash on March 29, one day after his 26th birthday made the Opening Day roster for the third consecutive year made 7 starts (5 official) this spring, and his ERA increased from 1.50 to 6.92 in his final spring start, March 31 vs. PIT (1-IP, 8-ER) the first 5 batters of the game reached and scored, and was removed in the 2nd without recording an out IN REVIEW In his sophomore season, his 28 starts ranked 2nd on the team behind Chris Archer (34) he and Archer became just the third set of Rays teammates to finish in the top 10 in ERA, joining James Shields and Jeremy Hellickson (2011) and David Price and Hellickson (2012) ranked among AL leaders with a 3.35 ERA (8th) and.231 opp avg. (T-9th) compared to 2014, lowered his ERA from 4.13 to 3.35, and worked 1.1 more innings despite making 3 fewer starts missed 5 weeks due to a strained oblique, sustained June 5 at SEA. LACK OF SUPPORT His 3.77 R/9 IP in run support in 2015 ranked 5th lowest in the AL the Rays scored 2 runs or fewer for him 14 times (including 9 of his first 10 starts) and scored a total of 16 runs in his 9 losses since 2014, has made 24 starts in which he s yielded one run or fewer, and in 10 of those he hasn t earned the win in 2015, became the second qualifying starter in club history to post a sub-4.00 ERA and not win at least 10 games, joining Matt Garza in 2009 (8-12, 3.95). CH-CH-CHANGES Thirty pct. of his pitches in 2015 were changeups, most in the majors, according to FanGraphs had 65 SO with the changeup, accounting for 43.3 pct. of his total strikeouts borrowed his changeup grip from Alex Cobb in the offseason. WORKLOAD In 2015, went 6 IP in 21 of his 28 starts, compared to 14 of 31 in 2014 pitched into the 7th inning 15 times, compared to 8 times the year prior averaged 16.2 pitches per inning, down from 18.0 in 2014 highest in club history among qualifiers. PROUD PAPA Jake and his wife, Carissa, welcomed their first child on Dec 27, son Rhett Walker GAME LOG GAME DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP P/K FINAL OPP. LEFT 4/5 vs. TOR /67 W, 3-2 Sanchez down, 2-1 4/10 at BAL L /66 L, 3-5 Worley down, 4-3 APRIL SPRING GAME LOG GAME DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HB WP P/K FINAL OPP. LEFT 3/2 vs. WAS /6 L, 6-2 Roark tied, 0-0 3/6 vs. MIN L /24 L, 5-4 Gibson down, 4-0 3/11 at PIT /31 L, 4-3 Nicasio down, 1-0 *3/16 vs. BOS / *3/21 vs. BAL / /26 at PIT W /67 W, 3-1 Liriano up, 3-1 3/31 vs PIT L /34 L, 13-8 Lobstein down, 6-1 TOTAL * minor league game 2016 SPLITS vs. RH:.345 (10-29), 1-HR vs. LH:.176 (3-17) Home: 0-0, 1.59 ERA (5.2-IP, 1-ER) Road: 0-1, 6.00 ERA (6.0-IP, 4-ER) ODORIZZI vs. CHICAGO CAREER Lost his only career app/ start against the White Sox, on April 28, 2014 at U.S. Cellular Field, his first major league app in his home state failed to complete 5 innings and failed to protect leads of 2-0 and 3-2 his line: L, 4.1 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 5 SO, 1 HR, 87 pit, 53 str yielded a 2-run homer to Alejandro De Aza in the 2nd, and an RBI triple to Alexei Ramirez and RBI double to Marcus Semien in the 4th the Rays lost, 7-3. 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 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 Thu vs. CLE: DNP RISP:.500 (1-2) vs. LH:.333 (1-3) 2016:.250/.250/.250, 0-HR, 1-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.250, 1-4) RISP, 2 Out: -- vs. RH:.000 (0-1) Lone start/app came April 6 vs. TOR (J.A. Happ), the Rays only game vs. a lefty starter went 1-for-4 with a bases-loaded single. Made his second Opening Day roster in 2015, made starts at SS (22), 2B (21), DH (7) and 3B (1); had 9 HR, a club record for a rookie middle infielder. Hit.211 (8-for-38) this spring with 2 HR and 7 RBI, both homers and 6 RBI came in his last 2 games spent time at SS, 2B and 3B. #19 CURT CASALI, C Thu vs. CLE: DNP RISP:.000 (0-3) vs. LH:.000 (0-2) 2016:.273/.273/.364, 0-HR, 1-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 2G (.333, 2-6) RISP, 2 Out:.000 (0-1) vs. RH:.333 (3-9) Since 2015, 62.9 percent of his hits have gone for extra bases (10-1B, 7-2B, 10-HR) had his first XBH and RBI of the season on Wed vs. CLE, but thrown out 7-2 at the plate on Logan Forsythe s single has played in 5 games with 4 starts (4-C) following his first career Opening Day roster. Caught 56 innings during spring training missed the final 37 games of last season due to a left hamstring strain in late August from the time of his callup until his injury, led the Rays with 10 HR in only 101 AB he was the 4th catcher in Rays history with a 10 HR season, and the first rookie catcher in major league history with multiple homers in back-to-back games, July vs. DET, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. #24 HANK CONGER, C Thu vs. CLE: 1-3, SO, E2 RISP:.000 (0-4) vs. LH:.000 (0-1) 2016:.188/.235/.250, 0-HR, 0-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.333, 1-3) RISP, 2 Out:.000 (0-4) vs. RH:.200 (3-15) Opposing base stealers have been successful on their last 44 attempts his last caught stealing was May 29 vs. CWS (J.B. Shuck) allowed 5 SB yesterday vs. CLE, his most since Aug 7, 2013 vs. TEX (7), and 3 of them came in the 1st inning opposing base stealers were 42 of 43 last season. Made his first error of the season yesterday vs. CLE, an errant throw to 2B allowing the runner to take third saved a run on a would-be wild pitch (2-1 putout) yesterday singled and was ruled out at 2B via an Indians challenge after coming off the base on a pop-up slide. Has played in 8 games with 5 starts at catcher marked his fifth Opening Day roster (also 2011, ) and first career Opening Day start. Is coming off his best offensive season with Houston in 2015 with career highs in HR (11), RBI (33), BB (23), OBP (.311) and SLG (.436). #10 COREY DICKERSON, OF Thu vs. CLE: 1-3, BB, SO RISP:.000 (0-4) vs. LH:.000 (0-3) 2016:.267/.313/.633, 3-HR, 3-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 5G (.353, 6-17) RISP, 2 Out:.000 (0-3) vs. RH:.296 (8-27), 3-HR Batting.353/.421/.647 (6-for-17) over his 5-game hitting streak, tied with Forsythe s current hitting streak for the longest by a Ray this season. In his career, 43.7 percent (115 of 263) of his hits have gone for extra bases, including 5 of his 8 hits this season (3-1B, 2-2B, 3-HR). All 3 HR have been solo shots his 3 HR are tied with Steven Souza Jr. for the team lead ranks among AL leaders in XBH (T-8th) and HR (T-5th). Has played in 9 games with 8 starts (7-DH, 1-LF) had 10 career starts at DH entering this season, in interleague games at AL parks with Colorado got an Opening Day start at DH, when he became the first player to homer on Opening Day in his Rays debut since Eric Hinske in Led the team with 47 at-bats during spring training in his first spring game as a Ray, his home run landed on the roof of the Charlotte Sports Park clubhouse building and rolled an estimated 569 feet from home plate. #11 LOGAN FORSYTHE, INF Thu vs. CLE: 1-4, 2-SO RISP:.500 (2-4) vs. LH:.167 (1-6), 1-HR 2016:.229/.289/.429, 2-HR, 4-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 5G (.263, 5-19) RISP, 2 Out:.500 (2-4) vs. RH:.241 (7-29), 1-HR Had a 1st-inning, 2-run HR off Chris Sale last Aug 4 at U.S. Cellular Field gave the Rays the lead in a game they went on to win, Has started all 9 games at leadoff and 2B had 21 career leadoff starts entering this season; never started at leadoff last season batting.333 (3-for-9) as the Rays first batter of the game has struck out twice in 3 straight games, tied for his longest streak of multi-so games in his career. Has more homers (19) over the last two seasons ( , in 162 games) as he did in his first four seasons combined (in 338 games). Has 2 HR, tied with Carl Crawford (2007, 2005) for most by a Rays leadoff hitter through the Rays first 9 games in franchise history both have been 2-run homers in the 8th inning, accounting for all 4 RBI is the only player in the majors with two go-ahead homers that late in a game this season. On April 5 vs. TOR, the Rays won when Jose Bautista s attempt to break up a double play turned by Forsythe was overturned via rule 6.01(j). In 2015, was chosen as the Don Zimmer Award winner by the Tampa Bay Chapter of the BBWAA, as the team s most valuable player. #5 BRANDON GUYER, OF Thu vs. CLE: DNP RISP: -- vs. LH:.250 (1-4) 2016:.143/.250/.143, 0-HR, 0-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-4 RISP, 2 Out: -- vs. RH:.000 (0-3) Has played in 4 games with 2 starts (1-LF, 1-RF) made 79 starts a season ago, including all 53 games vs. left-handed starters. Made his third straight Opening Day roster in spring training (min. 20 AB), led the team in avg. (.440), OBP (.481) and SLG (.760). Established career highs across the board in 2015, his first fully healthy season in the majors, playing in 128 games (79 starts; 39-LF, 20-RF, 17-CF, 3-DH) had 43 PA as a PH, most in the AL since TOR Tony Fernandez had in 2001 (45) his 24 HBP were the most in the AL since #8 DESMOND JENNINGS, OF Thu vs. CLE: 1-4, 2-SO RISP:.167 (1-6) vs. LH:.000 (0-4) 2016:.250/.300/.250, 0-HR, 1-RBI, 1-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.250, 1-4) RISP, 2 Out:.200 (1-5) vs. RH:.292 (7-24) Has reached base in 7 of his 8 games (all starts; 7-LF, 1-DH) this season all 7 hits have been singles; 29 of his 33 hits since 2015 have been singles. All 8 starts have been in the No. 5 spot on Tue vs. CLE, had his first RBI at Tropicana Field in over a year, since April 8, 2015, on a game-tying RBI single off Corey Kluber in the 4th inning of that game, threw out Mike Napoli at 2B for his first outfield assist since Aug 22, 2015 at OAK. Made his 5th career Opening Day start tied for the Grapefruit League lead with 7 2B and ranked 2nd on the Rays with 8 RBI this spring. His.996 career fielding percentage is the best among active outfielders (min. 1,000 chances), pct. points ahead of Jacoby Ellsbury. #39 KEVIN KIERMAIER, CF Thu vs. CLE: 0-3 RISP:.333 (2-6) vs. LH:.000 (0-4) 2016:.160/.323/.160, 0-HR, 2-RBI, 2-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-18 RISP, 2 Out:.333 (1-3) vs. RH:.190 (4-21) Hitless in his last 18 at-bats following a 4-for-7 stretch to start the season longest hitless streak of his career is 19 AB, May 24-29, Has started all 9 games as the No. 8 hitter and in CF was the youngest positional player on the Rays Opening Day roster (25 years old). Leads the Rays in walks (4) and SB (2) reached twice on Tue vs. CLE without the benefit of a hit (HBP, BB, both vs. Corey Kluber). Reached 4 times on April 4 vs. TOR, tying his career high led the team with 3 SB this spring and tied for the team lead with 13 hits. The Rays will honor his 2015 Platinum Glove Award this weekend with a pair of promo items tomorrow, all fans receive a Kiermaier Platinum Glove Bobblehead presented by DEX Imaging before tomorrow s game, Kiermaier will receive his Platinum Glove Award from Rawlings officials on Sunday, kids 14 and under will receive a Kiermier Glove presented by the Florida Division of Emergency Management. #3 EVAN LONGORIA, 3B Thu vs. CLE: 1-4, 2-SO RISP:.500 (2-4) vs. LH:.167 (1-6) 2016:.270/.289/.486, 2-HR, 5-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.250, 1-4) RISP, 2 Out:.667 (2-3) vs. RH:.290 (9-31), 2-HR Is 1-for-14 with 7 SO in his career against Chris Sale is a lifetime.269/.328/.446 (47-for-175) hitter with 6 HR against the White Sox. Both HR came in a span of 3 games (April 8 at BAL, Tue vs. CLE) didn t hit his second until May 6 last year, in the Rays 28th game. Tied with Steven Souza Jr. for the team lead with 5 RBI reached a season-high 3 times on Tue vs. CLE, incl. a 2-run homer off Cody Allen on April 8 at BAL, his 1st-inning solo homer accounted for the Rays only run was his 7th HR in his career off Chris Tillman, most vs. any pitcher. Is the franchise s all-time leader in HR (207), RBI (713), 2B (263), XBH (483) and SLG (.485, min. 1,200 PA) ranks 2nd in games, hits, runs, total bases and walks this season he will pass Carl Crawford for longest service time with the Rays. #13 BRAD MILLER, SS Thu vs. CLE: 0-3, BB, SO, E6 RISP:.000 (0-5) vs. LH:.000 (0-1) 2016:.077/.172/.115, 0-HR, 0-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-3 RISP, 2 Out:.000 (0-3) vs. RH:.080 (2-25) His 5th-inning fielding error yesterday vs. CLE was his first in a Rays uniform made 5 errors this spring, including 3 within his first 4 games. Batting.077 (2-for-26) in 8 games, all starts at shortstop had an 0-for-16 start to his Rays career went 1-for-9 in the 3-game series vs. CLE. Made his third straight Opening Day start at shortstop ( with SEA), joining Paul Wilson as the only Rays ever born in Orlando. This spring, had a team-high 11 hits and team-high-tying 2 HR and 4 BB his.606 SLG ranked 2nd on the team (min. 20 AB) to Guyer (.760). In 2015, made starts for the Mariners at SS, 2B, 3B and all three OF positions had career bests in 2B (22), HR (11), RBI (46) and OBP (.329).

4 #7 LOGAN MORRISON, 1B Thu vs. CLE: 0-4, 3-SO RISP:.000 (0-3) vs. LH:.500 (1-2) 2016:.069/.129/.069, 0-HR, 0-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-6 RISP, 2 Out:.000 (0-1) vs. RH:.037 (1-27) Has 14 SO, one shy of the AL leaders has struck out in 10 straight games dating back to last season, the longest streak of his career has a pair of 3 SO games this season, tying his career high batting.069 (2-for-29) in 9 games (8 starts; 7-1B, 1-DH), including an 0-for-12 to start the season. All of his at-bats have come in the No. 2 spot in the lineup entered this season a career.299/.413/.477 (59-for-197) hitter out of the No. 2 spot. Made his fifth Opening Day start for third different team (also as Marlins LF, 2014 as Mariners DH, 2015 as Mariners 1B). Acquired during the offseason in a six-player trade from Seattle played in a career-high 146 games in 2015 for Seattle, his first season of 100 or more games since 2011 responded with 17 HR, 2nd most in his career behind 2011 (23 with Marlins), all coming off RHP. #28 STEVE PEARCE, UTL Thu vs. CLE: DNP RISP: (1-1) vs. LH:.250 (1-4) 2016:.273/.273/.273, 0-HR, 1-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 3G (.333, 3-9) RISP, 2 Out: (1-1) vs. RH:.286 (2-7) Has hit.371/.421/.629 (13-for-35) in 9 career games against the White Sox with a pair of homers and 4 RBI. Has played in 4 games with 2 starts (2-1B), becoming the first player in Rays history born in Lakeland all three hits have been singles. The oldest member of the Rays active roster turned 33-years-old on Wednesday marked his fifth Opening Day roster. Hit 36 HR in , compared to 25 HR in his first 7 seasons during spring training, ranked 2nd on the team (min. 20 AB) in avg. and OBP. #20 STEVEN SOUZA JR., OF Thu vs. CLE: 0-3, BB, 2-SO RISP:.400 (2-5) vs. LH:.750 (3-4), 1-HR 2016:.296/.345/.667, 3-HR, 5-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-7 RISP, 2 Out:.000 (0-2) vs. RH:.217 (5-23), 2-HR Ranks among AL leaders in SLG (.667, T-7th) and HR (3, T-5th), tied with Corey Dickerson for the team lead all 5 RBI have come via the long ball. Leads the team with a.345 OBP on April 6 vs. TOR, had the first multi-hr game of his career, and tied his career high with 4 hits was the first Ray to hit 3 HR in a 4-game series since Evan Longoria, July 20-23, 2013 at NYY had a career-high 11 total bases, one shy of the club record. Led the Rays with 9 RBI in spring training, including a grand slam on March 20 in Sarasota off T.J. McFarland had 16 HR in 2015, T-3rd among AL rookies despite two stints on the DL at the time of his first injury, was leading AL rookies in HR, XBH, RBI and BB (end of play on July 4). RAYS BULLPEN NOTES #31 XAVIER CEDEÑO, LH Last App: 4/12 vs. CLE (W, 1.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH:.000 (0-2) 2016: 1-0-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 G Long Relief App: 1.0, 2x-last 4/12 vs. CLE IR-RS: -- vs. RH:.000 (0-4) Has retired all 6 BF over 2 apps this season got the win with a perfect 8th on Tue vs. CLE; also had a perfect 8th on April 8 at BAL. Made his third Opening Day roster, first with the Rays this spring, charged with 5 ER over 6 official apps; also had a scoreless inning in Cuba. Led Rays lefties with 61 apps in 2015, despite not joining the team until their 21st game, after he was acquired from the Dodgers his 2.09 ERA (43-IP, 10-ER) ranked 3rd all-time by a Rays lefthanded reliever (min. 50 apps) of his 61 apps, 36 were less than an inning and 13 were of BF. #37 ALEX COLOME, RH Last App: 4/12 vs. CLE (1.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH:.400 (2-5) 2016: 1-0-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 4/5 vs. TOR IR-RS: -- vs. RH:.167 (1-6) Has made 2 scoreless apps spanning 3 IP perfect 9th on Tue vs. CLE, and was on the mound when the Rays won in unprecedented fashion on April 5 vs. TOR, on the new slide rule 6.01(j) made his season debut that game and threw 34 pitches, which remain the most by a Rays reliever this year. Hasn t allowed a homer since June 16 his streak of 63.2 straight homerless innings is the longest active in the majors (MIN Ryan Pressly, 45.1). Held opponents to a.136 avg. (3-for-22) in 6.1 IP over 6 apps this spring made his first career Opening Day roster, after starting last season on the DL (pneumonia) moved to the bullpen in July and was 5-1 with a 2.66 ERA (40.2-IP, 12-ER) in 30 relief apps. #51 DANA EVELAND, LH Last App: 4/14 vs. CLE (1.0-IP, 2-H, 1-R, 1-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH:.400 (2-5) 2016: 0-0-0, 2.70 ERA, 3 G Long Relief App: 1.2, 4/3 vs. TOR IR-RS: 1-0 vs. RH:.222 (2-9) Pitched on 8 days rest yesterday vs. CLE and allowed his first run as a Ray, on an RBI single to Tyler Naquin threw a season-high 28 pitches. The 32-year-old is the oldest pitcher on the active roster made his fourth Opening Day roster, first since 2010 with Toronto (also with OAK). Became the third pitcher in the Rays era (since 2008) to make the Opening Day roster after entering camp as a non-roster invite, following Jamey Wright in 2013 and Juan Cruz in 2011 is the second left-handed pitcher in club history to do so, joining Jim Parque in 2003 made a team-hightying 9 apps this spring, including 2 starts of 2 IP apiece (March 18 vs. BOS, March 23 at MIN, in Fort Myers) did not allow a run in 11.1 IP. The Rays are his 10th major league team this is the 12th year out of the last 13 seasons he s spent time in the majors (2013 in Korea). #43 DANNY FARQUHAR, RH Last App: 4/14 vs. CLE (1.0-IP, 2-H, 1-R, 1-BB, 0-SO, 1-HR) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH:.667 (2-3), 1-HR 2016: 0-0-0, 3.00 ERA, 3 G Long Relief App: 1.0, 3x-last 4/14 vs. CLE IR-RS: 1-0 vs. RH:.111 (1-9) Pitched on 7 days rest yesterday vs. CLE and yielded a 9th-inning solo homer to Jose Ramirez lefties accounted for both hits allowed. Was born and raised in Florida made a team-high-tying 9 apps (with Dana Eveland) this spring had four relief apps of 1.2 IP or longer. Acquired from Seattle over the offseason in a six-player trade had a 5.12 ERA (51-IP, 29-ER) in 2015, a season removed from a 2.66 ERA when he pitched in a setup role to Mariners closer Fernando Rodney. #54 STEVE GELTZ, RH Last App: 4/14 vs. CLE (0.2-IP, 1-H, 1-R, 1-BB, 1-SO, 1-HR) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH:.000 (0-4) 2016: 0-0-0, 3.86 ERA, 3 G Long Relief App: 1.0, 4/4 vs. TOR IR-RS: 2-0 vs. RH:.250 (1-4), 1-HR Two of his 3 apps have been less than an inning threw a season-high 15 pitches yesterday vs. CLE on 8 days rest; allowed a solo homer (Rajai Davis). Made his second straight Opening Day roster after a Rays rookie record 70 apps in 2015 tied with SEA Carson Smith for the AL rookie lead. Yielded runs in 4 of his 6 Grapefruit League apps, including a grand slam to Sean Rodriguez on March 31 vs. PIT (2 runs charged to Odorizzi). His.192 opp avg. last season ranked second among AL relievers to TOR Roberto Osuna only allowed 3 of his 26 inherited runners to score (11.5 pct.), lowest mark among AL relievers (min. 20 IR). #30 ERASMO RAMIREZ, RH Last App: 4/13 vs. CLE (2.0-IP, 2-H, 1-R, 0-BB, 4-SO, 1-HR) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH:.375 (3-8), 1-HR 2016: 1-0-0, 3.00 ERA, 3 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 3x-last 4/13 vs. CLE IR-RS: -- vs. RH:.154 (2-13) On Wed vs. CLE, joined Seth McClung (2003) as the only Rays pitchers with 3 relief apps of 2 IP or more within the Rays first 8 games threw a seasonhigh 33 pitches and had a season-high 4 SO, tying his career high as a reliever (also May 7, 2015 vs. TEX) but allowed a solo homer to Jason Kipnis. Despite parts of four previous seasons in the majors, was the 2nd-youngest player on the Rays Opening Day roster, following Enny Romero marked his third Opening Day roster, following 2012 (with Seattle) and 2015 was the only Nicaraguan-born player on an Opening Day roster. Manager Kevin Cash announced on March 29 he would pitch out of the bullpen to start the season as the Rays go with a 4-man rotation stretched out to 75 pitches on March 23 in Fort Myers (Twins), 6 IP in relief had a 16/1 SO/BB ratio and went 3-0 this spring. #45 ENNY ROMERO, LH Last App: 4/8 at BAL (2.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH:.000 (0-4) 2016: 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA, 3 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 4/8 at BAL IR-RS: 2-0 vs. RH:.000 (0-6) Has retired all 10 BF over 3 apps, including two perfect innings on April 8 at BAL threw 33 pitches, his most since Aug 29, 2015 vs. KC (61). 25-year-old made his first career Opening Day roster, the youngest Ray to make it this season split the 2015 season between Triple-A and the majors, making 23 apps over 5 stints for the Rays averaged 96.1 mph on his fastball last season, according to FanGraphs. Didn t allow an earned run in 5 of 7 apps during spring training, but yielded 3 ER apiece in his other two apps had 12 SO in 9.1 IP. #58 RYAN WEBB, RH Last App: 4/14 vs. CLE (1.0-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 1-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH:.000 (0-2) 2016: 0-0-0, 5.40 ERA, 3 G Long Relief App: 1.1, 4/3 vs. TOR IR-RS: -- vs. RH:.300 (3-10), 1-HR Had a scoreless 8th yesterday vs. CLE, his former team, his first app since April 6 vs. TOR started a double play off the bat of Mike Napoli to end the inning has made consecutive scoreless apps since allowing a 2-run homer to Troy Tulowitzki on Opening Day vs. TOR. His career groundball-to-flyball ratio of 2.58 ranks 9th among active pitchers (min. 300 IP) is the first player in club history born in Clearwater. Last season he was with three organizations but spent most of the season in the majors with Cleveland, where he made 40 apps. Made his sixth straight Opening Day roster (also with Marlins, with Orioles) only allowed 1 ER in 7 Grapefruit League apps this spring, and also pitched a scoreless inning on March 22 vs. the Cuban National Team.

5 RAYS PITCHING BY THE NUMBERS W-L-S G ERA IP H ER BB SO HR Totals Starters Relievers Home Road April LAST HR OFF 16 MOST HITS GAME 16 MOST RBI GAME Beckham 9/18/15 vs. BAL Wilson 1, 4/6 vs. TOR 1, 4/6 vs. TOR Casali 8/25/15 vs. MIN Cotts 1, 3x-last, 4/13 vs. CLE 1, 4/13 vs. CLE Conger 9/12/15 at LAA Santiago 1, 3x-last, 4/14 vs. CLE - Dickerson 4/10 at BAL Worley 2, 4/10 at BAL 1, 3x-last, 4/10 at BAL Forsythe 4/12 vs. CLE Kluber 3, 4/5 vs. TOR 2, 2x-last, 4/12 vs. CLE Guyer 9/21/15 at BOS Rodriguez 1, 4/6 vs. TOR - Jennings 8/21/15 at OAK Scribner 2, 4/4 vs. TOR - Kiermaier 9/25/15 at TOR Price 3, 4/4 vs. TOR 1, 3x-last, 4/12 vs. CLE Longoria 4/12 vs. CLE Allen 2, 3x-last, 4/12 vs. CLE 2, 4/12 vs. CLE Miller 10/2/15 vs. OAK Brooks 1, 2x-last, 4/13 vs. CLE - Morrison 9/24/15 at KC Davis 1, 2x-last, 4/13 vs. CLE - Pearce 9/30/15 vs. TOR (G1) Stroman 1, 3x-last, 4/10 at BAL 1, 4/ 10 at BAL Souza Jr. 4/6 vs. TOR Leon 4, 4/6 vs. TOR 4, 4/6 vs. TOR RAYS BY THE NUMBERS Current Streak: L2 When commit error: 1-3 Hit homer: 3-4 Current Record: 3-6 Ahead after 6-7-8: 0-0/0-0/3-0 Homer with men on: 3-0 Home/Road: 3-4/0-2 Behind after 6-7-8: 3-6/2-6/0-6 Hit multiple homers: 3-0 Day/Night: 1-3/2-3 Tied after 6-7-8: 0-0/1-0/0-0 Score first: 0-2 Grass/Turf: 0-2/3-4 1-run games: 1-0 Score 5 or more: 2-0 vs. East: run games: 1-3 Score less than 5: 1-6 vs. Central: 1-2 Extra innings: 0-0 Outhit opponents: 1-1 vs. West: 0-0 Win in last at-bat: 3 Outhit by opponents: 1-3 vs. National League: 0-0 Come-from-behind wins: 3 Collect 10 or more hits: 1-0 vs. RH/LH starters: 2-6/1-0 Opp. come-from-behind wins: 2 Opp. 10 or more hits: 0-3 Series W-L-T (home): Series W-L-T (road): Wearing white/gray/navy/lt. blue: 3-2/0-1/0-2/0-1 RUN SUPPORT FOR STARTING PITCHERS PITCHER STARTS RUNS RUNS/START RUNS/9-IP CLUB RECORD QUALITY Archer Moore Odorizzi Smyly RAYS SEASON HIGHS TEAM BATTING INDIVIDUAL BATTING Longest win streak 2, April 5-6 Most runs, game, TB 2, 2x-last, Souza Jr., 4/6 vs. TOR Long loss streak 2, 3x-last, April 13-current Most runs, game, Opp 3, Chris Davis, 4/8 at BAL Most runs game, TB 5, 2x-last, 4/12 vs. CLE Most hits, game, TB 4, Souza Jr., 4/6 vs. TOR Most runs game, Opp 6, 2x-last, 4/14 vs. CLE Most hits, game, Opp 4, Machado, 4/10 at BAL Most runs, inn, TB 4, (8th) 4/12 vs. CLE Most 2B, game, TB 1, 8x-last, Casali, 4/13 vs. CLE Most runs, inn, Opp 4, 2x-last (2nd) 4/10 at BAL Most 2B, game, Opp 1, 8x-last, Napoli, 4/14 vs. CLE Most hits, game, TB 10, 4/6 vs. TOR Most HR, game, TB 2, Souza Jr., 4/6 vs. TOR Most hits, game, Opp 13, 4/114 vs. CLE Most HR, game, Opp 1, 15x-last, Ramirez, 4/14 vs. CLE Most hits, inn, TB 4, (4th) 4/6 vs. TOR Most RBI, game, TB 4, Souza Jr., 4/6 vs. TOR Most hits, inn, Opp 5, (5th) 4/8 at BAL Most RBI, game, Opp 3, Donaldson, 4/6 vs. TOR Most doubles, game, TB 1, 8x-last, 4/13 vs. CLE Most x-base hits, game, TB 3, Souza Jr., 4/6 vs. TOR Most doubles, game, Opp 2, 2x-last, 4/13 vs. CLE Most x-base hits, game, Opp 2, 2x-last, Machado, 4/10 at BAL Most HR, game, TB 2, 3x-last, 4/12 vs. CLE Most steals, game, TB 1, 3x-last, Kiermaier, 4/12 vs. CLE Most HR, game, Opp 4, 4/8 at BAL Most steals, game, Opp 2, 2x-last, Kipnis, 4/14 vs. CLE Most x-base hits, game, TB 3, 3x-last, 4/12 vs. CLE Hitting Streak 5, 2x-last, Dickerson, April 8-current Most x-base hits, game, Opp 4, 3x-last, 4/14 vs. CLE TEAM/INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most stolen bases, game, TB 1, 3x-last, 4/12 vs. CLE Most SO, TB Starter 12, Archer, 4/3 vs. TOR Most stolen bases, game, Opp 5, 4/14 vs. CLE Most SO, Opp Starter 9, Salazar, 4/14 vs. CLE Most walks, game, TB 4, 2x-last, 4/10 at BAL Most SO, TB Reliever 4, Ramirez, 4/13 vs. CLE Most walks, game, Opp 7, 4/14 vs. CLE Most IP, TB Reliever 2.0, 5x-last, Ramirez, 4/13 vs. CLE Most strikeouts, game, TB 14, 4/14 vs. CLE Most walks, game, TB 3, 2x-last, Archer, 4/14 vs. CLE Most strikeouts, game, Opp 16, 4/3 vs. TOR Most walks, game, Opp 3, Salazar, 4/14 vs. CLE Most LOB, game, TB 9, 2x-last, 4/10 at BAL Most SO, Team, TB 16, 4/3 vs. TOR Most LOB, game, Opp 13, 4/14 vs. CLE Most walks, Team, TB 7, 4/14 vs. CLE Most errors, game, TB 2, 2x-last 4/14 vs. CLE Low-Hit Game 5, 2x-last, 4/13 vs. CLE Most errors, game, Opp 2, 4/3 vs. TOR Consecutive Scoreless IP 5.0, Moore, April 6-April 12 Longest game, time 3:20, 4/14 vs. CLE Shortest game, time 2:32, 4/13 vs. CLE Longest game, time (9 inn.) 3:20, 4/14 vs. CLE Shortest game, time (9 inn.) 2:32, 4/13 vs. CLE Grand Slams (-): - Back-to-Back (-): - 2-HR games (1): Souza Jr. (1) 3-HR games (-): - LAST HR & PLAYER SEASON HIGHS HOME RUNS Pinch-hit (-): - Walk-off (-): - Lead-off (-): - Inside-the-park (-): - HOME RUNS 1R 2R 3R GS TOTAL Dickerson 3 3 Souza Jr Forsythe 2 2 Longoria Beckham Casali Conger Guyer Jennings Kiermaier Miller Morrison Pearce TOTALS CATCHERS PCT CS ATT Casali Conger TOTALS MISC. Game-Tying & Go-Ahead RBI: Forsythe (3); Souza Jr. (3); Jennings (1); Longoria (1) 2-Out RBI: Longoria (5); Forsythe (2); Casali (1); Jennings (1); Kiermaier (1); Pearce (1) Outfield Assists: Jennings (1) Bunt Singles: - Ejections: - Batted Around: - 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). WALK-OFF WINS WALK-OFF LOSSES - - RUNS BY INNING X Total Opponent Tampa Bay INSTANT REPLAY CHALLENGES GAME CHALLENGED BY INN. PLAYER OF REFERENCE INITIAL CALL RULING DELAY April 3 vs. TOR Toronto B2 Kevin Kiermaier Safe at 1B Overturned 1:14 April 4 vs. TOR Crew Chief T3 Josh Thole Fan Interference (2B) Overturned (HR) 1:28 April 4 vs. TOR Tampa Bay T4 Seven Souza Jr. Dropped fair ball Overturned 5:00 April 5 vs. TOR Tampa Bay T6 Michael Saunders Safe at first Overturned 1:06 April 5 vs. TOR Tampa Bay T9 Jose Bautista Legal slide Overturned 1:41 April 6 vs. TOR Toronto T6 Ezequiel Carrera Out at first Confirmed 1:26 April 10 at BAL Tampa Bay B5 Manny Machado Safe at first Overturned 1:25 April 12 vs. CLE Cleveland T4 Mike Napoli Out at second Confirmed 1:01 April 12 vs. CLE Crew Chief B8 Kevin Kiermaier Safe at second Stands 1:18 April 13 vs. CLE Tampa Bay B8 Curt Casali Out at home Confirmed 1:20 April 14 vs. CLE Cleveland B5 Hank Conger Safe at second Overturned 1:24 Rays Totals (bold): 5 challenges (4 overturned, 0 stand, 1 confirmed) Opp Totals: 4 challenges (2 overturned, 0 stand, 2 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. RAYS ON THE DISABLED LIST (3) POS. PLAYER DL INJURY DATE ON RETRO FIRST DATE OFF GMS MISSED RECORD RHP Brad Boxberger 15-day Adductor surgery April 2 - April RHP Alex Cobb 60-day Tommy John surgery April 2 - April RHP Chase Whitley 60-day Tommy John surgery February 18 - June Others (Games Missed): - W-L BY POSITION (STARTS) W-L BY BATTING ORDER (STARTS) C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH 6TH 7TH 8TH 9TH Beckham Casali Conger Dickerson Forsythe Guyer Jennings Kiermaier Longoria Miller Morrison Pearce Souza Jr RAYS HITTERS vs. WHITE SOX 2015 CAREER PLAYER G AB H HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP G AB H HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP Beckham Casali Conger Dickerson Forsythe Guyer Jennings Kiermaier Longoria Miller Morrison Pearce Souza Jr RAYS PITCHERS vs. WHITE SOX 2015 CAREER PLAYER W L SV IP H ER SO ERA AVG W L SV IP H ER SO ERA AVG Archer Cedeño Colome Eveland Farquhar Geltz Moore Odorizzi Ramirez Romero Smyly Webb

7 RAYS 2016 DAY-BY-DAY POS. HOME # GAME FINAL WINNER LOSER W-L GA/GB ATT. CUM. 1 4/3 vs. TOR L, 3-5 Stroman (1-0) Archer (0-1) 0-1 5/ ,042 31, /4 vs. TOR L, 3-5 Dickey (1-0) Smyly (0-1) 0-2 5/ ,116 46, /5 vs. TOR W, 3-2 Colome (1-0) Cecil (0-1) 1-2 T-4/ ,757 58, /6 vs. TOR W, 5-3 Ramirez (1-0) Floyd (0-1) 2-2 T-2/ ,257 73,172 4/7 - OFF (1) T-3/ /8 at BAL L, 1-6 Tillman (1-0) Archer (0-2) 2-3 T-4/ ,304 4/9 at BAL - PPD - Rain (1) - Reschedule Date TBA 4/ /10 at BAL L, 3-5 Brach (1-0) Odorizzi (0-1) 2-4 5/ ,101 4/11 - OFF (2) 5/ /12 vs. CLE W, 5-1 Cedeño (1-0) Kluber (0-2) 3-4 T-3/ ,283 83, /13 vs. CLE L, 1-4 Carrasco (1-0) Smyly (0-2) 3-5 5/ ,117 93, /14 vs. CLE L, 0-6 Salazar (2-0) Archer (0-3) 3-6 5/ , , /15 vs. CWS 7: /16 vs. CWS 6:10 Kevin Kiermaier Platinum Glove Bobblehead (All fans) 12 4/17 vs. CWS 1:10 Kevin Kiermaier Glove (Kids 14 & under) 4/18 - OFF (3) 13 4/19 at BOS 7: /20 at BOS 7: /21 at BOS 1: /22 at NYY 7: /23 at NYY 1: /24 at NYY 1: /25 vs. BAL 7: /26 vs. BAL 7: /27 vs. BAL 7:10 4/28 - OFF (4) 22 4/29 vs. TOR 7: /30 vs. TOR 6:10 Chris Archer K-Counter Bobblehead (All fans) 24 5/1 vs. TOR 1:10 Pitch Grip Baseball (Kids 14 & under) 5/2 - OFF (5) 25 5/3 vs. LAD 7: /4 vs. LAD 7:10 5/5 - OFF (6) 27 5/6 at LAA 10: /7 at LAA 9: /8 at LAA 3: /9 at SEA 10: /10 at SEA 10: /11 at SEA 3:40 5/12 - OFF (7) 33 5/13 vs. OAK 7: /14 vs. OAK 6:10 Fedora Hat (All fans) 35 5/15 vs. OAK 1:10 Plastic Bat and Ball Set (Kids 14 & under) 36 5/16 at TOR 7: /17 at TOR 7: /18 at TOR 7:07 5/19 - OFF (8) 39 5/20 at DET 7: /21 at DET 4: /22 at DET 1: /23 at MIA 7: /24 at MIA 12: /25 vs. MIA 7: /26 vs. MIA 1: /27 vs. NYY 7: /28 vs. NYY 4:10 Backpack Cooler (All fans) 48 5/29 vs. NYY 1:10 Velcro Toss and Catch (Kids 14 & under) 49 5/30 at KC 8: /31 at KC 8: /1 at KC 8: /2 at MIN 8: /3 at MIN 8: /4 at MIN 4: /5 at MIN 2: /6 at ARI 9: /7 at ARI 9: /8 at ARI 3:40 6/9 - OFF (9) 59 6/10 vs. HOU 7: /11 vs. HOU 4:10 Chris Archer Stormtrooper Bobblehead (All fans) 61 6/12 vs. HOU 1:10 Bucket Hat (Kids 14 & under) 6/13 - OFF (10) 62 6/14 vs. SEA 7: /15 vs. SEA 7: /16 vs. SEA 1: /17 vs. SF 7: /18 vs. SF 4: /19 vs. SF 1:10 Foam Bat and Ball Set (Kids 14 & under) 68 6/20 at CLE 7: /21 at CLE 7: /22 at CLE 7:10 6/23 - OFF (11) 71 6/24 at BAL 7: /25 at BAL 4: /26 at BAL 1: /27 vs. BOS 7: /28 vs. BOS 7: /29 vs. BOS 12: /30 vs. DET 7: /1 vs. DET 7: /2 vs. DET 4:10 Floppy Hat (All fans) 80 7/3 vs. DET 1:10 Pennant Flag (Kids 14 & under) 81 7/4 vs. LAA 1: /5 vs. LAA 7: /6 vs. LAA 7: /7 vs. LAA 12: /8 at BOS 7: /9 at BOS 4: /10 at BOS 1:35 7/11 - All-Star Break 7/12 - All-Star Game Petco Park (San Diego Padres) POS. HOME # GAME FINAL WINNER LOSER W-L GA/GB ATT. CUM. 7/13 - All-Star Break 7/14 - All-Star Break 88 7/15 vs. BAL 7: /16 vs. BAL 6: /17 vs. BAL 1:10 Kevin Kiermaier Claus Bobblehead (Kids 14 & under) 91 7/18 at COL 8: /19 at COL 8: /20 at COL 3: /21 at OAK 10: /22 at OAK 10: /23 at OAK 9: /24 at OAK 4:05 7/25 - OFF (12) 98 7/26 at LAD 10: /27 at LAD 3:10 7/28 - OFF (13) 100 7/29 vs. NYY 7: /30 vs. NYY 6: /31 vs. NYY 1:10 Backpack (Kids 14 & under) 103 8/1 vs. KC 7: /2 vs. KC 7: /3 vs. KC 7: /4 vs. KC 12: /5 vs. MIN 7: /6 vs. MIN 6:10 Evan Longoria Solar Gnome (All fans) 109 8/7 vs. MIN 1:10 Laundry Hamper (Kids 14 & under) 110 8/8 at TOR 7: /9 at TOR 7: /10 at TOR 7:07 8/11 - OFF (14) 113 8/12 at NYY 7: /13 at NYY 1: /14 at NYY 1: /15 vs. SD 7: /16 vs. SD 7: /17 vs. SD 1:10 8/18 - OFF (15) 119 8/19 vs. TEX 7: /20 vs. TEX 6:10 Infinity Scarf (All fans) 121 8/21 vs. TEX 1:10 Raymond & DJ Kitty Double Bobblehead (Kids 14 & under) 122 8/22 vs. BOS 7: /23 vs. BOS 7: /24 vs. BOS 7: /25 vs. BOS 1: /26 at HOU 8: /27 at HOU 7: /28 at HOU 2: /29 at BOS 7: /30 at BOS 7: /31 at BOS 1:35 9/1 - OFF (16) 132 9/2 vs. TOR 7: /3 vs. TOR 6:10 Fan Vote Bobblehead (All fans) 134 9/4 vs. TOR 1:10 Superhero Cape Socks (Kids 14 & under) 135 9/5 vs. BAL 1: /6 vs. BAL 7: /7 vs. BAL 1: /8 at NYY 7: /9 at NYY 7: /10 at NYY TBD 141 9/11 at NYY 1: /12 at TOR 7: /13 at TOR 7: /14 at TOR 12: /15 at BAL 7: /16 at BAL 7: /17 at BAL 7: /18 at BAL 1:35 9/19 - OFF (17) 149 9/20 vs. NYY 7: /21 vs. NYY 7: /22 vs. NYY 7: /23 vs. BOS 7: /24 vs. BOS 6:10 Rays Tote Bag (All fans) 154 9/25 vs. BOS 1:10 DJ Kitty Toothbrush Holder (Kids 14 & under) 155 9/26 at CWS 8: /27 at CWS 8: /28 at CWS 8: /29 at CWS 8: /30 at TEX 8: /1 at TEX 8: /2 at TEX 3:05 NEW FOR 2016 WEEKLY TICKET SPECIALS u MILITARY MONDAY PRESENTED BY THE TAMPA BAY TIMES For all active-duty military, retired and honorably discharged veterans, the Rays will offer two free tickets for all Monday home games and eight additional bonus dates throughout the season. u $2 KID TICKETS TUESDAY PRESENTED BY MORGAN AUTO GROUP For all Tuesday home games, tickets for kids 14 and under are $2 with the purchase of a full price paid adult ticket. A maximum of two $2 kids tickets can be purchased for each full price paid adult. Tickets will be checked upon stadium entry. u $2 HOT DOGS WEDNESDAY PRESENTED BY KAYEM FRANKS For all Wednesday home games, all-beef hot dogs and Pepsi fountain drinks are just $2. u SENIOR SPECIAL THURSDAY PRESENTED BY DUKE ENERGY For all Thursday home games, Press Level tickets for fans 60 years of age or older are only $15. Present photo ID upon stadium entry. u STUDENT RUSH FRIDAY PRESENTED BY PAPA JOHN S For all Friday home games, students (18 and over) with a valid high school or college ID can purchase lower level tickets for $15. Tickets and student IDs will be checked upon stadium entry. ALL SUNDAY GIVEAWAYS ARE PRESENTED TO THE FIRST 10,000 KIDS 14 & UNDER. SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. VISIT RAYSBASEBALL.COM FOR UPDATES ON THE 2016 PROMOTIONAL SCHEDULE.