FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2016 at BALTIMORE ORIOLES RH Chris Archer (8-18, 4.05) vs. RH Ubaldo Jimenez (7-1, 5.98)

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1 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2016 at BALTIMORE ORIOLES RH Chris Archer (8-18, 4.05) vs. RH Ubaldo Jimenez (7-1, 5.98) First Pitch: 7:05 p.m. Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Md. TV: Fox Sports Sun Radio: WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.) Game No.: 147 (63-83) Road Game No.: 72 (28-43) All-Time Game No.: 3,061 (1,414-1,646) All-Time Road Game No.: 1,527 ( ) April: May: June: July: 9-16 August: September: 7-7 Pre-All-Star Break: Post-All-Star Break: RAY MATTER The Rays 7-6 win here last night was just their third onerun win of the season on the road and just the fourth one-run loss by the Orioles at home Tampa Bay is now 4-4 on this season-long 11-game road trip (1-3 at Yankee Stadium, 2-1 at Rogers Centre and 1-0 here) and have homered in all 8 games on the road trip (17 HR overall) the Rays have won 3 straight games (scoring 21 runs) for the first time in a month (Aug 14-17, when they won 4 straight) and are 4-1 in their last 5 games while hitting 10 HR, all against AL East contenders Rays are 7-7 in September and since July 17, following their worst-ever 3-24 stretch, June 16 July 16 Rays need to go 10-6 their remaining 16 games to avoid their first 90-loss season since RAYS EXTEND HOME RUN RECORD The Rays have homered in 11 straight games, matching their longest streak of the season (also April 29- May 11) and 6 shy of the club mark for one season (17 in 2013) Rays have hit 201 HR this season, shattering the club HR record of 199 set by the 2009 club 201 is the same number of home runs hit by the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers who got 15 round-trippers from INF Don Zimmer the Rays are presently the first team since the 2009 Blue Jays to have 200-plus home runs and a losing record Toronto was that season with 209 HR the Rays have hit 29 HR in their last 16 games and 54 in their last 32 (17-15) since Aug 13 the Rays are 5th in the majors in HR, but rank 21st in runs scored the Rays 17 HR on the road trip have been hit by nine different Rays, accounting for all nine spots in the batting order and all nine defensive positions (plus DH). ROSTER MOVE The Rays have selected OF Jaff Decker (No. 14) from Triple-A Durham to make room for Decker on the 40-man roster, the Rays placed 1B Logan Morrison (left wrist strain) on the 60-day disabled list Decker spent 10 games with the Rays this season and batted.138 (4-for- 29) without an RBI or XBH his last game with the Rays was June 26 here in Baltimore Rays roster is now at 34 (19 pitchers, 3 catchers, 6 infielders and 6 outfielders) with two players on the DL: Morrison and SS Matt Duffy. SINCE THE BREAK The Rays are since the All- Star break it s interesting to note, the Orioles are since the All-Star break, the Rays hold the majors 3rd-best run differential at MOST IMPROVED SINCE ALL-STAR BREAK, MLB, 2016 Pct. Pts at ASB Since ASB Reds (.360) (.536) Rays (.386) (.500) Cubs (.602) (.690) +51, behind the Red Sox (+105) and Cubs (+94) Rays were (.386) in the first half with an AL-worst -74 run differential the Rays 3.63 ERA is 5th in the majors since the break they were 24th in ERA (4.57) the first half. E-WORD Toronto s win at Anaheim last night eliminated the Rays from postseason contention it is the earliest the Rays have been eliminated since 2007 (Sep 8 after 142 games) they were eliminated on Sep 27 last season with 6 games remaining and on Sep 19, 2014 with 8 games left. RAYS vs. ORIOLES This is the final series of the season between these two teams last night, the Rays earned their first win at Camden Yards since Sep 1, 2015 (381 days in between) they had lost 7 straight and were 0-6 this season overall, the Rays are 5-11 this season, but have won the past 2 games Rays had 6 hits with runners in scoring position last night after getting 16 (in 94 AB) through the season s first 15 games between these two this is the third straight year the Rays have lost the season series to the Orioles they were 7-12 in 2014 and 9-10 in 2015 Rays trail all-time RIGHT IN THE THICK OF IT The Rays are 27 games through a stretch of 36 consecutive games vs. teams not only above.500, but within 4.0 games of a postseason berth (at the time the Rays played them and currently) they are so far their only remaining series vs. a current sub-.500 team is Sep at CWS. TOUGHEST SCHEDULE IN 25 YEARS? The Rays have played a MLBmost 113 games vs. teams currently at.500 or better, and are (.389) in those games in contrast, the Rays are (.576) vs. teams currently under.500 if the standings remain as they are, they would finish the season with 125 games vs. clubs.500 or better, the most since eight teams played 126 such games in LONGO MATCHES CAREER HIGH, ONE SHY OF CANSECO Evan Longoria connected for his 33rd home run of the season last night, matching his career high (33 in 2009) with one more HR he will tie the club record for most home runs in a season by a right-handed hitter that mark of 34 is held by Jose Canseco (1999) Carlos Peña (46 in 2007 and 39 in 2009) and Aubrey Huff (34 in 2003) are the only other Rays with more homers than Longoria Longo needs 12 hits, 7 extra-base hits and 10 total bases to match his career highs only four players can match his numbers this season for hits (157), HR (33) and extra-base hits (71): BAL Manny Machado, MIN Brian Dozier, CHC Kris Bryant and COL Nolan Arenado. LONGO AND THE CHARM CITY 3B Evan Longoria hit his 18th career home run at Camden Yards last night only three visiting players have hit more in the ballpark s 25-year history: Alex Rodriguez (34), David Ortiz (28) and Johnny Damon (22) Longo s HR last night pushed him past Jason Giambi and into a tie with Jim Thome, Curtis Granderson, Manny Ramirez and Nick Swisher all of his home runs have come while playing 3B since the Orioles moved to Baltimore from St. Louis in 1954, no opposing third baseman has hit more homers in the Charm City of Longoria s 33 career home runs vs. the O s, 32 have come while playing 3B, tying A-Rod for the most home runs hit all-time by a third baseman vs the O s. ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD OF/DH Corey Dickerson and OF Steven Souza Jr. are batting a combined.455 on the road trip (25-for-55, 6-HR, 12-RBI) last night, Dickerson hit safely in his 9th straight game (.486, 17- for-35, 7-XBH, 8-RBI), 3 shy of his career high he has 16 hits in his last 29 AB (.552) Souza has 5 walks, 5 hits and 5 runs in his last 16 PA and is batting.393 (11-for-28, 4-HR, 6-RBI) on the road trip. CATCH HIM IF YOU CAN CF Kevin Kiermaier stole his 17th consecutive base last night, the majors 2nd-longest streak this season behind CLE Rajai Davis (26, April 25 Aug 12) according to the Elias Sports Bureau KK has not been thrown out since April 23 at NYY by Brian McCann last night s SB was his 19th of the season establing a new career high (18 in 2015) overall, this season he has been successful on 19 of 21 attempts, a rate of 90.5 pct., tops in the majors and currently the 2nd-best pct. in club history (min. 20 attempts) behind Desmond Jennings mark of 93.9 (31 of 33) in GOLD GLOVE BALLOTS DISTRIBUTED TODAY Managers and coaches from all major league clubs today received ballots for the 2016 Rawlings Gold Glove awards they may not vote for players on their team it has not yet been determined when the winners will be announced they were awarded Nov 10 in 2015 Rays CF Kevin Kiermaier, who won both Gold and Platinum Glove Awards last season, is currently ranked 1st among all major league center fielders in defensive runs saved with 20. ALEX WAS GREAT RH Alex Colome earned his 33rd save here last night, the fourth time this season he has recorded the final out of a Rays win with the tying run on 3B he s 14-for-14 in save opportunities vs. the AL East and 33 of 35 overall (94.2), 3rd best pct. in the majors behind BAL Zach Britton (43-for-43) and MIL/TEX Jeremy Jeffress (27-for-28, 96.4). HR LEADER OF AN ECLECTIC GROUP 1B/SS Brad Miller hit his 28th home run of the season Monday, 17 more than his prev. career high (11 in 2016) and one shy of matching his entire career total prior to this season only 2 players with a minimum of 100 games played in each season have shown greater improvement from 2015 to 2016 than Miller (+17) and both play for Arizona: Jake Lamb (+22) and Yasmany Tomas (+20) the 28 HR are the most in one season for a player who has played in 25 or more games at 1B and SS previous high was 23 by CIN Rich Aurilia in THIS DATE IN RAYS HISTORY September 16, 1998 The Devil Rays collect their first-ever victory over the Yankees, the only one they would claim over NY in their inaugural season LH Tony Saunders combines with RH Albie Lopez and RH Roberto Hernandez to limit the Yankees to 7 singles in the 7-0 win the Rays get 6 runs off 16-game winner LH Andy Pettitte, led by 1B Fred McGriff (2-for-3, RBI) and SS Aaron Ledesma (2-for-4, 2-RBI). IN GOOD COMPANY Tonight s starter, RH Chris Archer, leads the AL with 217 SO he also has a major-league-high 18 losses, tying the club record set by RH Tanyon Sturtze in 2002 in major league history, only 12 pitchers have led their league in strikeouts and lost 18 or more games eight of those 12 are in the Hall of Fame: most recently was ATL Phil Niekro in 1986 also CAL Nolan Ryan in 1976, BOS-NL Warren Spahn in 1952, STL Dizzy Dean in 1933; WAS Walter Johnson in 1914 and 1916, CWS Ed Walsh in 1910, PHI Rube Waddell in 1904 and BOS-NL Vic Willis in Upcoming Games Time (ET) Probable Starting Pitchers (Rays vs. Opp.) TV Radio Sat., Sep 17 at BAL 7:05 p.m. RH Matt Andriese (7-7, 4.46) vs. RH Chris Tillman (16-5, 3.68) Fox Sports Sun WDAE 620 AM, WGES 680 AM (Sp.) Sun., Sep 18 at BAL 1:35 p.m. RH Jake Odorizzi (9-6, 3.81) vs. TBA Fox Sports Sun WHNZ 1250 AM, WAMA 1550 AM (Sp.)

2 TONIGHT S STARTER RH CHRIS ARCHER (8-18, 4.05) 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 Sat at NYY, suffered his 18th loss to tie the franchise record was pitching in a scoreless tie through 5½, then yielded back-to-back homers to Jacoby Ellsbury (2-run) and Gary Sanchez in the 6th was his first multi-hr start since July 15 vs. BAL (2), and his first time allowing 2 HR in an inning since April 8 at BAL (5th inning) his line: L, 7 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 6 SO, 2 HR, 102 pit, 72 str. BETTER SINCE THE BREAK Is 4-6 with a 3.11 ERA (72.1-IP, 25- ER) in 11 starts since the All-Star break to lower his season ERA from 4.66 to 4.05 his lowest since his 3.60 ERA after his Opening Day start vs. TOR has lowered his season ERA in 5 straight starts (since Aug 17) last season the only pitcher with as high a first-half ERA (4.66) to finish with a sub-4.00 ERA was TOR R.A. Dickey. PITCHING DEEPER Has gone at least 7 IP in 6 of his 11 starts since the break, compared to only twice in 19 starts during the first half has also gone at least 6 IP in 11 of his last 12 starts, including a streak of 8 straight from July 8 Aug 17 has done this in 18 of his last 20 starts, compared to 4 times in his first 10 starts. LOSSES His 18 losses are tied with Tanyon Sturtze (2002) for the franchise record leads the majors, one more than SD/CWS James Shields (17) his career high prior to this season was 13 (2015) the last pitcher to reach his combination of losses (18) and strikeouts (217) was ATL Phil Niekro in 1978 (18-L, 248-SO), and the last AL pitcher to do so was CAL Nolan Ryan in 1976 (18-L, 327-SO) Ryan in 1976 is also the only AL pitcher to ever finish the season leading the league in both strikeouts and losses. STRIKEOUTS Leads the AL with 217 SO, ahead of DET Justin Verlander (216) has 49 SO in 38.2 IP over his last 6 starts, a SO/9 IP ratio over that span (since Aug 12) has reached double-digit strikeouts 6 times this season, one shy of AL leader BOS David Price (7) has done it 15 times since the start of 2015, one shy of CWS Chris Sale (16) for the most in the AL over the last two seasons GAME LOG TOMORROW S STARTER RH MATT ANDRIESE (7-7, 4.46) LAST START On Sun at NYY, recorded his first win since June 15 vs. SEA, going 17 apps (8 starts) in between victories his only run allowed was a 5th-inning, leadoff homer to Chase Headley three of his 6 hits allowed came in the 5th inning, but got out of it to qualify for the win marked his fifth start without a walk, most on the team was his first career win over the Yankees, in his 5th app (3rd start) his line: W, 5 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 1 HR, 80 pitches, 59 strikes. Has more wins (143) than any of the 4 prev. managers in their first two seasons at the post (Lou Piniella, 133) 38-year-old is the youngest active manager in the majors, 5 months younger than SD Andy Green. Has been ejected 4 times as manager, once this year (April 29 vs. TOR). 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 #16 KEVIN CASH, MANAGER GOOD COMPANY In ML history, there have been 12 pitchers to lead their league in strikeouts and lose 18 games (or more) of those 12 pitchers, 8 are in the Hall of Fame: ATL Phil Niekro (1986), CAL Nolan Ryan (1976), BOS-NL Warren Spahn (1952), STL Dizzy Dean (1933), WAS Walter Johnson (twice: 1914, 1916), CWS Ed Walsh (1910), PHI Rube Waddell (1904) and BOS-NL Vic Willis (1902). A.L. LEADERS Ranks among AL leaders in SO (217, 1st), SO/9 IP (10.71, 1st), losses (18, 1st), starts (30, T-3rd), BB (62, T-9th) and WP (11, 5th) also has a major-league-most 139 SO on the slider. 1ST INNING Has a 6.90 ERA (30-IP, 23-ER) in the 1st inning and a 3.49 ERA (152.1-IP, 59-ER) after that on the road, has a ERA (15-IP, 18-ER) in the frame, compared to a 3.00 ERA (15-IP, 5-ER) at home hasn t allowed a 1st-inning run in 11 of his last 14 starts. SEVERE SPLITS On the road, his 5.63 ERA (86.1-IP, 54-ER) is 5th highest in the AL and would be the highest by a Ray since Wade Davis in 2011 (5.64) has received 6.36 R/9 IP in run support, 8th highest in the AL his 2.63 ERA (96-IP, 28-ER) at home leads the AL, but his 2.16 R/9 IP in run support at home is lowest in the majors. Lowest Home ERA, A.L., 2016 Chris Archer, TB 2.63 Martin Perez, TEX 2.65 Jose Quintana, CWS 2.76 Rick Porcello, BOS 2.88 J.A. Happ, TOR 3.05 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 5/17 at TOR W /60 W, 12-2 Stroman up, /22 at DET L /51 L, 4-9 Zimmermann down, 6-2 5/27 vs. NYY L /68 L, 1-4 Tanaka down, 4-0 MAY /1 at KC L /72 L, 3-6 Duffy down, 5-3 6/6 at ARI W /73 W, 6-4 Ray up, 6-3 6/11 vs. HOU L /78 L, 3-4 Fiers tied, 2-2 6/17 vs. SF L /67 L, 1-5 Samardzija down, 4-0 6/22 at CLE L /61 L, 1-6 Bauer down, 4-1 6/28 vs. BOS L /69 L, 2-8 Porcello down, 3-1 JUNE /3 vs. DET /66 L, 1-5 Pelfrey up, 1-0 7/8 at BOS L /68 L, 5-6 O Sullivan down, 5-4 7/15 vs. BAL L /71 L, 3-4 Gallardo down, 4-3 7/20 at COL W /67 W, 11-3 De La Rosa up, /26 at LAD L /60 L, 2-3 Norris down, 3-0 JULY /1 vs. KC L /69 L, 0-3 Duffy down, 2-0 8/6 vs. MIN W /59 W, 7-3 Berrios up, 5-1 8/12 at NYY L /72 L, 3-6 Sabathia down, 5-3 8/17 vs. SD W /70 W, 2-0 Friedrich up, 2-0 8/23 vs. BOS L /68 L, 1-2 Buchholz down, 2-1 8/28 at HOU W /74 W, 10-4 Fister up, 9-3 AUGUST /4 vs. TOR /62 W, 5-3 Happ up, 3-1 9/10 at NYY L /72 L, 1-5 Tanaka down, 3-1 SEPTEMBER Highest Road ERA, A.L, 2016 Anibal Sanchez, DET 6.99 Collin McHugh, HOU 6.04 Martin Perez, TEX 5.78 Wade Miley, SEA/BAL 5.75 Chris Archer, TB 5.63 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 effort raised $18,900 last season and has raised $16,275 so far in SPLITS vs. RH:.243 (89-367), 15-HR vs. LH:.227 (74-326), 11-HR Home: 3-9, 2.63 ERA (96.0-IP, 28-ER) Road: 5-9, 5.63 ERA (86.1-IP, 54-ER) ARCHER vs. ORIOLES CAREER Is 3-6 with a 4.52 ERA (67.2- IP, 34-ER) in 12 career apps (11 starts) against the Orioles, and 1-3 with a 6.41 ERA (19.2-IP, 14-ER) in 4 apps (3 starts) at Oriole Park at Camden Yards has gone 1-2 with a 4.74 ERA (19-IP, 10-ER) and 6 HR in 3 starts against them this season last faced the O s on July 15 at home, his first start following the All-Star break (L, 7.1-IP, 4-ER, 2-HR). vs. BALTIMORE Is 0-3 with a 9.24 ERA (12.2-IP, 13-ER) in 5 career apps (2 starts) against the Orioles, his most losses vs. any opponent and his highest ERA (min. 5 IP) has gone 0-2 with an 8.10 ERA (6.2- IP, 6-ER) in 3 career apps (1 start) at Oriole Park at Camden Yards two of his losses during his recent 7-game losing streak came against the O s, as he s gone 0-2 with an 8.38 ERA (9.2-IP, 9-ER) vs. BAL this season, most recently a 5 IP/7 ER start on Sep 5 at Tropicana Field. Lopez and Tony La Russa, Lou Piniella, Dave Miley and John Hart. 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 #19 CURT CASALI, C Thu: DNP TOR Series: DNP Trip: 0-4 vs. LH:.215 (14-65), 3-HR 2016:.164/.252/.308, 7-HR, 20-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-4 RISP:.073 (3-41) vs. RH:.138 (18-130), 4-HR Batting.100/.182/.100 (1-for-10) in 4 games (3 starts) since his Sep 1 recall, his second stint with the Rays this season (also Opening Day Aug 4). His.164 avg. is the lowest among major league catchers (min. 50 games) only has 1 HR over his last 90 at-bats, after 6 HR in his first 105 AB. Has 1 hit in his last 27 at-bats with RISP dating back to May 16 at TOR his.073 avg. (3-for-41) with RISP is lowest in the majors (min. 25 AB). Has played in 75 games with 59 starts (57-C, 2-DH) has thrown out 33.3 percent of his attempted base stealers, up from 24.0 pct. last season. #14 JAFF DECKER, OF Thu: -- TOR Series: -- Trip: -- vs. LH:.000 (0-5) 2016:.138/.219/.138, 0-HR, 0-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 3G (.300, 3-10) RISP:.000 (0-9) vs. RH:.167 (4-24) Selected from Durham today as 1B Logan Morrison was placed on the 60-day DL is his second stint with the Rays this season (also June 15-29). First name is pronounced like Jeff was a non-roster invite to spring training hit.255/.366/.421 (89-for-349) with 12 HR and 18 SB with Durham. Has a 3-game hitting streak following an 0-for-15 stretch has played in 10 games with 8 starts (4-RF, 3-LF, 1-CF) his last major league RBI was Sep 24, 2015 at COL (with PIT) and his last extra-base hit was Sep 7, 2015 at CIN (with PIT) only homer was Aug 12, 2013 at COL (with SD). #10 COREY DICKERSON, OF Thu: 1-4, 2B TOR Series: 6-11, 2B, HR, 4-RBI, 3-R Trip: 14-27, 4-2B, 2-HR, 6-RBI, 4-R vs. LH:.267 (23-86), 2-HR 2016:.247/.293/.468, 20-HR, 62-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 9G (.486, 17-35) RISP:.222 (24-108) vs. RH:.242 (88-363), 18-HR Yesterday at BAL snapped a streak of multiple hits in 6 straight starts, the first Ray to do that since Asdrubal Cabrera, Aug 2-8, 2015 (6) extended his hitting streak to 9 games, 2nd longest of his career (12, Aug 6-17, 2014, with COL) has raised his avg. from.227 to.247 during the streak. Has 27 XBH since the All-Star break, T-9th in the AL, including 19 2B which is tied with MIN Brian Dozier (19) for the AL lead in the second half. Has 10 HR with runners on base, a career high and tied for the team lead, incl. 5 HR with 2 men on, the most by a Ray since Longoria in 2011 (7). Batting.290/.324/.589 (67-for-231) with 15 HR and 43 RBI on the road, and.202/.262/.339 (44-for-218) with 5 HR and 19 RBI at Tropicana Field. Has hits in 5 straight at-bats vs. LHP (1B, 1B, 1B, HR, 1B) since Aug 19, batting.345 (10-for-29) vs. LHP, compared to.228 (13-for-57) before that. Has played in 132 games with 115 starts (59-DH, 55-LF, 1-RF) ranks among team leaders in XBH (56, 3rd), 2B (33, 2nd), HR (20, 3rd) and RBI (62, 3rd) 50.4 percent of his hits have gone for extra bases, highest ratio by a Ray (min. 100 G) since Carlos Peña in 2009 (61.7). #11 LOGAN FORSYTHE, 2B Thu: 2-4, 2B, RBI, BB, 2-R TOR Series: 3-14, 2-RBI, R Trip: 10-34, 2-2B, HR, 4-RBI, 3-BB, 4-R vs. LH:.303 (30-99), 4-HR 2016:.281/.351/.472, 19-HR, 51-RBI, 6-SB Current Hitting Streak: 2G (.444, 4-9) RISP:.343 (23-67) vs. RH:.274 (96-350), 15-HR Batting.338/.442/.508 (22-for-65) with 2 2B, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 11 BB and 8 multi-hit games over his last 16 games (all starts) since Aug 29 at BOS. Has a career-high 19 HR (prev. 17, 2015), 6th in the majors out of the leadoff spot and 2nd in club history there trailing Gerald Williams in 2000 (21) his 19 HR include 3 leadoff homers (last Sep 6 vs. BAL), a career-high 15 HR vs. RHP (prev. 7, 2015) and 8 HR coming in the 7th inning or later. Has started 111 games, all at leadoff (105-2B, 6-DH) only had 21 career starts at leadoff before this season and none since May 4, 2014 at NYY. Batting.346/.369/.514 (37-for-107) when leading off the 1st inn. would pass Carl Crawford in 2004 (.326) for the best avg. in club history (min. 100 G). #2 NICK FRANKLIN, UTL Thu: 0-3 TOR Series: 2-12, BB, R Trip: 6-26, 2B, BB, 2-R vs. LH:.216 (8-37) 2016:.280/.343/.465, 6-HR, 26-RBI, 6-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-3 RISP:.278 (10-36) vs. RH:.300 (36-120), 6-HR Left yesterday s game at BAL with a left hamstring strain has 4 HR and 20 RBI at Tropicana Field, compared to 2 HR and 6 RBI on the road. Since June 27 the date of his first RBI his 5.85 AB/RBI ratio (152-AB, 26-RBI) ranks 2nd on the team (min. 100 PA), trailing Brad Miller (5.51). Batting.280/.343/.465 (44-for-157) in 53 games (41 starts), compared to.170/.226/.319 (23-for-135) in 55 G (32 starts) with the Rays in Has played in 53 games with 41 starts (16-LF, 7-2B, 7-1B, 5-RF, 4-SS, 2-DH) recalled from Durham on July 30 for his 3rd stint with the Rays. #39 KEVIN KIERMAIER, CF Thu: 1-4, BB, 2-R, SB TOR Series: 3-11, HR, 2-RBI, 2-BB, 2-R Trip: 10-28, 3-HR, 4-RBI, 4-BB, 7-R vs. LH:.247 (18-73), 2-HR 2016:.250/.334/.431, 12-HR, 36-RBI, 19-SB Current Hitting Streak: 3G (.364, 4-11) RISP:.271 (19-70) vs. RH:.251 (62-247), 10-HR Has raised his batting avg. from.219 to.250 and his OBP from.307 to.334 since Aug 27, batting.356/.427/.603 (26-for-73) over his last 18 G. His 5 HR in Sep tie June 2014 for the most in a calendar month of his career his.450 OBP this month is 2nd in the AL to MIN Brian Dozier (.455). Since moving to the No. 2 spot in the batting order on Aug 2, is batting.296/.363/.487 (45-for-152) with 6 2B, 7 HR, 18 RBI and 10 SB in 39 G. Has been successful on his last 17 SB leads the majors with a 90.5 pct. success rate, 2nd in club history to Desmond Jennings in 2012 (93.9) is the 2nd longest streak of successful SB attempts in the majors this season, behind CLE Rajai Davis (26, April 25 Aug 12) club record is 32. Per FanGraphs, his 20 Defensive Runs Saved (in inn.) as a center fielder is 1st in the majors ahead of TOR Kevin Pillar (17 in inn.). Has played in 92 games with 89 starts, all in CF has career highs in HR (12), SB (19) and BB (38), incl. a team-leading 27 BB in the second half. #3 EVAN LONGORIA, 3B Thu: 2-5, HR, 5-RBI, R TOR Series: 3-14, HR, RBI, 2-R Trip: 7-37, 2-HR, 6-RBI, 3-R vs. LH:.262 (32-122), 4-HR 2016:.274/.321/.519, 33-HR, 91-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 2G (.400, 4-10) RISP:.328 (40-122) vs. RH:.278 ( ), 29-HR Had a season-high 5 RBI yesterday at BAL, his most since June 26, 2011 at HOU (5) and one shy of his career high (6, May 24, 2008 vs. BAL) had his 33rd HR, tying his career high (2009), his second this season with 2 runners (or more) on base (also June 14 vs. SEA) is on pace for 37 HR, which would be 3rd in club history to Carlos Peña in 2007 (46) and 2009 (39) his 29 HR vs. RHP ranks 2nd in club history to Peña in 2007 (35). Has recorded the third 30-HR, 90-RBI season of his career (2011, 2009), tied with Carlos Peña (2009, 2008, 2007) for the most in club history. Has homered twice in his last 4 games following an 11-game homerless drought has 11 HR in the 7th inning or later, his most since 2011 (12). Leads the team in HR (33), XBH (71 5th in the AL), 2B (35 T-7th in the AL), SLG (.519), RBI (91), hits (157), runs (74) and multi-hit games (42). Has started 144 games (137-3B, 7-DH) is 4 2B shy of 300 2B for his career has made 3 errors in his last 8 games at 3B (since Sep 7). #27 MIKIE MAHTOOK, OF Thu: 1-4 TOR Series: 0-2 Trip: 2-16 vs. LH:.180 (9-50) 2016:.170/.221/.230, 1-HR, 7-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.250, 1-4) RISP:.094 (3-32) vs. RH:.165 (14-85), 1-HR Batting.308/.333/.462 (8-for-26) with 1 2B and 1 HR over his last 10 games (7 starts) following an 0-for-34 skid, T-4th-longest in franchise history. Is a career.474/.500/.579 (9-for-19) hitter with 2 2B in 8 games (4 starts) against the Orioles but is 1-for-6 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. In his career, has hit.246/.299/.483 (29-for-118) with 7 HR and 18 RBI vs. LHP, and.205/.258/.320 (25-for-122) with 3 HR and 8 RBI vs. RHP. Has played in 51 games with 37 starts (14-CF, 14-LF, 9-RF) is hitless in his last 14 at-bats with RISP since his RBI single on Aug 9 at TOR. #46 LUKE MAILE, C Thu: 1-4 TOR Series: 0-3 Trip: 1-11 vs. LH:.208 (5-24), 2-HR 2016:.230/.260/.370, 3-HR, 14-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.250, 1-4) RISP:.258 (8-31) vs. RH:.237 (18-76), 1-HR Snapped an 0-for-13 skid yesterday at BAL; is 1-for-his-last-14 following a stretch of 15 games (11 starts) of batting.341/.357/.634 (14-for-41). Has 3 HR over his last 39 at-bats (last Sep 2 vs. TOR, Francisco Liriano) this stretch follows a 96 at-bat homerless drought to begin his career. Has hit.196/.226/.294 (10-for-51) in 18 games (15 starts) on the road, compared to.265/.294/.449 (13-for-49) in 18 games (15 starts) at home. Has played in 36 games with 29 starts, all at catcher has played 11.0 innings at 1B in three games off the bench (last Sep 6 vs. BAL, 2 innings). #13 BRAD MILLER, INF Thu: 1-4, 2B, BB, R TOR Series: 2-11, HR, 2-RBI, BB, 2-R Trip: 4-28, 2B, 2-HR, 3-RBI, 2-BB, 4-R vs. LH:.242 (23-95), 3-HR 2016:.247/.304/.489, 28-HR, 72-RBI, 6-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.250, 1-4) RISP:.255 (28-110) vs. RH:.249 ( ), 25-HR Batting.143/.219/.393 (4-for-28) with 2 HR in 8 games on the road trip and.137/.196/.333 (7-for-51) with 3 HR in 14 games so far in September. Has 28 HR and is 1 HR shy of matching his career total prior to this season (29 in 343 games and 1,111 AB) previous career high was 11 (2015). Has 28 XBH since the All-Star break, T-6th in the AL ranks among team leaders in XBH (59, 2nd), HR (28, 2nd), RBI (72, 2nd) and SLG (.489, 2nd). Has played in 137 games with 125 starts (91-SS, 27-1B, 7-DH) all of his starts at 1B have come since Aug 8 at TOR, his first career action there. #24 ALEXEI RAMIREZ, SS Thu: DNP TOR Series: 2-6, HR, 3-RBI, BB, R Trip: 3-13, HR, 3-RBI, BB, R vs. LH:.297 (35-118), 1-HR 2016:.240/.275/.334, 6-HR, 44-RBI, 7-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-4 RISP:.273 (30-110) vs. RH:.218 (69-316), 5-HR Had his first homer as a Ray on Tue at TOR, his first with 2 runners (or more) on base since Sep 5, 2015 at KC (with CWS) was the fifth of his career on an 0-2 pitch (last July 29, 2015 at BOS (with CWS) was his second go-ahead homer this season, following Aug 15 at TB (off Drew Smyly). Batting.231 (3-for-13) in 4 games (3 starts) with Tampa Bay became the sixth shortstop used by the Rays this season, their most since 2008 (7). Born in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, became the ninth Cuban-born player in club history and the third born outside Havana, following Danys Baez and Rolando Arrojo is one of 4 Cuban-born players to reach 100 HR and 100 SB for their career, joining Minnie Minoso, Jose Cardenal and Jose Canseco.

4 #36 RICHIE SHAFFER, UTL Thu: 0-2 (def. rep.) TOR Series: 0-3 Trip: 1-8, BB vs. LH:.143 (1-7) 2016:.200/.294/.267, 0-HR, 0-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 0-for-5 RISP:.000 (0-1) vs. RH:.250 (2-8) Has appeared in 9 games (4 starts; 2-DH, 1-3B, 1-1B) with the Rays recalled from Durham on Sep 6 for his third stint with the Rays this season. Hit.227/.329/.367 (97-for-428) with 27 2B, 11 HR and 48 RBI in 119 games this year with Durham hit.169 (21-for-124) after the All-Star break. Had two stints with the Rays last season, appearing in 31 games with 18 starts (8-1B, 5-DH, 4-3B, 1-LF) was the Rays Minor League Player of the Year in 2015, leading Rays minor leaguers with 26 HR and tying for 2nd with 72 RBI. #20 STEVEN SOUZA JR., OF Thu: 3-4, 2B, RBI, R TOR Series: 2-8, HR, RBI, 5-BB, 4-R Trip: 11-28, 2B, 4-HR, 6-RBI, 6-BB, 9-R vs. LH:.230 (26-113), 5-HR 2016:.243/.300/.411, 17-HR, 49-RBI, 7-SB Current Hitting Streak: 3G (.500, 5-10) RISP:.288 (30-104) vs. RH:.248 (76-306), 12-HR Has reached in 10 of his last 16 PA batting.317/.404/.634 (13-for-41) with 4 HR in September, compared to.217/.273/.348 (20-for-92) in August. Has played in 117 games with 112 starts (105-RF, 5-DH, 2-CF) has a career-high 17 HR, incl. 4 HR on the road trip has had 3 multi-hr games, the most by a Ray since Melvin Upton Jr. in 2012 (3) his 17 HR (11 solo, three 2-run and three 3-run) have led to 26 of his 49 RBI (53.1 pct.). Has 158 SO, 6th in the AL and on pace for 175 SO, which would be 2nd in club history to Carlos Peña in 2012 (182) has struck out in 34.6 pct. of his PA, the 2nd-highest rate in the majors (min. 300 PA) according to FanGraphs. #21 BOBBY WILSON, C Thu: DNP TOR Series: 1-6, 2-BB Trip: 3-12, HR, 2-RBI, 2-BB, R vs. LH:.308 (16-52), 2-HR 2016:.244/.281/.361, 6-HR, 32-RBI, 0-SB Current Hitting Streak: 1G (.250, 1-4) RISP:.364 (16-44) vs. RH:.222 (34-153), 4-HR Batting.250/.304/.422 (16-for-64) with 2 2B, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 5 BB and 12 runs scored in 21 games (all starts) since joining the Rays via waiver claim. His 32 RBI this season are more than double his previous career high (prev. 15, 2010) also has a career-high 6 HR, 50 hits and 23 runs scored. Claimed by the Rays off waivers on Aug 4 (DFA ed by TEX on Aug 1) is his second stint with the club, following 25 games (16 starts) in Attended Seminole HS and St. Petersburg College is the second player born in Pinellas Co. to homer for the Rays (Casey Kotchman in 2011). RAYS BULLPEN NOTES #26 BRAD BOXBERGER, RH Last App: 9/15 at BAL (W, 0.2-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-1 vs. LH:.250 (8-32), 2-HR 2016: 4-1-0, 2.89 ERA, 20 G Long Relief App: 1.1, 8/21 vs. TEX IR-RS: 10-2 vs. RH:.237 (9-38) Got the win escaping Blake Snell s 2-on, 1-out jam yesterday at BAL in the 5th inning, his earliest entrance to a game since July 8, 2014 vs. KC. Since being reinstated from his second DL stint on July 29, has gone 4-1 with a 2.00 ERA (18.0-IP, 15-H, 4-ER, 11-BB, 17-SO, 1-HR) in 19 apps. On Mon at TOR suffered his first loss since Sep 14, 2015 vs. NYY the last of his then-club-record 10 losses for a reliever in 2015 yielded a solo homer to Ezequiel Carrera on his first pitch (leading off the 8th) both his homers allowed have come vs. LHB (Kendrys Morales, May 31 at KC). #31 XAVIER CEDEÑO, LH Last App: 8/29 at BOS (1.0-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 1-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-5 vs. LH:.197 (15-76) 2016: 3-4-0, 3.70 ERA, 54 G Long Relief App: 1.1, 6x-last 8/23 vs. BOS IR-RS: 23-7 vs. RH:.259 (21-81), 2-HR Hasn t pitched since Aug 29 at BOS and is day-to-day with neck stiffness his last 8 apps since Aug 16 have been scoreless (6-IP, 4-H, 8-SO). Has made 115 apps in his Rays career and only yielded 1 HR to a left-handed hitter over that span on Aug 25, 2015 vs. MIN (Eddie Rosario). Since the All-Star break, has held lefties to a.167/.231/.167 (4-for-24) line all singles has only allowed 2 XBH, both doubles, vs. LHB this year. #37 ALEX COLOME, RH Last App: 9/15 at BAL (SV, 1.0-IP, 2-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 2-SO) Saves-Opps: vs. LH:.183 (13-71), 1-HR 2016: , 1.97 ERA, 51 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 3x-last 5/24 at MIA IR-RS: 19-6 vs. RH:.214 (24-112), 5-HR Escaped his own 2-on, 1-out jam in the 9th yesterday at BAL for his 33rd save, 5th in the AL has converted 94.3 percent of his chances, 3rd in the majors and 2nd in the AL (min. 25 SV) to BAL Zach Britton (100.0) he will become the Rays 11th different save leader in the last 12 seasons. Has recorded 5 saves of 4 outs (or more), tied with LAD Kenley Jansen for most in the majors the last Ray with more was Danys Baez in 2005 (10). Hasn t allowed a run in his 33 apps ending with a save has a 1.31 ERA (34.1-IP, 5-ER) in save situations and a 3.38 ERA (16-IP, 6-ER) otherwise. Is the sixth different pitcher (ninth time) in Rays history with a 30-SV season is on pace to join Fernando Rodney in 2012 and Rafael Soriano in 2010 as the only pitchers with 30 saves and a sub-2.00 ERA in a season in franchise history. #56 DANA EVELAND, LH Last App: 9/15 at BAL (0.0-IP, 1-H, 2-R, 1-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH:.375 (12-32), 2-HR 2016: 0-1-0, 9.30 ERA, 27 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 5/13 vs. OAK IR-RS: 14-0 vs. RH:.296 (16-54), 1-HR Both batters faced yesterday at BAL came around to score (Davis walk, Wieters double) retired his only batter faced on Tue at TOR (Carrera K). Lefties have hit.375/.462/.594 (12-for-32) against him his opp OBP is the highest among any AL LHP facing left-handed batters (min. 20 BF). Has stranded all 14 inherited runners is one of two relievers in the AL to inherit at least 10 baserunners and not allow any of them to score. Selected from Triple-A Durham on Sep 12 as RH Tyler Sturdevant was designated for assignment is in his third stint with the Rays this season. After he was designated for assignment on July 6, he pitched to a 0.35 ERA (26-IP, 1-ER) and.176 opp avg. in 18 apps with Triple-A Durham. #43 DANNY FARQUHAR, RH Last App: 9/15 at BAL (1.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH:.256 (11-43), 4-HR 2016: 1-0-0, 3.30 ERA, 28 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 3x-last 8/29 at BOS IR-RS: 12-7 vs. RH:.240 (18-75), 3-HR Has lowered his ERA from 5.40 to 3.30 over his current stretch of 10 straight scoreless apps (since Aug 27), matching the longest such streak of his career (also July 21 Aug 13, 2013 with SEA) inherited 2-on, 0-out yesterday at BAL and both runners scored but got 3 straight groundouts. Has a 1.40 ERA (19.1-IP, 3-ER) and 28 SO in since his Aug 6 recall (13.0 SO/9 IP) before it, had a 6.75 ERA and 10 SO in 10.2 IP and 11 apps. On Sep 6 vs. BAL, had his wedding ring knocked off by a Jonathan Schoop comebacker to end the 5th inning found it before walking off the field. Recalled on Aug 6 for his fifth stint with the Rays this season, following Opening Day April 22, May 14, June 25 (26th Man) and June 27 July 4. #59 EDDIE GAMBOA, RH Last App: 9/5 vs. BAL (3.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 1-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH:.000 (0-5) 2016: 0-0-0, 2.70 ERA, 2 G Long Relief App: 3.0, 9/5 vs. BAL IR-RS: -- vs. RH:.200 (1-5) Faced the minimum 9 BF on Sep 5 vs. BAL, his 2nd career app his only baserunner was an 8th-inn., 2-out BB that was subsequently picked off. At 31 years, 256 days old was the 2nd-oldest player ever to make his major league debut for the Rays, behind 35-year-old LH Jim Morris in Became the second knuckleball pitcher in Rays history, following RH Dennis Springer in 1998 transitioned to a knuckleball pitcher in Selected to the active roster on Sep 1 after going 6-4 with a 2.68 ERA (94-IP, 28-ER) and 0 HR in 27 games (12 starts) for Triple-A Durham. #52 RYAN GARTON, RH Last App: 9/14 at TOR (1.1-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: 1-1 vs. LH:.267 (12-45), 2-HR 2016: 1-0-1, 4.28 ERA, 30 G Long Relief App: 2.2, 6/16 vs. SEA IR-RS: 20-5 vs. RH:.278 (25-90), 2-HR Retired all 4 BF on Wed at TOR (got the last out of 7th and had a perfect 8th) has pitched to a 2.57 ERA (7-IP, 2-ER) over his 7 apps since his Sep 1 recall, and hasn t allowed a homer over that stretch was optioned after yielding 4 HR in his previous 6 apps spanning 8 IP, from Aug Recalled from Triple-A Durham on Sep 1 for his fourth stint with the Rays this season, following May 25 June 16, June 21 July 14 and Aug Was the opposing pitcher in Alex Rodriguez s final at-bat as a Yankee got him to ground out to short in the 7th on Aug 12 at Yankee Stadium. Was the second player in Rays history born in Clearwater is one of three alumni of J. W. Mitchell HS in New Port Richey to reach the majors. #54 STEVE GELTZ, RH Last App: 9/14 at TOR (1.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 1-BB, 1-SO) Saves-Opps: 0-1 vs. LH:.186 (8-43), 3-HR 2016: 0-2-0, 6.38 ERA, 25 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 5/13 vs. OAK IR-RS: 8-3 vs. RH:.314 (16-51), 8-HR Has made consecutive scoreless apps has a 3.00 ERA (3-IP, 1-ER) since his recall; the run came on an Adam Jones HR on his first pitch back. Had a 3.03 ERA this season at Durham, and was recalled on Sep 6 for his 4th stint with TB (also Opening Day May 22, June and Aug 28). Has yielded 11 HR, T-5th among AL relievers, and his 19 HR since the start of 2015 are the most among AL relievers 45.8 pct. of his hits allowed this season have been homers (12-1B, 1-2B, 11-HR) and his 4.13 HR/9 IP ratio ranks 2nd in the AL (min. 20 IP) to OAK Dillon Overton (4.84). #40 KEVIN JEPSEN, RH Last App: 9/13 at TOR (1.0-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: 7-11 vs. LH:.338 (24-71), 8-HR 2016: 2-6-7, 5.88 ERA, 57 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 8/22 vs. BOS IR-RS: 16-5 vs. RH:.306 (38-124), 4-HR Had a scoreless 8th inning on Tue at TOR, his first app since yielding his first career grand slam on Sep 9 at NYY (4th inning vs. Mark Teixeira). Since Aug 15, has allowed run(s) in 7 of 12 apps for an 8.71 ERA (10.1-IP, 10-ER) it follows a 1.13 ERA (8-IP, 1-ER) in his first 12 apps with TB. His 12 HR allowed rank T-2nd among AL relievers his allowed 17 HR since 2015, compared to 16 HR in parts of 7 seasons with LAA ( ). Is the fourth pitcher to have two separate stints with the Rays, returning after pitching for another organization in between he joined Dan Wheeler, Trever Miller and Grant Balfour he signed with the Rays on July 15, two days after being released by the Twins (DFA ed by MIN on July 3).

5 #58 JUSTIN MARKS, LH Last App: 9/9 at NYY (3.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 5-BB, 2-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH:.000 (0-3) 2016: 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 G Long Relief App: 3.0, 9/9 at NYY IR-RS: -- vs. RH:.000 (0-6) Made his second career app on Sep 9 at NYY, first since April 20, 2014 vs. MIN (with KC), going 872 days in between major league apps yielded 5 BB, tying the club record for a reliever (11th time), but was their first to do so without allowing a run since Victor Zambrano on June 14, 2002 at FLA. Went 7-11 with a 3.86 ERA (140-IP, 60-ER) in 25 apps (23 starts) with Triple-A Durham had a 9-inning no-hitter on July 16 at Syracuse (130 pit.). Was selected to the active roster on Sep 6 as Hank Conger was designated for assignment accumulated 4 days service time with the Royals in 2014 and made his major league debut on April 20, 2014 vs. MIN this spring he told Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times that the Royals sent him two framed shadow boxes of memorabilia jersey, lineup cards, game balls, tickets plus a partial playoff share and an AL champions ring. #30 ERASMO RAMIREZ, RH Last App: 9/15 at BAL (2.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 2-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: 1-5 vs. LH:.293 (34-116), 7-HR 2016: , 3.71 ERA, 59 G, 1 GS Long Relief App: 3.0, 8/9 at TOR IR-RS: 30-5 vs. RH:.251 (51-203), 6-HR Has a 1.93 ERA (14-IP, 3-ER) in 13 apps since Aug 16 yesterday at BAL, pitched around a 1-out walk in the 6th and leadoff walk in the 7th inn. Leads the AL with 79.1 relief innings, 4 IP more than HOU Chris Devenski (75.1) has made a major-league-most 33 relief apps of 4 outs or more nine more than anyone else his 20 relief apps of 2 IP (or more) are most in the majors and the most by a Ray since J.P. Howell in 2008 (23). Has yielded 13 HR, the most among AL relievers and the most by a Rays reliever since Al Reyes in 2007 (13) the club record for a reliever is 14. His 11 losses (last Sep 8 at NYY) are a club record for a reliever and the most for a reliever in the majors since LAA Scot Shields in 2005 (11). His 6 wins as a reliever (also won his only start on April 16 vs. CWS) are one shy of the club record for a reliever (last J.P. Howell in 2009). #45 ENNY ROMERO, LH Last App: 9/10 at NYY (1.0-IP, 2-H, 2-R, 0-BB, 0-SO) Saves-Opps: 1-2 vs. LH:.267 (16-60), 1-HR 2016: 2-0-1, 5.74 ERA, 49 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 4x-last 6/17 vs. SF IR-RS: 22-6 vs. RH:.224 (22-98), 4-HR Has yielded multiple runs in 3 of his last 5 apps, a ERA (4.1-IP, 8-ER) since the start of September following 14 consecutive scoreless apps. Yielded a pair of hits, both to lefties (Gardner single, Ellsbury double) to start the 8th inning on Sat at NYY and both scored on back-to-back SF. Has pitched to an 2.25 ERA (24.0-IP, 6-ER) in 24 apps on the road compared to a ERA (18.1-IP, 21-ER) in 25 apps at Tropicana Field. Has issued 27 BB for a 5.74 BB/9 IP ratio, 2nd highest among AL relievers to OAK Marc Rzepczynski (6.00) includes 18 BB in 18.1 IP at home. #47 CHASE WHITLEY, RH Last App: 9/11 at NYY (2.0-IP, 1-H, 1-R, 0-ER, 1-BB, 2-SO) Saves-Opps: -- vs. LH:.200 (1-5) 2016: 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 G Long Relief App: 2.0, 9/11 at NYY IR-RS: -- vs. RH:.000 (0-3) On Sun at NYY made his first app since May 14, 2015 at TB (with NYY) going 505 days between ML apps (returned from Tommy John surgery) covered the 6th and 7th innings and his only run allowed was unearned, after an E5 (fielding) extended the 7th leading to a Gardner RBI single. Became the 13th pitcher to return to the majors this season after undergoing Tommy John surgery was the second Ray, following RH Alex Cobb. Recalled from Double-A Montgomery on Sep 4 went 2-1 with a 2.21 ERA (36.2-IP, 9-ER) over 9 starts in the minors, including rehab assignment. Sep 1 Sep 5 Sep 6 Sep 8 Sep 12 Sep 16 Optioned INF Tim Beckham to Durham; recalled RH Ryan Garton and C Curt Casali from Durham, selected RH Eddie Gamboa from Durham. Recalled RH Chase Whitley from Montgomery. Placed SS Matt Duffy (left heel surgery) on the 60-day DL; designated C Hank Conger for assignment; recalled OF Mikie Mahtook, UTL Richie Shaffer and RH Steve Geltz from Durham; selected LH Justin Marks from Durham. Signed SS Alexei Ramirez to a major league contract. Designated RH Tyler Sturdevant for assignment; selected LH Dana Eveland from Durham. Placed 1B Logan Morrison (left wrist strain) on the 60-day DL; selected OF Jaff Decker from Durham. W-L BY POSITION (STARTS) RECENT TRANSACTIONS (since Sep 1) RAYS ON THE DISABLED LIST (2) POS. PLAYER DL INJURY DATE ON RETRO FIRST DATE OFF GMS MISSED RECORD SS Matt Duffy 60-day Left heel surgery Sep 6 - N/A B Logan Morrison 60-day Left wrist strain Sep 16 - N/A - - Others (Games Missed): OF Oswaldo Arcia (20, right elbow strain, 12-8), RH Brad Boxberger (49, adductor surgery, 22-27; 50, left oblique strain, 17-33), RH Alex Cobb (129, Tommy John surgery, 55-74), RH Alex Colome (16, right medial biceps tendinitis, 3-13), INF Matt Duffy (10 with Rays, left Achilles strain, 4-6), 2B Logan Forsythe (28, left scapula hairline fracture, 12-16), UTL Nick Franklin (7, concussion, 4-3), OF Brandon Guyer (23, left hamstring strain, 9-14), OF Desmond Jennings (25, left hamstring strain, 9-16; 23, left knee contusion, 12-11), OF Kevin Kiermaier (48, left hand fracture, 14-34), OF Mikie Mahtook (40, left hand fracture, 13-27), 1B Logan Morrison (16, right forearm strain, 8-8), INF Steve Pearce (24, right hamstring strain, 4-20), LH Enny Romero (15, strained back, 8-7); OF Steven Souza Jr. (17, left hip strain, 3-14), RH Ryan Webb (28, right pectoral strain, 10-18), RH Chase Whitley (119, Tommy John surgery, 50-69). W-L BY BATTING ORDER (STARTS) C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH 6TH 7TH 8TH 9TH Arcia Beckham Casali Conger Dickerson Decker Duffy Forsythe Franklin Guyer Jennings Kiermaier Longoria Mahtook Maile Miller Morrison Motter Pearce Ramirez Shaffer Souza Jr Wilson RAYS HITTERS vs. ORIOLES 2016 CAREER PLAYER G AB H HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP G AB H HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP Casali Decker Dickerson Forsythe Franklin Kiermaier Longoria Mahtook Maile Miller Ramirez Shaffer Souza Jr Wilson RAYS PITCHERS vs. ORIOLES 2016 CAREER PLAYER W L SV IP H ER SO ERA AVG W L SV IP H ER SO ERA AVG Andriese Archer Boxberger Cedeño Cobb Colome Eveland Farquhar Gamboa Garton Geltz Jepsen Marks Odorizzi Ramirez Romero Smyly Snell Whitley

6 RAYS PITCHING BY THE NUMBERS W-L-S G ERA IP H ER BB SO HR Totals Starters Relievers Home Road April May June July August September LAST HR & PLAYER SEASON HIGHS LAST HR OFF 16 MOST HITS GAME 16 MOST RBI GAME Casali 7/30 vs, NYY Eovaldi 2, 7x-last, 6/14 vs. SEA 3, 5/16 at TOR Decker 8/12/13 at COL Chacin 1, 4x-last, 6/26 at BAL -- Dickerson 9/14 at TOR Dermody 3, 11x-last, 9/14 at TOR 4, 3x-last, 9/14 at TOR Forsythe 9/11 at NYY Cessa 3, 9x-last, 9/3 vs. TOR 4, 8/31 at BOS Franklin 9/7 vs. BAL Bundy 3, 7x-last, 9/11 at NYY 5, 6/27 vs. BOS Kiermaier 9/14 at TOR Estrada 4, 9/8 at NYY 3, 4x-last, 9/7 vs. BAL Longoria 9/15 at BAL Gallardo 4, 7/8 at BOS 5, 9/15 at BAL Mahtook 8/26 at HOU Giles 3, 9/7 vs. BAL 2, 6/12 vs. HOU Maile 9/2 vs. TOR Liriano 3, 8/16 vs. SD 4, 8/16 vs. SD Miller 9/12 at TOR Liriano 4, 5/6 at LAA 4, 8/13 at NYY Ramirez 9/13 at TOR Stroman 3, 2x-last, 7/21 at STL 5, 6/1 vs. SEA Shaffer 9/21/15 at BOS Ross Jr. 2, 8/10 at TOR -- Souza Jr. 9/13 at TOR Biagini 4, 4/6 vs. TOR 4, 4/6 vs. TOR Wilson 9/10 at NYY Tanaka 4, 5/25 vs. LAA 4, 2x-last, 5/14 vs. TOR RAYS BY THE NUMBERS Current Streak: W3 When commit error: Hit homer: Current Record: Ahead after 6-7-8: 48-13/50-6/57-3 Homer with men on: Home/Road: 35-40/28-43 Behind after 6-7-8: 7-58/4-64/0-73 Hit multiple homers: Day/Night: 26-29/37-54 Tied after 6-7-8: 8-12/9-13/6-7 Score first: Grass/Turf: 22-40/ run games: Score 5 or more: vs. East: run games: Score less than 5: vs. Central: Extra innings: 3-2 Outhit opponents: vs. West: Win in last at-bat: 10 Outhit by opponents: vs. National League: Come-from-behind wins: 32 Collect 10 or more hits: vs. RH/LH starters: 46-61/16-22 Opp. come-from-behind wins: 36 Opp. 10 or more hits: Series W-L-T (home): Series W-L-T (road): Wearing white/gray/navy/lt. blue: 26-28/23-23/9-25/5-7 RUN SUPPORT FOR STARTING PITCHERS PITCHER STARTS RUNS RUNS/START RUNS/9-IP CLUB RECORD QUALITY Andriese Archer Cobb Moore Odorizzi Ramirez Smyly Snell RAYS SEASON HIGHS TEAM BATTING INDIVIDUAL BATTING Longest win streak 4, 5x-last, August Most runs, game, TB 3, 9x-last, Mahtook, 9/7 vs. BAL Long loss streak 11, June 16-June 26 Most runs, game, Opp 3, 7x-last, Simmons, 7/5 vs. LAA Most runs game, TB 15, 8/16 vs. SD Most hits, game, TB 5, Beckham, 7/20 at COL Most runs game, Opp 13, 7/5 vs. LAA Most hits, game, Opp 4, 7x-last, Travis, 8/8 vs. TOR Most runs, inn, TB 6, 2x-last (4th) 8/14 at NYY Most 2B, game, TB 3, Dickerson, 8/26 at HOU Most runs, inn, Opp 8 (9th), 6/30 vs. DET Most 2B, game, Opp 2, 11x-last, Smolinski, 7/24 at OAK Most hits, game, TB 18, 6/27 vs. BOS Most HR, game, TB 2, 12x-last, Kiermaier/Souza, 9/8 at NYY Most hits, game, Opp 18, 5/31 at KC Most HR, game, Opp 3, Valencia, 5/15 vs. OAK Most hits, inn, TB 6, 6x-last, (6th) 9/3 vs. TOR Most RBI, game, TB 5, 2x-last, Franklin, 6/27 vs. BOS Most hits, inn, Opp 7, (9th) 6/30 vs. DET Most RBI, game, Opp 6, V. Martinez, 7/1 vs. DET Most doubles, game, TB 6, 4x-last, 8/14 at NYY Most x-base hits, game, TB 3, 4x-last, Dickerson, 8/26 at HOU 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, 2x-last, 8/16 vs. SD Most steals, game, TB 2, 6x-last, Kiermaier, 9/13 at TOR Most HR, game, Opp 5, 8/13 at NYY Most steals, game, Opp 3, Upton, 8/10 vs. TOR Most x-base hits, game, TB 10, 8/16 vs. SD Hitting Streak 13, Kiermaier, 8/27 9/9 Most x-base hits, game, Opp 9, 4/21 at BOS TEAM/INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most stolen bases, game, TB 3, 4x-last, 8/15 vs. SD Most SO, TB Starter 12, 3x-last, Smyly, 6/15 vs. SEA Most stolen bases, game, Opp 5, 4/14 vs. CLE Most SO, Opp Starter 16, Duffy, 8/1 vs. KC Most walks, game, TB 11, 6/15 vs. SEA Most SO, TB Reliever 5, 2x-last, Andriese, 7/10 at BOS Most walks, game, Opp 11, 9/9 at NYY Most IP, TB Reliever 3.0, 6x-last, Marks, 9/9 at NYY Most strikeouts, game, TB 19, 6/15 vs. SEA Most walks, game, TB 5, 2x-last, Marks, 9/9 at NYY Most strikeouts, game, Opp 16, 2x-last, 6/15 vs. SEA Most walks, game, Opp 5, 2x-last, Kennedy, 5/30 at KC Most LOB, game, TB 18, 6/15 vs. SEA Most SO, Team, TB 16, 2x-last, 6/15 vs. SEA Most LOB, game, Opp 13, 2x-last, 5/25 vs. MIA Most walks, Team, TB 11, 9/9 at NYY Most errors, game, TB 3, 4x-last, 7/6 vs. LAA Low-Hit Game 1, 2x-last, 5/29 vs. NYY Most errors, game, Opp 3, 2x-last, 8/3 vs. KC Consecutive Scoreless IP 21.0, Colome, May 4 June 15 Longest game, time 4:38, 6/15 vs. SEA Shortest game, time 2:13, 9/12 at TOR Longest game, time (9 inn.) 4:16, 4/21 at BOS Shortest game, time (9 inn.) 2:13, 9/12 at TOR HOME RUNS 1R 2R 3R GS TOTAL Longoria Miller Dickerson Forsythe Souza Jr Morrison Kiermaier Pearce Jennings 7 7 Guyer Casali Franklin Beckham Conger Maile Wilson Motter Arcia Mahtook 1 1 Ramirez 1 1 Duffy 1 1 TOTALS CATCHERS PCT CCS ATT Casali Conger Maile Wilson TOTALS MISC. Game-Tying & Go-Ahead RBI: Longoria (41), Miller (25), Dickerson (18), Forsythe (17), Souza Jr. (17), Morrison (15), Kiermaier (12), Guyer (10), Pearce (8), Casali (7), Jennings (6), Beckham (3), Mahtook (3), Franklin (3), Arcia (2), Maile (2), Motter (1), Odorizzi (1), Conger (1), Duffy (1), Ramirez (1), Wilson (1) 2-Out RBI: Longoria (34), Miller (31), Dickerson (25), Forsythe (24), Pearce (15), Souza Jr. (15), Kiermaier (13), Morrison (13), Guyer (10), Franklin (9), Maile (9), Jennings (8), Casali (7), Conger (7), Motter (5), Arcia (4), Beckham (2), Wilson (1), Odorizzi (1) Outfield Assists (24): Souza Jr. (7), Kiermaier (6), Jennings (3), Mahtook (3), Dickerson (2), Decker (2), Guyer (1), Motter (1) Bunt Singles (9): Kiermaier (4), Jennings (1), Guyer (1), Morrison (1), MIller (1), Souza (1) Ejections (3): Cash-1 (4/29 vs. TOR, 5th inn.), Shelton-1 (6/5 at MIN, 3rd inn.), Odorizzi-1 (6/24 vs. SEA, 6th inn.) Batted Around (14): 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), 6/6 at ARI (5th inn., 9 batters), 6/12 vs. HOU (5th inn., 10 batters), 6/27 vs. BOS (1st inn., 9 batters), 7/19 at COL (3rd inn., 9 batters), 7/20 at COL (4th inn., 9 batters), 8/3 vs. KC (6th inn., 10 batters), 8/9 at TOR (7th inn., 9 batters), 8/14 at NYY (4th inn., 10 batters), 8/16 vs. SD (3rd inn., 9 batters), 8/28 at HOU (8th inn., 10 batters), 9/3 vs. TOR (6th inn., 10 batters) WALK-OFF WINS 1. April 30 vs. TOR (W 4-3) Curt Casali single to left field off Brett Cecil (9th inning). 2. June 15 vs. SEA (W 3-2) Logan Morrison bases-loaded walk off Mike Montgomery (13th inn). 3. Aug 25 vs. BOS (W 4-3) Kevin Kiermaier missed catch error off Heath Hembree (11th 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). 3. July 22 at OAK (L 0-1) Coco Crisp single to left field off Dylan Floro (13th inning). 4. July 23 at OAK (L 3-4) Ryon Healy home run to left field off Alex Colome (9th inning). 5. August 26 at HOU (L 4-5) Evan Gattis home run to left field off Alex Colome (9th inning). 6. September 8 at NYY (L 4-5) Tyler Austin home run to right field off Erasmo Ramirez (9th inning). Grand Slams (1): Dickerson-1 (5/11 at SEA, T Walker) Back-to-Back (3): Morrison/Jennings (5/18 at TOR, R Dickey); Morrison/Souza Jr. (9/9 at NYY, M Pineda); Longoria/Miller (9/12 at TOR, F Liriano) Pinch-hit (1): Motter-1 (5/17 at TOR, D Storen) Walk-off (-): - Lead-off (5): Forsythe-3 (7/29 vs. NYY, I. Nova; 8/9 at TOR, M. Estrada; 9/6 vs. BAL, Y Gallardo), Guyer-1 (5/15 vs. OAK, S Gray), Souza Jr.-1 (5/20 at DET, A. Sanchez) Inside-the-park (-): - HOME RUNS RUNS BY INNING 2-HR games (12): Souza Jr.-3 (4/6 vs. TOR, J Happ/A Leon; 4/24 at NYY, M Pineda; 9/8 at NYY, C Sabathia/J Holder), Longoria-2 (6/5 at MIN, T Duffey/B Kintzler; 7/17 vs. BAL, D Bundy/O Despaigne), Miller-2 (8/13 at NYY, M Tanaka; 8/16 vs. SD, Jackson/Villanueva), Dickerson-1 (6/8 at ARI, A Bradley/T Clippard), Guyer-1 (5/15 vs. OAK, S Gray), Morrison-1 (6/5 at MIN, T Duffey), Pearce-1 (5/10 at SEA, W Miley), Kiermaier-1 (9/8 at NYY, C Sabathia) 3-HR games (-): X Total Opponent Tampa Bay INSTANT REPLAY CHALLENGES (last five) GAME CHALLENGED BY INN. PLAYER OF REFERENCE INITIAL CALL RULING DELAY Sep 5 vs. BAL Tampa Bay T7 Drew Stubbs Safe at first (PO) Overturned 0:34 Sep 6 vs. BAL Baltimore B8 Nick Franklin Safe at first Stands 1:22 Sep 9 at NYY Tampa Bay T5 Evan Longoria Out at first Overturned 0:37 Sep 10 at NYY New York T8 Logan Forsythe Hit by pitch Confirmed 0:35 Sep 12 at TOR Tampa Bay B6 Devon Travis Safe at second Confirmed 0:42 Rays Totals (bold): 44 challenges (26 overturned, 8 stand, 10 confirmed) Opp Totals: 35 challenges (19 overturned, 10 stand, 6 confirmed) Umpire Totals: 10 challenges (0 record keeping, 4 overturned, 5 stand, 1 confirmed)