Tampa Bay Rays news and notes

The dish

Rays at Orioles

When/where: 7:05 tonight, Camden Yards, Baltimore

TV/radio: Sun Sports; 620-AM, 680-AM (Spanish)

Probable pitchers:

Rays: RH Wade Davis (6-9, 4.69)

Orioles: RH Chris Tillman (1-3, 5.64)

Watch for …

Wadin' in: Davis has been dominant in two starts against the O's, allowing one run in 16 innings with 13 strikeouts. Last year, he had a four-hit shutout in Baltimore for his first big-league win.

At the till: Tillman, recalled from Triple A just before the All-Star break, makes his sixth start of the season. In seven career home starts, he is 1-3, 4.71. He is 0-1, 2.84 in two starts against the Rays.

Key matchups

Orioles vs. Davis

Nick Markakis0-for-6

Felix Pie1-for-4

Ty Wigginton1-for-2

Rays vs. Tillman

Jason Bartlett1-for-6

Kelly Shoppach2-for-3, HR

B.J. Upton1-for-5, HR

On deck

Tuesday: at Orioles, 7:05, Sun Sports. Rays — Matt Garza (10-5, 4.05); Orioles — Jake Arrieta (3-2, 4.38)

Unexpected guest of the day No. 1

Manager Joe Maddon goes back to the early 1980s with Reggie Jackson when, as an Angels minor-league coach, he got to throw him batting practice in spring training. But he certainly didn't expect Jackson to walk into his office Sunday morning, sit down and start talking about the tough time he'd had dealing with the death of Yankees owner George Steinbrenner. "It was interesting," Maddon said. "That kind of took me by surprise."

Unexpected guest of the day No. 2

Rays season-ticket holder and mega-fan Dick Vitale was on the field pregame — wearing a Yankees hat! He took some ribbing from the Rays but had a good explanation. Vitale, at left talking with Maddon, said he was at a game at the Trop 6-7 years ago and summoned to the Yankees clubhouse, where Steinbrenner gave him a cap. So he wore it Sunday in tribute. "I have the Yankees on my hat," Vitale said, "but my heart is with the Rays."

Quote of the day

"I guess I miss the point sometimes. I don't see it like everybody else. It's one game in July. You move it along to the next day."

manager Joe Maddon, after Sunday's loss