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Rays Report

Rays news and notes

By Joe Smith, Times Staff Writer
In print: Thursday, August 21, 2008


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The dish

Today: Off

Next game: Friday, at White Sox, 8:11 p.m.

Rays tickets: $9-$210, available at Tropicana Field box office (no service charge), by phone (888-326-7297), all Ticketmaster outlets and on raysbaseball.com; $2 surcharge for purchases within five hours of that day's game.

Rays info: 1-888-326-7297 (FAN-RAYS)

On deck

Friday: at White Sox, 8:10, FSN. Rays — RHP Edwin Jackson (9-8, 3.97); White Sox — LHP John Danks (10-5, 3.11)

Saturday: at White Sox, 3:55, Ch. 13. Rays — LHP Scott Kazmir (9-6, 3.21); White Sox — RHP Javier Vazquez (10-10, 4.34)

Sunday: at White Sox, 2:05, Ch. 66/TBS. Rays — RHP Andy Sonnanstine (13-6, 4.37); White Sox — LHP Mark Buehrle (11-10, 3.91)

By the numbers

Home/road: 47-18/30-31

Day/night: 20-14/57-35

Grass/turf: 28-28/49-20

Vs. East: 28-19

Vs. Central: 15-12

Vs. West: 22-12

Vs. RH/LH starters: 57-31/20-18

Record when commit an error: 23-27

Ahead after 6-7-8: 57-4/60-4/67-0

Behind after 6-7-8: 8-39/6-41/2-40

Tied after 6-7-8: 12-4/11-3/8-7

1-run games: 23-14

2-run games: 18-5

Extra innings: 8-4

Win in last at-bat: 16-9

Come-from-behind wins: 35

Come-from-ahead losses: 18

When hitting homer: 62-24

Scoring first: 51-15


Number
of the day

21 RBIs for backup C Shawn Riggans in just 35 games (105 at-bats)

Number
of the day 2

3-for-20 Performance of Rays' Nos. 1-5 hitters Wednesday night, with nine strikeouts

Magic number

32

Tampa Bay wins and
Boston losses for Rays to win AL East.


[Last modified: Aug 21, 2008 06:58 AM]



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