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Rays Report

Rays news and notes

By Joe Smith, Times Staff Writer
In print: Friday, August 22, 2008


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The dish

Rays at White Sox

When/where: 8:11; U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago

TV/radio: FSN; 1250-AM, 620-AM, 680-AM (Spanish)

Probable pitchers

RAYS

RHP Edwin Jackson (9-8, 3.97);

WHITE SOX

LHP John Danks (10-5, 3.11)

Rays tickets: $9-$210, available at Tropicana Field box office (no service charge), by phone (1-888-326-7297), all Ticketmaster outlets, and on raysbaseball.com; $2 surcharge for purchases within five hours of that day's game.

Watch for

Making it last: When Edwin Jackson lasts at least six innings, the Rays are 9-4. When Jackson doesn't, they are 4-7. A good sign? Jackson has a staff-best 3.28 ERA on the road.

Rough on Rays: White Sox starter John Danks has six wins in his past seven decisions. He has been especially tough against Tampa Bay this season (2-0 with a .069 ERA, 16 strikeouts, one walk).

Tough matchups: White Sox slugger Jim Thome, above, is 5-for-7 with a homer against Jackson; Carlos Pena is just 1-for-7 against Danks, and Akinori Iwamura is 2-for-8.

On deck

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

Rays after 126 games

199849-77

199956-70

200055-71

200145-81

200242-84

200351-75

200458-68

200551-75

200748-78

200877-49

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 committing 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

Joe Smith, Times staff writer


Number
of the day I

11-5 Rays record in their last 16 road games, after going 19-26 in the first 45

Number
of the day II

20 Of the Rays final 36 games are on the road



Quote of the day

"He's becoming a pitcher; he's not just a position player who throws."

James Shields, Rays right-hander, on the growth of tonight's starter Edwin Jackson, left, who was originally drafted as an outfielder and was 3-12 with a 5.69 a year ago today

Magic number

32

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


[Last modified: Aug 22, 2008 09:34 AM]



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