Rays news and notes

The dish

Tonight: Rays vs. Jays

When/where: 7:10; Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg

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

Probable pitchers

RAYS

RHP Edwin Jackson (10-8, 3.93)

JAYS

RHP Jesse Litsch (9-7, 4.01)

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)

Watch for

Hot hand: Rays starter Edwin Jackson has won five of his past six starts, with a 2.86 ERA in that span. Against the Jays, Jackson is 1-3 with a 4.20 ERA (1-1, 4.15 ERA this season).

Home boy: Jays starter Jesse Litsch, a Pinellas Park product, has pitched well since getting recalled from Triple A on Aug. 14, tossing 13 straight scoreless innings over two starts. Litsch is 1-2 with a 3.86 ERA in five outings against the Rays.

On deck

Friday: vs. Orioles, 7:10, FSN. Rays — LHP Scott Kazmir (9-6, 3.27); Orioles — RHP Jeremy Guthrie (10-10, 3.28)

Saturday: vs. Orioles, 3:55, Fox. Rays — RHP Andy Sonnanstine (13-6, 4.42); Orioles — RHP Daniel Cabrera (8-8, 5.24)

Sunday: vs. Orioles, 1:40, Ch. 66. Rays — RHP James Shields (11-8, 3.75); Orioles — LHP Chris Waters (2-1, 4.71)