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Rays-Angels preview

 
Tampa Bay Times
Published June 10, 2015

Rays vs. Angels

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

TV/radio: Sun Sports; 620-AM

Tickets: $7-$200, available at Tropicana Field box office, Ticketmaster, raysbaseball.com, team Tampa store; $3 surcharge within five hours of game time.

PROBABLE PITCHERS

RAYS: RH Erasmo Ramirez (4-2, 5.10)

ANGELS: RH Jered Weaver (4-5, 4.60)

On Ramirez: Beat his former team in his last start, allowing one run in 51/3 innings at Seattle. Has won four of his past five starts. Is 1-2, 2.28 in five career appearances (four starts) against the Angels.

On Weaver: Allowed a season-high seven earned runs off nine hits in 52/3 innings at the Yankees. Is 2-4, 5.73 on the road this year. Is 5-4, 3.71 with 60 strikeouts in 11 career games against the Rays.

Key matchups

RAYS VS. WEAVER

Asdrubal Cabrera 12-for-40, 2 HRs

David DeJesus 12-for-46, 2 HRs

Nick Franklin 2-for-9

ANGELS VS. RAMIREZ

Erick Aybar 1-for-12

Matt Joyce 2-for-8

Mike Trout 5-for-13, HR

Road trip review

The Rays' 7-3 road trip included three wins in four games at Seattle, where the Rays scored seven total runs. The last team to win a four-game series with that little offense was the 1990 Red Sox.

On deck

Thursday: vs. Angels, 7:10. Rays — RH Alex Colome (3-2, 4.54); Angels — RH Garrett Richards (5-4, 4.14)

Friday: vs. White Sox, 7:10. Rays — TBA; White Sox — LH John Danks (3-5, 5.17)

Saturday: vs. White Sox, 4:10. Rays — RH Chris Archer (7-4, 1.84); White Sox — RH Jeff Samardzija (4-4, 4.93)