Rays vs. Blue Jays
When/where: 7:10 tonight, Tropicana Field
TV/radio: Sun Sports; 620-AM
Tickets: $11-$200, available at Tropicana Field box office, Ticketmaster, raysbaseball.com, team Tampa store; $3 surcharge within 5 hours of game time.
Probable pitchers
Rays: LH Drew Smyly (0-0, 0.00)
jays: RH R.A. Dickey (0-1, 3.26)
On Smyly: Makes first start following DL stint shoulder tendinitis. Was 3-1, 1.70 in seven Rays starts following July 31 trade from Detroit. Is 1-0, 0.00 in four games (three starts) vs. Jays.
On Dickey: Knuckleballing nemesis worked 6 IP vs. Rays April 13, allowing 2 runs on 3 hits and 5 walks. Has walked 12 in 19 IP overall. Is 6-6, 4.07 in 18 games (14 starts) vs. Rays, 3-3. 3.45 at Trop.
Key matchups
Rays vs. dickey
David DeJesus1-for-16
Desmond Jennings3-for-20, 7 Ks
Evan Longoria8-for-33, 2 HR
jays vs. smyly
Jose Bautista 0-for-4
Josh Donaldson 4-for-6, HR
Jose Reyes 1-for-5
Numbers of the day
229 Days since LHP Drew Smyly's last big-league game, Sept. 6.
13 Players, after further research, who homered in first at-bat for Rays, as INF/OF Jake Elmore did Wednesday.
12 DL moves by the Rays, second most over last 20 years for a team in April; Texas had 14 last year.
111 Bases-loaded walks by Ray since 2008, 22 more than any other team.
On deck
Saturday: vs. Blue Jays, 6:10. Rays — TBA; Jays — LH Daniel Norris (1-1, 6.08)
Sunday: vs. Blue Jays, 1:10. Rays — RH Chris Archer (2-2, 1.07); Jays — LH Mark Buehrle (3-0, 4.00)
Monday: at Yankees, 7:05. Rays — RH Nathan Karns (1-1, 5.32); Yankees — RH Adam Warren (0-1, 4.82)
Tuesday: at Yankees, 7:05. Rays — RH Jake Odorizzi (2-1, 1.74); Yankees — RH Masahiro Tanaka (2-1, 3.94)
Wednesday: at Yankees, 1:05. Rays — LH Drew Smyly (0-0, 0.00); Yankees — RH Michael Pineda (2-0, 5.00)
Thursday: Off