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Rays vs. Rangers, 7:10 p.m. Friday, Tropicana Field

 
PORT CHARLOTTE, FL - FEBRUARY 18:  Alex Cobb #53 of the Tampa Bay Rays poses for a portrait during the Tampa Bay Rays photo day on February 18, 2017 at Charlotte Sports Park in Port Charlotte, Floida.  (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
PORT CHARLOTTE, FL - FEBRUARY 18: Alex Cobb #53 of the Tampa Bay Rays poses for a portrait during the Tampa Bay Rays photo day on February 18, 2017 at Charlotte Sports Park in Port Charlotte, Floida. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
Published July 21, 2017

Tonight: vs. Rangers

7:10, Tropicana Field

TV/radio: Fox Sports Sun; 620-AM, 680-AM (Spanish)

Tickets: $20-300; available at Tropicana Field box office, raysbaseball.com, team Tampa store; surcharge of up to $5 within five hours of game

Promotion: $7.11 upper-level seats with coupon from 7-11 stores

Rays info: Toll-free 1-888-326-7297

Probable pitchers

RAYS: RH Alex Cobb (8-6, 3.59)

RANGERS: RH Yu Darvish (6-8, 3.45)

On Cobb: Has worked into eighth in consecutive starts around the All-Star break. Has been using changeup more frequently. 1-0, 2.77 in four starts vs. Rangers but most recent was April 2014.

On Darvish: Hasn't won since June 12, going 0-4, 4.46 in six starts since. Broader, is 1-6, 4.09 over past 10 starts, though with solid peripheral numbers. 4-0, 1.09 in five starts vs. Rays.

Rays vs. Darvish

Corey Dickerson 1-for-3

Evan Longoria 3-for-14

Brad Miller 0-for-11

Wilson Ramos 1-for-3

Rangers vs. Cobb

Elvis Andrus 2-for-9

Adrian Beltre 1-for-10

Shin-soo Choo 4-for-8

Mike Napoli 4-for-15

Darvish-Eckerd ties

Rangers starter Yu Darvish has — kind of — ties to St. Petersburg, in that his parents, Iranian dad Farsad and Japanese mom Ikuyu, met while attending Eckerd College in the mid to-late '70s. Yu was born in Japan in 1986.

Familiar faces

The Rangers have two former Rays of note: C Robinson Chirinos, who played briefly for Tampa Bay in 2011 before being ditched and is in his fifth season in Texas, and RHP Matt Bush, the promising prospect who served jail time for causing a DUI-related crash in March 2012 in Port Charlotte.

On deck

Saturday: vs. Rangers, 7:10. Rays, RH Chris Archer (7-5, 3.91); Rangers, RH Andrew Cashner (4-8, 3.58)

Sunday: vs. Rangers, 1:10. Rays, RH Jake Odorizzi (5-4, 4.63); Rangers, RH Tyson Ross (2-2, 7.22)

Monday: vs. Orioles, 7:10. Rays, LH Blake Snell (0-5, 4.98); Orioles, RH Kevin Gausman (6-7, 6.11)

Tuesday: vs. Orioles, 7:10. Rays, RH Jake Faria (4-1, 2.52); Orioles, LH Wade Miley (4-8, 5.40)

Wednesday: vs. Orioles, 12:10. Rays, RH Alex Cobb (8-6, 3.59); Orioles, RH Ubaldo Jimenez (4-5, 7.01)

Rays on disable list

• RHP Matt Andriese, 60-day, hip stress reaction, eligible Aug. 10, targeting late August

• LHP Xavier Cedeno, 60-day, forearm tightness, eligible June 17, targeting mid-August

• SS Matt Duffy, 60-day, heel surgery recovery, April 12, targeting late August

• RHP Nathan Eovaldi, 60-day, Tommy John surgery, out all of 2017

• RHP Kevin Gadea, 60-day, forearm tendinitis, June 1, unclear

• OF Kevin Kiermaier, 60-day, right hip fracture, Aug. 9, targeting early August

• RHP Diego Moreno, 60-day, shoulder bursitis, July 22, targeting early August

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