Rays vs. Mariners
When/where: 1:40 today; Tropicana Field
TV/radio: Sun Sports; 620-AM, 680-AM (Spanish)
Tickets: $12-$255, available at Tropicana Field box office, Ticketmaster, raysbaseball.com, team Tampa store; $3 surcharge within five hours of game time
Promotion: LHP Matt Moore bobblehead to the first 10,000 kids 14 and under.
Probable pitchers
Rays: LH Matt Moore (6-6, 4.39)
MARINERS: RH Blake Beavan (4-6, 6.06)
On Moore: He has settled in after some early struggles, going 5-1 with a 3.94 ERA in eight starts since June 1. He won his only career start against the Mariners, allowing one run and striking out seven in five innings May 1.
On Beavan: He has allowed at least five earned runs in each of his past four outings. He has lost his only start against the Rays, giving up five runs in 5⅓ innings May 2.
Key matchups
Rays VS. BEAVAN
Hideki Matsui 5-for-8
Jose Molina 3-for-4
Ben Zobrist 0-for-3
MARINERS VS. MOORE
Michael Saunders 1-for-2, HR
Jesus Montero 3-for-3
Ichiro Suzuki 2-for-3
On deck
Monday: Off
Tuesday: at Orioles, 7:05, Sun Sports. Rays — Jeremy Hellickson (4-6, 3.55); Orioles — Wei-Yin Chen (8-5, 3.80).
Wednesday: at Orioles, 7:05, Sun Sports. Rays — David Price (13-4, 2.64); Orioles — TBA
Rays disabled list
(with eligible-to-return date)
C Robinson Chirinos, concussion, 60-day, June 5
OF Sam Fuld, right wrist surgery, 60-day, June 5
* OF Brandon Guyer, left shoulder surgery, 60-day, July 13
3B Evan Longoria, left hamstring tear, 15-day, May 16
RHP Jeff Niemann, right leg fracture, 60-day, July 14
* out for season
Joe Smith, Times staff writer
Quote of the day
"We had a good guffaw over it. Almost a chortle."
Rays manager Joe Maddon on his and executive VP Andrew Friedman's reaction to a Jim Bowden tweet of a rumored deal sending James Shields and Ben Zobrist to the Angels
Honor of the day
LHP Matt Moore said there are a couple of bobbleheads of his likeness floating around the minor leagues, but he's excited to pitch today on his first big-league bobblehead giveaway. He said his mom is getting a couple of boxes of them. "I think it's awesome," Moore said. "It's pretty cool to have your own."
Dress up
One of the themed activities for today's "Star Wars Day" at Tropicana Field is a costume contest, with the winner receiving four tickets to Star Wars Celebration VI at the Orlando Convention Center on Aug. 23-26.
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