Nice gesture of the day
Two fans visiting from Texas, Eric Tunell and Stephen Noll, ended up with Desmond Jennings' home run ball, and after seeing on the videoboard that it was the 1,000th win in franchise history, they offered it up to the Rays. In exchange, each was happy to get a ball signed by Jennings.
Fan club of the day
With David Price's fifth strikeout Wednesday, he and James Shields became the American League's 19th set of teammates, and 14th different, with 200 strikeouts each. In the last 20 years they are just the fourth:
2011 RaysJames Shields (205)-David Price (200)
2008 JaysA.J. Burnett (231)-Roy Halladay (206)
2004 Red SoxPedro Martinez (227)-Curt Schilling (203)
2001 YanksMike Mussina (214)-Roger Clemens (213)
Number of the day
3 Walkoff homers on the first pitch of an inning — by Casey Kotchman, Aug. 8 vs. Royals; Johnny Damon, Aug. 21 vs. Mariners; Desmond Jennings, Wednesday vs. Rangers.
Today: Off
Next game: vs. Red Sox, 7:10 Friday, Sun Sports.
Starting pitchers:
RAYS: RH Wade Davis (9-9, 4.50)
RED SOX: RH John Lackey (12-11, 6.11)
Tickets: $19-$300 at box office, Ticketmaster, raysbaseball.com, team store in Tampa; $3 surcharge within five hours of game.
On deck
Saturday: vs. Red Sox, 7:10, Sun Sports. Rays — Jeremy Hellickson (12-10, 2.90); Red Sox — Kyle Weiland (0-1, 8.10)
Sunday: vs. Red Sox, 1:40, Sun Sports. Rays — James Shields (14-10, 2.77); Red Sox — Jon Lester (14-6, 3.05)
Monday: at Orioles, 7:05, Sun Sports. Rays — Jeff Niemann (9-7. 4.07); Orioles — TBA
Milestone wins
No. Date Opponent WP
1 4-1-98 11-8 vs. DET Arrojo
100 7-7-99 3-2 vs. BOS Eiland
200 9-29-00 8-6 vs. BOS Yan
300 8-4-02 10-3 vs. CWS Kennedy
400 6-2-04 4-2 at MIN Waechter
500 8-19-05 2-1 vs. TEX McClung
600 5-28-07 6-5 vs. DET Glover
700 7-6-08 9-2 vs. KC Shields
800 8-3-09 10-4 vs. KC Kazmir
900 8-18-10 8-6 vs. TEX Shields
1000 9-7-11 5-4 vs. TEX McGee
Marc Topkin, Times staff writer
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