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Rays Wednesday: 1:05 vs. Orioles in Port Charlotte

Charlie Morton will be on the mound for the second time this spring.
 
Charlie Morton will be on the mound to face the Orioles today for the second time in two spring starts. [AP Photo/Gerald Herbert]
Charlie Morton will be on the mound to face the Orioles today for the second time in two spring starts. [AP Photo/Gerald Herbert]
Published March 6, 2019|Updated March 6, 2019

UPDATE, 11:15: Morton is slated to pitch two innings, but he could pitch into the third inning today if his pitch count allows. In his first spring start, he retired all four hitters he faced on 17 pitches and received the benefit of pitching into a second inning after sitting in the dugout.

Rays manager Kevin Cash said he believed LHP Ryan Yarbrough (groin) will throw off a mound today of Thursday and IF Matt Duffy (hamstring) could resume running our could get an additional day of rest before testing the injury.

OF Joe McCarthy has been shut down for the next few days after the recurrence of a back injury that sidelined him last season while at Triple-A Durham. “It’s kind of disappointing,” Cash said. “I feel bad for Joe because he worked so hard in the offseason to get his core, his back strength. I think he ever dropped some weight, not that he needed to, to take the load off his back.” McCarthy was 3-for-5 this spring.

UPDATE, 10:54: OF Tommy Pham said going on a shoulder program (and thus DHing only for few days) was his idea, not due to injury/discomfort: "It was me being proactive. I didn’t like where my arm strength was so I thought it would be best to say something and get on a program so I could be ready for the season.''

Here are the other Rays pitchers today: Chirinos, Castillo, Stanek, Pagan, Pruitt, Cloyd, Pinto, Krooks, Moats.

Here is the Orioles lineup:

Cedric Mullins cf

Trey Mancini dh

Chance Sisco c

Renato Nunez 3b

Yusniel Diaz rf

Rio Ruiz 1b

Hanser Alberto 2b

Anthony Santander lf

Martin ss

Richie Martin ss

John Means p

DEVELOPING: Free-agent addition Charlie Morton will be on the mound to face the Orioles for the second time in two spring starts on Wednesday when the AL East rivals meet in Port Charlotte.

Tommy Pham, who was scratched from Sunday’s lineup due to a tender right shoulder, is slated to be back in the lineup as the DH, which will be the case for about a week.

The Rays are coming off a long Tuesday, where they had one squad play a day game in Fort Myers (losing 9-2 to the Twins) and another hosting USF at night in Port Charlotte (winning 7-2). They have the annual MLB security meeting on Wednesday morning.

Here is the lineup that was posted in the clubhouse on Tuesday:

Robertson 3b

Pham dh

Choi 1b

Garcia rf

Adames ss

Heredia cf

Bonifacio lf

Perez c

Wong 2b

Morton p


Rays spring info

Today:

vs. Orioles, 1:05; Charlotte Sports Park, 2300 El Jobean Rd, Port Charlotte

Pitchers:

RAYS, Charlie Morton; Yonny Chirinos, Ryne Stanek, Diego Castillo, Emilio Pagan, Austin Pruitt, Tyler Cloyd; ORIOLES, John Means, Luis Ortiz, Pedro Araujo, Cody Carroll, Paul Fry, Tanner Scott

TV/Radio: Fox Sports Sun; raysbaseball.com radio

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

On deck

Thursday: vs. Blue Jays, 1:05; RAYS, Tyler Glasnow; BLUE JAYS, TBD; raysbaseball.com radio

Friday: at Twins, 1:05 RAYS, Ryan Merritt; TWINS TBD

Saturday: vs. Orioles (ss), 1:05, RAYS, TBD, ORIOLES, TBD; Fox Sports Sun, raysbaseball.com radio

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Spring schedule

March

10: vs. Red Sox, 1:05

11: at Phillies, 1:05

12: at Blue Jays, 1:07

13: OFF

14: vs. Phillies (ss), 1:05

15: vs. Tigers (ss), 1:05

at Pirates (ss), 6:05

16: vs. Twins, 1:05

17: at Red Sox (ss), 1:05

18: vs. Pirates, 1:05

19: at Yankees, 1:05

20: OFF

21: vs. Braves (ss), 1:05

at Red Sox (ss), 6:05

22: vs. Pirates, 1:05

23: at Tigers, 1:05

24: at Braves (North Port), 4:05

25: at Phillies, 1:05

26: vs. Tigers (at Tropicana Field), 12:35