Today: Off
Next game: Friday, vs. Yankees, 7:10 p.m., Tropicana Field, Sun Sports. Probable pitchers: Rays — RH Chris Archer (6-5, 2.95); Yankees — RH Hiroki Kuroda (11-8, 2.41)
On deck
Saturday: vs. Yankees, 7:10, Sun Sports. Rays — LH David Price (7-5, 3.29); Yankees — LH CC Sabathia (11-10, 4.83)
Sunday: vs. Yankees, 1:40, Sun Sports. Rays — RH Alex Cobb (8-2, 2.85); Yankees — RH Ivan Nova (6-4, 2.99)
Monday: at Royals, 2:10, no TV. Rays — RH Jeremy Hellickson (10-7, 5.01); Royals — RH Jeremy Guthrie (12-10, 4.27)
Rays disabled list
DH Luke Scott, back spasms, 15-day, eligible Aug. 30
OF Brandon Guyer, broken finger, 15-day, eligible Aug. 17
LHP Matt Moore, elbow soreness, 15-day, eligible Aug. 13
RHP Jesse Crain, shoulder strain, 60-day, eligible Aug. 29
RHP Jeff Niemann, shoulder surgery, 60-day, out for the season
RHP Juan Carlos Oviedo, elbow surgery, 60-day, out until September
Marc Topkin, Times staff writer
AL wild card
Team W-L Win% GB
Rays 72-53 .576—
A's 71-55 .563—
Indians 69-58 .543 2.5
Orioles 68-58 .540 3
Yankees 67-59 .532 4
Deep thinking
Sometimes baseball can be simple, other times not so much. The Rays posted their lineup Wednesday afternoon without assigning positions to corner outfielders Jason Bourgeois and Sam Fuld — note the 0 under POS. The reason was that manager Joe Maddon wanted more data and input on which position was likely to be more difficult. He eventually decided left was, and put Fuld there. (Ironically, Bourgeois misplayed a drive to right into a double.)
Ball game
The Rays Wives are hosting the third annual Mystery Ball event, benefiting All Children's Hospital, on Saturday. For $10 at Gates 1 and 5, fans can buy autographed balls that are wrapped — thus the mystery. Inventory includes Rays players and stars from other teams, including Carl Crawford, Mariano Rivera and Yasiel Puig.