Game 119: Rays vs San Diego Padres — Pregame News and Notes
By RaysRadio
Updated 10:50 a.m. After collecting a season-high 15 runs in a 15–1 win over San Diego on Tuesday, the Rays will look to sweep the Padres this afternoon at Tropicana Field. The Rays have won three straight games overall, scoring 35 runs in the process, the most in franchise history over a three-game stretch.
Tampa Bay hit five homers and collected ten extra-base hits yesterday, and that’s now 23 extra-base hits in the past three games. The Rays have scored at least eight runs in three straight games, the first time that’s happened since 2012.
Today Evan Longoria plays his 1236th career game, passing Carl Carwford for the franchise record. Longoria had two more extra-base hits yesterday, and now has 61 this season, including a team-best 27 homers.
Chris Archer takes the mound for Tampa Bay today. Archer gave up five runs in six innings his last time out on Friday in New York. Archer has gone at least six innings now in seven straight starts. Four of the five runs he gave up his last time out scored with two out.
The Rays will be without both Matt Duffy and Logan Forsythe today. Duffy left yesterday’s game with mild soreness in his left achilles and Forsythe was a late scratch with back spasms. Hear an update from Duffy below:
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Tim Beckham will replace Duffy at SS today, while Nick Franklin will take Forsythe’s place at 2B. Here is the rest of the Rays lineup:
Franklin 2B
Kiermaier CF
Longoria 3B
Miller 1B
Mahtook LF
Morrison DH
Souza Jr. RF
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Beckham SS
Wilson C
The Padres, meanwhile, are in salvage mode today, attempting to avoid a sweep and a fourth straight loss overall. Travis Jankowski moves into the leadoff spot against Archer and the rest of the Padres will lineup as follows:
Jankowski CF
Myers RF
Solarte 3B
Dickerson DH
Schimpf LF
Bethancourt C
Wallace 1B
Ramirez SS
Noonan 2B
Christian Friedrich will start for the Padres. Friedrich, a lefty, gave up four runs in six innings his start at Pittsburgh.
On the rehab front, Chase Whitley had a good night in his final rehab start. Whitley threw six shutout innings for the Charlotte Stone Crabs, allowing four hits while striking out six. Whitley threw 67 of 92 pitches for strikes.
Meanwhile, Alex Cobb threw four innings for the Durham Bulls, and gave up just two hits and three walks while striking out five. Cobb was charged with three runs, one earned and threw 76 pitches.
Coverage of today’s game begins at 12:30 p.m., and Andy will be joined by Neil for the play-by-play today with first pitch at 1:10 p.m.
