'my people we don't know defeat we crush the strong and
percolate the weak daily (everyday) we make our moves to
improve our groove because we love to rule where we
lay yo!..(Yo!) work and play we started at the bottom and
now we're leading the way and yea!..(yea!) i'm havin a fit kickin it
at the top because i'm too legit to quit...sang!..."- MC Hammer "Too Legit to Quit"
The Rays welcome a bottom-dwelling Kansas City Royals team who sport a 8-13 record and share of last place in the AL Central. The Royals limp into the Trop after losing two of three to the Seattle Mariners. The Rays look to build on a Rays record 16 April wins and start a new record in for wins in May.
In Search of Four-Play
Both Matt Garza and David Price try to go for their forth win of season. We take a look at other (Devil) Rays pitchers through out the years who were the first to win four.
1998: Rolando Arroyo (4-2) , May 6th
1999: Bobby Witt (4-4), June 27th
2000: Albie Lopez (4-4), June 19th
2001: Tanyon Sturtz (4-7), July 12th
2002: Ryan Rupe (4-5), May 22nd
2003: Seth Mcclung (4-1), May 16th
2004: Victor Zambrano (4-5), May 25
2005: Danys Baez (4-0), May 13th
2006: Scott Kazmir (4-2), May 5th
2007:James Shields (4-0), May 30th
2008: Andy Sonnastine (4-1), April 30th
2009: Scott Kazmir (4-3), May 9th
Probable Pitchers
Thu, Apr 29 Kansas City 7:10 PM Garza (3-1) Hochevar (2-0)
Fri, Apr 30 Kansas City 7:10 PM Niemann (1-0) Bannister (1-1)
Sat, May 1 Kansas City 6:10 PM Price (3-1) Davies (2-1)
Sun, May 2 Kansas City 1:40 PM Davis (2-1) Greinke (0-2)
All-Time Series: 56-42
Blast from the Past
Today we take a look at August 8,2003. Back when George W. Bush was the President and the Buccaneers still mattered on a national scale. On this day the D-Rays topped the Royals in a shutout mastered by Geremi Gonzalez.
Friday, August 8, 2003 7:15PM, Tropicana Field
Attendance: 9,381, Time of Game: 2:32
Royals 0 60-54 ⇐ Lost 4 ⇒ 2nd, ½ GB Tony Pena |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 Devil Rays 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 4 9 1W: Geremi Gonzalez (5-5), L: Kevin Appier (7-8) |
Devil Rays 4 45-69 ⇐ Won 2 ⇒ 5th, 25½ GB Lou Piniella |
Kansas City Royals
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Batting | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | Pit | Str | WPA | WPA+ | WPA- | RE24 | PO | A | ||||
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Aaron Guiel RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .273 | .871 | 18 | 10 | -.064 | 0.86 | .014 | -.078 | -0.6 | 1 | 0 | |
Joe Randa 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .255 | .724 | 17 | 8 | .100 | 0.78 | .100 | .000 | 0.9 | 1 | 3 | 2B |
Julius Matos 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .714 | 4 | 3 | -.014 | 0.56 | .000 | -.014 | -0.2 | 1 | 0 | |
Carlos Beltran CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .289 | .865 | 18 | 11 | -.129 | 1.22 | .000 | -.129 | -1.2 | 2 | 1 | |
Raul Ibanez LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .297 | .817 | 15 | 9 | .004 | 1.00 | .062 | -.058 | -0.2 | 1 | 0 | CS |
Mike Sweeney DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .320 | .971 | 19 | 11 | -.114 | 1.29 | .010 | -.123 | -0.8 | 0 | 0 | |
Desi Relaford 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .279 | .754 | 11 | 8 | -.085 | 0.84 | .000 | -.085 | -1.0 | 3 | 1 | |
Ken Harvey 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .258 | .705 | 15 | 6 | -.016 | 0.57 | .027 | -.044 | -0.3 | 9 | 0 | |
Angel Berroa SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .296 | .830 | 8 | 5 | -.075 | 1.00 | .000 | -.075 | -0.7 | 2 | 4 | |
Brent Mayne C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .254 | .663 | 15 | 7 | -.051 | 0.63 | .000 | -.051 | -0.5 | 4 | 1 | |
Kevin Appier P | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
D. J. Carrasco P | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Graeme Lloyd P | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Al Levine P | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Team Totals | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .129 | .367 | 140 | 78 | -.444 | 0.90 | .213 | -.657 | -4.7 | 24 | 12 |
2B: J Randa (18, off G Gonzalez). TB: J Randa 2; M Sweeney; A Guiel; R Ibanez. Team LOB: 7. With RISP: 0 for 3. Fielding DP: 2. C Beltran-D Relaford; A Berroa-D Relaford-K Harvey. E: K Harvey (8). Outfield Assists: C Beltran (R Baldelli at 1st base). Baserunning CS: R Ibanez (2, 2nd base by G Gonzalez/T Hall).
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
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Batting | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | Pit | Str | WPA | WPA+ | WPA- | RE24 | PO | A | ||||
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Carl Crawford LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .268 | .641 | 18 | 11 | -.056 | 0.60 | .000 | -.056 | -1.5 | 2 | 0 | |
Antonio Perez 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .283 | .757 | 15 | 10 | -.045 | 0.65 | .024 | -.069 | -1.0 | 0 | 2 | |
Aubrey Huff RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .299 | .877 | 14 | 6 | .101 | 0.79 | .137 | -.037 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 2B,IW |
Jared Sandberg 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .219 | .716 | .000 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Rocco Baldelli CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .296 | .768 | 21 | 15 | .007 | 0.69 | .048 | -.040 | -0.3 | 5 | 0 | |
Travis Lee 1B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .287 | .837 | 11 | 3 | -.001 | 0.44 | .035 | -.036 | 0.4 | 9 | 0 | |
Damian Rolls 3B-RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .271 | .720 | 11 | 8 | -.020 | 0.57 | .019 | -.040 | -0.5 | 0 | 2 | HBP |
Marlon Anderson DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .265 | .692 | 15 | 8 | .052 | 0.57 | .080 | -.028 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
Toby Hall C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 | .698 | 10 | 9 | -.021 | 0.48 | .031 | -.052 | -1.5 | 6 | 1 | GDP |
Julio Lugo SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .268 | .698 | 9 | 4 | .039 | 0.49 | .055 | -.017 | 1.7 | 2 | 2 | SH |
Geremi Gonzalez P | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Jesus Colome P | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Team Totals | 31 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | .290 | .744 | 124 | 74 | .056 | 0.59 | .429 | -.375 | -0.1 | 27 | 8 |
2B: A Huff (39, off K Appier); M Anderson (19, off G Lloyd). SH: J Lugo (3, off K Appier). IBB: A Huff (12, by D Carrasco). HBP: D Rolls (2, by D Carrasco). TB: M Anderson 3; A Huff 2; T Hall 2; J Lugo; R Baldelli; A Perez; T Lee. GIDP: T Hall (11). RBI: J Lugo (35); R Baldelli (58); A Huff (60); M Anderson (51). 2-out RBI: J Lugo. Team LOB: 9. With RISP: 3 for 11. Fielding DP: 1. T Hall-J Lugo. E: J Lugo (15).
Kansas City Royals
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Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | BF | Pit | Str | Ctct | StS | StL | GB | FB | LD | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | WPA | RE24 | ||
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Kevin Appier, L (7-8) | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.53 | 21 | 81 | 51 | 32 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 50 | -.008 | 0.74 | 0.6 | ||
D. J. Carrasco | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.81 | 10 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.035 | 0.49 | 0.0 | |
Graeme Lloyd | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.30 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.011 | 0.14 | -0.9 | |
Al Levine | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.82 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -.002 | 0.25 | 0.4 | |
Team Totals | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4.50 | 37 | 124 | 74 | 45 | 9 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 1 | -.056 | 0.90 | 0.1 |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
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Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | BF | Pit | Str | Ctct | StS | StL | GB | FB | LD | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | WPA | RE24 | ||
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Geremi Gonzalez, W (5-5) | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3.46 | 30 | 122 | 66 | 35 | 6 | 25 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 77 | .429 | 0.98 | 4.1 | ||
Jesus Colome | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.31 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .015 | 0.29 | 0.5 | |
Team Totals | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 34 | 140 | 78 | 40 | 10 | 28 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | .444 | 0.59 | 4.7 |
Balks: None. WP: K Appier (5). HBP: D Carrasco (5; D Rolls). IBB: D Carrasco (4; A Huff). Pickoffs: None.
So, Draysbay, I turn to you...