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We're sad too, "Sonny."
We're sad too, "Sonny."
Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth


A youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown.


Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth,


And Melancholy mark'd him for her own.


Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere,


Heav'n did a recompense as largely send:


He gave to Mis'ry all he had, a tear,


He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend.


No farther seek his merits to disclose,


Or draw his frailties from their dread abode,


(There they alike in trembling hope repose)


The bosom of his Father and his God.




-Thomas "Sonny" Gray on the Rays season




Check out the series preview, and the Q&A with Alex Hall of Athletics Nation.




Today's Lineups























































OAKLAND A'S TAMPA BAY RAYS
Coco Crisp - CF David DeJesus - DH
John Jaso - C Evan Longoria - 3B
Josh Donaldson - DH Matt Joyce - LF
Brandon Moss - 1B Wil Myers - RF
Yoenis Cespedes - LF James Loney - 1B
Jed Lowrie - SS D. Jennings - CF
Josh Reddick - RF Cole Figueroa - 2B
A. Callaspo - 3B Yunel Escobar - SS
Eric Sogard - 2B Jose Molina - C
Sonny Gray - RHP Alex Cobb - RHP