Spring Training Game Notes: Tampa Bay Rays vs New York Yankees

Today, the Rays will take on the New York Yankees at 1:05 in Port Charlotte with Matt Moore set to take the mound for Tampa Bay, while Luis Severino will start for New York. Thus far this spring, the Rays are 4-6, while the Yankees are 3-6.

The game will be covered, both on television and the radio, as Sun Sports and MLB Network will air a live feed of the game while the Rays radio team will also be airing the game.

Today's starting line-ups

#Rays 3/12 vs. #Yankees: Forsythe 4, Rivera DH, Longoria 5, Dickerson 9, Jennings 7, Loney 3, Mahtook 8, Beckham 6, Casali 2. Moore LHP.

— Josh Vitale (@JoshVitale) March 12, 2016

Yankees at Rays today at 1:05pm pic.twitter.com/PWINSBxzyH

— Yankees PR Dept. (@YankeesPR) March 12, 2016

Pitchers,

Rays — Matt Moore, Alex Colome, Xavier Cedeno, Ryan Webb, Dana Eveland, Jhan Marinez, Brad Boxberger

Yankees — Luis Severino, Johnny Barbato, Nick Goody, James Pazos, Branden Pinder

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This Date in Team History!

In 2008, the Rays were also playing the Yankees, but this match up resulted in more fireworks than a traditional spring game as Shelly Duncan made a hard slide into Akinori Iwamura, placing Duncan in the unenviable position of having to face Johnny Gomes's wrath. This was a very important moment in Rays history as it showed a notable difference in the way the team carried itself.

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Trivia Time!

The answer to yesterday's question was Tino Martinez, answered by essenpee

Hint; the pitcher above is responsible for one of the top five pitched games in team history sorted by GameScore.

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There are 22 days until Opening Day!

That's the same number of homers clubbed by Evan Longoria in 2010.

One of those homers traveled a team season high, 451 feet.

Go Rays!