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Rays vs Phillies
Today, the Rays head back home to Port Charlotte to take on the Philadelphia Phillies at 1:05 with Drew Smyly set to get the start for Tampa Bay, while Aaron Nola will start for Philadelphia. Thus far this spring, the Rays have a record of 6-8, while the Phillies sit at 10-4.
MLB.com will carry the radio feed for the game.
Today's starting line-ups,
#Phillies lineup v #Rays: Galvis ss, Henderson 2b, Stassi 1b, Ruf DH, Rupp c, Goeddel lf, Bourjos cf, Jackson 3b, Hunter rf, Nola p
— Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) March 15, 2016
#Rays 3/15 lineup vs. #Phillies: Forsythe 4, Miller 6, Longo 5, Morrison 3, Jennings 7, Souza 9, Kiermaier 8, Casali 2, Rivera DH. Smyly LHP
— Josh Vitale (@JoshVitale) March 15, 2016
Rays — Drew Smyly, David Carpenter, Ryan Webb, Xavier Cedeno, Alex Colome
Phillies — Aaron Nola, Dalier Hinojosa, Andrew Bailey, Yoervis Medina, James Russell
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Trivia Time!
The answer to yesterday's question was Fred McGriff, answered by ThomBonham
wOBA | AVG | OBP | SLG | HR | K% | BB% | wRC+ | fWAR | Games |
.340 | .264 | .372 | .387 | 11 | 24.9% | 13.6% | 107 | 1.3 | 154 |
Hint; he led the team in OBP that season.
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There are 19 days until Opening Day!
That's the same number of wins recorded by David Price during the 2010 season.
One of those wins came in his best career start with the club.