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Today, the Rays will take on the New York Yankees in Tampa at 6:35 with Matt Andriese set to take the mound for Tampa Bay, while CC Sabathia will start for New York. Heading into play, the Rays currently have a record of 9-9, while the Yankees sit at 9-10.
The Rays radio team will be covering the game.
Today's starting lineups,
#Rays lineup: Forsythe 2B Morrison DH Longoria 3B Dickerson RF Jennings LF Kiermaier CF Pearce 1B Beckham SS Rivera C. RHP Andriese
— Neil Solondz (@neilsolondz) March 24, 2016
#Yankees lineup v #Rays:
— Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) March 24, 2016
Hicks lf
Castro 2b
A-Rod DH
Teixeira 1b
McCann c
Beltran rf
Headley 3b
Gregorius ss
Puello cf
Sabathia p
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Trivia Time!
wOBA | AVG | OBP | SLG | HR | K% | BB% | wRC+ | fWAR | Games |
.308 | .286 | .329 | .361 | 1 | 14.0% | 4.5% | 87 | 1.8 | 128 |
Hint; this player has the lowest amount of home runs per plate appearance -- minimum one home run -- in a single season in team history.
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There are 10 days until Opening Day!
That's the same number of homers hit by Matt Joyce during the 2010 season.
One of those, was this three run blast to give the team the lead.