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Spring Training Game Notes: Tampa Bay Rays vs Minnesota Twins

Jake Odorizzi will be making his second start of the spring, while the Rays offense hopes to carry their success over from last night.

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Rays vs Twins

Today, the Rays will take on the Twins at 1:05 in Port Charlotte with Jake Odorizzi set to get the start, while Kyle Gibson will start for Minnesota. The Rays are 2-2 after last night's contest, while the Twins are 2-1.

Today's game will be covered by the Rays radio team on WDAE or MLB At-bat

If you're planning on going to the game, the first 500 kids -- 14 and under -- will receive a free Rays camouflaged tank top

Here are the starting line-ups,

Pitchers, from the Tampa Bay Times

Rays --- Jake Odorizzi, Ryan Webb, Dana Eveland, Brad Boxberger, Danny Farquhar, Blake Snell, Eddie Gamboa

Twins --- Kyle Gibson, Glen Perkins, Casey Fien, Michael Tonkin, Dan Runzler, J.T. Chargois, J.R. Graham, Aaron Thompson

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Trivia Time!

The answer to yesterday's question was Geremi Gonzalez, answered by pudieron89 of BWA

wOBA AVG OBP SLG HR K% BB% wRC+ WAR PA Games
.299 .268 .307 .367 5 7.9% 4.3% 74.0 2.4 558 150

Hint: this stat line features the team's lowest K% in a single-season among qualified batters

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There are 28 days until Opening Day!

That's the same number of homers mashed by BJ Upton during the 2012 season.

Instead of choosing one clip, here's a full highlight reel

Go Rays!