Rays 8/11/14 Starting Lineup
Jennings CF
Zobrist LF
Joyce DH
Longoria 3B
Loney 1B
Figueroa 2B
Escobar SS
Casali C
Kiermaier RF
Smyly
Noteworthiness
- Jake McGee was unavailable Sunday and is questionable for tonight after being hit on the right leg by a ball in Saturday’s game.
- Per Marc Topkin, “LHP Drew Smyly makes his second start for the Rays tonight, saying he doesn’t see why his preference for having the catcher use hand signals, touching different spots on his body rather than the usual finger indicators to call pitches, is a big deal. He does it because he has trouble seeing in some ballparks, but he said sometimes he just prefers it that way and in Detroit would switch even during games. “I mix it up,” he said. “It’s just kind of what I like to do. I don’t see why you guys (reporters) are talking about it. It’s how I get my signs. … Everyone has different signs.'”
- Wil Myers went 1-for-3, with a single and two strikeouts, in the first game of his rehab assignment with Durham as the DH in the first game of Sunday’s doubleheader. He may play again today.
- Don’t forget to read our series preview, including information on tonight’s pitching matchup.