Driving by the Giants’ picturesque park in San Francisco before heading across the bay to the not-picturesque Athletics’ park where the Rays will play tonight. (Photo and caption courtesy of Marc Topkin)

Rays 8/21/15 Starting Lineup

Jaso DH
Sizemore RF
Longoria 3B
Loney 1B
Forsythe 2B
Cabrera SS
Jennings LF
Kiermaier CF
Casali C
Smyly LHP

Noteworthiness

— The Rays called Jake McGee’s arthroscopic knee surgery a success. He is (still) expected to miss 6-8 weeks, putting a return during the regular season in question.

— Thursday was the ninth 1-0 shutout win in the past two seasons for Tampa Bay, which is tops in the majors. What’s more, Chris Archer, Matt Garza (2008), James Shields (2008) and Joe Kennedy (2002) are the only Rays to throw a complete game, one-hitter. Archer was the first to do it in a 1-0 win.

— Do forget to read about tonight’s pitching matchup (and so much more) in our Rays vs. A’s series preview.

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