Rays 6/9/15 Starting Lineup
Kiermaier CF
Butler DH
DeJesus LF
Forsythe 2B
Souza Jr. RF
Cabrera SS
Elmore 3B
Franklin 1B
Rivera C
Karns RHP
Rays 6/9/15 Starting Lineup
Kiermaier CF
Butler DH
DeJesus LF
Forsythe 2B
Souza Jr. RF
Cabrera SS
Elmore 3B
Franklin 1B
Rivera C
Karns RHP
The Tampa Bay Rays look to stay hot after a strong 10-game road trip when they host the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday, beginning an eight-game home stand. Tampa Bay went 7-3 on the westward trek, in which it allowed two or fewer runs seven times. The team will attempt to improve on an underwhelming 14-16 record at home.
For the first time, the St. Pete councilman perceived as the swing vote on the Rays stadium issue indicated what it would take to win his blessing for a multi-county stadium search.
The marquee matchup between Tampa Bay Rays hurler Chris Archer and Seattle’s Felix Hernandez lived up to billing. Unfortunately for the Rays, King Felix put together yet another superb outing, and the Mariners won the game 3-0 after Archer departed the game following the eighth inning. At 24-24, Tampa Bay now has dropped a season-high five straight games.
For the second consecutive day, the Tampa Bay Rays fell behind the opposing ball club before their first at-bat, this time in a 4-1 losing bid to the Mariners on Monday. It was also the third straight loss for AL East leading Rays, whose lead over the second place Yankees was cut to a half game in the division.