The Tampa Bay Rays have dropped four of their last six on this homestand, and will look to salvage Sunday afternoon’s finale against the Houston Astros. Rich Hill (1-1, 7.25 ERA) will get the start, taking on Christian Javier (3-0, 0.87 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 1:10.
Rays Starting Lineup
Arozarena DH
Meadows LF
Wendle 3B
Lowe 2B
Kiermaier CF
Adames SS
Tsutsugo 1B
Mejia C
Phillips RF
Astros Starting Lineup
Altuve 2B
Brantley LF
Bregman 3B
Alvarez DH
Gurriel 1B
Correa SS
Tucker RF
Straw CF
Maldonado C
Steve Carney is the founder and publisher of St. Pete Nine. One of the people most associated with baseball coverage in Tampa Bay, he spent 13 seasons covering the Rays for flagship radio station WDAE, first as producer of Rays Radio broadcasts, then as beat reporter beginning in 2011. He likes new analytics and aged bourbon, and is the owner of one of the ugliest knuckleballs ever witnessed by baseball scouts.
