The Tampa Bay Rays will look to end their two-game skid Thursday evening in Seattle with the first of a four-game series against the Mariners. Rich Hill (5-2, 3.38 ERA) will get the start, taking on Justin Dunn (1-3, 3.91 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 10:10.
Rays Starting Lineup
Lowe 2B
Choi 1B
Arozarena LF
Meadows DH
Wendle 3B
Walls SS
Kiermaier CF
Zunino C
Phillips RF
Mariners Starting Lineup
Crawford SS
Haniger RF
Fraley CF
France 3B
Murphy C
Moore 2B
Bauers 1B
Torrens DH
Long LF
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.