The Tampa Bay Rays will wrap up their seven-game homestand Sunday afternoon with the finale of a three-game series against the Chicago White Sox. Chris Archer (0-1, 6.23 ERA) will come off the 60-day injured list to be the start, taking on Reynaldo Lopez (2-0, 1.08 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 1:10.
Rays Starting Lineup
Lowe 2B
Choi 1B
Franco SS
Meadows DH
Arozarena LF
Wendle 3B
Phillips RF
Mejia C
Kiermaier CF
White Sox Starting Lineup
Hernandez 2B
Robert CF
Abreu 1B
Jimenez LF
Moncada 3B
Vaughn DH
Goodwin RF
Mendick SS
Collins C
Cruz Placed on COVID IL
Designated Hitter Nelson Cruz was in the original starting lineup for Tampa Bay, but was scratched due to illness and before the game was placed on the COVID-related injured list. It’s unknown whether he has tested positive for coronavirus, but he will miss Sunday’s contest.
To take Cruz’s spot on the active roster, reliever Chris Mazza was recalled from Triple-A Durham.
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.
