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Archer Returns To Start in Finale Against White Sox

Chris Archer takes the mound at Tropicana Field April 10 (photo: Will Vragovic/Tampa Bay Rays)

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.

 

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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.

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