The Tampa Bay Rays can finish their homestand 5-2 with a victory in Sunday’s finale of their three-game series with the Minnesota Twins. Luis Patino (4-3, 4.24 ERA) will get the start, taking on Griffin Jax (3-3, 6.71 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 1:10.
Rays Starting Lineup
Lowe 2B
Franco SS
Cruz DH
Meadows LF
Arozarena RF
Wendle 3B
Diaz 1B
Kiermaier CF
Zunino C
Twins Starting Lineup
Arraez 3B
Buxton CF
Polanco SS
Donaldson DH
Kepler RF
Gordon 2B
Cave LF
Rortvedt C
Astudillo 1B
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.