The Tampa Bay Rays can again get back above the .500 mark on the season by taking Wednesday’s contest against the Oakland Athletics. Tyler Glasnow (2-1, 2.70 ERA) will get the start, taking on Cole Irvin (2-2, 3.86 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 7:10.
Rays Starting Lineup
Arozarena DH
Margot LF
Brosseau 2B
Diaz 3B
Kiermaier CF
Adames SS
Tsutsugo 1B
Zunino C
Phillips RF
Athletics Starting Lineup
Canha LF
Olson 1B
Laureano CF
Moreland DH
Chapman 3B
Brown RF
Kemp 2B
Machin SS
Garcia 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.