The Tampa Bay Rays will look to rebound from Friday night’s 4-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox and get back over .500 on the season with a victory in Saturday evening’s middle game of the three-game set. Both sides will have a bullpen day on the mound, with Tampa Bay beginning with right-hander J.P. Feyereisen and Boston countering with Garrett Whitlock. First pitch is scheduled for 6:10.
Rays Starting Lineup
B. Lowe 2B
Franco SS
Arozarena DH
Choi 1B
J. Lowe LF
Walls 3B
Kiermaier CF
Phillips RF
Zunino C
Red Sox Starting Lineup
Story 2B
Devers 3B
Bogaerts SS
Verdugo LF
Hernandez CF
Bradley RF
Dalbec 1B
Vazquez C
Refsnyder DH
Diaz Second Player Placed On COVID List
A night after placing catcher Francisco Mejia on the COVID-19 injured list following a positive test for the illness, the Rays added infielder Yandy Diaz to the list after experiencing symptoms.
The team has not said if Diaz has tested positive for COVID.
Infielder Vidal Brujan has been recalled from Triple-A Durham to take Diaz’s place on the active roster.
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.
