After Saturday’s wild finish, the Tampa Bay Rays will look to take the weekend series from the Boston Red Sox with a victory in Sunday afternoon’s finale. It will be a southpaw matchup in the matinee, as Shane McClanahan (0-1, 2.40 ERA) gets the start against Rich Hill (0-1, 7.00 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 1:10.
Rays Starting Lineup
Arozarena LF
Franco SS
Ramirez DH
Diaz 1B
Walls 3B
Margot RF
Brujan 2B
Zunino C
Kiermaier CF
Red Sox Starting Lineup
Story 2B
Hernandez CF
Devers 3B
Bogaerts DH
Verdugo LF
Dalbec 1B
Arroyo SS
Vazqurez C
Refsnyder RF
Diaz Returns From COVID IL, Springs Added As Close Contact
Yandy Diaz‘s time on the COVID-19 injured list lasted a grand total of one day, as the infielder was activated today from the list after missing Saturday’s win.
Manager Kevin Cash said Diaz came into the ballpark Saturday experience COVID-like symptoms, and was placed on the list as a precaution after catcher Francisco Mejia tested positive for the illness.
Reliever Jeffrey Springs, who pitched two innings in Saturday’s game, was placed on the COVID-19 list today as a close contact with Mejia.
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.
