The Tampa Bay Rays have dropped two straight, including the opener of their weekend series to the Houston Astros. Left-hander Josh Fleming (1-2, 1.23 ERA) will look to end the skid this afternoon, taking on Jose Urquidy (1-2, 4.67 ERA)
Rays Starting Lineup
Meadows LF
Margot CF
Lowe 2B
Arozarena RF
Wendle 3B
Diaz 1B
Tsutsugo DH
Adames SS
Zunino C
Astros Starting Lineup
Altuve 2B
Brantley LF
Bregman 3B
Alvarez DH
Correa SS
Gurriel 1B
Tucker RF
Straw CF
Maldonado 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.
