The Tampa Bay Rays will look to end their four-game losing streak Saturday night in Seattle in the third of a four-game series with the Mariners. Left-hander Josh Fleming (6-4, 3.20 ERA) will get the start, taking on Logan Gilbert (2-2, 4.13 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 10:10.
Rays Starting Lineup
Arozarena DH
Choi 1B
Diaz 3B
Meadows LF
Margot RF
Wendle 2B
Walls SS
Zunino C
Kiermaier CF
Mariners Starting Lineup
Crawford SS
Haniger RF
France 1B
Seager 3B
Murphy C
Bauers DH
Moore 2B
Fraley CF
Long LF
Rasmussen Called Up By Rays
The Rays made a roster move after Friday night’s loss, opioning infielder Mike Brosseau to Triple-A Durham, and replaced him on the roster Saturday by recalling reliever Drew Rasmussen.
Rasmussen, acquired by Tampa Bay in the trade that sent shortstop Willy Adames to Milwaukee, was 0-1 with a 4.24 earned run average in 15 appearance out of the bullpen with the Brewers, but since coming over to the Rays, amassed a 2-0 record in eight appearances and did not allow a run in 11 1/3 innings with the Durham Bulls.
Rasmussen was initially drafted in the first round, 31st overall, by the Rays in the 2017 draft, but elbow surgery kept him for being signed, and he was taken in the sixth round by Milwaukee the following year.
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.
