The Tampa Bay Rays will look to start a new winning streak Wednesday night in the middle game of their three-game series against the Kansas City Royals. Tyler Glasnow (4-2, 2.90 ERA) will get the start, taking on Mike Minor (3-2, 5.14 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 7:10.
Rays Starting Lineup
Arozarena LF
Diaz 1B
Meadows DH
Margot RF
Lowe 2B
Brosseau 3B
Wendle SS
Zunino C
Phillips CF
Royals Starting Lineup
Merrifield 2B
Santana 1B
Benintendi LF
Perez C
Gutierrez 3B
Soler DH
Mondesi SS
Dyson CF
Lopez 2B
Rays Could Activate Patiño This Weekend, Archer Shut Down For A Couple Of Days
Rays manager Kevin Cash said Wednesday that pitcher Luis Patino, who has been on the injured list for a laceration on his right middle finger, could be close to returning after throwing a side session during the team’s road series against the Blue Jays over the weekend and another side session today at Tropicana Field.
“We’ll see where he’s at,” Cash said before Wednesday’s game. “Workload, we got him up to the 80 pitch mark. Kyle [Snyder] and I will talk with Erik [Neander] and figure out what’s best for him going forward, if there’s a pitch limitation, and see where we’ll go from there.”
But pitcher Chris Archer, coming back from lateral forearm tightness, had to be shut back down for a couple of days, and is scheduled to again play catch either Friday or Saturday.
“Some of the exercises that he was doing probably, I think Arch recognizes he was doing a little bit too much,” Cash said. “It was aggravating and just not bouncing back as much as he would like.”
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.
