The Tampa Bay Rays will look to get to a season-high nine games over .500 Wednesday night and in the process finish off a two-game sweep of the Miami Marlins to begin the 2022 Citrus Series. Drew Rasmussen (4-1, 2.66 ERA) will get the start in the finale, taking on Cody Poteet (0-0, 0.78 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 6:40.
Rays Starting Lineup
Kiermaier CF
Franco SS
Diaz 3B
Choi 1B
Arozarena LF
Ramirez DH
Mejia C
Margot RF
Brujan 2B
Marlins Starting Lineup
Cooper 1B
Aguilar DH
Soler LF
Garcia RF
Anderson 3B
Stallings C
Sanchez CF
Rojas SS
Gonzalez 2B
Margot Activated From Injured List
Tampa Bay got a big piece of their offensive production back Wednesday, activating outfielder Manuel Margot from the 10-day injured list.
Margot suffered a right hamstring strain on May 9 in Anaheim, and after missing the rest of the series against the Angels, he played in the first two games of the series against Toronto at Tropicana Field before going on the injured list.
To make rookm on the active roster for Margot, reliever Dusten Knight, who threw two shutout innings in Tuesday’s win, was optioned to Triple-A Durham.
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.
