The Tampa Bay Rays will look for a Lee County sweep on Saturday, as after beating the Red Sox Friday, the other team from Fort Myers, the Minnesota Twins, come to Charlotte Sports Park for a Grapefruit League matchup. Shane McClanahan, who will start on Opening Day for the Rays, will make his final spring start, taking on Devin Smeltzer. First pitch is scheduled for 1:05.
Rays Starting Lineup
Arozarena LF
Zunino DH
Margot RF
Choi 1B
Diaz 3B
Kiermaier CF
Walls SS
Pinto C
Wisely 2B
Twins Starting Lineup
Garlick RF
Arraez 2B
Urshela 3B
Santo 1B
Sanchez C
Kiriloff LF
Rooker DH
Cave CF
Gordon SS
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.
