The Tampa Bay Rays head to LECOM Park in Bradenton for the only time in the 2021 Spring Training schedule, taking on the Pittsburgh Pirates in a Grapefruit League matchup. Tyler Glasnow (0-0, 3.18 ERA) will take on Brad Keller (0-0, 12.00 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 1:05.
Rays Starting Lineup
Meadows LF
Margot RF
Wendle 3B
Brosseau 1B
Mejia C
Franco SS
Mastrobuoni 2B
Sullivan DH
Boldt CF
Pirates Starting Lineup
Frazier 2B
Hayes 3B
Reynolds LF
Moran 1B
Polanco RF
Alford CF
Stallings C
Gonzalez DH
Tucker 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.