The Tampa Bay Rays will look to end their nine-game road losing streak this afternoon in Buffalo in the middle game of this three-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays. Shane McClanahan (3-2, 4.09 ERA) will start against Ross Stripling (3-4, 4.27 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 3:07.
Rays Starting Lineup
Lowe 2B
Margot RF
Franco SS
Choi DH
Arozarena LF
Diaz 1B
Wendle 3B
Zunino C
Kiermaier CF
Blue Jays Starting Lineup
Semien SS
Bichette DH
Guerrero 1B
Springer CF
Hernandez RF
Gurriel LF
Biggio 2B
Espinal 3B
McGuire C
Walls Reinstated From IL
Prior to Saturday’s game, the Rays reinstated shortstop Taylor Walls from the 10-day injured list.
The 23-year-old was placed on the injured list June 24, retroactive to June 23, with right wrist tendinitis. He missed eight games with the injury.
To make room on the active roster for Walls, Friday night’s starter, Luis Patino, was optioned to Triple-A Durham after the game.
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.
