After taking the first two games of this three-game series from the Miami Marlins, the Tampa Bay Rays will look for the sweep in their first series of the regular season Saturday. Rich Hill (2-2, 3.03 ERA in 2020) will take on Elieser Hernandez (1-0, 3.16 ERA in 2020). First pitch from loanDepot Park is scheduled for 6:10.
Rays Starting Lineup
Meadows RF
Margot LF
Wendle 3B
Diaz 1B
Kiermaier CF
Adames SS
Zunino C
Brosseau 2B
Hill P
Marlins Starting Lineup
Rojas SS
Marte CF
Aguilar 1B
Cooper RF
Brinson LF
Chisholm 2B
Berti 3B
Wallach C
Hernandez P
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.
