After taking the first game of the homestand against the Yankees, the Tampa Bay Rays will look to earn a series win with a victory in Saturday’s middle game of the three-game set. Chris Archer (0-1, 13.50 ERA) will get the start, taking on Domingo German (0-1, 9.00 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 1:10.
Rays Starting Lineup
Tsutsugo DH
Meadows LF
Arozarena RF
Lowe 2B
Diaz 1B
Wendle 3B
Adames SS
Phillips CF
Mejia C
Yankees Starting Lineup
LeMahieu 2B
Judge RF
Hicks CF
Stanton DH
Torres SS
Gardner LF
Sanchez C
Urshela 3B
Bruce 1B
Margot Dealing With Tweaked Groin, Expected To Start Series Finale
Outfielder Manuel Margot hasn’t played sinced being removed from Wednesday’s finale in Boston, and manager Kevin Cash says the 26-year-old has been working through a minor groin issue.
“He tweaked his groin, quad a little bit,” Cash said Saturday. “We’re hoping with one more day, he’ll be back in there tomorrow.”
With New York expected to start left-hander Jordan Montgomery in the series finale, it would make sense to have the right-handed hitting Margot ready then instead of the left-handed Phillips. Cash did say that Margot was available to pinch-hit Friday, and is again available to do so today.
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.
