The Tampa Bay Rays will look to rebound from Wednesday’s extra-inning loss to the Washington Nationals by welcoming in the Baltimore Orioles to St. petersburg for a three-game series. Ryan Yarbrough (3-3, 3.95 ERA) will get the start, taking on Keegan Akin (0-0, 3.60 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 7:10.
Rays Starting Lineup
Margot RF
Diaz 1B
Meadows DH
Arozarena LF
Brosseau 3B
Lowe 2B
Walls SS
Zunino C
Kiermaier CF
Orioles Starting Lineup
Mullins CF
Mancini DH
Santander RF
Mountcastle 1B
Hays LF
Galvis SS
Franco 3B
Severino C
Valaika 2B
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.
