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SERIES: Detroit Tigers At Tampa Bay Rays (4 Game Series)

By John Fontana

WHERE: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
WHEN: July 26-July 29
COVERAGE: DraysBay, Rays Index, Bless You Boys

After a road trip where the team went 5-4, the Rays return to Tropicana Field tonight for an 11 game homestand opening with the Detroit Tigers as opponents.  

The big story of the week ahead is the looming MLB trade deadline.  Rumblings have persisted for a while about the Rays looking to make a move...  But what that will be, what position, and at what cost remains elusive and up for speculation.

DraysBay gives you the only instructiosn you need for the coming days in their series preview:

Strap on tight, it's going to be a crazy week.

Current Series

4 game series vs Tigers @ Tropicana Field

Detroit Tigers
@ Tampa Bay Rays

Monday, Jul 26, 2010, 7:10 PM EDT
Tropicana Field

Max Scherzer vs Matt Garza

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Complete Coverage >
Tue 07/27 7:10 PM EDT
Wed 07/28 7:10 PM EDT
Thu 07/29 12:10 PM EDT


Rays Stats

Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG
James Shields 21 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500
Carl Crawford 93 360 71 112 22 7 11 53 32 63 34 9 .311 .367 .503
Evan Longoria 96 372 62 110 30 3 14 65 51 79 14 3 .296 .383 .505
Reid Brignac 72 209 27 59 11 1 6 35 15 52 2 3 .282 .339 .431
Ben Zobrist 93 348 50 95 18 2 6 47 56 68 19 2 .273 .373 .388
John Jaso 63 194 29 52 8 1 3 33 37 19 3 0 .268 .387 .366
Willy Aybar 56 160 15 42 8 0 5 28 12 37 0 0 .263 .313 .406
Sean Rodriguez 75 229 34 59 15 1 6 31 7 68 7 2 .258 .296 .410
Hank Blalock 26 63 8 16 3 0 1 7 6 15 1 1 .254 .319 .349
Jason Bartlett 78 274 40 66 16 2 2 35 31 49 7 2 .241 .325 .336
B.J. Upton 92 324 54 74 23 3 8 35 40 92 26 6 .228 .315 .392
Matt Joyce 23 62 10 14 7 0 2 8 15 13 1 1 .226 .385 .435
Gabe Kapler 50 108 19 24 3 0 2 13 10 22 1 1 .222 .303 .306
Dioner Navarro 37 105 11 22 5 0 1 7 11 14 0 1 .210 .291 .286
Carlos Pena 96 334 51 69 12 0 21 61 58 105 5 1 .207 .328 .431
Kelly Shoppach 28 69 7 14 3 0 1 5 13 26 0 0 .203 .341 .290
Pat Burrell 24 84 9 17 5 0 2 13 10 28 0 0 .202 .292 .333
David Price 19 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 .143 .143 .143
Jeff Niemann 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Matt Garza 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Wade Davis 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Andy Sonnanstine 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Randy Choate 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Rafael Soriano 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Lance Cormier 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Joaquin Benoit 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Grant Balfour 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Michael Ekstrom 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Dan Wheeler 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Pitching

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
Joaquin Benoit 0-0 35 0 0 0 1 1 33.1 14 3 3 3 6 47 0.81 .60
Rafael Soriano 2-0 38 0 0 0 26 2 37.2 24 9 8 2 8 34 1.91 .85
Grant Balfour 1-1 42 0 0 0 0 1 42.0 33 12 10 1 11 41 2.14 1.05
David Price 13-5 19 19 2 1 0 0 127.1 105 48 41 10 51 108 2.90 1.23
Jeff Niemann 8-3 20 20 1 1 0 0 128.1 105 43 42 16 40 94 2.95 1.13
Dan Wheeler 2-0 41 0 0 0 1 2 31.1 24 13 11 4 10 35 3.16 1.09
Andy Sonnanstine 2-0 30 0 0 0 1 0 49.0 47 23 23 9 11 35 4.22 1.18
Wade Davis 8-9 19 19 0 0 0 0 108.1 109 52 52 18 44 69 4.32 1.41
Matt Garza 10-5 20 19 1 0 1 0 119.2 118 59 58 18 40 91 4.36 1.32
Lance Cormier 3-2 37 0 0 0 0 0 36.0 48 19 18 2 22 14 4.50 1.94
James Shields 8-9 21 20 0 0 0 0 128.2 145 77 70 22 30 115 4.90 1.36
Randy Choate 2-3 50 0 0 0 0 2 24.2 23 18 17 2 7 24 6.20 1.22
Michael Ekstrom 0-1 6 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 7 6 6 0 6 4 8.53 2.05


 

Tigers Stats

Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG
Miguel Cabrera 94 354 70 124 33 1 24 88 47 61 2 3 .350 .423 .653
Austin Jackson 88 358 60 114 24 7 1 21 25 98 16 4 .318 .368 .433
Brennan Boesch 75 279 36 87 19 3 12 51 28 52 3 0 .312 .376 .530
Magglio Ordonez 84 323 56 98 17 1 12 59 40 38 1 0 .303 .378 .474
Johnny Damon 89 323 59 91 25 2 6 30 47 48 7 1 .282 .374 .427
Carlos Guillen 61 225 23 63 16 1 5 30 20 34 1 2 .280 .337 .427
Ramon Santiago 76 216 29 59 6 0 2 12 24 36 1 0 .273 .352 .329
Brandon Inge 88 312 22 82 23 3 6 40 37 76 2 3 .263 .342 .413
Danny Worth 34 94 8 24 5 0 2 8 4 12 1 1 .255 .286 .372
Casper Wells 4 9 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 .222 .222 .333
Don Kelly 74 123 12 26 3 0 1 8 6 22 1 0 .211 .256 .260
Ryan Raburn 51 144 15 30 11 1 2 22 9 37 1 1 .208 .280 .340
Alex Avila 56 160 12 33 5 0 4 15 18 41 2 0 .206 .291 .313
Scott Sizemore 34 109 12 21 5 0 1 9 13 29 0 0 .193 .276 .266
Gerald Laird 59 189 15 35 6 0 3 16 14 38 2 1 .185 .246 .265
Adam Everett 31 81 6 15 5 0 0 4 4 18 2 1 .185 .221 .247
Jeff Larish 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .167 .167 .167
Armando Galarraga 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Justin Verlander 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Will Rhymes 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Dontrelle Willis 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Max Scherzer 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Jeremy Bonderman 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Andrew Oliver 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Rick Porcello 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Jose Valverde 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Ryan Perry 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Phil Coke 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Joel Zumaya 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Robbie Weinhardt 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Eddie Bonine 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Brad Thomas 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Fu-Te Ni 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Casey Fien 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Alfredo Figaro 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Daniel Schlereth 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Jay Sborz 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Enrique Gonzalez 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Pitching

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
Jose Valverde 1-2 45 0 0 0 21 1 44.2 23 10 9 3 18 46 1.81 .92
Phil Coke 6-1 47 0 0 0 1 1 41.1 38 13 11 1 16 32 2.40 1.31
Daniel Schlereth 0-0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 7 2 1 0 2 1 2.45 2.45
Joel Zumaya 2-1 31 0 0 0 1 2 38.1 32 13 11 1 11 34 2.58 1.12
Eddie Bonine 4-0 31 0 0 0 0 0 46.1 42 14 14 5 16 21 2.72 1.25
Enrique Gonzalez 0-1 11 0 0 0 0 0 15.1 13 5 5 2 7 6 2.93 1.30
Justin Verlander 12-5 20 20 1 0 0 0 129.1 112 55 54 8 46 124 3.76 1.22
Max Scherzer 7-7 18 18 0 0 0 0 105.2 102 57 52 14 43 100 4.43 1.37
Armando Galarraga 3-3 12 11 1 1 0 0 69.0 70 35 34 9 18 33 4.43 1.28
Brad Thomas 4-0 26 2 0 0 0 0 42.0 49 21 21 2 21 16 4.50 1.67
Ryan Perry 2-4 32 0 0 0 1 1 29.2 28 15 15 2 14 23 4.55 1.42
Robbie Weinhardt 0-1 8 0 0 0 0 0 9.2 10 5 5 0 1 4 4.66 1.14
Dontrelle Willis 1-2 10 8 0 0 0 0 43.1 48 24 24 3 29 33 4.98 1.78
Jeremy Bonderman 5-6 19 18 0 0 0 0 108.2 119 65 61 14 30 76 5.05 1.37
Rick Porcello 4-8 15 15 0 0 0 0 84.1 108 58 52 9 26 39 5.55 1.59
Fu-Te Ni 0-1 22 0 0 0 0 0 23.0 27 19 17 2 19 22 6.65 2.00
Andrew Oliver 0-4 5 5 0 0 0 0 22.0 26 22 18 3 13 18 7.36 1.77
Casey Fien 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 4 3 3 2 0 0 10.13 1.50
Alfredo Figaro 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 3 2 2 0 2 0 27.00 7.50
Jay Sborz 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 3 5 5 0 0 1 67.50 4.50


 

AL East Standings

AL East Standings

W L PCT GB STRK
New York 62 35 .639 0 Won 1
Tampa Bay 59 38 .608 3 Won 2
Boston 55 44 .555 8 Lost 2
Toronto 50 49 .505 13 Lost 1
Baltimore 31 67 .316 31.5 Lost 2

(updated 7.26.2010 at 4:50 PM EDT)


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