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09-11-2009

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Tampa Bay Rays

2nd place 77-56 (.579) M# - Last 10: 8-2 R: 692 RA: 555 Payroll: $90,964,168

Team Leaders AVG

E. Longoria	.321
J. Bartlett	.301
B. Upton	.299

Team Leaders HR

E. Longoria	24
K. Shoppach	14
W. Aybar	13
A. Iwamura	11
B. Upton	10

Team Leaders RBI

E. Longoria	87
B. Upton	66
W. Aybar	65
J. Bartlett	55
A. Iwamura	51

Team Leaders W

J. Shields	15
J. Niemann	14
D. Price	13
M. Garza	8
J. Nelson	6

Team Leaders ERA

J. Shields	3.13
J. Niemann	3.59
M. Garza	3.66
D. Price	4.13

Team Leaders K

J. Niemann	156
J. Shields	155
D. Price	139
M. Garza	99
J. Nelson	63

Who's Hot?
P	Jeff Niemann	3-0, 1.57	Last 3 games
P	Grant Balfour	10 SV, 0.56	Last 15 games
P	Lance Cormier	1-0, 0.00	Last 13 games
P	Joe Nelson	1 SV, 1.31	Last 36 games
C	Kelly Shoppach	.360, 3 HR	Last 9 games

Who's Not?

Pitching Staff
Role	T	Pitcher	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	WHIP	Status
Starter	R	James Shields	28	28	15	8	0	3.13	1.21	Rested
Starter	R	Matt Garza	26	26	8	6	0	3.66	1.26	Slightly Tired
Starter	R	Chris Carpenter	8	8	2	3	0	4.13	1.24	Tired
Starter	L	David Price	26	26	13	7	0	4.13	1.36	Exhausted
Starter	R	Jeff Niemann	26	26	14	7	0	3.59	1.28	Rested
Middle Reliever	L	B.J. Ryan	33	0	3	1	1	3.43	1.14	Rested
Middle Reliever	R	Dan Wheeler	47	0	3	1	2	3.93	1.33	Rested
Middle Reliever	R	Lance Cormier	26	0	2	0	0	0.84	1.34	Rested
Middle Reliever	L	Ted Lilly	33	6	5	4	2	4.12	1.12	Rested
Setup Reliever	R	Rafael Soriano	43	0	0	4	12	3.63	1.48	Rested
Setup Reliever	R	Joe Nelson	55	0	6	1	1	3.17	1.29	Rested
Closer	R	Grant Balfour	54	0	3	5	22	3.06	1.23	Rested

Catchers
#	B	Player	Pos	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	.AVG	OBP	SLG
10	R	Kelly Shoppach	C	64	219	53	14	47	36	22	51	.242	.321	.507
29	R	Ryan Hanigan	C	123	435	136	14	61	75	42	32	.313	.382	.471
36	S	Dioner Navarro	C	16	52	11	1	7	6	4	10	.212	.268	.327

Infielders
#	B	Player	Pos	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	.AVG	OBP	SLG
3	R	Evan Longoria	3B	131	504	162	24	87	88	78	78	.321	.417	.562
8	R	Jason Bartlett	SS	130	552	166	5	55	82	34	55	.301	.348	.397
1	L	Akinori Iwamura	2B	103	336	92	11	51	56	62	83	.274	.386	.458
16	S	Willy Aybar	2B	103	346	100	13	65	56	41	67	.289	.367	.483
28	R	Garrett Atkins	1B	101	372	103	17	59	63	50	40	.277	.363	.478
15	L	Reid Brignac	SS	56	144	37	4	15	17	12	40	.257	.312	.389
9	L	Hank Blalock	1B	15	60	13	1	9	6	5	16	.217	.269	.333
18	R	Chris Nowak	3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000

Outfielders
#	B	Player	Pos	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	.AVG	OBP	SLG
0	S	Fernando Perez	CF	42	71	14	0	8	14	13	15	.197	.333	.268
2	R	B.J. Upton	CF	105	395	118	10	66	68	74	78	.299	.406	.478
11	L	Ben Copeland	LF	67	231	69	3	28	39	18	38	.299	.355	.420
13	L	Carl Crawford	LF	50	210	56	7	32	25	17	33	.267	.328	.424
20	L	Matt Joyce	LF	59	206	42	5	21	19	20	66	.204	.273	.350

Lineup vs RHP+DH
#	B	Name	Pos	AVG	HR	RBI	SB
1	L	Carl Crawford	LF	.267	7	32	13
2	R	Jason Bartlett	SS	.301	5	55	22
3	R	Evan Longoria	3B	.321	24	87	9
4	R	B.J. Upton	CF	.299	10	66	21
5	R	Garrett Atkins	1B	.292	6	23	1
6	S	Willy Aybar	2B	.289	13	65	2
7	L	Akinori Iwamura	DH	.274	11	51	6
8	L	Ben Copeland	RF	.299	3	28	4
9	R	Ryan Hanigan	C	.287	8	38	0

Lineup vs LHP+DH
#	B	Name	Pos	AVG	HR	RBI	SB
1	L	Carl Crawford	LF	.267	7	32	13
2	R	Jason Bartlett	SS	.301	5	55	22
3	R	Evan Longoria	3B	.321	24	87	9
4	R	B.J. Upton	CF	.299	10	66	21
5	R	Garrett Atkins	1B	.292	6	23	1
6	S	Willy Aybar	2B	.289	13	65	2
7	R	Ryan Hanigan	C	.287	8	38	0
8	L	Ben Copeland	RF	.299	3	28	4
9	L	Reid Brignac	DH	.257	4	15	2

Injuries
Player	Injury	Out for...	Disabled List Status
RF Gabe Kapler	post-concussion syndrome	7 weeks	50 day(s) left (60-day DL)
P Randy Choate	partially torn UCL (Tommy John...	4-5 months	On DL, eligible for return (60-day DL)

Fri 9/11

vs BAL

RHP A.Reyes

2-3, 4.64

Sat 9/12

vs BAL

RHP B.Bergesen

10-10, 4.31

Sun 9/13

vs BAL

LHP J.Washburn

2-5, 4.78

Tue 9/15

vs NYA

RHP A.Burnett

13-7, 3.99

Wed 9/16

vs NYA

RHP J.Vazquez

16-4, 2.65

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Standings
Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Boston Red Sox	78	56	.582	-
Tampa Bay Rays	77	56	.579	.5
New York Yankees	75	59	.560	3.0
Baltimore Orioles	60	74	.448	18.0
Toronto Blue Jays	48	86	.358	30.0

Team Information
Record overall	77-56, .579 PCT
Position in Division	2nd, .5 GB
Record at home	42-26, .618 PCT
Record on the road	35-30, .538 PCT
Record in X-inning games	7-7, .500 PCT
Record in one-run games	27-11, .711 PCT
Record versus LHP	21-14, .600 PCT
Record versus RHP	56-42, .571 PCT
Record last 10 games	8-2, .800 PCT
Record in April	7-10, .412 PCT
Record in May	15-13, .536 PCT
Record in June	15-11, .577 PCT
Record in July	15-10, .600 PCT
Record in August	19-10, .655 PCT
Record in September	6-2, .750 PCT

Team Batting Stats & Rankings
Batting Average	.269 - 4th in AL
On-Base Percentage	.352 - 3rd in AL
Slugging Percentage	.430 - 5th in AL
On-Base + Slugging	.782 - 3rd in AL
Runs Scored	692 - 4th in AL
Hits	1224 - 7th in AL
Extra-Base Hits	443 - tied for 6th in AL
Home Runs	129 - 5th in AL
Bases-On-Balls	560 - 1st in AL
Strikeouts	862 - 7th in AL
Stolen Bases	99 - 3rd in AL

Team Pitching Stats & Rankings
Earned Run Average	3.82 - 3rd in AL
Starters' ERA	4.03 - 6th in AL
Bullpen ERA	3.34 - 2nd in AL
Runs allowed	555 - 3rd in AL
Hits allowed	1129 - 4th in AL
Opponents AVG	.249 - 4th in AL
BABIP	.289 - 3rd in AL
Home Runs allowed	126 - 8th in AL
Bases-On-Balls	426 - 3rd in AL
Strikeouts	938 - 4th in AL

Minor League System

Durham Bulls (AAA)
82-62, .569, - GB

Montgomery Biscuits (AA)
72-68, .514, 11.0 GB

Bowling Green Hot Rods (A)
83-57, .593, - GB

Charlotte Stone Crabs (A)
56-84, .400, 28.0 GB

Hudson Valley Renegades (S A)
39-35, .527, 5.0 GB

GCL Rays (R)
29-31, .483, 2.0 GB

Princeton Rays (R)
19-49, .279, 31.0 GB