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© St. Petersburg Times, published May 16, 2002
TONIGHT: RAYS AT YANKEES
WHEN/WHERE: 7:05; Yankee Stadium, Bronx, N.Y.
PITCHERS: Rays -- Ryan Rupe (3-4, 4.84); Yankees -- David Wells (5-1, 4.53).
TV/RADIO: Ch. 32; WFLA-AM 970.
WORTH NOTING: This will be Rupe's fourth career start against the Yankees. He is 1-1 with a 7.94 ERA in 17 innings. Rupe also has the best strikeout to walk ratio (46-6) in the American League. ... Wells is 4-1 with a 3.83 ERA in four starts against the Rays. His last start against Tampa Bay came while with Toronto during the 2000 season.
RAYS INFORMATION: Call toll-free, (888) FAN-RAYS.
From Kevin Kernan's column in Wednesday's New York Post: "MLB should have brought the Newark Bears over here for these three games. Dress them in Tampa Bay's algae-colored unis and who would have known?"
(through Tuesday)
HOME/ROAD: 9-13/2-13
DAY/NIGHT: 5-7/6-19
GRASS/TURF: 2-9/9-17
VS. EAST: 5-19
VS. CENTRAL: 6-7
VS. WEST: 0-0
VS. NL: 0-0
VS. RH/LH STARTERS: 10-22/1-4
AHEAD AFTER 6/7/8: 6-6/7-5/8-4
BEHIND AFTER 6/7/8: 3-17/2-20/1-20
TIED AFTER 6/7/8: 2-3/2-1/2-2
ONE-RUN/TWO-RUN GAMES: 4-7/3-6
EXTRA INNINGS: 2-2
LAST AT-BAT WINS: 5
COME-FROM-BEHIND WINS: 8
COME-FROM-AHEAD LOSSES: 14
MAKING ERROR: 4-16
HITTING HOMER: 4-12
HITTING HOMERS: 1-2
SCORING FIRST: 5-7
SCORING 4 OR MORE: 7-7
SCORING FEWER THAN 4: 4-18
OUTHITTING OPPONENTS: 6-2
BEING OUTHIT: 1-20
GETTING 10 OR MORE HITS: 8-6
GIVING UP 10 OR MORE HITS: 6-17
HOME DATES: 22
HOME TOTAL: 304,614
HOME AVERAGE: 13,846
2001 AVERAGE: 16,029
LARGEST: 38,142 vs. Tigers, April 2
SMALLEST: 10,264 vs. Orioles, May 13
(through Tuesday)
TYING/GO-AHEAD RBIs: Grieve 7; Cox, Winn 6; Gomez, Johnson, Tyner 5; Abernathy 4
INFIELD HITS: Tyner 9; Winn 8; Gomez, Vaughn 3; Flaherty, Hall 2
BUNT HITS: Tyner 4; Winn 2; Hall 1
CATCHERS EFFICIENCY: Flaherty 0-9, .000; Hall 8-21, .381