© St. Petersburg Times, published May 29, 2002
TONIGHT: RAYS VS. MARINERS
WHEN/WHERE: 7:15; Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg.
PITCHERS: Rays -- RHP Tanyon Sturtze (0-5, 5.19); Mariners -- RHP Freddy Garcia (5-4, 3.72).
RADIO: WFLA-AM 970. WORTH NOTING: Sturtze pitched against the Mariners last week and allowed four runs on nine hits while walking four and striking out five. Still winless through 10 starts this season, he is 1-3 with a 4.55 ERA lifetime against Seattle. ... Garcia is 5-0 with a 1.93 ERA lifetime against the Rays.
RAYS TICKETS: Available at Tropicana Field box office, through all Ticketmaster outlets, online at devilrays.com or ticketmaster.com, and the Rays Dugout Store at WestShore Plaza. Beach tickets ($5 for adults, $2 for children and seniors) go on sale two hours before home games.
INFORMATION: Call toll-free 1-888-FAN-RAYS.
Recalled from Triple-A Durham, catcher Paul Hoover arrived in the Rays clubhouse Tuesday afternoon without any of his equipment as he headed to batting practice.
"I'm kind of hoping it shows up before the game," Hoover said. "I've got (Nick) Bierbrodt's shoes. I've got (John) Flaherty's gloves and Russ (Johnson)'s batting gloves."
(through Monday)
HOME/ROAD: 9-13/7-19
DAY/NIGHT: 6-10/10-22
GRASS/TURF: 7-15/9-17
VS. EAST: 8-21
VS. CENTRAL: 6-7
VS. WEST: 2-4
VS. NL: 0-0
VS. RH/LH STARTERS: 14-26/2-6
AHEAD AFTER 6/7/8: 9-6/10-5/12-4
BEHIND AFTER 6/7/8: 3-21/2-25/1-26
TIED AFTER 6/7/8: 4-5/4-2/3-2
ONE-RUN/TWO-RUN GAMES: 7-8/3-7
EXTRA INNINGS: 2-2
LAST AT-BAT WINS: 6
COME-FROM-BEHIND WINS: 9
COME-FROM-AHEAD LOSSES: 17
MAKING ERROR: 8-18
HITTING HOMER: 8-15
HITTING HOMERS: 4-3
SCORING FIRST: 9-8
SCORING 4 OR MORE: 11-9
SCORING FEWER THAN 4: 5-23
OUTHITTING OPPONENTS: 9-2
BEING OUTHIT: 1-25
GETTING 10 OR MORE HITS: 10-7
GIVING UP 10 OR MORE HITS: 7-20
(through Monday)
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 12
(through Monday)
TYING/GO-AHEAD RBIs: Cox, Grieve, Winn 7; Abernathy, Gomez, Johnson, Hall, Tyner, Vaughn 5.
INFIELD HITS: Tyner, Winn 9.
BUNT HITS: Tyner 5; Winn 2
OUTFIELD ASSISTS: Winn 6; Grieve 4.
CATCHERS EFFICIENCY: Hall 8-24, .333; Flaherty 0-12, .000.