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By Times staff writer
© St. Petersburg Times
published June 6, 2002

TODAY: RAYS AT BLUE JAYS

• WHEN/WHERE: 12:35; SkyDome, Toronto.
• TV/RADIO: Fox Sports Net; WFLA-AM 970.

PITCHERS: Rays -- LHP Joe Kennedy (3-5, 4.33); Blue Jays -- RHP Luke Prokopec (2-7, 5.74).

WORTH NOTING: Kennedy is 3-0 with a 3.00 ERA in four career games against the Blue Jays. ... Prokopec beat the Rays this season and is 1-0 with a 1.80 ERA lifetime against Tampa Bay.

RAYS TICKETS: Available at Tropicana Field box office, through all Ticketmaster outlets, online at devilrays.com or ticketmaster.com and at 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.

OUTTA LEFTFIELD

In a column that appeared in the Toronto Star on Wednesday, Rays manager Hal McRae "had a philosophical take on the demise" of fired Blue Jays manager Buck Martinez.

"It doesn't matter what you do as a manager, when they decide it's time, it's time," McRae told the Star. "They had to do it (Monday). Looking at this series (against the Rays), they didn't want him to have a seven-game winning streak."

RAYS BY THE NUMBERS

(through Tuesday)

HOME/ROAD: 11-17/7-21

DAY/NIGHT: 6-11/12-27

GRASS/TURF: 7-15/11-23

VS. EAST: 8-23

VS. CENTRAL: 6-7

VS. WEST: 4-8

VS. NL: 0-0

VS. RH/LH STARTERS: 16-30/2-8

AHEAD AFTER 6/7/8: 11-7/11-6/13-4

BEHIND AFTER 6/7/8: 3-25/3-30/1-31

TIED AFTER 6/7/8: 4-6/4-2/4-3

ONE-RUN/TWO-RUN GAMES: 8-8/3-9

EXTRA INNINGS: 3-2

LAST AT-BAT WINS: 7

COME-FROM-BEHIND WINS: 10

COME-FROM-AHEAD LOSSES: 19

HITTING HOMER: 10-19

SCORING FIRST: 11-10

SCORING 4 OR MORE: 13-9

SCORING FEWER THAN 4: 6-28

OUTHITTING OPPONENTS: 11-3

BEING OUTHIT: 1-30

GETTING 10 OR MORE HITS: 11-9

GIVING UP 10 OR MORE HITS: 7-23

TEAM LEADERS

(through Tuesday)

TYING/GO-AHEAD RBIs: Vaughn 11; Grieve 9; Cox, Winn 7; Abernathy, Gomez, Johnson 5; Conti, Flaherty 3; Sandberg 2.

INFIELD HITS: Winn 12; Abernathy, Gomez 5; Vaughn 4.

BUNT HITS: Winn 4.

CATCHER'S EFFICIENCY: Flaherty (3-17, .176), Hoover (1-1, 1.000).

OUTFIELD ASSISTS: Winn 7; Grieve 5.

ATTENDANCE REPORT

HOME DATES: 28

HOME TOTAL: 371,003

HOME AVERAGE: 13,250

2001 AVERAGE: 16,029

LARGEST: 38,142 vs. Tigers, April 2

SMALLEST: 10,130 vs. Athletics, May 30

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