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TONIGHT: RAYS VS. PADRES

WHEN/WHERE: 7:15; Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg.

TV/RADIO: Ch. 32; WFLA-AM 970. PITCHERS: Padres -- RHP Brian Lawrence (5-3, 3.54); Rays -- RHP Ryan Rupe (5-6, 4.85).

WORTH NOTING: Rupe is 2-1 with a 2.57 ERA in his past three starts. He has the seventh-best strikeout to walk ratio in the American League (54-16) and is ninth with a .230 batting average against and fewest walks per nine innings (2.1). ... Lawrence allowed three runs on seven hits in 71/3 innings against the Brewers on June 1. He struck out a career-high 10.

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

Details of the team meeting manager Hal McRae called before Wednesday's game were hard to come by. But McRae did offer this Thursday: "I did the majority of the talking. Milt (May, hitting coach) did talk a little bit. Players were invited to talk. I mentioned that to captain (Greg) Vaughn and he turned it over to the young captain (Brent Abernathy). We got a big kick out of that."

RAYS BY THE NUMBERS

HOME/ROAD: 11-17/8-22

DAY/NIGHT: 6-12/13-27

GRASS/TURF: 7-15/12-24

VS. EAST: 9-24

VS. CENTRAL: 6-7

VS. WEST: 4-8

VS. NL: 0-0

VS. RH/LH STARTERS: 17-31/2-8

AHEAD AFTER 6/7/8: 12-7/12-6/14-4

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

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

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

EXTRA INNINGS: 3-2

LAST AT-BAT WINS: 7

COME-FROM-BEHIND WINS: 10

COME-FROM-AHEAD LOSSES: 20

HITTING HOMER: 10-20

SCORING FIRST: 11-11

SCORING 4 OR MORE: 13-10

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

TYING/GO-AHEAD RBIs: Vaughn 11; Grieve 9; Winn 8; Cox 7; Gomez 6; Abernathy, Johnson 5; Conti, Flaherty 3; Escalona, Sandberg 2; Huff 1.

INFIELD HITS: Winn 13; Abernathy, Gomez 5; Vaughn 4.

BUNT HITS: Winn 4.

CATCHER'S EFFICIENCY: Flaherty (3-17, .176), Hoover (1-2, .500).

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