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By Times staff writer
© St. Petersburg Times
published June 19, 2002

TONIGHT: RAYS AT GIANTS

WHEN/WHERE: 10:15; PacBell Park, San Francisco.

TV/RADIO: Fox Sports Net; WFLA-AM 970.

PITCHERS: Rays -- RHP Ryan Rupe (5-8, 5.06); Giants -- RHP Jason Schmidt (2-2, 3.51).

WORTH NOTING: Rupe has lost three straight, though the Rays scored eight runs total in the games. ... His eight losses are tied for the major-league high. ... Schmidt is on a roll, 2-1 with a 1.97 ERA in his past four starts while allowing a .155 opponents average.

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.

RAYS BY THE NUMBERS

(Through Monday)

HOME/ROAD: 13-21/10-23

DAY/NIGHT: 7-13/16-31

GRASS/TURF: 9-16/14-28

VS. EAST: 9-24

VS. CENTRAL: 6-7

VS. WEST: 4-8

VS. NL: 4-5

VS. RH/LH STARTERS: 19-36/4-8

AHEAD AFTER 6/7/8: 13-7/14-6/17-4

BEHIND AFTER 6/7/8: 3-30/4-35/2-36

TIED AFTER 6/7/8: 7-7/5-3/4-4

1-RUN/2-RUN GAMES: 10-9/4-10

EXTRA INNINGS: 5-2

LAST AT-BAT WINS: 9

FROM-BEHIND WINS: 13

FROM-AHEAD LOSSES: 23

MAKING ERROR: 10-22

HITTING HOMER: 11-24

HITTING HOMERS: 6-6

SCORING FIRST: 15-13

SCORING 4 OR MORE: 17-13

SCORING FEWER THAN 4: 7-30

OUTHITTING OPPONENTS: 16-5

BEING OUTHIT: 1-33

GETTING 10 OR MORE HITS: 16-10

GIVING UP 10 OR MORE HITS: 7-25

TEAM LEADERS

(Through Monday)

TYING/GO-AHEAD RBIs: Vaughn 13; Grieve 11; Winn 10; Cox 9.

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

BUNT HITS: Winn 4.

CATCHER'S EFFICIENCY: Flaherty (7-27, .259), Hoover (2-3, .667).

OUTFIELD ASSISTS: Winn 7; Grieve 5.

ATTENDANCE REPORT

HOME DATES: 34

HOME TOTAL: 442,310

HOME AVERAGE: 13,009

2001 AVERAGE: 16,029

LARGEST: 38,142 vs. Tigers, April 2

SMALLEST: 10,130 vs. A's, May 30

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