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By Times staff writer
© St. Petersburg Times
published June 29, 2002

TONIGHT: RAYS VS. MARLINS

WHEN/WHERE: 6:15, Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg.

PITCHERS: Marlins -- Julian Tavarez (5-4, 6.08); Rays -- Joe Kennedy (5-6, 4.26).

TV/RADIO: FSN; WFLA-AM 970.

WORTH NOTING: Kennedy is 2-1 with a 3.75 ERA in three interleague starts. In 36 career starts the 22-year-old left-hander is 12-14 with a 4.36 ERA. ... Right-handed Tavarez is 3-1 with a 2.81 ERA over his past five starts, including a strong eight-inning outing against the Rays on June14.

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 (888) FAN-RAYS.

BY THE NUMBERS

(through Thursday)

HOME/ROAD: 15-22/11-28

DAY/NIGHT: 7-15/19-35

GRASS/TURF: 10-21/16-29

VS. EAST: 11-25

VS. CENTRAL: 6-7

VS. WEST: 4-8

VS. NL: 5-10

VS. RH/LH STARTERS: 22-41/4-9

AHEAD AFTER 6: 15-8/17-8/20-5

BEHIND AFTER 6: 3-34/4-39/2-40

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

ONE-RUN/TWO-RUN GAMES: 10-12/6-10

EXTRA INNINGS: 5-4

LAST AT-BAT WINS: 9

COME-FROM-BEHIND WINS: 15

COME-FROM-AHEAD LOSSES: 26

WHEN MAKING ERROR: 11-26

WHEN HITTING HOMER: 14-27

WHEN HITTING HOMERS: 8-7

WHEN SCORING FIRST: 16-16

WHEN SCORING 4 OR MORE: 19-18

WHEN SCORING FEWER THAN 4: 7-32

WHEN OUTHITTING OPPONENTS: 18-6

WHEN BEING OUTHIT: 2-38

WHEN GETTING 10 OR MORE HITS: 18-13

WHEN GIVING UP 10 OR MORE HITS: 7-30

ATTENDANCE REPORT

HOME DATES: 37

HOME TOTAL: 473,172

HOME AVERAGE: 12,788

2001 AVERAGE: 16,029

LARGEST: 38,142 vs. Tigers, April 2

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

TEAM LEADERS

GAME-TYING/GO-AHEAD RBIs: Cox, Vaughn 14; Grieve 12; Winn 11

INFIELD HITS: Winn 14; Tyner 9

BUNT HITS: Tyner 5; Winn 4

OUTFIELD ASSISTS: Winn 9; Grieve 5

CATCHER'S EFFICIENCY: Flaherty, 10-33, .303; Hall, 8-24, .333

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