On Friday night, the Baltimore Orioles and the Tampa Bay Rays will begin a series in Tampa Bay, without the Rays as the home team.
After violent protests in Baltimore forced two games this week to be rescheduled for a doubleheader, Wednesday’s game was played in front of nobody. Now, the Orioles lose three home games, as they’ll play host to Tampa Bay in the Rays’ own ballpark.
During the three games, the Rays’ people will be gracious hosts, playing walk-up music for players on both teams, and selling general admission tickets, so as not to profit too much by selling full-price tickets.
The starting pitchers for Friday are Chris Tillman (2-2, 7.58 ERA) for Baltimore, and Alex Colome (Season Debut) for the Rays.
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Here are the starting lineups:
Baltimore Orioles
1. Alejandro De Aza, LF
2. Jimmy Paredes, DH
3. Delmon Young, RF
4. Adam Jones, CF
5. Chris Davis, 1B
6. Steve Pearce, 2B
7. Manny Machado, 3B
8. Everth Cabrera, SS
9. Caleb Joseph, C
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Tampa Bay Rays
1. David DeJesus, DH
2. Steven Souza Jr., RF
3. Asdrubal Cabrera, SS
4. Evan Longoria, 3B
5. James Loney, 1B
6. Logan Forsythe, 2B
7. Kevin Kiermaier, CF
8. Brandon Guyer, LF
9. Rene Rivera, C
Here is the information for watching or listening to the game:
Date: May 1, 2015
First Pitch: 7:05 PM ET
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Stadium: Tropicana Field
Radio: 105.7 The Fan (Baltimore), WDAE 620 AM/95.3 FM, WGES 680 (Spanish) (Tampa Bay)
TV: MASN 2 (Baltimore), Sun Sports (Tampa Bay), MLB Network
Live Stream: MLB.TV