A pair of morning starts, Pacific time, will end the Dodgers nine-game road trip, beginning with Saturday at 10:10 a.m. PT against the Rays.
The headliner here will be Blake Snell returning from the injured list to make his first major league start in four months. And he’ll do it in a general environment to which he is very accustomed, having pitched for the Rays for five seasons.
Fifty-one of Snell’s 213 career starts were at Tropicana Field, but the Rays aren’t playing there this year. Instead, they
are playing at Steinbrenner Field, the spring training home of the Yankees. He pitched there twice before, including his second game for High-A Charlotte on June 5, 2014 in the Florida State League. Snell that day against the Tampa Yankees pitched six scoreless innings, allowing four singles and a walk, with three strikeouts.
Snell’s second game there came during spring training on March 19, 2018. He struck out nine in 4⅔ innings, allowed a run on three hits and three walks.
He Drew Rasmussen as his mound opponent in the middle game of the season. Rasmussen has a 2.96 ERA in 21 starts this season.
Saturday game info
- Teams: Dodgers at Rays
- Ballpark: Steinbrenner Field, Tampa
- Start time: 10:10 a.m. PT
- TV: SportsNet LA
- Radio: AM 570 (English), KTNQ 1020 AM (Spanish)
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