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By Times staff writer
© St. Petersburg Times, published August 1, 2001
THE GAME
WHERE: Camden Yards, Baltimore.
TV/RADIO: FSN; WFLA-AM 970, WLCC-AM 760 (Spanish).
RAYS BY THE NUMBERS through Monday
vs. East: 12-33
vs. Central: 5-13
vs. West: 7-17
vs. NL: 10-8
vs. RH starters: 25-59
vs. LH starters: 9-13
One-run games: 10-9
Two-run games: 7-12
Extra innings: 3-2
Scoring first: 24-21
Scoring four or more: 31-29
Scoring fewer than four: 3-42
WEATHER FORECAST: Mostly sunny with a high of 85 degrees, low of 65.
INFO: Call 1-888-FAN-RAYS.
Ryan Rupe
Rupe (4-9, 7.09) made his last start a day earlier than planned after the trade of Albie Lopez, and he gave up four home runs and didn't make it out of the second. He's back on a normal schedule tonight. Rupe is 2-1, 3.24 in three starts against the O's.
When the Rays traded Johnson in 1999 he was an erratic 25-year-old who had shown more promise than performance. Today, he leads the AL with a 3.14 ERA and sports a Baltimore-best 9-6 record. He is 2-1 in three starts against the Rays.
Does the Baltimore Sun know something we don't know? The Sun ran a rundown on the Rays on Tuesday and reported that, among other moves, they had traded catcher John DiFelice. The way we saw it, they traded Mike DiFelice and hung on to John Flaherty.