Charlie Morton is pitching for the tied-for-first-place Rays against A’s call-up Tanner Anderson.
The Rays returned to the Trop Monday tied for first place as they open a week-long homestand. [MARC TOPKIN | Times]
The Rays started the day by activating C Michael Perez off the injured list and optioning him to Triple-A, a sign of how much they are impressed with Travis d’Arnaud.
Here is the Rays lineup, with a day off for Willy Adames, who was 1-for-16 with nine strikeouts over the weekend in Boston:
Meadows rf
Pham lf
Lowe 2b
Garcia dh
Choi 1b
Diaz 3b
Kiermaier cf
Zunino c
Robertson ss
Morton p
And here is the lineup for the A’s, who didn’t get to St.