* Including the Divisional Series, the Rays won eight of the last 10 games with the White Sox in 2008, outscoring Chicago 48-30.
* After pounding out 35 hits and scoring 24 runs during their three game winning streak, the White Sox were shut out on four hits yesterday in Detroit. Chicago has been held scoreless twice in their first eight games (also April 8 vs. Royals) and is 0-4 when they get fewer than eight hits in a game.
* Including postseason, Jermaine Dye is hitting .343 with nine home runs and 26 RBI in his last 25 games against Tampa Bay. Over that period, he is hitting .381 with a pair of homers and nine RBI in 11 games at Tropicana Field.
* John Danks got the victory in Chicago’s Game 3 ALDS win last October 5 vs. the Rays. Including that win, he is 4-1 in five career starts against Tampa Bay with a 3.19 ERA and .233 OppBA.
* Since winning two of three from Boston to open the season, the Rays have lost four of their last six to the Orioles and Yankees. In the four losses, Tampa Bay scored a combined nine runs while giving up 22.
* Carlos Pena has a eight-game hitting streak and has posted three home runs and nine RBI over the last four games.
* Rays starters have a 1.29 ERA and have allowed 18 hits over 26.2 innings in four wins and in five losses have a 6.59 ERA and have given up 32 hits over 27.1 innings.
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