GameThread Game #66: erik.t's Birthday Thread

First and foremost, today is erik.t's birthday today. Happy Birthday, Erik! We are so glad you are party of this community and we are thankful for your daily contributions and game preview posts. Hope it's a great one!

Another trip to the House of Horrors. Hooray.

The Jays will be seeing a slightly different Rays team since their last visit to the Trop. Both Denard Span and closer Alex Colome were traded to the Mariners, and Chris Archer is on the DL. The Rays only have three starters at the moment, and today is the only game of this series there is an actual starter scheduled to start for the Rays.

There's a special guest in attendance tonight:

Some kid with a bad knee is here at the Trop hanging out with a few #Bluejays pic.twitter.com/HdmJtF21Up

— Mike Wilner (@Wilnerness590) June 11, 2018

Here are the lineups for today. Devon Travis is back in the lineup, and Granderson sits versus a lefty.

GO JAYS GO!

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