Pirates at Rays

Today is the first of a home-and-home between the Pirates and the Rays. This one is at Charlotte Sports Park in Port Charlotte.

Monday night, the two teams meet at historic McKechnie Field in Bradenton.

You may not have noticed, but the Pirates are just 1.5 games behind the Atlanta Braves for first place in the Grapefruit League standings.

Yeah, well ... here are the lineups:

Pirates
Andrew McCutchen CF
Jose Tabata LF
Adam LaRoche DH
Craig Monroe RF
Steve Pearce 1B
Andy LaRoche 3B
Brian Bixler SS
Luis Cruz 2B
Jason Jaramillo C
Tom Gorzelanny P

Rays
Justin Ruggiano RF
Carl Crawford LF
Gabe Kapler CF
Carlos Pena 1B
Pat Burrell DH
Morgan Ensberg 3B
Reid Brignac SS
Shawn Riggans C
Adam Kennedy 2B
Matt Garza P