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Lovelady pitched a perfect ninth inning to pick up the save over the Guardians on Thursday. Lovelady relieved Manuel Rodriguez to open the bottom of the ninth and managed to retire the side in order on just six pitches to lock down his second save of the campaign. It was a nice bounceback performance for the southpaw after he surrendered two runs and took the loss in his previous outing Tuesday. It also marked Lovelady's first save opportunity since Aug. 17 against the Diamondbacks, and he's now held opponents scoreless in six of his last seven relief appearances.
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Lovelady didn't allow a baserunner across 1.1 scoreless innings to pick up the save Saturday against Arizona. Manuel Rodriguez began the eighth inning with a 6-1 lead but loaded the bases with two outs. Lovelady was called in to get out of the jam and induced a groundout against lefty Corbin Carroll to end the frame. He then remained in the contest and completed a clean ninth inning to unconventionally earn his second career save. Pete Fairbanks remains the primary closer for the Rays.
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The Rays activated Lovelady (forearm) from the 15-day injured list Thursday, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports. Lovelady has been on the sidelines since early June with a flexor strain, but he's been cleared to return after making 11 rehab appearances, the last six of which were scoreless. Hunter Bigge has been sent down in a corresponding move.
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Lovelady's (forearm) rehab assignment was transferred to Triple-A Durham on Tuesday, Steve Carney of StPeteNine.com reports. Lovelady made his first rehab appearance Monday with the Rays' Florida Complex League affiliate, but he yielded four runs over two-thirds of an inning before being pulled. Still, he'll be bumped up to Durham to continue his rehab from a strained left forearm.
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Lovelady (forearm) was sent to the Rays' Florida Complex League affiliate Monday to begin a rehab assignment. Lovelady has been shelved since early June with a left forearm flexor strain but has been cleared to test things out in a game setting. The left-handed reliever has posted a 7.36 ERA and 1.36 WHIP across 7.1 innings with the Rays this season and appears poised for a return at the start of the second half.
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| Year | Team | APP | GS | INN | W | L | S | K | BBI | HA | ERA | WHIP |
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| 2024 | TB | 32 | 0 | 32.0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 32 | 4.50 | 1.31 |
| 2023 | OAK | 27 | 0 | 23.3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 15 | 4.62 | 1.07 |
Last 7 Games
| DATE | Opp | W | L | S | INN | HA | ERA | BBI | K | WHIP |
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| 9/18 | vs  |
- | - | - | 0.2 | 0 | 3.60 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 9/15 | @  |
- | - | - | 1.0 | 1 | 3.60 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 9/12 | @ |
- | - | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 9/10 | @  |
- | 1 | - | 0.2 | 2 | 6.00 | 1 | 1 | 4.50 |
| 9/08 | @  |
- | - | - | 1.1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
| 9/06 | @ |
- | - | - | 1.0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| 9/04 | vs  |
- | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 2 | 1.00 |
Upcoming Games
| date | Opp | time | Scheduled Starter |
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| 9/20 | vs  |
6:50 PM | Jose Berrios |
| 9/21 | vs |
4:10 PM | Yariel Rodriguez |
| 9/22 | vs |
1:40 PM | Chris Bassitt |
| 9/24 | @  |
6:40 PM | Tarik Skubal |
| 9/25 | @ |
6:40 PM | Keider Montero |
| 9/26 | @ |
1:10 PM | Reese Olson |
| 9/27 | @ |
7:10 PM | Kutter Crawford |