Lowe isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against Toronto, Ryan Bass of FanDuel Sports Network Sun reports.
Lowe will retreat to the bench Saturday after going 1-for-3 with a walk during a loss in Friday's series opener. While he rests, Christopher Morel, Chandler Simpson and Jake Mangum will start across Tampa Bay's outfield.
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Rays' Josh Lowe: Exiting starting nine
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Lowe is not in the lineup for Thursday's game in Baltimore.
The left-handed-hitting Lowe has seen more opportunities against lefty hurlers this season, but he'll get a day off Thursday as the Orioles send southpaw Cade Povich to the bump. Jake Mangum is handling right field for the Rays.
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Rays' Josh Lowe: Taking seat Wednesday
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Lowe is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Right-hander Kevin Gausman has been more effective against lefties than righties both this season and for his career, so the Rays will hold out Lowe and fellow left-handed hitter Brandon Lowe for Wednesday's contest. Everson Pereira will step in for Josh Lowe in right field and will bat sixth.
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Rays' Josh Lowe: Taking seat Friday
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Lowe is absent from the lineup for Friday's game against the Cubs.
The left-handed-hitting Lowe has been playing against most lefties, but he'll take a seat in this one as the Cubs send southpaw Matthew Boyd to the bump. Jake Mangum will shift over to right field and Everson Pereira will patrol center field in Friday's series opener.
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Rays' Josh Lowe: Goes yard Tuesday
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Lowe went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run during Tuesday's 5-4 win over the White Sox.
Lowe swatted a two-run home run off Yoendrys Gomez in the second inning, his second home run in three games. The long ball was Lowe's 11th of the campaign, surpassing his 2024 total of 10 homers. In his last 16 games, Lowe is 18-for-58 (.310) with four home runs, four doubles, four stolen bases and a 3:15 BB:K.
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Rays' Josh Lowe: Goes deep in loss
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Lowe went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Guardians.
Lowe drew a walk in the second inning before putting the Rays on the board with a solo homer in the fifth. The 27-year-old has picked up four multi-hit efforts in his past eight games, piling up six extra-base hits, eight RBI, eight runs scored and a steal in that span. On the season, he's slashing .243/.309/.404 with 10 homers, 37 RBI, 53 runs scored and 17 steals across 373 plate appearances.
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Rays' Josh Lowe: Carries offense in win
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Lowe went 2-for-3 with two home runs and four RBI in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Nationals.
The 27-year-old outfielder gave the Rays all the offense they would need when he took Jake Irvin deep in the first inning for a three-run blast, but Lowe added a bit of insurance with a solo shot off the right-hander in the fourth. The performance snapped a 22-game homer drought for Lowe, and through 85 contests on the season he's up to nine long balls and 16 steals to go along with a .236/.301/.387 slash line.
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Rays' Josh Lowe: Out Sunday with tight oblique
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Lowe (oblique) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Giants, Ryan Bass of FanDuel Sports Network Sun reports.
Lowe will take a seat for the second day in a row after he was scratched from the lineup ahead of Saturday's 2-1 win when he felt his right oblique tighten up while taking swings in the batting cage prior to the game. According to Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times, Lowe said he doesn't expect to require a stint on the injured list due to the oblique issue, though the Rays' plans for him could change if he's unable to return to the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Yankees following Monday's team off day.
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Rays' Josh Lowe: Late scratch Saturday
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Lowe has been removed from the starting lineup ahead of Saturday's game versus San Francisco, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Lowe was originally penciled in to play right field and bat sixth, but he was scratched about an hour before the start of the contest. It's not immediately clear if his removal was due to an injury or for another reason. In Lowe's stead, Jake Mangum is sliding over from center field to right while Everson Pereira is getting a start in center.
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Rays' Josh Lowe: Swipes 12th bag
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Lowe went 1-for-5 with a double, an RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base Wednesday against the Athletics.
Lowe drove in a run with a ground-rule double in the first inning and then stole second base in the ninth frame. He has struggled to get on track at the plate for much of the season, though he has a double in three consecutive games. Lowe has also gotten more aggressive on the basepaths, as six of his 12 stolen bases for the campaign have come in his last 15 games.
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Rays' Josh Lowe: Pops seventh homer
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Lowe went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run and a walk Wednesday against the Yankees.
Lowe has struggled for most of the season but has shown some modest signs of turning things around of late. He has at least one hit in six of his last seven games, going 8-for-25 with a home run, five RBI, two runs scored and one stolen base. Lowe still has only seven home runs with a .152 ISO across 255 plate appearances on the campaign.
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Rays' Josh Lowe: Breaking out of slump
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Lowe went 2-for-4 with an RBI, a walk and a stolen base Monday against the Yankees.
Lowe has had a poor July, but he's on a strong five-game run. He's gone 6-for-17 with three RBI and a stolen base in that span, with Monday's pilfer marking his seventh of the season. Lowe has settled into the fifth spot in the order against right-handed pitching but still sits against most lefties.
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Rays' Josh Lowe: Smacks solo homer
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Lowe went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 6-5 win over the Athletics.
Lowe tied things up at 2-2 in the sixth inning, when he took the first pitch he saw from Mitch Spence deep to center field for a solo homer. It was Lowe's sixth home run of the season, three of which have come since June 16. He has reached base safely in seven of his last eight games, and over that span he has gone 13-for-30 (.433) with one steal, two home runs and three RBI.
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Rays' Josh Lowe: Three hits, steal in win
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Lowe went 3-for-4 with a double, one RBI and a stolen base in Thursday's 4-0 win over the Royals.
Lowe smacked an RBI single in the fourth inning and was perfect at the plate until his final at-bat. Over his past 10 games, the 27-year-old has hit safely seven times with three extra-base hits, five RBI, nine runs scored and two steals. On the season, he's slashing .254/.333/.403 with four homers, 13 RBI, 25 runs scored and six stolen bases across 151 plate appearances.
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Rays' Josh Lowe: Getting night off
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Lowe is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Orioles.
Lowe will head to the bench while the Rays go with a right-handed-heavy lineup featuring just one lefty hitter (Jonathan Aranda) to counter Orioles southpaw Trevor Rogers. Jose Caballero will fill in for Lowe in right field and bat seventh.
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Rays' Josh Lowe: Blasts leadoff homer
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Lowe went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and two runs scored during Monday's 7-1 victory over the Orioles.
Lowe helped stake the Rays to an early advantage, blasting a leadoff home run in the bottom of the first inning. The 27-year-old outfielder is slashing .241/.317/.407 in 29 games this season.
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Rays' Josh Lowe: Belts homer among three hits
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Lowe went 3-for-4 with a two-run home run, a walk and three total runs in Saturday's 16-3 romp over the Astros.
Lowe's homer was a two-run shot in the seventh inning, and he added two singles for his second three-hit performance of the campaign. The veteran outfielder extended his on-base streak to eight games, and during that stretch he's batting .387 with two homers, three RBI, 10 runs and two stolen bases. Lowe's slash line is up to .327/.393/.545 on the season, though it's a relatively small sample size (61 plate appearances) since he missed about six weeks earlier in the campaign due to an oblique injury.
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Rays' Josh Lowe: Out of lineup Monday
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Lowe isn't part of the starting lineup for Monday's game against Minnesota, Brian Murphy of MLB.com reports.
Lowe's streak of five consecutive starts comes to an end Monday, and he'll give up right field duties to Christopher Morel to kick off a three-game set against the Twins. Lowe went 5-for-19 with a home run, a steal and two doubles during that five-game stretch.
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Rays' Josh Lowe: Getting Monday off
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Lowe is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Astros.
Lowe had started in each of the Rays' four games since being activated from the 10-day injured list Thursday, going 5-for-17 with a home run, a double and a walk. Now that he's healthy again after missing about a month and a half while recovering from the oblique strain he suffered Opening Day, Lowe should play on a near-everyday basis, though the Rays may occasionally hold him out of the lineup against lefties such as the Astros' Colton Gordon, who is on the mound Monday.
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Rays' Josh Lowe: Activated from 10-day IL
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The Rays activated Lowe (oblique) from the 10-day injured list Thursday. He will start at designated hitter and serve as the Rays' leadoff batter in the team's series finale in Toronto, Ryan Bass of FanDuel Sports Network Sun reports.
The Rays had been expected to wait until Friday to activate Lowe, but with Travis Jankowski (groin) landing on the IL, the club has brought back Lowe a day early. Lowe has been out since late March after straining his oblique Opening Day, but he looked sharp in six rehab games, hitting two home runs and stealing one base with a 6:7 BB:K. Though the 27-year-old will be eased back in Thursday as the team's DH, he should eventually settle in as the Rays' regular right fielder against right-handed pitching.
