 And they'll take on a Rays club that's been to the postseason the last several years but struggling right now. Kevin Cash's team 40-41. The Rays have allowed 113 home runs on the season. They've been a struggling ball club, and so the Nationals try to get right in the first of a three-game series. Our pitching matchup for game one features the left-hander Mitchell Parker, record of 5-3.