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• James and Nadia Loney welcomed their first child, son Jordan James, who was born in Clearwater, Fla., on Friday. He weighed in at 8 pounds, 2 ounces. The Rays have placed Loney on the paternity list and recalled infielder Ryan Roberts to take his place on the roster.

• Yunel Escobar has played a career-high 52 consecutive errorless games at shortstop, tying the club record for a shortstop set by Chris Gomez in 2002. Escobar's last error was May 20 at Toronto.

• Right-hander Brandon Gomes (right lat strain) is scheduled to make his next rehab outing Saturday for Class A Charlotte.

• Fernando Rodney's next save will tie Danys Baez (71) for second place on the Rays' all-time list behind Roberto Hernandez.

Bill Chastain is a reporter for MLB.com.
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