"Upset to be bumped from his last start, RHP Wade Davis is so eager to get back on the mound he has no pause about being matched up tonight against Seattle ace Felix Hernandez.

He welcomes it, actually.

"Is he pitching? Good. It's nice. I like that," Davis said. "You have to go out there with your best stuff. As soon as you give up a run or two, you many not win. You may not even keep your team in the game. So that's how you've got to treat it. I like when you're facing guys like him."

Davis should have dual sources of motivation.

He was unhappy, to put it politely, when the Rays decided after Sunday's rainout with the Yankees to push him back from pitching in Boston — though using James Shields, Jeff Niemann and David Price certainly worked out — and use him tonight on eight days' rest.

Manager Joe Maddon said Davis can make his case on the mound."