Alex Cobb will be a free agent this winter and his next two starts will come on the road, which means Saturday's start was likely his last in a Tampa Bay Rays uniform at Tropicana Field.

"If it is, man, it would be sad," Cobb said going into Saturday's contest. "There's been a lot of memories in this building and through this organization. I don't really want to think about it yet. There is too much season left to go down that road yet. But it would be a tough thought if that's it."

Cobb has made 58 starts at the Trop and has known nothing but the Rays way since joining the organization in 2006 as a fourth-round pick from Vero Beach High.

"I think we've come to expect a lot from him, and deservedly so," Evan Longoria said. "In the time he's been healthy and out there, he's pitched like an ace for us. He has that mentality, too. He's a bulldog on the mound. I'm sure you've heard that from other people. He's as fierce a competitor on his start day as anybody I've ever been around. It's always nice to play behind guys like that."