The Yankees and Rays started a series on Thursday night, but they teamed up off the field for a sobering cause.

of the matchup at Tropicana Field Luis Valbuena Jersey in St. Petersburg, Fla., the AL East rivals used those accounts to drive awarene s to the devastation caused by gun violence in the United States.

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The organizations' decision came in the wake of the shootings that left 19 students and two teachers dead at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

From the first pitch to the Martin Maldonado Jersey end of the game, the teams' verified Twitter accounts posted sourced facts and statistics on gun violence, domestic violence and suicide, hoping to raise awarene s for the endemic facing the country.

Here's a roundup of every Tweet from Thursday:

Every day, more than 110 Americans are killed with guns, and more than 200 are shot and injured.

New York Yankees (@Yankees)

Firearms were the leading cause Anthony Rendon Jersey of death for American children and teens in 2020.

Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball)

58 percent of American adults or someone they care for have experienced gun violence.

New York Yankees (@Yankees)

An Justin Bour Jersey average of 4,500 veterans die by firearm suicide every year - about 12 veterans each day.

Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball)

Every three hours, a young Black man dies by gun homicide.

New York Yankees (@Yankees)

Each year, more than 4,100 Latinx people die from gun violence in the U.S. and 13,300 are shot and wounded.

Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball)

About 4.5 million women in the US today report having been threatened with a gun by an intimate partner.

New York Yankees Mike Trout Jersey (@Yankees)

Acce s to a gun triples the risk of death by suicide.

Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball)

When an a sault weapon is used in a ma s shooting, it Matt Harvey Jersey results in six times as many people shot than when other guns are used.

New York Yankees (@Yankees)

In addition to those facts, the organizations also shared the telephone numbers for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)and the National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233).