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Game 51 Preview: Tampa Bay Rays vs Kansas City Royals

The Rays hope to avoid another series sweep at the hands of the Royals

John Rieger-USA TODAY Sports

TODAY'S STARTING PITCHERS:

2016 W L ERA FIP K% BB% AVG BABIP HR GS/G IP fWAR
Chris Archer 3 6 4.62 4.76 26.8% 10.8% .258 .321 12 11/11 60.1 0.2
Danny Duffy 0 0 3.23 2.96 27.4% 5.7% .233 .304 3 3/19 30.2 0.6

Chris Archer finally pitched deep into a game his last time out and hopefully it's not just a mirage of facing a rather weak lineup. He gave up four runs, but only one of those was earned, on four hits -- two homers -- while he walked three and struck out seven. However, he would pick up his sixth loss of the season.

Danny Duffy Scouting Report:

Duffy was an excellent arm for Kansas City out of their bullpen before making a spot start a couple of weeks ago. Since being moved to the rotation, Duffy has made three appearances, with the first two being rather short but scoreless, and during his last start, he allowed five runs on five hits -- two homers -- while walking none and striking out five in just over five innings of work.

His Arsenal:

PITCH AVG. VELO. FREQUENCY vs LHB vs RHB
Fastball 96.7 MPH

78.0% vs LHB

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47.4% vs RHB

Low and away in the zone Either down and in, or high and away in the zone
Sinker 96.3 MPH

4.9% vs LHB

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24.4% vs RHB

Sporardic Stays middle-away
Change-up 87.5 MPH

0.7% vs LHB

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16.8% vs RHB

Has thrown once Paints the outside corner
Slider 85.2 MPH

16.3% vs LHB

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11.2% vs RHB

Low and away from the zone Low and inside, off the plate

His Splits:

2016 TBF wOBA AVG OBP SLG HR K% BB%
vs LHB 28 .182 .185 .214 .185 0 46.4% 3.6%
vs RHB 96 .311 .247 .302 .420 3 21.9% 6.3%
HOME 71 .301 .242 .296 .400 3 26.8% 7.0%
AWAY 53 .257 .220 .264 .320 0 28.3% 3.8%

Today's Lineups

TAMPA BAY RAYS KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Brandon Guyer - DH Alcides Escobar - SS
Brad Miller - SS Whit Merrifield - 3B
Evan Longoria - 3B Lorenzo Cain - CF
Steven Souza - RF Eric Hosmer - 1B
Logan Morrison - 1B Kendrys Morales - DH
Desmond Jennings - CF Paulo Orlando - RF
Taylor Motter - 2B Omar Infante - 2B
Mikie Mahtook - LF Jarrod Dyson - LF
Curt Casali - C Drew Butera - C
Chris Archer - RHP Danny Duffy - LHP