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Game 63 Preview: Tampa Bay Rays vs Seattle Mariners

The Rays look for a series victory after last night's dramatic win

Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

TODAY'S STARTING PITCHERS:

2016 W L ERA FIP K% BB% AVG BABIP HR GS IP fWAR
Nate Karns 5 2 4.09 3.68 23.5% 10.9% .252 .320 6 12 66.0 1.1
Drew Smyly 2 7 4.94 4.36 25.9% 6.4% .249 .296 14 12 71.0 0.9

Drew Smyly was stellar in April, but since May 10th, Smyly has made six starts and has a 7.76 ERA to show for it over 31 innings pitched -- barely averaging five innings a game. The Rays skipped his last start in the rotation to give him, both a break mentally and physically. His last start was on the fifth against the Twins where he allowed four runs on seven hits, walking three and striking out seven over five innings.

Nathan Karns Scouting Report:

After having an excellent beginning to his Mariners tenure, Karns has hit a brick wall over his last two starts. He's only recorded a total of eight innings during those outings, with his last one not being awful, just short as he allowed a run on two hits, walking and striking out five, pitching one out into the fifth inning.

His Arsenal:

PITCH AVG. VELO. FREQUENCY vs LHB vs RHB
Fastball 93.7 MPH

38.5% vs LHB

***

42.4% vs RHB

High and away from the zone Anywhere in the zone
Sinker 94.0 MPH

14.7% vs LHB

***

11.0% vs RHB

Low and away fom the zone Anywhere low in the zone
Change-up 86.9 MPH

16.6% vs LHB

***

10.1% vs RHB

Paints the outside corner Either below the zone, or paints the inside coener
Curveball 82.0 MPH

30.0% vs LHB

***

36.3% vs RHB

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

His Splits:

2016 TBF wOBA AVG OBP SLG HR K% BB%
vs LHB 155 .294 .221 .316 .341 3 25.8% 12.3%
vs RHB 130 .340 .288 .354 .424 3 20.8% 9.2%
HOME 145 .282 .231 .310 .315 2 21.4% 10.3%
AWAY 140 .349 .274 .357 .447 4 25.7% 11.4%

Today's Lineups

SEATTLE MARINERS TAMPA BAY RAYS
Ketel Marte - SS Logan Forsythe - 2B
Franklin Gutierrez - RF Brad Miller - SS
Robinson Cano - 2B Evan Longoria - 3B
Nelson Cruz - DH Logan Morrison - 1B
Dae-Ho Lee - 1B Steve Pearce - DH
Kyle Seager - 3B Corey Dickerson - LF
Chris Iannetta - C Desmond Jennings - CF
Leonys Martin - CF Hank Conger - C
Norichika Aoki - LF Mikie Mahtook - RF
Nate Karns - RHP Drew Smyly - LHP