Game 66 Preview: Tampa Bay Rays vs San Francisco Giants

The Rays look to even up the series against a former farmhand

By Adam Sanford Jun 18, 2016, 2:48pm EDT

Today's Lineups

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS	TAMPA BAY RAYS
Denard Span - CF	Logan Forsythe - 2B
Joe Panik - 2B	Brad Miller - SS
Brandon Belt - 1B	Evan Longoria - 3B
Buster Posey - DH	Logan Morrison - 1B
Matt Duffy - 3B	Steve Pearce - DH
Brandon Crawford - SS	Corey Dickerson - LF
Angel Pagan - LF	Mikie Mahtook - CF
Trevor Brown - C	Jaff Decker - RF
Gregor Blanco - RF	Hank Conger - C

Albert Suarez - RHP	Matt Moore - LHP

TODAY'S STARTING PITCHERS:

2016	W	L	ERA	FIP	K%	BB%	AVG	BABIP	HR	GS	IP	fWAR
Albert Suarez	2	1	3.33	2.94	12.3%	4.7%	.232	.267	0	2/8	27	0.4
Matt Moore	3	4	5.05	4.62	22.1%	7.0%	.273	.318	14	13	76.2	0.5

Albert Suarez Scouting Report:

His Arsenal:

PITCH	AVG. VELO.	FREQUENCY
Fastball	93.3 MPH	31% vs LHB *** 48.5% vs RHB
Sinker	92.9 MPH	27.2% vs LHB *** 9.9% vs RHB
Change-up	84.1 MPH	26.7% vs LHB *** 1.4% vs RHB
Slider	78.9 MPH	1.7% vs LHB *** 33.6% vs RHB
Curveball	74.9 MPH	13.0% vs LHB *** 6.4% vs RHB

His Splits:

2016	TBF	wOBA	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR	K%	BB%
vs LHB	47	.304	.214	.298	.415	0	10.6%	6.4%
vs RHB	59	.280	.246	.276	.375	0	13.6%	3.4%
HOME	66	.260	.238	.273	.323	0	9.1%	3.0%
AWAY	40	.344	.222	.308	.514	0	17.5%	7.5%