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Game 70 Preview: Tampa Bay Rays vs Cleveland Indians

The Rays hope to avoid their second consecutive series sweep

David Richard-USA TODAY Sports

TODAY'S STARTING PITCHERS:

2016 W L ERA FIP K% BB% AVG BABIP HR GS/G IP fWAR
Chris Archer 4 9

4.64

4.28 27.1% 9.7% .254 .320 15 15/15 86.0 0.8
Trevor Bauer 4 2 3.46 3.52 21.8% 8.2% .237 .292 6 10/16 75.1 1.4

Archer is slowly turning his season around, as he is rebounding from an absolutely dreadful start to the season. Over his last five starts, Archer has an ERA of 3.74 with a very similar FIP, however he is 1-4 over that time frame as the offense has decided to slumber during his outings as of late. His last time out was on the 17th against the Giants where Archer lasted six innings, allowing four runs -- three earned -- on six hits, while he walked three and struck out seven.

Trevor Bauer Scouting Report:

Bauer has been excellent for Cleveland since being moved back into the starting rotation at the end of April. He has been particularly great since his May 10th start as he has a 2.82 ERA over eight starts during that span of time. He stymied the White Sox his last time out on the 17th as he delivered seven innings, allowing a sole run on four hits, walking three and striking out nine, but he would pick up a no-decision for his efforts.

His Arsenal:

(Since being moved into the starting rotation on 4/30)

PITCH AVG. VELO. FREQUENCY
Fastball 95.0 MPH

19.3% vs LHB

***

18.3% vs RHB

Sinker 94.2 MPH

32.1% vs LHB

***

31.9% vs RHB

Cutter 90.0 MPH

13.4% vs LHB

***

19.4% vs RHB

Change-up 87.8 MPH

18.2% vs LHB

***

13.1% vs RHB

Slider 87.2 MPH

0.0% vs LHB

***

0.5% vs RHB

Curveball 78.0 MPH

16.7% vs LHB

***

16.6% vs RHB

His Splits:

2016 TBF wOBA AVG OBP SLG HR K% BB%
vs LHB 147 .274 .221 .279 .356 3 24.5% 5.4%
vs RHB 170 .309 .252 .335 .328 3 19.4% 10.6%
HOME 158 .311 .230 .323 .384 4 22.8% 10.1%
AWAY 159 .275 .243 .296 .331 2 20.8% 6.3%

Today's Lineups

TAMPA BAY RAYS CLEVELAND INDIANS
Logan Forsythe - DH Carlos Santana - DH
Brad Miller - SS Jason Kipnis - 2B
Evan Longoria - 3B Francisco Lindor - SS
Logan Morrison - 1B Mike Napoli - 1B
Desmond Jennings - CF Jose Ramirez - LF
Corey Dickerson - LF Juan Uribe - 3B
Taylor Motter - RF Lonnie Chisenhall - RF
Nick Franklin - 2B Chris Gimenez - C
Curt Casali - C Tyler Naquin - CF
Chris Archer - RHP Trevor Bauer - RHP