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Game 71 Preview: Tampa Bay Rays vs Baltimore Orioles

Will the Rays finally snap their season long losing streak?

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TODAY'S STARTING PITCHERS:

2016 W L ERA FIP K% BB% AVG BABIP HR GS/G IP fWAR
Matt Moore 3 4 4.90 4.65 21.9% 7.0% .272 .316 15 14 82.2 0.5
Yovani Gallardo 2 1 6.26 4.47 13.2% 10.4% .295 .329 2 5 23.0 0.2

Matt Moore has seemingly turned things around after a rough May as he has allowed just two earned runs over his last 13 innings pitched. During his last start, Moore pitched six innings and allowed two runs on six hits -- one solo homer -- while he also walked two and struck out five, resulting in a no-decision.

Yovani Gallardo Scouting Report:

After starting the year with some very poor results for the Orioles, Gallardo went on the DL towards the end of April. He was finally activated on June 18th and made his first outing since April 22nd. Gallardo would overcome a shaky first inning to deliver five innings of two run ball, yielding five hits -- one homer -- while he walked four and struck out five.

His Arsenal:

PITCH AVG. VELO. FREQUENCY
Fastball 88.7 MPH

27.0% vs LHB

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19.2% vs RHB

Sinker 89.0 MPH

19.9% vs LHB

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33.0% vs RHB

Change-up 83.2 MPH

10.2% vs LHB

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4.4% vs RHB

Slider 85.4 MPH

28.5% vs LHB

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36.1% vs RHB

Curveball 76.7 MPH

14.2% vs LHB

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7.1% vs RHB

His Splits:

2016 TBF wOBA AVG OBP SLG HR K% BB%
vs LHB 50 .376 .304 .360 .533 2 16.0% 8.0%
vs RHB 56 .351 .286 .382 .435 0 10.7% 12.5%
HOME 43 .323 .194 .333 .412 1 20.9% 16.3%
AWAY 63 .390 .356 .397 .526 1 7.9% 6.4%

TODAY'S STARTING LINEUPS:

TAMPA BAY RAYS BALTIMORE ORIOLES
Logan Forsythe - 2B Adam Jones - CF
Corey Dickerson - DH Jonathan Schoop - 2B
Evan Longoria - 3B Manny Machado - 3B
Logan Morrison - 1B Mark Trumbo - DH
Brad Miller - SS Chris Davis - 1B
Desmond Jennings - CF Matt Wieters - C
Jaff Decker - RF J.J. Hardy - SS
Taylor Motter - LF Nolan Reimold - LF
Hank Conger - C Joey Rickard - RF