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Game 72 Preview: Tampa Bay Rays vs Baltimore Orioles

The Rays have lost eight in a row, they'll have two chances today to snap that streak

Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

TODAY'S STARTING PITCHERS:

2016 W L ERA FIP K% BB% AVG BABIP HR GS IP fWAR
Matt Andriese 6 0 2.88 3.12 16.9% 6.5% .235 .278 2 7/10 50 1.2
Kevin Gausman 0 5 4.37 4.52 21.0% 6.1% .270 .310 12 12 68.0 0.8

Andriese will be making a short return to the starting staff as Blake Snell took his place over the past couple of weeks, despite Andriese's strong numbers. He made his last start on the 10th against the Astros, but he last appeared on the 22nd against the Indians where he yielded two runs on three hits over an inning and two-thirds.

Kevin Gausman Scouting Report:

After beginning the year on the disabled list, Gausman made his season debut in mid April against the Rays. After having three quality outings, Gausman has gone down hill. Over his last nine starts, his ERA and FIP are both north of five, while he has gone 0-4. During his last start, Gausman went five innings and allowed four runs on nine hits -- one home run -- while he walked one and struck out five.

His Arsenal:

PITCH AVG. VELO. FREQUENCY
Fastball 96.4 MPH

65.8% vs LHB

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67.0% vs RHB

Sinker 94.6 MPH

1.4% vs LHB

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1.9% vs RHB

Change-up 86.7 MPH

2.7% vs LHB

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1.6% vs RHB

Splitter 86.1 MPH

22.3% vs LHB

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11.3% vs RHB

Curveball 81.5 MPH

6.7% vs LHB

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14.1% vs RHB

Slider 80.9 MPH

0.8% vs LHB

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3.8% vs RHB

His Splits:

2016 TBF wOBA AVG OBP SLG HR K% BB%
vs LHB 118 .275 .232 .274 .360 2 24.6% 5.1%
vs RHB 177 .379 .296 .358 .535 10 18.6% 6.8%
HOME 129 .310 .240 .287 .438 5 16.3% 5.4%
AWAY 166 .358 .294 .354 .483 7 24.7% 6.6%

Today's Lineups

TAMPA BAY RAYS BALTIMORE ORIOLES
Logan Forsythe - 2B Adam Jones - CF
Corey Dickerson - LF Hyun Soo Kim - LF
Evan Longoria - 3B Manny Machado - 3B
Logan Morrison - 1B Chris Davis - 1B
Brad Miller - DH Mark Trumbo - RF
Tim Beckham - SS Jonathan Schoop - 2B
Jaff Decker - CF Pedro Alvarez - DH
Taylor Motter - RF J.J. Hardy - SS
Curt Casali - C Francisco Pena - C
Matt Andriese - RHP Kevin Gausman - RHP