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Game 73 Preview: Tampa Bay Rays vs Baltimore Orioles

The Rays hope to halt their losing streak before it reaches double digits

Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports

TODAY'S STARTING PITCHERS:

2016 W L ERA FIP K% BB% AVG BABIP HR GS IP fWAR
Jake Odorizzi 3 3 3.63 3.99 23.8% 7.8% .230 .272 12 15 84.1 1.2
Chris Tillman 10 1 3.11 4.05 24.0% 8.6% .221 .263 12 15 89.2 1.4

Jake Odorizzi may be on the brink of turning his season around as he avoided walking a hitter for the just his second start of the season. Odorizzi held the Giants to just a lone run on four hits, while he walked no one and struck out eight over six innings pitched, but came away with a no-decision.

Chris Tillman Scouting Report:

Chris Tillman is overcoming a poor 2015 showing by being excellent so far in 2016, however, it may just be a case of good luck as he has produced an ERA that is close to a full point below his FIP. Tillman's last start seen him tie his shortest outing of the year -- that was not interrupted by the weather -- as he lasted just five innings against the Blue Jays, yielding four runs on five hits -- two homers -- while he didn't walk a batter, but also struck out four as he picked up his 10th victory of the season.

His Arsenal:

PITCH AVG. VELO. FREQUENCY
Fastball 93.6 MPH

39.6% vs LHB

***

41.4% vs RHB

Sinker 93.3 MPH

15.7% vs LHB

***

16.7% vs RHB

Cutter 87.3 MPH

10.4% vs LHB

***

11.5% vs RHB

Change-up 85.1 MPH

16.9% vs LHB

***

11.7% vs RHB

Slider 83.8 MPH

0.2% vs LHB

***

0.6% vs RHB

Curveball 77.2 MPH

16.9% vs LHB

***

11.5% vs RHB

His Splits:

2016 TBF wOBA AVG OBP SLG HR K% BB%
vs LHB 177 .315 .223 .311 .414 6 24.3% 11.3%
vs RHB 182 .284 .219 .275 .381 6 23.6% 6.0%
HOME 233 .307 .232 .305 .400 7 26.2% 8.6%
AWAY 126 .286 .200 .270 .391 5 19.8% 8.7%

Today's 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 Chris Davis - 1B
Brad Miller - SS Mark Trumbo - DH
Desmond Jennings - CF Matt Wieters - C
Oswaldo Arcia - RF J.J. Hardy - SS
Hank Conger - C Nolan Reimold - LF
Jaff Decker - LF Joey Rickard - RF
Jake Odorizzi - RHP Chris Tillman - RHP