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Game 77 Preview: Tampa Bay Rays vs Boston Red Sox

The Rays will have to take down their former ace to secure a series victory

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TODAY'S STARTING PITCHERS:

2016 W L ERA FIP K% BB% AVG BABIP HR GS IP fWAR
David Price 8 4 4.68 3.63 25.8% 5.6% .251 .314 14 16 102 1.8
Matt Moore 3 5 5.04 4.61 21.9% 6.8% .271 .315 16 15 89.1 0.7

Matt Moore pitched excellently his last time out and he looked well on his way to ending the Rays losing streak, but he just completely unraveled in the sixth inning and in the end had allowed five runs on seven hits, while he walked one and struck out six, pitching two outs into the seventh inning.

David Price Scouting Report:

David Price did not have a very nice time his last time out as the Texas Rangers lit him up and made him exit the game before completing the third inning. Price yielded 12 hits, and allowed six runs -- one homer -- while he did pick up a strikeout and didn't walk a batter.

His Arsenal:

PITCH AVG. VELO. FREQUENCY
Fastball 93.4 MPH

17.1% vs LHB

***

17.0% vs RHB

Sinker 93.3 MPH

45.8% vs LHB

***

27.1% vs RHB

Cutter 88.9 MPH

14.5% vs LHB

***

22.6% vs RHB

Change-up 84.7 MPH

13.6% vs LHB

***

26.2% vs RHB

Curveball 78.5 MPH

8.8% vs LHB

***

6.8% vs RHB

His Splits:

2016 TBF wOBA AVG OBP SLG HR K% BB%
vs LHB 97 .307 .231 .290 .425 3 19.6% 4.1%
vs RHB 330 .313 .257 .310 .414 11 27.6% 6.1%
HOME 244 .319 .250 .303 .440 9 27.1% 4.5%
AWAY 183 .302 .253 .309 .386 5 24.0% 7.1%

Today's Lineups

BOSTON RED SOX TAMPA BAY RAYS
Mookie Betts - RF Logan Forsythe - 2B
Dustin Pedroia - 2B Brad Miller - SS
Xander Bogaerts - SS Evan Longoria - 3B
David Ortiz - DH Desmond Jennings - CF
Hanley Ramirez - 1B Brandon Guyer - RF
Jackie Bradley - CF Nick Franklin - LF
Travis Shaw - 3B Curt Casali - C
Bryce Brentz - LF Tim Beckham - DH
Christian Vazquez - C Taylor Motter - 1B
David Price - LHP Matt Moore - LHP