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Game 78 Preview: Tampa Bay Rays vs Detroit Tigers

The Rays kick off a four game series against Detroit

Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

TODAY'S STARTING PITCHERS:

2016 W L ERA FIP K% BB% AVG BABIP HR GS IP fWAR
Jordan Zimmerman 9 4 3.81 3.62 15.5% 4.4% .262 .294 8 14 89.2 2
Jake Odorizzi 3 3 3.93 4.43 22.6% 7.6% .239 .274 15 16 89.1 0.9

Jake Odorozzi's season took another step backwards his last time out as the Orioles used the long ball to fuel their attack at they hit three homers against Jake and knocked him out of the game after five innings. Odorizzi in the end allowed five runs on eight hits, while he walked and struck out one.

Jordan Zimmerman Scouting Report:

Zimmerman had possibly his worst start as a member of the Tigers his last time out as he couldn't finish the fourth inning after the Indians got to him for seven runs on nine hits, while he didn't record a single walk or strikeout ending up with his fourth loss of the season.

His Arsenal:

PITCH AVG. VELO. FREQUENCY
Fastball 92.7 MPH

54.6% vs LHB

***

52.0% vs RHB

Sinker 92.3 MPH

0.4% vs LHB

***

0.2% vs RHB

Slider 87.8 MPH

21.8% vs LHB

***

38.6% vs RHB

Change-up 87.4 MPH

6.7% vs LHB

***

0.2% vs RHB

Curveball 80.7 MPH

16.2% vs LHB

***

8.7% vs RHB

His Splits:

2016 TBF wOBA AVG OBP SLG HR K% BB%
vs LHB 169 .285 .231 .272 .396 4 15.4% 5.3%
vs RHB 199 .325 .288 .317 .442 4 15.6% 3.5%
HOME 205 .339 .277 .312 .487 6 13.2% 4.4%
AWAY 163 .266 .244 .276 .338 2 18.4% 4.3%

Today's Lineups

DETROIT TIGERS TAMPA BAY RAYS
Ian Kinsler - 2B Logan Forsythe - 2B
Cameron Maybin - CF Brad Miller - SS
Miguel Cabrera - 1B Evan Longoria - 3B
Victor Martinez - DH Logan Morrison - 1B
Nick Castellanos - 3B Brandon Guyer - RF
Justin Upton - LF Corey Dickerson - LF
Steven Moya - RF Desmond Jennings - CF
Jarrod Saltalamacchia - C Oswaldo Arcia - DH
Jose Iglesias - SS Hank Conger - C
Jordan Zimmermann - RHP Jake Odorizzi - RHP