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Game 58 Preview: Tampa Bay Rays vs Arizona Diamondbacks

The Rays go for their second series victory in a row

Jennifer Stewart-USA TODAY Sports

TODAY'S STARTING PITCHERS:

2016 W L ERA FIP K% BB% AVG BABIP HR GS IP fWAR
Jake Odorizzi 2 3 3.33 4.05 21.4% 6.6% .229 .271 9 12 67.2 0.9
Archie Bradley 2 1 4.94 3.50 24.5% 10.8% .242 .313 2 4 23.2 0.4

Odorizzi continued to be the Rays most consistent starter his last time out as he churned out another solid performance, while not pitching too deep into the game. Over his last four starts, Odorizzi has allowed two earned runs or less each time, and he's also done it seven of his past eight starts. His last time out was on the third against the Twins where he allowed two runs on five hits, walking three, and striking out six over six innings.

Archie Bradley Scouting Report:

After being up and down for a few spot starts to begin the year for Arizona, Bradley has made consecutive starts and they have both been solid performances. Bradley has totaled 13 innings over those two outings and has allowed just four runs on eight hits over that stretch. His last time out was on the third against the Cubs where he allowed one run on four hits, while he walked three and struck out a career high, 10 batters over six innings.

His Arsenal:

PITCH AVG. VELO. FREQUENCY vs LHB vs RHB
Fastball 94.0 MPH

72.8% vs LHB

***

70.7% vs RHB

Paints the outside corner All around the zone
Change-up 88.0 MPH

9.0% vs LHB

***

4.9% vs RHB

Low and away from the zone Low and inside, off the plate
Curveball 82.0 MPH

18.1% vs LHB

***

24.3% vs RHB

Anywhere below the zone Low and away from the zone

His Splits:

2016 TBF wOBA AVG OBP SLG HR K% BB%
vs LHB 54 .364 .283 .389 .467 1 20.4% 14.8%
vs RHB 48 .263 .200 .250 .356 1 29.2% 6.3%
HOME 27 .212 .154 .185 .308 1 33.3% 3.7%
AWAY 75 .353 .277 .373 .453 1 21.3% 13.3%

Today's Lineups

TAMPA BAY RAYS ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS
Taylor Motter - SS Jean Segura - 2B
Corey Dickerson - LF Jake Lamb - 3B
Evan Longoria - 3B Paul Goldschmidt - 1B
Logan Morrison - 1B David Peralta - CF
Steven Souza - RF Rickie Weeks - LF
Desmond Jennings - CF Chris Herrmann - C
Tim Beckham - 2B Yasmany Tomas - RF
Curt Casali - C Nick Ahmed - SS
Jake Odorizzi - RHP Archie Bradley - RHP