Game 120 Preview: Tampa Bay Rays vs Texas Rangers

The Rays begin a three game set with the Rangers as world series foe Cole Hamels takes the mound

By Adam Sanford Aug 19, 2016, 6:02pm EDT

TODAY'S STARTING PITCHERS:

2016	W	L	ERA	FIP	K%	BB%	AVG	BABIP	HR	GS	IP	fWAR
Cole Hamels	12	4	2.88	4.04	23.0%	9.1%	.242	.296	18	24	153.1	2.3
Matt Andriese	6	4	3.36	3.55	20.5%	5.3%	.232	.270	9	11/21	85.2	1.5

Cole Hamels' splits

2016	TBF	wOBA	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR	K%	BB%
vs LHB	128	.240	.186	.250	.288	3	21.1%	7.8%
vs RHB	521	.324	.257	.338	.402	15	23.4%	9.4%
HOME	299	.361	.282	.372	.460	11	23.4%	10.0%
AWAY	350	.262	.209	.277	.313	7	22.6%	8.3%

TODAY'S STARTING LINEUPS:

TEXAS RANGERS	TAMPA BAY RAYS
Jurickson Profar - LF	Mikie Mahtook - LF
Ian Desmond - CF	Kevin Kiermaier - CF
Carlos Beltran - DH	Evan Longoria - 3B
Adrian Beltre - 3B	Brad Miller - 1B
Rougned Odor - 2B	Matt Duffy - SS
Jonathan Lucroy - C	Logan Morrison - DH
Mitch Moreland - 1B	Tim Beckham - 2B
Nomar Mazara - RF	Steven Souza - RF
Elvis Andrus - SS	Bobby Wilson - C