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929 | TAMPA BAY | +110 | Ov 9,-120 | +105 | Ov 9.5,-105 | 930 | COLORADO | -120 | Un 9,+100 | -115 | Un 9.5,-115 |
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All Games | 13-16 | -6 | 14-10 | 4.2 | 0.245 | 0.309 | 4.4 | 0.248 | 0.313 | Road Games | 5-12 | -7.6 | 8-5 | 4.1 | 0.238 | 0.305 | 5.0 | 0.266 | 0.335 | vs Right-handed Starters | 6-14 | -11.2 | 10-6 | 3.9 | 0.239 | 0.308 | 5.2 | 0.266 | 0.323 | Past 7 Games | 3-4 | -1.4 | 7-0 | 6.0 | 0.294 | 0.344 | 6.0 | 0.305 | 0.360 | Grass Games | 5-12 | -7.6 | 8-5 | 4.1 | 0.238 | 0.305 | 5.0 | 0.266 | 0.335 | Day Games | 3-6 | -4.5 | 5-4 | 3.1 | 0.194 | 0.266 | 4.4 | 0.241 | 0.322 | Interleague | 1-1 | -0.3 | 2-0 | 5.0 | 0.263 | 0.317 | 6.5 | 0.307 | 0.373 |
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All Games | 4.2 | 0.245 | 0.309 | 29 | 966 | 237 | 82 | 35 | 0.04 | 115 | 89 | 212 | 16 | 185 | 22 | 11 | 24 | 26 | Road Games | 4.1 | 0.238 | 0.305 | 17 | 592 | 141 | 52 | 23 | 0.04 | 65 | 57 | 128 | 10 | 121 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 16 | Righty Starters | 3.9 | 0.239 | 0.308 | 20 | 665 | 159 | 52 | 24 | 0.04 | 74 | 66 | 146 | 12 | 131 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 20 |
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All Games | 4.72 | 1.427 | 68.7 | 37 | 36 | 67 | 7 | 31 | 66 | 2-5 | 4 | 4 | 50% | Road Games | 4.43 | 1.524 | 42.7 | 22 | 21 | 44 | 2 | 21 | 45 | 1-4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
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All Games | 18-12 | +7.6 | 17-12 | 5.4 | 0.285 | 0.351 | 4.3 | 0.261 | 0.320 | Home Games | 10-4 | +6 | 7-7 | 5.9 | 0.297 | 0.356 | 4.2 | 0.251 | 0.308 | vs Right-handed Starters | 13-5 | +9 | 10-7 | 5.7 | 0.289 | 0.349 | 4.1 | 0.254 | 0.313 | Past 7 Games | 3-4 | -0.1 | 5-2 | 5.4 | 0.304 | 0.378 | 4.0 | 0.264 | 0.313 | Grass Games | 18-12 | +7.6 | 17-12 | 5.4 | 0.285 | 0.351 | 4.3 | 0.261 | 0.320 | Day Games | 6-5 | +1 | 5-6 | 4.9 | 0.289 | 0.333 | 4.0 | 0.247 | 0.305 | Interleague | 1-1 | +0.2 | 2-0 | 6.5 | 0.307 | 0.373 | 5.0 | 0.263 | 0.317 |
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All Games | 5.4 | 0.285 | 0.351 | 30 | 1060 | 302 | 106 | 40 | 0.04 | 155 | 108 | 222 | 20 | 232 | 22 | 17 | 31 | 10 | Home Games | 5.9 | 0.297 | 0.356 | 14 | 492 | 146 | 51 | 18 | 0.04 | 79 | 45 | 80 | 12 | 104 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 4 | Righty Starters | 5.7 | 0.289 | 0.349 | 18 | 637 | 184 | 68 | 26 | 0.04 | 100 | 59 | 132 | 13 | 136 | 12 | 10 | 21 | 6 |
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All Games | 2.86 | 1.164 | 110 | 40 | 35 | 97 | 6 | 31 | 94 | 5-5 | 8 | 3 | 72.7% | Home Games | 2.53 | 1.069 | 53.3 | 17 | 15 | 42 | 2 | 15 | 41 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 80% |
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4/21/2013 | HERNANDEZ(R) | OAKLAND | MILONE(L) | 8-1 | W | +100 | 8 ev | O | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 4/22/2013 | MOORE(L) | NY YANKEES | SABATHIA(L) | 5-1 | W | -130 | 7 un | U | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4/23/2013 | PRICE(L) | NY YANKEES | HUGHES(R) | 3-4 | L | -180 | 7 un | P | 7 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4/24/2013 | COBB(R) | NY YANKEES | PETTITTE(L) | 3-0 | W | -135 | 7 un | U | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4/25/2013 | HELLICKSON(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | SALE(L) | 2-5 | L | 120 | 7 un | P | 5 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4/26/2013 | HERNANDEZ(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | PEAVY(R) | 4-5 | L | 130 | 7.5 un | O | 10 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4/27/2013 | MOORE(L) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | FLOYD(R) | 10-4 | W | -120 | 7 ov | O | 19 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4/28/2013 | PRICE(L) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | AXELROD(R) | 8-3 | W | -135 | 7.5 un | O | 8 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4/30/2013 | COBB(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | SHIELDS(R) | 2-8 | L | 120 | 7.5 un | O | 8 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5/1/2013 | HELLICKSON(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | MENDOZA(R) | 8-9 | L | -115 | 7.5 ov | O | 13 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 5/3/2013 | MOORE(L) | @ COLORADO | FRANCIS(L) | 7-4 | W | -135 | 9 ov | O | 11 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 5/4/2013 | PRICE(L) | @ COLORADO | GARLAND(R) | 3-9 | L | -130 | 9 ov | O | 9 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 5/5/2013 | COBB(R) | @ COLORADO | CHACIN(R) | | 5/6/2013 | HELLICKSON(R) | TORONTO | BUEHRLE(L) | | 5/7/2013 | HERNANDEZ(R) | TORONTO | HAPP(L) | | 5/8/2013 | MOORE(L) | TORONTO | ROMERO(L) | | 5/9/2013 | PRICE(L) | TORONTO | DICKEY(R) | | 5/10/2013 | COBB(R) | SAN DIEGO | RICHARD(L) | | 5/11/2013 | HELLICKSON(R) | SAN DIEGO | VOLQUEZ(R) | | 5/12/2013 | | SAN DIEGO | | |
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4/21/2013 | NICASIO(R) | ARIZONA | MCCARTHY(R) | 4-5 | L | -115 | 10 un | U | 9 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4/23/2013 | FRANCIS(L) | ATLANTA | MINOR(L) | 3-4 | L | +110 | 9.5 un | U | 6 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4/23/2013 | GARLAND(R) | ATLANTA | TEHERAN(R) | 2-10 | L | -120 | 9.5 un | O | 12 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4/24/2013 | CHATWOOD(R) | ATLANTA | HUDSON(R) | 6-5 | W | +115 | 9.5 un | O | 15 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4/25/2013 | DE LA ROSA(L) | @ ARIZONA | CAHILL(R) | 2-3 | L | 125 | 9 un | U | 6 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4/26/2013 | NICASIO(R) | @ ARIZONA | MCCARTHY(R) | 6-3 | W | 125 | 9 un | P | 11 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 4/27/2013 | FRANCIS(L) | @ ARIZONA | MILEY(L) | 2-3 | L | 140 | 9 ov | U | 9 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4/28/2013 | GARLAND(R) | @ ARIZONA | CORBIN(L) | 2-4 | L | 140 | 9 un | U | 10 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4/29/2013 | CHATWOOD(R) | @ LA DODGERS | LILLY(L) | 12-2 | W | 135 | 7.5 un | O | 19 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4/30/2013 | DE LA ROSA(L) | @ LA DODGERS | RYU(L) | 2-6 | L | 135 | 7 un | O | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 5/1/2013 | NICASIO(R) | @ LA DODGERS | BECKETT(R) | 7-3 | W | 130 | 7.5 un | O | 12 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5/3/2013 | FRANCIS(L) | TAMPA BAY | MOORE(L) | 4-7 | L | +125 | 9 ov | O | 11 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 5/4/2013 | GARLAND(R) | TAMPA BAY | PRICE(L) | 9-3 | W | +120 | 9 ov | O | 12 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 5/5/2013 | CHACIN(R) | TAMPA BAY | COBB(R) | | 5/7/2013 | DE LA ROSA(L) | NY YANKEES | KURODA(R) | | 5/8/2013 | NICASIO(R) | NY YANKEES | PHELPS(R) | | 5/9/2013 | FRANCIS(L) | NY YANKEES | SABATHIA(L) | | 5/10/2013 | GARLAND(R) | @ ST LOUIS | MILLER(R) | | 5/11/2013 | CHACIN(R) | @ ST LOUIS | WAINWRIGHT(R) | | 5/12/2013 | | @ ST LOUIS | | |
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| | | TAMPA BAY: HITTING: OF DESMOND JENNINGS' on-base skills will lead to tons of runs and SBs despite his mediocre batting average. 2B BEN ZOBRIST bounced back from a disappointing 2010, and will continue to produce near the top of the batting order. Though a series of nagging injuries plagued his 2011 season, 3B EVAN LONGORIA slugged 17 HR in his last 53 games. Fully healthy this season, he'll be an elite power-hitter with double-digit SB potential. OF B.J. UPTON's days in Tampa may be numbered. He's an elite athlete, but he just might lose his head if he's traded into a tough situation. After a hot start, OF MATT JOYCE settled in as the productive hitter he is. He should get to play every day in right field. SSs SEAN RODRIGUEZ and REID BRIGNAC will battle for ABs but neither hits on a consistent basis. C JOSE MOLINA was acquired for his defense much more than his hitting. DH LUKE SCOTT can also play some 1B when slugger CARLOS PENA, who is returning to Tampa after hitting 28 homers for the Cubs in 2011, needs a rest. STARTING PITCHING: DAVID PRICE was a little more hittable than in 2010, but he increased his already-high strikeout rate while cutting back on walks. His win total should rise from a disappointing 12 last year. JAMES SHIELDS put his 2010 disaster season behind him and became a Cy Young candidate. His peripheral stats and skills weren't all that different the past two years, it was a big swing of luck. Some people are putting out the Bust Alert on Rookie of the Year JEREMY HELLICKSON. He had the league's luckiest batting average on balls in play (.217), but he improved as last season progressed. MATT MOORE may be this year's R.O.Y. after a dominant late-season call up. He'll be among the league leaders in strikeouts for years to come. WADE DAVIS is a mediocre pitcher who eats innings at the back of the rotation. RELIEF PITCHING: KYLE FARNSWORTH looked as strong as he has in years, converting 25 of 31 saves in his first season with the Rays. He's the closer again this year, but it won't take much for him to lose that job after an unsteady last third of the 2011 season. JOEL PERALTA may overtake Farnsworth for ninth-inning duties at some point this season. Peralta was 5-for-5 on saves in September when Farnsworth was hurt, and gave up only one run in his final 21.3 innings. Possible future closer JAKE McGEE progressed nicely after a tough start to 2011. He's got potentially lethal stuff. Former Angels hurler FERNANDO RODNEY is looking to bounce back after a wild season (28 walks, 26 strikeouts in 32 IP). | | COLORADO: HITTING: This offense still has trouble scoring outside of Coors Field, posting the second-fewest road runs in the majors (3.65 per game). SS TROY TULOWITZKI doesn't need the thin air though, posting an .881 OPS on the road. He led Colorado with a .302 BA, 30 HR, 105 RBI. OF CARLOS GONZALEZ was bothered by wrist and back injuries last year, but still managed to smack 26 homers with 92 RBI and 92 runs. OF DEXTER FOWLER will bat first or second after a strong .363 OBP. He could score 100 runs if he improved his base stealing (12 SB, 9 CS). OF MICHAEL CUDDYER gets the Coors Field Bump, while TYLER COLVIN settles into the 4th-OF role. Colorado has question marks with its corner infielders. 1B TODD HELTON is 38 with a bad back, and mediocre 3B CHRIS NELSON will start until top prospect NOLAN ARENADO is ready for the big leagues. 2B MARCO SCUTARO carries a louder stick than most two-baggers and C RAMON HERNANDEZ (.788 OPS) is an upgrade over the departed Chris Iannetta. STARTING PITCHING: There are plenty of question marks in Colorado's rotation with Ubaldo Jimenez pitching in the AL and two of its top three starters coming off major injuries. JORGE DE LA ROSA had Tommy John surgery and won't likely return to a big-league mound until June. De La Rosa had a 1.19 WHIP and 52 strikeouts in 59 innings before his injury. JHOULYS CHACIN will be counted on as the rotation's ace and he certainly has the physical tools and array of pitches to live up to this billing if he can trim his 87 walks in 194 innings. Former Baltimore 'ace' JEREMY GUTRHIE threw for 200+ innings in each of his past three seasons, but he's also served up 86 gopher balls in this span. That's not a good sign of things to come in the thin air. JUAN NICASIO took a line drive off the head and broke his C-1 vertebrae in August, but the team amazingly expects him to ready when the season begins. The 25-year-old has great command for such a young hurler. GUILLERMO MOSCOCO fared pretty well as a starter with the A's last year (.209 Opp. BA), but his 4.70 road ERA nearly doubled his 2.42 ERA in Oakland . Lefty DREW POMERANZ, 23, has a wealthy array of pitches and performed admirably in three of his four starts after being called up last season. RELIEF PITCHING: Although he was the team's main set-up man last year, RAFAEL BETANCOURT becomes the Rockies closer with Huston Street out of the picture. After struggling at Coors Field in 2010 (4.99 ERA, 7 HR), he thrived in the thin air last year with a 1.93 ERA, and just 1 HR allowed in 32.2 innings. But he turns 37 in April and is one of the riskier saves men with little closing experience in his career. MATT BELISLE figures to be next in line for saves, notching 70 K and 16 BB at Coors Field since 2010. MATT REYNOLDS is the top lefty in the pen, but his 2011 season was nothing to write home about (4.09 ERA, 10 HR allowed in 50.2 IP). |
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*Rays-Rockies Preview* ======================
By JEFF BARTL STATS Writer
Tampa Bay (13-15) at Colorado (17-12), 4:10 p.m. EDT
Jhoulys Chacin was off to one of the best starts of his career while helping the Colorado Rockies begin the season on a roll, but the team hasn't won back-to-back games since an injury forced him to miss multiple outings.
Chacin hopes to change that trend Sunday when he returns from a stint on the disabled list as the Rockies host the Tampa Bay Rays in the conclusion of a three-game interleague series.
Colorado began the season 13-4, with Chacin (3-0, 1.46 ERA) allowing four runs in 24 2-3 innings over four starts. The right-hander, though, left his last outing April 19 with a strained back after giving up three hits in 6 1-3 scoreless innings of a 3-1 win over Arizona.
Chacin threw 60 pitches in a simulated game against minor leaguers Tuesday before throwing a bullpen session Wednesday, and he said he's feeling much better.
"Everything is good," Chacin told the team's official website. "I have no problems. I just missed two starts, so I'll do the same thing I was doing - throw strikes, get hitters out, let the defense help me."
The Rockies (18-12) have gone 5-8 since an eight-game win streak, which ended two days after Chacin got hurt, though he's confident the team will get back on track.
"I know the talent that we have, and we're showing it," Chacin said. "We're playing together. Some days we don't hit, but we pitch. Some days we don't pitch well, but we hit. That's how good teams put things together."
The right-hander has never faced Tampa Bay, though Kelly Johnson is 5 for 14 with two homers in his career off Chacin.
Johnson had a two-run single Saturday, giving him eight RBIs in the last six games, but the Rays fell 9-3 for their third loss in four games.
Carlos Gonzalez homered for Colorado and Troy Tulowitzki, 9 for 18 with four doubles and 10 RBIs over his last seven games, went 3 for 3 and drove in three runs.
Nolan Arenado hit a grand slam, giving him two homers and seven RBIs in six games since making his major league debut last Sunday.
"It's a good feeling," Arenado said. "But the main thing is we got the win. So, that was nice."
The Rays (13-16) are 3-5 on their road trip that ends Sunday. James Loney, though, went 3 for 4 with a double Saturday and is 15 for 31 on the trip.
Shortstop Yunel Escobar, hitting only .174, was hit with a pitch on the left wrist in the second inning and was forced to leave the game. He likely won't play Sunday.
"I thought I broke it. I'm happy and grateful it's not broke," Escobar said. "I'll try hard to get back on the field in a couple of days."
Alex Cobb (3-2, 2.55) will take the mound for the Rays looking to bounce back from his worst start of the season.
Six days after going 8 1-3 innings in a 3-0 win over the New York Yankees, Cobb allowed four runs and 10 hits in 5 2-3 innings of an 8-2 loss at Kansas City on Tuesday.
"When I walked off the mound, I think that was the most angry I've ever been after a game," said Cobb, who had pitched into the seventh inning in each of his previous four starts.
The right-hander has never faced the Rockies, though he's 3-1 with a 3.00 ERA in four interleague starts.
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| Last Updated: 3/28/2024 9:33:47 AM EST. |
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