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979 | TAMPA BAY | -125 | Ov 9,-115 | -130 | Ov 9,-115 | 980 | COLORADO | +115 | Un 9,-105 | +120 | Un 9,-105 |
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All Games | 13-15 | -4.8 | 13-10 | 4.3 | 0.245 | 0.309 | 4.2 | 0.245 | 0.310 | Road Games | 5-11 | -6.4 | 7-5 | 4.2 | 0.237 | 0.304 | 4.7 | 0.261 | 0.331 | vs Right-handed Starters | 6-13 | -9.8 | 9-6 | 4.0 | 0.238 | 0.307 | 5.0 | 0.262 | 0.319 | Past 7 Games | 3-4 | -1.2 | 6-0 | 5.9 | 0.284 | 0.337 | 5.4 | 0.292 | 0.351 | Grass Games | 5-11 | -6.4 | 7-5 | 4.2 | 0.237 | 0.304 | 4.7 | 0.261 | 0.331 | Night Games | 10-9 | -0.2 | 8-6 | 4.8 | 0.267 | 0.328 | 4.1 | 0.246 | 0.303 | Interleague | 1-0 | +1 | 1-0 | 7.0 | 0.268 | 0.318 | 4.0 | 0.275 | 0.356 |
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All Games | 4.3 | 0.245 | 0.309 | 28 | 931 | 228 | 80 | 35 | 0.04 | 112 | 86 | 208 | 16 | 176 | 21 | 10 | 23 | 26 | Road Games | 4.2 | 0.237 | 0.304 | 16 | 557 | 132 | 50 | 23 | 0.04 | 62 | 54 | 124 | 10 | 112 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 16 | Righty Starters | 4.0 | 0.238 | 0.307 | 19 | 630 | 150 | 50 | 24 | 0.04 | 71 | 63 | 142 | 12 | 122 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 20 |
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All Games | 4.81 | 1.441 | 67.3 | 37 | 36 | 66 | 7 | 31 | 66 | 2-5 | 4 | 4 | 50% | Road Games | 4.57 | 1.549 | 41.3 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 2 | 21 | 45 | 1-4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
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All Games | 17-12 | +6.4 | 16-12 | 5.2 | 0.283 | 0.350 | 4.3 | 0.261 | 0.320 | Home Games | 9-4 | +4.8 | 6-7 | 5.7 | 0.293 | 0.353 | 4.3 | 0.251 | 0.308 | vs Left-handed Starters | 4-7 | -2.6 | 6-5 | 4.5 | 0.273 | 0.350 | 4.7 | 0.272 | 0.331 | Past 7 Games | 3-4 | -0.1 | 4-2 | 5.0 | 0.296 | 0.365 | 4.0 | 0.253 | 0.302 | Grass Games | 17-12 | +6.4 | 16-12 | 5.2 | 0.283 | 0.350 | 4.3 | 0.261 | 0.320 | Night Games | 11-7 | +5.4 | 11-6 | 5.4 | 0.279 | 0.359 | 4.6 | 0.269 | 0.329 | Interleague | 0-1 | -1 | 1-0 | 4.0 | 0.275 | 0.356 | 7.0 | 0.268 | 0.318 |
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All Games | 5.2 | 0.283 | 0.350 | 29 | 1025 | 290 | 102 | 38 | 0.04 | 146 | 105 | 217 | 20 | 226 | 21 | 17 | 30 | 10 | Home Games | 5.7 | 0.293 | 0.353 | 13 | 457 | 134 | 47 | 16 | 0.04 | 70 | 42 | 75 | 12 | 98 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 4 | Lefty Starters | 4.5 | 0.273 | 0.350 | 11 | 388 | 106 | 34 | 12 | 0.03 | 46 | 46 | 85 | 7 | 90 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 4 |
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All Games | 2.97 | 1.170 | 106 | 40 | 35 | 95 | 6 | 29 | 92 | 5-5 | 8 | 3 | 72.7% | Home Games | 2.74 | 1.074 | 49.3 | 17 | 15 | 40 | 2 | 13 | 39 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 80% |
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4/20/2013 | HELLICKSON(R) | OAKLAND | PARKER(R) | 1-0 | W | -130 | 8 ev | U | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 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) | | 5/5/2013 | COBB(R) | @ COLORADO | CHATWOOD(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 | | SAN DIEGO | | |
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4/20/2013 | DE LA ROSA(L) | ARIZONA | CAHILL(R) | 4-3 | W | -115 | 9.5 un | U | 6 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 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) | | 5/5/2013 | CHATWOOD(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 | | @ 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 TAYLOR BECHTOLD STATS Writer
Tampa Bay (12-15) at Colorado (17-11), 8:10 p.m. EDT
Starting for the first time since his feud with umpire Tom Hallion, David Price insists he's only focused on pitching the Tampa Bay Rays past the Colorado Rockies on Saturday night.
The left-hander won't have to worry about Hallion behind the plate this time and doesn't believe the crew working the series will have any hard feelings as Tampa Bay tries for its second win in a row at Coors Field.
"I don't think umpires hold grudges," Price said before a 7-4, 10-inning victory over the Rockies on Friday. "If something happened directly to that umpire, maybe. I don't know. I don't think so."
The AL Cy Young Award winner accused Hallion of directing a profanity toward him when the two exchanged words after the seventh inning during an 8-3 win over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday. After the game, the plate umpire called Price a "liar."
Major League Baseball fined Hallion and Price as well as Tampa Bay pitchers Jeremy Hellickson and Matt Moore for their roles in the incident, and manager Joe Maddon has called the matter closed.
"It's about moving on," Maddon said. "It's about focusing on your team, your team doing well and not really worrying about the other stuff."
Price (1-2, 5.21 ERA) will try to build off his first victory, having recorded a season-best nine strikeouts and allowing three runs over seven innings against the White Sox.
In his only career start against the Rockies (17-12), Price yielded five runs and 10 hits over seven innings in a 5-3 loss at Coors Field on June 17, 2009. He laced a single in his first major league at-bat in that contest, but he's since gone 1 for 17 at the plate.
While Price now faces a team that leads the majors with a .284 batting average, it's uncertain whether he'll have to contend with two of Colorado's top hitters - Dexter Fowler and Troy Tulowitzki.
Fowler, batting .310 with a team-high eight homers, left Friday's game in the fourth inning after hurting his right hip flexor but hopes to play Saturday.
"I just landed weird. It's fine," he said. "It just tightened up on me. I knew it wasn't that serious."
Tulowitzki went 2 for 4 with two RBIs on Wednesday after missing two games with a shoulder injury, but the All-Star shortstop was out again Friday due to what he described as "heavy" legs.
Tulowitzki, intentionally walked as a pinch hitter in the eighth, is hitting .317 with six homers and a team-leading 24 RBIs.
"I'm thinking one game," manager Walt Weiss said. "Don't know for sure. Just one of those precautionary things. Just some soreness in his legs. Nothing major."
With Tulowitzki out of the lineup, Michael Cuddyer slid into the cleanup spot Friday and delivered a two-run homer. Cuddyer is batting .381 with four homers and 11 RBIs at home, but he's 1 for 12 with six strikeouts against Price.
Colorado counters with right-hander Jon Garland (2-2, 4.65), who looks to bounce back after allowing 10 runs and 18 hits over 12 innings in consecutive losses.
He's 5-2 with a 3.27 ERA in 11 career starts against the Rays (13-15), though he hasn't faced them since 2008.
Garland will try to cool off Evan Longoria, batting .400 with five extra-base hits and five RBIs during the Rays' 3-4 road swing. He had the go-ahead, RBI single in the 10th inning Friday.
The Rockies have lost 11 straight versus AL teams at Coors Field.
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