Update: Will Rhymes and sean Rod are back in the starting lineup (below) today. Let’s Go Rays!
Tampa Bay Rays:
Zobrist RF
Upton CF
Joyce LF
Pena 1B
Scott DH
Rodriguez 3B
Rhymes 2B
Johnson SS
Gimenez C
Cobb RHP
In front of 19,000+ attendees, Tampa Bay dropped to the first game of a three game set to the Braves last night, 5-3. This was the second Rays loss in a row, and their fifth at home in 2012. Two young righties will battle one another in today’s 4:10 game. A recently recalled Alex Cobb (o-o, 0.00 ERA) takes the bump against Randall Delgado (2-3, 3.79 ERA) as the Rays attempt to grind out a win against the 25-15 Atlanta Braves. For the Rays, the same dogma that has lingered over their heads all season, again, holds true today…”Get ’em on, move ’em over, get ’em home“. Tampa Bay had ample opportunity to incur some damage on Tommy Hanson and the Braves, including a bases loaded loaded third inning where they were only able to drive in one run on a Luke Scott sac-fly, yet they left six on the bags. Tampa Bay went 2-5 with runners in scoring position.
(Courtesy of Yahoo Sorts)
Randall Delgado is another Braves pitcher who the Rays have little, to no, experience against. Primarily a fastball and sinker ball pitcher, Delgado tends to paint the inside corners against both righties and lefties. He tends to leave a few meatballs in the zone from time to time, giving up 18 runs (17 earned) on 36 hits, including three home runs, in 40 innings of work so in 2012. However, if he keeps the ball down, watch out. Below are a few graphs and charts on Delgado. I tend to think they speak for themselves.
(Courtesy of Brooksbaseball.net)
