What to watch for: After getting off to a great overall start to season, Edwin Jackson has been very mediocre in his last three starts. Jackson has allowed at least 4 ERs in each outing, and posted a WHIP of 1.77 over those starts. Jackson has struggled in his career against the Marlins, posting an 11.88 ERA against the Fish. If Jackson can manage to keep the ball in the ballpark against the powerful Marlins, the Rays should have a great chance to notch a Sunshine Series Sweep.
Scouting Report on today’s starters from MLB.com:
Edwin Jackson - Jackson made his 13th start of the season Monday night against the Angels, and the 24-year-old right-hander came away with his fourth win after allowing four runs on 10 hits and one walk while striking out two in seven innings. Jackson has electric stuff, which brings the expectations of future greatness, and just lately has he shown signs of being able to harness that ability on a consistent basis. Jackson is 0-2 with an 11.88 ERA in three career appearances against the Marlins.
Ricky Nolasco - Nolasco had one of his best outings of the season and registered the win in his last start, Tuesday against the Phillies. But the 25-year-old probably deserved to record a shutout. Nolasco gave up three runs (zero earned) on four hits and one walk while striking out three. But the three runs scored on Nolasco came after two-out errors by his defense. Nolasco finished his night after throwing 95 pitches — 69 for strikes — against the high-powered Philadelphia offense.
Check out the Rays’ career numbers against Ricky Nolasco.
View the game preview from Baseball Reference.
| TAMPA BAY RAYS |
FLORIDA MARLINS |
| 2B - Akinori Iwamura | SS - Hanley Ramirez |
| 1B - Willy Aybar | RF - Jeremy Hermida |
| CF - B.J. Upton | 1B - Jorge Cantu |
| LF - Eric Hinske | DH - Mike Jacobs |
| 3B - Evan Longoria | 2B - Dan Uggla |
| DH - Cliff Floyd | LF - Luis Gonzalez |
| C - Dioner Navarro | 3B - Wes Helms |
| RF - Gabe Gross | CF -Cody Ross |
| SS - Jason Bartlett | C - Mike Rabelo |
Be sure to join us in the chat room for some good Rays talk during the game!!!
June 15th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Happy Father’s Day Scott!!!
June 15th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Longoria is in a slump…hopefully working out of it soon.
June 15th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Upside: We did take the series from the fish…
June 16th, 2008 at 7:36 am
Keep winning…. They could be this decades ‘69 Miracle Mets.
June 16th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Pittsburgh Pirates readying for a fire sale. Do the Rays go for a RF or reliever?
June 17th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
I actually think they’ll go for the RF. I just don’t know who. My pick would be either Bay or Nady, but the really good ones that could be available are mostly left-handed.