Blake Snell (3-5, 3.18 ERA) and Edwin Jackson (3-2, 4.19 ERA) take the hill in the second of a three-game series between the Tampa Bay Rays (48-69) and the San Diego Padres (50-68) at Tropicana Field. The Rays won the last game 8-2, and Tampa Bay leads the series 1-0. Action begins at 7:10 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Aug. 16 and can be seen on FSSD and SUN.
Snell pitched 1.2 innings in his most recent start, surrendering five runs (three unearned), striking out two and walking four in a 7-0 defeat to the Blue Jays. Evan Longoria (.289, 60 Rs, 26 HRs, 70 RBIs) went 1 for 4 yesterday. Jackson went 7.0 innings, surrendering zero runs, striking out seven and walking three in a 4-0 win over the Pirates in his last outing. Wil Myers (.276, 78 Rs, 23 HRs, 70 RBIs, 21 SBs) went 1 for 4 yesterday.
Notes
The Rays managed to give up four walks in their last game. They’ll have to pick it up against the Padres who are coming in with a 25-12 record against opponents who give up that many walks or more.
It looks like the Rays have a slight leg up on the Padres, as the Rays have won their last two games while the Padres have lost their last three.
When they outhit their opponents, the Rays are 31-10. The Padres have a 38-9 record when outhitting opponents.
Ranking 23rd, Tampa Bay is near the bottom of the league in runs, scoring 481 this season. San Diego ranks in the bottom half at 18th with 517.
Ranking 28th, San Diego is near the bottom of the league for its on-base plus slugging percentage (.703). Tampa Bay ranks in the bottom half at 19th with an OPS of .731.
When the Padres allow at least one home run, they are 26-49, well-matched with the Rays who are 26-62 when allowing at least one homer.
