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Tampa Bay Devil Rays(Jason Hammel)

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Baltimore Orioles(Daniel Cabrera)



Pitcher Scouting Reports:
Devil Rays:
Hammel experienced a rough outing in his last start Thursday night against the A's when he allowed six runs on five hits, five walks and a home run in three innings to take his fourth loss of the season. The right-hander has shown good stuff, but continues to struggle with his control, which has led to home runs and baserunners. Hammel will be making his first start against the Orioles.
Orioles:
Cabrera became part of history in his last start in one of the worst ways possible. He lost to Texas in a 30-3 rout, allowing six runs on nine hits in five innings. He walked only one batter but still leads the Majors with 87 free passes. An even more glaring statistic is that his 13 losses are more than any other pitcher in the American League. Cabrera is 6-0 with a 2.90 ERA in 10 career starts against Tampa Bay.

Hammel has been getting drilled since his recall.

He has not had good enough command, and really needs another pitch.

This could be a high scoring game.

This damn team just l-o-v-e-s to toy with my emotions.

It's like they finish a game, go back to the locker room, sit in a circle and brainstorm of new ways to blow a game in the 7th - 10th innings, next game.