Athletics vs. Rays Tickets for Monday, August 19 (2024)

Shane Baz will start for the Tampa Bay Rays looking to take down Brent Rooker and the Oakland Athletics on Monday, August 19 at 9:40 PM ET on NBCS-CA.

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Athletics vs. Rays Game and Ticket Info

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• Date: Monday, August 19, 2024
• Time: 9:40 PM ET
• TV Channel: NBCS-CA
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• Location: Oakland, California
• Venue: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

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Starting Pitcher Matchup

Athletics Starter: Ross Stripling

• The Athletics are sending Ross Stripling (2-11) out for his 15th start of the season. He is 2-11 with a 5.72 ERA and 40 strikeouts through 72 1/3 innings pitched.
• In his last appearance on Wednesday, Aug. 7, the right-hander tossed 5 1/3 innings against the Chicago White Sox, giving up four earned runs while surrendering five hits.
• The 34-year-old has a 5.72 ERA and 5 strikeouts per nine innings across 14 games this season, while allowing a batting average of .308 to his opponents.
• Stripling has recorded two quality starts this season.
• Stripling will look to prolong a four-game streak of lasting five or more innings (he's averaging 5.2 innings per appearance).
• He has had one outing this season in which he kept his opponents to zero earned runs.

Rays Starter: Shane Baz

• Baz gets the start for the Rays, his eighth of the season. He is 0-2 with a 4.21 ERA and 32 strikeouts in 36 1/3 innings pitched.
• The right-hander last appeared on Tuesday against the Houston Astros, when he went seven innings, allowing three earned runs while giving up seven hits.
• In seven games this season, the 25-year-old has put up an ERA of 4.21, with 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are batting .266 against him.
• Baz heads into this outing with three quality starts under his belt this season.
• Baz has pitched five or more innings in a game four times this season heading into this game.
• In one of his appearances this season he did not surrender an earned run.

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Athletics Top Hitters

• Rooker is batting .293 this season, with a .950 OPS (.367 on-base, .583 slugging). He has 29 home runs and 83 RBI, plus 61 runs scored and seven steals on eight attempts. His strikeout rate is 29.6%, and his walk rate is 9.9%.
• So far this year, JJ Bleday is batting .244, with a .766 OPS (.326 on-base, .441 slugging). His strikeout rate is 18.1%, and his walk rate is 10.5%. He has 14 home runs and 41 RBI, plus 55 runs scored.
• Shea Langeliers' current batting average is .226, and he has 22 home runs and 61 RBI, plus 42 runs scored. He has a .753 OPS (.288 on-base, .466 slugging). His strikeout rate is 27.2%, and his walk rate is 7.3%.
• The Athletics' Lawrence Butler is batting .245, with a .773 OPS (.309 on-base, .464 slugging). His strikeout rate is 26.4%, and his walk rate is 8.7%. He has 13 home runs and 38 RBI, plus 37 runs scored and nine steals on nine attempts.

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Rays Top Hitters

• The Rays' Yandy Diaz has a .270/.327/.395 slash line this season, and he's launched 10 home runs with 43 runs and 51 RBI. He's walking and striking out 7.7% and 15.5% of the time, respectively.
• In 473 plate appearances this year, the Rays' Christopher Morel sports a .190/.296/.360 slash line, and he's hit 20 dingers with 46 runs and 53 RBI plus eight stolen bases on 14 attempts. He's walking and striking out 11.2% and 24.7% of the time, respectively.
• This season, Brandon Lowe has posted a batting average of .253 with an OPS of .839 (.337 OBP; .502 SLG), while belting 14 dingers with 36 runs and 44 RBI. He's walking at a 9.9% clip and striking out 24.5% of the time. On the bases, he's pilfered five bags on five tries.
• At the plate, Jose Caballero has put up a .238 batting average along with a .293 OBP and .372 SLG in 361 PAs. He's also swatted eight homers with 32 RBI and 45 runs scored, including 30 stolen bases, while putting up a 27.7% strikeout rate and 5.5% walk rate.

Athletics vs. Rays Recent Performance

• The Athletics have hit 11 home runs over the last 10 games.
• In the last 10 games, Oakland has 26 extra-base hits (2.6 per game) while slugging .386.
• Over the past 10 outings, the Athletics have a .235 batting average with 76 total hits (7.6 per game).
• Over the last 10 games, the Rays have hit seven home runs.
• Over Tampa Bay's last 10 games, the team is slugging .343 with 26 extra-base hits.
• Over the last 10 games, the Rays are batting .219 as a team with 7.2 hits per contest.