Rays vs. Giants Probable Starting Pitching Matchup – August 15, 2023

Written By PlayPicks Staff on August 15, 2023 - Last Updated on September 25, 2024

The Tampa Bay Rays (72-49) visit the San Francisco Giants (63-56) for an away game at Oracle Park on Tuesday. First pitch is at 9:45 PM ET. The probable pitchers are Zack Littell (2-3) for the Rays and Jakob Junis (3-3) for the Giants.

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Tampa Bay vs. San Francisco Pitcher Matchup Info

  • When: Tuesday, August 15, 2023 at 9:45 PM ET
  • Where: Oracle Park in San Francisco, California
  • How to Watch on TV: NSPB
  • Probable Pitchers: Littell – TB (2-3, 4.10 ERA) vs Junis – SF (3-3, 4.36 ERA)

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Rays vs. Giants Starting Pitcher Stats (2023)

Littell Junis
6 GS 3
2-3 W-L 3-3
4.10 ERA 4.36
41.2 IP 64
6 BB 17
36 SO 74

Rays Probable Starting Pitcher: Zack Littell

  • His most recent time out was on Thursday against the St. Louis Cardinals, when the right-hander went six innings, surrendering three earned runs while allowing seven hits.
  • The 27-year-old has an ERA of 4.10, with 7.8 strikeouts per nine innings, in 19 games this season. Opponents have a .283 batting average against him.
  • Littell is trying to record his third straight quality start in this outing.
  • He has had seven appearances this season in which he held his opponents to zero earned runs.
  • When Littell starts, his team is 3-3-0 against the spread this season.
  • Out of Littell’s six starts with a total this season, two have hit the over.

Littell’s Recent Performance

Opponent Date IP H R ER K BB
vs. Cardinals Aug. 10 6.0 7 3 3 5 0
at Tigers Aug. 4 6.0 3 0 0 1 1
at Astros Jul. 30 5.0 8 2 2 4 0
vs. Orioles Jul. 23 2.0 1 0 0 3 0
at Rangers Jul. 19 3.1 5 1 1 4 0

Giants Probable Starting Pitcher: Jakob Junis

  • The right-hander last pitched out of the bullpen on Sunday, when he threw scoreless two-thirds of an inning while allowing one hit to the Texas Rangers.
  • The 30-year-old has an ERA of 4.36 and 10.4 strikeouts per nine innings with an opponent batting average of .282 in 31 games this season.
  • He has made 31 appearances and finished 17 of them without allowing an earned run.
  • The Giants have gone 1-2-0 ATS in Junis’ three starts with a set spread.
  • Junis has had three starts that sportsbooks set a total for this season, and two of those games finished over the total.

Junis’ Recent Performance

Opponent Date IP H R ER K BB
vs. Rangers Aug. 12 0.2 1 0 0 1 0
at Angels Aug. 8 3.0 4 1 1 3 0
at Athletics Aug. 6 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
vs. Diamondbacks Jul. 31 3.0 1 0 0 3 0
vs. Athletics Jul. 26 1.0 3 3 2 1 1

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