Just For Starters: Breaking Down Shane Baz's Solid Start vs. Brewers
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Shane Baz deserved better on Tuesday night. He pitched great against the Milwaukee Brewers, but his bullpen let him down.
Baz pitched 5 2/3 innings, throwing 95 pitches. And when Rays manager Kevin Cash came to get him, he left with a 1-0 lead and a runner on first. But then Matt Wisler came in and gave up four straight hits — including two two-run homers — to put a sudden damper on things.
Baz has now allowed just two earned runs in his last three starts, covering 16 2/3 innings. That's an ERA of 1.08.
Here are his numbers from Tuesday night, plus the cumulative numbers for the Rays starters this season.
Rays' Starters By The Numbers
- Starter: Shane Baz
- Game: Tuesday (June 28) vs. Milwaukee Brewers
- Decision: None
- Team result: Lost 5-3
- Innings pitched: 5.2
- Total pitches: 95
- Strikes: 59
- Runs allowed: 1
- Earned runs: 1
- Hits allowed: 3
- Walks allowed: 2
- Total strikeouts: 6
- Status upon departure: Baz pitched great, leaving with a 1-0 lead with two outs and a man on base in the sixth. He was replaced by Matt Wisler, who promptly gave up four straight hits, including two two-run homers.
- The skinny: Baz was terrific for the third straight start, and it's a shame that Wisler imploded. That's three straight solid starts now for Baz.
Season Totals for Rays Starters
- Starters: Shane McClanahan (15), Corey Kluber (14), Drew Rasmussen (12), Jeffrey Springs (9), Ryan Yarbrough (6), Shane Baz (4), Josh Fleming (2), Luis Patino, Tommy Romero,
- Games: 64 (9 openers, not included in numbers)
- Team record: 40-33 through Tuesday
- Decisions: 20-19 through Tuesday
- - Most wins: Shane McClanahan (8)
- Innings pitched (avg.): 321.0/5.01
- - Season high innings: 8.0, Shane McClanahan (June 9)
- - Season low innings: 2/3, Luis Patino (April 11)
- Total pitches (avg.): 5,082/79.4
- - Season high pitches: 102, Jeffrey Springs (June 24)
- - Season low pitches: 13, Luis Patino (April 11)
- Total strikeouts (avg.): 331/5.17
- - Season high strikeouts: 11, Shane McClanahan (April 30, May 11)
- Runs allowed (avg.): 132/2.06
- Earned runs (avg.): 118/1.84
- Hits allowed (avg.): 273/4.26
- - Season most hits allowed: 11, Corey Kluber (April 22, May 10)
- Walks allowed (avg.): 77/1.20
- Starter ERA: 3.31
Tom Brew is the publisher of Inside The Rays, and has been with the Sports Illustrated/FanNation network for three years. He is an award-winning writer and editor who has spent most of his four-decade career at the Tampa Bay Times, Indianapolis Star and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has written four books.