Rays vs. Royals Probable Starting Pitchers Today – July 3

By Lineups Staff | Aug 23, 2024, 4:43am

Brandon Lowe carries a two-game homer streak into the Tampa Bay Rays‘ (43-42) game against the Kansas City Royals (47-40) at 8:10 PM ET on Wednesday, at Kauffman Stadium.

The Rays will give the nod to Ryan Pepiot (4-4) against the Royals and Michael Wacha (4-6).

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Rays vs. Royals Pitcher Matchup Info

Date: Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Time: 8:10 PM ET
TV: BSKC
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Venue: Kauffman Stadium
Live Stream: Fubo
Probable Pitchers: Pepiot – TB (4-4, 4.40 ERA) vs Wacha – KC (4-6, 3.91 ERA)

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The Rays’ Pepiot (4-4) will make his 15th start of the season.
The right-hander gave up one earned run and allowed one hit in 5 1/3 innings pitched against the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday, June 26.
The 26-year-old has an ERA of 4.40 and 10.4 strikeouts per nine innings, with a batting average against of .205 in 14 games this season.
He has five quality starts in 14 chances this season.
Pepiot has made 10 starts of five or more innings in 14 chances this season, and averages 5.1 frames when he pitches.
He has two appearances with no earned runs allowed in 14 chances this season.

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Wacha makes the start for the Royals, his 15th of the season. He is 4-6 with a 3.91 ERA and 67 strikeouts in 78 1/3 innings pitched.
In his most recent time out on Friday against the Cleveland Guardians, the right-hander threw 5 1/3 innings, allowing one earned run while surrendering seven hits.
The 33-year-old has amassed an ERA of 3.91, with 7.7 strikeouts per nine innings in 14 games this season. Opponents are hitting .253 against him.
Wacha heads into the outing with six quality starts under his belt this year.
Wacha will aim to pitch five or more innings for his eighth straight start. He’s averaging 5.6 frames per outing.
In one of his 14 total appearances this season he has not surrendered an earned run.

He will match up with a Rays team that is batting .236 as a unit (20th in the MLB). They are also slugging a collective .370 (23rd in the league) with 77 total home runs (27th in MLB play).
Wacha has pitched six innings, giving up two earned runs on three hits while striking out seven against the Rays this season.

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