ATLANTA -- While Jake Odorizzi gave the Rays much-needed innings in Wednesday night's 2-1 loss to the Braves, he had no choice because his outing was sandwiched between starts by Erasmo Ramirez and Alex Colome.
Two of the Rays' five starting pitchers have had difficulty getting deep into the game. Ramirez posted five innings his last two outings -- each a win -- and Colome has averaged just under five innings per start in four outings.
Chris Archer and Nate Karns are going deep, but leaving a void in two games out of five could present a problem for the long run in the way of leaving extra innings for the bullpen to fill.