We aren’t watching for a playoff run anymore, it seems. With last weekend’s sweep in Chicago and yesterday’s suffocating loss, we’re just letting the air out of the balloon one day at a time. Tonight, we’ll get to enjoy Marcus Stroman as he looks to put together yet another excellent start in a very, very memorable breakout season.

And now, the lineups…

Steve Pearce is batting leadoff because, why the fuck not? He’s been hitting the ball well recently, and, even though Tampa isn’t starting a righty, you might as well do what you can do get one of your hottest hitters as many at bats as possible. He’ll get a chance to hit against Austin Pruitt, a rookie who started the season in Tampa’s bullpen but was tossed into the rotation due to injury. Pruitt has had a pretty ‘meh’ season, so hopefully this Quad-A lineup can give us some fireworks.