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4:10 pm EDT Sat May 15, 2010

Until recently, the Tampa Bay Rays haven’t had trouble scoring runs on a consistent basis. The Rays look to give James Shields much more support than they did in his last start while trying to even their home series with the Seattle Mariners on Saturday. Tampa Bay’s 192 runs are among the most in the majors, but the AL East-leading Rays have averaged 3.3 runs while losing four of six. After scoring 21 runs during a three-game sweep at Seattle last week, the Rays managed just six hits in a 4-3 loss Friday. Carlos Pena, B.J. Upton and Pat Burrell went a combined 0 for 12 in the series opener. The Rays didn’t give Shields any support when they fell victim to a perfect game for the second straight season, this time in a 4-0 loss to Dallas Braden and Oakland on Sunday. Shields allowed four runs - two earned - and 11 hits while striking out six in six innings of that contest.

Shields’ teammates helped him out in a 5-2 win at Seattle on May 4. The right-hander gave up two runs and struck out a season-high 10 in eight innings to improve to 3-2 with a 2.32 ERA in seven starts versus the Mariners. Franklin Gutierrez, who’s 6 for 13 with a homer against Shields, hit one of three home runs Friday for the Mariners. Seattle snapped a four-game losing streak to Tampa Bay by scoring one fewer run than it totaled in three contests against the Rays last week. Adam Moore and Mike Sweeney also homered for the Mariners, who entered Friday’s contest with a major-league low 16 homers, but have hit six in two games. Vargas fell to Shields and the Rays last week despite giving up three runs and striking out eight in 6 2-3 innings in his first start versus Tampa Bay. The left-hander gave up one run and four hits in 7 1-3 innings of an 8-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday to match his win total from 2009.