The lineups have been released and we are less than an hour away from Clarke Schmidt searching for a Mother’s Day win — and his second of the season — against Zach Eflin and the Tampa Bay Rays in the rubber match of this intradivision rivalry.
Schmidt has allowed at least two runs in each of his starts this year, with Tuesday’s outing in Oakland marking his first win of the season and his first time successfully completing six innings in seven attempts. He used his sinker nearly 40 percent of the time in that outing, a season-high.