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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mired in a lengthy personal winless stretch, Chris Archer hasn't lost faith.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Looking to avoid losing three straight starts for the first time, Archer tries to help the Tampa Bay Rays take Thursday's decisive finale against the visiting Cleveland Indians.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Archer (0-2, 7.00 ERA) has not looked like a 2015 All-Star or been up to the caliber of an opening-day starter while lasting only five innings in each of his first two starts. He allowed six runs and 10 hits, including a career-high four homers, in Friday's 6-1 loss at Baltimore.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Though the right-hander won a career-high 12 games last season, he's 0-5 with a 6.15 ERA in eight starts since beating the Orioles on Aug. 31.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Despite a rough 2016 start that's aided his dry spell, Archer remains confident in his abilities.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"I'm not going to beat myself up too much,\" he told MLB's official website. \"Obviously I wanted to win, but I think if I continue to pound the strike zone the way that I did tonight, that over the course of 33, 34, 35 starts I'm going to have a more normal outcome for me.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rays manager Kevin Cash doesn't seem too concerned at the moment, either.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"(Archer) will be fine,\" he said. \"He'll make some adjustments and be right where he needs to be.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Archer can start by improving on his 0-3 record and 5.40 ERA against the Indians (3-3), though he last faced them in September 2014.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;''The biggest thing, when you have a bad outing is bouncing back and trusting your ability, trusting your stuff,'' Archer said. ''I know and I trust that if I fill up the strike zone, then I'll get the ultimate goal and that's a team win.''&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After opening this set with a 5-1 victory Tuesday, the Rays (3-5) didn't score until the eighth inning of Wednesday's 4-1 defeat that ended a 21-game streak with at least one home run.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jason Kipnis went 2 for 4 with his first homer for the Indians, who struck out 15 times for the second time already this season but got eight strong innings from Carlos Carrasco.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After going 0 of 4 in the opener, Kipnis recorded his second two-hit game in the last three. However, he struck out twice for a third consecutive contest, and has fanned seven times in four games.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He didn't strike out while going 2 for 6 with a double against Archer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Indians will turn to Danny Salazar, who gave up a home run, one other hit and struck out seven in 5 1-3 innings of a Friday's 7-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"Sometimes I was getting behind in the count, but then I was coming back and I made the adjustment right there,\" he said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The right-hander was also solid the only other time he faced Tampa Bay on June 30, yielding a one earned run and two hits in 7 2-3 innings of a 6-2 road victory.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Salazar will try to keep down struggling Logan Morrison, who is 2 for 25 with no RBIs and 11 strikeouts through eight games.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cleveland has won six of seven at Tropicana Field.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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