Odorizzi, who's not gone more than five innings in six of his 13 starts, is hoping to begin pitching deeper into games by avoiding long innings, the Tampa Bay Times reports. "It's just one inning that's usually causing a lot of high pitches, so if I can get one inning figured out I think everything will line up a whole lot better," Odorizzi, who faces the Mariners [Tuesday], said. "I still feel really good and confident with the stuff I've been putting out there."

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The 26-year-old numbers-- a 3-3 record, 3.47 ERA, and 1.16 WHIP --are solid overall, but long innings have frequently served to boost his pitch count. Odorizzi needed 41 pitches to escape the second inning against the D-backs in his most recent start, and a four-inning, 97-pitch outing versus the A's on May 13 was derailed early by a Billy Burns 14-pitch at-bat in the opening frame. Despite the struggles, the right-hander is confident he can get things corrected. "Just try to keep getting early outs or if I get two quick ones try to get that third one quick, too, instead of maybe messing around with a few pitches if I'm ahead and then trying to make that perfect pitch once, twice and it's 2-2 and anything kind of goes from there," he said. "Just stay in attack mode."