Rays visit the Red Sox to begin 3-game series
Tampa Bay Rays (35-30, second in the AL East) vs. Boston Red Sox (32-35, fourth in the AL East)
Boston; Monday, 7:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Shane Baz (5-3, 4.96 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 60 strikeouts); Red Sox: Brayan Bello (2-1, 3.91 ERA, 1.59 WHIP, 33 strikeouts)
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BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Red Sox -114, Rays -105; over/under is 9 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox host the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday to begin a three-game series.
Boston has a 17-16 record at home and a 32-35 record overall. The Red Sox are 23-8 in games when they out-hit their opponents.
Tampa Bay has gone 12-10 in road games and 35-30 overall. The Rays have the seventh-ranked team slugging percentage in the AL at .394.
The matchup Monday is the fourth meeting between these teams this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Rafael Devers leads the Red Sox with 14 home runs while slugging .522. Ceddanne Rafaela is 14 for 41 with four home runs and six RBIs over the past 10 games.
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Junior Caminero has 15 doubles and 15 home runs while hitting .262 for the Rays. Brandon Lowe is 9 for 41 with three doubles and three home runs over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 5-5, .270 batting average, 4.95 ERA, outscored opponents by four runs
Rays: 7-3, .256 batting average, 3.03 ERA, outscored opponents by 28 runs
INJURIES: Red Sox: Josh Winckowski: 60-Day IL (elbow), Nick Burdi: 15-Day IL (knee), Justin Slaten: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Liam Hendriks: 15-Day IL (hip), Alex Bregman: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (knee), Masataka Yoshida: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Kutter Crawford: 60-Day IL (knee), Tanner Houck: 15-Day IL (flexor), Chris Murphy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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Rays: Jonny Deluca: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Ha-Seong Kim: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Hunter Bigge: 15-Day IL (lat), Shane McClanahan: 60-Day IL (tricep), Richie Palacios: 10-Day IL (knee), Alex Faedo: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Nathan Lavender: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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