Boston Red Sox (8-9, third in the AL East) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (7-8, fourth in the AL East)
Tampa, Florida; Monday, 7:05 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Tanner Houck (0-1, 4.41 ERA, 1.47 WHIP, 10 strikeouts); Rays: Shane Baz (1-0, 1.38 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 16 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rays -118, Red Sox -101; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays host the Boston Red Sox on Monday to open a three-game series.
Tampa Bay has a 7-5 record at home and a 7-8 record overall. The Rays have a 2-4 record in games decided by one run.
Boston is 8-9 overall and 4-6 in road games. The Red Sox have the ninth-best team batting average in MLB play at .251.
Monday's game is the first meeting between these teams this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Jonathan Aranda has six doubles and two home runs for the Rays. Kameron Misner is 10-for-31 with four doubles, a triple and five RBI over the past 10 games.
Wilyer Abreu has a .340 batting average to lead the Red Sox, and has four doubles and three home runs. Trevor Story is 15-for-42 with two home runs and seven RBI over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 3-7, .250 batting average, 4.54 ERA, outscored by 11 runs
Red Sox: 5-5, .266 batting average, 3.71 ERA, outscored by two runs
INJURIES: Rays: Kevin Kelly: 15-Day IL (glute), Jonny Deluca: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Josh Lowe: 10-Day IL (oblique), Alex Faedo: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Ha-Seong Kim: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Shane McClanahan: 15-Day IL (tricep), Richard Palacios: 10-Day IL (finger), Nathan Lavender: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Red Sox: Richard Fitts: 15-Day IL (pectoral), Connor Wong: 10-Day IL (hand), Brayan Bello: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Zach Penrod: 60-Day IL (elbow), Masataka Yoshida: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Kutter Crawford: 15-Day IL (knee), Lucas Giolito: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Chris Murphy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Liam Hendriks: 15-Day IL (elbow), Patrick Sandoval: 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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