Tampa Bay Rays (37-39, fourth in the AL East) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (36-39, fourth in the NL Central)
Pittsburgh; Saturday, 4:05 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Zach Eflin (3-4, 4.12 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 57 strikeouts); Pirates: Jared Jones (4-6, 3.76 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 85 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Pirates -114, Rays -106; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays seek to keep a three-game win streak alive when they play the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Pittsburgh has a 36-39 record overall and an 18-19 record in home games. The Pirates have the ninth-ranked team ERA in the NL at 3.99.
Tampa Bay is 18-16 in road games and 37-39 overall. Rays hitters are batting a collective .235, which ranks 10th in the AL.
The teams play Saturday for the second time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Bryan Reynolds leads the Pirates with a .272 batting average, and has 19 doubles, two triples, 11 home runs, 29 walks and 41 RBI. Rowdy Tellez is 14-for-35 with a home run and five RBI over the last 10 games.
Isaac Paredes has 15 doubles, 11 home runs and 39 RBI for the Rays. Jose Siri is 12-for-37 with four doubles, three home runs and four RBI over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Pirates: 5-5, .216 batting average, 4.34 ERA, outscored by nine runs
Rays: 6-4, .256 batting average, 4.44 ERA, outscored opponents by two runs
INJURIES: Pirates: Henry Davis: 7-Day IL (head), Hunter Stratton: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Ryan Borucki: 60-Day IL (tricep), Quinn Priester: 15-Day IL (undisclosed), Ji-Hwan Bae: 10-Day IL (undisclosed), Marco Gonzales: 60-Day IL (forearm), Martin Perez: 15-Day IL (groin), Joey Bart: 10-Day IL (thumb), Dauri Moreta: 60-Day IL (elbow), Endy Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Johan Oviedo: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Rays: Richard Lovelady: 15-Day IL (forearm), Jacob Waguespack: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jeffrey Springs: 60-Day IL (elbow), Drew Rasmussen: 60-Day IL (elbow), Shane McClanahan: 60-Day IL (forearm)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
