Tampa Bay Rays (43-36, fourth in the AL East) vs. Boston Red Sox (44-35, second in the AL East)
Boston; Monday, 1:35 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Jalen Beeks (1-1, 2.70 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 41 strikeouts); Red Sox: Michael Wacha (6-1, 2.69 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 50 strikeouts)
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Red Sox -135, Rays +115; over/under is 10 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays hit the road against the Boston Red Sox trying to extend a three-game road winning streak.
Boston is 20-16 at home and 44-35 overall. The Red Sox have the second-best team batting average in MLB play at .260.
Tampa Bay has gone 18-19 on the road and 43-36 overall. Rays hitters have a collective .380 slugging percentage to rank ninth in the AL.
The teams square off Monday for the fourth time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Rafael Devers leads the Red Sox with a .325 batting average, and has 27 doubles, a triple, 17 home runs, 24 walks and 45 RBI. Alex Verdugo is 15-for-41 with two home runs and 10 RBI over the last 10 games.
Harold Ramirez has 12 doubles and four home runs for the Rays. Isaac Paredes is 13-for-37 with three doubles and four home runs over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 6-4, .278 batting average, 3.64 ERA, outscored opponents by eight runs
Rays: 6-4, .275 batting average, 4.25 ERA, outscored opponents by four runs
INJURIES: Red Sox: Xander Bogaerts: day-to-day (thigh), Rich Hill: 15-Day IL (knee), Nathan Eovaldi: 15-Day IL (back), Garrett Whitlock: 15-Day IL (hip), Kike Hernandez: 10-Day IL (hip), Matt Barnes: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Josh Taylor: 60-Day IL (back), Chris Sale: 60-Day IL (rib), James Paxton: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Rays: Manuel Margot: 60-Day IL (knee), Andrew Kittredge: 60-Day IL (elbow), Mike Zunino: 10-Day IL (shoulder), J.P. Feyereisen: 15-Day IL (shoulder), JT Chargois: 60-Day IL (oblique), Brandon Lowe: 10-Day IL (back), Luis Patino: 60-Day IL (oblique), Brendan McKay: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Pete Fairbanks: 60-Day IL (lat), Tyler Glasnow: 60-Day IL (elbow), Nick Anderson: 60-Day IL (elbow), Yonny Chirinos: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
