Boston Red Sox (47-42, third in the AL East) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (48-40, second in the AL East)
St. Petersburg, Florida; Thursday, 7:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Kutter Crawford (2-2, 4.50 ERA, 1.43 WHIP, 38 strikeouts); Rays: Drew Rasmussen (5-3, 3.10 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 57 strikeouts)
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rays -130, Red Sox +110; over/under is 7 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays, on a three-game home winning streak, host the Boston Red Sox.
Tampa Bay is 28-17 at home and 48-40 overall. Rays pitchers have a collective 3.33 ERA, which ranks third in the AL.
Boston has gone 24-22 in road games and 47-42 overall. The Red Sox have the sixth-ranked team ERA in the AL at 3.84.
Thursday's game is the 10th time these teams match up this season. The Rays are ahead 7-2 in the season series.
TOP PERFORMERS: Yandy Diaz has 18 doubles, three home runs and 24 RBI for the Rays. Randy Arozarena is 7-for-36 with three doubles, three home runs and six RBI over the past 10 games.
Xander Bogaerts has 23 doubles, seven home runs and 36 RBI while hitting .314 for the Red Sox. J.D. Martinez is 12-for-37 with five doubles and a home run over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 6-4, .256 batting average, 3.48 ERA, outscored opponents by 12 runs
Red Sox: 3-7, .251 batting average, 5.52 ERA, outscored by 17 runs
INJURIES: Rays: Josh Fleming: 15-Day IL (oblique), Jeffrey Springs: 15-Day IL (leg), Kevin Kiermaier: 10-Day IL (hip), Wander Franco: 10-Day IL (wrist), Brandon Lowe: 60-Day IL (back), J.P. Feyereisen: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Manuel Margot: 60-Day IL (knee), Andrew Kittredge: 60-Day IL (elbow), Mike Zunino: 10-Day IL (shoulder), JT Chargois: 60-Day IL (oblique), 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)
Red Sox: Matt Barnes: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Trevor Story: day-to-day (hand), Matt Strahm: day-to-day (wrist), Christian Arroyo: 10-Day IL (left groin), Connor Seabold: 15-Day IL (forearm), Michael Wacha: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Tyler Danish: 15-Day IL (elbow), Rich Hill: 15-Day IL (knee), Nathan Eovaldi: 15-Day IL (back), Garrett Whitlock: 15-Day IL (hip), Kike Hernandez: 10-Day IL (hip), Josh Taylor: 60-Day IL (back), James Paxton: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
