Boston Red Sox (27-37, fifth in the AL East) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (38-25, first in the AL East)
St. Petersburg, Florida; Tuesday, 6:40 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Payton Tolle (3-2, 2.28 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, 51 strikeouts); Rays: Nick Martinez (5-2, 2.29 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 42 strikeouts)
LINE: Red Sox -110, Rays -109; over/under is 7 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays play the Boston Red Sox with a 1-0 series lead.
Tampa Bay has gone 22-9 at home and 38-25 overall. The Rays have a 25-6 record in games when they scored five or more runs.
Boston is 17-16 on the road and 27-37 overall. The Red Sox have a 10-28 record in games when they have given up a home run.
The teams play Tuesday for the fifth time this season. The Rays are up 3-1 in the season series.
TOP PERFORMERS: Junior Caminero has 10 doubles, 14 home runs and 30 RBIs while hitting .277 for the Rays. Yandy Diaz is 16 for 41 with two doubles and four home runs over the last 10 games.
Willson Contreras has nine doubles, two triples and 13 home runs for the Red Sox. Ceddanne Rafaela is 14 for 43 with three doubles and three RBIs over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 4-6, .220 batting average, 5.52 ERA, outscored by 15 runs
Red Sox: 4-6, .252 batting average, 4.55 ERA, outscored by two runs
INJURIES: Rays: Jon Heasley: 60-Day IL (elbow), Chandler Simpson: day-to-day (thumb), Michael Grove: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Craig Kimbrel: 15-Day IL (wrist), Manuel Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jonny Deluca: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Steven Wilson: 60-Day IL (back), Gavin Lux: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jesse Scholtens: 15-Day IL (wrist), Jake Fraley: 10-Day IL (groin), Ryan Pepiot: 60-Day IL (hip), Edwin Uceta: 60-Day IL (shoulder)
Red Sox: Jovani Moran: 15-Day IL (elbow), Garrett Crochet: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Trevor Story: 60-Day IL (abdomen), Nick Sogard: 10-Day IL (oblique), Kutter Crawford: 60-Day IL (wrist), Romy Gonzalez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (knee), Willson Contreras: day-to-day (wrist), Garrett Whitlock: 15-Day IL (knee), Roman Anthony: 10-Day IL (wrist), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow), Johan Oviedo: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tanner Houck: 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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