Texas Rangers (29-31, third in the AL West) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (30-29, third in the AL East)
Tampa, Florida; Tuesday, 7:35 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Tyler Mahle (5-2, 1.64 ERA, 1.04 WHIP, 48 strikeouts); Rays: Drew Rasmussen (4-4, 2.33 ERA, 0.93 WHIP, 48 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rays -141, Rangers +119; over/under is 8 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays host the Texas Rangers to begin a three-game series.
Tampa Bay is 30-29 overall and 18-19 at home. The Rays have the eighth-ranked team on-base percentage in the AL at .312.
Texas is 9-18 in road games and 29-31 overall. The Rangers have gone 13-3 in games when they hit two or more home runs.
The teams match up Tuesday for the fourth time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Junior Caminero leads the Rays with 13 home runs while slugging .505. Brandon Lowe is 13 for 41 with four home runs and seven RBIs over the past 10 games.
Josh Smith has seven doubles, a triple, five home runs and 16 RBIs while hitting .275 for the Rangers. Marcus Semien is 10 for 30 with a double and a home run over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 7-3, .270 batting average, 1.53 ERA, outscored opponents by 46 runs
Rangers: 4-6, .195 batting average, 2.07 ERA, outscored opponents by six runs
INJURIES: Rays: Jonny Deluca: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Travis Jankowski: 10-Day IL (groin), Ha-Seong Kim: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Hunter Bigge: 15-Day IL (lat), Shane McClanahan: 60-Day IL (tricep), Richie Palacios: 10-Day IL (knee), Alex Faedo: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Nathan Lavender: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Rangers: Nathan Eovaldi: 15-Day IL (tricep), Joc Pederson: 10-Day IL (hand), Evan Carter: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Chris Martin: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Kumar Rocker: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Cody Bradford: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jon Gray: 60-Day IL (wrist), Josh Sborz: 60-Day IL (shoulder)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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