Rays bring 1-0 series lead over Red Sox into game 2

Boston Red Sox (8-10, fourth in the AL East) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (8-8, third in the AL East)

Tampa, Florida; Tuesday, 7:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Walker Buehler (1-1, 5.74 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 14 strikeouts); Rays: Ryan Pepiot (1-1, 3.38 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, 16 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rays -133, Red Sox +112; over/under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays lead 1-0 in a three-game series against the Boston Red Sox.

Tampa Bay is 8-8 overall and 8-5 at home. Rays hitters are batting a collective .276, the third-best team batting average in MLB play.

Boston has a 4-7 record on the road and an 8-10 record overall. The Red Sox have a 3-6 record in games when they have given up at least one home run.

Tuesday’s game is the second meeting between these teams this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Kameron Misner has four doubles, a triple and three home runs for the Rays. Jonathan Aranda is 12-for-34 with three doubles, two home runs and nine RBI over the last 10 games.

Wilyer Abreu leads the Red Sox with a .333 batting average, and has four doubles, three home runs, 12 walks and 12 RBI. Trevor Story is 14-for-41 with a home run and four RBI over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 4-6, .279 batting average, 4.23 ERA, outscored opponents by six runs

Red Sox: 4-6, .241 batting average, 4.45 ERA, outscored by 21 runs

INJURIES: Rays: Kevin Kelly: 15-Day IL (glute), Jonny Deluca: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Josh Lowe: 10-Day IL (oblique), Alex Faedo: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Ha-Seong Kim: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Shane McClanahan: 15-Day IL (tricep), Richard Palacios: 10-Day IL (finger), Nathan Lavender: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Red Sox: Richard Fitts: 15-Day IL (pectoral), Connor Wong: 10-Day IL (hand), Brayan Bello: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Zach Penrod: 60-Day IL (elbow), Masataka Yoshida: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Kutter Crawford: 15-Day IL (knee), Lucas Giolito: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Chris Murphy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Liam Hendriks: 15-Day IL (elbow), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.