Cardinals bring 1-0 series lead over Rays into game 2

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Tampa Bay Rays (0-1) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (1-0)

St. Louis; Saturday, 2:15 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Joe Boyle (0-0); Cardinals: Michael McGreevy (0-0)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cardinals -110, Rays -108; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Cardinals lead 1-0 in a three-game series with the Tampa Bay Rays.

St. Louis went 78-84 overall and 44-37 in home games a season ago. The Cardinals averaged 2.6 extra base hits per game, including 0.9 home runs.

Tampa Bay went 77-85 overall and 36-45 on the road last season. The Rays pitching staff had a collective 3.95 ERA last season while averaging 8.9 strikeouts and 3.0 walks per nine innings.

INJURIES: Cardinals: Hunter Dobbins: 15-Day IL (knee), Lars Nootbaar: 60-Day IL (heels)

Rays: Steven Wilson: 60-Day IL (back), Edwin Uceta: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Gavin Lux: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Ryan Pepiot: 15-Day IL (hip), Manuel Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Taylor Walls: 10-Day IL (oblique)

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