Red Sox and Rays meet in series rubber match

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Tampa Bay Rays (36-31, third in the AL East) vs. Boston Red Sox (33-36, fourth in the AL East)

Boston; Wednesday, 7:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Zack Littell (6-5, 3.68 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 52 strikeouts); Red Sox: Walker Buehler (4-4, 5.18 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, 44 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Red Sox -115, Rays -104; over/under is 9 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays meet on Wednesday with the winner claiming the three-game series.

Boston has a 33-36 record overall and an 18-17 record at home. The Red Sox have gone 15-7 in games when they hit at least two home runs.

Tampa Bay has a 13-11 record in road games and a 36-31 record overall. The Rays have a 23-6 record in games when they have more hits than their opponents.

The teams square off Wednesday for the sixth time this season. The Red Sox lead the season series 3-2.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ceddanne Rafaela has 10 doubles, two triples and six home runs for the Red Sox. Trevor Story is 12 for 38 with two doubles and two home runs over the past 10 games.

Junior Caminero has 15 home runs, 12 walks and 41 RBIs while hitting .252 for the Rays. Yandy Diaz is 13 for 39 with two doubles, two home runs and six RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 5-5, .263 batting average, 5.04 ERA, outscored opponents by one run

Rays: 7-3, .249 batting average, 3.46 ERA, outscored opponents by 19 runs

INJURIES: Red Sox: Wilyer Abreu: 10-Day IL (oblique), Josh Winckowski: 60-Day IL (elbow), Nick Burdi: 15-Day IL (knee), Justin Slaten: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Liam Hendriks: 15-Day IL (hip), Alex Bregman: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (knee), Masataka Yoshida: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Kutter Crawford: 60-Day IL (knee), Tanner Houck: 15-Day IL (flexor), Chris Murphy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Rays: Jonny Deluca: 60-Day IL (shoulder), 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)

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