Red Sox visit the Rays to begin 3-game series

Boston Red Sox (83-70, third in the AL East) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (75-78, fourth in the AL East)

Tampa, Florida; Friday, 7:35 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Garrett Crochet (16-5, 2.63 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 240 strikeouts); Rays: Drew Rasmussen (10-5, 2.74 ERA, 0.99 WHIP, 122 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays host the Boston Red Sox to start a three-game series.

Tampa Bay is 75-78 overall and 40-38 at home. The Rays are 58-30 in games when they record at least eight hits.

Boston has an 83-70 record overall and a 37-38 record in road games. Red Sox hitters have a collective .423 slugging percentage to rank fourth in the AL.

Friday's game is the 11th time these teams match up this season. The Red Sox hold an 8-2 advantage in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Junior Caminero has 28 doubles and 44 home runs for the Rays. Brandon Lowe is 9 for 43 with three doubles, a home run and six RBIs over the last 10 games.

Jarren Duran has 39 doubles, 13 triples and 15 home runs while hitting .260 for the Red Sox. Trevor Story is 15 for 39 with four doubles and two home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 4-6, .246 batting average, 3.58 ERA, outscored by three runs

Red Sox: 5-5, .252 batting average, 3.00 ERA, outscored opponents by 10 runs

INJURIES: Rays: Junior Caminero: day-to-day (back), Taylor Walls: 60-Day IL (groin), Jonny Deluca: 60-Day IL (hamstring), Brian Van Belle: 60-Day IL (elbow), Mason Englert: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Stuart Fairchild: 60-Day IL (oblique), Jonathan Aranda: 10-Day IL (wrist), Manuel Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (forearm), Hunter Bigge: 60-Day IL (lat), Shane McClanahan: 60-Day IL (tricep), Alex Faedo: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Nathan Lavender: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Red Sox: Brennan Bernardino: 15-Day IL (lat), Vaughn Grissom: 60-Day IL (foot), Dustin May: 15-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Hicks: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Roman Anthony: 10-Day IL (oblique), Hunter Dobbins: 60-Day IL (acl), Marcelo Mayer: 60-Day IL (wrist), Richard Fitts: 15-Day IL (biceps), Wilyer Abreu: 10-Day IL (calf), Luis Guerrero: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tanner Houck: 60-Day IL (flexor), Liam Hendriks: 60-Day IL (hip), Josh Winckowski: 60-Day IL (elbow), Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (knee), Kutter Crawford: 60-Day IL (knee), 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.