Brewers and Rays square off to start the World Series

Tampa Bay Rays (98-64, first in the AL East during the regular season) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (103-59, first in the NL Central during the regular season)

Milwaukee; Friday, 8 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Nick Martinez (15-6, 3.10 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 109 strikeouts); Brewers: Jacob Misiorowski (16-5, 1.80 ERA, 0.80 WHIP, 252 strikeouts)

LINE: Brewers -194, Rays +158; over/under is 6 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Milwaukee Brewers host the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday in Game 1 of the World Series.

Milwaukee has gone 55-26 in home games and 103-59 overall. The Brewers have the best team batting average in the NL at .259.

Tampa Bay has gone 43-38 on the road and 98-64 overall. Rays hitters have a collective .402 slugging percentage to rank fifth in the AL.

Friday's game is the fourth time these teams match up this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jackson Chourio has 27 doubles and 25 home runs for the Brewers. William Contreras is 13 for 38 with a double and three home runs over the past 10 games.

Liam Hicks has 16 doubles, a triple, 18 home runs and 82 RBIs for the Rays. Yandy Diaz is 15 for 43 with five doubles and two home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Brewers: 9-1, .257 batting average, 2.22 ERA, outscored opponents by 16 runs

Rays: 7-3, .231 batting average, 3.07 ERA, outscored opponents by eight runs

INJURIES: Brewers: Grant Anderson: 15-Day IL (biceps), Brandon Woodruff: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Brian Fitzpatrick: 60-Day IL (elbow), Quinn Priester: 60-Day IL (wrist), Angel Zerpa: 60-Day IL (forearm)

Rays: Gavin Lux: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jon Heasley: 60-Day IL (elbow), Shane McClanahan: 15-Day IL (forearm), Edwin Uceta: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jacob Melton: 60-Day IL (hamstring), Ryan Pepiot: 60-Day IL (hip)

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