Rays and Guardians play in ALCS Game 1

Cleveland Guardians (85-77, first in the AL Central during the regular season) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (98-64, first in the AL East during the regular season)

St. Petersburg, Florida; Monday, 8 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Guardians: Foster Griffin (15-6, 3.60 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 158 strikeouts); Rays: Drew Rasmussen (16-5, 2.67 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, 174 strikeouts)

LINE: Rays -170, Guardians +139; over/under is 6 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays face the Cleveland Guardians on Monday in Game 1 of the ALCS.

Tampa Bay is 98-64 overall and 55-26 at home. The Rays have a 41-7 record in games when they did not allow a home run.

Cleveland has an 85-77 record overall and a 44-37 record on the road. The Guardians have the 10th-ranked team batting average in the AL at .239.

Monday's game is the seventh time these teams match up this season. The Rays are ahead 5-1 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Junior Caminero has 25 doubles, a triple, 42 home runs and 101 RBIs for the Rays. Jonny Deluca is 11 for 36 with three doubles, two home runs and four RBIs over the past 10 games.

Steven Kwan has 21 doubles, three triples, three home runs and 32 RBIs while hitting .282 for the Guardians. Jose Ramirez is 9 for 39 with a double, a triple and two home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 6-4, .234 batting average, 3.14 ERA, outscored opponents by eight runs

Guardians: 6-4, .227 batting average, 3.38 ERA, outscored opponents by 16 runs

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

Guardians: Rhys Hoskins: 10-Day IL (back), Colin Holderman: 15-Day IL (wrist)

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