Rays play the Pirates on home winning streak

Pittsburgh Pirates (1-5) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (4-1)

Tampa, Florida; Wednesday, 1:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Pirates: Paul Skenes (0-0, 3.38 ERA, 0.94 WHIP, seven strikeouts); Rays: Ryan Pepiot (0-0, 1.50 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, eight strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Pirates -124, Rays +104; over/under is 7 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays will try to keep their three-game home win streak intact when they face the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Tampa Bay had an 80-82 record overall and a 42-39 record in home games last season. The Rays averaged 7.7 hits per game in the 2024 season with 2.6 extra base hits per game.

Pittsburgh went 76-86 overall and 37-44 in road games a season ago. The Pirates pitching staff averaged 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings while giving up 4.6 runs per game in the 2024 season.

INJURIES: Rays: Josh Lowe: 10-Day IL (oblique), Alex Faedo: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Ha-Seong Kim: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Shane McClanahan: 15-Day IL (tricep), Richard Palacios: 10-Day IL (finger), Nathan Lavender: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Pirates: Jared Jones: 60-Day IL (elbow), Nick Gonzales: 10-Day IL (ankle), Spencer Horwitz: 10-Day IL (wrist), Johan Oviedo: 60-Day IL (elbow), Dauri Moreta: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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