Red Sox aim to end 3-game road skid, play the Rays

Boston Red Sox (27-38, fifth in the AL East) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (39-25, first in the AL East)

St. Petersburg, Florida; Wednesday, 1:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Jake Bennett (0-0); Rays: Drew Rasmussen (5-2, 3.00 ERA, 0.92 WHIP, 64 strikeouts)

LINE: Rays -152, Red Sox +127; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox visit the Tampa Bay Rays looking to break a three-game road skid.

Tampa Bay has a 39-25 record overall and a 23-9 record in home games. Rays hitters are batting a collective .256, the fourth-best team batting average in MLB play.

Boston has a 17-17 record in road games and a 27-38 record overall. The Red Sox have the ninth-best team ERA in the majors at 3.88.

Wednesday's game is the sixth meeting between these teams this season. The Rays have a 4-1 advantage in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Yandy Diaz has 11 doubles, a triple, 12 home runs and 44 RBIs for the Rays. Jonathan Aranda is 7 for 37 with two home runs and four RBIs over the past 10 games.

Willson Contreras has nine doubles, two triples and 13 home runs while hitting .288 for the Red Sox. Jarren Duran is 8 for 42 with a triple and two home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 4-6, .223 batting average, 5.32 ERA, outscored by 17 runs

Red Sox: 4-6, .246 batting average, 3.98 ERA, outscored opponents by five runs

INJURIES: Rays: Jon Heasley: 60-Day IL (elbow), Michael Grove: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Craig Kimbrel: 15-Day IL (wrist), Manuel Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jonny Deluca: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Steven Wilson: 60-Day IL (back), Gavin Lux: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jesse Scholtens: 15-Day IL (wrist), Jake Fraley: 10-Day IL (groin), Ryan Pepiot: 60-Day IL (hip), Edwin Uceta: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

Red Sox: Jovani Moran: 15-Day IL (elbow), Garrett Crochet: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Trevor Story: 60-Day IL (abdomen), Nick Sogard: 10-Day IL (oblique), Kutter Crawford: 60-Day IL (wrist), Romy Gonzalez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (knee), Willson Contreras: day-to-day (wrist), Roman Anthony: 10-Day IL (wrist), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow), Johan Oviedo: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tanner Houck: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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