Red Sox host the Rays on 3-game home win streak

Tampa Bay Rays (50-43, third in the AL East) vs. Boston Red Sox (49-45, fourth in the AL East)

Boston; Thursday, 7:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Taj Bradley (5-6, 4.79 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 84 strikeouts); Red Sox: Walker Buehler (6-6, 6.25 ERA, 1.58 WHIP, 61 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rays -111, Red Sox -108; over/under is 9 runs

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

Boston is 49-45 overall and 28-20 in home games. The Red Sox have the sixth-best team on-base percentage in the majors at .327.

Tampa Bay has a 50-43 record overall and a 22-18 record in road games. The Rays are 22-6 in games when they did not allow a home run.

The teams meet Thursday for the seventh time this season. The Red Sox are ahead 4-2 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Wilyer Abreu has 11 doubles, 18 home runs and 52 RBIs for the Red Sox. Trevor Story is 16 for 42 with four doubles and four home runs over the past 10 games.

Junior Caminero leads the Rays with 22 home runs while slugging .503. Chandler Simpson is 15 for 36 with a double and three RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 8-2, .328 batting average, 3.20 ERA, outscored opponents by 43 runs

Rays: 3-7, .264 batting average, 4.55 ERA, outscored by eight runs

INJURIES: Red Sox: Nick Burdi: 60-Day IL (knee), Liam Hendriks: 60-Day IL (hip), Zack Kelly: 15-Day IL (oblique), Justin Slaten: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Luis Guerrero: 15-Day IL (elbow), Hunter Dobbins: 15-Day IL (elbow), Josh Winckowski: 60-Day IL (elbow), Alex Bregman: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (knee), Kutter Crawford: 60-Day IL (knee), Tanner Houck: 15-Day IL (flexor), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Rays: Brandon Lowe: day-to-day (side), Manuel Rodriguez: 15-Day IL (forearm), Jonny Deluca: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Hunter Bigge: 15-Day IL (lat), Shane McClanahan: 60-Day IL (tricep), Richie Palacios: 10-Day IL (knee), Alex Faedo: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Nathan Lavender: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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