Rays and Marlins meet to determine series winner

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Miami Marlins (21-25, fourth in the NL East) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (29-15, first in the AL East)

St. Petersburg, Florida; Sunday, 12:15 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Marlins: Eury Perez (2-5, 4.94 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 53 strikeouts); Rays: Drew Rasmussen (3-1, 3.16 ERA, 0.89 WHIP, 43 strikeouts)

LINE: Rays -158, Marlins +133; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays and Miami Marlins play on Sunday with the winner claiming the three-game series.

Tampa Bay has a 29-15 record overall and a 15-5 record in home games. Rays hitters have a collective .330 on-base percentage, the fifth-best percentage in the majors.

Miami is 21-25 overall and 7-13 on the road. The Marlins have an 8-19 record in games when they have allowed a home run.

Sunday's game is the third time these teams meet this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Junior Caminero leads the Rays with 15 extra base hits (four doubles and 11 home runs). Ryan Vilade is 5 for 25 with a double, two home runs and five RBIs over the last 10 games.

Xavier Edwards has eight doubles, three triples and four home runs for the Marlins. Otto Lopez is 14 for 38 with four doubles and four RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 7-3, .278 batting average, 3.36 ERA, outscored opponents by 11 runs

Marlins: 5-5, .225 batting average, 4.81 ERA, outscored by six runs

INJURIES: Rays: Gavin Lux: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Joe Boyle: 15-Day IL (elbow), Steven Matz: 15-Day IL (elbow), Ryan Pepiot: 60-Day IL (hip), Edwin Uceta: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Steven Wilson: 60-Day IL (back), Manuel Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Michael Grove: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

Marlins: Robby Snelling: 15-Day IL (elbow), Griffin Conine: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Ronny Henriquez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Adam Mazur: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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