Rays host the Rangers, look to extend home win streak

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Texas Rangers (54-52, first in the AL West) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (62-43, first in the AL East)

St. Petersburg, Florida; Tuesday, 6:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Cal Quantrill (3-3, 4.05 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 32 strikeouts); Rays: Griffin Jax (6-7, 3.89 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 82 strikeouts)

LINE: Rays -182, Rangers +147; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays, on a three-game home winning streak, host the Texas Rangers.

Tampa Bay is 38-15 at home and 62-43 overall. The Rays have the top team on-base percentage in the AL at .333.

Texas is 54-52 overall and 26-27 on the road. Rangers hitters have a collective .321 on-base percentage, the fourth-ranked percentage in the AL.

The teams meet Tuesday for the first time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Yandy Diaz leads the Rays with a .303 batting average, and has 18 doubles, a triple, 14 home runs, 40 walks and 61 RBIs. Chandler Simpson is 16 for 35 with three RBIs over the past 10 games.

Ezequiel Duran has 19 doubles, three triples and 12 home runs for the Rangers. Joc Pederson is 14 for 36 with four doubles and five home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 6-4, .289 batting average, 2.62 ERA, outscored opponents by 20 runs

Rangers: 5-5, .280 batting average, 5.83 ERA, outscored by six runs

INJURIES: Rays: Steven Wilson: 60-Day IL (back), Jake Fraley: 10-Day IL (groin), Manuel Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Gavin Lux: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jon Heasley: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ryan Pepiot: 60-Day IL (hip), Edwin Uceta: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

Rangers: Cody Freeman: 10-Day IL (disc), Chris Martin: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Robert Garcia: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Josh Jung: 10-Day IL (calf), Corey Seager: 10-Day IL (back), Carter Baumler: 60-Day IL (ribs), Danny Jansen: 10-Day IL (forearm), Jalen Beeks: 60-Day IL (back), Cody Bradford: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jose Corniell: 15-Day IL (elbow), Kyle Higashioka: 10-Day IL (flexor tendon), Jack Leiter: 15-Day IL (ankle), Jordan Montgomery: 60-Day IL (elbow), Michael Helman: 60-Day IL (hand)

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