Rays play the Marlins after Mullins' 4-hit game

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Miami Marlins (20-25, fourth in the NL East) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (29-14, first in the AL East)

St. Petersburg, Florida; Saturday, 4:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Marlins: Sandy Alcantara (3-2, 3.90 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 39 strikeouts); Rays: Nick Martinez (4-1, 1.70 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 31 strikeouts)

LINE: Rays -143, Marlins +120; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays take on the Miami Marlins after Cedric Mullins had four hits against the Marlins on Friday.

Tampa Bay has a 29-14 record overall and a 15-4 record in home games. The Rays have the top team on-base percentage in the AL at .331.

Miami is 20-25 overall and 6-13 in road games. Marlins hitters have a collective .319 on-base percentage, the eighth-ranked percentage in the NL.

The teams play Saturday for the second time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jonathan Aranda has five doubles, eight home runs and 33 RBIs for the Rays. Ryan Vilade is 5 for 25 with a double and two home runs over the past 10 games.

Liam Hicks leads the Marlins with nine home runs while slugging .507. Otto Lopez is 13 for 39 with three doubles, a home run and four RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 8-2, .290 batting average, 2.50 ERA, outscored opponents by 20 runs

Marlins: 4-6, .211 batting average, 5.59 ERA, outscored by 13 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.