The Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox meet in Game 2 of the series

Boston Red Sox (75-76, third in the AL East) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (74-77, fourth in the AL East)

St. Petersburg, Florida; Wednesday, 6:50 p.m. EDT

Pitching Probables: Red Sox: Tanner Houck (8-10, 3.24 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 150 strikeouts); Rays: Ryan Pepiot (8-6, 3.76 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 119 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Rays -122, Red Sox +102; the over/under is 7 1/2 runs

IN BRIEF: The Tampa Bay Rays face the Boston Red Sox and lead the series 1-0.

Tampa Bay is 38-38 at home and 74-77 overall. Rays pitchers have a collective 3.88 earned run average, which ranks seventh in the American League.

Boston is 75-76 overall and 40-36 on the road. The Red Sox are eighth in MLB with 188 home runs, an average of 1.2 per game.

The two teams meet Wednesday for the ninth time this season. The season series is tied 4-4.

TOP PERFORMERS: Christopher Morel leads Tampa Bay with 21 home runs and a .356 batting average. Brandon Lowe is 8-for-33 with three home runs and four RBIs over the last 10 games.

Tyler O’Neill had 18 doubles and 31 home runs for the Red Sox. Rob Refsnyder had 6 hits in 16 at-bats, a double and two home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 5-5, .249 batting average, 2.96 ERA, have outscored opponents by four runs

Red Sox: 4-6, .240 batting average, 3.99 ERA, outscored opponents by two runs

INJURIES: Rays: Jeffrey Springs: 15 days on injured list (elbow), Peter Anderson Fairbanks: 15 days on injured list (shoulder), Richard Palacios: 10 days on injured list (knee), Jacob Waguespack: 60 days on injured list (shoulder), Shane McClanahan: 60 days on injured list (forearm)

Red Sox: Rob Refsnyder: day to day (wrist), Brennan Bernardino: 15 days on waiting list (elbow), Isaiah Campbell: 60 days on waiting list (elbow), David Hamilton: 10 days on waiting list (finger), Luis Garcia: 15 days on waiting list (elbow), Lucas Sims: 15 days on waiting list (lat), James Paxton: 60 days on waiting list (leg), Bryan Mata: 60 days on waiting list (hamstring), Garrett Whitlock: 60 days on waiting list (oblique), Liam Hendriks: 60 days on waiting list (elbow), Chris Murphy: 60 days on waiting list (elbow), Lucas Giolito: 60 days on waiting list (elbow)

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