Red Sox play the Rays after Rafaela's 4-hit game

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Boston Red Sox (84-70, third in the AL East) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (75-79, fourth in the AL East)

Tampa, Florida; Saturday, 7:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Kyle Harrison (1-1, 4.05 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 27 strikeouts); Rays: Adrian Houser (8-4, 3.11 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 85 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rays -111, Red Sox -108; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox take on the Tampa Bay Rays after Ceddanne Rafaela had four hits against the Rays on Friday.

Tampa Bay has a 75-79 record overall and a 40-39 record at home. The Rays have the eighth-ranked team on-base percentage in the AL at .314.

Boston is 84-70 overall and 38-38 in road games. The Red Sox have gone 40-18 in games when they did not give up a home run.

The teams play Saturday for the 12th time this season. The Red Sox are up 9-2 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Yandy Diaz has a .300 batting average to lead the Rays, and has 29 doubles, a triple and 25 home runs. Chandler Simpson is 16 for 38 with four RBIs over the past 10 games.

Trevor Story leads the Red Sox with 25 home runs while slugging .442. Jarren Duran is 12 for 39 with three doubles, a triple, two home runs and five RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 3-7, .248 batting average, 3.89 ERA, outscored by eight runs

Red Sox: 5-5, .258 batting average, 3.30 ERA, outscored opponents by 11 runs

INJURIES: Rays: Junior Caminero: day-to-day (back), Taylor Walls: 60-Day IL (groin), Jonny Deluca: 60-Day IL (hamstring), Brian Van Belle: 60-Day IL (elbow), Mason Englert: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Stuart Fairchild: 60-Day IL (oblique), Jonathan Aranda: 10-Day IL (wrist), Manuel Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (forearm), Hunter Bigge: 60-Day IL (lat), Shane McClanahan: 60-Day IL (tricep), Alex Faedo: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Nathan Lavender: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Red Sox: Brennan Bernardino: 15-Day IL (lat), Vaughn Grissom: 60-Day IL (foot), Dustin May: 15-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Hicks: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Roman Anthony: 10-Day IL (oblique), Hunter Dobbins: 60-Day IL (acl), Marcelo Mayer: 60-Day IL (wrist), Richard Fitts: 15-Day IL (biceps), Wilyer Abreu: 10-Day IL (calf), Luis Guerrero: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tanner Houck: 60-Day IL (flexor), Liam Hendriks: 60-Day IL (hip), Josh Winckowski: 60-Day IL (elbow), Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (knee), Kutter Crawford: 60-Day IL (knee), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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