Tampa Bay Rays (49-41, third in the AL East) vs. Detroit Tigers (57-34, first in the AL Central)

Detroit; Monday, 6:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Shane Baz (0-0); Tigers: TBD

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rays -130, Tigers +109; over/under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Detroit Tigers begin a three-game series at home against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday.

Detroit has a 57-34 record overall and a 30-14 record in home games. Tigers hitters have a collective .324 on-base percentage, the fifth-ranked percentage in the AL.

Tampa Bay is 49-41 overall and 21-16 in road games. Rays hitters have a collective .411 slugging percentage to rank fifth in the AL.

Monday's game is the fourth meeting between these teams this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Riley Greene leads the Tigers with a .286 batting average, and has 21 doubles, 22 home runs, 27 walks and 71 RBIs. Spencer Torkelson is 13 for 38 with four home runs and seven RBIs over the past 10 games.

Junior Caminero has 19 doubles and 21 home runs while hitting .258 for the Rays. Brandon Lowe is 10 for 32 with a double and four home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 7-3, .260 batting average, 3.13 ERA, outscored opponents by 20 runs

Rays: 4-6, .279 batting average, 5.63 ERA, outscored by eight runs

INJURIES: Tigers: Sean Guenther: 60-Day IL (hip), Gleyber Torres: day-to-day (neck), Sawyer Gipson-Long: 15-Day IL (neck), Kerry Carpenter: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Jackson Jobe: 60-Day IL (flexor), Jason Foley: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Alex Cobb: 60-Day IL (hip), Ty Madden: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jose Urquidy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Alex Lange: 60-Day IL (lat)

Rays: Brandon Lowe: day-to-day (side soreness), Ha-Seong Kim: day-to-day (calf), Manuel Rodriguez: 15-Day IL (forearm), Jonny Deluca: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Hunter Bigge: 15-Day IL (lat), Shane McClanahan: 60-Day IL (tricep), Richie Palacios: 10-Day IL (knee), Alex Faedo: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Nathan Lavender: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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