Tampa Bay Rays (30-28, second in the AL East) vs. Houston Astros (31-27, second in the AL West)

Houston; Sunday, 2:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Taj Bradley (4-4, 4.38 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 54 strikeouts); Astros: Hunter Brown (7-3, 2.00 ERA, 0.92 WHIP, 79 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Astros -205, Rays +169; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays play the Houston Astros after Junior Caminero had four hits against the Astros on Saturday.

Houston has a 21-12 record at home and a 31-27 record overall. The Astros have gone 15-24 in games when they have allowed at least one home run.

Tampa Bay is 12-9 in road games and 30-28 overall. Rays hitters are batting a collective .248, which ranks seventh in the AL.

The teams play Sunday for the seventh time this season. The Rays lead the season series 4-2.

TOP PERFORMERS: Isaac Paredes has seven doubles, a triple, 11 home runs and 32 RBIs while hitting .257 for the Astros. Jose Altuve is 15 for 38 with five home runs over the past 10 games.

Caminero leads the Rays with 13 home runs while slugging .512. Brandon Lowe is 14 for 38 with four doubles, four home runs and seven RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Astros: 6-4, .294 batting average, 5.36 ERA, outscored by six runs

Rays: 8-2, .288 batting average, 1.92 ERA, outscored opponents by 51 runs

INJURIES: Astros: Zach Dezenzo: day-to-day (hand), Chas McCormick: 10-Day IL (oblique), Ronel Blanco: 15-Day IL (elbow), Hayden Wesneski: 60-Day IL (elbow), Yordan Alvarez: 10-Day IL (hand), Spencer Arrighetti: 15-Day IL (thumb), Luis Garcia: 60-Day IL (elbow), Cristian Javier: 60-Day IL (elbow), J.P. France: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Taylor Trammell: 10-Day IL (calf), Pedro Leon: 10-Day IL (knee)

Rays: Jonny Deluca: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Travis Jankowski: 10-Day IL (groin), Ha-Seong Kim: 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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