Boston Red Sox (85-70, third in the AL East) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (75-80, fourth in the AL East)

Tampa, Florida; Sunday, 7:35 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Connelly Early (1-0, 0.87 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 18 strikeouts); Rays: Joe Boyle (1-3, 4.64 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 44 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox play the Tampa Bay Rays looking to sweep their three-game series.

Tampa Bay is 75-80 overall and 40-40 in home games. Rays pitchers have a collective 3.86 ERA, which ranks sixth in the AL.

Boston has an 85-70 record overall and a 39-38 record in road games. Red Sox hitters have a collective .423 slugging percentage to rank fourth in the AL.

The matchup Sunday is the 13th time these teams square off this season. The Red Sox hold a 10-2 advantage in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Junior Caminero leads the Rays with 44 home runs while slugging .535. Yandy Diaz is 17 for 35 with three home runs and six RBIs over the past 10 games.

Jarren Duran has 39 doubles, 13 triples and 16 home runs while hitting .261 for the Red Sox. Alex Bregman is 9 for 39 with a double and two home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 3-7, .243 batting average, 3.64 ERA, outscored by 10 runs

Red Sox: 5-5, .254 batting average, 3.60 ERA, outscored opponents by seven runs

INJURIES: Rays: 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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