Rangers host the Rays on 4-game home win streak

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Tampa Bay Rays (4-3) vs. Texas Rangers (6-2)

Arlington, Texas; Saturday, 7:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Taj Bradley (1-0, 3.00 ERA, 0.83 WHIP, seven strikeouts); Rangers: Jacob deGrom (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.80 WHIP, six strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rangers -181, Rays +150; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Texas Rangers will try to keep their four-game home win streak alive when they play the Tampa Bay Rays.

Texas went 78-84 overall and 44-37 in home games a season ago. The Rangers pitching staff had a collective 4.36 ERA last season while averaging 8.7 strikeouts and 3.3 walks per nine innings.

Tampa Bay went 80-82 overall and 38-43 on the road last season. The Rays slugged .366 with a .302 on-base percentage as a team in the 2024 season.

INJURIES: Rangers: Jack Leiter: 15-Day IL (finger), Cody Bradford: 15-Day IL (elbow), Josh Jung: 10-Day IL (neck), Jon Gray: 60-Day IL (wrist), Josh Sborz: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

Rays: Josh Lowe: 10-Day IL (oblique), Alex Faedo: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Ha-Seong Kim: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Shane McClanahan: 15-Day IL (tricep), Richard Palacios: 10-Day IL (finger), Nathan Lavender: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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