Rays play the Diamondbacks with 1-0 series lead

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Arizona Diamondbacks (69-54, second in the NL West) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (60-61, fourth in the AL East)

St. Petersburg, Florida; Saturday, 4:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Diamondbacks: Zac Gallen (9-5, 3.69 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 99 strikeouts); Rays: Jeffrey Springs (0-1, 4.61 ERA, 1.61 WHIP, 14 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Diamondbacks -118, Rays -102; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays play the Arizona Diamondbacks, leading the series 1-0.

Tampa Bay is 60-61 overall and 32-34 at home. The Rays are 40-8 in games when they have more hits than their opponents.

Arizona has a 32-28 record on the road and a 69-54 record overall. The Diamondbacks have the fifth-best team slugging percentage in the majors at .433.

Saturday’s game is the second meeting between these teams this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Brandon Lowe has 14 doubles, two triples, 14 home runs and 44 RBI for the Rays. Dylan Carlson is 8-for-28 with a double and two home runs over the last 10 games.

Ketel Marte has a .298 batting average to lead the Diamondbacks, and has 20 doubles, two triples and 30 home runs. Jake McCarthy is 18-for-41 with three home runs and 15 RBI over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 3-7, .198 batting average, 3.74 ERA, outscored by 12 runs

Diamondbacks: 8-2, .299 batting average, 3.43 ERA, outscored opponents by 30 runs

INJURIES: Rays: Richard Palacios: 10-Day IL (knee), Jacob Waguespack: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Shane McClanahan: 60-Day IL (forearm)

Diamondbacks: Ketel Marte: day-to-day (lower body), Bryce Jarvis: 60-Day IL (elbow), Gabriel Moreno: 10-Day IL (abductor), Christian Walker: 10-Day IL (oblique), Kyle Nelson: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Drey Jameson: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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