Guardians and Rays meet with series tied 1-1

Tampa Bay Rays (64-68, fourth in the AL East) vs. Cleveland Guardians (65-66, third in the AL Central)

Cleveland; Wednesday, 1:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Drew Rasmussen (10-5, 2.62 ERA, 0.99 WHIP, 108 strikeouts); Guardians: Slade Cecconi (5-6, 4.41 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 79 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians and Tampa Bay Rays meet on Wednesday with the winner claiming the three-game series.

Cleveland has a 32-32 record in home games and a 65-66 record overall. The Guardians have a 40-21 record in games when they record at least eight hits.

Tampa Bay is 64-68 overall and 30-35 on the road. Rays hitters have a collective .402 slugging percentage to rank ninth in the AL.

Wednesday’s game is the third time these teams meet this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jose Ramirez has 24 doubles, two triples, 26 home runs and 68 RBIs for the Guardians. Brayan Rocchio is 9 for 32 with two home runs and five RBIs over the last 10 games.

Brandon Lowe has 13 doubles, 25 home runs and 63 RBIs for the Rays. Junior Caminero is 9 for 40 with a double and five home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Guardians: 2-8, .174 batting average, 4.91 ERA, outscored by 32 runs

Rays: 5-5, .253 batting average, 4.85 ERA, outscored by four runs

INJURIES: Guardians: Lane Thomas: 10-Day IL (foot), Will Brennan: 60-Day IL (forearm), Andrew Walters: 60-Day IL (lat), Ben Lively: 60-Day IL (forearm), John Means: 60-Day IL (elbow), Sam Hentges: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

Rays: Stuart Fairchild: 60-Day IL (oblique), Ha-Seong Kim: 10-Day IL (back), Taylor Walls: 10-Day IL (groin), Jonny Deluca: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Jonathan Aranda: 10-Day IL (wrist), Manuel Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (forearm), Hunter Bigge: 60-Day IL (lat), Richie Palacios: 60-Day IL (knee), Shane McClanahan: 60-Day IL (tricep), Alex Faedo: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Nathan Lavender: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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