Rangers take 1-0 lead over Rays in Game 2

Tampa Bay Rays (44-44, fourth in the AL East) vs. Texas Rangers (40-48, third in the AL West)

Arlington, Texas; Saturday, 4:05 p.m. EDT

PROBABLE PITCHING PLAYERS: Rays: Taj Bradley (3-4, 3.42 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 72 strikeouts); Rangers: Andrew Heaney (3-9, 4.04 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 85 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Rays -113, Rangers -106; Over/Under is 8 1/2 runs

CONCLUSION: The Texas Rangers lead a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays 1-0.

Texas has a 22-21 record at home and a 40-48 record overall. The Rangers hitters have a combined on-base percentage of .308, the ninth-best percentage in the AL.

Tampa Bay has a 44-44 overall record and a 21-19 road record. The Rays have a 29-6 record in games in which they outscore their opponents.

The teams will play each other for the fifth time this season on Saturday. The Rangers lead the season series 3-1.

TOP PERFORMERS: Marcus Semien has 16 doubles, a triple and 11 home runs with a .231 batting average for the Rangers. Nate Lowe has hit 13 of 39 with a double and four home runs in the last 10 games.

Yandy Diaz has 16 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 40 RBIs with a .264 batting average for the Rays. Ben Rortvedt has hit 12 of 31 with three doubles and two home runs in the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 3-7, .255 batting average, 3.97 ERA, one point more than opponents

Rays: 6-4, .242 batting average, 3.38 ERA, outscored opponents by seven runs

INJURIES: Rangers: Dane Dunning: 15-day IL (shoulder), Cole Winn: 60-day IL (shoulder), Evan Carter: 10-day IL (lumbar spine), Cody Bradford: 60-day IL (back), Austin Pruitt: 60-day IL (knee), Joshua Jung: 60-day IL (wrist), Tyler Mahle: 60-day IL (elbow), Jacob deGrom: 60-day IL (elbow), Carson Coleman: 60-day IL (elbow)

Rays: Richard Lovelady: 15-day IL (forearm), Jacob Waguespack: 60-day IL (shoulder), Jeffrey Springs: 60-day IL (elbow), Drew Rasmussen: 60-day IL (elbow), Shane McClanahan: 60-day IL (forearm)

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The Associated Press produced this article using technology from Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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