Tigers and Rays meet in series rubber match

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Tampa Bay Rays (78-54, first in the AL East) vs. Detroit Tigers (62-70, fourth in the AL Central)

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

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Freddy Peralta (5-11, 5.33 ERA, 1.46 WHIP, 129 strikeouts); Tigers: Troy Melton (7-2, 1.60 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 76 strikeouts)

LINE: Tigers -121, Rays +106; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Detroit Tigers and Tampa Bay Rays play on Wednesday with the three-game series tied 1-1.

Detroit has a 62-70 record overall and a 33-32 record at home. Tigers hitters have a collective .403 slugging percentage to rank sixth in the AL.

Tampa Bay has a 35-31 record on the road and a 78-54 record overall. The Rays have the fifth-best team on-base percentage in MLB play at .329.

Wednesday's game is the sixth time these teams square off this season. The Tigers are ahead 4-1 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Kevin McGonigle has 14 home runs, 79 walks and 56 RBIs while hitting .280 for the Tigers. Gleyber Torres is 12 for 42 with two doubles and four RBIs over the last 10 games.

Junior Caminero leads the Rays with 56 extra base hits (20 doubles, a triple and 35 home runs). Yandy Diaz is 12 for 39 with two home runs and three RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 2-8, .216 batting average, 4.54 ERA, outscored by 13 runs

Rays: 4-6, .252 batting average, 5.01 ERA, outscored by 16 runs

INJURIES: Tigers: Parker Meadows: 60-Day IL (head/arm), Kerry Carpenter: 10-Day IL (heel), Riley Greene: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Jack Flaherty: 15-Day IL (flexor), Matt Vierling: 10-Day IL (adductor), Brant Hurter: 60-Day IL (back), Wenceel Perez: 60-Day IL (face), Burch Smith: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Justin Verlander: 60-Day IL (hip), Will Vest: 60-Day IL (elbow), Bailey Horn: 60-Day IL (elbow), Trey Sweeney: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Reese Olson: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

Rays: Jon Heasley: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ben Williamson: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Griffin Jax: 15-Day IL (elbow), Victor Mesa Jr.: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Cole Sulser: 15-Day IL (back), Edwin Uceta: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Gavin Lux: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jake Fraley: 60-Day IL (groin), Ryan Pepiot: 60-Day IL (hip)

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