Tampa Bay Rays (28-27, second in the AL East) vs. Houston Astros (30-25, second in the AL West)
Houston; Thursday, 8:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Shane Baz (4-3, 4.94 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 52 strikeouts); Astros: Ryan Gusto (3-2, 4.58 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, 38 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Astros -115, Rays -105; over/under is 8 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Houston Astros, on a four-game home winning streak, host the Tampa Bay Rays.
Houston has a 30-25 record overall and a 20-10 record at home. The Astros are 18-3 in games when they scored at least five runs.
Tampa Bay has a 28-27 record overall and a 10-8 record in road games. The Rays have the eighth-ranked team on-base percentage in the AL at .309.
Thursday's game is the fourth time these teams square off this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Jeremy Pena leads the Astros with a .297 batting average, and has eight doubles, a triple, seven home runs, 15 walks and 27 RBIs. Jose Altuve is 14 for 39 with four home runs and seven RBIs over the last 10 games.
Junior Caminero has 10 doubles, 10 home runs and 26 RBIs while hitting .249 for the Rays. Brandon Lowe is 14 for 36 with three doubles and four home runs over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Astros: 7-3, .292 batting average, 3.27 ERA, outscored opponents by 17 runs
Rays: 7-3, .246 batting average, 2.22 ERA, outscored opponents by 25 runs
INJURIES: Astros: Christian Walker: day-to-day (hand), Ronel Blanco: 15-Day IL (elbow), Hayden Wesneski: 60-Day IL (elbow), Yordan Alvarez: 10-Day IL (hand), Spencer Arrighetti: 15-Day IL (thumb), Luis Garcia: 60-Day IL (elbow), Cristian Javier: 60-Day IL (elbow), J.P. France: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Taylor Trammell: 10-Day IL (calf), Pedro Leon: 10-Day IL (knee)
Rays: Jonny Deluca: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Travis Jankowski: 10-Day IL (groin), Ha-Seong Kim: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Hunter Bigge: 15-Day IL (lat), Shane McClanahan: 60-Day IL (tricep), Jake Mangum: 10-Day IL (groin), Richie Palacios: 10-Day IL (knee), Alex Faedo: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Kevin Kelly: 15-Day IL (glute), 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.
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