Los Angeles Angels (7-4, second in the AL West) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (5-6, fourth in the AL East)
Tampa, Florida; Thursday, 1:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Angels: Jose Soriano (1-1, 3.65 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, 14 strikeouts); Rays: Zack Littell (0-2, 4.15 ERA, 0.92 WHIP, 10 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rays -134, Angels +113; over/under is 8 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays and Los Angeles Angels meet on Thursday with the winner claiming the three-game series.
Tampa Bay is 5-6 overall and 5-3 at home. The Rays are 3-1 in games when they did not give up a home run.
Los Angeles has gone 5-3 in road games and 7-4 overall. The Angels have a 4-1 record in games decided by one run.
Thursday's game is the third meeting between these teams this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Jonathan Aranda has six doubles and a home run for the Rays. Brandon Lowe is 12-for-41 with three home runs over the past 10 games.
Kyren Paris has a triple, five home runs and eight RBI for the Angels. Logan O'Hoppe is 11-for-34 with five home runs and nine RBI over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 4-6, .258 batting average, 3.41 ERA, outscored opponents by five runs
Angels: 7-3, .233 batting average, 4.05 ERA, outscored opponents by six runs
INJURIES: Rays: Jonny Deluca: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Josh Lowe: 10-Day IL (oblique), Alex Faedo: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Ha-Seong Kim: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Shane McClanahan: 15-Day IL (tricep), Richard Palacios: 10-Day IL (finger), Nathan Lavender: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Angels: Yoan Moncada: day-to-day (thumb), Sam Bachman: 15-Day IL (upper body), Zachary Neto: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Robert William Stephenson: 60-Day IL (elbow), Anthony Rendon: 60-Day IL (hip)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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