Rays host Baltimore Orioles, look to end home slide

Baltimore Orioles (60-63, fifth in the AL East) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (74-48, first in the AL East)

St. Petersburg, Florida; Sunday, 12:15 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Orioles: Trevor Rogers (7-8, 4.21 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 102 strikeouts); Rays: Freddy Peralta (5-9, 5.33 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, 121 strikeouts)

LINE: Rays -141, Orioles +124; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays are looking to break their three-game home skid with a win over the Baltimore Orioles.

Tampa Bay has a 41-20 record in home games and a 74-48 record overall. Rays pitchers have a collective 3.71 ERA, which ranks fourth in the AL.

Baltimore is 28-33 in road games and 60-63 overall. The Orioles have the ninth-ranked team slugging percentage in the AL at .397.

Sunday’s game is the ninth time these teams match up this season. The Orioles are ahead 5-3 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Chandler Simpson leads the Rays with a .308 batting average, and has 12 doubles, six triples, 21 walks and 25 RBIs. Yandy Diaz is 15 for 47 with two home runs and six RBIs over the past 10 games.

Pete Alonso has 22 doubles and 27 home runs for the Orioles. Coby Mayo is 9 for 32 with a double, two triples, a home run and five RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 8-2, .279 batting average, 3.29 ERA, outscored opponents by 25 runs

Orioles: 5-5, .251 batting average, 4.34 ERA, outscored by one run

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

Orioles: Blaze Alexander: 10-Day IL (hand), Ryan Mountcastle: 60-Day IL (foot), Samuel Basallo: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Colin Selby: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Zach Eflin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Keegan Akin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ryan Helsley: 60-Day IL (elbow), Felix Bautista: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jordan Westburg: 60-Day IL (ucl)

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