Rays take on the Mets on home winning streak

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New York Mets (61-76, fifth in the NL East) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (82-54, first in the AL East)

St. Petersburg, Florida; Monday, 6:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Mets: Robert Stock (0-3, 7.40 ERA, 1.94 WHIP, 21 strikeouts); Rays: Ian Seymour (9-5, 4.21 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 128 strikeouts)

LINE: Rays -171, Mets +141; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays will try to keep their three-game home win streak alive when they face the New York Mets.

Tampa Bay has a 46-23 record at home and an 82-54 record overall. The Rays have the fifth-ranked team slugging percentage in the AL at .404.

New York has gone 29-37 in road games and 61-76 overall. The Mets have the seventh-ranked team ERA in the NL at 4.09.

Monday's game is the first time these teams match up this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Liam Hicks has 13 doubles, a triple and 17 home runs for the Rays. Junior Caminero is 14 for 37 with a double and two home runs over the past 10 games.

Juan Soto has eight doubles, two triples and 22 home runs for the Mets. Carson Benge is 14 for 40 with two doubles, two home runs and five RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 6-4, .234 batting average, 2.80 ERA, outscored opponents by five runs

Mets: 4-6, .242 batting average, 4.23 ERA, outscored by nine runs

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

Mets: Jorge Polanco: 60-Day IL (ankle), Mark Vientos: 10-Day IL (hand), Justin Hagenman: 60-Day IL (rib), Cionel Perez: 15-Day IL (forearm), Devin Williams: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Reed Garrett: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tylor Megill: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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