Rays bring 9-game win streak into game against the Astros

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Tampa Bay Rays (52-33, first in the AL East) vs. Houston Astros (43-47, third in the AL West)

Houston; Saturday, 7:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Drew Rasmussen (7-4, 2.45 ERA, 0.87 WHIP, 94 strikeouts); Astros: Hunter Brown (1-0, 1.78 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 32 strikeouts)

LINE: Astros -111, Rays -111; over/under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays will try to keep a nine-game win streak alive when they play the Houston Astros.

Houston has a 21-24 record at home and a 43-47 record overall. Astros hitters have a collective .315 on-base percentage, the eighth-ranked percentage in the AL.

Tampa Bay has gone 21-21 in road games and 52-33 overall. Rays hitters have a collective .338 on-base percentage, the third-best percentage in MLB play.

The teams square off Saturday for the second time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Yordan Alvarez leads the Astros with 27 home runs while slugging .625. Cam Smith is 9 for 36 with four home runs and six RBIs over the past 10 games.

Yandy Diaz leads the Rays with a .325 batting average, and has 15 doubles, a triple, 12 home runs, 37 walks and 53 RBIs. Junior Caminero is 15 for 40 with 10 home runs and 21 RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Astros: 6-4, .226 batting average, 4.11 ERA, outscored by five runs

Rays: 9-1, .294 batting average, 2.20 ERA, outscored opponents by 32 runs

INJURIES: Astros: Raynel Delgado: day-to-day (finger), Bennett Sousa: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kai-Wei Teng: 15-Day IL (knee), Jeremy Pena: 10-Day IL (calf), Braden Shewmake: 10-Day IL (groin), LaMonte Wade: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Lance McCullers: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Carlos Correa: 60-Day IL (ankle), Brandon Walter: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ronel Blanco: 60-Day IL (elbow), Hayden Wesneski: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Rays: Jesse Scholtens: 15-Day IL (wrist), Manuel Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Chandler Simpson: day-to-day (finger), Steven Matz: 15-Day IL (ankle), Gavin Lux: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Steven Wilson: 60-Day IL (back), Jon Heasley: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jake Fraley: 10-Day IL (groin), Ryan Pepiot: 60-Day IL (hip), Edwin Uceta: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

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