Marlins and Rays meet with series tied 1-1

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Tampa Bay Rays (37-24, first in the AL East) vs. Miami Marlins (30-35, fourth in the NL East)

Miami; Sunday, 1:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Griffin Jax (1-4, 4.76 ERA, 1.47 WHIP, 32 strikeouts); Marlins: Sandy Alcantara (4-4, 4.59 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 57 strikeouts)

LINE: Rays -118, Marlins -101; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Miami Marlins and Tampa Bay Rays meet on Sunday with the winner claiming the three-game series.

Miami has a 19-16 record at home and a 30-35 record overall. The Marlins have a 17-6 record in games when they scored five or more runs.

Tampa Bay has a 16-15 record in road games and a 37-24 record overall. Rays hitters are batting a collective .256, the fourth-best team batting average in MLB play.

The teams square off Sunday for the sixth time this season. The Rays are ahead 3-2 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Otto Lopez has a .333 batting average to lead the Marlins, and has 15 doubles, two triples and five home runs. Javier Sanoja is 11 for 34 with a home run and four RBIs over the past 10 games.

Jonathan Aranda has nine doubles, 11 home runs and 44 RBIs for the Rays. Yandy Diaz is 15 for 39 with two doubles and three home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Marlins: 4-6, .236 batting average, 5.12 ERA, outscored by 18 runs

Rays: 3-7, .233 batting average, 6.41 ERA, outscored by 28 runs

INJURIES: Marlins: Josh Ekness: 15-Day IL (calf), Andrew Nardi: 60-Day IL (ribs), Griffin Conine: 60-Day IL (hamstring), Janson Junk: 15-Day IL (shin), Eury Perez: 15-Day IL (gracilis), Robby Snelling: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ronny Henriquez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Adam Mazur: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Rays: Craig Kimbrel: 15-Day IL (wrist), Jon Heasley: 15-Day IL (elbow), Manuel Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jonny Deluca: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Steven Wilson: 60-Day IL (back), Michael Grove: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Gavin Lux: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jesse Scholtens: 15-Day IL (wrist), 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.