Los Angeles Angels (36-39, fourth in AL West) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (46-31, first in AL East)
St. Petersburg, Florida; Saturday, 4:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Angels: Alex Cobb (5-2, 4.41 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 60 strikeouts) Rays: Shane McClanahan (2-2, 4.03 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 54 strikeouts)
LINE: rays -163, angels +142; over / under is 8 runs
BOTTOM LINE: Los Angeles goes into the matchup as the loser in the last four games.
The Rays are 22-15 in their home place. Tampa Bay has beaten .386 this season. Austin Meadows leads the club with a .485 slugging percentage, including 35 extra base hits and 16 home runs.
The angels are 15-20 in street games. Los Angeles’ team on-base percentage of 0.311 is fourteenth in the league. Shohei Ohtani leads the team with an OBP of .343.
The Rays won the last meeting 4-3. Collin McHugh took his second win and Meadows went 3-for-4 with two RBIs for Tampa Bay. Jose Suarez suffered his first loss for Los Angeles.
TOP PERFORMERS: Meadows leads the Rays with 54 RBI and beats .235.
Ohtani leads the Angels with 41 additional base hits and beats .265.
LAST 10 MATCHES: Rays: 3-7, .198 batting average, 3.99 ERA, exceeded by 10 runs
Angels: 3-7, 0.265 batting average, 4.95 ERA, beaten by eight runs
INJURIES: Rays: Chaz Roe: (shoulder), Cody Reed: (thumb), Colin Poche: (elbow), Tyler Glasnow: (elbow), Oliver Drake: (forearm), Yonny Chirinos: (elbow), Jalen Beeks: ( Elbow), Chris Archer: (forearm), Nick Anderson: (elbow), Taylor Walls: (wrist).
Engel: Luke Bard: (hip), Justin Upton: (back), Mike Trout: (calf), Dexter Fowler: (knee), Franklin Barreto: (right elbow), Kurt Suzuki: (head).
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The Associated Press created this story using Data Skrive technology and Sportradar data.
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