Tampa Bay Rays (72-74, fourth in the AL East) vs. Chicago Cubs (83-63, second in the NL Central)

Chicago; Friday, 2:20 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Shane Baz (9-11, 4.94 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 164 strikeouts); Cubs: Matthew Boyd (12-8, 2.92 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 145 strikeouts)

Cubs -170, Rays +142; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays play the Chicago Cubs after Chandler Simpson had four hits against the White Sox on Thursday.

Chicago has an 83-63 record overall and a 44-28 record in home games. The Cubs have gone 55-10 in games when they scored five or more runs.

Tampa Bay is 72-74 overall and 34-38 in road games. Rays hitters have a collective .313 on-base percentage, the eighth-ranked percentage in the AL.

Friday's game is the first time these teams meet th

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