Boston Red Sox (85-70, third in the AL East) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (75-80, fourth in the AL East)

Tampa, Florida; Sunday, 7:35 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Connelly Early (1-0, 0.87 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 18 strikeouts); Rays: Joe Boyle (1-3, 4.64 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 44 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox play the Tampa Bay Rays looking to sweep their three-game series.

Tampa Bay is 75-80 overall and 40-40 in home games. Rays pitchers have a collective 3.86 ERA, which ranks sixth in the AL.

Boston has an 85-70 record overall and a 39-38 record in road games. Red Sox hitters have a collective .423 slugging percentage to rank fourth in the AL.

The matchup Sunday is the 13th time these teams square off this season. The Red Sox hold a 10-2 advantage in the season series.

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