Snell expected to start for Tampa Bay against Boston

Posted August 12, 2020 7:00 am

By The Associated Press

Tampa Bay Rays (10-8, second in the AL East) vs. Boston Red Sox (6-11, fifth in the AL East)

Boston; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Blake Snell (0-0, 3.38 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 14 strikeouts) Red Sox: Zack Godley (0-1, 3.97 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, 11 strikeouts)

LINE: Rays favored by 1 1/2 runs; over/under is 10 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays visit the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday.

The Red Sox went 35-41 in division games in 2019. Boston averaged 9.6 hits with 3.8 extra base hits per game and 27 total triples last year.

The Rays went 44-32 in division games in 2019. Tampa Bay hit 217 total home runs and averaged 8.8 hits per game last year.

The teams meet for the fourth time this season. Tampa Bay leads the season series 3-1.

INJURIES: Red Sox: Chris Sale: (elbow), Eduardo Rodriguez: (heart), Dustin Pedroia: (knee), Rafael Devers: (ankle).

Rays: Colin Poche: (elbow), Charlie Morton: (shoulder), Andrew Kittredge: (elbow), Oliver Drake: (right biceps), Yonny Chirinos: (right triceps).

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

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