St. Louis Cardinals (63-65, fourth in the NL Central) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (61-66, fourth in the AL East)

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

PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Sonny Gray (11-6, 4.30 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 155 strikeouts); Rays: Joe Boyle (1-2, 4.68 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 34 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays look to end their three-game home losing streak with a victory against the St. Louis Cardinals.

Tampa Bay is 61-66 overall and 32-32 in home games. Rays hitters have a collective .396 slugging percentage to rank 10th in the AL.

St. Louis is 28-35 in road games and 63-65 overall. The Cardinals have a 42-12 record in games when they out-hit their opponents.

The matchup Thursday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams.

TOP PERFORMERS: Junior Caminero lea

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