{"id":894016,"date":"2026-09-16T11:21:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T11:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/894016\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T11:21:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T11:21:24","slug":"rays-host-the-athletics-look-to-continue-home-win-streak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/894016\/","title":{"rendered":"Rays host the Athletics, look to continue home win streak"},"content":{"rendered":"

Athletics (61-90, fourth in the AL West) vs. Tampa Bay Rays<\/a> (91-59, first in the AL East)<\/p>\n

St. Petersburg, Florida; Wednesday, 6:40 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

PITCHING PROBABLES: Athletics: Brady Basso<\/a> (1-2, 3.86 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 28 strikeouts); Rays: Nick Martinez<\/a> (14-4, 2.92 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 98 strikeouts)<\/p>\n

LINE: Rays -194, Athletics +158; over\/under is 8 runs<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays host the Athletics trying to continue a four-game home winning streak.<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay is 91-59 overall and 51-25 in home games. Rays hitters are batting a collective .260, the highest team batting average in the AL.<\/p>\n

The Athletics are 61-90 overall and 32-44 on the road. The Athletics have the seventh-ranked team slugging percentage in the AL at .402.<\/p>\n

Wednesday’s game is the fifth time these teams match up this season. The Rays are up 4-0 in the season series.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Chandler Simpson<\/a> has a .308 batting average to lead the Rays, and has 15 doubles and six triples. Victor Mesa Jr<\/a>. is 15 for 34 with three home runs and eight RBI over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Jeff McNeil<\/a> has 21 doubles and eight home runs for the Athletics. Max Muncy<\/a> is 11 for 34 with two home runs and five RBI over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 8-2, .270 batting average, 2.93 ERA, outscored opponents by 25 runs<\/p>\n

Athletics: 6-4, .210 batting average, 4.75 ERA, outscored by 13 runs<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Rays: Ben Williamson<\/a>: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Tyler Wells: 15-Day IL (forearm), Jacob Melton: 60-Day IL (hamstring), Jon Heasley: 60-Day IL (elbow), Edwin Uceta<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Taylor Walls<\/a>: 10-Day IL (hip), Garrett Cleavinger: 15-Day IL (forearm), Manuel Rodriguez: 15-Day IL (back), Shane McClanahan: 15-Day IL (forearm), Gavin Lux<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Ryan Pepiot<\/a>: 60-Day IL (hip)<\/p>\n

Athletics: Gage Jump: 15-Day IL (left shoulder), J.T. Ginn: 15-Day IL (elbow), Luis Severino<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Josh Kuroda-Grauer: 60-Day IL (testicle), Jacob Wilson<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Nick Kurtz<\/a>: 60-Day IL (thumb), Tyler Soderstrom<\/a>: 60-Day IL (hip), Brooks Kriske<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Justin Sterner<\/a>: 60-Day IL (knee), Mark Leiter Jr<\/a>.: 60-Day IL (hip), Brent Rooker<\/a>: 60-Day IL (knee), Gunnar Hoglund<\/a>: 60-Day IL (knee)<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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