{"id":848419,"date":"2026-09-15T08:26:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T08:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/848419\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T08:26:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T08:26:19","slug":"rays-host-the-athletics-look-to-continue-home-win-streak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/848419\/","title":{"rendered":"Rays host the Athletics, look to continue home win streak"},"content":{"rendered":"

Athletics (61-89, fourth in the AL West) vs. Tampa Bay Rays<\/a> (90-59, first in the AL East)<\/p>\n

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

PITCHING PROBABLES: Athletics: Jack Perkins<\/a> (3-11, 6.53 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, 119 strikeouts); Rays: Griffin Jax<\/a> (7-10, 3.71 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 103 strikeouts)<\/p>\n

LINE: Rays -230, Athletics +185; over\/under is 8 runs<\/p>\n

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

Tampa Bay has a 50-25 record in home games and a 90-59 record overall. The Rays have gone 66-24 in games when they record eight or more hits.<\/p>\n

The Athletics have a 61-89 record overall and a 32-43 record on the road. Athletics hitters have a collective .404 slugging percentage to rank fourth in the AL.<\/p>\n

Tuesday’s game is the fourth time these teams match up this season.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Junior Caminero<\/a> has 22 doubles, a triple and 40 home runs while hitting .279 for the Rays. Richie Palacios<\/a> is 10 for 31 with five home runs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Jeff McNeil<\/a> has a .267 batting average to lead the Athletics, and has 21 doubles and eight home runs. 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: 7-3, .260 batting average, 3.48 ERA, outscored opponents by 18 runs<\/p>\n

Athletics: 7-3, .234 batting average, 5.00 ERA, outscored by nine runs<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Rays: Jake Fraley<\/a>: 60-Day IL (groin), 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), Ben Williamson<\/a>: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Gavin Lux<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Ryan Pepiot<\/a>: 60-Day IL (hip)<\/p>\n

Athletics: 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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