Pirates and Rays play in series rubber match

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Tampa Bay Rays (12-8, first in the AL East) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (12-9, fourth in the NL Central)

Pittsburgh; Sunday, 1:35 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Shane McClanahan (1-1, 3.95 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 13 strikeouts); Pirates: Mitch Keller (1-1, 2.86 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 14 strikeouts)

LINE: Pirates -115, Rays -104; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Pittsburgh Pirates and Tampa Bay Rays play on Sunday with the winner claiming the three-game series.

Pittsburgh is 7-5 in home games and 12-9 overall. The Pirates have a 7-4 record in games when they scored five or more runs.

Tampa Bay is 12-8 overall and 8-6 on the road. Rays hitters have a collective .337 on-base percentage, the second-ranked percentage in the AL.

The teams square off Sunday for the third time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Oneil Cruz has six home runs, eight walks and 19 RBIs while hitting .302 for the Pirates. Marcell Ozuna is 11 for 42 with a double, two home runs and seven RBIs over the last 10 games.

Yandy Diaz has three doubles, a triple and three home runs while hitting .354 for the Rays. Junior Caminero is 10 for 41 with two doubles and two home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Pirates: 5-5, .249 batting average, 3.18 ERA, outscored opponents by 10 runs

Rays: 7-3, .258 batting average, 4.12 ERA, even run differential

INJURIES: Pirates: Jared Triolo: 10-Day IL (knee), Jared Jones: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Rays: Joe Boyle: 15-Day IL (elbow), Gavin Lux: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Garrett Cleavinger: 15-Day IL (calf), Michael Grove: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Ryan Pepiot: 60-Day IL (hip), Steven Wilson: 60-Day IL (back), Edwin Uceta: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Manuel Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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