Rays aim to stop road slide, face the Tigers

Tampa Bay Rays (78-79, fourth in the AL East) vs. Detroit Tigers (83-74, second in the AL Central)

Detroit; Wednesday, 6:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Zack Littell (8-9, 3.56 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 134 strikeouts); Tigers: Keider Montero (6-6, 4.86 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 73 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays will attempt to stop a three-game road skid when they face the Detroit Tigers.

Detroit is 83-74 overall and 40-36 at home. The Tigers have the 10th-ranked team slugging percentage in the AL at .386.

Tampa Bay is 36-40 on the road and 78-79 overall. The Rays have a 23-8 record in games when they hit two or more home runs.

The teams meet Wednesday for the fifth time this season. The Tigers are up 3-1 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Riley Greene has 25 doubles, six triples and 24 home runs while hitting .262 for the Tigers. Kerry Carpenter is 6-for-26 with a double and three home runs over the past 10 games.

Brandon Lowe leads the Rays with 21 home runs while slugging .481. Jonathan Aranda is 9-for-31 with four home runs and six RBI over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 8-2, .220 batting average, 2.97 ERA, outscored opponents by four runs

Rays: 6-4, .219 batting average, 2.17 ERA, outscored opponents by three runs

INJURIES: Tigers: Alex Faedo: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Javier Baez: 60-Day IL (hip), Brendan White: 60-Day IL (elbow), Sawyer Gipson-Long: 60-Day IL (groin)

Rays: Jeffrey Springs: 15-Day IL (elbow), Peter Anderson Fairbanks: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Jacob Waguespack: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Shane McClanahan: 60-Day IL (forearm)

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