Yarbrough expected to start for Tampa Bay against Boston

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Tampa Bay Rays (8-8, third in the AL East) vs. Boston Red Sox (6-9, fourth in the AL East)

Boston; Monday, 7:30 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Ryan Yarbrough (0-2, 3.78 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 12 strikeouts) Red Sox: Martin Perez (2-1, 3.45 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 11 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox take on the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday.

The Red Sox went 35-41 in division play in 2019. Boston averaged 9.6 hits with 3.8 extra base hits per game last year.

The Rays went 44-32 in division games in 2019. Tampa Bay hit 217 total home runs with 537 total extra base hits last year.

The teams meet for the second time this year. The season series is tied 1-1.

INJURIES: Red Sox: Chris Sale: (elbow), Eduardo Rodriguez: (heart), Dustin Pedroia: (knee).

Rays: Colin Poche: (elbow), Charlie Morton: (right shoulder), Oliver Drake: (right biceps), Yonny Chirinos: (right triceps).

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