Tampa Bay Rays (82-66, third in AL East) vs. Texas Rangers (64-85, fifth in AL West)

Arlington, Texas; Monday, 8:05 p.m. Eastern

PROBABLE PITCHERS: Rays: Tyler Glasnow (1-6, 4.48 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 115 strikeouts) Rangers: Adrian Sampson (0-1, 5.06 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, three strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: Texas hosts Tampa Bay to open a three-game series. Texas’ lineup is averaging 4.5 RBIs per game this season. Joey Gallo paces the team with 87 RBIs. The Rays are 3-5 in games started by Glasnow. The Tampa Bay pitching staff is limiting opponents to just a .228 batting average on the season. In their last meeting on April 18, Jacob Faria earned the win in a 4-2 victory for the Rays.

TOP PERFORMERS: Matt Duffy leads the Rays with 141 hits on the season. He’s batting .297 on the year. Kevin Kiermaier has three home runs and eight RBIs while slugging .892 over his past 10 games for Tampa Bay. Shin-Soo Choo has 21 home runs this season, 34th in the American League. Adrian Beltre has four home runs and seven RBIs while slugging .784 over his past 10 games for Texas.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 7-3, .262 batting average, 3.90 ERA, outscored opponents by 18 runs. Rangers: 3-7, .215 batting average, 5.31 ERA, outscored by 18 runs.

RAYS INJURIES: The Tampa Bay Rays placed RHP Jose Mujica on the 60-day disabled list and will miss the 2019 season with a forearm injury on Sunday, Sept. 2.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by HERO Sports, and data from Sportradar.