The Tampa Bay Rays host the Miami Marlins on Saturday at Tropicana Field, at 4:10 p.m. ET. Nick Martinez (4-1, 1.70 ERA) gets the start for the Rays, who are 29-14 this season and first in the AL East. Sandy Alcantara (3-2, 3.90 ERA) is the expected starter for the Marlins, who are 20-25 and fourth in the NL East.
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Injury reports
Rays
Gavin Lux: 10 Day IL (Shoulder), Joe Boyle: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Steven Matz: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Manuel Rodriguez: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Steven Wilson: 60 Day IL (Back), Michael Grove: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Ryan Pepiot: 60 Day IL (Hip), Edwin Uceta: 60 Day IL (Shoulder)
Marlins
Griffin Conine: 10 Day IL (Hamstring), Robby Snelling: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Adam Mazur: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Ronny Henriquez: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
Stats to know
- Tampa Bay’s Yandy Diaz is slashing .297/.378/.449 this season with six home runs, 26 RBIs and an OPS of .827. He has a 12.2% strikeout rate and an 8.3% walk rate in 180 plate appearances, and he has scored 21 total runs.
- In 187 plate appearances, Junior Caminero has hit 11 long balls (16th in MLB), tallied 19 RBIs and scored 26 runs. He is batting .248/.332/.467 and has posted a 16.6% strikeout rate and an 11.2% walk rate.
- Xavier Edwards has hit four home runs this season. He has also tallied 15 RBIs and has scored 31 runs. In 189 plate appearances, he has recorded a .317 BA, .404 OBP and .476 SLG with a 12.7% walk rate and an 11.1% strikeout rate. He has been effective on the base paths, recording four steals on five attempts.
- In 155 plate appearances, Liam Hicks has posted an 8.4% strikeout rate and a 7.7% walk rate while slashing .287/.348/.507 with nine home runs, 38 RBIs (1st in MLB) and 21 runs scored.
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