Rays host the Red Sox in first of 3-game series

Boston Red Sox (23-24, fourth in the AL East) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (25-23, third in the AL East) St. Petersburg, Florida; Monday, 6:50 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Tanner Houck (3-5, 2.17 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, 57 strikeouts); Rays: Taj Bradley (1-1, 2.45 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 13 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK : LINE Rays -110, Red Sox -110; over/under is 7 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays host the Boston Red Sox to begin a three-game series. Tampa Bay has gone 14-12 in home games and 25-23 overall. The Rays have gone 16-3 in games when they scored five or more runs. Boston is 23-24 overall and 13-11 in road games. Red Sox hitters have a collective .408 slugging percentage to rank seventh in