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Tampa Bay remains the top team in the majors with a two-game lead in the tough AL East. The Rays are 200 favorites at home Monday against the Cleveland Indians.
The Tampa Bay Rays (26-11) are 4-1 in their last five games with three of the wins being close one-run affairs. Joe Maddon’s club is atop the American League East standings and opens a two-game set in Monday’s home meeting with the Cleveland Indians (15-20), who are 5-2 in their last seven.
Gabe Kapler’s eighth-inning sacrifice fly gave him the game-winning RBI for the Rays, who cashed as 147 home favorites, in Sunday’s 2-1 win over the Seattle Mariners. The right fielder struck out twice in his other two plate appearances.
Rays second baseman Sean Rodriguez had his team’s other RBI. The nine-hole hitter’s double in the seventh-inning began the comeback victory after his squad was down, 1-0.
The game’s combined three runs plunged below the ‘total’ of seven, and extended the Rays' ‘under’ streak to 4-0-1.
Starting pitcher Matt Garza went six innings for the Rays and gave up five hits. Dan Wheeler got the win for Tampa Bay in relief to improve his record to 2-0, and Rafael Soriano closed for his 10th save.
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