{"id":680220,"date":"2026-04-21T08:16:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/680220\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:16:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:16:48","slug":"reds-seek-to-extend-win-streak-take-on-the-rays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/680220\/","title":{"rendered":"Reds seek to extend win streak, take on the Rays"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cincinnati Reds<\/a> (15-8, first in the NL Central) vs. Tampa Bay Rays<\/a> (12-10, second in the AL East)<\/p>\n

St. Petersburg, Florida; Tuesday, 6:40 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

PITCHING PROBABLES: Reds: Chase Burns<\/a> (1-1, 2.42 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 22 strikeouts); Rays: Steven Matz<\/a> (3-0, 3.80 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, 21 strikeouts)<\/p>\n

LINE: Rays -110, Reds -110; over\/under is 7 1\/2 runs<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The Cincinnati Reds are looking to keep their four-game win streak going when they visit the Tampa Bay Rays.<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay has a 12-10 record overall and a 4-3 record at home. The Rays have gone 10-2 in games when they scored at least five runs.<\/p>\n

Cincinnati has a 9-2 record on the road and a 15-8 record overall. The Reds are 8-1 in games when they scored five or more runs.<\/p>\n

The teams meet Tuesday for the second time this season.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Junior Caminero<\/a> has three doubles, five home runs and 10 RBIs while hitting .250 for the Rays. Chandler Simpson<\/a> is 12 for 43 with a triple over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

Elly De La Cruz<\/a> has five doubles, six home runs and 13 RBIs while hitting .261 for the Reds. Eugenio Suarez<\/a> is 11 for 34 with two doubles and a home run over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 7-3, .259 batting average, 4.06 ERA, outscored opponents by three runs<\/p>\n

Reds: 7-3, .198 batting average, 3.36 ERA, outscored opponents by six runs<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Rays: Michael Grove<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Mason Englert: 15-Day IL (forearm), Joe Boyle<\/a>: 15-Day IL (elbow), Gavin Lux: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Garrett Cleavinger: 15-Day IL (calf), Ryan Pepiot<\/a>: 60-Day IL (hip), Steven Wilson<\/a>: 60-Day IL (back), Manuel Rodriguez<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Edwin Uceta<\/a>: 15-Day IL (shoulder)<\/p>\n

Reds: Caleb Ferguson: 15-Day IL (oblique), Jose Trevino<\/a>: 10-Day IL (back), Hunter Greene<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Nick Lodolo: 15-Day IL (finger)<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cincinnati Reds (15-8, first in the NL Central) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (12-10, second in the AL East)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2377],"tags":[5,457,708,50,6925,1177,92,75686,2102,12626,1176,4682,19,1095,7908,4,297,1956,1555,4274,2550,68,2551,2549],"class_list":{"0":"post-680220","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-rays","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-chandler-simpson","10":"tag-chase-burns","11":"tag-cincinnati-reds","12":"tag-edwin-uceta","13":"tag-elly-de-la-cruz","14":"tag-eugenio-suarez","15":"tag-event_preview","16":"tag-hunter-greene","17":"tag-joe-boyle","18":"tag-jose-trevino","19":"tag-junior-caminero","20":"tag-major-league-baseball","21":"tag-manuel-rodriguez","22":"tag-michael-grove","23":"tag-mlb","24":"tag-rays","25":"tag-ryan-pepiot","26":"tag-steven-matz","27":"tag-steven-wilson","28":"tag-tampa-bay","29":"tag-tampa-bay-rays","30":"tag-tampabay","31":"tag-tampabayrays"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116441712247093585","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}