Rays place infielder on IL before Athletics clash
The Tampa Bay Rays placed shortstop Taylor Walls on the 10-day injured list Tuesday with a left groin strain, announcing the move just hours before game two of their away series against the Athletics in West Sacramento. Outfielder Tristan Peters was recalled from Triple-A Durham to take his roster spot. “The Tampa Bay Rays have placed INF Taylor Walls (left groin strain) on the 10-day injured list and recalled OF Tristan Peters from Triple-A Durham.” Tampa Bay enters the matchup with a 58-62 record, sitting 5.5 games behind the final AL Wild Card spot with 42 games left.
Mets demote Frankie Montas to bullpen, contemplate callup
Frankie Montas has not been considered a reliever since he was an Oakland Athletics rookie in 2017. "We had that conversation today," Mendoza said. Montas, 32, who signed a two-year, $34 million contract in December to bolster the Mets' rotation, made his second relief appearance since 2018 on Sunday.
Athletics host the Rays on 3-game home losing streak
Tampa Bay Rays (58-62, fourth in the AL East) vs. Athletics (53-68, fifth in the AL West) West Sacramento, California; Tuesday, 10:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Shane Baz (8-8, 4.92 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 133 strikeouts); Athletics: Jacob Lopez (5-6, 3.59 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 94 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Athletics -114, Rays -105; over/under is 10 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Athletics host the Tampa Bay Rays looking to break their three-game home losing streak. The Athletics are 53-68 overall and 23-35 at home. The Athletics are seventh in the majors with 165 total home runs, averaging 1.4 per game. Tampa Bay has gone 26-32 on the road and 58-62 overall. Rays hitters have a collective .402 slugging