Rays Try to Reverse Fortunes At Home vs. Rangers

TAMPA, Fla. — Wins against the Texas Rangers have been hard to come by lately for the Tampa Bay Rays. They’ll try to change that this week, with a three-game series at Steinbrenner Field starting on Tuesday night.

The Rangers won all three games in Texas in early April, and are 12-2 in the regular season against the Rays since 2023. And that doesn’t include the 2023 postgame heartbreak, when the Rays got swept by Texas in the playoffs, getting swept at Tropicana Field in the AL Wild-Card series, losing 4-0 and 7-1 after winning 99 games that season.

We have a great pitching matchup tonight. It’s Tyler Mahle (5-2, 1.64 ERA) for the Rangers against Drew Rasmussen (4-4, 2.33). Rasmussen has pitched 18 straight scoreless innings in his last three starts.

Here’s everything you need to know to watch the game, including the later start for night games that kicks in for June games.

Here are the starting lineups for both teams:

1. Josh Smith DH
2. Wyatt Langford LF
3. Corey Seager SS
4. Josh Jung 3B
5. Alejandro Osuna RF
6. Marcus Semien 2B
7. Jake Burger 1B
8. Evan Carter CF
9. Kyle Higashioka C

1. Josh Lowe RF
2. Brandon Lowe 2B
3. Yandy Diaz DH
4. Jonathan Aranda 1B
5. Junior Caminero 3B
6. Jake Mangum LF
7. Kameron Misner CF
8. Danny Jansen C
9. Taylor Walls SS