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Cardinals bring 1-0 series lead over Rays into game 2

By The Associated PressYahoo Sports

Tampa Bay Rays (0-1) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (1-0) St.

Louis; Saturday, 2:15 p. m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Joe Boyle (0-0); Cardinals: Michael McGreevy (0-0) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cardinals -110, Rays -108; over/under is 7 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The St.

Louis Cardinals lead 1-0 in a three-game series with the Tampa Bay Rays. St. Louis went 78-84 overall and 44-37 in home games a season ago.

The Cardinals averaged 2. 6 extra base hits per game, including 0. 9 home runs.

Tampa Bay went 77-85 overall and 36-45 on the road last season. The Rays pitching staff had a collective 3. 95 ERA last season while averaging 8.