PHILADELPHIA (Interstat) — The Tampa Bay Rays will visit the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday at Citizens Bank Park. Tampa Bay enters 97-65, while Philadelphia is 89-74. The forecast calls for 67 degrees at game time.

Griffin Jax is the probable pitcher for the Rays. He has an 8-11 record this season. Freddy Peralta is a player to watch for Tampa Bay. Peralta has won each of his last five starts, allowing three earned runs over 28 innings in that stretch. He struck out 23 and walked five during the five-start run. In his most recent outing, Peralta worked 5 1/3 scoreless innings, giving up four hits with three walks and four strikeouts. He also threw 5 2/3 innings of one-run ball before that, then followed with five scoreless innings, six innings of one-run work and six innings of one-run work.

Cristopher Sánchez is a player to watch for Philadelphia. In his last start, Sánchez went seven innings, allowed two earned runs on five hits with one walk and struck out 10. He has 29 strikeouts over his last five starts. Over that five-start stretch, Sánchez has allowed 18 earned runs and 34 hits. Sánchez also had a 6 1/3-inning, two-earned-run performance and a 6 1/3-inning, five-earned-run outing during that stretch, along with a six-inning, six-earned-run start and a six-inning, three-earned-run start. He has struck out at least five batters in four of his last five starts.

The most recent meeting between the teams ended with Tampa Bay winning 2-0. Peralta pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings in that game, while Bryan Baker and Cole Sulser each added a scoreless inning. Sánchez took the loss despite striking out 10 over seven innings. Tim Mayza and Jhoan Duran each pitched a scoreless inning for Philadelphia.

Tampa Bay’s recent results include a 4-6 loss at the New York Yankees, a 2-9 loss at the Yankees and a 6-1 win at the Yankees. The Rays also beat the Boston Red Sox 5-1 and 2-1, and defeated the Athletics 10-1, 4-3, 2-1. Philadelphia recently lost 1-5 and 1-4 to the Milwaukee Brewers before a 6-4 win over the Brewers. The Phillies also split recent games against the New York Mets and Washington Nationals, including a 7-2 win at the Mets and a 3-0 win at the Nationals.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Tampa Bay 6, Philadelphia 5. Interstat’s ELO system gives Philadelphia a 54.4 percent probability to win. Tampa Bay has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The over/under for the game is 6.5.