MILWAUKEE (Interstat) — The Tampa Bay Rays will visit the Milwaukee Brewers for Game 1 of their playoff series on Friday at American Family Field. Tampa Bay is the visiting team, and Milwaukee is the home team. The Rays enter with a 105-66 record, while the Brewers are 110-60. The forecast for game time calls for 54 degrees.

Tampa Bay’s probable pitchers are listed as Nick Martinez (16-6) and Jacob Misiorowski (16-5). Milwaukee’s probable starter was not listed. Freddy Peralta is a player to watch for Tampa Bay. In his most recent outing, he allowed one earned run over 5 1/3 innings with three walks and three strikeouts. He also pitched six scoreless innings with four hits, two walks and six strikeouts in a recent win. Peralta worked 4 2/3 innings against the New York Yankees, allowing one earned run with one walk and three strikeouts. Peralta has allowed one earned run or fewer in each of his last four listed outings. Tampa Bay’s most recent result was a 7-3 win against Cleveland. Peralta worked 5 1/3 innings in that game, while Junior Caminero homered and drove in two runs. Cam Booser added 1 2/3 scoreless innings.

Aaron Ashby is a player to watch for Milwaukee. In his most recent appearance, he threw three scoreless innings with two hits and three strikeouts. Ashby has put together a string of scoreless relief outings. He also threw 1 2/3 scoreless innings with two strikeouts, two scoreless innings with one walk and one strikeout, and three scoreless innings at San Diego with two walks and three strikeouts. Ashby has not allowed an earned run in his last seven listed appearances. Milwaukee’s most recent result was a 6-4 win at the Los Angeles Dodgers. Ashby threw three scoreless innings in that game, David Hamilton homered and drove in two runs, and JoJo Romero added two scoreless innings.

Milwaukee won two of three meetings between the teams this season. The Brewers took the most recent matchup 8-2, following a 6-2 victory. Tampa Bay won the first meeting 3-2. Tampa Bay has won three of its last four games, and Milwaukee has won two straight.

The teams will continue the series with another game at American Family Field before the series shifts to Tampa Bay.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Milwaukee 8, Tampa Bay 6. Interstat’s ELO system gives Milwaukee a 60.8 percent probability to win. Milwaukee is installed as a -1.5 pregame favorite, and the over/under is 6.5.