Rays hobbling into final road trip with Red Sox ahead

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The Tampa Bay Rays' chances of an American League East championship are fading as their injury list grows ahead of Tuesday's visit to Boston, the first of a two-game series against the division rival Red Sox.

With a wild-card spot already in hand, Tampa Bay (95-62) sits 2 1/2 games behind the first-place Baltimore Orioles in the East with a week of the regular season to play