Rays visit the Yankees to start 4-game series
Tampa Bay Rays (48-48, fourth in the AL East) vs. New York Yankees (58-40, second in the AL East)
New York; Friday, 7:05 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Zach Eflin (5-6, 3.99 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 78 strikeouts); Yankees: Gerrit Cole (2-1, 5.40 ERA, 1.46 WHIP, 26 strikeouts)
: LINE Yankees -169, Rays +142; over/under is 8 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees host the Tampa Bay Rays to start a four-game series.
New York has a 58-40 record overall and a 25-19 record in home games. The Yankees have hit 140 total home runs to rank second in the majors.
Tampa Bay is 21-21 in road games and 48-48 overall. The Rays are 13-7 in games when they hit two or more home runs.
The teams meet Friday for the 10th time this season. The Yankees lead the season series 5-4.
TOP PERFORMERS: Anthony Volpe has 17 doubles, seven triples and six home runs for the Yankees. Ben Rice is 8-for-42 with six home runs over the last 10 games.
Isaac Paredes has 18 doubles, a triple and 15 home runs while hitting .261 for the Rays. Brandon Lowe is 13-for-35 with two doubles and two home runs over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 4-6, .227 batting average, 3.57 ERA, outscored opponents by six runs
Rays: 5-5, .243 batting average, 3.72 ERA, outscored by nine runs
INJURIES: Yankees: Jose Trevino: 10-Day IL (quadricep), J.D. Davis: 10-Day IL (stomach flu), Nick Burdi: 60-Day IL (hip), Giancarlo Stanton: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Anthony Rizzo: 60-Day IL (wrist), Clarke Schmidt: 60-Day IL (lat), Cody Poteet: 15-Day IL (tricep), Ian Hamilton: 15-Day IL (lat), Jon Berti: 60-Day IL (calf), Jonathan Loaisiga: 60-Day IL (elbow), JT Brubaker: 60-Day IL (elbow), Lou Trivino: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Rays: Richard Lovelady: 15-Day IL (forearm), Jacob Waguespack: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jeffrey Springs: 60-Day IL (elbow), Drew Rasmussen: 60-Day IL (elbow), Shane McClanahan: 60-Day IL (forearm)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
