Preview: Streaking Rays look to increase AL East lead on Yankees
TV: FOX Sports Sun
TIME: Pregame coverage begins at 6:30 p.m.
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Tampa Bay Rays (25-11, first in the AL East) vs. New York Yankees (19-14, second in the AL East)
PITCHING PROBABLES
Tampa Bay: Trevor Richards (0-0, 4.71 ERA)
New York: Masahiro Tanaka (0-1, 3.48 ERA)
LINE
Yankees 1; over/under is 7 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE
Brandon Lowe and the Rays will take on the Yankees Tuesday.
The Yankees are 10-7 against the rest of their division. New York has slugged .449, good for second in the American League. Luke Voit leads the team with a .709 slugging percentage, including 16 extra-base hits and 13 home runs.
The Rays have gone 20-9 against division opponents. The Tampa Bay pitching staff as a whole has an ERA of 3.70.
TOP PERFORMERS
DJ LeMahieu leads the Yankees with 35 hits and has eight RBIs.
Brandon Lowe leads the Rays with 19 extra base hits and is slugging .612.
INJURIES
Yankees: Luis Severino: (elbow), James Paxton: (forearm), Tommy Kahnle: (forearm), Zack Britton: (left hamstring), Aaron Judge: (calf), Gleyber Torres: (quad/hamstring), Giancarlo Stanton: (left hamstring), Kyle Higashioka: (right oblique).
Rays: Ryan Yarbrough: (groin), Chaz Roe: (elbow), Colin Poche: (elbow), Charlie Morton: (shoulder), Andrew Kittredge: (elbow), Oliver Drake: (right biceps), Yonny Chirinos: (elbow), Jalen Beeks: (elbow), Nick Anderson: (right forearm), Jose Alvarado: (shoulder), Yandy Diaz: (hamstring), Mike Zunino: (oblique).
