Preview: Tyler Glasnow, Gerrit Cole square off in battle of hard-throwing righties
TV: FOX Sports Sun
TIME: Pregame coverage begins at 6:30 p.m.
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Tampa Bay Rays (24-11, first in the AL East) vs. New York Yankees (19-13, second in the AL East)
PITCHING PROBABLES
Tampa Bay: Tyler Glasnow (1-1, 5.14 ERA)
New York: Gerrit Cole (4-1, 3.51 ERA)
LINE
Yankees 1; over/under is 7 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE
New York and Tampa Bay will face off on Monday.
The Yankees are 10-6 against the rest of their division. New York has slugged .452, good for second in the American League. Luke Voit leads the club with a .697 slugging percentage, including 15 extra-base hits and 12 home runs.
The Rays have gone 19-9 against division opponents. Tampa Bay’s team on-base percentage of .335 is second in the American League. Yandy Diaz leads the lineup with an OBP of .418.
TOP PERFORMERS
Voit leads the Yankees with 12 home runs and is slugging .697.
Brandon Lowe leads the Rays with 10 home runs and has 27 RBIs.
INJURIES
Yankees: Luis Severino: (elbow), James Paxton: (forearm), Tommy Kahnle: (forearm), Zack Britton: (left hamstring), Aaron Judge: (calf), Aaron Hicks: (calves), 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), Mike Zunino: (oblique).
