Preview: Tyler Glasnow looking for 1st win as Rays continue series against Yankees
TV: FOX Sports Sun
TIME: Pregame coverage begins at 6:30 p.m.
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Tampa Bay Rays (15-9, second in the AL East) vs. New York Yankees (16-7, first in the AL East)
PITCHING PROBABLES
Rays: Tyler Glasnow (0-1, 7.04 ERA, 1.76 WHIP, 27 strikeouts)
Yankees: Gerrit Cole (4-0, 2.76 ERA, .85 WHIP, 34 strikeouts)
BOTTOM LINE
The New York Yankees host the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday.
The Yankees finished 54-22 against AL East Division opponents in 2019. New York hit 306 total home runs and averaged 9.2 hits per game last season.
The Rays went 44-32 in division games in 2019. Tampa Bay pitchers had an ERA of 3.65 last season with a staff WHIP of 1.17.
The teams meet for the fifth time this year. Tampa Bay leads the season series 4-1.
INJURIES
Yankees: Luis Severino: (elbow), Tommy Kahnle: (forearm), Aaron Judge: (lower body), DJ LeMahieu: (thumb), Giancarlo Stanton: (left hamstring), Kyle Higashioka: (right oblique).
Rays: Colin Poche: (elbow), Charlie Morton: (shoulder), Andrew Kittredge: (elbow), Oliver Drake: (right biceps), Yonny Chirinos: (right triceps), Jose Alvarado: (shoulder).