New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays play in game 4 of series

Posted May 29, 2022 7:00 am

By The Associated Press

New York Yankees (33-14, first in the AL East) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (27-19, second in the AL East)

St. Petersburg, Florida; Sunday, 1:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Yankees: Luis Severino (3-0, 3.02 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 43 strikeouts); Rays: Shane McClanahan (4-2, 2.06 ERA, .88 WHIP, 74 strikeouts)

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rays -136, Yankees +116; over/under is 6 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees meet the Tampa Bay Rays leading the series 2-1.

Tampa Bay is 16-11 in home games and 27-19 overall. The Rays have a 17-7 record in games when they record eight or more hits.

New York has a 33-14 record overall and a 16-7 record in road games. Yankees hitters have a collective .314 on-base percentage, the fifth-ranked percentage in the AL.

Sunday's game is the fourth time these teams square off this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Kevin Kiermaier leads Tampa Bay with six home runs while slugging .430. Isaac Paredes is 3-for-21 with three home runs and six RBI over the last 10 games.

Aaron Judge has a .304 batting average to lead the Yankees, and has nine doubles and 17 home runs. Isiah Kiner-Falefa is 9-for-36 with four RBI over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 6-4, .241 batting average, 2.11 ERA, outscored opponents by 14 runs

Yankees: 5-5, .209 batting average, 3.60 ERA, outscored by two runs

INJURIES: Rays: Andrew Kittredge: 15-Day IL (back), JT Chargois: 60-Day IL (oblique), Chris Mazza: 60-Day IL (back), Brandon Lowe: 10-Day IL (back), Shane Baz: 60-Day IL (elbow), Luis Patino: 60-Day IL (oblique), Brendan McKay: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Pete Fairbanks: 60-Day IL (lat), Tyler Glasnow: 60-Day IL (elbow), Nick Anderson: 60-Day IL (elbow), Yonny Chirinos: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Yankees: Chad Green: 60-Day IL (elbow), Josh Donaldson: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Aaron Hicks: day-to-day (hamstring), Giancarlo Stanton: 10-Day IL (calf), Jonathan Loaisiga: 15-Day IL (right shoulder), Aroldis Chapman: 15-Day IL (achilles), Ben Rortvedt: 60-Day IL (oblique), Tim Locastro: 10-Day IL (lat), Stephen Ridings: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Domingo German: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Zack Britton: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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