Yankees host the Rays on 11-game home win streak

Posted June 14, 2022 7:00 am

By The Associated Press

Tampa Bay Rays (35-25, third in the AL East) vs. New York Yankees (44-16, first in the AL East)

New York; Tuesday, 7:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Corey Kluber (3-2, 3.88 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 51 strikeouts); Yankees: Gerrit Cole (5-1, 3.63 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 84 strikeouts)

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Yankees -223, Rays +183; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees will try to keep an 11-game home win streak going when they face the Tampa Bay Rays.

New York has gone 26-7 in home games and 44-16 overall. The Yankees have hit 98 total home runs to lead the AL.

Tampa Bay has gone 14-12 on the road and 35-25 overall. The Rays are 20-5 in games when they scored five or more runs.

Tuesday's game is the fifth time these teams square off this season. The season series is tied 2-2.

TOP PERFORMERS: Aaron Judge has a .318 batting average to lead the Yankees, and has 10 doubles and 24 home runs. Isiah Kiner-Falefa is 11-for-36 with four RBI over the last 10 games.

Manuel Margot has eight doubles, a triple, three home runs and 23 RBI for the Rays. Randy Arozarena is 12-for-38 with two doubles, a triple and two home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 9-1, .280 batting average, 2.78 ERA, outscored opponents by 43 runs

Rays: 6-4, .242 batting average, 2.93 ERA, outscored opponents by 14 runs

INJURIES: Yankees: Jose Trevino: day-to-day (back), Gleyber Torres: day-to-day (illness), Chad Green: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jonathan Loaisiga: 15-Day IL (right shoulder), Aroldis Chapman: 15-Day IL (achilles), Ben Rortvedt: 60-Day IL (oblique), Stephen Ridings: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Domingo German: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Zack Britton: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Rays: Andrew Kittredge: 60-Day IL (elbow), Mike Zunino: 10-Day IL (shoulder), J.P. Feyereisen: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Wander Franco: 10-Day IL (quadricep), JT Chargois: 60-Day IL (oblique), Chris Mazza: 60-Day IL (back), Brandon Lowe: 10-Day IL (back), 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)

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

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