The Tampa Bay Rays get their second opportunity in a week to try and sweep the New York Yankees, this time on the road. Andrew Kittredge (2-0, 1.69 ERA) will open the contest against Gerrit Cole (2-0, 1.47 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 1:10.
Rays Starting Lineup
Diaz 1B
Meadows LF
Margot RF
Lowe 2B
Brosseau 3B
Wendle SS
Tsutsugo DH
Zunino C
Kiermaier CF
Yankees Starting Lineup
LeMahieu 1B
Judge RF
Hicks CF
Stanton DH
Torres SS
Urshela 3B
Odor 2B
Frazier LF
Higashioka C
Steve Carney is the founder and publisher of St. Pete Nine. One of the people most associated with baseball coverage in Tampa Bay, he spent 13 seasons covering the Rays for flagship radio station WDAE, first as producer of Rays Radio broadcasts, then as beat reporter beginning in 2011. He likes new analytics and aged bourbon, and is the owner of one of the ugliest knuckleballs ever witnessed by baseball scouts.