The Tampa Bay Rays will look to even up this three-game series with the New York Yankees after dropping the opener Tuesday. Right-hander Collin McHugh (0-1, 7.36 ERA) will open for Tampa Bay, taking on Gerrit Cole (4-1, 1.61 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 7:10.
Rays Starting Lineup
Arozarena DH
Meadows LF
Margot RF
Lowe 2B
Diaz 1B
Wendle 3B
Zunino C
Adames SS
Phillips CF
Yankees Starting Lineup
TBA
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.