The New York Yankees will play the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 3 of their series at Tropicana Field on Sunday afternoon.
The New York Yankees are 79-54 this season and have lost six of their last seven games. New York has lost the first two games of this series by scores of 9-0 and 2-1. The New York pitching staff has a 3.34 ERA, a 1.11 WHIP, and a .220 opponent batting average this season. The Yankees offense has scored 653 runs with a .238 batting average and a .322 on base percentage. Aaron Judge is batting .296 with 52 home runs and 114 RBI’s for the Yankees this season. The projected starter for New York is Frankie Montas, who is 4-11 with a 3.94 ERA and a 1.21 WHIP over 130.1 innings pitched this season.
The Tampa Bay Rays are 74-57 this season and have won five games in a row. Prior to winning the first two games of this series, Tampa Bay won both games played against the Marlins. The Tampa Bay pitching staff has a 3.28 ERA, a 1.13 WHIP, and a .231 opponent batting average. The Rays offense has scored 561 runs with a .242 batting average and a .311 on base percentage this year. Randy Arozarena is batting .267 with 18 home runs and 70 RBI’s for the Rays this season. The projected starter for Tampa Bay is Shawn Armstrong, who is 2-1 with a 4.72 ERA and a 1.41 WHIP over 47.2 innings pitched this season.
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