The match between the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays will take place at Yankee Stadium in New York City, New York on Wednesday, August 17 at 7:05 PM ET.
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The New York Yankees will host the Tampa Bay Rays for Game 3 of their series in another round of MLB action. The Yankees have an overall season record of 72-45 and come into this game on the back of a 3-1 loss to the Rays in Game 2. They sit in first place on the AL East table with a win percentage of .615. New York has been in a slump of late as they have won just once in their last seven games.
Their offence has scored 597 runs this season at an average of .241 and an on base percentage of .326. Aaron Judge has hit 46 home runs at an average of .300 and has driven in 100 RBI’s so far this season. After the game, Judge said, “It’s better to have this happen now in August than the first week of playoffs or near the end of the year when you’re getting into the playoffs.”
On the other hand, Tampa Bay stands at 62-53 for the season and comes into this game on the back of 3-1 win over the Yankees in their last game. They occupy second place in the AL East standings and have a win percentage of .539. The Rays have been in great form as they won their last four games in a row. In this series, they beat the Yankees in the first two games with a scoreline of 4-0 and 3-1 respectively.
Some dude named Randy gives us the early lead pic.twitter.com/XypRxtAnJh
— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) August 16, 2022
The Rays’ offence has scored 471 runs this season at an average of .237 and an on base percentage of .306. Randy Arozarena has hit 15 home runs at an average of .256 and has driven in 58 RBI’s so far this season. Arozarena hit a three-run homer off Nestor Cortes in the first inning and helped Tampa Bay get the win in the last match. After the game, he said, “I was looking for a pitch to connect on. I was hoping to hit a home run, that’s kind of what I was looking for but I’m mostly just happy we got the victory.”
| Yankees | Rays |
| Gleyber Torres | Yandy Diaz |
| Aaron Judge | Isaas Paredes |
| Anthony Rizzo | Harold Ramirez |
| Josh Donaldson | Randy Arozarena |
| Jose Trevino | Christian Bethancourt |
| Andrew Benintendi | Jose Siri |
| Miguel Andujar | Taylor Walls |
| Isiah Kiner-Falefa | Yu Chang |
| Marwin Gonzalez | Roman Quinn |
Yankees: Luis Severino, Stephen Ridings, Harrison Bader, Zack Britton, Matt Carpenter, Miguel Castro, Michael King, Chad Green, Clay Holmes, Giancarlo Stanton
Rays: Colby White, Mike Zunino, Manuel Margot, J.P. Feyereisen, Andrew Kittredge, Tyler Glasnow, Matt Wisler, Brendan McKay, Wander Franco, Josh Fleming, Shane Baz, Yonny Chirinos, Nick Anderson, JT Chargois, Kevin Kiermaier
The match between the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays will take place at Yankee Stadium in New York City, New York on Wednesday, August 17 at 7:05 PM ET.
The match between the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays will be telecast live on Bally Sports Sun and YES. You can also subscribe to MLB.com and watch from any corner of the world.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Bally Sports Sun, YES | August 17 (7:05 PM ET) |
When the odds are 1.69 the expected chance of winning is 59%, but this team actually wins 51% matches with these odds.
When the odds are 2.25 the expected chance of winning is 44%, but this team actually wins 48% matches with these odds.
