On the mound for the Yankees will be Gerrit Cole> RHP , he comes in 3-0 with a 2.55 ERA, a 0.792 WHIP, four walks and 16 strikeouts over 17.2 innings of work on the year. Cole earned the win in his last start, which came Monday at home against the Phillies. He threw six innings, allowing one run on five hits with one walk and four strikeouts in a game the Yankees won by a 6-3 score. Cole is 19-0 with a 1.86 ERA in 25 regular-season starts, the sixth-longest unbeaten streak in Major League history.
Tyler Glasnow> RHP is expected to get the call on the mound for his third start of the season for Tampa Bay in this contest. He comes in with no record, a 3.12 ERA, a 1.038 WHIP, five walks and 14 strikeouts over 8.2 innings of action this season. Through two starts this season, Glasnow has a pair of no-decisions and a 3.12 ERA, with 14 strikeouts over 8 2/3 innings.
Glasnow didn’t factor in the decision in his last start, which came last Saturday on the road against the Orioles. He threw 4.2 innings, allowing two runs on three hits with three walks and five strikeouts in a game the Rays went on to drop 5-4 in 11 innings. Glasnow makes his third career start against the Yankees in this contest. He comes in 0-1 with a 3.60 ERA, a 1.60 WHIP, four walks and 14 strikeouts over 10 innings of work against them.
New York split their four-game set with the Phillies as they ended up on the short end of the stick in the series finale Thursday night. The Yankees entered Friday leading the AL East lead by four games over the Rays, Orioles and Blue Jays.
Tampa Bay was blanked by Boston in the finale of their two-game set Wednesday and entered Friday’s opener losers of six of their previous seven games. The Rays entered Friday tied for second in the AL East with Baltimore and Toronto, four games behind the Yankees for the top spot in the division...
The Yankees are 4-1 in its last 5 outings on the road, and the under is 4 of New York’s last 5 contests at Tampa Bay. The Rays are 1-6 in their last 7 match-ups, and the under is 4 of Tampa Bay’s last 5 games.
The Yanks have the best offense in the majors and this game will only go to 7 innings played, maybe Cole gets a shut out, we'll see, but he has only given 1 run in each start... He may go the entire 7!
Assassins play> NY Yankees-148 over TB...
