Yankees look to stop 3-game slide, take on the Rays

New York Yankees (8-5, first in the AL East) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (6-7, third in the AL East)

St. Petersburg, Florida; Saturday, 6:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Yankees: Max Fried (2-0, 1.35 ERA, 0.75 WHIP, 14 strikeouts); Rays: Nick Martinez (0-0, 2.25 ERA, 0.67 WHIP, seven strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees are looking to break a three-game skid with a win against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Tampa Bay has a 2-2 record at home and a 6-7 record overall. Rays hitters have a collective .381 slugging percentage to rank third in the AL.

New York is 8-5 overall and 5-2 in road games. The Yankees are 7-4 in games when they did not give up a home run.

The teams play Saturday for the second time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Yandy Diaz leads the Rays with three home runs while slugging .608. Junior Caminero is 9 for 40 with two home runs and three RBIs over the past 10 games.

Ben Rice has four doubles and four home runs for the Yankees. Giancarlo Stanton is 11 for 38 with two doubles and five RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 5-5, .224 batting average, 4.19 ERA, outscored by 13 runs

Yankees: 5-5, .187 batting average, 3.17 ERA, outscored opponents by 11 runs

INJURIES: Rays: Garrett Cleavinger: 15-Day IL (calf), Steven Wilson: 60-Day IL (back), Edwin Uceta: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Gavin Lux: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Ryan Pepiot: 15-Day IL (hip), Manuel Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Yankees: Gerrit Cole: 15-Day IL (elbow), Carlos Rodon: 15-Day IL (elbow), Clarke Schmidt: 60-Day IL (elbow), Anthony Volpe: 10-Day IL (shoulder)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.