With Ben Rice and Austin Wells on the bench, Boone said he was going to either pinch hit for Escarra or Jorbit Vivas (who was on deck) but opted to go with Escarra’s experience — playing in his 11th career MLB game compared to Vivas’ third — which did not work out as the backup catcher grounded into a 1-2-3 double play.

Max Fried combined with two relievers on a one-hitter to become the major leagues’ first six-game winner and lead the Tampa Bay Rays 3-0.

The start time for the New York Yankees vs. Tampa Bay Rays game on Sunday, May 4, was delayed due to rain in The Bronx.

The Yankees improved to 7-for-7 in Fried starts Friday, when the lefty one-hit the Rays over seven brilliant innings in a 3-0, series-opening victory in front of 45,189 in The Bronx.

Curtis Mead and José Caballero had RBIs in a two-run eighth inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays overcame Aaron Judge’s 11th home run to beat the New York Yankees 3-2 and stop a four-game losing streak.

The Yankees nearly made it through an unexpected bullpen game. Ryan Yarbrough, Ian Hamilton and Fernando Cruz had given them seven strong innings against the Tampa Bay Rays after Clarke Schmidt was scratched from his start with soreness on his left side.

Our Rays vs. Yankees predictions predict big games from Ben Rice and Trent Grisham in a win for the Bronx Bombers.

The Tampa Bay Rays (15-18) and New York Yankees (19-14) wrap up their 3-game series Sunday. First pitch from Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York, is set for 1:35 p.m. ET. Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's MLB odds around the Rays vs. Yankees odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.

On a dreary afternoon at Yankee Stadium, much of the Yankees’ on-field performance in their 7-5 loss to the Rays matched the weather. Yankees pitchers didn’t have a single clean inning against one of the weaker lineups in the American League.

Zack Littell tossed seven strong innings and earned the win when the visiting Tampa Bay Rays scored twice in the eighth inning Saturday and edged the New York Yankees 3-2 in the middle game of a three-game series.

The New York Yankees are almost always a top team to watch at the trade deadline, but that will be magnified in 2025. Not only do the Yankees have an obvious shortage of starting pitchers, but their infield depth took a massive hit earlier this week.