Slumping Rays look to stop 3-game skid

Updated Apr. 16, 2021 2:40 p.m. ET

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Tampa Bay Rays (5-8) vs. New York Yankees (5-7)

New York; Friday, 7:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Michael Wacha (0-1, 7.00 ERA) Yankees: Nick Nelson (0-1, 9.00 ERA)

BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays enter the matchup as losers of their last three games.

The Yankees went 23-17 in division play in 2020. New York pitchers had an ERA of 4.35 last season with a staff WHIP of 1.24.

The Rays went 27-13 in division games in 2020. Tampa Bay hit .238 as a team last year and averaged 3.3 extra base hits per game.

The teams meet for the fourth time this season. Tampa Bay leads the season series 2-1.

INJURIES: Yankees: Luis Severino: (elbow), Clarke Schmidt: (right elbow), Zack Britton: (elbow), Luke Voit: (knee), Miguel Andujar: (wrist).

Rays: Chaz Roe: (shoulder), Colin Poche: (elbow), Pete Fairbanks: (shoulder), Oliver Drake: (forearm), Yonny Chirinos: (elbow), Jalen Beeks: (elbow), Chris Archer: (forearm), Nick Anderson: (elbow), Kevin Kiermaier: (left quad), Ji-Man Choi: (knee).

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

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Nick Nelson

Michael Wacha

Clarke Schmidt

Luis Severino

Yonny Chirinos

Oliver Drake

Nick Anderson

Jalen Beeks

Zack Britton

Ji Man Choi

Kevin Kiermaier

Pete Fairbanks

Chaz Roe

Miguel Andujar

Colin Poche

Luke Voit

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