For the New York Yankees, today’s 1:05 pm matinee will be the last chance for the Yankees to get a win in the three-game series with the Rays. The Yankees lost the first two games of that series at Yankee Stadium, and that was after losing three of four games to the Rays at Tropicana Field earlier.
For the first time, this season the Yankees are facing a team that could ultimately unseat them as the odds on favorites to win the East Division. The Yankees for the most part have dominated the teams they have faced but hit a wall when facing the Tampa Bay Rays.