Fresh off a near-perfecto against the Orioles in Baltimore on Sunday, the Rays head to the Big Apple for quite an important four-game set with the Yankees. The Rays sit 6.0 games back of New York—eight in the loss column—and given that the Rays don’t play the Yanks again until a two-game set in the final week of the season, this is their best chance to chase down their division rivals. Losing the series, or even splitting two-two would make for quite the uphill battle down the stretch run. However, if the Rays were able to take three of four, they’d be four games back with plenty of time to go in the season.
Tampa Bay Rays news and links: Off the near perfect game, Rays head to NYC
