New York Yankees (84-56) vs Tampa Bay Rays (78-59)
Game Info: Sunday, September 11, 2022 at 1:35 pm (Yankee Stadium)
Domingo German (2-3) (3.27) vs Luis Patino (1-1) (4.34)
Betting Odds: New York Yankees +100 / Tampa Bay Rays -115 --- Over/Under: Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The Tampa Bay Rays will play the New York Yankees in Game 3 of their series at Yankee Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
The Tampa Bay Rays are 78-59 this season and have won four of their last five games. Tampa Bay won Game 1 of this series by a score of 4-2 on Friday night. The Tampa Bay pitching staff has a 3.29 ERA, a 1.14 WHIP, and a .231 opponent batting average this season. The Rays offense has scored 582 runs with a .242 batting average and a .311 on base percentage. Randy Arozarena is batting .270 with 19 home runs and 76 RBI’s for the Rays this season. The projected starter for Tampa Bay is Luis Patino, who is 1-1 with a 4.34 ERA and a 1.61 WHIP over 18.2 innings pitched this season.
The New York Yankees are 84-56 this season and have lost two of their last three games. New York won Game 2 of this series by a score of 10-3 on Saturday. The New York pitching staff has a 3.28 ERA, a 1.11 WHIP, and a .220 opponent batting average. The Yankees offense has scored 687 runs with a .239 batting average and a .322 on base percentage this year. Aaron Judge is batting .307 with 55 home runs and 120 RBI’s for the Yankees this season. The projected starter for New York is Domingo German, who is 2-3 with a 3.27 ERA and a 1.15 WHIP over 55 innings pitched this season.
Tampa Bay is 4-1 in their last 5 Sunday games and 4-1 in their last 5 game three’s of a series. The under is 4-1 in Tampa Bay’s last 5 Sunday games. New York is 3-7 in their last 10 game three’s of a series and 46-19 in their last 65 home games. The under is 4-0 in New York’s last 4 Sunday games. The under is 4-2 in these two teams last 6 head to head meetings in New York.
New York had a big win on Saturday after losing Game 1 of this series on Friday night. The Yankees have a 4.5 game lead in the AL East over the Rays, but Tampa Bay has made up a lot of ground over the last two months. Domingo German is starting for the Yankees and he has allowed five earned runs over his last 20.1 innings pitched. For the Rays, Luis Patino has allowed six earned runs over his last 14.2 innings pitched. I am taking the Yankees in this game.