The Yankees and Rays wrap up their season series tonight, and the final game of the season at Tropicana Field is always something to celebrate. It is, hands down, the worst ballpark I’ve ever visited. I appreciated the effort the ownership group has put into making the place fan friendly, but man, it just isn’t happening. It is a D+ baseball experience at best.
Anyway, the Yankees have already won the season series over the Rays, but tonight’s game has big picture importance. There are only 18 games left in the season and that three-game deficit in the AL East won’t erase itself. Too many winnable games have turned into losses of late. That needs to stop. Here is Tampa Bay’s lineup and here is New York’s lineup:
- CF Jacoby Ellsbury
- LF Brett Gardner
- DH Alex Rodriguez
- C Brian McCann
- RF Carlos Beltran
- 1B Greg Bird
- 3B Chase Headley
- SS Didi Gregorius
- 2B Dustin Ackley
RHP Luis Severino
It’s raining again in St. Petersburg, so good thing the Trop has a roof, I guess. Tonight’s game will begin a bit after 7pm ET and you can watch on WPIX. Enjoy.
Rotation Update: Joe Girardi announced Masahiro Tanaka, Michael Pineda, and CC Sabathia will start against the Mets this weekend, in that order. He did not commit to starting Tanaka against the Blue Jays next Wednesday, however. “We’ll have to see how he feels,” said Girardi … in case you missed it earlier, Ivan Nova has been moved to the bullpen.
Schedule Update: The Yankees announced the start time for game against the White Sox on Saturday, September 26th will be 4pm ET. The start time had previously been listed at TBA.
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