Rays play the Yankees on home winning streak

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New York Yankees (49-40, second in the AL East) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (52-35, first in the AL East)

St. Petersburg, Florida; Monday, 6:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Yankees: Cam Schlittler (8-5, 2.08 ERA, 0.96 WHIP, 123 strikeouts); Rays: Griffin Jax (4-5, 3.45 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 58 strikeouts)

LINE: Rays -117, Yankees -104; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays host the New York Yankees looking to extend a five-game home winning streak.

Tampa Bay is 52-35 overall and 31-12 at home. The Rays have a 38-13 record in games when they record eight or more hits.

New York has a 49-40 record overall and a 26-20 record in road games. The Yankees have the sixth-best team slugging percentage in the majors at .419.

Monday's game is the sixth meeting between these teams this season. The Rays are ahead 4-1 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Junior Caminero has 26 home runs, 49 walks and 56 RBIs while hitting .288 for the Rays. Chandler Simpson is 13 for 36 with four doubles and an RBI over the past 10 games.

Trent Grisham has 12 doubles, two triples, nine home runs and 37 RBIs for the Yankees. Amed Rosario is 7 for 30 with three home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 8-2, .274 batting average, 2.56 ERA, outscored opponents by 33 runs

Yankees: 1-9, .155 batting average, 3.94 ERA, outscored by 35 runs

INJURIES: Rays: Jesse Scholtens: 15-Day IL (wrist), Manuel Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Steven Matz: 15-Day IL (ankle), Gavin Lux: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Steven Wilson: 60-Day IL (back), Jon Heasley: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jake Fraley: 10-Day IL (groin), Ryan Pepiot: 60-Day IL (hip), Edwin Uceta: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

Yankees: Jazz Chisholm: day-to-day (toe), Carlos Rodon: 15-Day IL (elbow), Giancarlo Stanton: 10-Day IL (leg), Max Fried: 15-Day IL (elbow), Aaron Judge: 10-Day IL (rib), Clarke Schmidt: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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