Mark your calendars for July 22, 2024, when the Tampa Bay Rays head to Yankee Stadium to battle the New Bridging formidable talents and strategies, this game promises to be a major highlight of the season. Kickoff is slated for 1:05 PM under a sky of broken clouds.

Taking the mound for the Rays will be Zack Littell, coming in with an ERA of 4.263. Facing him from the Yankees’ side will be Carlos Rodón, who holds an ERA of 4.626. As it stands in the 2024 AL East Division, the Rays are positioned 9th with a middling record of 50 wins to 49 losses, translating to a 0.51 winning percentage. They’ve won 14 games within their division and lost 19, placing them 4th in the AL East. Their recent momentum is quite positive, with 6 victories in the last 10 games, and they are riding a two-game winning streak. They show a balanced performance both at home (27-27) and away (23-22), with a stronger presence in night games (31 wins) compared to day games (19 wins). The Rays have scored 392 runs and allowed 450.

On the other side, the Yankees rank third in the division with a solid 59-42 record, achieving a 0.58 winning percentage. Their division record is 17-21, placing them second in the AL East. The Yankees’ recent performance has seen them win 4 of their last 10 games, despite a recent two-game skid. They hold a 26-21 record on home soil and an impressive 33-21 tally in away games. The team boasts 40 wins in night games against 19 in daytime matchups, with a total of 499 runs scored against 398 runs conceded.

From a betting perspective, the Yankees are favored with a point spread of -1.5 and an over/under set at 8.5. With the odds, the Yankees have a money line of -168 compared to the Rays’ +142, suggesting that despite the close match-ups and records, the Yankees are expected to have a slight edge in this encounter.