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<\/a>New York has dropped two consecutive games since wrapping up home-field advantage through the AL playoff rounds, while watching tonight\u2019s opponent even things up in the Wild Card race.\u00a0 \u201cI actually saw one of their players look at the scoreboard when there was a loud cheer today,\u201d commented Yankees manager Joe Girardi.\u00a0 \u201cThat probably wouldn\u2019t happen on a normal day.\u201d\u00a0 The Yankees are likely to continue resting players due to playing 33 games over the final 32 days when the regular season comes to an end Wednesday.\u00a0 The club is also now 28-26 in series openers, but could bounce back due to a 35-16 mark in the second game.\u00a0 New York is 45-34 on the road and 39-24 following a loss.<\/p>\n
Yankees starting pitcher Bartolo Colon is 8-10 with a 4.02 ERA in 28 outings (25 starts) this season and is searching for his first win since July 30.\u00a0 The right-hander is coming off an embarrassing outing, giving up seven runs (five earned) and seven hits over three innings of work in a 15-8 home loss to tonight\u2019s opponent.\u00a0 He is 4-5 with a 3.45 ERA in 15 road outings, registering 73 strikeouts in 86 frames.\u00a0 Colon will be facing the Rays for the 22nd time in his career, coming in with a 9-5 record and 3.98 ERA.<\/p>\n
Tampa Bay has compiled a 15-8 record since it was nine games out of a playoff berth on Sept. 2, while also going 30-17 when sitting 10 games back in the Wild Card race on Aug. 7.\u00a0 \u201cOur fate\u2019s in our own hands now,\u201d commented Rays starting pitcher James Shields.\u00a0 \u201cWe don\u2019t have to worry about the Red Sox losing now.\u201d\u00a0 The Rays are 7-9 versus the Yankees this season after Monday night\u2019s 5-2 win and have tallied the most wins ever by a team that started a season 1-8.\u00a0 Tampa Bay is 40-30 versus the division and 45-34 at Tropicana Field.<\/p>\n
Rays starting pitcher Jeremy Hellickson is 13-10 with a 2.90 ERA in 28 starts this season and will be looking to lead the club to wins in four of his last five outings.\u00a0 He is coming off a no-decision effort against the Yankees, giving up two runs and two hits over seven frames in a 4-2 road loss.\u00a0 The right-hander has a winning 6-5 mark and 2.41 ERA in 13 home starts, as opponents are hitting just .201 against him.\u00a0 In five career outings (three starts) versus the Yankees, Hellickson is 2-1 with a 4.09 ERA, including a 3-2 home win over Colon on July 19 (7 IP, 2 ER).<\/p>\n
Bettors will likely back the Rays due to their 6-1 record in Hellickson\u2019s last seven home starts, while the Yankees are 2-5 in Colon\u2019s last seven outings away from Yankee Stadium.<\/p>\n
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