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New York Yankees @ Tampa Bay Rays

10/5/2026, 8:00:00 PM ET · Tropicana Field

New York Yankees2
Tampa Bay Rays5
FINALtotal 6.540,226 attendance

New York Yankees

2–1 · last 4: 2–2

DateOppResultRunsvs 6.5
10-03@ TBL 0–11U
10-01vs BOSL 0–00U
09-30vs BOSW 9–211O
09-29vs BOSW 9–09O

Tampa Bay Rays

1–0 · last 1: 1–0

DateOppResultRunsvs 6.5
10-03vs NYYW 1–01U

Probable pitchers

Expected to throw the bulk of the game.

Cam Schlittler

New York Yankees · RHP Projected

SplitGSIPERAWHIPOBAK%K/9HR/9
202635204.11.940.92.18131.1%11.10.70
2026 Away18113.11.270.78.15630.2%10.40.64
2026 Day1165.01.660.86.17234.1%11.80.55
20251687.12.681.17.21627.2%10.10.82
SplitBFHRBBOBASLGBRL%HH%K%
2026 vs LHB458933.188.3097.6%42.0%34.7%
2026 vs RHB303716.181.2876.9%33.3%26.4%
2025 vs LHB179421.222.3105.7%41.5%29.1%
2025 vs RHB125410.211.37611.5%38.5%25.6%
Strikeoutso6.5-102
Pitcher Walkso1.5+110

Freddy Peralta

Tampa Bay Rays · RHP Projected

SplitGSIPERAWHIPOBAK%K/9HR/9
202634179.24.211.30.23821.3%8.31.20
2026 Home632.01.410.81.13322.6%7.90.56
2026 Day1789.13.431.21.19822.3%8.51.01
202536192.02.861.08.19028.3%10.51.22
SplitBFHRBBOBASLGBRL%HH%K%
2026 vs LHB4611739.254.4396.5%37.7%21.7%
2026 vs RHB269624.234.3664.4%36.3%20.8%
2025 vs LHB369841.204.3167.3%31.3%24.9%
2025 vs RHB3541325.181.33811.4%37.9%31.6%
Pitching Outso13.5+106
Hits Allowedo3.5+125
Earned Runso1.5+105

Batting orders

New York Yankees

Confirmed

8 LHB, 1 RHB, 0 SW · 2026

#BatterPosABHHRAVGSLGK%BRL%HH%Hits
1Ben RiceLDH59215945.269.55224.7%14.3%48.6%o1.5 +175
2Cody BellingerLLF51713518.261.42616.0%6.6%37.9%o5.5 -122
3Luis García Jr.L1B53214731.276.51918.1%12.2%45.9%o0.5 +4500
4Spencer JonesLRF2786711.241.41736.9%16.0%55.1%—
5George Lombard Jr.RSS170427.247.40626.5%8.1%35.1%—
6Jazz Chisholm Jr.L2B48211119.230.39429.4%8.3%42.9%o0.5 +4500
7Trent GrishamLCF4339018.208.38619.0%9.4%45.5%o1.5 +225
8Austin WellsLC3496714.192.33827.0%7.4%42.4%—
9Ryan McMahonL3B3357111.212.35229.3%8.9%44.6%—

Tampa Bay Rays

Confirmed

5 LHB, 3 RHB, 1 SW · 2026

#BatterPosABHHRAVGSLGK%BRL%HH%Hits
1Yandy DíazRDH63518522.291.44114.9%7.1%47.9%—
2Jonathan ArandaL1B59816323.273.43324.6%9.7%45.6%—
3Junior CamineroR3B63317542.276.52118.7%12.9%49.6%o0.5 +550
4Liam HicksLC49413918.281.42910.3%3.7%27.1%o0.5 +200
5Chandler SimpsonLLF5831770.304.3528.0%0.0%13.5%—
6Victor Mesa Jr.LRF2536415.253.48622.0%10.8%42.2%o0.5 +700
7Jonny DeLucaRCF3689911.269.42720.8%3.7%30.6%—
8Richie PalaciosL2B3568310.233.37117.7%3.9%28.8%—
9Taylor WallsSWSS385842.218.29125.3%2.2%21.9%o0.5 +430