Friday, May 2, 7:05 PM on SUN, YES

Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York

Tampa Bay Rays - Price, D (3-2) vs. New York Yankees - Nuno, V (0-0)

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Yankee Stadium will be the home to a divisional game in the American League East on Friday night when the New York Yankees welcome the Tampa Bay Rays to town. The Rays will send David Price, their left handed ace to the mound, while the Yankees will counter with 26-year-old rookie, Vidal Nuno.

Price has not had his best stuff early on this season and is now 3-2 with a 4.75 ERA through his first 6 starts. He has had his strikeout pitch working for him, recording 47 in 41 2/3 innings and has only allowed 5 walks, but he has given up 22 earned runs on 44 hits, including 7 home runs. That is a scary number for any pitcher, especially through the first month of the season. In his career against the current New York roster, he held them to a .249 average, with Derek Jeter (.302, 2 home runs) and Brian Roberts (.316) having some success against him.

Nuno will be making his 6th appearance of the season and his 3rd start. The native of San Diego has had his ups and downs this season, but mostly downs. He hasn’t recorded a decision and has a 6.59 ERA through 13 2/3 innings. He allowed 7 earned runs in 3 1/3 innings against the Baltimore Orioles, but only 3 earned runs in his other 7 1/3.

Tampa Bay Rays Betting Trends

Tampa Bay Rays are 15-10-1 against the Over/Under

Run Differential for Tampa Bay Rays is -0.3

New York Yankees Betting Trends

New York Yankees are 11-14-0 against the Over/Under

Run differential for New York Yankees is -0.3

Injuries to Watch

Tampa Bay Rays

04/13/14 P Alex Cobb Oblique 15-day DL (4/13)
04/08/14 P Matt Moore Elbow 15-day DL (4/8), out for season
03/30/14 2B Tim Beckham Knee 15-day DL (3/30)
03/28/14 P Jeremy Hellickson Elbow 15-day DL (3/30)

New York Yankees

04/27/14 LF Brett Gardner Foot questionable
04/27/14 3B Yangervis Solarte Undisclosed questionable
04/24/14 P Michael Pineda Suspension expected to miss 10 games
04/20/14 P Ivan Nova Elbow 60-day DL (4/20); out for season
04/15/14 C Francisco Cervelli Hamstring 60-day DL (4/13)
04/01/14 SS Brendan Ryan Back 15-day DL (3/22)

Tony's Pick: Take Tampa Bay

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