TNWN: Rays vs Yankees — yet another series preview

After salvaging a 4-3 win in the series finale against the Oakland Athletics on Sunday, and a 5-2 road series overall, the Tampa Bay Rays return home to the friendly confines of Tropicana Field, where they will start a three-game series against the New York Yankees on Tuesday.

TNWN: Rays look to bounce back this afternoon against the Athletics; pregame notes

The Tampa Bay Rays look to start a new winning streak this afternoon after dropping their first game in almost a week on Friday to the Athletics, 2-1. Tampa Bay lost for only the second time in the last 11 road games, while both losses were by one run. Both also were in walk-off fashion.

Rays 5/2/21 pregame notes

Looking at things in context, over the last seven days, the Rays combined BABIP has hovered around the .207 mark — roughly .082 (give it take) below their season mark, and .093 below last season’s mark. Put another way, they have made contact, but they’ve hit the ball where the fielders were, not where they weren’t. That number will eventually change, and their production will increase.