Tampa Bay Rays news and notes

The dish

Rays vs. Yankees

When/where: 7:10 tonight; Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg

TV/radio: Sun Sports; 620-AM, 680-AM (Spanish)

Probable pitchers:

Rays: RHP Wade Davis (8-9, 4.32)

Yankees: RHP Phil Hughes (12-3, 4.04)

Tickets: Sold out

Promotion: Postgame concert by Los Lobos, and Los Rays T-shirt to the first 10,000 fans

Watch for ...

Wading in: Davis has been on a roll, having won his last three starts, giving up two earned runs or fewer in each of the outings. He will be making his fourth career appearance against the Yankees and is 1-2 with a 4.86 ERA against them.

Going deep: Hughes has won two of his last three, but hasn't lasted longer than 5 1/3 innings in his last two outings. He has fared well on the road this year, going 5-1 with a 2.36 ERA in seven starts.

Key matchups

Yankees vs. Davis

Alex Rodriguez 4-for-8, 2 HR

Mark Teixeira 1-for-7

Derek Jeter 4-for-9

Rays vs. Hughes

Carlos Peña 2-for-3, 2 HR

Carl Crawford 2-for-5

B.J. Upton 2-for-6

On deck

Saturday: vs. Yankees, 7:10, Sun Sports. Rays — Matt Garza (11-5, 4.06); Yankees — Javier Vazquez (9-7, 4.54)

Sunday: vs. Yankees, 1:40, Sun Sports. Rays — James Shields (9-9, 4.79); Yankees — CC Sabathia (13-4, 3.15)

Joe Smith, Times staff writer

Quote of the day

"Part of our job is to win the division and win the World Series; that's our goal, and we're not going to lay down or anything because the Yankees have played great as well. We're going to keep fighting and hopefully overtake them and win the division."

Ben Zobrist, utilityman, on not settling for the wild card, which they lead by 51/2 games over Boston

Number of the day

1 Earned run given up by the Rays bullpen in its last 16 innings (eight games), lowering its season ERA to 3.20

Helping hands

The Rays will host a fundraiser this weekend at Tropicana Field to support their RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities) youth teams in St. Petersburg and Tampa. Tonight through Sunday, fans can purchase RBI-branded beads for $5 with all proceeds benefiting RBI Baseball. Proceeds from select food and merchandise items also will be donated to RBI.