Rays vs. Yankees
When/where: 3:10 today; Tropicana Field
TV/radio: Sun Sports; 620-AM, 680-AM (Spanish)
Tickets: $17-$275, available at Tropicana Field box office, Ticketmaster, raysbaseball.com, team Tampa store; $3 surcharge within five hours of game time.
Probable pitchers
Rays:
LH David Price (11-4, 2.92)
YANKEES:
RH David Phelps (1-3, 3.16)
On Price: The recently named All-Star is tied for the AL-lead with 11 wins and has won four of his past five starts. He's 6-3, 4.03 in 16 career appearances (15 starts) against the Yankees.
On Phelps: The 25-year-old will make his third start, rejoining the rotation after making two strong starts earlier in the year. One came against Tampa Bay, 42/3 scoreless innings May 9.
Improv of the day
C Jose Lobaton said marrying his girlfriend of three years, Nina, Monday morning at home plate at Tropicana Field "was a moment I'm never going to forget." The ceremony came together quickly, with 1B Carlos Peña the best man, and Lobaton admitted there was one hiccup: He didn't have any vows prepared for when he placed the ring on Nina's finger and had to improvise. "I said, 'Really? No one told me,' " Lobaton joked. "I think it must have been good, because Carlos' wife was crying."
Number of the day
20-14
Rays record against the AL East after Tuesday's win, the best in the division
Improv of the day 2
Manager Joe Maddon, who recently aggravated an old college football injury to his right pinky, said it's still sore, but it won't limit his sign-giving and normal daily routine. He did say it might "impact the neatness of my penmanship." But as for eating? "I can eat left-handed, too," he quipped.
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