The New York Yankees (59-49) are looking for another big outing from a batter when they square off against the Tampa Bay Rays (54-55) on Thursday at 1:05 p.m. ET at Yankee Stadium. Anthony Volpe is riding a two-game home run streak for the favored Yankees (-127) in the matchup with the underdog Rays (+106). New York has Marcus Stroman starting things off, and Tampa Bay will counter with Ryan Pepiot.

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Yankees vs. Rays betting lines

• Favorite: Yankees (-127)
• Underdog: Rays (+106)
• Over/under: 8.5

Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Yankees betting info

• The Yankees have won 56.5% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (52-40).
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -127 or shorter, New York has a 49-35 record (winning 58.3% of its games).
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Yankees’ implied win probability is 55.9%.
• New York has combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 48 times this season for a 48-54-5 record against the over/under.
• The Yankees are 47-60-0 against the spread this season.

Yankees hitting info

• Cody Bellinger is hitting .283 with 20 doubles, five triples, 20 home runs and 32 walks.
• Bellinger ranks 24th in home runs and 29th in RBI among all hitters in MLB action.
• Bellinger heads into this matchup on a four-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .263 with two triples, a home run, three walks and four RBIs.
• Paul Goldschmidt has 23 doubles, a triple, eight home runs and 30 walks while hitting .282.
• Goldschmidt ranks 177th in home runs and 152nd in RBI among hitters in MLB action.
• Volpe is batting .217 with 22 doubles, three triples, 16 home runs and 35 walks.
• Volpe brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .263 with two home runs and three RBIs.
• Trent Grisham is batting .247 with nine doubles, a triple, 18 home runs and 47 walks.

Yankees pitching rankings

• The Yankees pitching staff is fifth in MLB with a collective nine strikeouts per nine innings.
• New York’s 3.97 team ERA ranks 17th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Yankees average MLB’s 11th-ranked WHIP (1.249).
• Yankees pitchers combine to surrender the 15th-fewest home runs in baseball (121 total, 1.1 per game).
• In its 5-4 win last time out, New York struck out nine Rays batters while allowing nine hits.

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• This season, the Rays have been the underdog 52 times and won 22, or 42.3%, of those games.
• Tampa Bay is 18-16 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +106 or more on the moneyline.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Rays have a 48.5% chance to win.
• Tampa Bay and its opponents have hit the over in 43 of its 109 games with a total this season.
• The Rays are 50-59-0 against the spread in their 109 chances this season.

Rays hitting info

• Yandy Diaz is batting .283 with 18 home runs and 62 RBI for Tampa Bay this season.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Diaz ranks 39th in home runs and 29th in RBI.
• Junior Caminero leads Tampa Bay in home runs (27) and runs batted in (70) this season while batting .254.
• Among all major league hitters, Caminero is sixth in homers and 15th in RBI.
• Jonathan Aranda is batting .315 to lead Tampa Bay, while adding 12 homers and 53 runs batted in this season.
• Aranda takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .263 with a double, a home run, three walks and two RBIs.
• Brandon Lowe has collected 89 hits this season and has an OBP of .324. He’s slugging .483 on the year.

Rays pitching rankings

• The Rays have an 8.5 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 13th in the big leagues.
• Tampa Bay pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.86 ERA this year, which ranks 12th in MLB.
• The Rays have a combined 1.216 WHIP as a pitching staff, fourth-lowest in MLB.
• The Rays have given up the 24th-fewest long balls so far this season with 141 home runs allowed.
• Tampa Bay pitchers struck out nine Yankees hitters while allowing 10 base hits in a 5-4 loss its last time out.