Gerrit Cole pitched a gem yesterday and the New York Yankees went on to beat the Tampa Bay Rays, 4-2, at The Trop in game 1 of their 3-game set. With yesterday’s win, the Bombers have 50 wins on the season and it’s only June 21st – are you kidding me!! Tonight southpaw Nestor Cortés Jr. will be on the hill for New York. Nasty is 6-2 with a 1.94 ERA, a 0.93 WHIP, and last faced the Rays on Wednesday in the Bronx where he yielded just 3 hits, 1 run, and the Yanks went on to win 4-3. Tampa’s injury list continues to grow. Tonight they will be without Kevin Kiermaier and Manuel Margot, who went down in yesterday’s loss, and with Wander Franco and Brandon Lowe on the list as well, that is not good when you are facing the best team in baseball. New York has won 6 of the 8 meetings this year with Tampa and it’s never an away game when the Yanks play in St. Pete. It’s their home away from home. The Rays are just 2-8 in their last 10 overall and have yet to announce a starter so the books have not released a line but you can bet it’s going to be high. Sometimes you just have to buck up.
TONIGHT’S PICK: NEW YORK YANKEES