Snell scheduled to start for Tampa Bay against New York

New York Yankees (33-27, second in the AL East) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (40-20, first in the AL East)

San Diego; Monday, 8:07 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: New York: Gerrit Cole (7-3, 2.84 ERA in regular season) Tampa Bay: Blake Snell (4-2, 3.24 ERA in regular season)

LINE: Yankees favored by 1 1/2 runs; over/under is 7 runs

BOTTOM LINE: Blake Snell and Tampa Bay will host New York in Game 1 of the ALDS.

The Rays are 27-13 against the rest of their division. Tampa Bay has a team batting average of .254 this postseason, Randy Arozarena has lead them with an average of .500, including three extra base hits.

The Yankees are 23-17 against teams from the AL East. New York has a team on-base percentage of .409 this postseason, Gleyber Torres leads them with an OBP of .800 in 7 at-bats.

REGULAR SEASON TOP PERFORMERS: Brandon Lowe leads the Rays with 52 hits and has 37 RBIs.

Luke Voit leads the Yankees with 22 home runs home runs and is slugging .610.

INJURIES: Rays: Chaz Roe: (elbow), Cody Reed: (finger), Colin Poche: (elbow), Andrew Kittredge: (elbow), Yonny Chirinos: (elbow), Jalen Beeks: (elbow), Jose Alvarado: (shoulder), Austin Meadows: (oblique).

Yankees: Luis Severino: (elbow), James Paxton: (forearm), Tommy Kahnle: (forearm), Ben Heller: (bicep).

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