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Tampa Bay Rays are 3 1/2 games behind the Red Sox and three behind New York as they opened a stretch of 11 straight against those teams in successful fashion. Tampa Bay Rays' Jeremy Hellickson had been 0-4 with a 4.74 ERA in four outings prior to allowing three runs over 7 1-3 innings in Sunday’s 8-3 victory over St. Louis. No Yankee has more than three at-bats against Hellickson, who is making his first career start against New York. Rays' Ben Zobrist went 3 for 3 with a homer and B.J. Upton also went deep and drove in three runs for Tampa Bay, which is a major league-best 28-18 on the road.
New York Yankees will start Freddy Garcia, who is 2-0 with a 1.35 ERA in his last three outings. The veteran right-hander is 8-2 with a 3.56 ERA in 15 career starts against the Rays. He gave up one run over seven innings in a 3-2, 10-inning loss to the Mets on Sunday. New York Yankees has lost four of five, three of four since Jeter’s return Monday. The Yankees have dropped into second place in the AL East behind Boston. NY Yankees Derek Jeter played his first home game since June 13 in Thursday’s 5-1 loss. He doubled in his first at-bat before failing to get a hit his final four times up, including the game’s final out. Watch Tampa Bay Rays vs New York Yankees Game Live TV Channel SUN and YES.