Everyone on the Yankees except Ben Rice and Austin Wells is 1-for-46 in this series.
Max Fried starts Game 3 at Yankee Stadium with New York down 2-0 and facing elimination.
How to watch
Rays at Yankees, ALDS Game 3
Wednesday, Oct. 7, 8 p.m. ET
Yankee Stadium, New York
TV: TBS and truTV
Spanish: UniMas, with audio on TUDN Radio
Streaming: HBO Max
Radio: WFAN 660 AM in New York, ESPN Radio
American League games are on TBS and truTV this round. National League games are on FOX and FS1.
Both channels are carried on Sling, YouTube TV, Fubo, Hulu Live and DirecTV Stream. HBO Max carries TBS games through its B/R Sports add-on, with availability depending on your plan tier.
Clear and 63 degrees at first pitch, dropping to the upper 50s by the late innings.
Lineups
Tampa Bay: Yandy Diaz DH, Jonathan Aranda 1B, Junior Caminero 3B, Victor Mesa Jr. LF, Ryan Vilade RF, Liam Hicks C, Jonny DeLuca CF, Richie Palacios 2B, Taylor Walls SS.
New York: Trent Grisham CF, Ben Rice DH, Luis Garcia Jr. 1B, Cody Bellinger LF, George Lombard Jr. SS, Austin Wells C, Anthony Volpe 2B, Spencer Jones RF, Jose Caballero 3B.
Chandler Simpson sits for Tampa Bay, with Mesa and Vilade in against the left-hander.
Aaron Boone moved Grisham to leadoff and started Volpe over Jazz Chisholm Jr. Asked why, Boone said he felt like going with him.
Max Fried
Fried is 5-1 with a 1.81 ERA in seven career starts against Tampa Bay, including 3-0 with a 0.84 ERA in three starts last season.
He threw six innings against Boston in the clinching game of the Wild Card Series, allowing one run on three hits with six strikeouts.
He has faced the Rays twice this season. On April 11 at Tropicana Field he allowed three runs over eight innings in a no-decision. On Sept. 22 in New York he took the loss over 6 2/3 innings as Tampa Bay clinched the AL East.
Nick Martinez
Martinez is 15-6 with a 3.10 ERA over 180 innings, a first-time All-Star at 36. Tampa Bay went 22-9 in his starts.
He was 7-3 with a 2.38 ERA in 16 road starts and held the Yankees to three runs over 12 innings at Yankee Stadium this season.
The bullpens
Tampa Bay's relievers have recorded seven of the 54 outs in this series. Drew Rasmussen went eight innings in Game 1, and Freddy Peralta and Ian Seymour combined for 7 2/3 in Game 2. Bryan Baker has six outs, Cam Booser one.
Griffin Jax is available. New York has not yet faced Tyler Wells or Kevin Kelly.
For the Yankees, David Bednar, Paul Blackburn and Brent Headrick are the high-leverage arms. Will Warren is in the bullpen after 29 starts during the season. Ryan Weathers returned from a left flexor strain and replaced Amed Rosario on the roster.
Who is hot
Ben Rice is 7-for-15 this postseason with four home runs and eight RBIs, including two homers in Game 2. Austin Wells is 5-for-12.
Jonathan Aranda homered off Gerrit Cole for the only run of Game 1 and had two more hits in Game 2. Richie Palacios, a Brooklyn native, had the biggest hit of Game 2 and posted a .981 OPS with five home runs in September.
Judge is out
Aaron Judge was left off the ALDS roster with a strained right calf, though Boone called it a close decision. Judge has not run the bases but has been doing outfield running and taking live at-bats.
Clarke Schmidt is out for the rest of the postseason.
How the series got here
Tampa Bay won Game 1 1-0. Rasmussen allowed one hit over eight innings with 10 strikeouts.
Tampa Bay won Game 2 5-2, scoring four in the fifth off Cam Schlittler. Richie Palacios had a two-run single. Ben Rice hit both New York home runs. The Yankees committed four errors, the fifth postseason game in franchise history with four or more.
The series schedule
Game 1 — Tampa Bay 1, New York 0
Game 2 — Tampa Bay 5, New York 2
Game 3 — Wednesday, Oct. 7, 8 p.m. ET, New York
Game 4 — Thursday, Oct. 8, 8 p.m. ET, New York, if necessary
Game 5 — Saturday, Oct. 10, 8 p.m. ET, St. Petersburg, if necessary
All on TBS and truTV. The winner plays in the American League Championship Series beginning Oct. 12.
The Yankees won four of six against Tampa Bay in the Bronx this season. The Rays clinched the AL East here on Sept. 22.
Elsewhere Wednesday
Cleveland beat Chicago 9-3 to cut the White Sox lead to 2-1. Jo Adell cleared the bases with a triple and José Ramírez added a two-run triple.
Brewers at Padres, 10 p.m. ET on FS1. Walker Buehler starts for San Diego against Robert Gasser. Mason Miller comes off the paternity list. Milwaukee leads 2-1.
Los Angeles and Atlanta are playing Game 4 in Atlanta, with Tyler Mahle starting for the Braves and the Dodgers leading 2-1.