What time, TV, channel is New York Yankees vs. Tampa Bay Rays? (6/23/18) Livestream, how to watch online

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The New York Yankees will face the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on Saturday, June 23, 2018. (6/23/18) Yankees manager Aaron Boone will hope to lead stars Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Gary Sanchez over Rays manager Kevin Cash, Kevin Kiermaier and Wilmer Font.

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The New York Yankees will face the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on Saturday, June 23, 2018. (6/23/18)

Yankees manager Aaron Boone will hope to lead stars Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Gary Sanchez over Rays manager Kevin Cash, Kevin Kiermaier and Wilmer Font.

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Date: June 23, 2018

Venue: Tropicana Field

First pitch: 4:10 p.m.

Pitchers: Yankees RHP Sonny Gray (5-4, 4.89 ERA) vs. Rays RHP Wilmer Font (0-1, 5.87 ERA in AL)

Records: Yankees 50-23, 1st in American League East. Rays 35-40, third in the AL East.

TV: FS1 (Check your local listings)

Live stream: MLB.TV (subscription required)

Radio: 660 AM/101.9 FM (NY(, 620 AM (Tampa)

Here’s what you need to know about the Yankees’ 2-1 loss to the Rays on Friday night.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — If the Yankees want to avoid the dreaded Wild Card, they’re going to have to start to distance themselves from the Red Sox. To do that, they can’t squander any chances.

So that means when 37-year-old CC Sabathia holds the lowly Rays to little production, the Yankees have to step on their necks.

Didn’t happen Friday.

Instead, the Yankees’ powerful offense went mostly quiet in a 2-1 loss to Tampa Bay at Tropicana Field on the rare night it was mostly filled.

Middle-of-the-order hitters Giancarlo Stanton, Didi Gregorius and Gary Sanchez combined to go 0-for-10.

They entered the night with their offense in a deep skid, having scored the 10th most runs in baseball in June but the third most in the whole season. Meanwhile, the Rays churned out 10 hits.

The loss dropped the Yankees to 50-23 — still the best record in the majors. They started the day two games ahead of the Red Sox in the American League East.

It also snapped their four-game winning streak. They’re 41-14 in their last 55 games and 7-7 in games in which they don’t hit a home run.

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