The New York Yankees ' bats are red-hot ahead of a key four-game series against the Boston Red Sox.

New York also hit nine homers in its second game of the year, a 20-9 victory over Milwaukee on March 29 at Yankee Stadium.

José Caballero connected twice for his first career multihomer game.

Schlittler struck out Simpson, the Rays' leadoff man, looking at a 97-mph fastball on the inside corner to start a 1-2-3, 11-pitch bottom half and he made it six-up, six-down with an 11-pitch second, striking out Feduccia swinging at a 99-mph fastball to end the inning. Schlittler was at just 66 pitches through six.

The Rays have entered the game as favorites 60 times this season and won 35, or 58.3%, of those games.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Toronto Blue Jays (74-53) will visit Bryan Reynolds and the Pittsburgh Pirates (53-74) at PNC Park on Wednesday, Aug. 20, with a start time of 12:35 p.m. ET.

Lindor will look to build on his seven-game hitting in this game.