The New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays will conclude their best-of-five ALDS matchup Friday night at Petco Park in San Diego. The Yankees forced the winner-take-all affair with their Game 4 win on Thursday (NY 5, TB 1). Friday’s winner will face the Astros in the ALCS. Here’s how you can watch Game 5.
The two teams announced their Game 5 starting lineups a few hours before first pitch. Here is the starting nine the Yankees, the visiting team, will send out there:
- 2B DJ LeMahieu
- RF Aaron Judge
- CF Aaron Hicks
- DH Giancarlo Stanton
- 1B Luke Voit
- 3B Gio Urshela
- SS Gleyber Torres
- LF Brett Gardner
- C Kyle Higashioka
SP Gerrit Cole
Standard postseason lineup for the Yankees, though Gardner did hit sixth in Game 4. Higashioka is Cole’s personal catcher, though he has supplanted the struggling Gary Sanchez as the team’s starting catcher this