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14
sentences that state something as happening or true
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7%
1 of 14 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Publisher signals
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Here are five things to know about the regular-season series between the Yankees and Rays, which saw Tampa Bay win seven of 13 games, as they meet in the ALDS:
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they → know → ALDS
Rice’s dominance
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Yankees → beat → Yankees
Try it freeIf Ben Rice becomes the centerpiece of the lineup again in the ALDS, depending on the status of Aaron Judge, the Yankees might find some extra comfort in that.
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Rice → try → that
Rice absolutely crushed the Rays during the regular season.
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Rice → crush → season
Among teams Rice played at least five times, he recorded his third-highest OPS (1.320) against Tampa Bay.
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he → play → Bay
He finished with seven homers and 12 RBIs, too, and was perhaps the Yankees’ most consistent hitter against the Rays outside of José Caballero (eight RBIs in 13 games) and Ryan McMahon (seven RBIs, eight hits in 10 games).
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He → finish → games
Junior Caminero became the youngest player since at least 1900 to homer in six straight games this year, and he finished his second full MLB season with 42 home runs.
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he → become → runs
But against the Yankees, he managed just one homer and 10 hits, striking out 10 times and cobbling together a .565 OPS.
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he → manage → 3
The Yankees went 2-5 at Tropicana Field this season, including a sweep back in April, and will need to win at least one game at the climate-controlled stadium to advance.
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Yankees → go → stadium
They were outscored by a combined nine runs in those games, but it underscored an inability to win at the venue — a 79-95 record since the start of the 2006 season — that must change at least once.
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that → outscore → season
The Yankees received strong starting pitching against Tampa Bay this year, at least with rotation names — so excluding Luis Gil, Ryan Weathers and Paul Blackburn — who will get the ball to start an ALDS game.
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who → receive → game
Cam Schlittler, Gerrit Cole, Carlos Rodón and Max Fried pitched to a 2.75 ERA across nine starts, allowing just 17 earned runs across 55 ²/₃ innings.
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Schlittler → pitch → innings
Fried, Schlittler and Rodón all tossed at least eight innings in one outing, too.
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Fried → toss → outing
Unlike Rice, Cody Bellinger never found a rhythm at the plate against the Rays, striking out 13 times in his 47 at-bats (27.7 percent) — compared to just 76 in his other 449 at-bats in the regular season (16.9 percent) — and recording a .522 OPS.
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Bellinger → find → OPS
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