After being a reserve player all weekend at St. Louis, Giancarlo Stanton returns to the Yankees' lineup on Tuesday night vs. the Rays.

For the Tampa Bay Rays, they need to get really serious about making some inroads on an MLB postseason spot. It's come to put-up-or-shut-up time as the Rays will open a three-game series against the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.

The Yankees are favored (-130 moneyline odds) when they take on the Rays (+110). The starting pitchers are Carlos Rodon (12-7) for the New York Yankees, and Shane Baz (8-9) for the Tampa Bay Rays. The Yankees won their last contest versus the Cardinals by an 8-4 score Sunday,

In one night, Stanton tied and passed 1970s-‘80s slugger Dave Kingman on the career home run list, moving ahead of “Kong” with his 443rd, good for 43rd all-time. Next up are Hall of Famers Jeff Bagwell and Vladimir Guerrero at 449.

Giancarlo Stanton and Cody Bellinger both hit two home runs, Aaron Judge launched his 40th of the season and the New York Yankees matched a franchise record with nine longballs in a 13-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.