New York at Tampa Bay

New York is desperately trying to stay in playoff contention and it won its sixth in nine games Tuesday, 4-3 over the Rays, as Aaron Judge returned to the lineup and got one of the Yankees' 10 hits. The Bronx Bombers have won five of the past eight meetings and 10 of their last 11 Wednesday games. Also, New York is 55-27 its past 82 games in the second game of a series. Nestor Cortes will start and likely go just a few innings and he has allowed six earned runs in 27 2/3 innings, mostly in a relief role this season. Michael Wacha has given up seven runs on 11 hits his last nine innings for Tampa Bay and he has a hefty 5.16 ERA and .277 opponent batting average on the season. Take the Yankees.