Oakland at New York

New York had won three of four before blowing a six-run lead on Sunday against Tampa Bay, but the Yankees have a great opportunity to rebound from that defeat as they face the lowly Oakland Athletics, who are 8-27 and the worst team in baseball. Nestor Cortes also will look to bounce back from his last start that resulted in a 15-2 loss after he allwoed seven runs in 4 2/3 innings. However, Cortes has pitched much better at Yankee Stadium where he is 2-0 with a 3.00 ERA while giving up just six runs in 18 innings this season. JP Sears has a 7.63 ERA on the road while giving up 13 runs on 14 hits in 15 1/3 innings and Oakland has the worst bullpen in the majors with a 1.73 WHIP and just four saves. The Athletics have lost 42 of 61 road games overall and 35 of 51 against left-handed starters. New York is 46-22 versus southpaw starters. Take the Yankees as a Max Play.