The set-up: Yesterday's game was rained out so the team's will play a double-header today. This is a play on the Yankees in the first game. New York has won 11 of its last 16 games. That's a tall order for Tampa starter Yonny Chirinos to deal with this afternoon. The home side goes with Domingo German.

The pitchers: Chirinos (8-4, 3.11 ERA) has been solid in a starters role, going 3-3 with a 3.04 ERA over nine straight appearances. I simply feel that he's in the wrong place at the wrong time in this one.

German (11-2, 3.40) is 2-0 with a minuscule 0.75 ERA over two starts since returning from a hip injury, most recently going six scoreless vs. the Jays on Friday.

The pick: New York leads the season series 10-5 and I look for the home side to extend that record here in the early game. Lay the price.

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