NEW YORK (Interstat) — The Tampa Bay Rays will visit the New York Yankees on Wednesday for Game 3 of their playoff series at Yankee Stadium II. Tampa Bay leads the series after winning the first two games at home. The Rays are 100-64 this season, while the Yankees are 95-70. Nick Martinez (15-6) is the probable pitcher for Tampa Bay. Max Fried (6-5) is expected to start for New York. The forecast for game time calls for 55-degree temperatures.

Freddy Peralta is a player to watch for Tampa Bay. In his most recent outing, he pitched 4 2/3 innings, allowed three hits and one earned run with one walk and three strikeouts in a win over the Yankees. He also had recent starts of 5 1/3 innings with four strikeouts, 5 2/3 innings with six strikeouts and five hitless innings with four strikeouts. Ben Rice is a player to watch for the Yankees. He went 2 for 3 with two home runs and two RBIs in the series opener. He also went 4 for 5 with two homers and six RBIs against Boston and 3 for 4 with two homers and two RBIs against Tampa Bay.

Tampa Bay won the most recent meeting 5-2. Peralta, Ian Seymour and Bryan Baker handled the pitching. Seymour worked three innings, allowing one hit and one earned run with four strikeouts. Baker added a scoreless inning. The Rays also won 1-0 in the previous game. Earlier this season, New York won 6-4 and 9-2 at home. Tampa Bay won 6-1 at Yankee Stadium, while New York also won 2-0 there. In the Yankees’ most recent game, Rice hit two homers and drove in two runs. Cam Schlittler allowed two earned runs in 4 1/3 innings, and Paul Blackburn pitched a scoreless inning. New York also had recent home wins of 9-2 and 9-0 over Boston. Tampa Bay recently won 2-0 and 12-1 at Philadelphia.

Tampa Bay has won four of its last six games. New York has won three of its last six. Tampa Bay has taken the first two games of the playoff series by a combined 6-2 score. The next games are scheduled in New York and Tampa Bay.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Tampa Bay Rays 7, New York Yankees 5. Interstat’s ELO system gives the Yankees a 55.2 percent probability to win. New York has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The over/under for the game is 7.