WATCH: Yankees-Red Sox weather update, latest on Aaron Judge

The New York Yankees open a three-game series Tuesday, September 18, 2018 (9/18/18) when the Boston Red Sox visit Yankee Stadium in Bronx, N.Y. The Red Sox’s magic number to clinch the American League East division title is two. The Yankees own a 1.5-game lead over the Oakland A’s in the American League Wild Card race.

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It’s been a busy day at Yankee Stadium, despite the rain from Hurricane Florence pushing back Tuesday’s game against the Boston Red Sox from a 1 p.m. to a 7 p.m. start.

Check out the video at the top of this story for the latest on the weather and Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge, who did more hitting this morning and is returning to the starting lineup.

Judge and the Yankees are opening a three-game series with the Red Sox, whose magic number to clinch their third straight Amerian League East division title is two. That means if the Red Sox win just one game in the Bronx, the crown goes to Boston.

The Yankees begin Tuesday with a 1.5-game lead over the Oakland Athletics for home field in the American League Wild Card race.

J.A. Happ is scheduled to start Tuesday for the Yankees. The Red Sox will send former Yankees right-hander Nathan Eovaldi to the mound.

Top pitching prospect Justus Sheffield is joining the Yankees Tuesday, after officially being called up from the minors.

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Here’s more information on Judge’s return, per the Associated Press:

NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge is returning to the New York Yankees’ starting lineup for the first time since breaking his right wrist on July 26.

Judge was set to bat second and play right field in Tuesday night’s rain-delayed game against Boston. The start was pushed back six hours to 7:05 p.m.

Hurt when hit by a pitch, Judge was activated Friday and played two innings in right field that night without going to the plate. Judge says his wrist no longer bothers him while swinging a bat, but he has been experiencing discomfort on more routine movements. )

He had 11 at-bats in a simulated game Monday and lofted an opposite-field homer to right during a series of simulated plate appearances against Yankees minor leaguer Adonis Rosa on Tuesday morning.

Judge was also late on some fastballs and had a number of swings and misses against Rosa, who struck out 108 over 128 1/3 innings across three minor league levels this season. A large contingent of Yankees personnel watched the session, including manager Aaron Boone and general manager Brian Cashman.

(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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