Boston Red Sox (69-51, second in the AL East) vs. New York Yankees (66-52, third in the AL East)
New York; Tuesday, 7:05 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Nathan Eovaldi (10-7, 3.86 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 134 strikeouts) Yankees: Luis Gil (1-0, .00 ERA, .82 WHIP, 14 strikeouts)
LINE: Yankees +110, Red Sox -130; over/under is 6 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: New York and Boston will square off on Tuesday.
The Yankees are 33-25 on their home turf. New York has slugged .395 this season. Estevan Florial leads the team with a mark of .550.
The Red Sox have gone 32-27 away from home. Boston is hitting a collective .260 this season, led by Xander Bogaerts with an average of .309.
The Red Sox won the last meeting 5-4. Brandon Workman earned his first victory and Hunter Renfroe went 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI for Boston. Jonathan Loaisiga took his fourth loss for New York.
TOP PERFORMERS: Joey Gallo leads the Yankees with 29 home runs and is batting .215.
Rafael Devers leads the Red Sox with 63 extra base hits and is batting .287.
LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 7-3, .238 batting average, 3.09 ERA, outscored opponents by five runs
Red Sox: 5-5, .300 batting average, 5.25 ERA, outscored opponents by 17 runs
INJURIES: Yankees: Luis Severino: (elbow), Darren O'Day: (hamstring), Anthony Rizzo: (covid-19), Gleyber Torres: (thumb), Gio Urshela: (hamstring), Trey Amburgey: (hamstring), Miguel Andujar: (wrist), Clint Frazier: (vertigo), Aaron Hicks: (wrist), Tim Locastro: (knee), Aroldis Chapman: (elbow), Domingo German: (shoulder), Yoendrys Gomez: (covid-19), Clay Holmes: (covid-19), Michael King: (finger), Corey Kluber: (shoulder), Jordan Montgomery: (health protocols), Gary Sanchez: (covid-19).
Red Sox: Josh Taylor: (covid-19), Adam Ottavino: (shoulder), Darwinzon Hernandez: (oblique), Ryan Brasier: (calf), Eduard Bazardo: (lat), Matt Andriese: (hamstring), Danny Santana: (groin), Christian Arroyo: (hamstring).
___
The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
