Atlanta Braves (11-7, second in the NL East) vs. New York Yankees (10-6, first in the NL East)
New York; Tuesday, 7:05 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Braves: Touki Toussaint (0-0, 6.08 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 20 strikeouts) Yankees: Jordan Montgomery (1-1, 5.59 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 6 strikeouts)
LINE: Yankees favored by 1 1/2 runs; over/under is 9 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees host the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday.
The Yankees finished 57-24 in home games in 2019. New York averaged 9.2 hits per game last year and totaled 306 home runs as a team.
The Braves finished 47-34 in road games in 2019. Atlanta hit .258 as a team last year and hit 249 total home runs.
The teams meet for the first time this season.
INJURIES: Yankees: Luis Severino: (elbow), Tommy Kahnle: (forearm), Giancarlo Stanton: (left hamstring), Kyle Higashioka: (right oblique).
Braves: Jacob Webb: (shoulder), Jeremy Walker: (shoulder), Mike Soroka: (achilles), Phil Pfeifer: (elbow), Chris Martin: (esophagus), Cole Hamels: (left arm), Ozzie Albies: (right wrist), Matt Adams: (left hamstring).
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