Boston Red Sox (75-74, third in the AL East) vs. New York Yankees (86-63, first in the AL East)
New York; Sunday, 1:35 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Kutter Crawford (8-14, 4.09 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 155 strikeouts); Yankees: Carlos Rodon (14-9, 4.15 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 181 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Yankees -176, Red Sox +147; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees bring a 2-1 advantage into the latest game of the series against the Boston Red Sox.
New York is 86-63 overall and 41-33 in home games. The Yankees have the ninth-best team batting average in MLB play at .249.
Boston has a 40-34 record on the road and a 75-74 record overall. Red Sox hitters have a collective .430 slugging percentage to rank fourth in the majors.
Sunday's game is the 13th meeting between these teams this season. The season series is tied 6-6.
TOP PERFORMERS: Aaron Judge has 34 doubles, a triple and 52 home runs for the Yankees. Juan Soto is 7-for-35 with a double, two home runs and five RBI over the past 10 games.
Tyler O'Neill leads Boston with 30 home runs while slugging .537. Rob Refsnyder is 6-for-20 with two home runs and six RBI over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 6-4, .203 batting average, 3.07 ERA, outscored by two runs
Red Sox: 5-5, .254 batting average, 3.64 ERA, outscored opponents by seven runs
INJURIES: Yankees: DJ LeMahieu: 10-Day IL (hip), Cody Poteet: 60-Day IL (tricep), Jonathan Loaisiga: 60-Day IL (elbow), JT Brubaker: 60-Day IL (elbow), Lou Trivino: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Red Sox: Tanner Houck: day-to-day (shoulder), Rob Refsnyder: day-to-day (wrist), Brennan Bernardino: 15-Day IL (elbow), Isaiah Campbell: 60-Day IL (elbow), David Hamilton: 10-Day IL (finger), Luis Garcia: 15-Day IL (elbow), Lucas Sims: 15-Day IL (lat), James Paxton: 60-Day IL (leg), Bryan Mata: 60-Day IL (hamstring), Garrett Whitlock: 60-Day IL (oblique), Liam Hendriks: 60-Day IL (elbow), Chris Murphy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Lucas Giolito: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
