Boston Red Sox (74-73, third in the AL East) vs. New York Yankees (85-62, first in the AL East)
New York; Friday, 7:05 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Tanner Houck (8-10, 3.24 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 150 strikeouts); Yankees: Clarke Schmidt (5-3, 2.34 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 69 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Yankees -147, Red Sox +123; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox will try to stop a six-game road slide when they play the New York Yankees.
New York is 40-32 at home and 85-62 overall. The Yankees lead MLB play with 217 total home runs, averaging 1.5 per game.
Boston is 74-73 overall and 39-33 in road games. The Red Sox rank fourth in the AL with 183 total home runs, averaging 1.2 per game.
The matchup Friday is the 11th time these teams square off this season. The season series is tied 5-5.
TOP PERFORMERS: Aaron Judge has 33 doubles, a triple, 51 home runs and 126 RBI for the Yankees. Juan Soto is 9-for-35 with a double, two home runs and five RBI over the last 10 games.
Tyler O'Neill leads the Red Sox with 30 home runs while slugging .547. Connor Wong is 10-for-35 with five doubles, a home run and two RBI over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 6-4, .227 batting average, 3.00 ERA, outscored opponents by four runs
Red Sox: 4-6, .239 batting average, 4.19 ERA, outscored by six 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: 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.
