Boston Red Sox (48-43, third in the AL East) vs. New York Yankees (62-28, first in the AL East)
New York; Saturday, 7:15 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Nick Pivetta (8-6, 4.08 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 100 strikeouts); Yankees: Jameson Taillon (9-2, 4.01 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 77 strikeouts)
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Yankees -163, Red Sox +139; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox meet the New York Yankees leading the series 1-0.
New York is 35-12 at home and 62-28 overall. Yankees hitters have a collective .326 on-base percentage, the best percentage in the AL.
Boston is 25-23 on the road and 48-43 overall. The Red Sox are 35-11 in games when they out-hit their opponents.
Saturday's game is the ninth time these teams match up this season. The season series is tied 4-4.
TOP PERFORMERS: DJ LeMahieu is eighth on the Yankees with a .275 batting average, and has 13 doubles, eight home runs, 46 walks and 35 RBI. Gleyber Torres is 16-for-40 with a home run and five RBI over the last 10 games.
Rafael Devers has 28 doubles, a triple and 21 home runs while hitting .326 for the Red Sox. Christian Vazquez is 8-for-37 with three doubles and two home runs over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 4-6, .280 batting average, 4.79 ERA, outscored opponents by 13 runs
Red Sox: 3-7, .231 batting average, 5.46 ERA, outscored by 17 runs
INJURIES: Yankees: Josh Donaldson: day-to-day (hand), Luis Severino: 15-Day IL (lat), Aaron Hicks: day-to-day (leg), Ron Marinaccio: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Chad Green: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ben Rortvedt: 60-Day IL (oblique), Stephen Ridings: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Domingo German: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Zack Britton: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Red Sox: Matt Strahm: 15-Day IL (wrist), Josh Winckowski: 15-Day IL (covid-19), Matt Barnes: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Trevor Story: day-to-day (hand), Christian Arroyo: 10-Day IL (left groin), Connor Seabold: 15-Day IL (forearm), Michael Wacha: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Tyler Danish: 15-Day IL (elbow), Rich Hill: 15-Day IL (knee), Garrett Whitlock: 15-Day IL (hip), Kike Hernandez: 10-Day IL (hip), Josh Taylor: 60-Day IL (back), James Paxton: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
