New York Yankees (60-45, second in the AL East) vs. Boston Red Sox (55-47, third in the AL East)
Boston; Saturday, 7:15 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Yankees: Marcus Stroman (7-5, 3.51 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 83 strikeouts); Red Sox: Kutter Crawford (6-8, 3.37 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 112 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Yankees -113, Red Sox -106; over/under is 10 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox host the New York Yankees trying to extend a three-game home winning streak.
Boston has gone 25-25 at home and 55-47 overall. Red Sox hitters have a collective .432 slugging percentage to rank third in MLB.
New York is 33-22 in road games and 60-45 overall. The Yankees have the fourth-best team slugging percentage in MLB play at .429.
Saturday's game is the eighth meeting between these teams this season. The Red Sox hold a 5-2 advantage in the season series.
TOP PERFORMERS: Jarren Duran has 30 doubles, 12 triples and 13 home runs for the Red Sox. Tyler O'Neill is 13-for-41 with two doubles and four home runs over the past 10 games.
Juan Soto has 20 doubles, four triples and 26 home runs while hitting .307 for the Yankees. Austin Wells is 11-for-30 with four home runs over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 4-6, .297 batting average, 5.58 ERA, outscored by 12 runs
Yankees: 4-6, .258 batting average, 4.39 ERA, outscored by two runs
INJURIES: Red Sox: Bryan Mata: 60-Day IL (hamstring), Kenley Jansen: day-to-day (heart), Justin Slaten: 15-Day IL (elbow), Chris Martin: 15-Day IL (elbow), Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (rib), Vaughn Grissom: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Garrett Whitlock: 60-Day IL (oblique), Trevor Story: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Liam Hendriks: 60-Day IL (elbow), Chris Murphy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Lucas Giolito: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Yankees: Jose Trevino: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Nick Burdi: 60-Day IL (hip), Giancarlo Stanton: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Anthony Rizzo: 60-Day IL (wrist), Clarke Schmidt: 60-Day IL (lat), Cody Poteet: 15-Day IL (tricep), Ian Hamilton: 15-Day IL (lat), Jon Berti: 60-Day IL (calf), Jonathan Loaisiga: 60-Day IL (elbow), JT Brubaker: 60-Day IL (elbow), Lou Trivino: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
