Yankees host the Red Sox on 3-game home win streak
Boston Red Sox (74-74, third in the AL East) vs. New York Yankees (86-62, first in the AL East)
New York; Saturday, 1:05 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Brayan Bello (13-7, 4.70 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 140 strikeouts); Yankees: Gerrit Cole (6-4, 3.36 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 85 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Yankees -189, Red Sox +158; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees will try to keep a three-game home win streak going when they take on the Boston Red Sox.
New York has a 41-32 record in home games and an 86-62 record overall. Yankees hitters have a collective .333 on-base percentage, the second-best percentage in the majors.
Boston is 74-74 overall and 39-34 in road games. The Red Sox have the second-ranked team batting average in the AL at .255.
The teams meet Saturday for the 12th time this season. The Yankees lead the season series 6-5.
TOP PERFORMERS: Aaron Judge has 33 doubles, a triple and 52 home runs for the Yankees. Gleyber Torres is 13-for-41 with a double and a home run over the past 10 games.
Tyler O'Neill has 18 doubles, 30 home runs and 59 RBI for the Red Sox. Rob Refsnyder is 6-for-21 with a double and two home runs over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 6-4, .217 batting average, 3.00 ERA, outscored opponents by one run
Red Sox: 4-6, .245 batting average, 4.30 ERA, outscored by four 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.