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Boston Red Sox (74-72, third in the AL East) vs. New York Yankees (84-62, first in the AL East)
New York; Thursday, 7:15 p.m. EDT
LIKELY PITCHING VALUES: Red Sox: Cooper Criswell (6-4, 4.11 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 66 strikeouts); Yankees: Nestor Cortes Jr. (9-10, 3.97 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 147 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Yankees -167, Red Sox +141; Over/Under is 9 runs
CONCLUSION: The New York Yankees open a four-game home series against the Boston Red Sox on Thursday.
New York has a 39-32 record at home and an 84-62 overall record. The Yankees lead the AL with 216 total home runs, an average of 1.5 per game.
Boston’s record is 74-72 overall and 39-32 on the road. The Red Sox batters have a combined batting average of .432, ranking fifth in the major leagues.
The teams will meet for the 10th time this season on Thursday. The Red Sox lead the season series 5-4.
TOP PERFORMERS: Aaron Judge leads the Yankees with a .320 batting average and has 33 doubles, one triple, 51 home runs, 119 walks and 126 RBI. Gleyber Torres has hit 15 of 41 with five RBIs in the last 10 games.
Tyler O’Neill has 17 doubles, 30 home runs and 59 RBI for the Red Sox. Ceddanne Rafaela is 7 for 36 with a double, a triple and two home runs in the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 5-5, .236 batting average, 4.24 ERA, 4 runs batted in
Red Sox: 4-6, .246 batting average, 4.55 ERA, eight runs batted in
INJURIES: Yankees: DJ LeMahieu: 10-day IL (hip), Cody Poteet: 60-day IL (triceps), Jonathan Loaisiga: 60-day IL (elbow), JT Brubaker: 60-day IL (elbow), Lou Trivino: 60-day IL (elbow)
Red Sox: 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 (broad), 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 produced this article using technology from Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
