Yankees host the Reds to start 3-game series

Cincinnati Reds (35-38, fifth in the NL Central) vs. New York Yankees (45-28, first in the AL East)

New York; Friday, 7:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Reds: Rhett Lowder (3-3, 4.60 ERA, 1.43 WHIP, 37 strikeouts); Yankees: Cam Schlittler (7-3, 1.82 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, 96 strikeouts)

LINE: Yankees -287, Reds +226; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees begin a three-game series at home against the Cincinnati Reds on Friday.

New York is 45-28 overall and 21-13 at home. The Yankees have the sixth-best team on-base percentage in MLB play at .332.

Cincinnati has gone 16-19 in road games and 35-38 overall. The Reds are 19-31 in games when they have given up a home run.

Friday's game is the first meeting between these teams this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ben Rice leads the Yankees with 20 home runs while slugging .606. Paul Goldschmidt is 17 for 43 with four home runs and 13 RBIs over the past 10 games.

Sal Stewart leads the Reds with 14 home runs while slugging .456. Blake Dunn is 12 for 45 with two doubles, a home run and two RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 8-2, .276 batting average, 3.60 ERA, outscored opponents by 27 runs

Reds: 4-6, .218 batting average, 3.53 ERA, outscored by three runs

INJURIES: Yankees: Jazz Chisholm: day-to-day (groin), Austin Wells: 10-Day IL (cervical headaches), Max Fried: 15-Day IL (elbow), Trent Grisham: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Giancarlo Stanton: 10-Day IL (leg), Aaron Judge: 10-Day IL (rib), Clarke Schmidt: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Reds: Elly De La Cruz: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Ke'Bryan Hayes: 10-Day IL (back), Pierce Johnson: 15-Day IL (elbow), Emilio Pagan: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Graham Ashcraft: 60-Day IL (forearm), Brandon Williamson: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Hunter Greene: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.