Yankees play the Red Sox leading series 1-0

Boston Red Sox (30-35, fourth in the AL East) vs. New York Yankees (39-23, first in the AL East)

New York; Saturday, 7:35 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Garrett Crochet (5-4, 1.98 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 101 strikeouts); Yankees: Ryan Yarbrough (3-0, 2.83 ERA, 0.99 WHIP, 40 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Yankees -112, Red Sox -107; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees face the Boston Red Sox with a 1-0 series lead.

New York has a 39-23 record overall and a 21-10 record at home. The Yankees have hit 101 total home runs to lead the majors.

Boston is 30-35 overall and 13-19 on the road. Red Sox hitters have a collective .325 on-base percentage, the second-ranked percentage in the AL.

The matchup Saturday is the second time these teams square off this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Aaron Judge has 17 doubles, two triples and 21 home runs while hitting .397 for the Yankees. Paul Goldschmidt is 11 for 43 with two doubles and two home runs over the last 10 games.

Jarren Duran has 17 doubles, seven triples, four home runs and 35 RBIs while hitting .274 for the Red Sox. Ceddanne Rafaela is 14 for 42 with two doubles and four home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 7-3, .242 batting average, 4.50 ERA, outscored by five runs

Red Sox: 3-7, .243 batting average, 4.29 ERA, outscored by eight runs

INJURIES: Yankees: Anthony Volpe: day-to-day (elbow), Luke Weaver: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Oswaldo Cabrera: 10-Day IL (ankle), Giancarlo Stanton: 60-Day IL (elbow), Marcus Stroman: 15-Day IL (knee), JT Brubaker: 60-Day IL (ribs), Jake Cousins: 60-Day IL (elbow), Gerrit Cole: 60-Day IL (elbow), Luis Gil: 60-Day IL (back)

Red Sox: Nick Burdi: 15-Day IL (knee), Justin Slaten: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Liam Hendriks: 15-Day IL (hip), Alex Bregman: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (knee), Masataka Yoshida: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Kutter Crawford: 60-Day IL (knee), Tanner Houck: 15-Day IL (flexor), Chris Murphy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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