Yankees seek to prolong win streak, take on the Red Sox

New York Yankees (14-9, first in the AL East) vs. Boston Red Sox (9-14, fifth in the AL East)

Boston; Wednesday, 6:45 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Yankees: Max Fried (2-1, 2.97 ERA, 0.81 WHIP, 23 strikeouts); Red Sox: Ranger Suarez (1-1, 3.22 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 15 strikeouts)

LINE: Yankees -142, Red Sox +119; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees will try to keep their four-game win streak going when they visit the Boston Red Sox.

Boston is 9-14 overall and 5-6 at home. The Red Sox have a 6-3 record in games when they did not give up a home run.

New York has a 6-4 record in road games and a 14-9 record overall. The Yankees have hit 33 total home runs to rank third in MLB play.

The teams meet Wednesday for the second time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ceddanne Rafaela leads the Red Sox with a .288 batting average, and has three doubles, a home run, five walks and seven RBIs. Willson Contreras is 11 for 37 with two home runs and seven RBIs over the past 10 games.

Ben Rice has six doubles and eight home runs while hitting .319 for the Yankees. Aaron Judge is 9 for 36 with two doubles and six home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 5-5, .240 batting average, 4.75 ERA, outscored by five runs

Yankees: 6-4, .245 batting average, 4.24 ERA, outscored opponents by nine runs

INJURIES: Red Sox: Patrick Sandoval: 15-Day IL (elbow), Kutter Crawford: 15-Day IL (wrist), Sonny Gray: 15-Day IL (leg), Johan Oviedo: 60-Day IL (elbow), Justin Slaten: 15-Day IL (oblique), Romy Gonzalez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Triston Casas: 10-Day IL (knee), Tanner Houck: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Yankees: Gerrit Cole: 15-Day IL (elbow), Carlos Rodon: 15-Day IL (elbow), Clarke Schmidt: 60-Day IL (elbow), Anthony Volpe: 10-Day IL (shoulder)

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