Yankees try to keep win streak alive against the Red Sox

New York Yankees (15-9, first in the AL East) vs. Boston Red Sox (9-15, fifth in the AL East)

Boston; Thursday, 6:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Yankees: Cam Schlittler (2-1, 1.95 ERA, 0.76 WHIP, 36 strikeouts); Red Sox: Payton Tolle (0-0)

LINE: Yankees -156, Red Sox +131; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees will try to extend a five-game win streak with a victory against the Boston Red Sox.

Boston is 9-15 overall and 5-7 at home. The Red Sox are 2-4 in games decided by one run.

New York has gone 7-4 in road games and 15-9 overall. The Yankees have the seventh-best team slugging percentage in the majors at .408.

The matchup Thursday is the third time these teams meet this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Wilyer Abreu has four doubles, a triple and three home runs while hitting .281 for the Red Sox. Willson Contreras is 11 for 36 with a double and two home runs over the past 10 games.

Cody Bellinger has three doubles, a triple, three home runs and 11 RBIs for the Yankees. Aaron Judge is 10 for 35 with two doubles and six home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 4-6, .227 batting average, 5.06 ERA, outscored by 14 runs

Yankees: 7-3, .244 batting average, 3.94 ERA, outscored opponents by 13 runs

INJURIES: Red Sox: Roman Anthony: day-to-day (back), Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (knee), 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), 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.