Phillies host the Yankees on home losing streak
New York Yankees (64-45, second in the AL East) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (65-42, first in the NL East)
Philadelphia; Wednesday, 12:35 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Yankees: Nestor Cortes Jr. (4-9, 4.13 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 116 strikeouts); Phillies: Cristopher Sanchez (7-6, 3.05 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 91 strikeouts)
: LINE Phillies -132, Yankees +111; over/under is 9 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Philadelphia Phillies aim to stop their three-game home slide with a win over the New York Yankees.
Philadelphia is 38-20 in home games and 65-42 overall. The Phillies are 53-6 in games when they out-hit their opponents.
New York is 64-45 overall and 37-22 in road games. The Yankees have a 49-7 record in games when they scored at least five runs.
Wednesday's game is the third time these teams square off this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Bryce Harper leads the Phillies with 24 home runs while slugging .547. Nicholas Castellanos is 10-for-38 with four doubles, two home runs and five RBI over the past 10 games.
Jazz Chisholm has 14 doubles, four triples, 17 home runs and 58 RBI for the Yankees. Aaron Judge is 15-for-35 with a double and five home runs over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Phillies: 3-7, .213 batting average, 4.20 ERA, outscored by six runs
Yankees: 5-5, .287 batting average, 5.23 ERA, outscored opponents by six runs
INJURIES: Phillies: Ranger Suarez: 15-Day IL (back), Luis Ortiz: 60-Day IL (ankle), Spencer Turnbull: 15-Day IL (back), Taijuan Walker: 15-Day IL (index finger), Dylan Covey: 60-Day IL (shoulder)
Yankees: Gerrit Cole: day-to-day (fatigue), Jose Trevino: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Nick Burdi: 60-Day IL (hip), Anthony Rizzo: 60-Day IL (wrist), Clarke Schmidt: 60-Day IL (lat), Cody Poteet: 15-Day IL (tricep), Ian Hamilton: 15-Day IL (lat), Jon Berti: 60-Day IL (calf), Jonathan Loaisiga: 60-Day IL (elbow), JT Brubaker: 60-Day IL (elbow), Lou Trivino: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
