Yankees visit the Red Sox to start 3-game series

New York Yankees (60-44, second in the AL East) vs. Boston Red Sox (54-47, third in the AL East)

Boston; Friday, 7:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Yankees: Nestor Cortes Jr. (4-9, 3.99 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 111 strikeouts); Red Sox: Brayan Bello (10-5, 5.27 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, 92 strikeouts)

: LINE Yankees -129, Red Sox +108; over/under is 9 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox host the New York Yankees on Friday to start a three-game series.

Boston has a 54-47 record overall and a 24-25 record in home games. The Red Sox have hit 121 total home runs to rank fourth in the AL.

New York is 60-44 overall and 33-21 on the road. Yankees hitters have a collective .331 on-base percentage, the third-best percentage in the majors.

The teams meet Friday for the seventh time this season. The Red Sox lead the season series 4-2.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jarren Duran has 30 doubles, 12 triples and 13 home runs for the Red Sox. Tyler O'Neill is 13-for-42 with two doubles and four home runs over the past 10 games.

Juan Soto has 26 home runs, 82 walks and 72 RBI while hitting .311 for the Yankees. Gleyber Torres is 11-for-35 with two doubles, two home runs and three RBI over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 4-6, .289 batting average, 4.88 ERA, outscored by seven runs

Yankees: 4-6, .244 batting average, 3.98 ERA, outscored by one run

INJURIES: Red Sox: Kenley Jansen: day-to-day (heart), Justin Slaten: 15-Day IL (elbow), Chris Martin: 15-Day IL (elbow), Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (rib), Vaughn Grissom: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Garrett Whitlock: 60-Day IL (oblique), Trevor Story: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Bryan Mata: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Liam Hendriks: 60-Day IL (elbow), Chris Murphy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Lucas Giolito: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Yankees: Jose Trevino: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Nick Burdi: 60-Day IL (hip), Giancarlo Stanton: 10-Day IL (hamstring), 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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