Yankees look to keep home win streak alive, host the Red Sox

Boston Red Sox (72-77, fifth in the AL East) vs. New York Yankees (91-58, first in the AL East)

New York; Friday, 7:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Rich Hill (7-7, 4.70 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 90 strikeouts); Yankees: Gerrit Cole (12-7, 3.41 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, 236 strikeouts)

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Yankees -210, Red Sox +176; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees will try to keep a five-game home win streak going when they face the Boston Red Sox.

New York has a 53-22 record in home games and a 91-58 record overall. The Yankees have the 10th-ranked team batting average in the AL at .241.

Boston has a 35-40 record in road games and a 72-77 record overall. The Red Sox have the third-ranked team on-base percentage in the AL at .321.

Friday's game is the 17th time these teams match up this season. The Yankees are up 10-6 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Aaron Judge leads the Yankees with a .316 batting average, and has 27 doubles, 60 home runs, 97 walks and 128 RBI. Gleyber Torres is 17-for-43 with four home runs and 14 RBI over the past 10 games.

Rafael Devers leads the Red Sox with 67 extra base hits (39 doubles, a triple and 27 home runs). Reese McGuire is 7-for-14 with a double, two home runs and six RBI over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 8-2, .291 batting average, 4.60 ERA, outscored opponents by 30 runs

Red Sox: 5-5, .262 batting average, 3.50 ERA, outscored opponents by 10 runs

INJURIES: Yankees: Wandy Peralta: 15-Day IL (back), Frankie Montas: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Clarke Schmidt: day-to-day (foot), Marwin Gonzalez: day-to-day (head), DJ LeMahieu: 10-Day IL (toe), Luis Gil: 60-Day IL (elbow), Andrew Benintendi: 10-Day IL (wrist), Albert Abreu: 15-Day IL (elbow), Matt Carpenter: 10-Day IL (foot), Miguel Castro: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Michael King: 60-Day IL (elbow), Chad Green: 60-Day IL (elbow), Stephen Ridings: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

Red Sox: Trevor Story: 10-Day IL (heel), Garrett Whitlock: 15-Day IL (hip), Franchy Cordero: 60-Day IL (ankle), Kutter Crawford: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Tanner Houck: 60-Day IL (back), Nathan Eovaldi: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Eric Hosmer: 10-Day IL (back), Chris Sale: 60-Day IL (finger), Josh Taylor: 60-Day IL (back), James Paxton: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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