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St. Louis Cardinals (68-68, third in the NL Central) vs. New York Yankees (79-57, first in the AL East)

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St. Louis Cardinals (68-68, third in the NL Central) vs. New York Yankees (79-57, first in the AL East)

New York; Sunday, 1:35 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Miles Mikolas (8-10, 5.23 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 102 strikeouts); Yankees: Nestor Cortes Jr. (8-10, 3.89 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 142 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Yankees -206, Cardinals +171; over/under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: Both the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals are looking for a series win with a victory on Sunday.

New York has a 79-57 record overall and a 37-30 record in home games. The Yankees have a 44-17 record in games when they hit two or more home runs.

St. Louis has a 68-68 record overall and a 32-36 record in road games. The Cardinals are 23-12 in games when they hit at least two home runs.

The teams match up Sunday for the third time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Aaron Judge has 31 doubles, a triple and 51 home runs while hitting .330 for the Yankees. Austin Wells is 9-for-30 with two doubles and three home runs over the past 10 games.

Alec Burleson has 18 doubles and 21 home runs while hitting .281 for the Cardinals. Brendan Donovan is 8-for-39 with a double, a triple and two home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 6-4, .253 batting average, 3.07 ERA, outscored opponents by 16 runs

Cardinals: 6-4, .266 batting average, 3.89 ERA, even run differential

INJURIES: Yankees: Ian Hamilton: 60-Day IL (lat), Luis Gil: 15-Day IL (back), Cody Poteet: 60-Day IL (tricep), Anthony Rizzo: 60-Day IL (wrist), Clarke Schmidt: 60-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)

Cardinals: Willson Contreras: 10-Day IL (finger), Mike Siani: 10-Day IL (oblique), Lance Lynn: 15-Day IL (knee), Steven Matz: 60-Day IL (back), Keynan Middleton: 60-Day IL (forearm), Drew Rom: 60-Day IL (biceps)

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

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