Yankees and Red Sox square off to begin the AL Wild Card Series
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Boston Red Sox (89-73, third in the AL East during the regular season) vs. New York Yankees (94-68, second in the AL East during the regular season)
New York; Tuesday, 6:08 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Garrett Crochet (18-5, 2.59 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, 255 strikeouts); Yankees: Max Fried (19-5, 2.86 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 189 strikeouts)
BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox square off in Game 1 of the AL Wild Card Series.
New York has a 94-68 record overall and a 50-31 record in home games. The Yankees are 65-26 in games when they record at least eight hits.
Boston has gone 41-40 on the road and 89-73 overall. The Red Sox have a 42-11 record in games when they hit two or more home runs.
Tuesday’s game is the 14th time these teams square off this season. The Red Sox have a 9-4 advantage in the season series.
TOP PERFORMERS: Aaron Judge leads the Yankees with 53 home runs while slugging .688. Ben Rice is 14 for 36 with three doubles, a triple, three home runs and nine RBIs over the past 10 games.
Alex Bregman has 28 doubles, 18 home runs and 62 RBIs for the Red Sox. David Hamilton is 2 for 15 with two home runs over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 9-1, .259 batting average, 1.70 ERA, outscored opponents by 36 runs
Red Sox: 6-4, .257 batting average, 3.27 ERA, outscored opponents by six runs
INJURIES: Yankees: Jazz Chisholm: day-to-day (forearm), Brent Headrick: 15-Day IL (forearm), Jonathan Loaisiga: 15-Day IL (back), Clarke Schmidt: 60-Day IL (forearm), Oswaldo Cabrera: 60-Day IL (ankle), Jake Cousins: 60-Day IL (elbow), Gerrit Cole: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Red Sox: Brennan Bernardino: 15-Day IL (lat), Vaughn Grissom: 60-Day IL (foot), Dustin May: 15-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Hicks: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Roman Anthony: 10-Day IL (oblique), Hunter Dobbins: 60-Day IL (acl), Marcelo Mayer: 60-Day IL (wrist), Richard Fitts: 15-Day IL (biceps), Luis Guerrero: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tanner Houck: 60-Day IL (flexor), Liam Hendriks: 60-Day IL (hip), Josh Winckowski: 60-Day IL (elbow), Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (knee), Kutter Crawford: 60-Day IL (knee), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.