Judge leads Yankees against the Red Sox following 4-hit performance

Sun, Jul 28, 2024
MLB News (AP)

New York Yankees (61-45, second in the AL East) vs. Boston Red Sox (55-48, third in the AL East)

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

PITCHING PROBABLES: Yankees: Carlos Rodon (10-7, 4.42 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 122 strikeouts); Red Sox: Tanner Houck (8-6, 2.71 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 114 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Red Sox -111, Yankees -109; over/under is 9 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees play the Boston Red Sox after Aaron Judge had four hits on Saturday in an 11-8 win over the Red Sox.

Boston is 55-48 overall and 25-26 at home. The Red Sox have the third-best team batting average in MLB play at .258.

New York is 61-45 overall and 34-22 on the road. Yankees hitters have a collective .333 on-base percentage, the second-best percentage in MLB play.

The teams match up Sunday for the ninth time this season. The Red Sox lead the season series 5-3.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jarren Duran has 13 home runs, 38 walks and 52 RBI while hitting .293 for the Red Sox. Tyler O'Neill is 15-for-42 with three doubles, six home runs and 12 RBI over the last 10 games.

Judge leads New York with 37 home runs while slugging .686. Juan Soto is 17-for-44 with five home runs and nine RBI over the past 10 games.

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LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 4-6, .309 batting average, 5.91 ERA, outscored by 10 runs

Yankees: 4-6, .275 batting average, 4.84 ERA, outscored by two runs

INJURIES: Red Sox: Bryan Mata: 60-Day IL (hamstring), 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), 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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