The New York Yankees (84-62) will play the Boston Red Sox (74-72) Thursday at 7:15 p.m. ET. Juan Soto will be looking for his 40th home run of the season for the favored Yankees (-197) when the game gets underway at Yankee Stadium, live on FOX.
Nestor Cortes Jr. starts for New York while Cooper Criswell is Boston’s starter for the contest.
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Yankees and Red Sox Betting Trends
The Yankees have gone 65-53 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 55.1% of those games).
In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -197 or shorter, New York has a 17-12 record (winning 58.6% of its games).
The Red Sox have entered the game as underdogs 71 times this season and won 32, or 45.1%, of those games.
Boston has played as an underdog of +164 or more once this season and lost that game.
In the 146 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for the Yankees, they have combined with opponents to go over the total 79 times (79-63-4).
The Red Sox and their opponents have gone over the total this season in 74 of their 144 opportunities.
Yankees Stats & Insights
The Yankees are the second-highest scoring team in baseball, averaging five runs per game (734 total).
The New York Yankees have hit an MLB-leading 216 home runs, averaging 1.5 per game.
The Yankees have the eighth-best batting average in the majors (.250).
New York strikes out 8.1 times per game, the ninth-fewest mark in MLB.
The pitching staff for the Yankees has a collective nine K/9, the fifth-best in MLB.
New York’s 3.79 team ERA ranks eighth across all MLB pitching staffs.
Red Sox Stats & Insights
The Red Sox have scored the seventh-most runs in the league this season with 696.
Boston has hit 182 homers this season, which ranks eighth in the majors.
The Red Sox’s .256 batting average is among the best in baseball, ranking fifth in MLB.
Boston is a team with a lot of swing and miss this season, ranking 28th with an average of 9.7 strikeouts per game.
The Red Sox have an 8.5 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 18th in the big leagues.
Boston has the 19th-ranked ERA (4.15) in the majors this season.
Yankees Key Players to Watch
Cortes will try to claim his 10th victory when he makes the start for the Yankees, his 29th of the season. He is 9-10 with a 3.97 ERA and 147 strikeouts in 163 1/3 innings pitched.
Aaron Judge leads New York in home runs with 51, runs batted in with 126 and his batting average of .320 is also best on his team.
Soto is batting .289 with an OBP of .418 and a slugging percentage of .580 this season.
Jazz Chisholm has collected 133 base hits, an OBP of .329 and a slugging percentage of .443 this season.
Anthony Volpe has 147 hits and an OBP of .298 to go with a slugging percentage of .377 this season.
Red Sox Key Players to Watch
The Red Sox will send Criswell (6-4) to the mound for his 18th start this season.
Jarren Duran leads the Red Sox with a team-high batting average of .288.
Rafael Devers has totaled 81 runs batted in to lead his team.
Tyler O’Neill has a team-high 30 home runs.
Ceddanne Rafaela is batting .253 with 21 doubles, five triples, 15 home runs and 15 walks.
Yankees and Red Sox Injuries
Yankees: DJ LeMahieu: 10 Day IL (Hip), Cody Poteet: 60 Day IL (Tricep), Lou Trivino: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Jonathan Loaisiga: 60 Day IL (Elbow), JT Brubaker: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
Red Sox: David Hamilton: 10 Day IL (Finger), Lucas Sims: 15 Day IL (Lat), Brennan Bernardino: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Luís Garcia: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Lucas Giolito: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Chris Murphy: 60 Day IL (Elbow), James Paxton: 60 Day IL (Leg), Liam Hendriks: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Bryan Mata: 60 Day IL (Hamstring), Garrett Whitlock: 60 Day IL (Oblique), Isaiah Campbell: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
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