Marcelo Mayer leads the Boston Red Sox (34-36) into a contest with the New York Yankees (42-25) a game after he homered twice in a 4-3 win over the Rays. The Red Sox are favored (-142) against the Yankees (+119) in this outing, which starts at 7:10 p.m. ET on Friday. Boston has Garrett Crochet starting, while New York will counter with Ryan Yarbrough.

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Red Sox vs. Yankees betting lines

• Favorite: Red Sox (-142)
• Underdog: Yankees (+119)
• Over/under: 8.5

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

• The Red Sox have compiled a 23-22 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 51.1% of those games).
• In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -142 or shorter, Boston has a 5-10 record (winning just 33.3% of its games).
• The Red Sox have an implied moneyline win probability of 58.7% in this contest.
• Boston has played in 70 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 33 times (33-35-2).
• The Red Sox have collected a 33-37-0 record against the spread this season (covering 47.1% of the time).

Red Sox hitting info

• Rafael Devers has accumulated a team-best 14 home runs and 57 runs batted in.
• Among batters in MLB action, Devers ranks 16th in homers and third in RBI.
• Jarren Duran is hitting .271 with 18 doubles, seven triples, five home runs and 20 walks.
• Duran currently ranks 168th in homers and 41st in RBI in the majors.
• Duran has hit safely in nine straight games. During his last 10 outings he is hitting .279 with five doubles, a triple, a home run, four walks and four RBIs.
• Ceddanne Rafaela is hitting .254 with 11 doubles, two triples, six home runs and 14 walks.
• Rafaela enters this matchup on a four-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .333 with a double and four walks.
• Carlos Narvaez is batting .279 with 14 doubles, six home runs and 21 walks.
• Narvaez has safely hit in two straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .235 with two doubles, a home run, two walks and three RBIs.

Red Sox pitching rankings

• The Red Sox pitching staff is 14th in MLB with a collective 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Boston has the 20th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.09).
• Pitchers for the Red Sox combine for the 21st-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.344).
• The Red Sox give up the 12th-fewest home runs in baseball (70 total, one per game).
• Boston knocked off the Rays 4-3 in its last game with 10 strikeouts while allowing eight hits.

Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Yankees betting info

• The Yankees have been underdogs in seven games this season and won two (28.6%) of those contests.
• New York has played as an underdog of +119 or more twice this season and split those games.
• The Yankees have a 45.7% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Games involving New York have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 30 of 66 chances this season.
• The Yankees are 30-36-0 against the spread in their 66 chances this season.

Yankees hitting info

• Aaron Judge leads New York in batting average (.392), home runs (25) and runs batted in (59) this season.
• Among all hitters in the majors, Judge is second in home runs and second in RBI.
• Cody Bellinger is batting .255 with an OBP of .327 and a slugging percentage of .446 this season.
• Among all major league hitters, Bellinger ranks 70th in home runs and 52nd in RBI.
• Paul Goldschmidt has 78 hits this season and a slash line of .313/.372/.458.
• Goldschmidt has safely hit in four straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .238 with three walks and two RBIs.
• Anthony Volpe has 58 hits and an OBP of .319 to go with a slugging percentage of .445 this season.

Yankees pitching rankings

• The Yankees strike out 9.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, second-best in MLB.
• New York has pitched to a 3.68 ERA this season, which ranks ninth in baseball.
• The Yankees have a combined WHIP of just 1.197 as a pitching staff, which is the sixth-best in baseball this season.
• With just 68 homers allowed, the Yankees rank 10th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Last time out, New York defeated the Royals, 1-0, with five strikeouts and five hits allowed.