The New York Yankees square off against the Boston Red Sox in the opening game of the AL Wild Card Series on Tuesday at 6:08 p.m. ET at Yankee Stadium. Boston has Garrett Crochet projected to start, while New York has not named a starter.
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Yankees to win vs Red Sox -130
Yankees vs. Red Sox betting lines
- Favorite: Yankees (-130)
- Underdog: Red Sox (+110)
- Over/under: 7
Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Yankees betting info
- The Yankees have been favored on the moneyline 139 total times this season. They’ve gone 84-55 in those games.
- New York has gone 77-43 when it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -130 or shorter (64.2% winning percentage).
- The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Yankees a 56.5% chance to win.
- In the 161 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for New York, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 76 times (76-79-6).
- The Yankees have covered 47.2% of their games this season, going 76-85-0 against the spread.
Yankees hitting info
- Aaron Judge leads the Yankees in home runs (53), runs batted in (114) and has put up a team-high batting average of .331.
- In MLB play, Judge ranks fourth in home runs and fifth in RBI.
- Judge has hit safely in five games in a row. During his last five outings he is batting .500 with a double, four home runs, four walks and nine RBIs.
- Cody Bellinger is hitting .272 with 25 doubles, five triples, 29 home runs and 57 walks.
- Bellinger ranks 34th in home runs among batters in MLB and 17th in RBI.
- Bellinger has hit safely in five straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .375 with five walks and an RBI.
- Trent Grisham is batting .235 with nine doubles, a triple, 34 home runs and 82 walks.
- Ben Rice is batting .255 with 28 doubles, four triples, 26 home runs and 50 walks.
Yankees pitching rankings
- The 9.0 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Yankees pitching staff ranks fourth in the majors.
- New York has a 3.91 team ERA that ranks 14th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Yankees have the 12th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.249).
- Yankees pitchers combine to allow the 10th-fewest home runs in baseball (175 total, 1.1 per game).
- In its 3-2 win last time out, New York struck out six Orioles batters while allowing five hits.
Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Red Sox betting info
- This season, the Red Sox have been the underdog 58 times and won 29, or 50%, of those games.
- Boston has entered 32 games this season as the underdog by +110 or more and is 14-18 in those contests.
- Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Red Sox have a 47.6% chance to win.
- Games involving Boston have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 75 of 161 chances this season.
- The Red Sox are 84-77-0 ATS in their 161 games with a spread this season.
Red Sox hitting info
- Jarren Duran has been key for Boston with 159 hits, an OBP of .332 plus a slugging percentage of .442.
- In all of MLB, Duran is 127th in home runs and 43rd in RBI.
- Duran enters this matchup on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .143 with two doubles, a walk and two RBIs.
- Trevor Story leads Boston in batting average (.263), home runs (25) and runs batted in (96) this season.
- Story is 50th in homers and 19th in RBI among all major league hitters this year.
- Alex Bregman is slashing .273/.360/.462 this season for the Red Sox.
- Ceddanne Rafaela has collected 136 hits this season and has an OBP of .295. He’s slugging .414 on the year.
- Rafaela takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .412 with three doubles, a triple, two walks and an RBI.
Red Sox pitching rankings
- The Red Sox strike out 8.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 16th in MLB.
- Boston has the fourth-best ERA (3.71) in the majors this season.
- The Red Sox rank 17th in MLB with a combined 1.288 WHIP this season.
- With just 164 homers allowed, the Red Sox rank fourth in the league at preventing long balls.
- Last time out, Boston defeated the Tigers, 4-3, with 10 strikeouts and nine hits allowed.
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