Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees

Game Total: 8.5

New York Yankees -180

Game Play Predictions

Boston Red Sox

  • David Price checks into this contest winning five of his last six starts.

  • Price faced the Yankees earlier this season and was pulled after one inning after allowing four earned runs. He was pulled because of an injury in all fairness.

  • Price has struck out six or more batters in seven out of last 10 starts. The Yankees rank eighth in the entire league in strikeout percentage versus left-handed pitching at 23.5-percent.

  • This season, Mookie Betts is slashing .424/.487/.758 against the Yankees. He has back-to-back multi-hit games to start this series.

  • Andrew Benintendi has Luis Severino figured out going 9-for-19 with two homers and 10 RBI against him.

  • J.D. Martínez has hit 22 of his 25 homers against right-handed pitching this year.

  • Boston’s offense leads Major League Baseball in AVG, OPS, wOBA and wRC+ against righties this year.

  • Rafael Devers has finally come alive at the dish hitting .333 over his last 10 games and is coming off a 5-for-5 effort on Saturday.

  • The Red Sox have five players with a wOBA of .375 or better against right-handed pitchers this year; Andrew Benintendi , J.D. Martínez , Mookie Betts , Mitch Moreland , Xander Bogaerts

  • Sandy León has homered in both games this series and has three multi-hit games over his last four.


New York Yankees

  • Luis Severino leads the league -- amongst all starting pitchers -- in average fastball velocity at 97.7 MPH.

  • Severino has 12 wins on the year which leads the MLB and has allowed more than three earned runs in one of his 17 starts this year.

  • Severino ranks in the top-10 amongst all qualified starting pitchers in ERA, xFIP and SIERA.

  • Aaron Judge is hitting .347 at home this season compared to .193 on the road. Unfortunately for him, he gets a lefty Sunday. He’s hitting just .220 vs. LHP on the year.

  • Giancarlo Stanton is the complete opposite of Judge versus southpaw hurlers. His slash line against LHP reads .346/.409/.790 with a .444 ISO and .485 wOBA.

  • Despite the lefty-lefty matchup, Didi Gregorius is 12-for-28 (.429 AVG) with a homer and five RBI against David Price .

  • Greg Bird homered twice on Saturday but has just two hits over a 17 at-bat span against the handedness this season.

  • Gleyber Torres has been really good against left-handed pitching this year hitting .328 with a .420 wOBA.

  • As a team, the Yankees rank second in OPS and wOBA and third in wRC+ against lefties.

  • Kyle Higashioka will likely start at catcher for the Yankees on Sunday. He hit .191 at Triple-A before his call up.