Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees

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Run Total: 8.0

Game Play Predictions

Boston Red Sox

·         The Red Sox are in the top five when it comes to four major offensive categories. Second in runs scored, first in batting average, fourth in on-base percentage, fourth in slugging percentage.

·         Red Sox have the second highest run differential this season and have scored four or more runs in four of their last five games.

·         Boston comes in with a team wOBA sitting at .346 this season vs. right-handed pitchers, which is first in the league. They also have a team ISO at .206, which is also number one.

·         The Sox have Chris Sale on the mound who has put up 10 or more strikeouts in three of his last four starts.

·         Mitch Moreland has eight career hits vs. Sonny Gray, four of which are home runs. Giving him a very strong 1.086 OPS against him.

·         Andrew Benintendi has five hits in only nine at-bats vs. Gray, and he has never struck out. Benintendi has taken Gray deep once, which has a good chance to happen again today with this hitter’s park.

·         Mookie Betts has hits in seven of his last eight games with three multi-hit games along with two home runs.

·         On the other end of this spectrum is Steve Pearce, who has only one hit in his career vs. Gray, with five strikeouts in nine at-bats.

New York Yankees

·         The Yankees are in the top 10 in several offensive categories, third in runs scored, tenth in batting average, sixth in on-base percentage and first in slugging percentage.

·         Yankees have the highest team ISO, .221, and highest team wOBA, .350 vs. left-handed pitchers this season, but are facing off against Chris Sale, who is only giving up a .255 wOBA to righties this season.

·         Sonny Gray is giving up just shy of three earned runs per start this season, but gave up six earned runs to the Red Sox in the one start he had vs. them this season.

·         The Yankees and Red Sox have played seven times this season, those games have totaled nine or more runs in six of the seven games.

·         Aaron Judge is the only player on the Yankees roster to hit a home run against Sale, but he comes in with a .200 career average, as he is 3-for-15.

·         Didi Gregorius is in a tough lefty vs. lefty matchup, but he actually has the best career numbers vs. Chris Sale, with a .364 average, which stems from his four hits in 11 at-bats.

·         The Yankees have hit 30% of their home runs vs. left-handed pitchers this season, which is second in the league.