Red Sox try to sweep Yankees in AL Wild Card Series

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Boston Red Sox (89-73, third in the AL East during the regular season) vs. New York Yankees (94-68, second in the AL East during the regular season)

New York; Wednesday, 6:08 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Brayan Bello (11-9, 3.35 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 124 strikeouts); Yankees: Carlos Rodon (18-9, 3.09 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 203 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Yankees -179, Red Sox +148; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees take on the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday in Game 2 of the AL Wild Card Series. The Red Sox have a 1-0 lead in the series and can advance to the ALDS with a victory.

New York is 50-31 in home games and 94-68 overall. The Yankees have a 66-16 record in games when they scored five or more runs.

Boston is 41-40 in road games and 89-73 overall. Red Sox hitters have a collective .324 on-base percentage, the third-ranked percentage in the AL.

The teams meet Wednesday for the 15th time this season. The Red Sox are ahead 10-4 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Aaron Judge leads the Yankees with 85 extra base hits (30 doubles, two triples and 53 home runs). Giancarlo Stanton is 8 for 31 with a double, four home runs and 13 RBIs over the past 10 games.

Trevor Story has a .263 batting average to lead the Red Sox, and has 29 doubles and 25 home runs. Masataka Yoshida is 15 for 40 with two home runs and eight RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 8-2, .252 batting average, 2.00 ERA, outscored opponents by 27 runs

Red Sox: 7-3, .259 batting average, 3.07 ERA, outscored opponents by 10 runs

INJURIES: Yankees: Jazz Chisholm: day-to-day (forearm), Brent Headrick: 15-Day IL (forearm), Jonathan Loaisiga: 15-Day IL (back), Clarke Schmidt: 60-Day IL (forearm), Oswaldo Cabrera: 60-Day IL (ankle), Jake Cousins: 60-Day IL (elbow), Gerrit Cole: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Red Sox: Dustin May: 15-Day IL (elbow), Richard Fitts: 15-Day IL (arm), Jordan Hicks: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Brennan Bernardino: 15-Day IL (lat), Roman Anthony: 10-Day IL (oblique), Vaughn Grissom: 60-Day IL (foot), Hunter Dobbins: 60-Day IL (acl), Marcelo Mayer: 60-Day IL (wrist), Luis Guerrero: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tanner Houck: 60-Day IL (flexor), Liam Hendriks: 60-Day IL (hip), Josh Winckowski: 60-Day IL (elbow), Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (knee), Kutter Crawford: 60-Day IL (knee), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.