7:15 pm
June 26

Yankees @ Red Sox

Who will WIN this matchup?

New York Yankees (40-35)

@ Boston Red Sox (45-31)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Montgomery (NYY): 3-1; 4.03 ERA

Eovaldi (BOS) 7-4; 3.90 ERA

 

Current odds:

New York Yankees: (+115)

Boston Red Sox: (-125)

 

• The presence of their first full-capacity sellout crowd of the season was an undoubted boost for the Boston Red Sox in their victory over the visiting New York Yankees on Friday night. The Red Sox will look to carry the momentum over into the second contest of a three-game series against their rivals Saturday. Boston recorded its fourth win in as many meetings this season with New York following a 5-3 victory on Friday.

• The bullpen especially stood out for Boston after starter Martin Perez pitched only 3 2/3 innings. Hirokazu Sawamura, Garrett Whitlock, Adam Ottavino and Barnes combined to hold New York to three hits over the final 5 1/3, striking out seven. The hurlers brought to a halt a Yankee offense that had slugged 29 home runs in its previous 14 games. New York was held scoreless from the second inning on a day after an eight-run outburst at home against the Kansas City Royals.

• Montgomery held the Oakland Athletics to one run on three hits over 5 1/3 innings in his last time out. He hasn’t been defeated in his last 11 starts. The southpaw is 1-0 with a 4.13 ERA in six career starts against Boston.

• Eovaldi was tagged for four runs (three earned) on seven hits over four innings in a loss to the Royals last Sunday. He defeated the Yankees on June 4, when he held them to two runs (one earned) on eight hits in six innings. Lifetime, Eovaldi is 2-2 with a 3.30 ERA in 10 games (seven starts) against his former club.

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Boston Red Sox
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