Red Sox visit the Yankees on 3-game road win streak

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Boston Red Sox (27-35, fifth in the AL East) vs. New York Yankees (37-26, second in the AL East)

New York; Sunday, 1:35 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Ranger Suarez (2-3, 3.37 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 57 strikeouts); Yankees: Cam Schlittler (7-3, 1.89 ERA, 0.86 WHIP, 84 strikeouts)

LINE: Yankees -167, Red Sox +139; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox hit the road against the New York Yankees trying to extend a three-game road winning streak.

New York is 37-26 overall and 18-12 at home. The Yankees are 26-2 in games when they scored at least five runs.

Boston has a 17-14 record in road games and a 27-35 record overall. The Red Sox are 5-9 in games decided by one run.

Sunday's game is the fifth time these teams match up this season. The Yankees are up 3-1 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ben Rice has 15 doubles, two triples and 18 home runs for the Yankees. Paul Goldschmidt is 13 for 43 with three doubles, two home runs and nine RBIs over the past 10 games.

Willson Contreras has eight doubles, two triples, 13 home runs and 38 RBIs for the Red Sox. Jarren Duran is 14 for 45 with a triple, four home runs and eight RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 6-4, .274 batting average, 3.64 ERA, outscored opponents by 24 runs

Red Sox: 5-5, .284 batting average, 4.25 ERA, outscored opponents by 12 runs

INJURIES: Yankees: Austin Wells: 10-Day IL (cervical headaches), Aaron Judge: 10-Day IL (rib), Angel Chivilli: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Giancarlo Stanton: 10-Day IL (leg), Jasson Dominguez: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Max Fried: 15-Day IL (elbow), Clarke Schmidt: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Red Sox: Jovani Moran: 15-Day IL (elbow), Garrett Crochet: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Trevor Story: 60-Day IL (abdomen), Nick Sogard: 10-Day IL (oblique), Kutter Crawford: 60-Day IL (wrist), Romy Gonzalez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (knee), Willson Contreras: day-to-day (wrist), Garrett Whitlock: 15-Day IL (knee), Roman Anthony: 10-Day IL (wrist), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow), Johan Oviedo: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tanner Houck: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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