Yankees and Red Sox square off in decisive AL Wild Card Series Game 3

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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; Thursday, 8:08 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Connelly Early (1-2, 2.33 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 29 strikeouts); Yankees: Cam Schlittler (4-3, 2.96 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 84 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Yankees -162, Red Sox +136; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees play the Boston Red Sox on Thursday in Game 3 of the AL Wild Card Series. The series is tied 1-1, and the winner moves on to the ALDS.

New York has a 94-68 record overall and a 50-31 record at home. The Yankees have the highest team slugging percentage in MLB play at .455.

Boston has a 41-40 record on the road and an 89-73 record overall. Red Sox hitters have a collective .324 on-base percentage, the eighth-best percentage in the majors.

The teams meet Thursday for the 16th time this season. The Red Sox lead the season series 10-5.

TOP PERFORMERS: Aaron Judge has a .331 batting average to lead the Yankees, and has 30 doubles, two triples and 53 home runs. Ben Rice is 13 for 36 with four home runs and 10 RBIs over the past 10 games.

Trevor Story ranks second on the Red Sox with 54 extra base hits (29 doubles and 25 home runs). Masataka Yoshida is 15 for 37 with two doubles, two home runs and seven RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 9-1, .267 batting average, 2.08 ERA, outscored opponents by 30 runs

Red Sox: 6-4, .250 batting average, 2.79 ERA, outscored opponents by five runs

INJURIES: Yankees: 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.