The Boston Red Sox will play the New York Yankees in Game 3 of their series at Yankee Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
The Boston Red Sox are 48-44 this season and have lost five of their last six games. Boston won Game 1 of this series by a score of 5-4 on Friday night. The Boston pitching staff has a 3.94 ERA, a 1.26 WHIP, and a .238 opponent batting average this season. The Red Sox offense has scored 428 runs with a .257 batting average and a .319 on base percentage. Rafael Devers is batting .327 with 22 home runs and 55 RBI’s for the Red Sox this season. The projected starter for Boston is Chris Sale, who is 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA and a 0.80 WHIP over 5 innings pitched this season.
The New York Yankees are 63-28 this season and have lost five of their last seven games. New York won Game 2 of this series by a score of 14-1 on Saturday night. The New York pitching staff has a 3.09 ERA, a 1.08 WHIP, and a .215 opponent batting average. The Yankees offense has scored 484 runs with a .244 batting average and a .329 on base percentage this year. Aaron Judge is batting .281 with 33 home runs and 69 RBI’s for the Yankees this season. The projected starter for New York is Gerrit Cole, who is 8-2 with a 3.05 ERA and a 1.01 WHIP over 106.1 innings pitched this season.