After sweeping the Miami Marlins and winning four in a row, the Boston Red Sox have remained on the road for the first of three games with the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on Friday.
For the matchup, Boston will send Tanner Houck to the mound while New York will counter with Nester Cortes.
Here's what Alex Cora's lineup, which won't feature Dom Smith, will look like for the series opener:
- Jarren Duran CF
- Rob Refsnyder RF
- Tyler O’Neill LF
- Rafael Devers 3B
- Connor Wong C
- Romy Gonzalez 1B
- Masataka Yoshida DH
- Enmanuel Valdez 2B
- Ceddanne Rafaela SS
And, here's Aaron Boone's:
- Ben Rice 1B
- Juan Soto RF
- Aaron Judge DH
- Alex Verdugo LF
- Gleyber Torres 2B
- Austin Wells C
- Anthony Volpe SS
- Trent Grisham CF
- DJ Lemahieu
Houck has been great this year, posting a 2.67 ERA (sixth in baseball) and a 1.02 WHIP (15th) while striking out 105 (tied for 18th) in his 17 starts. His last outing was his work of the year, allowing eight runs (seven earned) over 4 1/3 innings to the San Deigo Padres. Only three Yankees have hits off of him in his career - Aaron Judge (3-for-9 with a walk), Gleyber Torres (5-for-19 with a home run, two RBIs and a walk) and Jose Trevino (1-for-3).
Cortes has been good for New York in his 18 starts, recording a 3.51 ERA and a 1.10 WHIP while striking out 98. He's allowed three or fewer runs over his last four starts. Six Red Sox have hits off of him - Devers (3-for-11 with two home runs, five RBIs and a walk), Duran (1-for-1), McGuire (1-for-4), Refsnyder (6-for-10), Smith (1-for-3) and Wong (1-for-4 with an RBI).
