Red Sox play the Yankees leading series 1-0

By Canadian Press on August 22, 2025.

Boston Red Sox (69-59, third in the AL East) vs. New York Yankees (69-58, second in the AL East)

New York; Friday, 7:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Brayan Bello (9-6, 3.23 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 97 strikeouts); Yankees: Max Fried (13-5, 3.26 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 141 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox play the New York Yankees leading the series 1-0.

New York is 69-58 overall and 37-26 at home. Yankees hitters have a collective .331 on-base percentage, the fourth-best percentage in the majors.

Boston is 69-59 overall and 28-34 in road games. The Red Sox have the third-ranked team ERA in the AL at 3.75.

Friday’s game is the eighth time these teams meet this season. The Red Sox are ahead 6-1 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Trent Grisham has nine doubles, a triple, 23 home runs and 48 RBIs for the Yankees. Giancarlo Stanton is 12 for 25 with a double and five home runs over the last 10 games.

Trevor Story has 21 doubles, 19 home runs and 79 RBIs while hitting .259 for the Red Sox. Roman Anthony is 12 for 38 with a double and three home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 7-3, .267 batting average, 3.56 ERA, outscored opponents by 21 runs

Red Sox: 4-6, .233 batting average, 4.15 ERA, outscored opponents by five runs

INJURIES: Yankees: Brent Headrick: 15-Day IL (forearm), Austin Slater: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Jonathan Loaisiga: 15-Day IL (back), Clarke Schmidt: 60-Day IL (forearm), Fernando Cruz: 15-Day IL (oblique), Ryan Yarbrough: 15-Day IL (oblique), Oswaldo Cabrera: 60-Day IL (ankle), Jake Cousins: 60-Day IL (elbow), Gerrit Cole: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Red Sox: Wilyer Abreu: 10-Day IL (calf), Rob Refsnyder: 10-Day IL (oblique), Luis Guerrero: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tanner Houck: 60-Day IL (flexor), Hunter Dobbins: 60-Day IL (acl), Marcelo Mayer: 10-Day IL (wrist), Liam Hendriks: 60-Day IL (hip), Justin Slaten: 60-Day IL (shoulder), 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.

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