New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox MLB Betting Preview | September 14

Two of MLB’s most consistent hitters face off when the New York Yankees (86-56) and the Boston Red Sox (69-73) meet at 7:10 PM ET on Wednesday at Fenway Park. Aaron Judge has a .310 batting average (seventh in MLB) for the favored Yankees (-124), while Xander Bogaerts ranks fifth in MLB action batting .318 this season for the underdog Red Sox (+104). Nestor Cortes takes the mound first for New York, and Brayan Bello is Boston’s choice to start.

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Game Info, Betting Lines for Yankees vs. Red Sox

• Game Day: Wednesday, September 14, 2022
• Game Time: 7:10 PM ET
• Location: Boston, Massachusetts
• Stadium: Fenway Park

Yankees Stats & Trends

Yankees Batting

• The New York Yankees average 1.6 home runs per game and have hit a league-leading 224 home runs in total.
• The Yankees have the 20th-ranked batting average in the league (.239).
• The Yankees are fifth in baseball with a .322 on-base percentage.
• The Yankees’ 8.4 strikeouts per game rank 16th in the league.
• The Yankees average 1.4 home runs per game when playing on the road this season (101 total in road contests).
• The Yankees have a .412 slugging percentage and are averaging 3.0 extra-base hits per game away from home.
• The club averages 8.3 hits per game and is batting .240 away from home this season.

Yankees Key Batters

• Judge leads New York in OBP (.414), slugging percentage (.692) and total hits (158) this season.
• Among the qualifying hitters in baseball, Judge’s batting average ranks seventh, his on-base percentage ranks first, and he is first in slugging.
• Judge has hit safely in five games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .550 with a double, two home runs, three walks and five RBI.
• Gleyber Torres has 23 doubles, a triple, 21 home runs and 32 walks while batting .240.
• Torres is 103rd in batting average, 127th in on-base percentage and 69th in slugging among qualifying hitters.
• Torres has picked up a hit in four games in a row. During his last five outings he is batting .261 with a double, two home runs, a walk and eight RBI.
• Isiah Kiner-Falefa is batting .269 with a .334 slugging percentage and 45 RBI this year.
• Giancarlo Stanton is batting .218 with a .303 OBP and 68 RBI for New York this season.
• Stanton brings a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .308 with two home runs, three walks and four RBI.

Red Sox Stats & Trends

Red Sox Batting

• The Red Sox have hit 136 homers this season, which ranks 20th in the league.
• The Red Sox rank fourth in MLB with a .259 team batting average.
• The Red Sox are among the best in the league at getting on base, ranking sixth with an OBP of .320.
• The Red Sox rank 19th in strikeouts per game (8.5) among MLB offenses.
• They’ve hit 77 homers, an average of 1.1 per game, in 70 home contests this season.
• They have a team slugging percentage of .441 in home games this season with 249 extra-base hits.
• In home games this season, they’re batting .269 with 9.2 base hits per contest.

Red Sox Key Batters

• Rafael Devers has 141 hits, a team-high for the Red Sox.
• Including all qualified hitters, Devers is 24th in batting average, while his on-base percentage ranks 36th and he is ninth in slugging.
• Bogaerts’ .385 OBP and .476 slugging percentage both lead his team.
• Bogaerts ranks fifth in batting average, eighth in on-base percentage and 26th in slugging percentage in MLB.
• Alex Verdugo is hitting .285 with 35 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 36 walks.
• J.D. Martinez is hitting .274 with 38 doubles, 11 home runs and 47 walks.

Yankees vs. Red Sox Probable Pitchers