Boston Red Sox (103-48, first in AL East) vs. New York Yankees (92-58, second in AL East)

New York; Wednesday, 7:05 p.m. Eastern

PROBABLE PITCHERS: Red Sox: David Price (15-6, 3.42 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 169 strikeouts) Yankees: Luis Severino (17-8, 3.46 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 207 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: New York’s Luis Severino can notch his 18th victory of the season with a win. The Yankees have gone 22-8 in games started by Severino. New York’s lineup has 242 home runs this season, led by Giancarlo Stanton’s mark of 34. The Red Sox enter the matchup with a 10 and a half-game lead over the Yankees in the AL East. The Boston offence has compiled a .267 batting average as a team this year, Mookie Betts leads the team with a mark of .337. In Tuesday’s game, the Yankees defeated the Red Sox 3-2. Chad Green got the win for New York, his eighth on the season.

TOP PERFORMERS: J.D. Martinez has 41 home runs and 123 RBIs in 141 games for the Red Sox. Xander Bogaerts has two home runs and five RBIs while slugging .618 over his past 10 games for Boston. Didi Gregorius is batting .269 with a .333 on-base percentage and .500 slugging percentage in 128 games this season for the Yankees. Andrew McCutchen has four home runs and seven RBIs while slugging .688 over his past 10 games for New York.

LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 6-4, .241 batting average, 3.84 ERA, outscored by three runs. Yankees: 5-5, .221 batting average, 3.10 ERA, outscored opponents by 13 runs.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by HERO Sports, and data from Sportradar.