New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox MLB Betting Preview | August 12

Two of MLB’s top hitters square off when the New York Yankees (71-41) and the Boston Red Sox (55-58) play at 7:10 PM ET on Friday at Fenway Park. Andrew Benintendi has a .305 batting average (10th in MLB) for the favored Yankees (-118), and Xander Bogaerts ranks fifth in MLB action hitting .309 this season for the underdog Red Sox (-101). New York has Domingo German starting things off, while Boston will counter with Nathan Eovaldi.

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Game Info, Betting Lines for Yankees vs. Red Sox

• Game Day: Friday, August 12, 2022
• Game Time: 7:10 PM ET
• Location: Boston, Massachusetts
• Stadium: Fenway Park

Yankees Stats & Trends

Yankees Batting

• The New York Yankees average 1.7 home runs per game and have hit a league-high 190 home runs in total.
• The Yankees are 14th in the majors with a .244 batting average.
• The Yankees’ .330 on-base percentage ranks third-best in baseball.
• The Yankees strike out 8.4 times per game to rank 16th in baseball.
• The Yankees have hit 88 homers on the road this season (1.6 per game).
• The Yankees are slugging .436 with 3.2 extra-base hits per game on the road.
• Away from home this season the team averages 8.7 hits per game and is batting .251.

Yankees Key Batters

• Aaron Judge leads New York in OBP (.396), slugging percentage (.681) and total hits (124) this season.
• Among qualifying hitters, Judge is 12th in batting average, his on-base percentage ranks sixth, and he is first in slugging.
• Judge hopes to build on a six-game hitting streak in this matchup. During his last 10 outings he is batting .382 with three doubles, four home runs, 13 walks and 10 RBI.
• Anthony Rizzo is batting .224 with 16 doubles, a triple, 27 home runs and 48 walks.
• Rizzo’s batting average ranks 127th among qualified players, his on-base percentage 48th, and his slugging percentage 15th.
• DJ LeMahieu has collected 108 base hits, an OBP of .387 and a slugging percentage of .425 this season.
• Benintendi has been key for New York with 118 hits, an OBP of .380 plus a slugging percentage of .385.

Red Sox Stats & Trends

Red Sox Batting

• The Red Sox have hit 111 homers this season, which ranks 17th in the league.
• The Red Sox’s .253 batting average is among the best in baseball, ranking seventh in MLB.
• The Red Sox have an OBP of .313 this season, which ranks 17th in MLB.
• The Red Sox rank 17th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.4 whiffs per contest.
• They’ve hit 63 homers, an average of 1.1 per game, in 56 home contests this season.
• They have a team slugging percentage of .439 in home games this season with 202 extra-base hits.
• In 56 home games this season, they have a batting average of .263 while averaging nine base hits per contest.

Red Sox Key Batters

• Rafael Devers is leading the Red Sox with 118 hits.
• Devers is ninth in batting average, 23rd in on-base percentage and fifth in slugging percentage among all qualifying hitters in the majors.
• Bogaerts has a .379 OBP while slugging .451. Both are team-highs.
• Including all qualified hitters, Bogaerts is fifth in batting average, 12th in on-base percentage and 51st in slugging percentage.
• Alex Verdugo is batting .273 with 27 doubles, seven home runs and 25 walks.
• Tommy Pham is batting .237 with 15 doubles, a triple, 14 home runs and 44 walks.

Yankees vs. Red Sox Probable Pitchers