Boston Red Sox (89-73, third in the AL East during the regular season) vs. New York Yankees (94-68, second in the AL East during the regular season)

New York; Thursday, 8:08 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Connelly Early (1-2, 2.33 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 29 strikeouts); Yankees: Cam Schlittler (4-3, 2.96 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 84 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees play the Boston Red Sox on Thursday in Game 3 of the AL Wild Card Series. The series is tied 1-1, and the winner moves on to the ALDS.

New York has a 94-68 record overall and a 50-31 record at home. The Yankees have the highest team slugging percentage in MLB play at .455.

Boston has a 41-40 record on the road and an 89-73 record overall. Red Sox hitters have a collective .324 on-base percentage, the eighth-best percentag

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