Overview

• The first meeting of the season between the AL West–leading Astros (64–51) and the third-place Yankees (61–54) kicks off a three-game series at Yankee Stadium on Friday at 7:05 p.m. ET.
• Friday Night Baseball will be available exclusively on Apple TV+, marking the matchup’s live-stream-only broadcast.
• Houston will hand the ball to right-hander Hunter Brown (9–5, 2.47 ERA), while New York counters with rookie Cam Schlittler (1–2, 4.58 ERA).
• Both clubs carry winning records into the series as Houston maintains a two-game lead atop the AL West and New York sits third in the AL East.
• BetMGM lists the Astros at –120 and the Yankees at +101 on the moneyline with an over/under of eight runs, and predictive analytics provider Dimers gives Houston a 51% win probability but recommends the Yankees moneyline (+104).