Overview

• Both clubs chase Toronto in the AL East, with Boston one game behind New York for the top wild-card position.
• The series runs Thursday through Sunday at Yankee Stadium and directly affects postseason seeding because MLB uses head-to-head records as a tiebreaker.
• Boston holds a 5-1 edge head-to-head this season, so two wins in the Bronx would clinch the season series.
• The Red Sox set their rotation as Lucas Giolito, Brayan Bello, Garrett Crochet and Dustin May against the Yankees’ Luis Gil, Max Fried, Will Warren and Carlos Rodón.
• New York has won eight of its last 11 while Boston has dropped eight of 12, with the Yankees also managing concerns about Aaron Judge’s right elbow, Giancarlo Stanton’s outfield availability and Max Fried’s inconsistency.