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Two of the league’s top power hitters meet Tuesday when the New York Yankees (23-13) and Houston Astros (12-22) take the field at 7:05 PM ET, live on TBS. Juan Soto has eight home runs for the Yankees (-127 favorites on the moneyline) while Kyle Tucker has seven homers this season for the Astros (+106).
Luis Gil will get the ball for New York while Houston will counter with Justin Verlander.
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The Yankees have been the moneyline favorite 24 total times this season. They’ve finished 16-8 in those games.
New York has a 12-8 record (winning 60% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -127 or shorter.
The Astros have entered the game as underdogs five times this season and won twice.
Houston has played as an underdog of +106 or more twice this season and split those games.
The Yankees have played in 36 games with a set over/under, and have combined with their opponents to go over the total 14 times (14-20-2).
Games involving the Astros have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 11 of 34 chances this season.
Yankees Stats & Insights
The Yankees have the No. 10 offense in baseball scoring 4.6 runs per game (166 total runs).
New York is fifth in MLB action with 43 home runs. They average 1.2 per game.
The Yankees’ .246 batting average is 10th-best in the majors.
New York strikes out 8 times per game, the No. 12 mark in baseball.
The Yankees pitching staff ranks 10th in MLB with a collective 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
New York’s 3.00 team ERA ranks third across all MLB pitching staffs.
Astros Stats & Insights
The Astros have scored 151 runs (4.4 per game) this season, which ranks 17th in MLB.
Houston has hit 39 homers this season, which ranks eighth in the majors.
The Astros rank third in MLB with a .259 team batting average.
Houston is the best at avoiding strikeouts in MLB this season with only 220 as a team.
The Astros strike out 8.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 16th in MLB.
Houston has pitched to a 4.75 ERA this season, which ranks 26th in baseball.
Yankees Key Players to Watch
Gil (2-1 with a 3.19 ERA and 40 strikeouts in 31 2/3 innings pitched) makes the start for the Yankees, his seventh of the season.
Soto leads New York in batting average (.316), home runs (eight) and runs batted in (28) this season.
Alex Verdugo is batting .261 with an OBP of .353 and a slugging percentage of .417 this season.
Aaron Judge has 29 hits this season and a slash line of .220/.350/.439.
Anthony Volpe has 34 hits and an OBP of .344 to go with a slugging percentage of .370 this season.
Astros Key Players to Watch
The Astros will hand the ball to Verlander (1-0) for his fourth start of the season.
Kyle Tucker paces the Astros with nine home runs and 23 runs batted in.
Jose Altuve’s .343 batting average paces his team.
Yordan Alvarez is batting .250 with four doubles, seven home runs and 13 walks.
Jeremy Pena has five doubles, a triple, three home runs and six walks while batting .323.
Yankees and Astros Injuries
Yankees: DJ LeMahieu: 10 Day IL (Foot), Oswald Peraza: 10 Day IL (Shoulder), Nick Burdi: 15 Day IL (Hip), Tommy Kahnle: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Lou Trivino: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Gerrit Cole: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Jasson Domínguez: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Jonathan Loaisiga: 60 Day IL (Elbow), JT Brubaker: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Scott Effross: 60 Day IL (Back)
Astros: Grae Kessinger: 10 Day IL (Shoulder), Chas McCormick: 10 Day IL (Hamstring), Jose Urquidy: 15 Day IL (Forearm), Cristian Javier: 15 Day IL (Neck), Luis Garcia: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Oliver Ortega: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Lance McCullers Jr.: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Penn Murfee: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Kendall Graveman: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Bennett Sousa: 60 Day IL (Shoulder)
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