Yankees and Braves meet to determine the series winner

Atlanta Braves (42-32, second in the NL East) vs. New York Yankees (52-27, first in the AL East)

New York; Sunday, 1:35 p.m. EDT

PROBABLE PITCHING PITCHERS: Braves: Max Fried (6-3, 3.11 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 76 strikeouts); Yankees: Nestor Cortes Jr. (4-5, 3.36 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 86 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Braves -112, Yankees -108; Over/Under is 8 1/2 runs

Conclusion: Both the New York Yankees and the Atlanta Braves want to win the series with a victory on Sunday.

New York has a 24-13 record at home and a 52-27 record overall. The Yankees are second in the major leagues with 115 total home runs, an average of 1.5 per game.

Atlanta has a road record of 18-19 and an overall record of 42-32. The Braves have a record of 24-7 in games in which they have not allowed a home run.

Sunday’s game will be the third meeting between these teams this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Aaron Judge leads the Yankees with 28 home runs and a .692 slugging average. Giancarlo Stanton has hit 14 of 37 home runs, one double, three home runs and nine RBIs in the last 10 games.

Marcell Ozuna leads the Braves with 37 extra-base hits (16 doubles and 21 home runs). Austin Riley has hit 14 of 35 with four doubles, four home runs and nine RBIs in the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 4-6, .220 batting average, 5.82 ERA, 11 runs less

Braves: 7-3, .266 batting average, 3.17 ERA, 21 runs more than opponents

INJURIES: Yankees: Giancarlo Stanton: day to day (hamstring), Anthony Rizzo: 60-day IL (wrist), Clarke Schmidt: 60-day IL (lat), Cody Poteet: 15-day IL (triceps), Ian Hamilton: 15-day IL (lat), Jon Berti: 60-day IL (calf), Nick Burdi: 15-day IL (hip), Jonathan Loaisiga: 60-day IL (elbow), JT Brubaker: 60-day IL (elbow), Lou Trivino: 60-day IL (elbow), Scott Effross: 60-day IL (back)

Braves: AJ Smith-Shawver: 15-day IL (oblique), Spencer Strider: 60-day IL (elbow), Hurston Waldrep: 15-day IL (elbow), Huascar Ynoa: 60-day IL (elbow), Michael Harris II: 10-day IL (hamstring), Ronald Acuna Jr.: 60-day IL (knee), Jimmy Herget: 15-day IL (shoulder), Tyler Matzek: 60-day IL (elbow), Alex Jordan Minter: 15-day IL (hip), Angel Perdomo: 60-day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press produced this article using technology from Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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