The Yankees will try and get on the board in the season series with ace Gerrit Cole, who broke a string of rough starts with a dominant three-hit, complete-game shutout over the Astros in his last appearance.
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Top prospect Jarren Duran could make his Sox debut, the lefty having missed out on Friday with New York tossing southpaw Jordan Montgomery.
Lineups
RED SOX (56-36): TBA
Pitching: RHP Nate Eovaldi (9-5, 3.66 ERA)
YANKEES (46-44): TBA
Pitching: RHP Gerrit Cole (9-4, 2.68 ERA)
Time: 7:15 p.m.
TV, radio: Fox, WEEI-FM 93.7
Red Sox vs. Cole: Xander Bogaerts 4-19, Michael Chavis 0-2, Rafael Devers 2-11, Kiké Hernández 2-5, J.D. Martinez 5-17, Kevin Plawecki 1-3, Hunter Renfroe 1-13, Alex Verdugo 2-6, Christian Vázquez 5-10
Yankees vs. Eovaldi: Greg Allen 2-4, Brett Gardner 3-18, DJ LeMahieu 7-25, Rougned Odor 1-8, Giancarlo Stanton 5-16, Gary Sánchez 2-13, Gleyber Torres 6-23
Stat of the day: A win Saturday would give the Red Sox their longest win streak against the Yankees since an eight-game stretch in 2009.
Notes: Cole will pitch for the first time since throwing 129 pitches in his third career complete-game shutout in that 1-0 win over the Astros. Cole allowed three hits, struck out 12 and walked two in his best start of the season after struggling through 3 1/3 innings July 4 against the New York Mets and allowing three homers in five innings June 27 in Boston … Cole is 3-2 with a 3.86 ERA in seven career starts against the Red Sox … Eovaldi is 5-3 with a 2.87 ERA in his past nine starts, including two wins over the Yankees. On June 4 in New York, he allowed two runs (one earned) on eight hits in six innings of a 5-2 victory, and on June 26 in Boston, he gave up one run on seven hits in 7 2/3 innings of a 4-2 win.
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Amin Touri can be reached at amin.touri@globe.com.
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