BOSTON — Red Sox righty Kutter Crawford threw just 68 pitches over 7 scoreless innings in a road win over the Yankees on July 7.
He’ll start against New York at Fenway Park again here Saturday. First pitch between the Red Sox and New York is at 7:15 p.m. It is a national televised game on FOX.
Crawford is 4-1 with a 1.96 ERA (36 ⅔ innings, eight earned runs) and 0.93 WHIP in eight career games (six starts) against the Yankees.
Boston improved to 5-2 this year against New York with a 9-7 comeback win Friday in the first game of this three-game series.
Marcus Stroman (7-5, 3.51 ERA) will pitch for the Yankees. He faced Boston here June 16 and took the loss, allowing four runs, seven hits and four walks while striking out three in 5 innings.
Red Sox lineup
1. Jarren Duran CF
2. Wilyer Abreu RF
3. Masataka Yoshida DH
4. Rafael Devers 3B
5. Tyler O’Neill LF
6. Dom Smith 1B
7. Connor Wong C
8. David Hamilton 2B
9. Ceddanne Rafaela SS
Starting pitchers: RHP Marcus Stroman (7-5, 3.51 ERA) vs. RHP Kutter Crawford (6-8, 3.37 ERA)
