Its Friday, August 22 and the Red Sox (69-59) are in the Bronx to continue their series against the Yankees (69-58).
Brayan Bello is slated to take the mound for Boston against Max Fried for New York.
The Sox rallied for four runs over the final four innings to take the series opener, 6-3. Roman Anthony homered and drove in three to pace the attack. The rookie is now hitting .286 for the season. Ben Rice went 2-3 with a triple and a home run but it was not enough to offset another outing by the Yankees featuring poor defense – four errors resulting in three unearned runs.
Lets dive into tonight’s matchup and find a sweat or two.
We’ve got all the info and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest info on the how to catch the first pitch, odds, recent team performance, player stats, and of course, our predictions, picks & best bets for the game from our modeling tools and staff of experts.
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Game details & how to watch Red Sox at Yankees
- Date: Friday, August 22, 2025
- Time: 11:05PM EST
- Site: Yankee Stadium
- City: Bronx, NY
- Network/Streaming: NESN, AmazonPV, MLBN
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Odds for the Red Sox at the Yankees
The latest odds as of Friday:
- Moneyline: Red Sox (+144), Yankees (-171)
- Spread: Yankees -1.5
- Total: 8.0 runs
Probable starting pitchers for Red Sox at Yankees
- Pitching matchup for August 22, 2025: Brayan Bello vs. Max Fried
- Red Sox: Brayan Bello (9-6, 3.23 ERA)
Last outing: August 16 vs. Miami – 2.84 ERA, 2 Earned Runs Allowed, 4 Hits Allowed, 0 Walks, and 2 Strikeouts - Yankees: Max Fried (13-5, 3.26 ERA)
Last outing: August 16 at St. Louis – 12.60 ERA, 7 Earned Runs Allowed, 8 Hits Allowed, 1 Walks, and 6 Strikeouts
- Red Sox: Brayan Bello (9-6, 3.23 ERA)
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Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Red Sox at Yankees
- The Yankees’ last 3 home games versus the Red Sox have gone over the Total
- The Yankees have covered the Run Line in 3 straight games
- The Red Sox have won 5 straight games against the Yankees and are 6-1 against them this season
- Anthony Volpe is 1-22 over his last 6 games
- Alex Bregman picked up 3 hits last night after going hitless his two previous games (0-7)
- Aaron Judge has hit safely in 4 of his last 5 games (6-19) with 2 HRs
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Expert picks & predictions for tonight’s game between the Red Sox and the Yankees
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Our model calculates projections around each moneyline, spread and over/under bet for every game on the MLB calendar based on data points like past performance, player matchups, ballpark information and weather forecasts.
Once the model is finished running, we put its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each wager.
Here are the best bets our model is projecting for Friday’s game between the Red Sox and the Yankees:
- Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet is staying away from a play on the Moneyline.
- Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play ATS on the Boston Red Sox at +1.5.
- Total: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the over on the Game Total of 8.0.
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