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Baltimore Orioles (88-70, second in the AL East) vs. New York Yankees (92-66, first in the AL East)

New York; Thursday, 7:05 p.m. EDT

PROBABLE PITCHING: Orioles: Corbin Burnes (15-8, 2.95 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 172 strikeouts); Yankees: Gerrit Cole (7-5, 3.67 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 94 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Yankees -144, Orioles +123; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

CONCLUSION: The Baltimore Orioles play the New York Yankees and want to win their three-game series.

New York has a 42-35 record at home and a 92-66 record overall. The Yankees are first in the AL with 232 total home runs, an average of 1.5 per game.

Baltimore is 44-33 away and 88-70 overall. The Orioles have a 57-12 record in games in which they hit at least two home runs.

The teams will meet for the 13th time this season on Thursday, with the Orioles leading the season series 8-4.

TOP PERFORMERS: Juan Soto has 31 doubles, four triples, 41 home runs and 108 RBI while hitting .288 for the Yankees. Gleyber Torres is 16-for-47 with two doubles and two home runs over the past 10 games.

Adley Rutschman has 20 doubles, a triple, 19 home runs and 77 RBI for the Orioles. Colton Cowser is 11-for-36 with three doubles and three home runs in the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 6-4, .239 batting average, 3.16 ERA, outscored opponents by 17 runs

Orioles: 5-5, .252 batting average, 4.30 ERA, three-run lead

INJURIES: Yankees: Nestor Cortes Jr.: 15 days IL (elbow), Jake Cousins: 15 days IL (pecs), DJ LeMahieu: 10 days IL (hip), Jonathan Loaisiga: 60 days IL (elbow), JT Brubaker: 60 days IL (elbow), Lou Trivino: 60 days IL (elbow)

Orioles: Burch Smith: 15 days IL (groin), Grayson Rodriguez: 15 days IL (lat), Jorge Mateo: 60 days IL (elbow), Kyle Bradish: 60 days IL (ucl sprain), Tyler Wells: 60 days IL (elbow), John Means: 60 days IL (elbow), Felix Bautista: 60 days IL (elbow)

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