Yankees host Los Angeles Dodgers, look to end home losing streak

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Los Angeles Dodgers (62-36, first in the NL West) vs. New York Yankees (54-43, second in the AL East)

New York; Saturday, 8:08 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Dodgers: Emmet Sheehan (4-6, 4.81 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 93 strikeouts); Yankees: Ryan Weathers (3-7, 4.15 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 110 strikeouts)

LINE: Dodgers -115, Yankees -107; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees play the Los Angeles Dodgers looking to end their three-game home losing streak.

New York has a 54-43 record overall and a 23-21 record at home. The Yankees have hit 142 total home runs to lead MLB.

Los Angeles has a 31-17 record in road games and a 62-36 record overall. The Dodgers have the second-best team slugging percentage in MLB play at .432.

The teams play Saturday for the second time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ben Rice leads the Yankees with 29 home runs while slugging .601. Jasson Dominguez is 11 for 38 with two home runs and two RBIs over the past 10 games.

Shohei Ohtani leads the Dodgers with a .289 batting average, and has 16 doubles, two triples, 22 home runs, 60 walks and 58 RBIs. Freddie Freeman is 9 for 39 with a home run and two RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 5-5, .246 batting average, 3.48 ERA, even run differential

Dodgers: 5-5, .203 batting average, 3.52 ERA, outscored by 12 runs

INJURIES: Yankees: Carlos Rodon: 15-Day IL (elbow), Max Fried: 15-Day IL (elbow), Giancarlo Stanton: 10-Day IL (leg), Aaron Judge: 10-Day IL (rib), Clarke Schmidt: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Dodgers: Blake Treinen: 15-Day IL (elbow), Kike Hernandez: 10-Day IL (oblique), Will Smith: 10-Day IL (neck), Edwin Diaz: 60-Day IL (elbow), Blake Snell: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ben Casparius: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Gavin Stone: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Bobby Miller: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Tyler Glasnow: 60-Day IL (back), Brusdar Graterol: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jake Cousins: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.