“It’s great,” Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said. “The at-bats have been really great these last two days, but watching those guys go out there and consistently pitch six innings or into the seventh is pretty impressive.”
Bennett’s contribution to Boston’s quality start streak was six scoreless innings with nine strikeouts in a no-decision on Monday in Colorado.
Here’s a preview:
YANKEES (48-33): Goldschmidt 1B, Rice DH, Rosario 3B, Bellinger LF, Dominguez RF, Cabellero 2B, Schuemaker CF, Volpe SS, Wells C
Pitching: RHP Gerrit Cole (2-2, 3.62 ERA)
RED SOX (34-46): Yoshida DH, Rafaela CF, Abreu RF, Contreras 1B, Duran LF, Durbin 3B, Siegler 2B, Narváez C, Cheng SS
Pitching: LHP Jake Bennett (1-3, 3.71 ERA)
Time: 1:10 p.m.
TV, radio: ABC, WEEI-FM 93.7
Yankees vs. Bennett: Has not faced any Yankees batters
Red Sox vs. Cole: Wilyer Abreu 1-5, Willson Contreras 0-5, Jarren Duran 3-17, Andruw Monasterio 1-3, Ceddanne Rafaela 0-2, Connor Wong 2-3, Masataka Yoshida 3-10
Stat of the day: The Yankees are hitting .211 in their last nine games after going 3-for-30 in Friday’s 6-1 loss.
Notes: The Yankees reached the halfway point of their season on pace for 96 victories, but will attempt to avoid a third straight loss Saturday. … The Yankees are 12-10 since losing Aaron Judge to a fractured right rib. New York won nine of the first 13 games without Judge but heads into Saturday with six losses in nine games and is trying to avoid three straight losses for the second time in the past week. … The Red Sox haven’t won three straight home games since April. Boston is 14-25 at home. … Yankees starter Gerrit Cole is coming off his worst outing since returning from reconstructive elbow surgery. He allowed season highs of five runs and nine hits in 4 1/3 innings while throwing 89 pitches during a 5-3 loss at Detroit on Monday. … Cole is 7-6 with a 5.23 ERA in 19 career starts against the Red Sox. At Fenway Park, the veteran righthander is 2-3 with a 5.52 ERA in eight starts.
Information from Field Level Media was used in this report.
Matt Pepin can be reached at matt.pepin@globe.com.
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