Pittsburgh Pirates (52-48, fourth in the NL Central) vs. New York Yankees (55-44, second in the AL East)

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

PITCHING PROBABLES: Pirates: Braxton Ashcraft (9-3, 3.49 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 128 strikeouts); Yankees: Ryan Weathers (3-7, 4.15 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 110 strikeouts)

LINE: Yankees -121, Pirates -101; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees host the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday to begin a three-game series.

New York has a 55-44 record overall and a 24-22 record at home. The Yankees lead the AL with 144 total home runs, averaging 1.5 per game.

Pittsburgh is 52-48 overall and 25-24 on the road. The Pirates have the second-ranked team on-base percentage in the NL at .341.

The teams meet Monday for the first time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ben Rice leads the Yankees with 29 home runs while slugging .596. Cody Bellinger is 11 for 38 with two doubles and two RBIs over the last 10 games.

Ryan O'Hearn has 13 doubles, 16 home runs and 64 RBIs for the Pirates. Esmerlyn Valdez is 10 for 39 with two doubles and six home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 6-4, .247 batting average, 3.27 ERA, outscored opponents by seven runs

Pirates: 7-3, .280 batting average, 4.24 ERA, outscored opponents by 27 runs

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

Pirates: Oneil Cruz: 60-Day IL (hand), Endy Rodriguez: 10-Day IL (lower body), Spencer Horwitz: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Evan Sisk: 15-Day IL (elbow), Konnor Griffin: 60-Day IL (finger), Chris Devenski: 60-Day IL (illness)

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