Yankees bring 1-0 series advantage over Cardinals into game 2

St. Louis Cardinals (67-68, third in the NL Central) vs. New York Yankees (79-56, first in the AL East)

New York; Saturday, 1:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Kyle Gibson (7-6, 4.54 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 128 strikeouts); Yankees: Will Warren (0-2, 9.68 ERA, 1.81 WHIP, 23 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Yankees -171, Cardinals +143; over/under is 9 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees take a 1-0 lead into the next game of the series against the St. Louis Cardinals.

New York has a 79-56 record overall and a 37-29 record at home. The Yankees lead MLB play with 209 total home runs, averaging 1.5 per game.

St. Louis has a 31-36 record in road games and a 67-68 record overall. The Cardinals are 51-28 in games when they record eight or more hits.

Saturday’s game is the second time these teams match up this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Aaron Judge has a .331 batting average to lead the Yankees, and has 31 doubles, a triple and 51 home runs. Gleyber Torres is 11-for-39 with two home runs and five RBI over the past 10 games.

Alec Burleson has 18 doubles and 21 home runs while hitting .280 for the Cardinals. Nolan Arenado is 12-for-41 with a double and two home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 6-4, .236 batting average, 3.26 ERA, outscored opponents by 13 runs

Cardinals: 6-4, .278 batting average, 3.94 ERA, outscored opponents by three runs

INJURIES: Yankees: Ian Hamilton: 60-Day IL (lat), Luis Gil: 15-Day IL (back), Cody Poteet: 60-Day IL (tricep), Anthony Rizzo: 60-Day IL (wrist), Clarke Schmidt: 60-Day IL (lat), Jon Berti: 60-Day IL (calf), Jonathan Loaisiga: 60-Day IL (elbow), JT Brubaker: 60-Day IL (elbow), Lou Trivino: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Cardinals: Willson Contreras: 10-Day IL (finger), Mike Siani: 10-Day IL (oblique), Lance Lynn: 15-Day IL (knee), Steven Matz: 60-Day IL (back), Keynan Middleton: 60-Day IL (forearm), Drew Rom: 60-Day IL (biceps)

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