NY Yankees vs Boston Red Sox Prediction 9-13-24 MLB Picks

The Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees meet Friday in MLB action from Yankee Stadium. Here’s a New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox prediction. This will be the second installment in a four-Game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Yankees vs Red Sox pick.

Boston Red Sox Betting Preview

The Red Sox played the Baltimore Orioles this week. After splitting the first two installments of that set, on Wednesday in the rubber match Boston powered out a 5-3 comeback win in 10 innings. In the Thursday opener versus the Yankees the Sox took a 10-inning loss 2-1. Starter Cooper Criswell posted 5.1 innings and one earned run.

As starter for Friday the Red Sox will send out Tanner Houck. So far Houck is 8-10 with a 3.24 ERA in 28 starts. Houck is 23-29 with a 3.61 career ERA in 102 Games (69 starts).

New York Yankees Betting Preview

Over on the Yankees’ side, they played the Kansas City Royals in their last series. After a similar split in the first pair, on Thursday New York eked out a 4-3 victory. On Thursday in the opener versus the Sox, the Yankees got a walk-off single from Juan Soto. Nestor Cortes went 5.0 innings with one earned run in the start.

In the starting pitcher role Friday will be New York’s Clarke Schmidt. So far Schmidt is 5-3 with a 2.34 ERA in 12 starts. Schmidt is 19-18 with a 3.91 ERA in 79 Games (49 starts).

New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox Prediction

I’m leaning toward the Yankees. Schmidt has pitched fairly well over his last three starts, but he’s just 0-2 in that time. I that trio Schmidt has a combined three earned runs in 14.2 innings. As for Houck, he’s 0-2 in his last trio as well with 10 earned runs in 17.0 total frames.

On Thursday the Yankees spread out their seven hits quite well, but only got RBI from Gleyber Torres and Juan Soto. The pitching staff was great across the board, though. I’d like to see a few more runs from New York Friday but they should be set up well.