Yankees play the Athletics with 1-0 series lead

Athletics (3-7) vs. New York Yankees (8-2)

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

PITCHING PROBABLES: Athletics: Luis Severino (0-1, 6.48 ERA, 1.80 WHIP, 10 strikeouts); Yankees: Will Warren (1-0, 2.70 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, nine strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees host the Athletics, leading the series 1-0.

New York went 94-68 overall and 50-31 at home last season. The Yankees averaged 8.5 hits per game last season while batting a collective .251 and slugging .455.

The Athletics had a 76-86 record overall and a 40-41 record in road games last season. The Athletics averaged 3.3 extra base hits per game, including 1.4 home runs.

INJURIES: Yankees: Gerrit Cole: 15-Day IL (elbow), Carlos Rodon: 15-Day IL (elbow), Clarke Schmidt: 60-Day IL (elbow), Anthony Volpe: 10-Day IL (shoulder)

Athletics: Gunnar Hoglund: 60-Day IL (knee)

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