Yankees vs. Red Sox AL Wild Card Series Game 2 Betting Lines, Odds, & Player Matchups October 1, 2025

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The New York Yankees are at home for Game 2 of the AL Wild Card Series against the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday at 6:08 p.m. ET at Yankee Stadium. The Red Sox have a 1-0 series lead. New York’s Carlos Rodon and Boston’s Brayan Bello pitch first for their squads in this matchup.

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Moneyline

Yankees to win vs Red Sox -172

Bet $20, Payout $31.63

Yankees vs. Red Sox betting lines

  • Favorite: Yankees (-172)
  • Underdog: Red Sox (+143)
  • Over/under: 7.5

Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Yankees betting info

  • The Yankees have won 60% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (84-56).
  • New York has gone 39-15 (winning 72.2% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -172 or shorter.
  • The Yankees have an implied moneyline win probability of 63.2% in this contest.
  • New York has had an over/under set by bookmakers 162 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 76 of those games (76-80-6).
  • The Yankees have collected a 76-86-0 record ATS this season (covering 46.9% of the time).

Yankees hitting info

  • Aaron Judge paces the Yankees in home runs (53), runs batted in (114) and has a team-high batting average of .331.
  • Judge ranks fourth in homers and fifth in RBI among all hitters in MLB play.
  • Judge brings a six-game hitting streak into this game. During his last 10 outings he is batting .389 with a double, five home runs, eight walks and 10 RBIs.
  • Cody Bellinger is hitting .272 with 25 doubles, five triples, 29 home runs and 57 walks.
  • Bellinger ranks 34th in home runs and 17th in RBI among MLB batters this season.
  • Bellinger has hit safely in six straight games. In his last 10 outings he is batting .250 with seven walks and an RBI.
  • Trent Grisham is batting .235 with nine doubles, a triple, 34 home runs and 82 walks.
  • Ben Rice is hitting .255 with 28 doubles, four triples, 26 home runs and 50 walks.

Yankees pitching rankings

  • The 9.0 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Yankees pitching staff ranks fourth in the majors.
  • New York has a 3.91 team ERA that ranks 14th among all MLB pitching staffs.
  • The Yankees average MLB’s 12th-ranked WHIP (1.249).
  • Yankees pitchers combine to surrender 175 home runs (1.1 per game), the 10th-fewest in baseball.
  • New York struck out eight Red Sox batters while giving up eight hits in a 3-1 loss in its last game.

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

  • This season, the Red Sox have been the underdog 59 times and won 30, or 50.8%, of those games.
  • Boston has a record of 5-5, a 50% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +143 or more by oddsmakers this season.
  • The Red Sox have a 41.2% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
  • So far this season, Boston and its opponents have hit the over in 75 of its 162 games with a total.
  • The Red Sox are 85-77-0 against the spread in their 162 chances this season.

Red Sox hitting info

  • Jarren Duran has been key for Boston with 159 hits, an OBP of .332 plus a slugging percentage of .442.
  • In all of MLB, Duran ranks 127th in homers and 43rd in RBI.
  • Trevor Story is batting .263 with 25 home runs and 96 RBI, all three of which rank first for Boston this season.
  • Story currently is 50th in homers and 19th in RBI in the big leagues.
  • Alex Bregman has collected 118 base hits, an OBP of .360 and a slugging percentage of .462 this season.
  • Bregman heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .211 with two doubles, three walks and an RBI.
  • Ceddanne Rafaela is batting .249 with an OBP of .295 and a slugging percentage of .414 this season.

Red Sox pitching rankings

  • The Red Sox strike out 8.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 16th in MLB.
  • Boston pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.71 ERA this year, fourth-best in baseball.
  • The Red Sox rank 17th in MLB with a combined 1.288 WHIP this season.
  • The Red Sox have given up the fourth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 164 home runs allowed.
  • Boston pitchers struck out 13 Yankees batters while allowing seven hits in a 3-1 win last time out.
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