MLB betting: New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox preview and odds

The New York Yankees are one of the hottest teams in baseball over the last few weeks with a 10-3 record over their last 13 games. The Yankees will look to stay hot on the road against their rivals in a three-game series starting on Friday against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.

New York is a +110 road underdog in the series opener according to sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. Boston is a -130 favorite with Justin Masterson set to start against CC Sabathia and the Yankees.

Living up to their nickname as the Bronx Bombers, the New York Yankees are tied for the American League lead in home runs with 29 so far this season. Mark Teixeira leads the team with eight despite batting only .216 on the season so far, and Alex Rodriguez has also contributed with five home runs.

Through 22 games, the Yankees rank in the top five teams in baseball in run production with 4.95 runs per game. New York is 6-1 in its last seven road games.

Offensively, things are going just fine in Boston as the Red Sox have racked up 5.14 runs per game and are currently in second place in the league in scoring with 113 runs. But the Red Sox also carry with them the worst ERA in all of baseball at 5.04, getting an MLB-worst 5.75 ERA from the team's starters.

Boston is just 6-8 over its last 14 games since starting the season off with a nice 6-2 run.

The OVER is 5-1 in Boston's last six games, and each of the last five games between these two teams went OVER the total with at least 11 runs scored in all five according to the OddsShark MLB Database.

Friday's total is set at 8.5 runs for the Yankees vs. Red Sox betting matchup at the sportsbooks.

The Yankees are 0-4 in games that CC Sabathia has started this season compared to a 13-5 record in the team's other 18 games. Nathan Eovaldi vs. Wade Miley is the projected pitching matchup on Saturday, and Adam Warren and Joe Kelly are slotted in to take the mound on Sunday.