Tonight’s series opener at Yankee Stadium pairs two clubs trending in opposite directions, with New York (74-56) having won six of their last seven while Houston has dropped six of eight but remains tied for first in the AL West despite a 65-66 record. This ballgame pits a pair of the American Lea gue’s most dangerous left-handed power bats against one another, as Ben Rice and Yordan Alvarez headline tonight’s lineups. Rice enters with 34 home runs, third-most in the AL and tied for fifth-most in the MLB, while Alvarez has swatted 36 homers, leading the AL and three shy of the MLB lead. The pair stand among the leading contenders for AL MVP on Polymarkets’ board. ...read more read less