Chicago Cubs (55-39, first in the NL Central) vs. New York Yankees (53-41, second in the AL East) New York; Saturday, 12:05 p.m. CDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Matthew Boyd (9-3, 2.52 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 96 strikeouts);

Robbed an inning earlier, Cody Bellinger wasn't sure his first three-homer game had been swiped away again. “I didn't know at first,” he said. “For that third one to finally get over feels pretty good.

Cody Bellinger hit three homers for the first time in his career and drove in six runs, Carlos Rodon allowed four hits in eight outstanding innings, and the host New York Yankees ran their winning streak to five games with an 11-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday night.

The Yankees left-hander pulled out of the Midsummer Classic on Friday — and was replaced by teammate Carlos Rodón — due to him starting Saturday’s game against the Cubs, which would have had him pitching on two days of rest in the All-Star Game on Tuesday.

The New York Yankees ace has been replaced by a teammate on the All-Star Game roster, raising injury concerns.

Fried taking the mound in the first inning at Truist Park in Atlanta would have been a made-for-TV moment. Alas, it won't happen.

The Chicago Cubs and the New York Yankees play the second game of a 3-game series Saturday at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.

The favored Yankees (-166 on the moneyline) play at home against the Cubs (+140). The Yankees will give the ball to Max Fried (11-2) versus the Cubs and Matthew Boyd (9-3). Here's what you need to prepare for Saturday's Yankees vs.

The New York Yankees on Thursday night went from being no-hit in the late innings against the Seattle Mariners to mounting one of the most unlikely comebacks in recent memory. The final score of the 6-5 Yankees win in the Bronx implies a tense affair,

Seattle Mariners pitcher Bryan Woo has lost his no-hit bid against the New York Yankees when Jazz Chisholm Jr. singled to right field leading off the eighth inning

All-Star pitcher Bryan Woo is throwing a no-hitter for the Seattle Mariners through six innings against the New York Yankees