Yankees host the Dodgers in first of 3-game series

Los Angeles Dodgers (39-25, first in the NL West) vs. New York Yankees (45-19, first in the AL East) New York; Friday, 7:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Dodgers: Yoshinobu Yamamoto (6-2, 3.32 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 76 strikeouts); Yankees: Cody Poteet (2-0, 2.45 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, 10 strikeouts) BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees host the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday to open a three-game series. New York is 45-19 overall and 21-8 at home. Yankees hitters have a collective .336 on-base percentage, the highest percentage in the AL. Los Angeles is 39-25 overall and 18-13 in road games. The Dodgers have a 32-9 record in games when they out-hit their opponents. The matchup Friday is the first meeting of the