New York Yankees (60-52, third in the AL East) vs. Texas Rangers (58-55, third in the AL West)
Arlington, Texas; Monday, 8:05 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Yankees: Max Fried (12-4, 2.62 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, 125 strikeouts); Rangers: Patrick Corbin (6-7, 3.78 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 93 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Yankees -156, Rangers +131; over/under is 8 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Texas Rangers host the New York Yankees aiming to extend a six-game home winning streak.
Texas has a 58-55 record overall and a 34-20 record in home games. The Rangers have the No. 1 team ERA in the majors at 3.26.
New York is 60-52 overall and 26-30 on the road. Yankees hitters have a collective .330 on-base percentage, the second-ranked percentage in the AL.
Monday's game is the fourth time these teams match up this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Josh Smith leads the Rangers with a .269 batting average, and has 17 doubles, two triples, nine home runs, 37 walks and 29 RBIs. Wyatt Langford is 12 for 39 with six RBIs over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 5-5, .245 batting average, 4.30 ERA, outscored opponents by five runs
Yankees: 4-6, .233 batting average, 5.76 ERA, outscored by 14 runs
INJURIES: Rangers: Robert Garcia: day-to-day (back), Evan Carter: 10-Day IL (back), Josh Jung: day-to-day (calf), Jacob Webb: 15-Day IL (back), Chris Martin: 15-Day IL (calf), Jake Burger: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Tyler Mahle: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Cody Bradford: 60-Day IL (elbow), Josh Sborz: 60-Day IL (shoulder)
Yankees: Jonathan Loaisiga: 15-Day IL (back), Clarke Schmidt: 60-Day IL (forearm), Aaron Judge: 10-Day IL (flexor strain), Mark Leiter Jr.: 15-Day IL (fubular), Fernando Cruz: 15-Day IL (oblique), Ryan Yarbrough: 15-Day IL (oblique), Oswaldo Cabrera: 60-Day IL (ankle), Jake Cousins: 60-Day IL (elbow), Gerrit Cole: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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