Rangers take on the Yankees looking to end road losing streak

Texas Rangers (16-19, third in the AL West) vs. New York Yankees (25-11, first in the AL East)

New York; Wednesday, 7:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Nathan Eovaldi (3-4, 4.76 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 39 strikeouts); Yankees: Will Warren (4-0, 2.39 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 46 strikeouts)

LINE: Yankees -200, Rangers +165; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Texas Rangers travel to the New York Yankees looking to stop a three-game road slide.

New York has a 25-11 record overall and a 13-5 record at home. Yankees hitters are batting a collective .243, which ranks sixth in the AL.

Texas has a 16-19 record overall and a 9-11 record on the road. The Rangers have an 11-7 record in games when they record eight or more hits.

The matchup Wednesday is the fifth meeting between these teams this season. The Yankees hold a 3-1 advantage in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Aaron Judge has six doubles and 14 home runs while hitting .273 for the Yankees. Ben Rice is 15 for 38 with three doubles and four home runs over the last 10 games.

Corey Seager ranks second on the Rangers with 12 extra base hits (six doubles and six home runs). Josh Jung is 16 for 40 with four doubles, a home run and eight RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 8-2, .281 batting average, 2.66 ERA, outscored opponents by 34 runs

Rangers: 3-7, .225 batting average, 4.45 ERA, outscored by 19 runs

INJURIES: Yankees: Ben Rice: day-to-day (finger), Carlos Rodon: 15-Day IL (elbow), Giancarlo Stanton: 10-Day IL (leg), Angel Chivilli: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Gerrit Cole: 15-Day IL (elbow), Clarke Schmidt: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Rangers: Josh Smith: 10-Day IL (glute), Carter Baumler: 15-Day IL (ribs), Wyatt Langford: 10-Day IL (forearm), Cody Freeman: 10-Day IL (back ), Chris Martin: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Cody Bradford: 60-Day IL (elbow), Luis Curvelo: 15-Day IL (biceps), Robert Garcia: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Jordan Montgomery: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.