Yankees and Rangers meet to decide series winner

Texas Rangers (17-19, third in the AL West) vs. New York Yankees (25-12, first in the AL East)

New York; Thursday, 12:35 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: MacKenzie Gore (2-2, 4.67 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 45 strikeouts); Yankees: Paul Blackburn (1-1, 3.21 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, nine strikeouts)

LINE: Yankees -144, Rangers +121; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees and Texas Rangers meet on Thursday with the three-game series tied 1-1.

New York has a 13-6 record in home games and a 25-12 record overall. Yankees hitters have a collective .333 on-base percentage, the sixth-best percentage in MLB play.

Texas is 10-11 in road games and 17-19 overall. The Rangers have a 9-4 record in games when they did not give up a home run.

The teams square off Thursday for the sixth time this season. The Yankees lead the season series 3-2.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ben Rice has nine doubles, 12 home runs and 27 RBIs while hitting .343 for the Yankees. Aaron Judge is 14 for 36 with three doubles and six home runs over the last 10 games.

Corey Seager leads the Rangers with seven home runs while slugging .420. Josh Jung is 15 for 41 with three doubles, a home run and seven RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 7-3, .258 batting average, 2.97 ERA, outscored opponents by 24 runs

Rangers: 4-6, .225 batting average, 3.72 ERA, outscored by seven 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.