Texas, however, has finally started slowing down. The Rangers have lost back-to-back games and, if that wasn’t enough, the lineup suffered a major blow in Tuesday’s 5-4 loss to the Tigers. Slugger Josh Hamilton suffered a small fracture to his humerus when sliding home, and he’ll miss the next six to eight weeks.

On the mound, Texas is expected to throw a trio of undefeated pitchers at New York: Matt Harrison (2-0, 1.29 ERA), Derek Holland (2-0, 2.25 ERA) and Alexi Ogando (2-0, 0.00 ERA). The rotation was supposed to be a major question mark this season, but so far, so good.

Harrison spent most of last season working out of the bullpen, but his transition back to the rotation has gone quite well. Holland, another youngster, has tweaked his delivery to add some deception to his pitches; it’s obviously working so far. Ogando has just two career starts under his belt. Keep a close eye on him, as he was removed from his last start with a blister on his throwing hand.

While Texas has gotten some surprisingly great pitching, New York is still searching for answers in the rotation. The Yanks will likely start Ivan Nova (1-0, 6.10 ERA), Freddy Garcia (0-0, 9.00 ERA) and CC Sabathia (0-1, 1.45 ERA) against the Rangers.

Nova lucked into a win against Boston last week despite an awful outing; he allowed four runs in just 4.1 innings of work. Garcia, the fifth starter, will be making his first start of the season. He’s pitched just one inning this year—he allowed a run to the Red Sox—but hasn’t been needed to start because of various off days and rainouts. Sabathia has been his usual brilliant self, but he has suffered from poor run support and lousy bullpen efforts.

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