The starting pitchers for the Rangers allowed six runs in this series, an average of two runs per start. That went three runs by Patrick Corbin, two runs by Jacob deGrom, and one run by Nathan Eovaldi. It was a virtual cascade of relative excellent against arguably baseball’s toughest lineup at the moment.

Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer, rookie Will Warren struck out a career-high 10 and the New York Yankees beat the Texas Rangers 5-2.

The Yankees (28-19) have won 9 of 12. Ben Rice and Aaron Judge homered to back Warren, who broke the career high of nine strikeouts he set in five innings in his last outing in Seattle. In his last four starts, Warren (3-2) has struck out 34 in 22 1⁄3 innings and lowered his ERA from 5.63 to 4.05.

Preview the May 22 matchup between the New York Yankees and Texas Rangers with recent trends, how to watch, livestream info, and more.

Rangers catcher Jonah Heim could return to action as soon as Thursday, one day after leaving Texas' game against the New York Yankees in the second inning due to a right hand injury. Manager Bruce Bochy said Heim suffered a compressed nerve in his throwing hand on Wednesday when he singled for the Rangers' first hit in the top of the second on a chilly night at Yankee Stadium.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone faced off with brother Bret Boone, the Rangers' hitting coach, for the first time since their playing days Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium.

The kind of magic that makes baseball such a fascinating sport happened in the Bronx on Wednesday, and for a […]

Texas Rangers (25-25, third in the AL West) vs. New York Yankees (29-19, first in the AL East) New York; Thursday, 12:35 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Nathan Eovaldi (4-2, 1.61 ERA, 0.77 WHIP,