The New York Yankees will continue their AL series against the second place 55-44 Texas Rangers in a Major League Baseball game on Tuesday night.

First pitch from Texas is slated for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the MLB Network.

The betting odds from this Major League Baseball game have the home team Texas Rangers favored b -164 odds with the return on the road underdog New York Yankees at +149 odds. The run total came in at nine runs.

The Yankees will start right hander Phil Hughes to work his nineteenth game of the season. Hughes is 4-9 with an ERA of 4.57 and WHIP of 1.29. He has allowed two earned runs or less in three of four games. The lone exception was his last appearance as Hughes gave up four earned runs and five hits in 7 1/3rd innings worked in a home loss to Minnesota. New York has lost two straight and five of six games after a 3-0 road defeat on Monday to Texas as a +176 betting odds underdog. The game finished under 8 ½ runs.

Texas will counter with Alexi Ogando in game two of this series. Ogando is 4-2 in ten starts with an ERA of 2.93 and WHIP of 1.23. He returns from the 15-day disabled list after inflammation on his pitching shoulder. The Texas hurler has allowed two earned runs or less in four straight games. Alexi Ogando last appeared on June 5th and allowed one earned run and three hits in 5 2/3rd innings pitched on the road to Boston. With the win on Monday the Rangers broke a four game losing streak.