Yankees at Rangers 9/29/19 - MLB Picks & Predictions

In Sunday afternoon MLB action, the New York Yankees and Texas Rangers will square off from Globe Life Park. Last night, New York SP Luis Severino (1-1) walked four batters in three innings during a 9-4 road loss against Texas. Didi Gregorius cleared the bases with a double in the ninth inning for the Yankees, who are 45 games above .500 overall.

Thirty year old right-hander Masahiro Tanaka (11-8 4.47 ERA) will head to the hill for the Yankees in this contest. Last time out, Tanaka allowed one run over seven innings during a 9-1 home victory versus Los Angeles.

The Texas Rangers have won 44 of their 80 home games and will finish the season with a losing record overall. On Saturday, Rougned Odor crushed a grand slam in the sixth inning to power the Texas offense. Scott Hieneman added two hits and scored a pair of runs for the Rangers.

Thirty-two year old righty Lance Lynn (15-11 3.76 ERA) will take the ball for the Rangers in the season finale. In his last start, Lynn struck out 12 batters in five plus innings to lead Texas to an 8-3 road victory against Oakland.