The Yankees began a nine game road trip in Arlington, Texas with a matchup against the Texas Rangers. The team was coming off of a series win against the Tampa Bay Rays. The team had shown some signs of coming out of an offensive funk that had plagued them for the past week and were hoping to get their starting rotation to become more consistent and build off of their series win.
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The Yankees would send Nathan Eovaldi to the hill in the series opener against Cesar Ramos, who was making his season debut for the Rangers.