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8:05 pm EDT Tue Aug 10, 2010

Atop their respective divisions, the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees both appear headed to the playoffs. The Rangers have maintained their lofty position despite struggling mightily against the Yankees’ division. Texas begins a difficult stretch against AL East opponents Tuesday night in the opener of a two-game series with New York. The Rangers lost to Oakland 3-2 on Sunday to finish a 4-5 road trip against AL West foes. They still have a .621 winning percentage within their division - the second-best in the AL - and own the largest division lead. Texas’ comfortable lead could be in trouble, though, with its next 12 games against the AL East. The Rangers, who open a series against Boston on Friday before visiting Tampa Bay and Baltimore next week, are 9-16 against the East. They were swept at home in a four-game series to the lowly Orioles last month.

Texas was outscored 17-6 in three straight losses at Yankee Stadium in April, and has lost 14 of the last 17 meetings at Rangers Ballpark. Josh Hamilton, the major league leader with a .355 batting average, is in the middle of Texas’ struggles against New York. The slugger is 1 for 11 against the Yankees this year, and hitless in eight at-bats against scheduled starter A.J. Burnett since 2009. Burnett is pitching on seven days’ rest after being scratched Sunday because of a bad back. Burnett is trying to bounce back after being tagged for eight runs and eight hits - six for extra bases in the fifth inning - in 4 2-3 innings of an 8-6 loss to Toronto last Monday. The right-hander had thrown 11 1-3 scoreless innings in winning his previous two starts.