Texas Rangers probable pitchers: Cole Hamels, who was scratched from his start this past Thursday due to a stiff neck, is expected to start on Tuesday at home against the New York Yankees and Domingo German. At one point it appeared that Hamels might start this past Friday or Saturday, but the team is effectively skipping this start for him, as Tuesday is when he would have pitched again on normal rest if he had started on Thursday as originally scheduled.
Bartolo Colon will be pitching for the Rangers on Monday against Yankee starter Masahiro Tanaka, while Doug Fister will be going Wednesday in the finale against the Yankees, with lefty C.