The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox renew their great rivalry tonight at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees, who have lost five games in a row, hope the expected return of two key players from injuries will help them end their season-high loss streak.

Success will not be easy for the Yankees as they are facing Red Sox pitcher, Jon Lester.

New York (30-23) has been outscored 24-10 in the past five games -- the last four of which were a Subway Series sweep by the Mets. The Yankees, who only had four hits in their loss to the New York Mets yesterday, haven't lost six in a row in a season May 11-16, 2011.

However, with Mark Teixeira and Kevin Youkilis likely to be activated from the disabled list Friday, the Yankees are hoping their lineup will get much stronger than it has been.

"It could be a great boost for us," manager Joe Girardi said. "I don't want to put too much pressure on the guys coming back, but it depends on what kind of starts they get off to."

Teixeira, who averaged 34 homers and 106 RBIs in his previous four seasons, has yet to play after injuring his wrist during the World Baseball classic. Youkilis, the ex-Red Sox infielder, was batting .266 with two homers and seven RBIs in 17 games before he went on the DL on April 30 with a back injury.

Both could help New York avenge its first series with Boston (33-22), which took two of three in the Bronx to open the season. The Red Sox have moved two games up on the Yankees for the AL East lead.

Lester (6-1, 3.34 ERA) has gone 8-2 with a 3.47 ERA in 14 starts at New York, and 2-0 with a 1.59 ERA in his last three there. He yielded two runs and struck out seven in five innings of a season-opening 8-2 victory April 1.

The left-hander, however, has given up 10 runs and 17 hits in 13 innings to go 0-1 in his last two starts after posting a 2.72 ERA in the first nine. Lester struck out a season-high eight but gave up four runs and 10 hits in seven innings of a 7-4 win over Cleveland on Saturday.

New York's starting pitcher, CC Sabathia (4-4, 3.96) has also struggled in his latest two outings, giving up 11 runs and 19 hits in 13 1/3 innings while going 0-1. He allowed a season-high seven runs in seven innings of an 8-3 loss to Tampa Bay on Sunday.

The left-hander went winless in six consecutive starts twice, from July 3-Aug. 1, 2002, and March 31-April 27, 2003.

"He's missing some pitches and he's not getting away with it," Yankees pitching coach Larry Rothschild said. "Early in the season, he had the same velocity and pitched really well. He was just executing pitches better."

The ball game will be broadcasted live on ESPN, YES, and NESN, but fans can listen in on the radio at 1013 ESPN,WEEI, The Big Jab, CBS, and ESPN NY.

For a number of free baseball game live streams (which may mean downloading a torrent), click here. Here's another live streaming option to try out.

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ESPN Go and SI.com are good sources for up-to-date live feeds and coverage

To listen to ESPN NY live, go here.

And here are the official team websites, where up-to-date game feeds and listening options are available - Yankees and Red Sox.