New York Yankees rally to win rubber game over the Texas Rangers

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Texas Rangers on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-3.  Gerrit Cole started for the Yankees and he battled through 4 2/3 innings.  The bullpen was great and Harrison Bader led the offense with two hits and two RBI. 

Cole pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up nine hits and three runs with a walk and seven strikeouts.  Jimmy Cordero pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk, Nick Ramirez pitched 1 1/3 innings striking out one and Ron Marinaccio picked up his fourth win of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit.  Michael King pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out two and earned his fifth save of the season. 

Nathan Eovaldi started for the Rangers and he pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up four hits and two runs with two walks and five strikeouts.  Josh Sborz pitched 1 1/3 innings with three strikeouts, John King pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs and took his first loss of the season and Yerry Rodriguez pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk. 

Gleyber Torres had a hit, Bader had two hits and two RBI and Anthony Rizzo drew a walk.  Giancarlo Stanton had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Jake Bauers had a hit and drew a walk and DJ LeMahieu had a hit and two RBI.  Anthony Volpe had a hit, Jose Trevino had a hit and Torres, Bauers, Volpe and LeMahieu each hit a double.  Bader hit two doubles.  The Yankees were 4-12 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Trevino had a pickoff. 

Marcus Semien had two hits, Corey Seager had a hit and an RBI and Nathaniel Lowe had two hits.  Josh Jung had a hit and drew a walk, Jonah Heim had two hits and an RBI and Ezequiel Duran had two hits.  Leody Taveras had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Semien, Taveras and Lowe each hit a double and Duran hit two doubles.  Heim hit a homerun and the Rangers were 3-10 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Taveras had a stolen base and was picked off. 

In the top of the first Seager had an RBI single to give the Rangers a 1-0 lead.  In the second Heim hit a solo homerun pushing the Rangers lead to 2-0.  Taveras hit an RBI double and it was 3-0 Rangers.  In the bottom of the second LeMahieu hit a two-run double cutting the lead to 3-2.  In the eighth Bader hit a two-run double giving the Yankees a 4-3 lead and Stanton hit an RBI single making it 5-3 and that would be the final score.  The Yankees took two out of three in the series and four out of six on the homestand.  They will be off on Monday and then head to Oakland to begin a three-game series on Tuesday night. 

New York Yankees shutout the Texas Rangers

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Texas Rangers on Saturday afternoon.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 1-0.  Luis Severino started for the Yankees and he pitched great as well as the bullpen.  Billy McKinney hit a homerun as the only run of the game. 

Severino pitched six innings giving up five hits and no runs with two walks and four strikeouts.  Severino earned his first win of the season.  Tommy Khanle pitched a perfect inning, Wandy Peralta pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and he struck out one and Clay Holmes pitched 2/3 of an inning with a strikeout.  Ron Marinaccio pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts and he earned his second save of the season. 

Jon Gray started for the Rangers and he pitched five innings giving up three hits and a run with two walks and four strikeouts.  Gray lost his third game of the season.  Grant Anderson pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out four and J. Barlow pitched a perfect inning. 

Gleyber Torres drew a walk, Harrison Bader had a hit and Anthony Rizzo had a hit.  Giancarlo Stanton had a hit, McKinney had a hit and an RBI and Anthony Volpe drew a walk.  McKinney hit a homerun and the Yankees were 1-2 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Bauers had an outfield assist. 

Marcus Semien had three hits, Corey Seager had a hit and Nathaniel Lowe drew a walk.  Adolis Garcia had a hit and drew a walk, Josh Jung had a hit and Jonah Heim had two hits.  Mitch Garver drew a walk, Heim hit a double and the Rangers were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base. 

In the bottom of the fourth McKinney hit a solo homerun giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead and that would be the only run scored in the game.  The two teams will play the rubber game of the series on Sunday afternoon.   

New York Yankees fall in extra innings to the Texas Rangers

 The New York Yankees were defeated by the Texas Rangers on Friday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 4-2 in ten innings.  Clarke Schmidt started for the Yankees and he pitched well.  Anthony Rizzo and Isiah Kiner-Falefa each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Schmidt pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up six hits and an unearned run.  He walked one and struck out three.  Jimmy Cordero pitched to two batters and got them both out, Wandy Peralta pitched an inning giving up a walk and Clay Holmes pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout.  Tommy Khanle pitched an innin giving up a hit and he struck out one and Michael King pitched an inning giving up a hit and two runs with one being earned.  He struck out two batters and earned his fourth loss of the season. 

Dane Dunning started for the Rangers and he pitched seven innings giving up five hits and two runs with two walks and two strikeouts.  John King pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Joe Barlow pitched an inning giving up a hit and he won his first game of the season and Will Smith pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and he earned his 14^th save of the season. 

Jake Bauers drew a walk, Rizzo had two hits and DJ LeMahieu had a hit.  Kiner-Falefa had two hits, Billy McKinney had a hit and an RBI and Kyle Higashioka had an RBI.  Anthony Volpe drew a walk, LeMahieu hit a double and the Yankees were 0-8 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Kiner-Falefa was caught stealing and committed an error and Peralta had a pickoff. 

Corey Seager had a hit and drew a walk, Nathaniel Lowe had a hit and drew a walk and Adolis Garcia had a hit and had two RBI.  Josh Jung had a hit, Robbie Grossman had a hit and Mitch Garver had two hits and an RBI.  Ezequiel Duran had two hits, Leody Taveras had a hit and Grossman, Jung and Seager each hit a double.  Garcia hit a homerun and the Rangers were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Seager was caught stealing and picked off. 

In the bottom of the second McKinney hit an RBI groundout to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Taveras hit an RBI single to tie the game at one.  In the eighth Garver hit an RBI single giving the Rangers a 2-1 lead.  In the bottom of the eighth Higashioka hit a sac fly to tie the game at two.  In the top of the tenth Garcia hit a two-run homerun giving the Rangers a 4-2 lead and that would be