The New York Yankees were defeated
by the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night.
The game took place at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas and the final
score was 3-2. Hiroki Kuroda started and
after a bad first inning pitched very well.
The Yankees offense was two solo homeruns early and then the final 19
men to come to bat were retired.
Kuroda pitched seven innings giving
up three runs on nine hits. He walked one
and struck out four and suffered his seventh loss of the season. David Huff pitched an inning walking
two.
Colby Lewis pitched seven innings
giving up four hits and two runs with two walks and four strikeouts. Neal Cotts pitched a perfect inning with a
strikeout and Neftali Feliz pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout to pick
up his third save of the season.
Brett Gardner had a hit and an RBI,
Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit and an RBI and Mark Teixeira drew a walk. Carlos Beltran had two hits, Chase Headley
drew a walk and Gardner and Ellsbury each hit a solo homerun. The Yankees were 0-1 with runners in scoring
position and left four men on base.
Shin-Soo Choo had a hit, Elvis
Andrus had a hit and an RBI and Adrian Beltre had two hits and an RBI. Jim Adduci had two hits, J.P. Arencibia had a
hit and drew a walk and Leonys Martin had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk. Chirinos had a hit and drew a walk, Andrus
hit a double and the Rangers were 2-12 with runners in scoring position and
left nine men on base. Martin had a
stolen base.
Gardner hit a solo homerun to lead
off the game and give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.
Andrus hit an RBI double, Beltre hit an RBI single and Martin hit an RBI
single in the bottom of the first to give the Rangers a 3-1 lead. Ellsbury hit a solo homerun in the third to
cut the lead to 3-2 and that would be the final score. The Yankees lost two of three in the series
and now have an off day on Thursday.
They will begin a three game set with the Boston Red Sox in Boston on
Friday night.
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