New York Yankees defeat the Texas Rangers

The New York Yankees defeated the Texas Rangers on Monday night.  The game took place at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas and the final score was 10-5.  Masahiro Tanaka started for the Yankees and he didn’t pitch great but he also didn’t pitch terribly.  Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, Neil Walker and Gleyber Torres each had two hits. 

Tanaka pitched five innings giving up three hits and four runs with four walks and three strikeouts.  Tanaka won his fifth game of the season.  Chad Green pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout, David Robertson pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout and Jonathan Holder pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Bartolo Colon lost his second game of the season pitching 5 1/3 innings and he gave up eight hits and six runs with a walk and four strikeouts.  Matt Bush pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts and Jesse Chavez pitched two innings giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts. 

Brett Gardner had a hit and drew two walks, Judge had two hits and an RBI and Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and an RBI.  Didi Gregorius had a hit and an RBI, Sanchez had two hits and Aaron Hicks had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Walker had two hits and two RBI and Torres had two hits and three RBI.  Gardner, Walker, Judge, Gregorius and Sanchez each hit a double.  Torres hit two homeruns, Walker, Judge and Hicks each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 4-12 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Gardner had a stolen base and Sanchez committed an error. 

Shin-Soo Choo had a hit and drew a walk, Nomar Mazara drew two walks and Jurickson Profar had a hit and drew a walk.  Joey Gallo had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Roughned Odor had a hit and three RBI and Ronald Guzman had a hit and an RBI.  Profar hit a double and Gallo, Odor and Guzman each hit a homerun.  The Rangers were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Kiner-Falefa and Profar each had a stolen base and Guzman committed an error. 

In the second Walker hit an RBI double to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  Torres hit a two-run homerun and it was 3-0 Yankees.  In the second Gallo hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 3-1.  In the fourth Walker hit a solo homerun to extend the Yankees lead to 4-1.  In the bottom of the fourth Odor hit a three-run homerun to tie the score at 4-4.  In the fifth Judge hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees back the lead at 5-4.  In the sixth Torres hit a solo homerun to push the lead to 6-4.  Stanton hit a sac fly and Gregorius hit an RBI double to increase the lead to 8-4.  In the bottom of the seventh Guzman hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 8-5.  In the ninth Hicks hit a two-run homerun making it 10-5 and that would be the final score.   

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