New York Yankees power their way to fourth straight win

The New York Yankees defeated the Texas Rangers on Thursday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 7-3.  J.A. Happ started for the Yankees and he pitched well and the Yankees hit five homeruns including two by Neil Walker. 

Happ pitched six innings giving up four hits and three runs with a walk and nine strikeouts and earned his 12^th game of the season.  David Robertson pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout, Dellin Betances pitched an inning with a strikeout and Aroldis Chapman pitched an inning with two walks and two strikeouts. 

Ariel Jurado pitched five innings giving up seven hits and six runs with three walks and a strikeout and he lost his second game of the season.  Matt Moore pitched three innings giving up two hits and a run with three strikeouts. 

Brett Gardner had two hits, Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and an RBI and Didi Gregorius had a hit and drew a walk.  Aaron Hicks had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Greg Bird drew a walk and Miguel Andujar had two hits and two RBI.  Walker had two hits and two RBI and Hicks, Andujar and Stanton each hit a homerun.  Walker hit two homeruns and the Yankees were 1-1 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. 

Shin-Soo Choo had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Roughned Odor had a hit and Jurickson Profar had two hits and an RBI.  Robinson Chirinos drew two walks, Willie Calhoun had a hit and drew a walk and Choo and Odor each hit a double.  Profar hit a homerun and the Rangers were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Odor committed an error and Gallo had an outfield assist. 

In the first Hicks hit a two-run homerun to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the fourth Profar hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the bottom of the fourth Andujar hit a two-run homerun to push the Yankees lead to 4-1.  Walker hit a solo homerun to make it 5-1 going back-to-back.  In the fifth Choo hit a two-run double to cut the lead to 5-3.  In the bottom of the fifth Stanton hit a solo homerun to push the lead to 6-3.  In the sixth Walker hit his second homerun of the game to extend the lead to 7-3 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play their second game of four on Friday night.