New York Yankees lose their final regular season game to the Texas Rangers

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Texas Rangers on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Globe Life Park in Arlington and was the last game every played in the stadium and the final score was 6-1.  Chad Green was the opener for the Yankees and Masahiro Tanaka made his first relief appearance for the Yankees and they pitched well.  The Yankees offense only managed three hits. 

Green pitched an inning giving up a hit and an unearned run with a walk and two strikeouts.  Tanaka lost his ninth game of the season pitching three innings giving up five hits and two runs with one being earned.  He walked one and struck out two.  Tommy Khanle pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a walk, Adam Ottavino pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and Zack Britton pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one.  Aroldis Chapman pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Lance Lynn won his 16^th game of the season pitching 7 1/3 innings and giving up two hits and a run with a walk and ten strikeouts.  Jose Leclerc pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out three. 

Aaron Judge had a hit and an RBI, Clint Frazier had a hit and Brett Gardner drew a walk.  Gary Sanchez had a hit, Judge hit a homerun and the Yankees left three men on base.  Sanchez and Tanaka each committed an error. 

Shin-Soo Choo had a hit and drew three walks, Elvis Andrus had two hits and Willie Calhoun had a hit and an RBI.  Danny Santana had a hit and an RBI, Roughned Odor had a hit and Ronald Guzman had a hit and two RBI.  Delino DeShields had a hit, Jose Trevino had two hits and Choo hit a double.  The Rangers were 3-12 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Choo had a stolen base and Andrus had two stolen bases. 

In the first Choo stole third base and scored on a throwing error to give them a 1-0 lead.  In the third Judge hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  In the bottom of the third a throwing error by Tanaka allowed Texas to take a 2-1 lead and then Santana hit an RBI single making it 3-1.  In the fifth Guzman hit a two-run single to push the lead to 5-1 and in the bottom of the sixth Calhoun hit a sac fly making it 6-1 which was the final score. 

The Texas Rangers are going home for the season and the Yankees will have a rest and open up the ALDS on Friday night at Yankee Stadium.