New York Yankees drop game two of a doubleheader to the Texas Rangers

 

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Texas Rangers in Game 2 of a doubleheader on Saturday evening.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 9-4.  Gerrit Cole started and pitched well.  The bullpen wasn’t good, Luke Weaver got roughed up and Michael Tonkin pitched poorly also.  Alex Verdugo, Giancarlo Stanton, Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Gleyber Torres each had two hits. 

Cole pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up six hits and a run with two walks and ten strikeouts.  Weaver lost his third game of the season pitching 1/3 of an inning giving up four hits and five runs with a walk, Tonkin pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up five hits and three runs with a strikeout.  Mark Leiter Jr. pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Tommy Khanle pitched a perfect inning. 

Cody Bradford started for the Rangers and he pitched five innings giving up five hits and a run with seven strikeouts.  He won his fourth game of the season, Jose Leclerc pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out one and Gerson Garabito pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and three runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  David Robertson pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Verdugo had two hits, Aaron Judge drew a walk and Stanton had two hits and two RBI.  Chisholm Jr. had two hits and an RBI and Torres had two hits and an RBI.  Stanton hit a double, Stanton and Chisholm Jr. each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Chisholm Jr. had a stolen base and Volpe committed an error. 

Josh Smith had two hits and an RBI, Corey Seager had two hits and three RBI and Marcus Semien had a hit.  Josh Jung had a hit, Wyatt Langford had two hits and Nathaniel Lowe had two hits.  Adolis Garcia had three hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Leody Taveras had two hits and two RBI, Carson Kelly had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk.  Taveras hit a double, Seager hit a homerun and the Rangers were 5-12 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Langford had a stolen base and Semien committed an error. 

In the bottom of the second Torres hit an RBI single giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the top of the fourth Garcia hit an RBI single tying the game at one.  In the top of the sixth Kelly had an RBI walk and Smith hit a sac fly giving the Rangers a 3-1 lead.  Seager hit a three-run homerun pushing the lead to 6-1.  In the top of the seventh Taveras hit a two-run double and Kelly hit an RBI single extending the lead to 9-1.  In the bottom of the eight Stanton hit a two-run homerun cutting the lead to 9-3 and Chisholm Jr. hit a solo homerun making it 9-4 but that was the final score.  The two teams will wrap up the series on Sunday afternoon.