Gallardo, the subject of trade rumors, wound up allowing five runs in six innings in what may be his last start for Texas this season.
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Choo started the second with a homer to right that gave the Rangers a 4-3 lead.
Rua hit a sinking liner that bounced over the glove of diving center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury and rolled to the wall.
The Yankee starters combine for a 4.36 ERA, the seventh-worst in baseball.
According to his manager Jeff Banister, Hamilton has been feeling good in the cages and his two hits and two RBIs on Wednesday appeared to indicate that Hamilton, who has dealt with groin and hamstring strains this season, was finally feeling comfortable at the plate.
Three Yankees runs in the first inning off Gallardo gave Sabathia an early cushion that evaporated in the home half of the frame.
Severino is the Yankees’ top prospect and has dominated Triple-A, posting a 7-0 record, 1.91 ERA and 50/17 K/BB ratio across 11 starts and 61.1 innings.
TORONTO – Dioner Navarro hit a two-run home run, Russell Martin and Josh Donaldson added solo shots and Toronto beat Kansas City.
Teixeira has 26 homers this season after the 40th multihomer game of his career, and third this year.
ARLINGTON, Texas-When Masahiro Tanaka began July with four strong starts, never allowing more than three runs, he offered the hope that maybe his arm strength and mechanics had improved to the point that he was back to being the dependable, consistent ace the Yankees so badly crave.
“We know that we’re going to be without him for a while”, Joe Girardi said before the game.
Texas closer Shawn Tolleson (3-2) pitched a scoreless ninth to pick up the win. Hamilton hit a three-run bomb in the first, and right fielder Shin-Soo Choo opened the following inning with a towering drive into the upper deck.
The Blue Jays, who acquired star pitcher David Price from Detroit earlier in the day, have homered in 12 consecutive games since the All-Star break, their longest streak of the season.
Pineda first felt discomfort in his right forearm after his most recent bullpen session Tuesday. When asked where he felt pain, he pointed to a spot a few inches below his right elbow….
It appears the Yankees are going to have to find another starter for tonight’s series finale match-up against the Texas Rangers.
In the eighth, the Yankees squandered their own bases loaded threat when Gardner went down on three pitches against reliever Sam Freeman.
The New York Yankees and Texas Rangers are locked in a heated battle Thursday night as they get set to wrap up their series.
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Rangers: For the first time since the 2010 World Series, the Rangers host the San Francisco Giants.
