Texas (48-52) snapped a three-game skid behind solid outing from starter Colby Lewis and left fielder Josh Hamilton’s two RBIs.The Yankees (57-43) were coming off a 21-5 rout the previous night but had their four-game winning streak end.
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Brett Gardner scored five runs in the game, including a two-run long ball in the ninth inning.
Adrian Beltre had two hits and scored twice for the Rangers, who won for only the second time in their last 14 home games.
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.
Texas Rangers relief pitcher Wandy Rodriguez talks with catcher Robinson Chirinos, right, in the second inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Tuesday, July 28, 2015, in Arlington, Texas.
Boston’s David Ortiz homered for the third time in two games, hitting a two-run shot after a career-best, seven-RBI night that included two three-run homers in a win Sunday.
Now he’ll face Perez (0-1, 4.91 ERA), who makes his first home start and third since returning from Tommy John surgery as he searches for his first win since April 23, 2014. The California native has turned in a quality start in nine of his last 10 turns.
In Miami, Bryce Harper blasted two home runs into the upper deck and drove in four for Washington. “I will always be grateful to (former owner) Tom Hicks and the Rangers for giving me an opportunity at 25 years old to be the leader of a franchise”, he said.
“And I figured that by hitting home runs it would justify whatever behavior I had off the field, and I realize today that it is not that way at all. It will be huge for us”, Rangers first baseman Mitch Moreland said after the game.
Trailing by five runs after the first inning, the Bronx Bombers came up with the highest-scoring second inning in club history and a rout was on. “I didn’t have command”.
But, ask yourself this question: If the postseason started Friday, who do you feel comfortable starting Game 1 from the Yankees’ current collection of starters?
“Strange”, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
The Yankees sent 15 batters to the plate, and Mark Teixeira was the only one without a hit in the big inning.
Texas would tack on an insurance run in the fifth inning to bring their lead to 4-2.
“These guys have been swinging pretty good lately”, manager Robin Ventura said.
Wieters hit Luis Avilan over the wall to secure the match – his fourth homer of his career.
The 11-run inning is the biggest in the Majors this season.
Carlos Beltran led off the Yankees second with his eighth homer of the season. If you want a positive note, this is only the sixth game they’ve lost in the month of July and they will still go for their seventh straight series victory tomorrow at 8PM EST.
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While Masahiro Tanaka labored through an uninspiring start in Texas, blowing an early lead in a 5-2 loss to the Rangers, the trade market gained both momentum and star power.
