Mark Teixeira and Jorge Posada homered as the New York Yankees secured a 5-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Sunday, the fourth consecutive series victory for the Yankees, which is the most they’ve had since 1926.
Yankees starter Andy Pettitte (2-0) went eight strong innings, allowing two runs on four hits with four strikeouts. Mariano Rivera earned the save with a scoreless ninth.
New York took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a sacrifice fly from Robinson Cano.
The Rangers answered in the third when Elvis Andrus had a run-scoring double and Michael Young followed with an RBI single to give the Rangers a 2-1 lead.
In the bottom of the third, Teixeira led off with a solo home run and, later in the inning, Ramiro Pena had a two-run single to give the Yankees a 4-2 lead. Posada then added a solo home run in the seventh.
Texas starter Rich Harden (0-1) had his second frustrating start this season, needing 94 pitches over 3 2/3 innings. He allowed four runs on five hits with six walks.
Texas | NY Yankees | |
Rich Harden | Player | Andy Pettitte |
Loss | W/L | Win |
3.2 | IP | 8.0 |
5 | Strikeouts | 4 |
5 | Hits | 4 |
9.82 | ERA | 2.25 |
Texas | NY Yankees | |
Michael Young | Player | Brett Gardner |
2 | Hits | 2 |
1 | RBI | 0 |
0 | HR | 0 |
2 | TB | 2 |
.500 | Avg | .667 |
Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
Texas | 4 | 0 | 5 | .138 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
NY Yankees | 7 | 2 | 13 | .250 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 |