Major League Baseball
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NY Yankees 12, Texas 4
When: 7:05 PM ET, Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Where: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
Temperature: 80°
Umpires: Home - Mike Winters, 1B - Mike Everitt, 2B - Chris Guccione, 3B - Cory Blaser
Attendance: 45969
Where: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
Temperature: 80°
Umpires: Home - Mike Winters, 1B - Mike Everitt, 2B - Chris Guccione, 3B - Cory Blaser
Attendance: 45969
Mark Teixeira belted a pair of two-run homers to power the New York Yankees to a 12-4 romp over the visiting Texas Rangers on Wednesday night.
Robinson Cano hit a three-run shot and Eduardo Núñez and Ramiro Pena added solo blasts to give New York its fifth win in six games and a major league-leading 103 homers.
Ivan Nova labored (6-4) through 5 2/3 innings for his second straight win, allowing four runs on seven hits to send the Rangers to their season-high fourth consecutive defeat.
Teixeira tied teammate Curtis Granderson and Toronto's Jose Bautista for the American League lead with 21 homers as the Yankees scored six straight runs to erase a 4-3 deficit.
Rangers starter Derek Holland (5-2) suffered his first defeat since losing at New York on April 16. He allowed six runs on seven hits in five innings to fall to 0-4 lifetime against the Yankees.
Josh Hamilton had three hits and an RBI and Ian Kinsler homered for Texas.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Texas | NY Yankees | |
| Derek Holland | Player | Ivan Nova |
| Loss | W/L | Win |
| 5.0 | IP | 5.2 |
| 0 | Strikeouts | 2 |
| 7 | Hits | 7 |
| 10.80 | ERA | 6.35 |
Hitting
| Texas | NY Yankees | |
| Josh Hamilton | Player | Mark Teixeira |
| 3 | Hits | 3 |
| 1 | RBI | 4 |
| 0 | HR | 2 |
| 4 | TB | 9 |
| .600 | Avg | .600 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| Texas | 10 | 1 | 14 | .294 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| NY Yankees | 12 | 5 | 28 | .353 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 |