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Yankees return to the Bronx, host Rangers

May 22, 2015 - 2:50 PM (SportsNetwork.com) - Coming off a brutal road trip, the free-falling New York Yankees return home to face the Texas Rangers on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series.

New York just completed a 2-7 road trip against the Rays, Royals and Nationals. The Yankees began the trip with a four-game lead in the American League East, but now they enter Friday a half-game behind Tampa Bay in the division standings. The team was idle on Thursday, which followed a 3-2 loss to Washington a day earlier.

"We've played tight games," Yankees catcher Brian McCann said. "It's not like we've played really bad baseball, we just haven't had the big hit. All the games we've played this road trip, I feel like have been within a couple of runs other than maybe one or two games. It's going to be nice getting back home and starting over after this off-day."

On a positive note, Carlos Beltran extended his hit streak to 11 games, his longest as a Yankee. He is batting .350 (14-for-40) with six runs, four doubles, two homers and eight RBI during the streak.

Toeing the rubber for New York on Friday night is Michael Pineda, who is coming off his first loss of the year. Pineda's normally effective slider was not cooperating last Friday in Kansas City, as he was charged with five earned runs on 10 hits over 5 1/3 innings. The right-hander fanned just one batter after striking out 16 in his previous start.

Colby Lewis gets the call for Texas. The veteran right-hander is 2-1 with a 2.65 ERA over his last five starts. He had seven K's against Cleveland last time out but took a no-decision as he gave up five runs in five innings.

The Rangers have picked up a bit of momentum of late with wins in three of their last four games. They claimed a 3-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox in Wednesday's rubber match at Fenway Park.

Phil Klein recorded the victory in his first big league start, tossing 5 1/3 frames of one-run ball on five hits. Robinson Chirinos' third-inning home run proved to be the difference as Boston stranded 12 baserunners for the game.

"That was a great game. A fun one to win," said Shawn Tolleson, who stepped into the closer role and pitched around a ninth-inning jam to record his first career save.

This marks the first meeting of the season between these two clubs.








  • TEXAS: 10
    NEW YORK: 9
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    Rangers 10, Yankees 9  Bot 9, 2 OutsMay 22 10:25 PM


  • Teixeira homered to right on a 2-1 count.

    Rangers 10, Yankees 9  Bot 9, 1 OutMay 22 10:20 PM


  • Mark Teixeira homers to center field.

    Rangers 10, Yankees 9  Bot 9, 1 OutMay 22 10:19 PM
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    Rangers 10, Yankees 8  Bot 8, 2 OutsMay 22 9:58 PM


  • G.Jones homered to right on a 1-2 count, Headley scored, Drew scored.

    Rangers 10, Yankees 8  Bot 8, 1 OutMay 22 9:55 PM
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    Rangers 10, Yankees 8  Bot 8, 1 OutMay 22 9:55 PM


  • Garrett Jones homers to right field. Stephen Drew scores. Chase Headley scores.

    Rangers 10, Yankees 8  Bot 8, 1 OutMay 22 9:55 PM


  • Field doubled to left, Moreland scored, Andrus scored, Chirinos to third.

    Rangers 10, Yankees 5  Top 8, 1 OutMay 22 9:40 PM


  • Tommy Field doubles to left field. Robinson Chirinos to third. Elvis Andrus scores. Mitch Moreland scores.

    Rangers 10, Yankees 5  Top 8, 1 OutMay 22 9:40 PM
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    Rangers 8, Yankees 5  Top 8, 0 OutsMay 22 9:27 PM


  • A.Rodriguez singled to center, Heathcott scored, Beltran to second.

    Rangers 8, Yankees 5  Bot 7, 2 OutsMay 22 9:22 PM
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    Rangers 8, Yankees 5  Bot 7, 2 OutsMay 22 9:22 PM


  • Alex Rodriguez singles to center field. Carlos Beltran to second. Slade Heathcott scores.

    Rangers 8, Yankees 5  Bot 7, 2 OutsMay 22 9:21 PM
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    Rangers 8, Yankees 4  Bot 7, 2 OutsMay 22 9:20 PM


  • Fielder homered to center on a 1-0 count.

    Rangers 8, Yankees 4  Top 7, 2 OutsMay 22 9:10 PM


  • Prince Fielder homers to center field.

    Rangers 8, Yankees 4  Top 7, 2 OutsMay 22 9:10 PM
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    Rangers 7, Yankees 4  Bot 4, 2 OutsMay 22 8:33 PM


  • Gregorius homered to right on a 1-0 count, B.McCann scored, Headley scored.

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  • Didi Gregorius homers to right field. Chase Headley scores. Brian McCann scores.

    Rangers 7, Yankees 4  Bot 4, 2 OutsMay 22 8:31 PM


  • B.McCann doubled to right, A.Rodriguez scored.

    Rangers 7, Yankees 1  Bot 4, 1 OutMay 22 8:26 PM


  • Brian McCann doubles to right field. Alex Rodriguez scores.

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    Rangers 7, Yankees 0  Bot 4, 0 OutsMay 22 8:19 PM


  • Moreland homered to right on a 1-1 count.

    Rangers 7, Yankees 0  Top 3, 1 OutMay 22 8:01 PM
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  • Mitch Moreland homers to center field.

    Rangers 7, Yankees 0  Top 3, 1 OutMay 22 8:01 PM


  • Fielder homered to right on a 0-0 count, DeShields scored, Shin-soo scored.

    Rangers 6, Yankees 0  Top 3, 0 OutsMay 22 7:59 PM


  • Prince Fielder homers to center field. Shin-Soo Choo scores. Delino DeShields scores.

    Rangers 6, Yankees 0  Top 3, 0 OutsMay 22 7:59 PM


  • Shin-soo singled to center, Field scored, DeShields to third.

    Rangers 3, Yankees 0  Top 3, 0 OutsMay 22 7:58 PM


  • Shin-Soo Choo singles to left center field. Delino DeShields to third. Tommy Field scores.

    Rangers 3, Yankees 0  Top 3, 0 OutsMay 22 7:58 PM


  • DeShields safe on fielder's choice and fielding error by shortstop Gregorius, L.Martin scored, Chirinos scored, Field to third, DeShields to first.

    Rangers 2, Yankees 0  Top 3, 0 OutsMay 22 7:57 PM


  • Delino DeShields reaches on a fielder's choice to shallow left field. Tommy Field to third. Robinson Chirinos scores. Leonys Martin scores. Fielding error by Mariekson Gregorius.

    Rangers 2, Yankees 0  Top 3, 0 OutsMay 22 7:56 PM
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    Rangers 0, Yankees 0  Top 3, 0 OutsMay 22 7:45 PM


  • Delino DeShields grounds out to shallow infield, Michael Pineda to Mark Teixeira.

    May 22 7:08 PM


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