The Texas Rangers challenged the the New York Yankees yesterday at Rangers Ballpark with the Rangers triumphant 6 to 1. It was a thrilling night of baseball that anyone with Rangers tickets will definitely cherish. It’s not too late to take in a game so get your baseball tickets soon!
Rangers pitcher Colby Lewis (1.45 ERA) got the win, while Phil Hughes (6.32 ERA) took the loss for the Yankees. Colby Lewis went 8 solid innings for the Rangers, allowed 3 hits, no home runs and one earned run with 3 walks and 7 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Rangers was Neftali Feliz (2.08). The Yankees’s starter Phil Hughes went 4.2 innings, allowed 4 hits, no home runs and 4 earned runs with 4 walks and 3 strikeouts. David Robertson (16.20), Kerry Wood (2.25), and Mariano Rivera (0.00) also pitched for the Yankees. With the win, Lewis’s record goes to 2-0, while Hughes falls to 1-2.
In addition to the 6 runs, the Rangers managed 7 hits and committed no errors. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Rangers, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. David Murphy had a tough day at the plate, leaving 4 runners on base. The Yankees didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. The Yankees mustered one run, 3 hits and no errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Brian Gorman, Gerry Davis, Tony Randazzo and Jim Reynolds. There were 51,404 Rangers ticket holders in attendance at Rangers Ballpark.
