The New York Yankees took on the the Texas Rangers yesterday at New Yankee Stadium with the Yankees coming out on top 5 to 2. It was a solid match that aficionados with Yankees tickets won’t soon forget.
Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte (1.35 ERA) got the win, while Rich Harden (4.73 ERA) took the loss for the Rangers. Andy Pettitte went 8 solid innings for the Yankees, allowed 4 hits, no home runs and 2 earned runs with 3 walks and 4 strikeouts. The Rangers’s starter Rich Harden went 3.2 innings, allowed 5 hits, one home run and 4 earned runs with 6 walks and 5 strikeouts. Dustin Nippert (4.91), and Darren Oliver (1.50) also pitched for the Rangers. With the win, Pettitte’s record goes to 2-0, while Harden is at 0-1. Mariano Rivera earned the save for the Yankees, bringing his saves up to 5.
In addition to the 5 runs, the Yankees scored 7 hits and committed no errors. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Yankees, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. Nick Johnson had a tough day at the plate, leaving 5 runners on base. The Rangers didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. The Rangers scored 2 runs, 4 hits and no errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Mike DiMuro, Tim Welke, Tim Timmons and D.J. Reyburn. There were 44,121 Yankees ticket holders in attendance at New Yankee Stadium.
The win puts the Yankees at a record of -, ( games behind the division leader), while the loss brings the Rangers to -, ( games behind first place in the division). Next up for the Yankees are the (-) at the Athletics’s Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for tickets because that game should be a good one. The Rangers will next take on the (-) at Fenway Park in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your tickets today and see it all live.