The New York Yankees challenged the the Texas Rangers yesterday at New Yankee Stadium with the Yankees triumphant 7 to 2. It was a thrilling night of baseball that anyone with cheap Yankee tickets online will definitely cherish. It’s not too late to take in a game so get your baseball tickets soon!
Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia (5.63 ERA) got the win, while C.J. Wilson (3.93 ERA) took the loss for the Rangers. CC Sabathia went 6 innings for the Yankees, allowed 11 hits, one home run and 2 earned runs with no walks and 7 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Yankees was Kerry Wood (1.50), and Mariano Rivera (0.00). The Rangers’s starter C.J. Wilson went 5 innings, allowed 6 hits, 2 home runs and 5 earned runs with 4 walks and 2 strikeouts. Michael Kirkman (0.00), and Alexi Ogando (3.86) also pitched for the Rangers. With the win, Sabathia’s record goes to 2-0, while Wilson falls to 1-1.
In addition to the 7 runs, the Yankees managed 9 hits and committed no errors. Curtis Granderson led the Yankees in hitting with 3 hits, followed by Jorge Posada’s 2 hits. Elvis Andrus had the most hits for the Rangers (3), followed by Mitch Moreland (2), and Ian Kinsler (2). The Rangers mustered 2 runs, 13 hits and one error.
Umpiring duties were performed by Field Culbreth, Brian Gorman, Gerry Davis and Tony Randazzo. There were 49,832 Yankees ticket holders in attendance at New Yankee Stadium.