The Texas Rangers got a tough win over the New York Yankees yesterday at New Yankee Stadium with the Rangers victorious 10 to 9. You don’t often see such high scoring games, and anyone with cheap Yankee tickets online sure got their money’s worth. This high-scoring game saw the teams combine for a whopping 19 runs! Talk about excitement! You never know what you’ll see at a baseball game so get your cheap tickets today!
Rangers pitcher Kevin Millwood (3.63 ERA) got the win, while Joba Chamberlain (4.34 ERA) took the loss for the Yankees. Kevin Millwood went 5.2 innings for the Rangers, allowed 7 hits, 2 home runs and 5 earned runs with 5 walks and 2 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Rangers was Neftali Feliz (0.55), Darren O’Day (1.74), Jason Grilli (4.62), and Frank Francisco (3.75). The Yankees’s starter Joba Chamberlain went 4 innings, allowed 9 hits, no home runs and 7 earned runs with 3 walks and 5 strikeouts. Chad Gaudin (5.01), and Damaso Marte (11.05) also pitched for the Yankees. With the win, Millwood’s record goes to 10-8, while Chamberlain drops to 8-4.
In addition to the 10 runs, the Rangers put up 16 hits and committed no errors. Josh Hamilton led the Rangers in hitting with 4 hits, followed by Elvis Andrus’s 3 hits, and Chris Davis with 2. Ivan Rodriguez 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 9 runs, 12 hits and no errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Laz Diaz, Bob Davidson, Mike Muchlinski and Chuck Meriwether. There were 46,511 Yankees ticket holders in attendance at New Yankee Stadium.
The win puts the Rangers at a record of 70-54, (4 games behind first place in the division), while the loss brings the Yankees to 78-47, still leading their division. The Yankees will try to get a game back from the Rangers tomorrow. There are still plenty of tickets available so take a look.
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