Texas Rangers vs New York Yankees Match Player Stats On Jun 23, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Jun 24, 2017

NEW YORK -- Ronald Torreyes singled with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning, lifting the New York Yankees to a 2-1 victory over the Texas Rangers on Friday night in a game that marked the first major league meeting between Japanese starters Masahiro Tanaka and Yu Darvish.

The Yankees began their winning rally when Gary Sanchez and Didi Gregorius singled, putting runners at the corners for Chris Carter.

After Carter struck out, Torreyes lined a 98 mph fastball from Matt Bush (3-2) up the middle to give the Yankees only their second win in 10 games.

It was the first career game-ending hit for the infielder, who raised his arms, dropped his helmet and was lifted up by a teammate after reaching first base.

Before Torreyes won it, the Rangers were two outs away from getting a 1-0 victory when Elvis Andrus scored on a passed ball by Gary Sanchez while Adrian Beltre struck out against Aroldis Chapman.

Instead, Brett Gardner tied it by hitting a 2-1 fastball from Bush into the right-field seats. After Gardner's 14th home run, Aaron Judge chopped a single up the middle just out of shortstop Andrus' range.

The Yankees were unable to get the winning run as Bush struck out Matt Holliday but won the game after Chasen Shreve (2-1) worked out of a bases-loaded jam by getting Andrus on a pop-up.

Before the eventful ninth and extra innings, Tanaka and Darvish dueled to a scoreless stalemate.

The game was delayed one hour, 42 minutes but it was worth the wait for the 39,602 fans at Yankee Stadium and fans watching in Japan 13 hours ahead of New York's time zone.

It was the 15th game in major league history involving two pitchers in Japan. Seven of those games have involved the Yankees and three occurred against Darvish, who opposed Hiroki Kuroda in 2012 and 2013.

While it was the first time Darvish and Tanaka faced each other in the majors, it was the fifth overall matchup. They opposed each other four times in Japan, and in the last meeting on July 20, 2011, both pitchers went the distance.

Tanaka allowed three hits and struck out nine in eight innings. It was his longest outing since pitching a three-hitter April 27 in Boston when he opposed Chris Sale.

Although Tanaka's winless skid reached eight games, it was the best outing of this streak that began May 14.

Darvish allowed two singles and tied a season high with 10 strikeouts in seven innings. Two of Darvish's strikeouts were against slugger Judge, who struck out on a 72 mph curveball in the first and a 95 mph fastball for the final out of the seventh.

NOTES: Texas LHP Cole Hamels (oblique) threw a bullpen session before the game and could start Monday in Cleveland. ... Yankees 3B Chase Headley (back spasms) missed his second straight game and is unlikely to play Saturday. ... Texas LHP Martin Perez may miss his next scheduled start after tearing his right thumbnail and fracturing the top of the bone. ... New York CF Jacoby Ellsbury (concussion) took batting practice again and could appear in rehab games shortly.