NY Yankees 5, Texas 2
When: 1:05 PM ET, Sunday, April 18, 2010
Where: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
Temperature:
53°
Umpires:
Home -
Mike DiMuro, 1B -
Tim Welke, 2B -
Tim Timmons, 3B -
D.J. Reyburn
Attendance:
44121
By SportsDirect Inc.
Mark Teixeira and Jorge Posada homered as the New York Yankees secured a 5-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Sunday, the fourth consecutive series victory for the Yankees, which is the most they’ve had since 1926.
Yankees starter Andy Pettitte (2-0) went eight strong innings, allowing two runs on four hits with four strikeouts. Mariano Rivera earned the save with a scoreless ninth.
New York took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a sacrifice fly from Robinson Cano.
The Rangers answered in the third when Elvis Andrus had a run-scoring double and Michael Young followed with an RBI single to give the Rangers a 2-1 lead.
In the bottom of the third, Teixeira led off with a solo home run and, later in the inning, Ramiro Pena had a two-run single to give the Yankees a 4-2 lead. Posada then added a solo home run in the seventh.
Texas starter Rich Harden (0-1) had his second frustrating start this season, needing 94 pitches over 3 2/3 innings. He allowed four runs on five hits with six walks.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Texas
|
4 |
0 |
5 |
.138 |
9 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
NY Yankees
|
7 |
2 |
13 |
.250 |
21 |
10 |
5 |
8 |
4 |
0 |