Yankees Bombard Leiter, Rangers in 4-2 Victory
Aaron Judge, Ben Rice, Jazz Chisholm Jr. blast home runs as New York Yankees stop Texas Rangers.
It was a tough night for Jack Leiter and the Texas Rangers, who were looking to take the first game of a three-game series against the New York Yankees on Monday night at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. But Ben Rice, Aaron Judge, and Jazz Chisholm Jr. had other ideas.
Those three Yankees players hit home runs off of Leiter as New York had to hold on late for a 4-2 victory. Leiter, whose record falls to 1-2 with the loss, worked six innings, gave up eight hits, four Yankees runs (all earned), walked one, and struck out four. Leiter's ERA now sits at a harrowing 5.
17. Peyton Gray and Gavin Collyer pitched the final three innings for the Rangers on Monday night. The Yankees built a 4-0 lead that held up throughout much of the game.
Things got interesting late in the ninth inning as the Rangers mounted a rally, but it fell short. Joc Pederson Homers Texas scored a run in the seventh inning on a Joc Pederson solo blast, his second homer this season, that went over the left-center field wall. But the Rangers' offense was kept pretty much in check all game long.