Rangers vs. Yankees

[Bob Of Burleson]

Darvish 8 Ks as Rangers beat Jeter, Yankees 4-2

By STEPHEN HAWKINS , AP Sports Writer

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Yu Darvish struck out eight in seven innings for his 10th victory and J.P. Arencibia had a tiebreaking two-run single for the Texas Rangers in a 4-2 victory over the New York Yankees on Monday night.

Darvish (10-6) shouted out and pumped his fist after his final strikeout, when Brian McCann swung and missed to end the seventh with two runners on base.

Brett Gardner homered twice and Derek Jeter had three hits - to pass Carl Yastrzemski on the hits list - off the All-Star right-hander, who threw 80 of his 108 pitches for strikes five days after losing a rain-shortened game in New York.

David Phelps (5-5) lost for the first time in nine starts, allowing four runs and eight hits over six innings. The right-hander, like Darvish, was credited with a complete game last Wednesday in the 2-1 Yankees victory that didn't resume after rain in the bottom of the fifth inning.

[BigTex]

Fox Sports 1

We get Joe Buck tonight.

[BigTex]

Well that didn't take long.

[BigTex]

This is really confusing when there is as much cheering for the Yankees as for the Rangers.

[BigTex]

Not the outcome we wanted, but that was a rip snorter.

[Bob Of Burleson]

Rangers show fight until last out in loss to Yanks
Ninth-inning rally dies in left field; Arencibia has career-high seven RBIs

By Grace Raynor / MLB.com
MLB.com

ARLINGTON -- J.P. Arencibia had already jumped over the dugout fence ready to dogpile Adrian Beltre in celebration Tuesday night.

The stage was set for a ninth-inning comeback that seemed all but impossible just a few minutes earlier. The Rangers had scored two runs in the ninth to cut the Yankees' lead to one run, and in Beltre, they had their most dominant hitter at the plate.

Bases loaded. Full count. Two outs.

Arencibia rose to his feet and prematurely began to celebrate, as Beltre launched a deep fly ball off a 91-mph cutter toward the left-field fence.

The 41,934 in attendance at Globe Life Park joined Arencibia. But Beltre himself wasn't convinced. Seconds later, Yankees left fielder Brett Gardner proved him right, when he squeezed his glove around the ball, recording the final out and stripping the Rangers of the chance at a walk-off in a 12-11 loss to New York.

"I could tell by [looking at ] him that he didn't hit it out. He wasn't celebrating," Yankees closer David Robertson said. "But any time you see him take a cut like that and hit a ball in the air, there's always a worry that it's gone."

The Rangers have now lost 20 games in the month of July. The last time they lost 20 games in any month was in May 2007, but the last time they lost 20 games in July dates back to 1983.

But Tuesday's loss was as agonizing as they come, especially when the Rangers had their best hitter at the plate in the end.

"I want him every single day. He's the ultimate pro. I could sit here for hours and talk about how amazing he is," Arencibia, who had a career-high seven RBIs, said. "For a team to be able to rally back, that's a good team over there. And a good bullpen, too. To be able to take your punches and punch back and make it to the last out, that was exciting. It was nice."

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[Bob Of Burleson]

Texas Rangers to honor
Derek Jeter prior
to Wednesday's game

Rangers Press Release

Arlington, Texas-The Texas Rangers will honor New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter prior to Wednesday night's game, his final contest ever in his 20-year career at Globe Life Park in Arlington.

The on-field pre-game ceremony will take place at 6:40 p.m. Former Rangers stars Ivan Rodriguez and Michael Young will be among the participants in the ceremony.

Jeter enters tonight's game with a .333 (105-315) batting average, 10 HR, and 40 RBI in 72 regular season games at Globe Life Park in Arlington. He is batting .310 (9-29) with 2 RBI in seven playoff games here in the 1996, 1998, and 1999 ALDS and the 2010 ALCS.

[Bob Of Burleson]

Lewis solves Yankees as Rangers earn series victory
Righty goes seven innings for first career regular-season win over NY

By T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com

ARLINGTON -- There was a sellout crowd in Arlington on Wednesday night with the Yankees in town and Colby Lewis on the mound for the Rangers.

The last time the planets lined up like that was in 2010, when Lewis won Game 6 of the American League Championship Series over the Yankees and sent the Rangers to their first World Series.

This sellout might have had something more to do with Derek Jeter making his last appearance in Arlington, but on a night when the Rangers paid tribute to Jeter and his great career, Lewis conjured up some memories of his own with a terrific seven-inning performance that snapped his own three-game losing streak.

Lewis held the Yankees to two runs over seven innings and the Rangers held on for a 3-2 victory in the final of a three-game series. Neftali Feliz picked up the save, just as he did four years ago in Game 6, and the Rangers took two of three from the Yankees.

It's the first time they have taken two of three from any team since doing so against the Twins on June 27-29.

Lewis allowed four hits and two walks while striking out four in his first regular-season win vs. New York. He retired the last 13 batters he faced before exiting after seven having thrown 106 pitches in his duel against Yankees starter Hiroki Kuroda.

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[Bob Of Burleson]

You see the look on Neftali Feliz's face after getting the third out? It was like, "Hey, I can still do this."