New York Yankees starting pitcher Gerrit Cole delivers the ball during the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Sunday, June 25, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
The New York Yankees came back to steal the rubber game from the Texas Rangers on Sunday, claiming a 5-3 victory thanks to a two-run double by Harrison Bader in the 8th inning.
The Yankees came into the bottom of the 8th inning trailing 3-2, but Anthony Volpe started things off with a double to left-center field off of Rangers’ reliever John King. It was Volpe’s only hit of the game, as the rookie also struck out twice but was still able to raise his batting average to .195 on the year.
Jose Trevino followed Volpe with an infield single and after Gleyber Torres flew out to right, the Rangers went to the bullpen with Yerry Rodriguez, who entered the day with a 3.38 ERA in just 5.1 innings.
The move did not work.
Harrison Bader cranked a double to the wall in left-center, scoring Volpe and Oswaldo Cabrera, who had entered to run for Trevino. Two batters later, Giancarlo Stanton singled to left, scoring Bader and giving the Yankees a 5-3 lead.
It was just New York’s third win in 30 games when trailing after seven innings.
Bader was the only player in the Yankees lineup to get multiple hits on the day, finishing 2-for-4 with two RBI and one run scored. The rest of the team had six hits, but that was still a strong showing for New York considering the Yankees have scored the fewest runs in baseball since Aaron Judge got hurt on June 3rd.
The game didn’t start off on a great foot for New York either.
The Rangers jumped on them early, scoring all three runs in the first two innings. In fact, Texas had their first run after the first two batters of the game. Marcus Semien led off the game with a double off of Gerrit Cole, and then Corey Seager knocked him in with a single.
Cole would strike out the next three batters, but Texas would strike again…
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