NY Yankees 3, Texas 2
When: 1:05 PM ET, Thursday, June 16, 2011
Where: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
Temperature:
82°
Umpires:
Home -
Mike Everitt, 1B -
Chris Guccione, 2B -
Cory Blaser, 3B -
Mike Winters
Attendance:
47487
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Brett Gardner grounded a walk-off single into right field with one out in the 12th inning and the New York Yankees completed a three-game sweep of the visiting Texas Rangers with a 3-2 win on Thursday afternoon.
Gardner's hit off Michael Kirkman (1-1) plated Curtis Granderson and made a winner out of Cory Wade (1-0), who pitched two innings to help send Texas to its season-worst fifth consecutive defeat.
The Yankees got a good effort from journeyman Brian Gordon, who allowed two runs on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings in his first major league start. He had just three other appearances - all in relief - in 2008 with Texas.
Rangers starter C.J. Wilson went eight strong innings and gave up two runs on seven hits. He had his fifth double-digit strikeout game of the season, fanning 10.
After Russell Martin gave New York an RBI single in the second, the Rangers went ahead on Ian Kinsler's two-run double in the fifth. Jorge Posada's RBI double tied it at 2-2 an inning later.
New York closer Mariano Rivera made his 1,006th career appearance to move into 13th place on baseball's all-time list.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Texas |
|
NY Yankees |
|
C.J. Wilson
|
Player |
Brian Gordon
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
8.0 |
IP |
5.1 |
|
10 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
7 |
Hits |
7 |
|
2.25 |
ERA |
3.38 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Texas
|
9 |
0 |
11 |
.214 |
21 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
| NY Yankees
|
11 |
0 |
12 |
.275 |
29 |
12 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
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