New York Yankees at Texas Rangers

· Major League Baseball

New York Yankees

61-54, 27-32 Away

Final
3 - 2

Texas Rangers

60-56, 36-21 Home

Yankees snap 5-game skid after Paul Goldschmidt's pinch homer to avoid rare sweep in Texas

Yankees snap five-game slide with win vs. Rangers

Goldschmidt went deep off lefty reliever Robert Garcia (1-7), who has now given up homers in his last three appearances.

The Yankees (61-54) avoided being swept in Texas for the first time since 2010, and kept the Rangers from moving past them for the American League's third and final wild-card spot.

Mark Leiter Jr. (5-6) got the win after coming on with a runner on in the sixth and getting a flyout before a double-play grounder to end the inning. That came after his cousin, Rangers rookie starter Jack Leiter, struck out three and walked four in 3 1/3 innings while allowing two runs (one earned).

David Bednar struck out five while throwing 42 pitches over the final 1 2/3 innings for his 18th save.

No. 9 batter Ezequiel Duran had three hits and scored both runs for Texas (60-56), which had an eight-game home winning streak after winning the first two games in the series. He scored on Sam Haggerty's single in the third and Marcus Semien's sacrifice fly in the fifth.

New York went up 2-1 in the fourth. Anthony Volpe had an RBI single and the other run came home on catcher Kyle Higashioka's throwing error when the Yankees pulled off a double steal.

Key moment Bednar struck out cleanup hitter Adolis García to end the game after Corey Seager had walked and Semien singled.

Key stat The Yankees are 9-3 this season when trying to avoid being swept in a series.

Up next Both teams have a day off before home games Friday night against division leaders. The Yankees open a three-game series against AL West-leading Houston, and the Rangers host Philadelphia from the NL East.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	A. García struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Semien singled to right, Seager to second.
	9th Inning	Seager walked.
	9th Inning	Haggerty struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Tellez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Tellez hit for Duran

Statistics

NYY		$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	14
5	Strikeouts	9
2	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	8
2	Stolen Bases	0
8	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	1
3	Runs	2
3	Ground Into Double Play	3
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
30	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	20
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
12	Fly Balls	9
0	Caught Stealing	0
150	Pitches	167
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
9	Total Bases	9
38	Plate Appearances	40
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
3.5	Runs Created	3.4
.200	Batting Average	.258
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.300	Slugging Percentage	.290
.433	Secondary Average	.258
.368	On Base Percentage	.385
.668	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.675
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.6
3.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.4
21.0	Batter Rating	18.0
30.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.95	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.18
.100	Isolated Power	.032
1.60	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.78
.211	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.175
.233	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
5.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.7	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
74.3	MLB Rating	74.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0