Gregorius helped make a victor out of Ivan Nova, who allowed two runs in the second inning but that was it in his five-inning outing.
New York is 4-2 on its current 10-game road trip and would take three in the four-game series with Texas with a win Thursday night.
Tanaka has now allowed three or more runs in six of his past seven starts, posting a 5.07 ERA during that stretch. The Yankees will try to keep the runs coming after putting up a 21-spot when they visit the Texas Rangers in the third contest of their four-game series on Wednesday.
Adam Eaton was given some unusual advice on what to do between at-bats in his first appearance as a designated hitter. Robinson Chirinos flew out, but Delino DeShields delivered Hamilton with a single to right, giving the Rangers the lead for good at 3-2. He was hitting sixth Wednesday.
In St. Louis, Jay Bruce homered in the second to back Anthony DeSclafani’s seven innings of three-hit ball.
NOTES: The Rangers are 15-9 against the AL East this season…. Valeriane Ayayi of France had 10 in her debut.
The Rangers, now a major league worst 16-28 at home, didn’t get a hit after the first frame.
Angel McCoughtry led Atlanta (7-11) with 14 points. Votto is hitting. 561 since the All-Star break.
Detroit lost for the seventh time in 10 games. “It will be huge for us”, Rangers first baseman Mitch Moreland said after the game. The Rangers won twice last nigt as they got the win on th field and then won off the field when they traded for Cole Hamels from Philadelphia. He has shown flashes of being the pitcher he was in the first half of 2014, before an elbow injury sent him to the disabled list and made his long-term success an open question. Teixeira struck out as the first batter to face reliever Wandy Rodriguez.
New York Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez follows through on a double off a…
The Yankees charged back in a hurry, with an 11-run second inning and 8 1-3 hitless innings of relief to overcome the Texas Rangers 21-5 on Tuesday night.
Mets 4, Padres 0 – Rookie Noah Syndergaard retired the first 18 batters in his latest overpowering performance, and New York got two-run homers from Lucas Duda and Curtis Granderson to beat visiting San Diego.
OXNARD, Calif. (AP) – Even if he’s not talking Super Bowl, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones also isn’t hiding his optimism going into training camp. So far this season, the team has been healthier than they were last season and the age hasn’t been a problem. “This is a curious time of year, whether we do something or not”. In what seemed like “rest-day”, as evidenced by manager Joe Girardi’s decision to start Chris Capuano, the Rangers’ quick 5-0 lead and it looked like a loss.
Coach Jason Garrett says he’s been preaching a message of starting over since the spring.
With a 16-5 July record and rumblings of a big move possibly to come, the Yankees are morphing into a true American League contender once again.
Gonzalez had four hits and four RBIs for the Rockies.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Two-time world women’s gymnastics champion Simone Biles is going pro. For sure, it would have been on Tuesday, when the Bombers rung up 21 runs. She will attempt to become the first woman since Kim Zmeskal to win three straight national titles at the U.S. championships in Indianapolis next month.
