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POSTGAME NOTES NEW YORK YANKEES (40-31) vs. TEXAS RANGERS (36-37) FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 2017 R H E LOB SERIES TEXAS RANGERS 1 4 0 7 0 NEW YORK YANKEES 2 7 1 5 1 STARTING TIME: 8:47 p.m. TIME OF GAME: 3:32 (1:42 pregame delay) GAME-TIME TEMPERATURE: 77 degrees PAID ATTENDANCE: 39,602 WINNING PITCHER: Chasen Shreve (2-1) PITCH COUNTS (Total Pitches/Strikes): LOSING PITCHER: Matt Bush (2-3) Yankees: Masahiro Tanaka (100/69) SAVE: None Rangers: Yu Darvish (88/60) HOME RUNS (2017 TOTAL / INNING / RUNNERS ON BASE / OUTS / COUNT / PITCHER / SCORE AFTER HR) YANKEES RANGERS Brett Gardner (#14 / 9th / 0 on / 1 out / 2-1 / Bush / NYY 1 – TEX 1) None With Masahiro Tanaka starting for the Yankees and Yu Darvish starting for Texas, this marked the 15th game in Major League history in which both starting pitchers were born in Japan…the Yankees have played seven such games, the Rangers six…it is the first time that Tanaka and Darvish have matched up in the Major Leagues after four meetings in Nippon Professional Baseball from 2007-11 (Tanaka: 1-3, 2.90 ERA with Tohoku; Darvish: 2-1, 1.36 ERA with Hokkaido)…marked Tanaka’s third matchup against a countryman – also 8/24/16 at Seattle/Hisashi Iwakuma (W, 7.0IP, 0ER) and 4/17/16 vs. Seattle/Iwakuma (W, 7.0IP, 3R/2ER)…marked Darvish’s sixth such matchup, first since 8/29/16 vs. Seattle/Iwakuma (W, 6.2IP, 3ER; also the Majors’ most recent such matchup)…tonight, the two pitchers combined for 15.0 scoreless innings (5H, 2BB, 19K). NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES • The Yankees earned their second “walk-off” win of the season (also 14-11 in 10 innings on 4/28 v. Baltimore)…have won 2-of-3 after a season-long seven-game losing streak…remain percentage points ahead of Boston for first place in the AL East…snapped a streak of seven consecutive losses in one-run games (last one-run win was a 3-2 win on 5/27 vs. Oakland)…improved to 3-3 in extra innings this season…are 2-1 when tied after eight. • Have not been shut out in 71 games this season, their third-longest streak to begin a season since 1934 (82G in 1988, 72G in 2006)…are the only AL club and one of two Major League clubs that have not been blanked this season (also Washington, 73G). • Neither team scored until both teams scored 1R in the ninth…was the longest a Yankees game remained scoreless this season, surpassing a 4-1 loss on 5/26 vs. Oakland in which the A’s scored first with 2R in the eighth inning (also a Tanaka start). • RHP Masahiro Tanaka (8.0IP, 3H, 0R, 2BB, 9K) took a no-decision in his second-longest start of the season (9.0IP CG SHO on 4/27 at Boston)…has completed at least 7.0IP in just 5-of-15 starts this season, taking shutouts into at least the eighth inning in three of them (5/26 vs. Oakland, 9.0IP CG SHO on 4/27 at Boston)…retired 16 consecutive batters (first out of the third through second out of the eighth)…recorded 23 swinging strikes, the second-highest total of his career (26 on 5/26/17 vs. Oakland). • Is one of four Major League pitchers this season with multiple scoreless starts of at least 8.0IP (Minnesota’s Ervin Santana-3, Cleveland’s Corey Kluber-2, St. Louis’ Carlos Martinez-2)…are the most in a season by a Yankee since Tanaka also had two in 2014…is the first start of at least 8.0 scoreless innings and at least 9K by a Yankee since Tanaka on 4/16/14-G1 vs. Chicago-NL (8.0IP, 2H, 0R, 1BB, 10K). • Has allowed 1ER-or-fewer three times during his career-long eight-start winless drought (with at least 6.2IP in all three). • Ended a streak of three consecutive starts with a run allowed in the first inning…had allowed first-inning runs in six of his previous eight starts. • 3B Ronald Torreyes (1-for-4, 1RBI) collected his first career “walk-off” hit with a two-out single in the 10th…was the game’s first hit with RISP (both teams had been 0-for-10)…was his second career go-ahead RBI in the ninth inning or later, also a tie-breaking sacrifice fly in the ninth inning on 9/25/16 at Toronto. • LF Brett Gardner (2-for-4, 1R, 1HR, 1RBI, 1SB) hit a game-tying solo HR with one out in the ninth inning…has hit 14HR this season, three shy of his career high (17HR in 2014)…his 8HR vs. Texas (in 53 games) are the most vs. any non-AL East team in his career…recorded his 12th career game with a home run and a stolen base (first since 4/23/16 vs. Tampa Bay), tied for ninth-most in the AL across his 10 Major League seasons (2008-17). • Is the third player this season with multiple game-tying or go-ahead HRs when trailing in the ninth inning or later (Arizona’s Chris Iannetta-2, San Francisco’s Hunter Pence-2)…also hit a go-ahead three-run HR with two outs in the ninth inning on 5/5 at Chicago-NL (the only other such HR of his career). • C Gary Sánchez (2-for-3, 1R, 1HP) scored the game-winning run after singling in the 10th…reached in 3-of-4 plate appearances. • RF Aaron Judge (1-for-4) extended his career-long on-base streak to 25 games with a ninth-inning single. • RHP Chad Green (0.1IP, 1BB) snapped a streak of nine consecutive appearances of at least 1.1IP. • Yankees batters have homered in 16-of-17 games…have homered in 12 consecutive home games, their longest streak since a 21-game streak from 6/20-8/3/12. • Just 2-of-22 batters reached base in seven innings against Yu Darvish (singles by Gardner in the first and Sánchez in the fifth). • The start of the game was delayed by 1 hour, 42 minutes…marked the first rain delay at the Stadium this season (there have been two postponements: 5/26 vs. Kansas City, 5/13 vs. Houston). -more- TEXAS RANGERS NOTES • The Rangers are 0-1 on their current 10-game road trip…has lost four of their last six games…have lost consecutive road games immediately following a season-high six-game road winning streak. • Are 3-3 in their last six games against AL East opponents, but are 4-10 this season against the division overall (1-6 on the road)…dropped to 13- 21 at the current Yankee Stadium. • RHP Yu Darvish did not record a decision despite holding the Yankees to just 2H in 7.0 scoreless innings (0BB, 10K)…retired 13 consecutive batters between a Gardner leadoff single and a Sánchez fifth-inning single and faced only one batter over the minimum in his 7.0IP…was his second start this season of at least 7.0 scoreless innings (also 4/13 at Los Angeles-AL, 7.0IP, 5H, 2BB, 10K)…was his third career scoreless start of at least 7.0IP, while allowing 2H-or-fewer and striking out at least 10 batters (also 4/2/13 at Houston: 8.2IP, 1H, 0BB, 14K and 5/9/14 vs. Boston: 8.2IP, 2H, 2BB, 12K). • Recorded his 31st career start with at least 10K and third of the season…is the only Ranger to reach the 10K plateau this season. • Faced the Yankees for the first time since 2014…has gone 3-1 with a 1.64 ERA (38.1IP, 7ER) and 43K in six career starts against the Yankees…in three starts at Yankee Stadium, has gone 0-1 with a 2.70 ERA (16.2IP, 5ER). • Over his last six starts, has gone 1-3 with a 3.62 ERA (37.1IP, 15ER). • Rangers relievers had their 12.2-inning scoreless streak snapped with Gardner's game-tying homer in the ninth…over their last eight games, have posted a 2.15 ERA (29.1IP, 7ER)…the stretch immediately follows the bullpen allowing 9ER in 4.0IP on 6/14 at Houston. • RHP Matt Bush (1.2IP, 5H, 2ER, 2K, 1HR) has allowed 4ER in 2.2IP (8H, 2BB, 3K, 1HR) over his last two appearances after allowing just 4ER over his previous 22 games (7R/4ER in 20.1IP from 4/16-6/18). • Rangers batters failed to homer for the first time since 6/3, snapping a streak of 16 straight games with at least 1HR…matched the second-longest such streak in the Majors this season behind only the Astros (19G from 5/23-6/11)…was the Rangers' longest streak since homering in 18 straight from 8/29-9/17/16. • SS Elvis Andrus (2-for-5, 1R, 1SB) was one of only two Rangers batters to collect a hit…singled in the ninth, advanced to second on a hit-by-pitch, stole third and scored the game's first run on a passed ball. • CF Carlos Gomez (0-for-4) snapped his 10-game hitting streak (5/11-6/22)…hit .432 (16-for-37) with 12R, 4 doubles, 5HR and 15RBI over the span. • C Jonathan Lucroy (2-for-4) was the only other Ranger to collect a hit…has three straight multi-hit games on the road.