 had already given up a bases-loaded walk.Didi Gregorius and Neil Walker also went deep for the Yankees, who have at least three homers in five consecutive games for the first time in team history. The only other teams with 21 homers in a five-game span were the 1999 Reds and the 1977 Red Sox, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.Rangers rookie Ronald Guzman also homered in his third straight game, a three-run blast in the fifth off starter CC Sabathia after Nomar Mazara had a two-run shot earlier in the inning.Alex Claudio (2-2), the third of six Texas pitchers, struck out three in 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Keone Kela struck out the side in a perfect ninth for his 10th save in 10 chances.The Yankees are 5-5 since a 17-1 stretch.Texas is 9-17 at home this season but took two of three against New York and has won consecutive home series for the first time this season. The Yankees had won their last four road series.TRAINER'S ROOMYankees: 1B Greg Bird (right ankle surgery), who could make his season debut with the Yankees this weekend, hit a two-run homer in his rehab game at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. ... C Gary Sanchez was held out of the starting lineup after coming out of Tuesday night's game because of calf cramps. He struck out as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning against Kela.Rangers: OF Carlos Tocci has been sent to Triple-A Round Rock from Double-A Frisco to continue his rehab from a bruised left hip that has caused him to miss 28 games.UP NEXTYankees: After completing only five games in 10 days since their last home game, the Yankees have the day off Thursday before opening a three-game weekend series at home against the Los Angeles Angels.Rangers: RHP Austin Bibens-Dirkx, who was 32 last May when he made his major league debut after 318 games over 12 minor league seasons, is set for his 2018 season debut in the opener of a four-game home series against Kansas City on Thursday night. He will be recalled from Triple-A Round Rock. Lefty Danny Duffy (1-6) is scheduled to start for the Royals.---More MLB baseball: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball)
DeShields hope to end slump as Rangers host Yankees 2h ago• 2 min read Outfielder Delino DeShields was not in the starting lineup Tuesday when the Texas Rangers evened their series with the New York Yankees by getting aThe day off was used as an attempt to break out of a hitting slump but he will likely be in the lineup Wednesday in the rubber game of the three-game series at Globe Life Park in Arlington Texas.The Yankees will send left-hander CC Sabathia (2-1, 2.40 ERA) to oppose Texas right-hander Doug Fister (1-4, 3.43).DeShields, stuck in a 2-for-33 swoon, was given his first day off since returning from the disabled list on April 22.He had the broken hamate bone removed from his left hand in the first week of the season and said before Texas won for the fifth time in its last 13 games that he has been trying to do too much at the plate with his hand feeling better."I've got to get back to being simpler at the plate, and I'll be good," DeShields told the Dallas Morning News. "I was trying to swing harder rather than squaring the ball up. It was causing my front side to open up and miss pitches I should hit and chase pitches I normally wouldn't chase. I'm glad I figured it out, after 11 or 12 days." New York rookie second baseman Gleyber Torres continues to impress with his power after he ripped the seventh home run on his Major League career on Tuesday in New York's fifth loss in the last 27 games.Torres slugged the first pitch he saw from Rangers ace left-hander Cole Hamels into the left-field bleachers for a home run in the third inning, recording his fourth homer in as many games.On Monday, the 21-year-old Torres joined Mickey Mantle as the youngest Yankees to enjoy a multi-homer game. Torres is also the youngest player in franchise history to hit seven homers in his first 26 games."I just try to look for my pitch," Torres said. "If the pitcher doesn't throw me my pitch, I try to stay focused, waiting for my pitch. Our lineup is awesome. Everybody does their job, everybody helps the team. I just try to help my team, too, try to put in something, hit or defense. I try to help and try to win." Sabathia will make his ninth start of the season and pitch on regular four days' rest. He recorded his first loss of the season in his most recent start at Kansas City, snapping a streak of 15 consecutive unbeaten regular season starts that began on Aug. 19, 2017. Over that stretch, Sabathia went 7-0 with a 2.61 ERA.Sabathia is 11-6 with a 5.12 ERA in 22 career starts against the Rangers. He last faced Texas on June 28, 2016 at Yankee Stadium, allowing six earned runs in seven innings.Fister will also make his ninth start of the season and will be working on extended five-days' rest after a no-decision in a 4-2 loss on Thursday in Chicago. He has gone 3-4 with a 5.56 ERA over seven career starts against. the Yankees, including 1-1, 3.72 in a pair of starts last season while pitching for the Boston Red Sox.
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