NEW YORK -- Once Masahiro Tanaka and Yu Darvish got done dominating, the hitters finally had a chance.
And after midnight, Ronald Torreyes lined an RBI single with two outs in the 10th inning that sent the New York Yankees over the Texas Rangers 2-1 on Friday night for just their second win in 10 games.
"Super happy to be able to get a hit," Torreyes said through a translator. "Super happy for the outcome.
"Without Tanaka, there's no chance, we don't have a chance. He was excellent tonight. He held the game zero-zero," he said.
Brett Gardner also played a big part for the Yankees, hitting a tying home run with one out in the ninth off closer Matt Bush (2-3).
It was scoreless until the late innings as Tanaka and Darvish excelled in the first major league matchup between the Japanese stars. Tanaka pitched eight innings, Darvish was pulled after seven because of tightness in his triceps.
Darvish said he left as a precaution, adding through a translator, "I think I'm going to be fine for my next outing."
Chasen Shreve (2-1) escaped a bases-loaded jam in the top of the 10th, and Torreyes' hit kept the Yankees atop the AL East.
"We needed this," manager Joe Girardi said.
Gary Sanchez, whose passed ball gave Texas a 1-0 lead in the ninth, singled with one out in the 10th off Bush. A single by Didi Gregorius put runners at the corners and after Chris Carter struck out in his last at-bat for the Yankees, Torreyes singled to center field.
Often playfully hoisted by Gregorius in the dugout to high-five Aaron Judge after the tall slugger's home runs, the diminutive Torreyes wound up on the shoulders of his teammates.
Torreyes' first career game-ending hit came at 12:19 a.m. -- the start was delayed 1 hour, 42 minutes because of rain.
Torreyes also made two sparkling defensive plays at third base. He dived to his left to snag Shin-Soo Choo's grounder and threw from his knees to start an inning-ending double play in the third, then made a backhand stab, spun and beat Elvis Andrus with a two-hop throw to first leading off the seventh.
The Darvish-Tanaka duel didn't disappoint the big crowd in the Bronx or the national television audience tuned in Saturday morning back in their homeland.
"Breakfast at Wimbledon," Girardi mused before the game. "Breakfast at Yankee Stadium."
Darvish gave up just two singles, striking out 10 without a walk.
"I was trying to focus on my pitching," Darvish said. "I didn't watch him pitch."
Tanaka was totally in control, too, working around three singles in eight innings, fanning nine and walking two.
"I was excited going into the game but once the game starts, you're not actually going against Darvish, you're going against the Texas lineup," Tanaka said through a translator.
Tanaka retired 16 straight batters after escaping a two-on, no-out jam in the second. He stayed ahead the whole way by throwing first-pitch strikes to 25 of 27 hitters.
Despite the stellar outing, the no-decision left Tanaka at 0-6 in his last eight starts.
Judge singled in the ninth. The rookie who leads the majors in home runs has safely reached base in a career-best 25 straight games.
SO LONG
The Yankees cut Carter after the game, designating him for assignment. He tied for the NL lead with 41 home runs for Milwaukee last year, but hit only .204 with eight homers and 23 RBI this season. 1B Tyler Austin will be promoted from Triple-A.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rangers: LHP Martin Perez ripped a finger nail off his left thumb and broke the tip of the bone in an accident at his New York hotel Thursday night. The team said it's too early to know if he'll make his next start Wednesday night at Cleveland. ... LHP Cole Hamels (right oblique) threw a bullpen session before the game. If all is OK, he could pitch Monday in Cleveland in his first big league start since April 26.
Yankees: 3B Chase Headley missed his second straight game because of back spasms. He had an epidural, and Girardi said Headley might be able to play Sunday. ... OF Jacoby Ellsbury (concussion) is taking batting practice. The team hopes he can soon begin a rehab assignment.
UP NEXT
Rangers: RHP Austin Bibens-Dirkx (2-0, 4.25 ERA) made his major league debut last month after 12 seasons in the minors. This will be his ninth game for Texas and fourth start.
Yankees: RHP Luis Cessa (0-0, 7.36) got hit hard last week by Oakland in his first start of the season.
And after midnight, Ronald Torreyes lined an RBI single with two outs in the 10th inning that sent the New York Yankees over the Texas Rangers 2-1 on Friday night for just their second win in 10 games.
"Super happy to be able to get a hit," Torreyes said through a translator. "Super happy for the outcome.
"Without Tanaka, there's no chance, we don't have a chance. He was excellent tonight. He held the game zero-zero," he said.
Brett Gardner also played a big part for the Yankees, hitting a tying home run with one out in the ninth off closer Matt Bush (2-3).
It was scoreless until the late innings as Tanaka and Darvish excelled in the first major league matchup between the Japanese stars. Tanaka pitched eight innings, Darvish was pulled after seven because of tightness in his triceps.
Darvish said he left as a precaution, adding through a translator, "I think I'm going to be fine for my next outing."
Chasen Shreve (2-1) escaped a bases-loaded jam in the top of the 10th, and Torreyes' hit kept the Yankees atop the AL East.
"We needed this," manager Joe Girardi said.
Gary Sanchez, whose passed ball gave Texas a 1-0 lead in the ninth, singled with one out in the 10th off Bush. A single by Didi Gregorius put runners at the corners and after Chris Carter struck out in his last at-bat for the Yankees, Torreyes singled to center field.
Often playfully hoisted by Gregorius in the dugout to high-five Aaron Judge after the tall slugger's home runs, the diminutive Torreyes wound up on the shoulders of his teammates.
Torreyes' first career game-ending hit came at 12:19 a.m. -- the start was delayed 1 hour, 42 minutes because of rain.
Torreyes also made two sparkling defensive plays at third base. He dived to his left to snag Shin-Soo Choo's grounder and threw from his knees to start an inning-ending double play in the third, then made a backhand stab, spun and beat Elvis Andrus with a two-hop throw to first leading off the seventh.
The Darvish-Tanaka duel didn't disappoint the big crowd in the Bronx or the national television audience tuned in Saturday morning back in their homeland.
"Breakfast at Wimbledon," Girardi mused before the game. "Breakfast at Yankee Stadium."
Darvish gave up just two singles, striking out 10 without a walk.
"I was trying to focus on my pitching," Darvish said. "I didn't watch him pitch."
Tanaka was totally in control, too, working around three singles in eight innings, fanning nine and walking two.
"I was excited going into the game but once the game starts, you're not actually going against Darvish, you're going against the Texas lineup," Tanaka said through a translator.
Tanaka retired 16 straight batters after escaping a two-on, no-out jam in the second. He stayed ahead the whole way by throwing first-pitch strikes to 25 of 27 hitters.
Despite the stellar outing, the no-decision left Tanaka at 0-6 in his last eight starts.
Judge singled in the ninth. The rookie who leads the majors in home runs has safely reached base in a career-best 25 straight games.
SO LONG
The Yankees cut Carter after the game, designating him for assignment. He tied for the NL lead with 41 home runs for Milwaukee last year, but hit only .204 with eight homers and 23 RBI this season. 1B Tyler Austin will be promoted from Triple-A.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rangers: LHP Martin Perez ripped a finger nail off his left thumb and broke the tip of the bone in an accident at his New York hotel Thursday night. The team said it's too early to know if he'll make his next start Wednesday night at Cleveland. ... LHP Cole Hamels (right oblique) threw a bullpen session before the game. If all is OK, he could pitch Monday in Cleveland in his first big league start since April 26.
Yankees: 3B Chase Headley missed his second straight game because of back spasms. He had an epidural, and Girardi said Headley might be able to play Sunday. ... OF Jacoby Ellsbury (concussion) is taking batting practice. The team hopes he can soon begin a rehab assignment.
UP NEXT
Rangers: RHP Austin Bibens-Dirkx (2-0, 4.25 ERA) made his major league debut last month after 12 seasons in the minors. This will be his ninth game for Texas and fourth start.
Yankees: RHP Luis Cessa (0-0, 7.36) got hit hard last week by Oakland in his first start of the season.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Texas - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Masahiro Tanaka pitching for New York | TEX | NYY |
| Choo struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Andrus singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Mazara struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Andrus caught stealing second, catcher to second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Yu Darvish pitching for Texas | TEX | NYY |
| Gardner singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Hicks struck out swinging, Gardner stole second. | 0 | 0 |
| Judge struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Holliday grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Masahiro Tanaka pitching for New York | TEX | NYY |
| Beltré grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Odor lined out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Gómez struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Yu Darvish pitching for Texas | TEX | NYY |
| Castro flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Sánchez grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Gregorius grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Masahiro Tanaka pitching for New York | TEX | NYY |
| Lucroy reached on infield single to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Lucroy to second on passed ball by Sánchez. | 0 | 0 |
| Napoli walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Gallo struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Choo grounded into double play, third to shortstop to first, Napoli out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Yu Darvish pitching for Texas | TEX | NYY |
| Carter struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Torreyes struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Gardner lined out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Masahiro Tanaka pitching for New York | TEX | NYY |
| Andrus lined out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Mazara flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Beltré grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Yu Darvish pitching for Texas | TEX | NYY |
| Hicks grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Judge grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Holliday struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Masahiro Tanaka pitching for New York | TEX | NYY |
| Odor grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Gómez struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Lucroy struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Yu Darvish pitching for Texas | TEX | NYY |
| Castro struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Sánchez singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Gregorius grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Sánchez out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, -1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Masahiro Tanaka pitching for New York | TEX | NYY |
| Choo grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Yu Darvish pitching for Texas | TEX | NYY |
| Carter lined out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Torreyes grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Gardner struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Masahiro Tanaka pitching for New York | TEX | NYY |
| Andrus grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Mazara grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Beltré flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Yu Darvish pitching for Texas | TEX | NYY |
| Hicks struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Judge struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Holliday struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Masahiro Tanaka pitching for New York | TEX | NYY |
| Odor struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Gómez struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Lucroy singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Napoli walked, Lucroy to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Gallo grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Tanner Scheppers pitching for Texas | TEX | NYY |
| Scheppers relieved Darvish. | 0 | 0 |
| Castro grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Sánchez hit by pitch. | 0 | 0 |
| Gregorius struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Carter struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Aroldis Chapman pitching for New York | TEX | NYY |
| Chapman relieved Tanaka. | 0 | 0 |
| Choo struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Andrus singled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Mazara hit by pitch, Andrus to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Andrus stole third. | 0 | 0 |
| Beltré struck out swinging, Andrus scored, Mazara to second on passed ball. | 1 | 0 |
| Odor grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Matt Bush pitching for Texas | TEX | NYY |
| Bush relieved Scheppers. | 1 | 0 |
| Torreyes grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 0 |
| Gardner homered to right (343 feet). | 1 | 1 |
| Hicks lined out to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Judge singled to center. | 1 | 1 |
| Holliday struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Top of 10th | SCORE | |
| Chad Green pitching for New York | TEX | NYY |
| Green relieved Chapman. | 1 | 1 |
| Gómez safe at first on error by shortstop Gregorius. | 1 | 1 |
| Lucroy grounded out to third, Gómez to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Napoli walked. | 1 | 1 |
| DeShields ran for Napoli. | 1 | 1 |
| Shreve relieved Green. | 1 | 1 |
| Gallo struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Choo walked, Gómez to third, DeShields to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrus popped out to second. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 10th | SCORE | |
| Matt Bush pitching for Texas | TEX | NYY |
| Castro grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 1 |
| Sánchez singled to center. | 1 | 1 |
| Gregorius singled to right center, Sánchez to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Carter struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Torreyes singled to center, Sánchez scored, Gregorius to second. | 1 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas Rangers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Choo RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 | .258 | .384 | .428 |
| Andrus SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .290 | .338 | .437 |
| Mazara LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .271 | .340 | .451 |
| Beltré 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .274 | .353 | .438 |
| Odor 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .212 | .252 | .387 |
| Gómez CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .260 | .339 | .503 |
| Lucroy C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .267 | .309 | .383 |
| Napoli DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | .200 | .281 | .434 |
DeShields PR-DH
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .292 | .354 | .354 |
| Gallo 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .194 | .289 | .504 |
| Totals | 33 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 159 | |||
| BATTING GIDP: Choo Rangers RISP: 0-7 (Andrus 0-1, Beltré 0-1, Odor 0-1, Gallo 0-3, Choo 0-1) Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Andrus (18, 3rd base off Chapman/Sánchez) CS: Andrus (7, 2nd base by Tanaka/Sánchez) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (Odor-Andrus-Gallo). | ||||||||||
Game Notes
| The game is underway after a 1 hour and 42 minute rain delay. |
Game Information
| Stadium | Yankee Stadium, New York, NY |
| Attendance | 39,602 (79.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:32 |
| Weather | 77 degrees, cloudy |
| Wind | 5 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Dan Iassogna, First Base - Kerwin Danley, Second Base - Tripp Gibson, Third Base - Nic Lentz |
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