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04/28 22:01 CDT Cam Schlittler shines again and Aaron Judge hits 12th homer as
Yankees beat Rangers 3-2
Cam Schlittler shines again and Aaron Judge hits 12th homer as Yankees beat
Rangers 3-2
By SCHUYLER DIXON
AP Sports Writer
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) --- Cam Schlittler struck out eight over six scoreless
innings in a duel with Texas ace Jacob deGrom, Aaron Judge homered in his third
consecutive game and the New York Yankees held on for a 3-2 win over the
Rangers on Tuesday night.
Judge scored from first base on Cody Bellinger's first-inning double and Austin
Wells had a solo homer in the seventh as the Yankees won for the 10th time in
11 games and secured consecutive series victories in Texas by winning the first
two against the Rangers after taking two of three in Houston.
Judge's shot leading off the ninth was his 12th, tying him with Munetaka
Murakami of the Chicago White Sox for the major lead lead. It also was the
difference in the game.
Yankees closer David Bednar gave up a run-scoring triple to Danny Jansen and an
RBI single to Josh Jung after the ninth started with third baseman Ryan
McMahon's throwing error. But then Bednar got Cory Seager to ground into a
game-ending double play for his ninth save this season and second of the series.
Four of the first seven outs were strikeouts for Schlitter (4-1), and the other
three were standout plays behind the right-hander.
New York reliever Fernando Cruz made a sliding stop of Joc Pederson's attempted
sacrifice bunt with two on and nodody out in the eighth, and his bounced throw
as the right-hander was falling on his back just beat a sliding Jung at third.
Cruz then struck out Jake Burger and pinch-hitter Ezequiel Duran --- while
throwing seven consecutive strikes --- to end the inning.
Schlittler, who gave up three hits with a walk, allowed one or fewer earned
runs for the fifth time in seven starts and lowered his ERA to 1.51. The
25-year-old has 49 strikeouts and five walks.
Judge singled with two outs in the first against deGrom (2-1), who allowed
three hits and one run with five strikeouts in six innings. Bellinger's liner
hit near the top of the wall in right, and Judge slid across home plate just as
the relay throw was arriving.
Up next
The Yankees have a shot at an 8-1 trip with RHP Elmer Rodrguez set for his
major league debut Wednesday against Rangers RHP Nathan Eovaldi (2-4, 5.79
ERA), a 15-year veteran.
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