NEW YORK (AP) – The Yankees’ four-game set against the AL-leading Rangers started Monday with what Chase Headley called maybe the toughest loss of his career.
On Wednesday, Texas was two outs from winning the first three games. And yet the series ended Thursday with New York somehow earning a split when Headley scampered home on a passed ball for his team’s second straight victory in the bottom of the ninth.
Headley just beat the throw with two outs for a 2-1 win. Four New York pitchers combined to strike out 16 Rangers – 12 by starter Michael Pineda.
Didi Gregorius, who had the winning home run hours earlier when the Yankees rallied from a four-run ninth-inning deficit Wednesday night, hit a solo shot in the fifth to tie the score. Shin-Soo Choo had homered to lead off the game.
“It’s about time for things to start to turn around,” Gregorius said.