NEW YORK — Brad Miller snapped Michael King’s spectacular scoreless streak with a pinch-hit, two-operate homer in the seventh inning that lifted the Texas Rangers over the New York Yankees 4-2 Sunday to salvage a doubleheader break up.
The Yankees took the opener 2-1 on Gleyber Torres’ activity-ending homer leading off the ninth.
King (2-1) had pitched 14 1/3 consecutive innings without the need of letting a run right before Miller smacked a 1- fastball out to heart for a two-operate direct. The Yankees right-hander hadn’t specified up a operate due to the fact an RBI double by Toronto’s George Springer on April 11.
King relieved Jordan Montgomery right after Jonah Heim opened the inning with a double to remaining. King walked Kole Calhoun, walked Nathaniel Lowe and retired Andy Ibáñez on a forceout that moved Heim to third. Heim scored on a wild pitch to the backstop 1 pitch ahead of Miller’s homer.
The scarce ineffective outing lifted King’s Era from .51 to 1.42.
Eli White also homered as Texas gained for the fifth time in six game titles.
Giancarlo Stanton strike a two-run homer in the next recreation. New York dropped for only the second time in 14 game titles.
Texas starter Glenn Otto permitted two operates and two hits in five innings from his previous group, which dealt him for Joey Gallo very last July. He struck out two, walked two and retired his closing seven hitters right after Stanton strike a 461-foot drive into the Texas bullpen in the third.
Montgomery authorized two runs and 4 hits in 6-additionally innings. It marked the 22nd time a New York starter authorized two gained runs or less this year.
Garrett Richards (1-1) followed Otto in the sixth and got the earn when Miller homered. Dennis Santana retired Aaron Choose with the bases loaded to conclusion the seventh, Brett Martin tossed a best eighth and Joe Barlow pitched the ninth for his fourth preserve.
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