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The New York Yankees rookie outfielder is the first player in Major League Baseball history to accomplish this impressive home run feat.
Jasson Domínguez homered in the bottom of the ninth inning to rally the New York Yankees a 4-3 win over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night. Jake Burger hit two solo homers and Sam Haggerty added a solo shot in the seventh inning to give the Rangers a 3-1 lead.
If the game ends up postponed, it could create a real scheduling bind for the teams as this is the Rangers’ only scheduled trip to Yankee Stadium. The obvious choice for rescheduling would be Sept. 11, an off day for the Rangers ahead of a series at the New York Mets, but the Yankees are scheduled to play that day against Detroit.
A strong bat and gifted defender who can play anywhere — including third base — and who won a Silver Slugger as utilityman last season sure would be useful to the Yankees right now.
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SB Nation on MSN25-26 - Rangers go down meekly in 1-0 loss at YankeesThe starting pitchers for the Rangers allowed six runs in this series, an average of two runs per start. That went three runs by Patrick Corbin, two runs by Jacob deGrom, and one run by Nathan Eovaldi. It was a virtual cascade of relative excellent against arguably baseball’s toughest lineup at the moment.
Boone is too nice a guy to gloat about the fast start. He knows most fans don’t trust him – or the injury gods. Too much can still go wrong. But if Boone isn’t surprised by the Yankees’ five-game lead in the East, I certainly am
As first career home runs go, Jorbit Vivas’ was as meaningful as it was memorable. Vivas jumped on the first pitch of the bottom of the fifth inning and deposited a 94 mph high fastball a few rows deep into the right-field seats Thursday to provide the only run of the Yankees’ series-sweep-clinching 1-0 victory against the Rangers.