Overview
- New York won 4-2 in Arlington on Monday after Ben Rice and Aaron Judge hit back-to-back homers in the third, improving to 19-10 as Texas dropped to 14-15.
- Max Fried kept Texas scoreless across six innings, allowing four hits with five strikeouts and two walks.
- Rangers starter Jack Leiter yielded all three Yankees homers and four runs over six innings as his ERA rose to 5.17.
- David Bednar closed a tense ninth for his eighth save after an error and an RBI single trimmed the lead to two.
- Rice and Judge became only the second Yankees teammates with 10-plus homers through 29 games, joining Yogi Berra and Mickey Mantle in 1956, and Judge’s blast was his 379th to tie 75th on the all-time list.