Langford is key for 2nd night in a row as Rangers beat Yankees to take series.
Rookie Wyatt Langford had three hits, scored three runs and drove in two a night after his game-ending grand slam against the Yankees, and the Texas Rangers beat New York again 10-6 on Wednesday night.
Langford made a leaping catch at the top of the left-field wall on Giancarlo Stanton’s drive with two on for the final out after the Yankees had trimmed a 10-2 deficit on Trent Grisham’s ninth-inning grand slam against Grant Anderson. The catch gave Kirby Yates his 26th save in 27 chances.
Juan Soto, who had three hits, ended Nathan Eovaldi’s scoreless outing on his 38th homer, a two-run shot in the fifth inning. But Aaron Judge, the majors’ home run leader with 51, had a season-high ninth consecutive game without going deep on an 0-for-3 night.
Grisham was a late-inning defensive replacement hitting in Soto’s spot. Duke Ellis, who went to high school in East Texas, followed Grisham’s slam with his first big league hit.
It was the sixth loss in eight games for the Yankees (80-60), who remained a half-game behind Baltimore (81-60) for the best record in the American League and the AL East lead.
Langford, Nathaniel Lowe and Ezequiel Duran each had a run-scoring hit while Adolis García and Josh Smith added RBI groundouts for a 5-0 lead against Marcus Stroman. Duran’s hit was the first of his two RBI doubles, and García added a two-run double.
Langford’s ninth-inning shot off Clay Holmes in a 7-4 Texas victory Tuesday night prompted Yankees manager Aaron Boone to announce a closer-by-committee approach after Holmes’ MLB-high 11th blown save.
