Tonight with new urgency, the New York Yankees entered a three-game series with the Texas Rangers after losing two of three against the Cleveland Indians and slipping out of a wild card berth. The Yankees need to sweep a series off this Texas team playing just .369 baseball this season. The Yankees started Nestor Cortes Jr. facing the Rangers. The Yankees made their first step to get back into the wild card with a 4-3 win.
Isiah Kiner-Falefa led off for the Rangers and singled against Cortes. Andy Ibanez followed up with another single up the middle.