Yankees 7, Rangers 3: Back on a record home run pace

Make it four consecutive wins for the New York Baseball Yankees. First four-game winning streak since mid-June. The Yankees mashed some damn taters in Thursday night’s series opening 7-3 win over the Rangers. They are a season-high tying 30 games over .500 at 72-42.

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Sinkerballer? No problem. The Yankees can hit home runs against anyone. They tagged rookie righty Ariel Jurado for four home runs in five innings. He went into the game with a 50.0% ground ball rate and did record 13 outs on the ground compared to zero (!) in the air Thursday, but the Yankees hit five balls out of the infield against him, and four left the park. Brett Gardner’s first inning flare single to…