Yankees.com: Yanks’ 220-game scoring run ends vs. Rangers

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220. That will be the final answer to the question: How many consecutive games did the 2018-19 Yankees manage to avoid being shut out?

On Monday, the historic streak that began over a year ago—on July 1, 2018—came to a quiet, abrupt conclusion. The below-.500 Rangers visited Yankee Stadium, waited out a two-hour, 52-minute rain delay and blanked the Yanks, 7-0, to end what had been the second-longest stretch without being shut out in the Modern Era.

The credit belongs to Texas ace Mike Minor, who held New York scoreless through 7 1/3 innings, scattering five hits and striking out five. It…