Masahiro Tanaka, Yu Darvish Have Pitchers Duel As Ronald Torreyes Singles To Lead New York To A Win Over Texas

Masahiro Tanaka and Yu Darvish had their first pitchers duel Friday as New York took on Texas while Ronald Torreyes gave New York the win. 

  Yu Darvish and Masahiro Tanaka matched zeros in a marvelous pitching matchup, the smallest Yankee delivered the night's biggest hit, as Ronald Torreyes laced a run-scoring single to lift New York to a 2-1 victory over the Rangers in 10 innings on Friday at Yankee Stadium. "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/238324530/ronald-torreyes-hits-walk-off-single-for-yanks/

Ronald Torreyes drove home Gary Sanchez with the winning run after Brett Gardner cracked a game-tying solo home run off Matt Bush with one out in the ninth, the right-hander's third blown save in his last five chances. Texas scored the game's first run in the top half of the inning when Elvis Andrus came home on a passed ball. "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/238324530/ronald-torreyes-hits-walk-off-single-for-yanks/

New York improved to 40-31 while Texas dropped to 36-37 on the season. New York and Boston are now tied atop the American League East. 

New York and Texas will play game two of their three -game series  Saturday at Yankee Stadium. Right -hander Luis Cessa will be on the mound for New York. He has a record of 0-1 with a 7.36 earn run average. He will make his second start of the year, coming off a loss to Oakland in which he allowed four runs in four innings. Cessa picked up his first big league win last June 29 vs Texas with three innings of -one run relief. He will take on Texas right -hander Austin Bibens Dirx who has a record of 2-0 with a 4.25 earn run average Bibens - Dirx didn't factor into the decision in Texas's loss to Toronto on Monday. He gave up five runs on five hits in five innings, although but one hit and one run of that came in the fourth when Toronto scored four runs. "according to https://www.mlb.com/gameday/rangers-vs-yankees/2017/06/24/491226#game_state=preview,game_tab=,game=491226

First pitch is set for 1:05 pm. The game will be televised on Yes and Major League Baseball Network. "according to https://www.mlb.com/gameday/rangers-vs-yankees/2017/06/24/491226#game_state=preview,game_tab=,game=491226