Yankees mash three homers to defeat Jacob deGrom, Rangers and extend winning streak to five games

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Yankees mash three homers to defeat Jacob deGrom, Rangers and extend winning streak to five games

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Yankees mash three homers to defeat Jacob deGrom, Rangers and extend winning streak to five games

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Yankees mash three homers to defeat Jacob deGrom, Rangers and extend winning streak to five games

(Brad Penner-Imagn Images)

The Yankees mashed three homers to overcome a three-run deficit against Jacob deGrom in New York's 7-4 win over the Rangers on Tuesday night in the Bronx.

The Yankees (25-11) extended their winning streak to five games.

Here are the takeaways...

-Elmer Rodriguez's control was an issue in his major league debut, and that reared its ugly head early in this one. Rodriguez walked the first two batters and then a hit to load the bases with no outs. A sac fly and an opposite-field single put the Rangers up 2-0. A fielder's choice and a hit batter loaded the bases again, this time with two outs. A wild pitch allowed the third first-inning run to score before Danny Jansen grounded out to end the frame.

It took Rodriguez 37 pitches to get out of the first.

But the young right-hander settled down. He stranded runners and was a lot more pitch-efficient, getting ground ball outs with his sinker to make it into the fifth inning. It seemed as if Rodriguez would pitch five innings, but a two-out infield single to Ezequiel Duran, followed by a Jake Burger walk, loaded the bases and spelled an end to his night.

Brent Headrick came on to strike out a pinch-hitting Sam Haggerty to get out of the jam. Headrick, making his 19th appearance this season, has inherited 13 baserunners and has not allowed any to score. The most by a pitcher without allowing a run this season. (h/t @Katie Sharp)

Rodriguez pitched 4.2 innings (94 pitches/55 strikes), allowing three runs on six hits and four walks while striking out just two.

-The Yankees got one of those runs back in a hurry thanks to a one-out double by Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger following with a double of his own, that nearly missed being a two-run homer.

Ryan McMahon would tie the game at 3-3 in the second on a two-run shot off of deGrom on the eighth pitch of the AB. The blast went 359 feet. Over his last 12 games, McMahon is hitting .324 with four extra-base hits and seven RBI. He finished 2-for-3 on Tuesday.

-Jazz Chisholm Jr. launched a 413-foot blast off of deGrom in the sixth to give the Yankees a 4-3 lead. New York added on in the seventh after McMahon and Jose Caballero singled, Judge was intentionally walked to load the bases with two outs and runners on the corners. Bellinger made the Rangers pay, lining a double to right field and plating two to put the Yankees up 6-3.

DeGrom had his moments against the Yankees, but he allowed six runs on seven hits (two home runs) and one walk across 6.1 innings while striking out seven.

Paul Goldschmidt, starting at first base for the injured Ben Rice, homered in the eighth to put the Yanks up 7-3.

-The Yankees used four relievers to lock down the win. Tim Hill struggled a bit in the seventh, allowing two hits and only recording one out, but Fernando Cruz picked up the final two outs to come away unscathed. But Cruz faltered in the eighth, allowing three of the four batters he faced to reach. David Bednar was brought in to get out of the bases-loaded jam, and the Yankees' closer struck out Corey Seager and got Josh Jung to pop out.

Here's how the relievers did on Tuesday...

• Headrick: 1.1 IP, 3 K
• Hill: 0.1 IP, 2 H
• Cruz: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 K
• Bednar: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2 K

Game MVP: Headrick and Bednar

The Yankees' bullpen was mostly good, but Headrick and Bednar got out of jams that could have sunk New York.

Highlights

What's next

The Yankees and Rangers continue their three-game set on Wednesday evening. First pitch is set for 7:05 p.m.

Will Warren (4-0, 2.39 ERA) will take the mound against Nathan Eovaldi (3-4, 4.76 ERA).