Before the game, the Rangers placed reliever Chris Martin on the 15-day injured ... With the bases loaded in the sixth, Warren threw a called third strike past Marcus Semien before Mark Leiter Jr. whiffed Joc Pederson to end the threat.

The Yankees (28-19) have won 9 of 12. Ben Rice and Aaron Judge homered to back of Warren, who broke the career high of nine strikeouts he set in five innings in his last outing in Seattle. In his last four starts, Warren (3-2) has struck out 34 in 22 1/3 innings and lowered his ERA from 5.63 to 4.05.

Yankees starter Will Warren set another career high in strikeouts on Tuesday, sitting 10 Rangers batters down in 5.2 innings.

Will Warren struck out a career-high 10 hitters in 5 2/3 innings, Aaron Judge hit a two-run home run and the host New York Yankees recorded a 5-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night.

The Texas Rangers lost a heartbreaker to the hated rival Houston Astros on Sunday afternoon with a chance to take the four-game set. Though the loss stung treme

This was the version of Jack Leiter that the Rangers have been waiting for. The Texas rookie, in his first taste of the Silver Boot Series, did his best to put the team on his back to try to secure a series win over the Astros.