NEW YORK (AP) — Corey Seager homered and rookie Cody Bradford pitched five strong innings as the Texas Rangers beat the New York Yankees 9-4 to earn a doubleheader split on Saturday. Rookie Wyatt Langford had two hits and stole a base, and Adolis García finished the doubleheader with five hits and an RBI as Texas snapped a three-game skid. In the opener, Carlos Rodón scattered three hits over 5 2/3 innings and Austin Wells drove in four runs in the Yankees' 8-0 win.
Aaron Judge drove in his major league-leading 105th run and reached base four times. Adolis García and Josh Jung had two hits apiece for Texas. The victory in Game 2 was the fourth in 14 games for the Rangers, who are six games behind AL West frontrunners Houston and Seattle.
The Astros defeated the Red Sox 5-4, and and Seattle hosts the Mets later Saturday. Giancarlo Stanton and Jazz Chisolm Jr. homered in the second game for New York, which slipped a half-game behind Baltimore in the American League East and for the best record in AL.
The Orioles take on Tampa Bay later Saturday. Chisolm made a costly mental mistake at third base in the loss. Seager’s 25th homer of the season, and his first at Yankee Stadium, highlighted a five-run sixth inning.
Nathaniel Lowe and García had consecutive singles with one out. Leody Tavares hit a sinking line drive to right. Juan Soto dove and initially appeared to make the catch, but the ball fell out of his glove as he hit the ground.
Soto threw to the infield and To.