Now the teams will return to Texas to decide the best-of-seven series. When they resume Friday night, Phil Hughes starts for the defending World Series champion Yankees against Colby Lewis in a rematch of Game 2, won by Texas 7-2.
Yankees stay alive, down Rangers 7-2
NEW YORK
Sabathia bounced back from an erratic opener, staying away from
too much trouble against Josh Hamilton and Texas' big bats. Rangers
slugger Nelson Cruz made an early exit with hamstring trouble, a
day after Yankees star Mark Teixeira was lost for the postseason
with a hamstring injury.
