Rangers speedster Ian Kinsler doulbed to lead off the ninth inning, and then promptly stole third base. Rangers shortstop Michael Young then drove him in with a hard hit ball past the drawn in Yankee infield.
Robinson Cano had two hits and drove in a run, while Johnny Damon and Jorge Posada each added two hits of their own. Yankee bats were held quiet again, as they only managed to eke out two runs.
Joba struck out six, but only lasted four innings due to a high pitch count.
| New York Yankees | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| J Damon DH | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .317 |
| B Gardner LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| B Abreu RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .283 |
| A Rodriguez 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .316 |
| J Giambi 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .264 |
| J Posada C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .292 |
| R Cano 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .245 |
| W Betemit SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .268 |
| A Gonzalez PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 |
| M Cabrera CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .240 |
| Totals | 34 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | |
| BATTING 2B: J Damon 2 (22, K Millwood 2) RBI: R Cano (34), W Betemit (13) S: B Gardner 2-out RBI: W Betemit GIDP: M Cabrera Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: B Abreu 1, A Rodriguez 1, W Betemit 1, M Cabrera 2 Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||
| FIELDING E: J Posada (1, throw) Outfield Assist: M Cabrera (C Davis at 3rd base). | ||||||||
| New York Yankees | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| J Chamberlain | 4.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 91-49 | 2.22 |
| D Giese | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15-11 | 3.15 |
| D Robertson | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 45-28 | 2.25 |
| J Veras | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19-9 | 2.73 |
| M Rivera (L, 2-3) | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21-14 | 0.96 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 191-111 | |
| PITCHING IBB: M Bradley (By D Robertson) Batters faced: J Chamberlain 20; D Giese 4; D Robertson 8; J Veras 4; M Rivera 6 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Chamberlain 2-3; D Giese 0-2; D Robertson 0-3; J Veras 2-1; M Rivera 2-1 | |||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| TEX | NYY | |||
 | 2nd | C Davis singled to deep center, D Murphy scored, M Byrd to second. | 1 | 0 |
| 2nd | J Saltalamacchia singled to center, M Byrd scored, C Davis thrown out at third, J Saltalamacchia to second advancing on throw. | 2 | 0 |
 | 4th | R Cano singled to right, J Giambi scored, J Posada to second. | 2 | 1 |
| 6th | W Betemit singled to left, J Posada scored, R Cano to second. | 2 | 2 |
| 9th | M Young singled to center, I Kinsler scored. | 3 | 2 |
I don't understand, Rivera is our closer!! It's a tie game!! He should know that we need him even more then so we can have chance in the bottom of the 9th! Craziness!! Mo-go talk with Island. What do you think, is it because he hadn't pitched since Saturday?