With booming bats, Texas puts brakes on skid

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ARLINGTON — A five-run third inning helped bring the Rangers out of their offensive malaise, and they snapped a four-game losing streak with a 10-1 victory over the Yankees on Tuesday night.

The Rangers finished with 13 hits after scoring four runs on 23 hits in their previous four games. Elvis Andrus had three hits, and Nomar Mazara had a two-hit night on his 21st birthday. Nine of the Rangers runs scored with two outs, including those on homers by Ian Desmond and Rougned Odor.

A.J. Griffin earned the victory by holding the Yankees to one run in eight innings and 98 pitches. He allowed four hits and one walk and struck out five, improving his record to 3-0 with a 2.52 ERA.

Yankees starter Luis Severino, seeking his first win of 2016 in his fourth start, allowed six runs on seven hits and two walks in just three innings. The 22-year-old has pitched fewer than five innings only twice in 15 career starts.

MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDBig hits with two outs: After hitting .167 with runners in scoring position over their last four games, the Rangers delivered early in those situations, and they did it with two outs. Prince Fielder had an RBI single in the first with two outs. All of the …

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