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Judge hits 62nd HR, Cole Ks record as Yankees split in Texas

Oct 4, 2022, 2:17 AM | Updated: 9:41 pm

New York Yankees closing pitcher Jonathan Loaisiga throws during the ninth inning in the first base...

New York Yankees closing pitcher Jonathan Loaisiga throws during the ninth inning in the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. The Yankees won 5-4. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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              New York Yankees closing pitcher Jonathan Loaisiga throws during the ninth inning in the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. The Yankees won 5-4. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
            
              New York Yankees starting pitcher Gerrit Cole throws during third inning in the second baseball game of a doubleheader against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
            
              New York Yankees' Aaron Judge, left, hits a solo home, his 62nd of the season, in front of Texas Rangers catcher Sam Huff and home plate umpire Chris Segal during the first inning in the second baseball game of a doubleheader in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. With the home run, Judge set the AL record for home runs in a season, passing Roger Maris. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
            
              New York Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton rounds second after hitting a solo home run, his 62nd of the season, in the fifth inning of the second baseball game of a doubleheader against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. With the home run, Judge set the AL record for home runs in a season, passing Roger Maris. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
            
              New York Yankees' Oswaldo Cabrera (95) and Giancarlo Stanton, right, celebrate Stanton's solo home run in the fifth inning of the second baseball game of a doubleheader against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
            
              New York Yankees' Gerrit Cole claps his hand against his glove after third baseman Josh Donaldson fielded a ground out by Texas Rangers' Marcus Semien in the fifth inning of the second baseball game of a doubleheader in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
            
              Texas Rangers' Leody Taveras hits a two-run home run during the fifth inning in the second baseball game of a doubleheader against the New York Yankees in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
            
              New York Yankees' Aaron Judge stands in the dugout after his solo home run during the first inning in the second baseball game of the team's doubleheader against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. With the home run, Judge set the AL record for home runs in a season at 62, passing Roger Maris. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
            
              New York Yankees closing pitcher Jonathan Loaisiga throws during the ninth inning in the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. The Yankees won 5-4. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
            
              New York Yankees starting pitcher Gerrit Cole throws during third inning in the second baseball game of a doubleheader against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
            
              New York Yankees' Aaron Judge, left, hits a solo home, his 62nd of the season, in front of Texas Rangers catcher Sam Huff and home plate umpire Chris Segal during the first inning in the second baseball game of a doubleheader in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. With the home run, Judge set the AL record for home runs in a season, passing Roger Maris. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
            
              New York Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton rounds second after hitting a solo home run, his 62nd of the season, in the fifth inning of the second baseball game of a doubleheader against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. With the home run, Judge set the AL record for home runs in a season, passing Roger Maris. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
            
              New York Yankees' Oswaldo Cabrera (95) and Giancarlo Stanton, right, celebrate Stanton's solo home run in the fifth inning of the second baseball game of a doubleheader against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
            
              New York Yankees' Gerrit Cole claps his hand against his glove after third baseman Josh Donaldson fielded a ground out by Texas Rangers' Marcus Semien in the fifth inning of the second baseball game of a doubleheader in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
            
              Texas Rangers' Leody Taveras hits a two-run home run during the fifth inning in the second baseball game of a doubleheader against the New York Yankees in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
            
              New York Yankees' Aaron Judge stands in the dugout after his solo home run during the first inning in the second baseball game of the team's doubleheader against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. With the home run, Judge set the AL record for home runs in a season at 62, passing Roger Maris. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
            
              New York Yankees' Oswaldo Cabrera celebrates hits a solo home run in the dugout during the first inning of the first baseball game of a doubleheader in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
            
              New York Yankees' Oswald Peraza, bottom, beats the throw to safely steal second base against Texas Rangers second baseman Marcus Semien during the fifth inning in the first baseball game of a doubleheader in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
            
              New York Yankees' Aaron Judge shares a laugh in the dugout in the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
            
              Second base umpire Lew Williams watches as New York Yankees' Oswald Peraza steal second as Texas Rangers second baseman Marcus Semien (2) reaches out for the throw in the fifth inning of the first baseball game of a doubleheader in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
            
              New York Yankees' Aaron Judge connects for a single off a pitch from Texas Rangers relief pitcher Brock Burke (46), as catcher Kevin Plawecki and umpire Gabe Morales, rear, look on, in the eighth inning of the first baseball game of a doubleheader in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
            
              New York Yankees' Kyle Higashioka, right, celebrates his solo home run with Aaron Judge during the eighth inning in the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
            
              New York Yankees' Kyle Higashioka rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run in the eighth inning of the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
            
              Texas Rangers center fielder Leody Taveras jumps at the wall but can't reach the home run hit by New York Yankees' Kyle Higashioka during the eighth inning in the first baseball game of a doubleheader in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Yankees slugger Aaron Judge led off the nightcap with his American League-record 62nd home run and Gerrit Cole set the franchise single-season strikeouts record even as New York lost 3-2 to the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night for a doubleheader split.

Leody Taveras hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning of the second game to put the Rangers ahead to stay, after their 5-4 loss in the opener had extended their losing streak to seven games. The AL East champion Yankees have won 99 games, the Rangers 67.

Judge drove the third pitch of second game, a 1-1 slider from Rangers opener Jesus Tinoco, into the first row of seats in left field to end his long, tiring chase to break Roger Maris’ AL mark that had stood since 1961.

“It’s part of the game. I challenged him and he just hit the home run,” Tinoco said through a translator.

“Obviously it’s against us, so we’re not ecstatic about it,” Rangers interim manager Tony Beasley said. “But when you have time to look back, it’s a huge moment in baseball and what he’s accomplished this year is something amazing. You have to respect that.”

It was the 55th game in a row Judge had played since Aug. 5, and the only homer he had hit in the previous 13 games was No. 61 last Wednesday in Toronto. He went 1 for 5 with a single and scored the decisive run in the opener Tuesday.

Manager Aaron Boone indicated that Judge earned a day off in the regular-season finale Wednesday, but Judge said he hoped to play.

After Judge batted again in the second inning following his record homer, and struck swinging against Kolby Allard, Boone removed him from the nightcap after he had already gone to right field in the bottom of the frame.

Cole (13-8) struck out nine, raising his major league-best total to 257. The right-hander had entered the game tied with the 248 strikeouts Ron Guidry had in 1978, when he was the AL Cy Young Award winner after going 25-3 with a 1.74 ERA. Cole passed Guidry when he struck out Rangers No. 2 batter Nathaniel Lowe in the first inning.

“Even just to tie the record, and let alone break it, it’s a bit surreal,” Cole said. “And obviously on a night like tonight, it’s just kind of like, whoa, I mean, what a lot of history going on. Just a wonderful experience to share it with my teammates.”

Allard (1-2) struck out six and walked one over four innings, the only run he allowed being on Giancarlo Stanton’s 31st homer in the fifth inning.

Taveras, whose baserunning mistake ended Game 1, put Texas up 3-2 with his fifth homer. It came after Sam Huff reached on third baseman Josh Donaldson’s fielding error.

Kyle Higashioka, Oswaldo Cabrera, Oswald Peraza all hit solo homers for New York in the opener.

Higashioka’s homer to straightaway center off reliever Brock Burke (7-5) tin the eighth tied it at 4. Higashioka tied his career high of 10 homers, all from June 12 on. Judge followed with a line-drive single and eventually scored on Harrison Bader’s single.

Adolis García hit his 27th homer, a two-run shot in the fifth that gave him 100 RBIs for the Rangers.

Aroldis Chapman (4-4) worked a perfect seventh for the victory. Jonathan Loaisiga worked the ninth for his second save, allowing a single before a game-ending double play when Taveras mistakenly ran from second base on Marcus Semien’s liner to right.

Cabrera went deep for the sixth time in the first inning, and Peraza’s first big league homer tied the game at 2 in the second.

Peraza’s ball went into the packed left-field seats, where fans were crowded hoping for a ball from Judge. The mother and son who got Peraza’s ball were at the game after their house in Fort Myers, Florida, was damaged by flooding last week during Hurricane Ian. They gave the ball to the Yankees and met Peraza between games.

Josh Jung, the rookie third baseman hitting .202 whose one-out single in the eighth inning Monday night broke up New York’s no-hit bid, had a two-run single in the first.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Yankees: 2B Gleyber Torres was still not feeling well after being a late scratch Monday because of flu-like symptoms, and didn’t play in either game. … Reliever Ron Marinaccio was put on the 15-day injured list with a stress reaction in his right shin and will miss the AL Division Series. … RHP Albert Abreu was reinstated from the injured list after he had been out since Aug. 20 with right elbow inflammation.

UP NEXT

The regular-season finale Wednesday, when Domingo German (2-4, 3.31 ERA) pitches for the Yankees against Texas rookie right-hander Glenn Otto (6-10, 4.72).

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