Gleyber Torres hit a tiebreaking double with two outs in the eighth inning, Gary Sanchez hit a long two-run homer later in the inning and the New York Yankees moved back into the American League’s second wild-card spot with a 7-3 victory over the visiting Texas Rangers Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Yankees (86-67) won their third straight after losing 15 of 22 and moved a half-game ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays for the second wild card.<\/p>\n
Their lead may be short-lived as Toronto visits Minnesota to open a four-game series Thursday before the Yankees start a three-game series Friday at Fenway Park against the wild card-leading Boston Red Sox.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Gallo started the rally with a bloop double off Spencer Patton (1-2) into no-man’s land in left field as the Rangers were shifted<\/a> over against their former slugger.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n On the next pitch, Torres ripped a double down the right field line that went to the fence to easily score Gallo.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n One pitch later, Torres gave the Yankees a 5-3 lead when he slid head-first into the plate as second baseman Yonny Hernandez booted an infield single by Gio Urshela.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n