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Article: AMERICAN LEAGUE : NEW YORK 6, TEXAS 4 NEW YORK WINS SERIES 3-1 SERIES SUMMARY.(Sports)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- October 6, 1996
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The Rangers, after stunning the Yankees 6-2 in Game 1 in New York, had leads in each of the next three games. They led 4-1 after three innings in Game 2, 2-1 into the ninth inning in Game 3 and 4-0 after three innings Saturday. Except for Juan Gonzalez, the Rangers' bats decided to rest and all three games slipped away, bouncing the Rangers out of their first postseason.
GAME SUMMARY
Run-scoring singles by Mickey Tettleton, Mark McLemore and Ivan Rodriguez, plus Gonzalez's fifth homer, built the Rangers' 4-0 lead.
But the Yankees tied it with a three-run fourth against Bobby Witt and Bernie Williams' homer off losing pitcher Roger Pavlik to ...