NEW YORK _ Another night of power in the Bronx, another victory for the Yankees.
Aaron Judge and Gleyber Torres both homered and the Yankees' parade of pitchers stifled the Texas Rangers in a 4-1 victory before 36,082 at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday.
The Yankees won the series and are now 8-2 in their last 10 games after going 1-5 in their previous six contests.
They now hit the road for a 10-game road trip, starting with a four-game series against the Red Sox at Fenway Park.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone held DJ LeMahieu, Luke Voit and Gary Sanchez out of the starting lineup, but his offense came up with all it needed while the bullpen did the rest.
The Yankees started Chad Green as their "opener," and the right-hander yielded a hit in two scoreless innings before Luis Cessa took over on the mound.
Cessa cruised for three scoreless, getting some help from a nice defensive play by Judge in the process.
Ronald Guzman led off the fifth with a base hit to the right-field wall. He headed for second and Judge came up with a strong throw. Guzman overslid into second and let go of the base as Didi Gregorius applied the tag for the out.
Cessa retired the next two batters to end the inning.
The Yankees also gave him runs to work with. After Tyler Wade led off with the third with a ground out, Brett Gardner walked.
Judge then came up and drilled a Lance Lynn fastball over the right-field wall for his 20th home run of the season.
An inning later, Torres slugged a solo shot, his 34th homer of the year, to put the Yankees up, 3-0.
They added another in the sixth against Rangers reliever Taylor Guerrieri.
Mike Tauchman walked with one out and Austin Romine drove him in with a double down the left-field line.
The Yankees had a chance to add more, but Ian Gibaut struck out Judge looking with runners on the corners.
After Cessa's three innings, Adam Ottavino, Tommy Kahnle and Zack Britton each pitched a scoreless frame.
Cory Gearrin ended that run, though, surrendering a solo home run to Rougned Odor in the ninth inning.
Gearrin then struck out the next two batters to end the inning and seal the win.
So the Yankees continued to win, and they're in position to get stronger for the final weeks of the season.
Boone said before the game that Gio Urshela, who's batting .331 in a remarkable season, could be available to play Sunday against the Red Sox, the first day he's eligible to come off the injured list.
Giancarlo Stanton traveled back to Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday and Boone said he's going to start taking live at-bats this weekend as his rehab ramps up. If all goes well, the Yankees could possibly add Stanton back to the fold before the end of the regular season, but certainly for the postseason.
And the Yankees' bullpen could also be on the verge of being bolstered. Dellin Betances, who hasn't pitched this season because of a right shoulder impingement, is slated to begin a rehab assignment with Class-AA Trenton on Friday.
Luis Severino, meanwhile, is also closing in on a return.
In the coming weeks, Boone could have all those weapons ready _ just as the postseason approaches.
