NEW YORK -- In his first game as a Yankee, Chase Headley connected for a game-winning single in the 14th inning, lifting the Yankees to a 2-1 victory over the Rangers late Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium.The decisive hit came off right-hander Nick Tepesch, the ninth Texas pitcher of the evening. Brian Roberts laced a one-out ground-rule double, and Francisco Cervelli singled through the right side of the infield to set up Headley's flare to left-center field. 
J.P. Arencibia had put the Rangers ahead in the top half of the 13th with a solo home run into the left-field bullpen off left-hander David Huff, marking the first run of the game.The Yankees answered in the home half, as Brett Gardner greeted closer Joakim Soria with a double, advanced on a sacrifice and scored on Jacoby Ellsbury's single to right field. After another hit, Soria got Brian McCann to hit into a inning-ending double play.Texas narrowly escaped a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the the 12th, with Scott Baker wriggling free by retiring Cervelli on a hard lineout to third baseman Adrian Beltre and Headley on a broken-bat fielder's choice.In the ninth inning, Derek Jeter connected for a double, the 535th of his career, to surpass Lou Gehrig (534) and claim the all-time franchise lead.Matt Thornton, Adam Warren, Dellin Betances, David Robertson and Shawn Kelley combined to work scorelessly in relief of Chase Whitley, who blanked Texas over six-plus frames.Whitley, who had not completed five innings in any of his previous four starts, scattered seven hits with no walks and six strikeouts in one of his best outings of the year. The Rangers had a runner at third base with no outs in the second inning, but Whitley clamped the damage there.Rangers rookie Nick Martinez held the Yankees to three singles over 5 1/3 scoreless innings, retiring 14 of the last 16 batters he faced. Martinez got some help from center fielder Leonys Martin, who took an extra-base hit away from McCann with a leaping grab near the wall in the second inning.One night after the Yankees committed five errors, the Rangers exhibited some miscues of their own. Robinson Chirinos ran Texas out of the fifth inning when he continued toward home on a two-out ground ball that might have gone as an infield hit; in the 12th, McCann's soft pop to shallow left field fell untouched between three fielders.Acquired earlier in the afternoon from the Padres in a three-player trade, Headley arrived with the game in progress made his Yankees debut as a pinch-hitter in the ninth. He was hitless in his first three at-bats but made a terrific leaping grab to take a hit away from Rougned Odor in the 10th, then walked off the hero.Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
J.P. Arencibia had put the Rangers ahead in the top half of the 13th with a solo home run into the left-field bullpen off left-hander David Huff, marking the first run of the game.The Yankees answered in the home half, as Brett Gardner greeted closer Joakim Soria with a double, advanced on a sacrifice and scored on Jacoby Ellsbury's single to right field. After another hit, Soria got Brian McCann to hit into a inning-ending double play.Texas narrowly escaped a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the the 12th, with Scott Baker wriggling free by retiring Cervelli on a hard lineout to third baseman Adrian Beltre and Headley on a broken-bat fielder's choice.In the ninth inning, Derek Jeter connected for a double, the 535th of his career, to surpass Lou Gehrig (534) and claim the all-time franchise lead.Matt Thornton, Adam Warren, Dellin Betances, David Robertson and Shawn Kelley combined to work scorelessly in relief of Chase Whitley, who blanked Texas over six-plus frames.Whitley, who had not completed five innings in any of his previous four starts, scattered seven hits with no walks and six strikeouts in one of his best outings of the year. The Rangers had a runner at third base with no outs in the second inning, but Whitley clamped the damage there.Rangers rookie Nick Martinez held the Yankees to three singles over 5 1/3 scoreless innings, retiring 14 of the last 16 batters he faced. Martinez got some help from center fielder Leonys Martin, who took an extra-base hit away from McCann with a leaping grab near the wall in the second inning.One night after the Yankees committed five errors, the Rangers exhibited some miscues of their own. Robinson Chirinos ran Texas out of the fifth inning when he continued toward home on a two-out ground ball that might have gone as an infield hit; in the 12th, McCann's soft pop to shallow left field fell untouched between three fielders.Acquired earlier in the afternoon from the Padres in a three-player trade, Headley arrived with the game in progress made his Yankees debut as a pinch-hitter in the ninth. He was hitless in his first three at-bats but made a terrific leaping grab to take a hit away from Rougned Odor in the 10th, then walked off the hero.Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
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