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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) \u2014 Elmer Rodriguez got his first big league strikeout on what became a strange double play and escaped the first bases-loaded jam in the right-hander’s debut for the New York Yankees on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old<\/a>, among the Yankees’ top prospects, pitched into the fifth inning, when the Texas Rangers loaded the bases with no outs and Josh Jung hit a two-run single that chased him after 80 pitches.<\/p>\n

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