David Bednar got his first save for the New York Yankees after going a little longer than expected, and ended their five-game losing streak before going home. Bednar got the final five outs, all on strikeouts,

There was not much to salvage from the Yankees’ road trip, but there is this: they will at least fly home still clinging on to a playoff spot with 47 games to go.

The Yankees salvaged the final game of their series against the Rangers thanks to David Bednar and his five-out save.

Paul Goldschmidt put the Yankees ahead with a pinch-hit solo homer in the seventh inning and New York ended its five-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday. Goldschmidt went deep off lefty reliever Robert Garcia (1-7),