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NEW YORK -- A few innings after a matchup between Japanese aces Yu Darvish and Hiroki Kuroda was spoiled by five home runs, Ichiro Suzuki finished off the Texas Rangers with a long ball of his own. Suzuki homered off Tanner Scheppers with two outs in the ninth inning, lifting the New York Yankees to a 4-3 victory over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night. "Love it," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "Sometimes its tough to score runs when youre not hitting home runs. We got enough tonight." Suzukis drive to right-centre was the Yankees fourth home run of the game, three coming off Darvish, and it helped New York improve to 4-3 on a homestand that ends after two more games against the Rangers. "I think it was just the wrong pitch at the wrong time," Scheppers said. "I probably showed him too many fastballs in that at-bat. Probably should have went with something different." The Bronx Bombers were coming off a stretch in which they hit just four homers in 15 games, going 6-9. Other than Travis Hafner on Tuesday, the contributions came from some unlikely sources. Brett Gardner and Jayson Nix also homered off Darvish, who hasnt won in seven starts. Suzukis drive was his fourth of the year. "Anyone can contribute, thats the great thing about this game," Girardi said. "When you have a bat in your hand, you can be part of the story." Texas also had an unlikely power source: No. 9 hitter Leonys Martin connected twice off Kuroda. Mariano Rivera (1-1) worked a scoreless ninth for New York, which ended the Rangers five-game winning streak. Scheppers (5-1) pitched a perfect eighth before being touched up by Suzuki in New Yorks first walk-off win this year. The anticipated matchup between Darvish and Kuroda, Japanese aces with ERAs under 3.00, fizzled on a hot and sticky night when a four-inning stretch produced five home runs. The 11th major league matchup between starters from Japan got off to a sharp start. Even when the Yankees loaded the bases in the first on three straight singles that just cleared the gloves of leaping infielders, Darvish easily got out of the jam with a strikeout and an easy grounder. But Martin started the home run barrage with a shot that landed a couple of rows back in the short right field porch. "The home runs I gave up, that was bad, but otherwise I think I pitched well," Kuroda said through a translator. After the Rangers went up 2-0 on an unearned run in the fourth aided by rookie third baseman David Adams throwing error, Hafner led off the bottom half with a long ball into the New York bullpen. Martin then started the fifth with a shot that landed several sections to the left of his first homer for his fifth of the year. Not to be outdone, Gardner led off the Yankees half with a line drive deep into the seats in right field to pull New York to 3-2. Kuroda had his first perfect inning since the second in the sixth. And Nix promptly tied it with a soaring fly to left field that cleared the wall by several rows, snapping his homerless string at 202 at-bats. Nix last homered on April 7. Darvish was done two batters later, having allowed the most homers of his big league career in 45 starts. He hasnt won since beating Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers on May 16. Pitching on extra rest because Texas chose to bring up top pitching prospect Martin Perez to start against St. Louis on Saturday and push everyone back a day, Darvish struck out six. He yielded seven hits and three runs. "He wasnt at his best. I think we had him twice with two-run leads," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "He tried to get a cutter in on Gardner and didnt get it there and then he hung two breaking balls. They worked him and made him throw some pitches." Kuroda lasted into the seventh, lifted before facing Martin again. Boone Logan came in and struck out the No. 9 hitter. Kuroda matched his line from the last time he faced Darvish on April 24, 2012 -- two earned runs and five hits in 6 2-3 innings. He also struck out six. Texas took advantage of Adams throwing error on Adrian Beltres grounder to go up 2-0 in the fourth. Beltre reached when Adams long throw skidded past first baseman Lyle Overbay with one out. A.J. Pierzynski and Lance Berkman each singled to load the bases before Mitch Morelands grounder to second base was too slow for Robinson Cano to start a double play, allowing a run to score. With runners on first and third, David Murphy then hit a grounder that shortstop Nix fielded deep behind second base. He made a strong throw for the third out. NOTES: Chris Stewart threw two runners out trying to steal and Pierzynski one. ... Beltre made two errors. ... Girardi said 1B Mark Teixeira (right wrist inflammation) was going to see a doctor Tuesday but had no update after the game. 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But after opening the game 10-of-11 passing, Siemians 12th attempt was intercepted by 49ers safety Eric Reid and returned 42 yards for a touchdown.I just cant turn the ball over, Siemian said. I made a bad decision. I want that one back ... that one bad play. Unfortunately you cant have one bad play.Sanchez had just the kind of two-minute drive going that would get coach Gary Kubiaks attention, but he was sacked and fumbled deep in 49ers territory with 39 seconds left in the first half.When the Broncos defense forced a fumble on the next play, recovering the ball at the 49ers 15-yard line, Sanchez let that opportunity slip away as well. On the third play after the recovery, he was sacked and fumbled again, this time with 14 seconds left in the first half.I squandered a great opportunity to separate myself, and put the team in a bad situation, Sanchez said. No excuse for that; poor, poor quarterback play.I cant put pressure on the O-line like that. I know Im in a tough spot right there, and Coach wants to see what I do. Theres no excuse for that. You cant do that. ... Poor play. I just let one go tonight. Thats really too bad.Kubiak said this past week that he would like to make a decision on a starter before Saturdays preseason game against the Los Angeles Rams, but he didnt seem inclined to do that after the loss to the 49ers.Asked if hee had seen enough from either quarterback to make the call, Kubiak said: We made too many mistakes, obviously.dddddddddddd They both did some good things. ... You have to protect the football. Obviously we have to hang on to the good things and find a way to protect the ball. Thats what we need to focus on now more than anything.Kubiak added a bit later that he was still taking the quarterback decision day by day.Siemian finished the night 10-of-14 for 75 yards with the interception. Sanchez was 10-of-17 for 120 yards with the two fumbles, and he was sacked three times. Rookie Paxton Lynch, who closed out the game, was 15-of-26 passing for 113 yards with two touchdowns and an interception against a host of 49ers reserves.Sanchez put together drives of 60 and 75 yards on his first two possessions, fumbling to end the second drive. He said he was particularly upset because he felt like he had played well enough to win the job before the turnovers.No doubt, I thought I came in, we had a lot of energy, moved the team right down the field, two drives of 70-plus yards and were rolling, Sanchez said. Going into my eighth year, I know better. I know Ive got to get the ball out.I know I can play this game, and I know Im better than I showed [Saturday]. ... Two really bad plays that took away from a great performance and potentially winning a job, so thats really too bad.Sanchez was also asked if it was difficult to not know who would be the teams starter so deep in the preseason.He simply said: Its difficult playing like crap on two plays and ruining an opportunity. Thats difficult. ' ' '