ARLINGTON -- Jordan Lyles said the Rangers weren’t thinking about the past week when they showed up to face the Yankees at Globe Life Field on Monday. The mentality was simple: attack.

And after a winless six-game road trip during which the offense was suboptimal, the Rangers returned to Arlington and earned a 5-2 win over New York to kick off a seven-game homestand.

“I told our team before this year started ... we're gonna celebrate their victories because they're hard to come by,” said manager Chris Woodward. “I’m really proud of our group. They just continue to work. You wouldn't have known that we had lost six in a row, just by the energy. I told Jordan after the game that his effort and his energy in pitching tonight set the tone.”

Texas’ offense scored more runs against the Yankees than it did in five of the six games during the losing streak, including solo home runs from Adolis García and Willie Calhoun.

The Rangers did so against one of the best pitchers in baseball, notching five runs on seven hits and two walks against Gerrit Cole. The Yankees’ ace struck out three in the first inning to break an MLB record with 59 strikeouts between walks, later extending it to 61 before issuing a free pass to Joey Gallo in the third.

But the Rangers were on top of Cole from the beginning, with Calhoun hitting a two-strike double to kick off the bottom of the first inning. A three-run second inning, highlighted by García’s home run, powered the Rangers to an early lead they wouldn’t relinquish.

“We were going into the game looking to hit,” Woodward said. “This guy doesn't walk too many guys, so he's got elite stuff. We know that he's got a good fastball. I thought our guys did a good job of getting on the fastball, maybe forcing him to use different pitches. I think, overall, we took advantage of the few mistakes [Cole] made and made him pay for it.”

Woodward said that García’s leadoff homer in the second was a spark for the offense, which struggled with runners in scoring position throughout the road trip.

“[Adolis] taking him deep right there on an 0-2 pitch, everybody was like, ‘OK, we're right back in this thing,’” Woodward said of the homer that tied the score at 1. “After that, obviously we kind of had some really, really solid at-bats. Those are things that we know we are capable of. We got to do that every day. That's how you become a winning team.”

Woodward emphasized that the “attack mentality” is the centerpiece of any success the Rangers have had this season, whether that’s at the plate, on the bases or on the mound. The aggression on the basepaths especially continued to pay off on Monday, when the Rangers executed a double steal to add an insurance run in the sixth inning.

In a first-and-third situation with two outs, Charlie Culberson took off to steal second, while García dashed home on catcher Kyle Higashioka’s throw. García got credit for a steal of home, while Culberson advanced to third after Higashioka’s throw skipped into center field.

García said he didn’t think about running and just reacted when he saw the catcher go to make the throw. Woodward emphasized that with García’s speed, it was the right call.

“I think it's a strategy we have every night,” Woodward said. “We're going to do that every night. That's something that I want the other team to know about us. We want everybody to know that we're gonna attack them on the pitching side. It works in our favor.”