For one inning, the Yankees made it look oh-so-easy, enjoying the top-to-bottom production that they have been seeking for weeks. Witnessing his teammates move around the bases with hit after hit, DJ LeMahieu said it is exactly what they should be doing every night.

LeMahieu delivered a tiebreaking two-run double as the Yankees batted around in one of their most productive innings of the season, enjoying a five-run fourth inning as part of a 13-hit attack in a 7-4 victory over the Rangers on Tuesday night at Globe Life Field.

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“I thought everyone swung it really good today,” LeMahieu said. “There were some timely hits, some really good at-bats and good walks. That’s kind of what we’re made of and what we expect.”

Enjoying a season-high three RBIs, LeMahieu capped the big frame with an opposite-field slash off Kolby Allard, one of the Yanks’ season-high four doubles. LeMahieu later added a long sixth-inning sacrifice fly that would have left 17 of 30 ballparks, including Yankee Stadium.

Those solid swings are a good sign for LeMahieu, whose production has been a tick below the levels of his first two seasons in pinstripes. LeMahieu is batting .277/.363/.371 after pacing the Majors with a .364 average during last year’s pandemic-shortened season.

“I feel like the last few days, he’s getting closer to being the DJ we all know,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “Hopefully he’s starting to roll a little bit.”

Miguel Andújar tied the game with a run-scoring knock off Texas starter Mike Foltynewicz. Gio Urshela and Gary Sánchez also collected RBI hits in the inning, which featured six hits -- also a season-high for an inning -- but no home runs.

“There was some great two-out hitting; big at-bats up and down the lineup,” Boone said. “It was very encouraging. A lot of well-hit balls, a lot of quality at-bats. Obviously, we needed it.”

Rougned Odor singled, doubled and started a dazzling second-inning double play in his return to Arlington.

“I’m pretty emotional,” Odor said. “That’s just the way that I play the game. Tonight I tried to do my best to help my team to win. We never give up.”

Strive for five
For the second consecutive start, Jameson Taillon was unable to complete five innings. The right-hander scuffled through 4 1/3 innings, charged with four runs and six hits. Texas scored three runs in the third inning, with Nick Solak collecting an RBI and Adolis García stroking a two-run single.

“It’s just a streak of a couple hitters, two outs, a couple two-strike hits,” Taillon said. “It’s kind of the same old, same old, in my bad outings so far. So that needs to get better.”

Bolstered by the five-run fourth, Taillon responded with a clean eight-pitch home half of the frame, but Solak homered in the fifth to prompt a pitching change. Taillon has pitched to a 5.73 ERA through eight starts and has been hit particularly hard in his last two starts with his offspeed pitches.

“I went out there in the fourth and tried to just fill it up and get us back in [the dugout], because I wanted them to keep doing their thing and have a chance to continue that momentum,” Taillon said. “It was nice that they picked me up and we were able to get a win.”

Early exit
Sánchez exited the game in the sixth inning with cramping in his left hamstring, though Boone said the catcher seemed to be fine by the end of the game. Sánchez scored from second base on Andújar’s game-tying hit, which could have been a factor.

“We’ll get a lot of fluids in him tonight,” Boone said. “Hopefully it’ll be all right by the morning.”

Kyle Higashioka took over behind the plate and went 1-for-2, gloving Aroldis Chapman’s 102.8 mph fastball to close out the victory. Chapman is 11-for-11 in save opportunities this season, owning 34 strikeouts against five walks in 16 appearances.

“He's as good as it gets right now,” Boone said. “There’s no one I'd rather have the ball in their hands in the ninth inning.”