NEW YORK -- Before the season ends, manager Chris Woodward would like to see the Rangers display better plate discipline. It didn’t happen on Tuesday night, however, as the Yankees pounded Texas, 10-1, at Yankee Stadium.

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Yankees left-hander James Paxton was dealing from his first pitch. He went seven innings, allowing one hit and striking out 12. The Rangers didn’t get any players in scoring position and the club didn’t collect its first hit until the fifth inning, when Isiah Kiner-Falefa singled to right field. But Kiner-Falefa was left at first when Delino DeShields struck out to end the inning.

Shin-Soo Choo in particular struggled, striking out three times against Paxton.

“He has really good stuff,” Woodward said of Paxton. “He was throwing 97 at the top of the zone. He kind of moved his fastball around. He has that 95 mile an hour cutter. He was executing his curveball. Elvis [Andrus] stated in our hitter’s meeting, if Paxton has it going for strikes, it makes it really tough [at the plate].”

The Rangers have the worst batting average in the Majors since the All-Star break, with a slugging percentage below .400 in the same span. Asked about the state of the team’s offense, Woodward said, “We are not scoring runs like we’d like to, but nobody is raising any red flags or panicking. Today, we got beat by a really good pitcher.

“Prior to today, there are a lot of things we are working on. We have a pretty young lineup. We are missing pretty important pieces in the middle of the lineup. I’m not freaking out about our offense. There is a lot of growth. There is a lot of learning going on.”

Scott Heineman gave Texas one fun highlight to look back on in the game, as he hit his first career home run -- a solo tater in the ninth inning to erase New York's shutout bid. The smile on Heineman’s face said it all as he was rounding the bases.

“It was a special feeling, obviously excited,” Heineman said. “Growing up, my dad envisioned me playing shortstop for the Yankees. I said, ‘Dad, come on.’ He saw me possibly doing it after Derek Jeter. Obviously, that didn’t happen. For me to hit my first home run here, just with all the history and both my parents being from New York, it’s pretty special to me.”

Heineman’s home run ball hit off the arm of Yankees fan Ryan Kindler before his father, Eric, caught the ball. Ryan ended up with a slight bruise. The entire stadium thought Eric threw the ball back on the field, but they had actually kept it and thrown back a decoy. They had no idea it was Heineman’s first home run.

“But we were not throwing it back [on the field], regardless,” Eric said. “It was surreal at first.”

It ended well for everyone, however, as the father and son duo delivered Heineman the special ball in person after the game. After receiving the ball from Ryan, Heineman gave Ryan an autographed baseball and a bat as tokens of his appreciation. Eric also received a bat, so they both have souvenirs with which to remember their Yankee Stadium adventure.