Complex sentence: After dropping the first 2 games of a 3-game series to the Texas Rangers, the Yankees salvaged the final game 18-7 before losing the first two of a four game series to the Red Sox 7-0 and 6-4.
Split into simpler sentences: After dropping the first 2 games of a 3-game series to the Texas Rangers, the Yankees would salvage the final game 18-7. The Yankees would then lose the first two of a four game series to the Red Sox 7-0 and 6-4.