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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Mariano Rivera was honoured on the field before his final game in Texas -- and was fittingly on the mound to end it. After getting an appropriate gift of cowboy boots from the Rangers before the game, Rivera pitched the ninth inning for the save in a 2-0 victory for the New York Yankees after Hiroki Kuroda threw seven scoreless innings Thursday. "Hes Mo. Every time I go out there and he comes in, Im excited more so than any point in the game," said rookie catcher Austin Romine, who had a career-high three hits and scored the first run. "To catch a guy thats done it day in and day out for a long time. .... Everybody looks, everybody watches and they see how its done." The boots given to Rivera were inscribed with the Yankees logo, his name and No. 42. They were presented by John Wetteland, who before becoming the Rangers career saves leader was the Yankees closer and was set up by Rivera during their 1996 World Series championship season. Rivera was also given a cowboy hat delivered by Texas closer Joe Nathan, who had the save in last weeks All-Star game after Rivera pitched the eighth. Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan, baseballs strikeout king who is now the Rangers CEO, took part in the presentation of a $5,000 donation to the Mariano Rivera Foundation that helps needy children. "It was wonderful," Rivera said of the recognition, though he wasnt yet ready to wear the boots. "Mo looks good in a hat like that," manager Joe Girardi said. "It was nice who they had. ... Its a pretty special group of people that put out there with him." With the Yankees struggling to score runs -- they had only eight runs while managing to split the four-game series -- they need pitching like they keep getting from Kuroda (10-6), even if wasnt convinced he had an overly impressive outing. Kuroda scattered six hits and had three strikeouts with one walk. The right-hander threw 100 pitches on a warm day, though overcast conditions kept the temperature in the low 90s -- about 10 degrees cooler than originally forecast. He is 3-0 with a 0.69 ERA in four July starts. "I dont I had any particular pitch that was working well, and from the get-go I didnt have a good outing," Kuroda said through an interpreter. "But I think I was able to get big outs and have a decent outing." David Robertson worked a 1-2-3 eighth before Rivera took over in the ninth. Rivera allowed an infield single before getting his 33rd save of the season to extend his career record to 641. It was Riveras 40th career save against Texas. In 10 playoff appearances against Texas, Rivera pitched 14 scoreless innings with five more saves, including two in both the 1998 and 1999 AL division series the Yankees swept in three games each. It was the sixth shutout victory this season for the Yankees. Texas was held without a run for the sixth time, already one more than last season. The Yankees led for good when Brent Lillibridges RBI double in the sixth made it 1-0 off Derek Holland (8-6), who pitched into the eighth. Romine led off the sixth with a double down the left-field line and moved to third on Ichiro Suzukis sacrifice bunt before trotting home on the Lillibridge hit. Holland struck out two and walked one while allowing eight hits, five of them for extra bases. The lefty was gone after a one-out double in the eighth by Robinson Cano, who scored when Eduardo Nunez reached on a fielders choice grounder. "I was matching Kuroda pitch for pitch. I did that for a while," Holland said. "I left a pitch up to Cano the last batter, and he got on and got in. ... Great pitcher on the other side." Notes: The Yankees almost had another run in the seventh but Romines double to deep centre bounced over the wall, forcing David Adams to stop at third instead of scoring before an inning-ending grounder. ... New York had the leadoff hitter on base in five of the first six innings -- on four hits and a throwing error by Gold Glove third baseman Adrian Beltre, who also had an error the previous night. Beltre hadnt had errors in consecutive games in two years. ... Yankees SS Derek Jeter said he thinks hell be ready to play when eligible to come off the disabled list on Saturday. The shortstop said he felt good after running bases for the first time Thursday since going on the back on the DL on July 12 with a right quadriceps strain. ... Nunez slid about 15 feet short of second base on a double-play grounder in the third inning. Umpire Kerwin Bell even pointed out the slide mark to Texas 2B Ian Kinsler, who smoothed out some of the clumped dirt before the next pitch. 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Just as difficult as the wind was seeing the name of Lydia Ko --the No. 1 player in womens golf --right behind her.Ko made the first hole-in-one of her career as she raced into contention with a 65, closing the gap to two shots. The 19-year-old from New Zealand started the day seven shots behind and now has a solid chance at gold.We all know theres a lot on the line at the end of tomorrow, Ko said. I think Ive done a good job of putting myself in there and still having the chance to be standing on that podium.Gerina Piller, the American who narrowly qualified for the Olympics in her final event, shot a 68 and joined them in the final group, two shots behind.Piller has never won on the LPGA Tour, though there is something about playing for her country that brings out her best golf. Pillers signature moment was making the winning putt for the United States in the Solheim Cup last year in Germany.I feel like I have a chance at this, she said. Im going to try to do the best I can and represent my country with class.Shanshan Feng of China shot 68 and was three shots back. Starting times have been moved up with play starting on the first and 10th tees because of more rugged conditions in the forecast.Park was still the player to beat.The 28-year-old South Korean finally got her putter going, and shes among the best in womens golf on the greens.Her struggles were with the longer clubs, especially as the wind became fierce.ddddddddddddPark tried to play short on the par-4 12th into the wind and hit into the sandy native area. On the par-3 14th, her hybrid went well over the green into more trouble, and she lost her lead.Those two late birdies helped alleviate one final mistake. On the par-5 closing hole, Parks tee shot found a bunker and it took three more shots to reach the green. She made one last bogey and was at 11-under 202.I feel I hung in there, and Im very happy I have a chance tomorrow, Park said. It was hard to judge the distance, and on the green it was hard to concentrate because the ball was oscillating. Im pretty exhausted.Charley Hull of Britain fell out of the chasing pack by missing three par putts inside 5 feet on the back nine. She shot 74 and was six shots behind. Brooke Henderson of Canada, the No. 2 player in womens golf, struggled even more. Henderson was still in the mix when she four-putted for double bogey on the 16th hole, taking three of those putts from 3 feet. She wound up with a 75 and was seven back.Ko is right where she wants to be and is the most seasoned of those going after the gold medal, the first for womens golf since 1900. She is a four-time winner on the LPGA Tour this year, the best player in womens golf and finally got some confidence in her putter.She used a 7-iron for her hole-in-one on the par-3 eighth hole --the second of the day after Lin Xiyu of China made an ace on that hole --as the highlight of a front nine in which she shot 29.Ko was stunned to hear the cheering when it dropped in.I made my first ever hole-in-one, so to do that at the Olympics, it doesnt get any better than that, Ko said.But to put myself back into good position going into tomorrow I think was a job well done going forward.Stacy Lewis went backward. The American, who began the day one shot behind, made a bogey on the easy par-5 fifth by hitting into the water, and closed out her round with a double bogey on the 18th when her third shot sailed long into the native area, and she chipped back over the green. She shot 76. ' ' '