The Yankees played 4 games at home against the Los Angeles Angels. The Monday night game was a wild one, the kind of game that tends to make people think, "If we can win this game, nobody's going to stop us."
The Yankees took a 4-0 lead on home runs Aaron Judge and José Caballero. But just as Caballero giveth, he tooketh away, making an error at shortstop to start the top of the 4th inning. Will Warren then got a groundout, but followed that by allowing a double, then getting a strikeout. Then, between them, he and Fernando Cruz gave up 2 singles and 3 walks, for 4 unearned runs and a tie game.
Trent Grisham hit a home run in the 5th. Mike Trout and Aaron Judge traded long home runs in the 6th. Trout hit another bomb in the 8th, and that gave the Angels a 10-8 lead. It was only the 2nd time in MLB history that 2 players who had each already won 3 Most Valuable Player awards had both hit 2 home runs in the same game. The 1st one was in 1956: Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals, and Roy Campanella of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Jazz Chisholm led off the bottom of the 9th with a single, and Grisham hit another home run. Caballero made up for his error with a double, Austin Wells drew a walk, and the runners moved up on defensive indifference. The moment was set for the terribly struggling Ryan McMahon to be the hero, but the chance was taken away from him when Angel reliever Jordan Romano threw a wild pitch, to let Caballero home. Yankees 11, Angels 10. Paul Blackburn ended up as the winning pitcher.
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But there was no momentum. The Tuesday night game was lousy, as Ryan Weathers had another bad start, including Trout starting a streak of 3 straight home runs in the 1st inning. And Angel starter Reid Detmers just stopped the Yankees cold. Their only run came in the bottom of the 8th, on a Randal Grichuk double, a Wells single, and a Ben Rice sacrifice fly. Other than that, they only had 3 baserunners, all singles. Angels 7, Yankees 1.
Luis Gil started on Wednesday night, and, clearly, he still isn't ready, allowing 4 runs in 5 innings. Judge and Trout each hit another home run. The Angels led 4-3 with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th. Then Chisholm singled, Wells walked, and Caballero doubled them home. Yankees 5, Angels 4. Winning pitcher: David Bednar.
Because the Angels needed a getaway day, the Yankees played yesterday in the afternoon, and it was hot in The Bronx, reaching a high of 96 degrees. But Max Fried had nothing, and the bullpen was worse. Judge, Rice and Giancarlo Stanton all homered, but Trout hit another, and the Angels won, 11-4, to gain a split.
Career home runs: Stanton, Yankees, 455; Trout, Angels, 411; Judge, Yankees, 376; Paul Goldschmidt, Yankees, 373.
The Yankees started the season 7-1. They are now 10-9, and they need to get their act back in gear. They start a 3-game home series with the Kansas City Royals tonight.
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But the Angels and their fans got some bad news today: Garret Anderson died today, at age 53, after what's currently being described as "a medical emergency" at his home outside Los Angeles.
The left fielder played 15 seasons for the Angels, then 1 more each for the Atlanta Braves and the Los Angeles Dodgers. He batted .293, collected 2,529 hits including 287 home runs, had 4 straight seasons of at least 100 RBIs, made 3 All-Star Games, and helped the Angels make the postseason 5 times, including winning the 2002 World Series. He is a member of their team Hall of Fame.
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