Yankees Overcome Ohtani's 2 HRs, Slug Past Angels
After months of mysteriously punchless play, New York's star-studded lineup surged at the right time to thwart a big night from baseball's top slugger.
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After months of mysteriously punchless play, New York's star-studded lineup surged at the right time to thwart a big night from baseball's top slugger.
As part of this year's Hope Week, Yankees GM Brian Cashman invited the now-70-year-old to be a bat girl for the day.
Shohei Ohtani pounded his hardest-hit home run of the season in the first inning, starting the New York Yankees to yet another distressing defeat in a season overflowing with them.
The Yankees were hoping a faster start might help them find a way to slow down the rival Red Sox. Instead, Boston beat up on their best pitcher on the way to posting its most-lopsided win of the series.
Trailing 3-0, New York had a chance to tie the game in the sixth when DJ LeMahieu and Aaron Judge reached on back-to-back singles with one out.
Yankees sluggers Aaron Judge, Gary Sánchez and Giancarlo Stanton combined to go 1 for 10.
Yankees hitters have clawed out of an early season slump with a string of clutch, late-game hits.
The lead changed three times in the last two innings.
Cole's fastball revolutions per minute averaged 2,289, down from 2,534 coming in. His curveball dropped to 2,664 from 2,824, his slider to 2,443 from 2,686 and his changeup to 1,644 from 1,812.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone knew it off the bat. "Usually, a triple play sneaks up on you," he said. "Right away, I'm thinking, 'That's a triple play.'"
Urshela's bat splinted as he grounded into a double play in the second inning.
New York had won three straight games when trailing after six innings but fell short in doing it for the fourth game in a row, something the team did last as the Highlanders from May 17-20, 1910, according to STATS.
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Stanton broke a 3-all tie with his 13th homer, an opposite-field, two-run shot off Anthony Castro (1-2).
Sánchez's 10th homer of the season in the seventh gave the Yankees back-to-back wins behind key pinch hits, following Clint Frazier's go-ahead double in the eighth inning of Tuesday's 6-5 victory.
