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.
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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.
Frazier ripped a line drive inside the third-base line to score pinch-runner Tyler Wade from second as the Yankees completed a comeback from a 5-2 deficit and won for the third time in 10 games.
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The Yankees have lost seven of nine and 13 of 18. They are in fourth place, 8 1/2 games behind AL East-leading Tampa Bay, their largest deficit since September 2018.
The Phillies scored four runs in the first against Jameson Taillon, who recorded just one out before being lifted.
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Cole (7-3) won for the first time in three starts, allowing solo homers to Jorge Polanco and Miguel Sanó among five hits without a walk.
Aaron Judge drove in two runs for New York, which had lost eight of its previous 10 and won despite going 2 for 15 with runners in scoring position and stranding 11.
Xander Bogaerts hit a two-run single with two outs in the 10th inning, and the Boston Red Sox held off the New York Yankees 6-5 for their first three-game sweep in the Bronx since June 2011.
A late-night meeting between the MTA and union leaders failed to end a strike that shut down the Long Island Rail Road. Negotiations will continue Monday morning.
With the LIRR strike entering its third day, the MTA and union leaders will resume talks at 7:30 a.m. Monday.
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Tyrone Taylor hit a game-tying three-run homer off All-Star closer David Bednar with two outs in the ninth as the Mets rallied to defeat the Yankees in 10.
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With the LIRR strike entering its third day, the MTA and union leaders will resume talks at 7:30 a.m. Monday.
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The weekend is set to be the warmest of the year so far with summer-like weather across the Tri-State Area.
A late-night meeting between the MTA and union leaders failed to end a strike that shut down the Long Island Rail Road. Negotiations will continue Monday morning.
With the LIRR strike entering its third day, the MTA and union leaders will resume talks at 7:30 a.m. Monday.
A summertime weather pattern has moved into the New York Area, bringing potentially record-high temperatures.
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On Day 1 of the LIRR strike, riders reported their regular trips to and from New York City turned into marathons.
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The work stoppage, the LIRR's first since 1994, went into effect after the MTA and five unions representing 3,500 workers failed to reach a deal on a new four-year contract.
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