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04/15 21:17 CDT Angels botch popup in 9th and Yankees take advantage when
Caballero's double gives them 5-4 win
Angels botch popup in 9th and Yankees take advantage when Caballero's double
gives them 5-4 win
By MIKE FITZPATRICK
AP Baseball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --- Jos Caballero laced a two-run double in the bottom of the
ninth inning that gave the New York Yankees a 5-4 victory over the Angels,
moments after Los Angeles botched an infield popup in a costly misplay
Wednesday night.
Aaron Judge hit his third homer of the series and Trent Grisham had a two-run
single for the Yankees, who won for only the second time in eight games
following an 8-2 start.
Mike Trout hit his fourth homer in three games, putting the Angels ahead 4-3
with a two-run drive in the fifth.
That was still the score when Jazz Chisholm Jr. popped up to the left side with
one out and nobody on in the ninth. But shortstop Zach Neto and ex-Yankees
third baseman Oswald Peraza miscommunicated, and the ball dropped right between
them on the infield dirt for a gift single as Neto put his hands on his head.
That came back to bite the Angels, who had played outstanding defense all night
to that point.
Austin Wells worked a full-count walk against closer Jordan Romano (0-2), and
both runners were attempting to steal when Caballero lined a 1-2 slider into
left-center.
Chisholm easily scored the tying run and third-base coach Luis Rojas
aggressively waved Wells home. The catcher barely beat Neto's relay throw to
the plate with a feetfirst slide, and the safe call was confirmed after a
replay review.
It was the second blown save and loss in the series for Romano, who squandered
a two-run lead in the ninth inning of Monday night's 11-10 defeat.
David Bednar (1-2) struck out two in a perfect inning for the win, helped by a
fine defensive play at shortstop from Caballero.
Adam Frazier and Logan O'Hoppe each hit a solo homer off Yankees starter Luis
Gil to help the Angels erase an early 3-0 deficit. It was the first home run at
Yankee Stadium for O'Hoppe, who grew up about 45 miles away on Long Island.
Judge sent an opposite-field solo shot to right in the first for his seventh
home run this season and fourth in four games.
Angels starter Jack Kochanowicz went 6 2/3 innings, allowing four hits and four
walks with six strikeouts.
After the game, manager Aaron Boone said Yankees ace Gerrit Cole, coming back
from Tommy John surgery, will make his first minor league rehab start Friday
for Double-A Somerset.
Up next
Yankees ace Max Fried (2-0, 1.93 ERA) pitches Thursday afternoon in the finale
of the four-game series. Los Angeles was undecided on a scheduled starter.
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