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04/15 20:59 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.
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.
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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