New York Yankees are swept in Anaheim by the Angels

 

The New York Yankees were defeated by the Anaheim Angels on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Angels Stadium in Anaheim, California and the final score was 7-3.  Carlos Rodon started for the Yankees and he wasn’t good.  The bullpen did a good job and Franchy Cordero led the offense with three hits. 

Rodon pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up four hits and six runs with five walks and three strikeouts.  He took his third loss of the season.  Ian Hamilton pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and three walks with three strikeouts, Wandy Peralta pitched to one batter and got him out and Ron Marinaccio pitched an inning with a walk.  Tommy Khanle pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two walks. 

Chase Silseth started for the Angels and he pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up four hits and a run with two walks and ten strikeouts.  Silseth won his second game of the season.  Jose Soriano pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout, Jacob Webb pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Matt Moore pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with three strikeouts.  Aaron Loup pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Oswaldo Peraza drew a walk, Gleyber Torres had a hit and Giancarlo Stanton had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  DJ LeMahieu had a hit, Cordero had three hits and an RBI and Kyle Higashioka had two hits and an RBI.  Oswaldo Cabrera drew a walk, Cordero hit a double and Stanton and Cordero each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Volpe committed an error and Higashioka had a passed ball. 

Zach Neto had two hits, Shohei Ohtani drew four walks, Taylor Ward had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk and Mickey Moniak had a hit and an RBI.  Eduardo Escobar had an RBI and drew a walk, Hunter Renfroe drew two walks and Luis Rengifo had a hit, two RBI and drew two walks.  Chad Wallach drew a walk.  Ward hit a double and a homerun and Rengifo hit a homerun.  The Angels were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base. 

IN the bottom of the first Ward hit a two-run homerun giving the Angels a 2-0 lead.  In the bottom of the second Rengifo hit a two-run homerun pushing the lead to 4-0.  In the bottom of the third Moniak hit an RBI single extending the lead to 5-0.  Escobar hit into a forceout and a run scored making it 6-0.  In the top of the sixth Stanton hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 6-1.  Higashioka hit an RBI single making it 6-2.  In the top of the eighth Cordero hit a solo homerun making it 6-3.  In the bottom of the eighth Ward hit an RBI double and it was 7-3 which was the final score. 

The Yankees got swept in the three-game series and will be off on Thursday before beginning a three-game series at home with the Kansas City Royals on Friday.