Jo Adell hit a bases-clearing double with two outs during a six-run fifth inning, Tyler Anderson struck out Aaron Judge three times in six solid innings, and the Los Angeles Angels braved the rainy weather to win 9-4 over the New York Yankees on Thursday night.
The rain varied in strength throughout the game, but Anderson (9-10) gave up just one run and three hits, earning his first win since July 6. The experienced left-hander struck out Judge swinging in the first inning, got him called out on strikes in the third, and retired him on a groundout in the sixth.
“He doesn’t throw with velocity but he reads bats well and he was able to get into an area where Judge couldn’t get to it,” Angels manager Ron Washington said.
“Obviously he’s a great hitter,” Anderson said. “You don’t want to make a lot of mistakes to him, so just try to make good pitches, execute pitches and it worked out tonight.”
Nolan Schanuel hit a leadoff homer and had an RBI single off Nestor Cortes (5-10) before the Angels scored six runs in an inning for the second game in a row.
Kevin Pillar hit a two-strike, two-run single, then Anthony Rendon walked, setting up Adell’s bases-clearing double.
Mickey Moniak ended the inning with an RBI single as the Angels scored 17 runs to the Yankees’ 6 and had 27 hits over the last two games of the series. Zach Neto added a late run-scoring single following his six-RBI performance on Wednesday.
The Angels won a series in the Bronx for the first time since 2017 and achieved consecutive games with six-run innings for the first time since September 27-28, 2016.
“They just went out and played,” Washington said about his young players. “I wish the weather would have been nicer so they could have really experienced Yankee Stadium, but we couldn’t control the conditions. I’m so proud of the way they handled themselves.”
Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit his first home run in the Bronx after hitting four in his first five games with the team since joining from the Marlins.
Juan Soto and Giancarlo Stanton hit RBI singles in the eighth inning, as the Yankees fell to a 3-3 record in a stretch of 15 straight games against teams with a winning percentage below .500.
Oswaldo Cabrera homered in the ninth inning after replacing Anthony Volpe, who left the game with a bruised left foot.
