With the way this game went, the postgame could have turned into a War and Peace type affair. Let’s see if we can condense it a bit.
First up, the Angels have a Yusei Kikuchi problem. He promptly served up a meatball to Aaron Judge to put the Angels in a 2-0 hole in the first. If serving up one two run bomb is good, Kikuchi figured serving up a second would be great and he did so to Jose Cabellero in the second.
Nobody scored in the third inning but then the game went bonkers. In the top of the 4th, the Angels had the rally of the year so far to tie the game.
10 men went to the plate. 4 scored and it was nearly 8. Trout ended the inning with a 405 foot flyout to the 408 foot part of center field. That was about the only blemish on the night for Trout who looked like Mike Trout on both sides of the ball.
Shaun Anderson replaced Kikuchi with 1 out and 1 on in the 4th inning. It did not go well. He kept the Yanks off the board in the 4th but served up a 3 run dinger to Trent Grisham in the 5th that pushed them back ahead by a score of 7-4.
Like a boxer who took a straight right to the mouth, the Angels fired back. Mike Trout absolutely destroyed this ball in the top of the 6th to tie the game at 7-7.
But wait, there’s more. Aaron Judge went deep again to put the Yanks on top 8-7 in the home half of the frame. This one came off Anderson and ended his night. Overall, Anderson gave up 4 runs in 2.1 innings.
Down 8-7 after 6 innings, the offense kept coming. Yoan Moncada got the Angels rally started with a single then moved to third on a Jo Adell double down the left field line. Brandon Lowe brought home Moncada on a sacrifice fly to knot the score at 8.
At this point it started to feel like whichever team could put up a zero or two would win the game. Mitch Farris did his part and kept the Yankees off the board in the bottom of the 7th.
Adam Frazier had a good night and led off the 8th with a single. Mike Trout brought him home with a mammoth blast to finally get the Angels in the lead 10-8.
The Angels bullpen was able to put up a second zero in the bottom of the 8th. This time Drew Pomeranz pitched up to expectations. Angels 10, Yankees 8, heading to the 9th inning.
The Yankees put up their zero in the top of the 9th, giving them a chance to overcome a 2 run deficit and avoid a 6th straight loss. Jordan Romano allowed them to do just that. After a leadoff hit he served up an absolute meatball to Trent Grisham who tied the game. 10-10.
Left in to finish the job, Romano served up a double to Jose Cabellero who then stole third base. A walk to Austin Wells did not matter but it made 4 straight Yankees to reach base and turned the lineup over.
Romano then bounced one a few feet in front of the plate to blow the game. Angels lose 11-10. I won’t count the F bombs in this one as long as they reference a pitcher in this game.
