Carlos Rodón pitched seven scoreless innings of five-hit ball, and Devin Williams barely survived a dangerous ninth inning to earn his first save since April 17 within the New York Yankees’ 3-2 victory over the Angels on Tuesday night time.
Yoán Moncada homered within the ninth because the Angels ended a stretch of 16 scoreless innings within the collection with two runs and three hits off Williams, the Yankees’ embattled new reliever. Williams misplaced the nearer position final month after a shaky starting to his New York tenure, and he hadn’t had a save alternative since April 25.
After Moncada led off the ninth with a homer on his thirtieth birthday, Taylor Ward and Luis Rengifo singled to place runners on the corners with one out. Ward scored when Jo Adell grounded right into a forceout, however Williams obtained pinch-hitter Logan O’Hoppe on a foul popup to safe his fifth save and the Yankees’ seventh straight collection win.
Tyler Anderson (2-2) held the Yankees to 5 hits and one unearned run over six innings, however the Angels have scored simply 5 runs throughout their four-game skid after an eight-game successful streak.
Ben Rice and Oswald Peraza homered and Anthony Volpe had an RBI single for the defending AL champion Yankees, who’ve gained 4 in a row, eight of 9 and 15 of 19 to surge seven video games forward of second-place Tampa Bay within the AL East.
Rodón (7-3) tied his season excessive with 10 strikeouts and didn’t stroll a batter whereas successful his third consecutive begin. He struck out Chris Taylor with a runner in scoring place to finish the seventh, slotting a fastball within the backside of the zone along with his one hundred and fifth and remaining pitch. Opponents are batting simply .164 in opposition to the left-hander, the bottom mark within the majors amongst certified pitchers.
