![]() In the bottom of the eighth, the Angels once again took the lead. eKAxxL01Qy- New York Yankees August 31, 2021 The ball soared through the Los Angeles night and when it landed - 457 feet from where Big G murdered it - it was again a brand new ballgame. With Rizzo on first base after a walk, Stanton absolutely obliterated a hanging breaking ball. 7-5 Angels.Īgain, though, the Yankee offense bailed out their pitching. Judge was playing a shallow right field that may have hindered his ability to get back and play the ball, but whatever the case, the damage was done. It briefly looked like Heaney would escape the bottom of the sixth without any damage, but he found a way to snatch failure from the jaws of success when he surrendered an opposite field RBI triple to Lagares. No repeat of the fifth inning with clutch hitting followed, as DJ weakly grounded out. With two out, Gardner walked and Andrew Velazquez singled to left to put two ducks on the pond for LeMahieu. To the lefty’s credit, he bounced back and retired the next three Angels, but the Yankees trailed once again.Ĭishek stayed in to pitch the sixth for Los Angeles. Ohtani crushed a ball out to right field, his 42nd round-tripper of the season, and the 26th allowed by Heaney. I’ve got a bad feeling about this,” then you are spot on. If you though to yourself, “Heaney gives up dingers like crazy and Ohtani hits dingers like crazy. Joey Gallo struck out to end the inning, but after four-and-a-half, it was tied once more.įormer Angel Andrew Heaney took the ball to pitch the fifth inning, first facing Shohei Ohtani. hlORGjZs0G- New York Yankees August 31, 2021Ĭlutch at-bats with two outs quickly erased the deficit. Stanton then took the baton and lined a ribbie single to center to tie the game and take Kluber off the hook for the fourth inning. On a 3-0 count, Judge hit an infield single to the right side that scored LeMahieu to cut the Angel lead to one. Joe Maddon went to the bullpen and brought in righty Steve Cishek to try and get Judge out. Rizzo then ripped a two-strike single to center, where a fielding error allowed the runners to move to second and third for Judge. Gardy scored rather easily and the Angel lead was 5-3. ![]() With Brett Gardner at second and two out, LeMahieu came through with a big RBI single to right. The Yankee offense came back to life in the fifth, however. Despite the long winning streak, coming back from multi-run deficits has not been a Yankee strength in 2021 so skepticism would have been forgivable. Kluber finally got the final out of the inning, but the Yankees now trailed by three runs. That’s plenty of high exit velocities from Angel bats and a lot of high xBAs in the fourth inning not much cheap contact to be found at all. Juan Lagares singled, and to be charitable about it, the Angels absolutely tattooed Kluber in the fourth inning: One grand slam later, and the Angels led 5-2 - a miserable turn of events. On the first pitch to Jack Mayfield, Kluber threw a curveball in the heart of the zone. After a fly out to deep center field for the second out, Kluber walked Max Stassi to load the bases. Rookie Jo Adell then singled to left to cut the Yankee lead in half. Walsh singled to right and suddenly, Kluber faced his first jam: first and third with only one out. ![]() Then the wheels really fell off as the Angels started to attack breaking balls early in the count. Finally, with two out in the fourth, the Yankees got their first baserunner since the opening frame when Andrew Wantz, the third Angels pitcher, walked Joey Gallo before Gio Urshela weakly grounded out.Īfter Ohtani struck out again in the fourth inning, Gosselin drove a liner into center field and broke up Kluber’s no-hitter. Mayers retired the Bombers in order in the second, and then replacement Sam Selman did likewise in the third. That marked five K’s through three for Kluber, as he seemed to shake off the rust in real-time.ĭespite a promising beginning, the Yankees’ bats went silent for a time shortly after the first. The third offered more of the same, as Kluber bookended a deep fly ball to center field with two strikeouts. Mission accomplished, although Kluber’s command was a bit scattershot early in his return.Īfter a quiet top of the second, Klubot came out throwing strikes in the bottom half, retiring the side on eight pitches. After a two-out walk to Phil Gosselin, Kluber retired Jared Walsh on a lineout to Judge in right field. He passed the initial test, striking out David Fletcher and Shohei Ohtani. Kluber took to a Major League mound for the first time in more than three months in the bottom of the first. IjohLIAxmF- New York Yankees August 31, 2021
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