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The New York Yankees clinched their series victory over the Los Angeles Angels with a thrilling 6-3 win that extended into extra innings on Wednesday night. Austin Wells, who entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning, delivered the decisive blow with a two-run single in the tenth frame that proved to be the game-winner after the teams remained deadlocked through nine innings.
Pitcher Cam Schlittler was outstanding for New York, allowing just one run on two hits across eight innings of work while striking out nine batters and walking none. His performance marked his nineteenth start this season in which he surrendered one run or fewer, setting a new franchise record. The lone blemish on Schlittler’s evening came in the seventh when Vaughn Grissom connected on a solo home run, negating what had been a dominant pitching display featuring a streak of seventeen consecutive retired batters.
The Yankees’ offense struggled early against Angels starter Reid Detmers, who had maintained a strong 1.55 earned run average in eight starts since the trade deadline. New York managed to score just one run through the first four innings before breaking through in the tenth, when the team capitalized on Los Angeles’s bullpen weakness by plating five runs. That decisive rally featured consecutive singles that drove in multiple runs, propelling the Yankees to their fourth series victory in their last five contests.
With the win, the Yankees reached eighty victories for the season and now sit just 3.5 games behind the Rays in their division standings. The team will face the Padres this weekend, with Max Fried scheduled to take the mound Friday evening.
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Originally reported by Sports.yahoo →
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