Yankees made two key discoveries during an insane night in the Bronx | Klapisch
The Yankees ended a their five-game losing streak and learned about their offense in the process.
NEW YORK — It would be easy to sanitize the Yankees’ 11-10 win over the Angels, so let’s get the niceties out of the way first. It was a breakout night for Trent Grisham (two home runs, five RBIs), a stirring performance from Aaron Judge (also two home runs) and the end of that nasty five-game losing streak. Stop right there if wins and losses are the only currency you care about.
The Yankees did, after all, withstand Mike Trout’s own two-home run performance. And down by two runs in the ninth inning, the Yankees tied the game on Grisham’s second blast before scoring the game-winning run on a walk-off wild pitch. That’s pure adrenaline.
The Yankee Stadium crowd went home happy, although somewhat woozy from the close-up look at the Yankees’ flaws. That riveting three-hour show matters less than the long-term implications of a) an unreliable bullpen and b) the numerous automatic outs in manager Aaron Boone’s lineup. But let’s be fair one more time.
Judge and Grisham, along with Jose Caballero, combined to save the Yankees from what would’ve been their worst defeat of this young season. It’s the kind of game bad teams routinely lose: blow an early lead, tie it up, only to fizzle out at the 11 th hour. The Yankees followed that playbook down to the last maddening detail.
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