Angels' Reid Detmers dominates, Aaron Boone's Ben Rice strategy: Yankees takeaways

NEW YORK – As Paul Goldschmidt put it, there was “not much action on the bases’’ by the Yankees on Tuesday, a night after scoring 11 runs. As for the Angels? Four batters into Ryan Weathers’ start, the Yankee lefty had already given up three consecutive homers – a barrage that stunned and agitated the just-arriving Yankee Stadium crowd.

This time, the Yankees’ lineup had no response as lefty Reid Detmers continued his dominance against them, pitching into the eighth inning of a 7-1 Angels win before 37,792 fans. Ryan Weathers ambushed early Weathers hadn’t yielded a homer over his first three starts (16 innings), but that changed quickly on a warm Tuesday night. “Three guys put three good swings on pitches that weren’t where they were supposed to be,’’ said Weathers, who watched Mike Trout, Jo Adell and Jorge Soler connect – all on fastballs.

It began with a one-out, 2-and-1, 95-mph heater that Trout punished over the center field wall. “Misfired down the middle to one of the greatest hitters to ever play this game,’’ said Weathers, who watched Adell rock the very next delivery 445 feet to left. But there’s “something to learn from this going forward,’’ mainly how much better Weathers’ fastball played up in the zone.

He lasted five innings, yielded one more homer – to ex-Yankee Oswald Peraza – and finished with 10 strikeouts, one shy of his career best. Reid Detmers dominates Yanks Not overpowering, Detmers used a mix of sinkers, sliders, curveballs, changeups and a sneaky fastball to limit the Yanks to just two hits through seven innings – with nine strikeouts and zero walks. This, after the Yanks clubbed five homers – two each by Aaron Judge and Trent Grisham – in Monday night’s 11-10 win, when they knocked out lefty starter Yusei Kikuchi in the fourth.