Jose Caballero's walk-off double lifts Yankees to 5-4 win over Angels
The Yankees had a lead early, then the offense went dormant, but Jose Caballero saved the day with a two-run walk-off double to lift New York to a 5-4 win over the Angels on Wednesday night.
The Yankeesย had a lead early, then the offense went dormant, but Jose Caballero saved the day with a two-run walk-off double to lift New York to a 5-4 win over the Angels on Wednesday night. The ninth-inning comeback started when Jazz Chisholm Jr. popped up to the left side of the infield with one out, but Oswald Peraza and Zach Neto were confused as to who would take it, and it fell between them.
Chisholm stole second and Wells walked for Caballero. The Yankees shortstop lined a hit to left center that pushed across the tying run, and Wells -- who was running on the pitch with Chisholm -- was sent and slid just before the tag to give the Yankees the win. All of this against Jordan Romano , the closer who gave up the lead in Monday's win.
The Yankees have now won two of the first three games of this series. Here are the takeaways... - Luis Gil was on the mound, making his second start of the season and got off to an inauspicious start.
Neto hit a leadoff double just fair down the left field line, but was stranded thanks to Aaron Judge 's strong arm in right field, keeping Neto at second. A groundball and a fly out later, and Gil was out of the inning. After a clean second inning, Gil would give up his first run of the game.