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04/16 15:58 CDT Trout homers again, helping Angels outslug Judge, Yankees to
split 4-game series
Trout homers again, helping Angels outslug Judge, Yankees to split 4-game series
By LARRY FLEISHER
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) --- Mike Trout hit his fifth homer of the series and the Los
Angeles Angels overcame a homer by Aaron Judge in their 11-4 victory over the
New York Yankees on Thursday afternoon for a four-game split.
Trout, who recently made a mechanical adjustment, went 6 for 16 with five
homers and nine RBIs in the series. Trout hit his latest homer with one out in
the seventh inning when he sent a 2-2 slider from reliever Angel Chivilli about
halfway up the left field bleachers for a 7-4 lead.
Trout homered in his fifth straight game at Yankee Stadium and became the
fourth to hit five homers in a series against the Yankees. The others were
Jimmie Foxx (1933), Darrell Evans (1985) and George Bell (1990), according to
MLB researcher Sarah Langs.
Trout's latest homer contributed to a rare loss for the Yankees when Judge and
Giancarlo Stanton homer in the same game. Including the postseason, New York is
53-8 when the duo both connect.
Jo Adell added a grand slam in the eighth for the Angels, who lead the AL with
32 homers.
Judge hit his 89th career first-inning homer and Stanton hit a two-run shot to
give the Yankees a 3-2 lead in the fourth before the Angels scored four runs in
the sixth off Max Fried (2-1) and Fernando Cruz. Ben Rice also homered in the
sixth.
Trout walked three times and scored the tying run in a four-run sixth on a
double by former Yankee Oswald Peraza, who also hit a two-run homer in the
first.
Vaughn Grissom hit a go-ahead RBI single, and Josh Lowe hit a two-run single
for a 6-3 lead.
The Yankees lost for the seventh time in nine games and Fried allowed five runs
and three hits in 5 1/3 innings. Manager Aaron Boone was ejected for the first
time this season after New York batted in the eighth.
Brent Suter opened the game and went two-plus innings. Sam Aldegheri (1-0)
allowed a run in 1 2/3 innings.
Up Next
Angels: Jos Soriano (4-0, 0.33 ERA), the AL leader in wins, starts the opener
of a three-game series at home against the Padres on Friday.
Yankees: RHP Cam Schlittler (2-1, 2.49) opposes Kansas City RHP Michael Wacha
(2-0, 0.43) in the opener of a three-game series Friday night.
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