ANAHEIM, Calif. — With one swing of the bat, Shohei Ohtani made the Yankees and Gerrit Cole pay for his or her errors in a 3-2 loss at Angel Stadium.
It not solely led to their fourth loss in 5 video games, the defeat additionally dropped the Yankees’ lead over the second-place Rays to only six video games — the bottom it has been since June 3 — as they prepare for a three-game collection in St. Petersburg, Fla., beginning on Friday.
Requested in regards to the workforce’s play in August, when the Yankees went 10-18 and had their worst month since going 9-19 in September 1991, Isiah Kiner-Falefa known as it “brutal.’’
“I believe all of us in right here should not pleased in regards to the final month,” mentioned Kiner-Falefa, whose error on a routine grounder by Mike Trout within the sixth inning helped arrange Ohtani’s residence run. “It’s an extended season. Hopefully we are able to rebound. It is likely to be a wake-up name for us.”
The Yankees seemingly had the Angels simply the place they wished them heading into the underside of the sixth.
They'd scored the sport’s first runs within the fifth to provide Cole a two-run lead, on the lookout for their second straight win.
But it surely went sideways rapidly, beginning with a delay to the beginning of the inning due to a fan operating onto the sphere.
Josh Donaldson made a throwing error on a tough grounder by David Fletcher, sending Fletcher to second with one out within the inning.
Kiner-Falefa then booted Trout’s grounder to convey up Ohtani with two on and one out.
“No excuses,’’ Kiner-Falefa mentioned. “It’s a play that must be made in an enormous spot and it price us the sport.”
Ohtani then took Cole deep for a three-run shot, his thirtieth of the season, to provide the Angels the lead.
“It was the worst fastball of the evening in a horrible spot,’’ Cole mentioned of the pitch. “I attempted to go away. It was a foul miss.”
The Yankees didn’t threaten after scoring two within the fifth till Aaron Decide led off the ninth towards Jimmy Herget with a stroll. With Giancarlo Stanton on the plate, Decide stole second earlier than Stanton walked.
Donaldson struck out, and Gleyber Torres, who doubled in a run earlier, additionally whiffed.
Oswaldo Cabrera, pinch-hitting for Jose Trevino, grounded out to finish it.
Aaron Boone lamented having used Tim Locastro as a pinch-runner for DJ LeMahieu within the eighth, saying he ought to have waited to see if LeMahieu bought to second earlier than subbing LeMahieu, because it compelled Anthony Rizzo — who wasn’t within the lineup — to take over at first base after Locastro was stranded at first.
Rizzo by no means bought to the plate and the Yankees needed to go along with the rookie Cabrera.
With the loss, the Yankees dropped a collection to the fourth-place Angels after splitting a four-game set with the last-place A’s in Oakland.
The Yankees have been principally shut down by left-hander Patrick Sandoval.
Donaldson led off the fourth with a double down the left-field line and moved to 3rd on a wild pitch with Torres on the plate.
Torres, slumping badly within the second half, got here via with a double to the hole in right-center to attain Donaldson and provides the Yankees their first lead.
A fly ball to proper despatched Torres to 3rd and Aaron Hicks drove him in with a sacrifice fly to left to make it 2-0.
Cole, who had given up multiple run simply as soon as in his earlier 4 begins, bought some assist from the Yankees’ protection early on.
Hicks made a pleasant catch on the monitor in middle area on a deep fly ball by Ohtani with one on and one out within the backside of the primary.
Kiner-Falefa then made play on a tough grounder by Luis Rengifo to finish the inning.
The Yankees additionally turned a pair of double performs behind Cole within the first 5 innings.
However that stellar protection failed them within the sixth, and the Yankees might now discover themselves in a race for the division title.
“All of it comes all the way down to how we reply,’’ Kiner-Falefa mentioned. “We’ve simply bought to play higher.”
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