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09/02 00:07 CDT Spencer Jones and Jazz Chisholm Jr. back Gerrit Cole in
Yankees' 7-3 win over Angels
Spencer Jones and Jazz Chisholm Jr. back Gerrit Cole in Yankees' 7-3 win over
Angels
By MIKE DiGIOVANNA
Associated Press
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) --- Spencer Jones homered and drove in three runs, Jazz
Chisholm Jr. also went deep and finished with three hits, and the New York
Yankees pulled away Tuesday night for a 7-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
Jones and Chisholm launched back-to-back homers to give Gerrit Cole a 3-0 lead
before even throwing a pitch in his latest return home. New York moved four
games ahead of rival Boston for the top American League wild card and remained
4 1/2 games behind first-place Tampa Bay in the AL East.
A day that began with Kroenke Sports & Entertainment reaching an agreement to
acquire a controlling interest in the Angels from owner Arte Moreno ended with
the struggling Angels losing for the ninth time in 11 games.
Cole (8-7) gave up three runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings, striking out
five and walking one. Brent Headrick, Paul Blackburn and John Schreiber held
Los Angeles to one hit the rest of the way.
Angels starter Grayson Rodriguez (4-6) gave up four runs and seven hits in six
innings, striking out seven and walking two.
The Angels trailed 4-1 when Wade Meckler, who had three hits, opened the sixth
with a single. Moiss Ballesteros singled and Christian Moore sliced a two-run
triple to right field that eluded a diving Jones and trimmed the deficit to 4-3.
Cole was pulled in favor of Headrick, who stranded Moore by striking out
pinch-hitter Jose Siri and getting Oswald Peraza to fly out.
New York pushed the lead to 6-3 in the eighth when Jones walked, Chisholm
singled and Trent Grisham, mired in a 2-for-42 slump, fouled off two bunt
attempts before hitting an RBI single. Ryan McMahon loaded the bases with a
bunt single and Paul Goldschmidt hit a sacrifice fly.
Consecutive singles by Cody Bellinger, who had three of New York's 14 hits,
Luis Garca Jr. and Jones made it 7-3 in the ninth.
The Yankees took a 3-0 lead in the first. Bellinger singled before Jones hit a
two-run homer --- his second longball in two nights --- and Chisholm followed
with an opposite-field shot into the left-field corner.
Ben Rice singled in the third, went to third on Bellinger's single and scored
on Garca's double-play grounder for a 4-0 advantage.
Los Angeles pulled to 4-1 in the bottom half when Zach Neto singled, stole
second and scored on Meckler's two-out single.
Up next Yankees RHP Cam Schlittler (12-6, 2.09 ERA) faces LHP Reid Detmers (4-8, 3.54) in Wednesday night's series finale. ___ See AP's full MLB coverage here
Up next Yankees RHP Cam Schlittler (12-6, 2.09 ERA) faces LHP Reid Detmers (4-8, 3.54) in Wednesday night's series finale. ___ See AP's full MLB coverage here
