JOSE CABALLERO scored on a wild pitch by Jordan Romano as the host New York Yankees snapped a five-game losing streak with a wild 11-10 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night.
Trent Grisham homered twice, drove in five and his two-run drive into the right field seats off Romano (0-1) in the ninth forged a 10-10 tie.
After Caballero doubled down the left field line, the Angels pulled their infield in at the corners and the infielder stole third uncontested on a 1-1 pitch to Austin Wells.
The Yankees snapped their skid on a night when Aaron Judge homered twice for his 47th career multi-homer game. Judge hit a two-run homer in the first off Yusei Kikuchi and then saw his solo shot stayed just fair down the left field line for an 8-7 lead in the sixth.
Judge passed Mickey Mantle for the second-most multi-homer games in team history but his biggest night of the early going nearly was not enough since the Yankees could not get Mike Trout out.
Trout had his 31st career multi-homer game when he hit a three-run homer off Jake Bird to forge a 7-7 tie in the sixth and a two-run blast off Camilo Doval in the eighth to give the Angels a 10-8 lead.
Trout, who also drove in five runs, passed Duke Snider into sole possession of 58th place on the all-time list by hitting his 407th and 408th career homers.
Caballero also hit a two-run homer in the second inning to give the Yankees a 4-0 lead, but the shortstop made a critical error that set up the Angels’ four-run fourth. Grisham connected on a pinch-hit homer off reliever Shaun Anderson in the fifth to give the Yankees a short-lived 7-4 lead. — Reuters
