The Yankees hit into double plays in the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 7th innings — an incredible 5 double plays — in losing 6-4 to the Angels on a Monday night in LA.
1. Taillon Didn’t Have It
Meanwhile Yankee starter Jameson Taillon started off well — with a shutout going into the 4th — but got hurt by the homerun ball — coughing up a 3-run homer to power hitting 1st baseman Jarred Walsh in the 4th to give the Angels a 3-1 lead.
Taillon got chased in the 5th — a 2-out, bases loaded single by Phil Gosselin scored 2 to make it 5-2 Angels. Joely Rodriguez came in to get the last out but before he did, Shohei Ohtani stole home on a delayed double steal on the lefty Rodriguez, where Gary Sanchez needlessly threw to 2nd while Ohtani came home to make it 6-2 Angels.
2. Barria Induces ‘Off Barrel’ Hitting
To be fair, the first 3 Yankee double plays were hit against Jaime Barria, who is known for getting soft contact. In 2020, Barria was leading the league in “Barrels” with 1.2 percent (the lower the number the better). Barrels is a new Statcast era stat that measures “balls hit 98+ mph between a 28-32-degree launch angle” — in other words pitches that hitters get the barrel of the bat on.
3. Yankee Comeback Falls Short
The Yanks took a 1-0 lead in the game on an Anthony Rizzo homerun in the 4th inning.
Rizzo Rocket. pic.twitter.com/8yDi8XQDJZ
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) September 1, 2021
Down 3-1, Gary Sanchez got the Yanks right back to 3-2 with a homer in the top of the 5th.
Cali Kraken. pic.twitter.com/eSshwkkFWO
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) September 1, 2021
Down 6-2, the Yanks got 2 in the 8th on an Aaron Judge RBI single and Giancarlo Stanton sac fly to make it 6-4 with runners on 1st and 2nd, 1 out.
But Gio Urshela and Luke Voit struck out and that was it for the Yanks. So many rallies were killed during the day by the double plays.
Etcetera
- Aaron Judge went 3-3 with a walk to raise his average to .298.
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