Marone. Yanks Shutout 3rd Game in Row. LA Angels 4 NY 0

June 18, 2025 paperbacklou 2025 0
Will Warren with one of his 11 K's -- this one wowed Gerrit Cole on the broadcast. Warren had a quality start (6 IP, 3 runs) but got no offensive support.

The Yanks ran into ANOTHER hot pitcher — this time Kyle Hendricks the long-time Cub who is in his first year with the Angels — and the result was their 3rd shutout in a row and 4th straight loss. LA Angels 4 NY 0 at an overcast, misty Yankee Stadium on a Tuesday night.

Hendricks came into the game with the 2nd worst ERA amongst starters in the American League, but is a guy who can pitch — as he once led the National League in ERA (16-8 2.13 in 2016) — and he was “on his game”.

Unlike the previous night when the Yanks hit the ball hard numerous times but were undone by the rainy conditions, on this night there was hardly any hard hit balls. Hendricks used a slow motion delivery and lots of changeups and sinkers to baffle the Yanks.

On the other hill, Will Warren was terrific — striking out 11 and allowing 3 runs in 6 innings — a very quality start; but got the loss.

“Yea baseball,” said manager Aaron Boone afterwards. “We are one of the best offenses in the league. Had a tough few days. Today I thought maybe pressing a little bit. Hendricks was good — kind of rocking us back and forth; had a really good presence on both sides; the sinker was good and really changing speeds. But maybe feeling those — ‘hey gotta get something going’ — we got to let it happen; go up and focus on quality at bats. And that will happen. Hopefully tomorrow is that day.”

“These guys are excellent, excellent, at turning the page,” added Boone.

NY falls to 42-30 and remain 2.5 games in 1st in the AL East over Tampa. LA improves to 35-37.

1. Warren Good

The good news for the Yanks was that Will Warren was real good again.

After pitching a 1-2-3 inning in the 1st, striking out 2 — Warren coughed up a run in the 2nd on a 2-out double to Logan O’Hoppe and then an RBI single to Luis Rengifo just under the glove of DJ LeMahieu at 2nd base.

Warren allowed 2 more runs in the 3rd inning when he was singled to death — a 1-out single by Zach Neto, bunt single by Nolan Schanuel, single by Mike Trout to load the bases, and 2-RBI single by Taylor Ward to left, making it 3-0 Angels.

But Warren settled down and struck out the last 2 batters of the inning and then retired the next 9 batters in a row — for 11 batters retired in order overall — pitching a 1-2-3 inning in the 4th, 5th, and 6th.

Warren was a joy to watch — his ball moving so much and hitting the strike zone with velocity. Warren used his sweeper, sinker, changeup, and 93-MPH 4-seam fastball to great effect.

2. Hendricks Great

But Kyle Hendricks was better. He hit his spots in the strike zone, and used his variable-speed, slow-in-motion delivery to baffle the Yanks with lots of 80-MPH changeups, 87-MPH sinkers, and the occasional 74-MPH curveball and 88-MPH 4-seam fastball.

The Yanks got a runner on 2nd a couple of times against Hendricks — a 2-out Cody Bellinger double in the 1st inning, and a 1-out single by Jasson Dominguez in the 3rd, who stole 2nd base with 2 outs, to no avail.

Stanton Got 2 of Yanks’ 4 Hits

Giancarlo Stanton got 2 of 4 Yankee hits on the night — ripping a single off a Hendricks changeup to lead off the 4th — and then getting stranded at 1st as Hendricks got 3 straight outs (line out, fly out, strike out); and ripping a 2-out single off a Hendricks sinker in the 6th. But again Hendricks got the final out.

3. Cole Joins the Broadcast Crew

A highlight of the night for Yankee fans watching the game on the YES broadcast was Gerrit Cole joining the broadcast crew in the bottom of the 2nd and staying for a majority of the evening. He was terrific and insightful — and it was interesting to hear his takes on Hendricks and Warren and the game in general.

At one point Cole was wowed by a Will Warren rising fastball that was swung on and missed for another strikeout (the photo at the top of this article).

Amongst numerous questions posed through the evening, Michael Kay asked Cole if he felt like Don Mattingly once said he felt, when he was out with back issues but still traveling with the team — and said he didn’t really feel he was part of the team.

Cole answered, “It’s a performance based game,” and then added his Yankee teammates had gone out of their way to make him feel part of the team.

That comment made you think that the game hasn’t changed that much since the days of Jim Bouton and Ball Four — when he exposed that players are really concentrating on their own performance, and the team thing is secondary.

As Pete Rose once said in the 1970’s when asked about being the consummate team player, paraphrasing: ‘I’m most concerned about my own batting average — because if I’m not hitting the way I should I’ll be traded or sent down. If the team wins and I go 0-4 I’m miserable.’

4. Hamilton Allows a Run in 2 Innings

Ian Hamilton came in for the 7th and allowed consecutive singles to start the inning, then after a sacrifice bunt, hit a batter to load the bases with 1 out.

But Hamilton rebounded to limit the damage — getting a groundout by Schanuel to score a run, intentionally walking Trout to load the bases with 2 outs, and then getting Ward to fly out to end the inning.

Hamilton pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the 8th so that was good.

5. Effross Makes 1st Appearance

Scott Effross made his first appearance since last year — pitching a shutout 9th and looking good. Effross pitched well for the Yanks in 2022, but missed all of 2023 and most of 2024 with Tommy John surgery.

Effross was optioned back to AAA after the game.

6. Angels Pen Throws 3 Shutout Innings

The Angels pen of Ryan Zeferjahn, Reid Detmers, and Hunter Strickland finished the shutout — each pitching a shutout inning.

The 6’5 righty Zeferjahn pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the 7th; the 6’2 lefty Detmers pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the 8th; and the 6’3 righty Strickland allowed a 2-out walk to Jazz Chisholm Jr. in the 9th, but struck out Paul Goldschmidt for the old ballgame.

The Boxscore

https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401695988

 

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