Couldn’t Stand the Weathers. LA Angels 7 NY 1

April 15, 2026 paperbacklou 2026 0
Aaron Judge with a double in the 9th.

When it rains it pours.

On a warm, clear, beautiful Tuesday night for baseball in the Bronx  — weather-wise — Yank starter Ryan Weathers was terrible at the start, allowing 3 consecutive homeruns to the first 4 batters in the top of the 1st to put NY in a 3-0 deficit.

After that he settled down, but left allowing 5 runs in 5 innings, and Paul Blackburn was no relief from the Weathers — allowing single, walk, single, single to the first 4 batters he faced in the 6th, putting NY down 6-0.

Former Yankee Oswald Peraza went 3-3 with a walk, and hit a HR off Weathers in the 4th to make it 4-0 at the time.

Meanwhile Reid Detmers, a 26-year-old lefty, shut the Yankees out on only 2 hits (and no walks) into the 8th, and the Yanks lost 7-1 in a game they were never in.

“I have good memories here,” said Oswald Peraza afterwards. “But now I’m an Angel.”

NY falls to 9-8, and out of 1st place as Tampa goes .5 ahead of them. LA improves to 9-9.

1. You Get a HR, and You Get a HR, and You Get a HR

Many people had not gotten to their seats at Yankee Stadium when Ryan Weathers allowed a 432-foot HR to center by Mike Trout, then a 445-foot home to center by Jo Adell, and then a 399-foot HR to left by Jorge Soler with 1 out in the top of the 1st to make it 3-0 Angels.

2. Weathers Settles Down

Weathers then walked a batter before settling down — getting a fly out and strike out to end the 1st.

And then Weathers started motoring — looking as good as he did in his last start. He would end up striking out 10 in 5 innings.

Weathers struck out 2 in the 2nd and 2 in a 1-2-3 3rd inning.

3. Oswald Goes 3-3 with HR and Walk

But in the 4th, former Yankee Oswald Peraza stung him for a 396-foot HR to left for a 4-0 Angels lead.

Peraza, who is the Angels regular 2nd baseman this season — would go 3-3 with a walk and the HR to raise his season slash line to 3-5-.267 (.327 OBP) in 45 at bats.

4. Blackburn Pitching in the Dead of Night

After the Oswaldo HR with 2 outs in the 4th made it 4-0, Weathers struck out the next 4 batters — striking out the side in the 5th — before walking Jorge Soler to start the 6th.

In came Paul Blackburn — and he allowed single, walk, RBI single to Yoan Moncada to make it 6-0, and single to Peraza before settling down to get 3 straight outs.

Yerry De los Santos pitched a shutout 7th but allowed a HR to Yoan Moncado leading off the 8th to make it 7-0 Angels.

5. Detmers Shuts Yanks Down

Meanwhile Reid Detmers — the 26-year-old, 6’2 lefty — pitched a 2-hit shutout into the 8th, with 9 strikeouts and 0 walks.

6. Yanks Rally in 8th

The Yanks finally got to Detmers in the bottom of the 8th — Randal Grichek led off with a double, and Austin Wells followed with a single, causing the Angels to finally go to their pen — for Chase Silseth.

Ben Rice hit a sac fly to left to make it 7-1 Angels, before Jazz Chisholm Jr. struck out to end the inning.

Aaron Judge doubled to lead off the 9th against reliever Ryan Zeferjahn — but Amed Rosario grounded out, Giancarlo Stanton struck out, and Trent Grisham struck out for the old ballgame.

The Boxscore

https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401814931

 

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