Carlos Rodon pitched seven scoreless innings with five hit balls, while Devin Williams barely survived a dangerous nine innings to get his first save since April 17 with the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.
The Angels finished a 16 scoreless inning stretch in the series, with two runs and three hits that brought the Yankees to a new reliever. Williams has lost his close role since last month after he began shaking New York’s tenure last month and has not had the opportunity to save since April 25th.
After Moncada led the ninth time at Homer on his 30th birthday, Taylor Ward and Lewis Rengifo singled to put the runners one by one in the corner. Ward scored when Joe Adele grounded the force out, but Williams got pinch hitter Logan Ohoppe in a foul pop-up to secure his fifth save and a seven-straight series victory for the Yankees.
Tyler Anderson (2-2) scored five hits for the Yankees and a single unfortunate run in six innings, but the Angels scored just five runs on a four-game skid after an eight-game winning streak.
Ben Rice and Oswald Peraza were homed, and Anthony Volpe had the Defensive Al Champion Yankees RBI single, four of the seven games ahead of Al East’s No. 2 Tampa Bay.
Rodon (7-3) tied his season high with 10 strikeouts and did not walk the batters while earning third consecutive starts. He hit Chris Taylor with the runner in the scoring position to finish seventh place, slotting a fastball for the 105th inning and on the final pitch at the bottom of the zone. His opponents hit just .164 against left-handed.
