NEW YORK — Yankees fans behind the visiting dugout mockingly waved goodbye while Angels starter Noah Syndergaard walked from the mound to a third-inning shower early into a beautiful night at Yankee Stadium and beautiful night of baseball by the American League East leaders.
Can the Yankees play any better than they did in this 9-1 romp?
It started with Aaron Judge robbing Shohei Ohtani of a top-of-the-first home run in center field and the Yankees taking a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the inning off Syndergaard. Later, Isiah Kiner-Falefa played shortstop like he was vintage Ozzie Smith and catcher Jose Trevino had fans singing his first name while he was going 3-for-4 with a homer out of the No.