NEW YORK -- Tyler Clippard walked off the mound, stared straight ahead and walked to the dugout as many of the 39,853 fans at Yankee Stadium booed.
Cameron Maybin hit a tiebreaking home run on the struggling reliever's second pitch of the night, Kole Calhoun lined a double to right-center on his eighth, Albert Pujols hit a warning-track flyout on his 11th and Yunel Escobar tripled off the top of the left-field wall , just above the glove of leaping Brett Gardner, on his 12th and last.
In a little more than a week, New York's season has gone from promising to plummeting.
"It's super frustrating," Clippard said after Tuesday night's 8-3 loss to the Los Angeles Angels extended the Yankees' losing streak to seven games, their longest in a single season since April 2007.
A week ago, the Yankees led the AL East by four games after winning the opener of a West Coast trip at Angel Stadium. But even with the return of closer Aroldis Chapman from the disabled list last weekend, New York dropped out of first place for the first time since mid-May and trails Boston by a half-game.
"We've got to catch them now," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "I think a lot of times you find out a lot more about your club now than you do when you're going through great times."
Even with reliever Adam Warren on the disabled list, Girardi is reluctant to use setup man Dellin Betances for six outs, preferring he pitch only the eighth to hold leads.
"I think you could do it for a short period of time, but I think it starts to wear on guys physically because of the long season," Girardi said. "We might have to look at some different things."
Aaron Judge hit his major league-leading 24th home run and Gary Sanchez his 12th as New York climbed back from a 3-0 deficit.
Clippard (1-4) allowed runs for the third time in four outings. After Jonathan Holder relieved, Luis Valbuena singled through a drawn-in infield to drive in another run.
"It's up to all of us in here to pick ourselves up and get it right, and that's what we're going to do," Clippard said. "We all expect that out of ourselves. I expect that out of myself. I don't think any of us are worried about it."
Los Angeles, which outhit New York 14-4 despite missing injured AL MVP Mike Trout, had lost its nine previous games at Yankee Stadium and 18 of 21. In one of the season's quirkier stats, the Angels improved to 12-0 on Tuesdays.
Maybin had three hits and two RBI, including a run-scoring chopper in the eighth.Valbuena added a solo homer off Holder in the ninth.
"We did a lot of good things, without our best player," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "That points to the depth we need to establish in our lineup."
Blake Parker (3-2) allowed Sanchez's tying home run in the sixth. Parker Bridwell, taking the rotation spot vacated when Matt Shoemaker went on the disabled list, gave up two runs, two hits and five walks in five innings.
Michael Pineda allowed three runs -- one earned -- and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings.
"He battled really, really well tonight considering he had no location on his fastball, basically zero," Girardi said.
Los Angeles went ahead nine pitches in when Pujols' single scored Maybin , who doubled leading off, and the Angels opened a 3-0 lead in the second with a pair of unearned runs after Eric Young Jr.'s leadoff grounder rolled under the glove of first baseman Chris Carter for a two-base error.
Bridwell held the Yankees hitless through three innings , although he needed 65 pitches to do it.
"I could have been more efficient," he said.
SKID
New York had a seven-game losing streak encompassing the end of the 2011 season and the start of 2012.
YOU'RE THE TOP
Maybin has a 10-game hitting streak and is batting .400 with 10 doubles and four home runs since being moved to the leadoff spot on May 16.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Angels: Los Angeles closer Bud Norris went on the 10-day DL because of right knee inflammation and RHP Mike Morin was recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake. ... Trout, sidelined since May 28 with a torn ligament in his left thumb, was to start swinging at a facility near his home in New Jersey and progress this weekend to hitting off a tee and soft toss. ... Shoemaker (strained muscle in his right forearm) threw on flat ground from about 90 feet. ... RHP Huston Street, sidelined since spring training by a strained latissimus dorsi muscle is his back, allowed one hit over 1 1/3 innings for Salt Lake in a rehab outing on Monday and could be activated this week.
Yankees: CF Jacoby Ellsbury, out since sustaining a concussion on May 24, is to take batting practice Wednesday. Aaron Hicks returned to center field and went 0 for 2 with a pair of walks after missing three games because of a sore left Achilles tendon. ... Warren, who hasn't pitched since June 13 because of right shoulder inflammation, is to play catch on Friday.
UP NEXT
Rookie LHP Jordan Montgomery (4-4) starts Wednesday night for the Yankees against RHP Ricky Nolasco (2-8) and the Angels. Nolasco is winless in nine starts since April 27, losing his last six.
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Cameron Maybin hit a tiebreaking home run on the struggling reliever's second pitch of the night, Kole Calhoun lined a double to right-center on his eighth, Albert Pujols hit a warning-track flyout on his 11th and Yunel Escobar tripled off the top of the left-field wall , just above the glove of leaping Brett Gardner, on his 12th and last.
In a little more than a week, New York's season has gone from promising to plummeting.
"It's super frustrating," Clippard said after Tuesday night's 8-3 loss to the Los Angeles Angels extended the Yankees' losing streak to seven games, their longest in a single season since April 2007.
A week ago, the Yankees led the AL East by four games after winning the opener of a West Coast trip at Angel Stadium. But even with the return of closer Aroldis Chapman from the disabled list last weekend, New York dropped out of first place for the first time since mid-May and trails Boston by a half-game.
"We've got to catch them now," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "I think a lot of times you find out a lot more about your club now than you do when you're going through great times."
Even with reliever Adam Warren on the disabled list, Girardi is reluctant to use setup man Dellin Betances for six outs, preferring he pitch only the eighth to hold leads.
"I think you could do it for a short period of time, but I think it starts to wear on guys physically because of the long season," Girardi said. "We might have to look at some different things."
Aaron Judge hit his major league-leading 24th home run and Gary Sanchez his 12th as New York climbed back from a 3-0 deficit.
Clippard (1-4) allowed runs for the third time in four outings. After Jonathan Holder relieved, Luis Valbuena singled through a drawn-in infield to drive in another run.
"It's up to all of us in here to pick ourselves up and get it right, and that's what we're going to do," Clippard said. "We all expect that out of ourselves. I expect that out of myself. I don't think any of us are worried about it."
Los Angeles, which outhit New York 14-4 despite missing injured AL MVP Mike Trout, had lost its nine previous games at Yankee Stadium and 18 of 21. In one of the season's quirkier stats, the Angels improved to 12-0 on Tuesdays.
Maybin had three hits and two RBI, including a run-scoring chopper in the eighth.Valbuena added a solo homer off Holder in the ninth.
"We did a lot of good things, without our best player," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "That points to the depth we need to establish in our lineup."
Blake Parker (3-2) allowed Sanchez's tying home run in the sixth. Parker Bridwell, taking the rotation spot vacated when Matt Shoemaker went on the disabled list, gave up two runs, two hits and five walks in five innings.
Michael Pineda allowed three runs -- one earned -- and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings.
"He battled really, really well tonight considering he had no location on his fastball, basically zero," Girardi said.
Los Angeles went ahead nine pitches in when Pujols' single scored Maybin , who doubled leading off, and the Angels opened a 3-0 lead in the second with a pair of unearned runs after Eric Young Jr.'s leadoff grounder rolled under the glove of first baseman Chris Carter for a two-base error.
Bridwell held the Yankees hitless through three innings , although he needed 65 pitches to do it.
"I could have been more efficient," he said.
SKID
New York had a seven-game losing streak encompassing the end of the 2011 season and the start of 2012.
YOU'RE THE TOP
Maybin has a 10-game hitting streak and is batting .400 with 10 doubles and four home runs since being moved to the leadoff spot on May 16.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Angels: Los Angeles closer Bud Norris went on the 10-day DL because of right knee inflammation and RHP Mike Morin was recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake. ... Trout, sidelined since May 28 with a torn ligament in his left thumb, was to start swinging at a facility near his home in New Jersey and progress this weekend to hitting off a tee and soft toss. ... Shoemaker (strained muscle in his right forearm) threw on flat ground from about 90 feet. ... RHP Huston Street, sidelined since spring training by a strained latissimus dorsi muscle is his back, allowed one hit over 1 1/3 innings for Salt Lake in a rehab outing on Monday and could be activated this week.
Yankees: CF Jacoby Ellsbury, out since sustaining a concussion on May 24, is to take batting practice Wednesday. Aaron Hicks returned to center field and went 0 for 2 with a pair of walks after missing three games because of a sore left Achilles tendon. ... Warren, who hasn't pitched since June 13 because of right shoulder inflammation, is to play catch on Friday.
UP NEXT
Rookie LHP Jordan Montgomery (4-4) starts Wednesday night for the Yankees against RHP Ricky Nolasco (2-8) and the Angels. Nolasco is winless in nine starts since April 27, losing his last six.
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| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Los Angeles - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Pineda pitching for New York | LAA | NYY |
| Maybin doubled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Calhoun walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Pujols singled to left, Maybin scored, Calhoun to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Escobar grounded out to pitcher, Calhoun to third, Pujols to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Valbuena lined out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Simmons struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Parker Bridwell pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | NYY |
| Gardner grounded out to first. | 1 | 0 |
| Hicks walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Hicks to second on wild pitch by Bridwell. | 1 | 0 |
| Judge lined out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Holliday walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Castro struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Michael Pineda pitching for New York | LAA | NYY |
| Young Jr. safe at second on error by first baseman Carter. | 1 | 0 |
| Maldonado grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Espinosa doubled to deep right center, Young Jr. scored. | 2 | 0 |
| Maybin grounded out to shortstop, Espinosa to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Calhoun singled to center, Espinosa scored. | 3 | 0 |
| Pujols struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Parker Bridwell pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | NYY |
| Sánchez struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Gregorius grounded out to first. | 3 | 0 |
| Headley walked. | 3 | 0 |
| Carter fouled out to catcher. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Michael Pineda pitching for New York | LAA | NYY |
| Escobar lined out to right. | 3 | 0 |
| Valbuena flied out to center. | 3 | 0 |
| Simmons lined out to right. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Parker Bridwell pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | NYY |
| Gardner grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 0 |
| Hicks walked. | 3 | 0 |
| Judge flied out to center. | 3 | 0 |
| Holliday grounded into fielder's choice to third, Hicks out at second. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Michael Pineda pitching for New York | LAA | NYY |
| Young Jr. struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Maldonado flied out to right. | 3 | 0 |
| Espinosa bunt grounded out to first. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Parker Bridwell pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | NYY |
| Castro singled to right. | 3 | 0 |
| Sánchez walked, Castro to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Gregorius flied out to center, Castro to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Headley hit sacrifice fly to center, Castro scored. | 3 | 1 |
| Carter flied out to right. | 3 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Michael Pineda pitching for New York | LAA | NYY |
| Maybin struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| Calhoun struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| Pujols singled to right. | 3 | 1 |
| Escobar singled to left, Pujols to second. | 3 | 1 |
| Valbuena struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Parker Bridwell pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | NYY |
| Gardner fouled out to third. | 3 | 1 |
| Hicks flied out to left. | 3 | 1 |
| Judge homered to right center (382 feet). | 3 | 2 |
| Holliday struck out swinging. | 3 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Michael Pineda pitching for New York | LAA | NYY |
| Simmons struck out swinging. | 3 | 2 |
| Young Jr. grounded out to first. | 3 | 2 |
| Maldonado singled to center. | 3 | 2 |
| Shreve relieved Pineda. | 3 | 2 |
| Espinosa struck out swinging. | 3 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Blake Parker pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | NYY |
| Parker relieved Bridwell. | 3 | 2 |
| Castro grounded out to first. | 3 | 2 |
| Sánchez homered to right (394 feet). | 3 | 3 |
| Gregorius grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 3 |
| Headley struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Clippard pitching for New York | LAA | NYY |
| Clippard relieved Shreve. | 3 | 3 |
| Maybin homered to left (385 feet). | 4 | 3 |
| Calhoun doubled to deep right center. | 4 | 3 |
| Pujols flied out to center, Calhoun to third. | 4 | 3 |
| Escobar tripled to deep left center, Calhoun scored. | 5 | 3 |
| Holder relieved Clippard. | 5 | 3 |
| Valbuena singled to right, Escobar scored. | 6 | 3 |
| Simmons popped out to second. | 6 | 3 |
| Young Jr. struck out swinging. | 6 | 3 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Cam Bedrosian pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | NYY |
| Bedrosian relieved Parker. | 6 | 3 |
| Carter struck out looking. | 6 | 3 |
| Gardner grounded out to second. | 6 | 3 |
| Hicks struck out swinging. | 6 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Jonathan Holder pitching for New York | LAA | NYY |
| Maldonado hit a ground rule double to deep right center. | 6 | 3 |
| Espinosa sacrificed to pitcher, Maldonado to third. | 6 | 3 |
| Maybin reached on infield single to third, Maldonado scored. | 7 | 3 |
| Calhoun grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Maybin out at second. | 7 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Keynan Middleton pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | NYY |
| Middleton relieved Bedrosian. | 7 | 3 |
| Judge struck out looking. | 7 | 3 |
| Holliday doubled to deep center. | 7 | 3 |
| Castro struck out swinging. | 7 | 3 |
| Sánchez grounded out to third. | 7 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Jonathan Holder pitching for New York | LAA | NYY |
| Pujols grounded out to third. | 7 | 3 |
| Escobar struck out looking. | 7 | 3 |
| Valbuena homered to center (422 feet). | 8 | 3 |
| Simmons grounded out to pitcher. | 8 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| David Hernandez pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | NYY |
| Hernandez relieved Middleton. | 8 | 3 |
| Gregorius flied out to left. | 8 | 3 |
| Headley grounded out to second. | 8 | 3 |
| Romine hit for Carter. | 8 | 3 |
| Romine struck out looking. | 8 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
7:05 PM ET, June 20, 2017
Yankee Stadium, New York, New York
Yankee Stadium, New York, New York
Game Information
| Stadium | Yankee Stadium, New York, NY |
| Attendance | 39,853 (80.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:26 |
| Weather | 83 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 11 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Larry Vanover, First Base - Tom Woodring, Second Base - David Rackley, Third Base - Alfonso Marquez |
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