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Yankees’ bats go quiet as Angels mash five homers in lopsided loss

Nypost · · 772 words · By Greg Joyce
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“The Angels got the memo that Monday night’s slugfest was carrying over into Tuesday.”
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Multiple web sources confirm the Angels continued a game from Monday into Tuesday, including references to the 'slugfest carrying over into Tuesday' and a brawl occurring on Tuesday night. The claim is supported by independent reports.
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“The Yankees, evidently, did not.”
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The claim is inferred from a single web source stating the Angels continued the game, but no direct evidence about the Yankees' actions is provided. The claim lacks corroboration from other sources.
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“The Angels lefty Reid Detmers silenced the Yankees lineup that broke out for an 11-10 win Monday, putting it right back in the rut it found itself in entering the series opener.”
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No evidence in web search results or Wikipedia entries directly supports Reid Detmers' performance against the Yankees. The cited sources are unrelated to the claim.
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“Facing a lineup that did not include Ben Rice, the major league leader in OPS who sat in favor of the right-handed hitting Paul Goldschmidt, Detmers allowed just four hits and one run across seven-plus innings, not letting a runner touch second base until the eighth inning.”
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“The poor pitching and poorer hitting handed the Yankees (9-8) a seventh loss in their last nine games as they will try again Wednesday to shake this early-season funk for good.”
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No relevant evidence was found in web search results or Wikipedia entries to support the claim about the Yankees' seventh loss.
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“Weathers came into the night having not allowed a home run through his first three starts (16 innings) this season.”
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No evidence was found in web search results or Wikipedia entries to confirm Ryan Weathers' home run record prior to the game.
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“In a span of five pitches in the top of the first, Weathers gave up 1,276 feet worth of homers to Mike Trout, Jo Adell and Jorge Soler.”
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No evidence in web search results or Wikipedia entries supports the claim about Weathers surrendering three home runs in five pitches.
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“Weathers went on to retire 10 of the next 11 batters before former Yankee Oswald Peraza — as part of a 3-for-3 night in which he added a 12-pitch walk — crushed another solo shot in the fourth inning to make it 4-0.”
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No evidence in web search results or Wikipedia entries confirms Oswald Peraza's 3-for-3 performance with a 12-pitch walk.
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“Paul Blackburn then entered and evoked some boo birds as he allowed four straight batters to reach base — on three singles and a walk — as the Angels padded their lead to 6-0.”
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No evidence in web search results or Wikipedia entries supports Paul Blackburn's performance allowing four consecutive batters to reach base.
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“Randal Grichuk broke his 0-for-15 start to the season by roping a double into the gap, and after Austin Wells singled, Rice pinch hit for Ryan McMahon and delivered a sacrifice fly to snap the shutout.”
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No evidence in web search results or Wikipedia entries confirms Randal Grichuk's 0-for-15 start or Rice's sacrifice fly ending the shutout.
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