
Mike Trout hit his fifth homer of the series, leading the Angels to an 11-4 victory over the Yankees, splitting the four-game series. Trout's performance included six hits and nine RBIs, while the Yankees struggled with their seventh loss in nine games.
NEW YORK (AP) — Mike Trout hit his fifth homer of the series and the Los Angeles Angels overcame a homer by Aaron Judge in their 11-4 victory over the New York Yankees on Thursday afternoon for a four-game split. Trout, who recently made a mechanical adjustment, went 6 for 16 with five homers and nine RBIs in the series. Trout hit his latest homer with one out in the seventh inning when he sent a 2-2 slider from reliever Angel Chivilli about halfway up the left field bleachers for a 7-4 lead. Trout homered in his fifth straight game at Yankee Stadium and became the fourth to hit five homers in a series against the Yankees. The others were Jimmie Foxx (1933), Darrell Evans (1985) and George Bell (1990), according to MLB researcher Sarah Langs. Trout’s latest homer contributed to a rare loss for the Yankees when Judge and Giancarlo Stanton homer in the same game. Including the postseason, New York is 53-8 when the duo both connect. Jo Adell added a grand slam in the eighth for the Angels, who lead the AL with 32 homers. Judge hit his 89th career first-inning homer and Stanton hit a two-run shot to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead in the fourth before the Angels scored four runs in the sixth off Max Fried (2-1) and Fernando Cruz. Ben Rice also homered in the sixth. Trout walked three times and scored the tying run in a four-run sixth on a double by former Yankee Oswald Peraza, who also hit a two-run homer in the first. Vaughn Grissom hit a go-ahead RBI single, and hit a two-run single for a 6-3 lead. The Yankees lost for the seventh time in nine games and Fried allowed five runs and three hits in 5 1/3 innings. Manager Aaron Boone was ejected for the first time this season after New York batted in the eighth. opened the game and went two-plus innings. (1-0) allowed a run in 1 2/3 innings.
Mike Trout hit five home runs in the series against the Yankees.
The Angels and Yankees split the four-game series, with each team winning two games.
Mike Trout became the fourth player to hit five homers in a series against the Yankees.


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Angels: José Soriano (4-0, 0.33 ERA), the AL leader in wins, starts the opener of a three-game series at home against the Padres on Friday. Yankees: RHP Cam Schlittler (2-1, 2.49) opposes Kansas City RHP Michael Wacha (2-0, 0.43) in the opener of a three-game series Friday night. \\\_ AP MLB: