Carlos Rodón pitched seven scoreless innings of five-hit ball, and Devin Williams barely survived a perilous ninth inning to earn his first save since April 17 in the New York Yankees’ 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night.
Ben Rice and Oswald Peraza homered and Anthony Volpe had an RBI single for the defending AL champion Yankees, who have won four in a row, eight of nine and 15 of 19 to surge seven games ahead of second-place Tampa Bay in the AL East.
Rodón (7-3) tied his season high with 10 strikeouts and didn’t walk a batter while winning his third consecutive start. Opponents are batting just .164 against the left-hander, the lowest mark in the majors among qualified pitchers.
Yusei Kikuchi (1-4, 3.17 ERA) pitches for the Angels against Clarke Schmidt (1-2, 4.58) in the series finale.
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