BRONX, NY — The New York Yankees continued searching for answers at the plate Tuesday night, one night after a dramatic comeback win, as New York’s offense went quiet in a 7-1 loss to the Los Angeles Angels at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees, now dropping their sixth game in the last seven after an 8-2 start to the season, went one for five at the plate with runners in scoring position while striking out 12 times as a team.
To open up the game, Mike Trout smacked a solo home run to left-center, his third in the last two games this week in the Bronx, and fifth on the year. The Angels followed with back-to-back blasts from Jo Adell and Jorge Soler, marking back to back to back home runs off Yankees starter Ryan Weathers before the crowd of 37,792 had settled in—the first time the Angels had hit three consecutive HRs in a game since June 24th of 2023.
“It was tough to go out there and it all (three consecutive HRs) happen in four pitches,” Weathers said of the rough first inning and facing Trout. “Obviously, it’s not a good idea to misfire a heater down the middle to one of the best hitters ever.”
Despite the early damage, Weathers showed flashes of dominance. The 26-year-old left-hander struck out 10 over five innings, generating consistent swing-and-miss with his secondary pitches. However, command issues with his fastball proved costly, as he surrendered a career-high four home runs.
“You see a lot of good there with the swing-and-miss and got the secondary stuff going, just had a hard time getting his fastball up tonight,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “And this is a good fastball down in the zone hitting team obviously as they (Angels) have shown against us here with balls that they have really stung.”
The bigger issue, however, was New York’s offense facing Angels’ Reid Detmers as the Yankees struggled to generate any rhythm vs. the left-handed starter.
On Tuesday night vs. the Yankees, Reid Detmers reached the seven inning mark for the first time in his career since April 22nd of 2024 – Image Credit: Francisco Rodriguez/Latino Sports
Detmers delivered one of his sharpest outings of the season, tossing seven innings of one-run ball while striking out nine and not issuing a walk.
“He’s got some presence with the fastball in and then the change and breaking ball off of that, so I thought he was good but we know we have to do a better job at creating some things,” Boone said. “Credit to him too though, he gets the lead and doesn’t walk anyone so he was coming after us.”
The Yankees managed just two hits through the first four innings and finished with five on the night. Their lone run came in the eighth inning on a sacrifice fly by Ben Rice, long after the game had been decided.
Meanwhile, the Angels lineup continued to apply pressure with former Yankee Oswald Peraza delivering a standout performance—going 3-for-3 with a home run and a walk and reaching base four times against his former club.
“He killed us,” Boone said of Peraza’s night in the batter’s box. “Stung three balls and then works a 12 pitch walk in his last at-bat there so he was right in the middle of hurting us tonight.”
Yoán Moncada added a three-RBI performance, including a solo home run in the eighth, as the Angels finished with 10 hits and five home runs overall.
The loss highlighted a concerning trend for New York (9-8). After ranking among the sport’s best offenses early in the season, especially in the American League, the Yankees have slipped to near the bottom in several key categories, including batting average, OPS and total hits.
Pre-game adjustments—including extended work on bunting in batting practice and lineup tweaks for Tuesday night—failed to translate into production.
The Yankees failed to produce in the clutch Tuesday night vs. the Angels, leaving four runners in scoring position following Ryan Weathers’ first inning where he gave up three consecutive home runs – Image Credit: Bill Menzel/Latino Sports
“You see what we do last night (Monday’s walk-off 11-10 win), we absolutely feel like we’re capable of that,” Boone said of the offense and potentially coming back from a large deficit.
“We just didn’t mount enough.”
With the series continuing Wednesday and Thursday, the Yankees will look to reset quickly and regain the offensive form that fueled their strong start to 2026.
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