In a tight game, the Los Angeles Angels edged out the New York Yankees 3-2 at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday evening, claiming the first three of the four-game set. The Angels are now 36-37 and 21-21 on the road this season.

Despite a 0-8 showing with runners in scoring position, Yankee shortstop Anthony Volpe’s critical eighth-inning error with the bases loaded allowed the Angels to score the go-ahead run and eventually hang on 3-2. Jo Adell grounded a potential inning-ending double play to Volpe, who bobbled the ball and threw it away as he tried to get it to second base.

Adell was one of two Angels to go deep in the contest alongside Nolan Schanuel as the pair each blasted a solo shot to give the squad their first two runs. Schanuel’s blast, his 5th of the season, got Los Angeles on the board quickly as he took Ryan Yarbrough deep as just the second batter of the night.

As for Adell, he launched a moonshot over the Angels’ bullpen in the fifth to even the score at two. Jazz Chisolm Jr. and Cody Bellinger had each hit solo home runs of their own in the second and fourth that temporarily gave New York a 2-1 lead.

With the two homers from Schanuel and Adell, Los Angeles has now hit 102 home runs this season. That mark is good for third in all of baseball and second in the American League behind only the Yankees (111). 

On the mound, Jack Kochanowicz worked his way through 5 1/3 solid innings, allowing just the two hits on homers from Chisolm Jr. and Bellinger as he struck out eight. He was pulled with one out in the sixth after capping his outing with an impressive strikeout of Aaron Judge. 

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It was the first time since May 26 that the 24-year-old lasted longer than 4 1/3 innings of work as he notched a new career-high in strikeouts. While he wasn’t able to snap his streak of three losing decisions in a row, it was certainly a step in the right direction for Kochanowicz against a high-octane New York lineup.

The Los Angeles bullpen continued what has been an excellent series behind the right-hander, combining for 3 2/3 scoreless frames to finish the evening. Brock Burke, Hector Neris (W, 3-1), Ryan Zeferjahn and Connor Brodgon allowed just one hit altogether before handing it to Kenley Jansen in the ninth. 

Jansen allowed Paul Goldschmidt to reach as the leadoff hitter on an error from Luis Rengifo at third base before retiring the next three batters to lock down his 15th save. Jansen stands amongst the likes of Josh Hader and David Bednar as the only closers this season who are yet to blow a save with 10+ saves under their belt.

With Wednesday’s victory, the Angels evened up the season series against the Yankees at 3-3. Now having won five straight road games against New York dating back to last season, it is the longest ever win streak for the Angels in the Bronx. 

Los Angeles will look to finish off a seven-game road trip with one final victory in the series finale on Thursday morning to secure a sweep. Left-hander Tyler Anderson (2-4, 4.44 ERA) will toe the rubber for the Angels against Yankees’ left-hander Carlos Rodon (8-5, 3.01 ERA).

First pitch is scheduled for 10:05 a.m. PT.