Carlos Rodón throws 7 sharp innings, Devin Williams leaves the

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP)– Carlos Rodón pitched 7 scoreless innings of five-hit ball, and Devin Williams hardly endured a perilous ninth inning to make his first conserve considering that April 17 in the New York Yankees’ 3-2 success over the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night.Yoán Moncada homered in the ninth as the Angels ended a stretch of 16 scoreless innings in the series with two runs and 3 hits off Williams, the Yankees’ embattled brand-new reducer. Williams lost the closer function last month after a shaky start to his New York period, and he hadn’t had a save opportunity given that April 25.

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After Moncada led off the ninth with a homer on his 30th birthday, Taylor Ward and Luis Rengifo singled to put runners on the corners with one out. Ward scored when Jo Adell grounded into a forceout, however Williams got pinch-hitter Logan O’Hoppe on a nasty popup to secure his fifth conserve and the Yankees’ seventh straight series win.Ben Rice and Oswald Peraza homered and Anthony Volpe had an RBI single for the protecting AL champion Yankees, who have actually won 4 in a row, 8 of nine and 15 of 19 to surge 7 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 versus the left-hander, the lowest mark in the majors amongst qualified pitchers.Tyler Anderson(

2-2)held the Yankees to 5 hits and one unearned run over six innings, but the Angels have scored simply 5 runs during their four-game skid following an eight-game winning streak.Advertisement Secret minute Rodón set out Chris Taylor with a runner

in scoring position

to end the seventh, slotting a fastball in the bottom of the zone with his 105th and last pitch.Key stat Peraza has 3 extra-base hits in his last five games after handling simply two in the previous 6 1/2 weeks.Up next Yusei Kikuchi(1-4, 3.17 AGE )pitches

for the Angels versus Clarke Schmidt (1-2, 4.58)in the series ending. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB