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Clips

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Today’s Clips Contents

FROM LOS ANGELES TIMES (Page 3)

Angels' Parker Bridwell earns his stripes in 8-3 win over Yankees

Angels put Bud Norris on disabled list, recall Mike Morin

FROM ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER (Page 5)

Angels’ hitters stay hot in 8-3 victory over Yankees

Angels Notes: Bud Norris hits the DL with knee inflammation

FROM ANGELS.COM (Page 8)

Halo, goodbye: Angels wave away Bronx skid

Scioscia: Angels' bullpen 'terrific' in win vs. NY

Angels place Norris on DL with inflamed knee

Trout's All-Star ballot support not wavering

Nolasco looks to find winning ways in NY

FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (Page 14)

Maybin lifts Angels to 8-3 win as Yankees lose 7th in row

Angels put closer Bud Norris on DL with knee inflammation

Yankees face Angels with losing streak at 7 games

FROM CITIZEN-TIMES (Page 18)

Maybin flourishing as Angels' leadoff hitter

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FROM THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

Angels' Parker Bridwell earns his stripes in 8-3 win over Yankees

By Pedro Moura

It the conclusion of Parker Bridwell’s postgame media session Tuesday night, reporters scattered around

Yankee Stadium’s spacious visiting clubhouse, targeting the night’s stars. Unfamiliar with his major

league surroundings, Bridwell lingered for several seconds before approaching a reporter.

“Am I good to leave now?” he said.

A year ago this month, the Angels arrived in New York requiring a spot starter for the series opener.

They turned to left-hander David Huff, who couldn’t finish four innings, lost, and signed to pitch in South

Korea the next month.

This time, they offered Bridwell, by no means an established pitcher. That has been the theme of the

club’s campaign, one week short of the halfway mark. Stricken with similar injuries as in 2016, they have

resorted to better replacements. To date, those stand-ins are saving the Angels season.

Upon trouncing the Yankees 8-3, the Angels ascended back to .500, only one game out of a wild-card

slot. They crushed seven extra-base hits in a sturdy, balanced offensive performance that began at once.

Cameron Maybin knocked Yankees starter Michael Pineda’s second pitch into the right-field corner for a

double. After Kole Calhoun walked, Albert Pujols ripped the first pitch he saw into left field and Maybin

galloped home.

In the second inning, Eric Young Jr.’s tapper slithered through the legs of first baseman Chris Carter.

With one out, Danny Espinosa stroked a double to center field, driving in Young. Espinosa scored when

Calhoun slapped a single to left-center field. At that, the Angels went quiet.

Making the second start of his career, Bridwell walked four men in the first three innings. Still, he held

the Yankees hitless until the fourth inning, when Starlin Castro rapped a single to right field. Bridwell

walked Gary Sanchez before inducing three consecutive flyouts, the second of which brought in a run.

He began the fifth amassing two more outs through the air before Aaron Judge smashed an elevated

fastball for a home run. Bridwell retired one more batter and exited holding a one-run lead, which Blake

Parker quickly surrendered on a Sanchez solo shot to right field in the sixth inning.

It had been 10 months since Parker gave up a home run. He was a Yankees middle reliever then. Now

handling high-leverage situations, he has been another worthy replacement, a man claimed off the

waiver wire who probably would not have made the opening-day roster if Huston Street had been

healthy. Instead, he has a 2.16 earned-run average in 331/3 innings.

After Parker’s rare mishap, the Angels immediately pushed back ahead. Maybin started the seventh

inning with a home run to left field, and Calhoun followed with a double to right. Next, Pujols nearly sent

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a baseball beyond the wall, but settled for an out that moved Calhoun to third base. Yunel

Escobar drove in Calhoun when he hit a ball off the top of the left-field wall, and he too scored

when Luis Valbuena singled.

Martin Maldonado doubled and scored in the eighth inning, and Valbuena hit a home run to center field

in the ninth.

Six Angels registered two or more hits, including the first five hitters. Maybin, the leadoff man, led with

three, much to the delight of Escobar, who vacated the spot when he strained a hamstring last month.

“Even when I was leading off,” Escobar said through an interpreter, “I was always telling Maybin that

was his spot.”

And so the Angels have weathered the majority of the time they will be without center fielder Mike

Trout, thanks to Maybin, Escobar and unexpected performances from the likes of Bridwell, Parker and

Young.

“I know we don’t have Mike, but I think tonight’s indicative,” manager Mike Scioscia said. “We did a lot

of good things without our best player. Guys are starting to do some of the things that we projected.”

The victory boosted everyone’s mood and made postgame humor atypically accessible. Additionally, it

extended the club’s record on Tuesdays in 2017 to 12-0, four short of the all-time record to begin a

season, held by the 98-win 1997 Baltimore Orioles.

“What’s tomorrow?” Scioscia said. “Tuesday?”

Angels put Bud Norris on disabled list, recall Mike Morin

By Pedro Moura

The Angels recently welcomed Cam Bedrosian back into their bullpen, and they expect to do the same

with Huston Street this week. But their hope of debuting a complete bullpen was nixed when Bud

Norris’ inflamed right knee flared up after he pitched Sunday.

Norris was put on the 10-day disabled list Tuesday and the Angels recalled right-hander Mike

Morin from triple-A Salt Lake. Manager Mike Scioscia said he expected Norris to be out only the

necessary 10 days.

The knee has bothered Norris for much of the season. Last month in Miami, he had to exit an

appearance early because weakness within the joint was preventing him from firing into his delivery. But

he expressed confidence he could pitch through it with consistent treatment.

After he relayed his latest feelings Sunday, he underwent an MRI examination, which demonstrated no

structural damage, according to Scioscia.

“We wanted to take the chance to take a half-step backwards, let it calm down,” the manager said.

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Norris, 32, signed a minor league contract with the Angels in January and became their closer after

injuries to the three men who entered training camp competing for the spot. In 34 games, he has 42

strikeouts, 13 walks, a 2.43 earned-run average and 11 saves in 13 chances.

Scioscia did not say who he will next entrust with closing opportunities. Even as Norris garnered nearly

all of the club’s chances in recent weeks, Scioscia bristled at suggestions that he had anointed Norris the

team’s closer.

Bedrosian and fellow right-hander Blake Parker are two plausible candidates.

Change of plans for Mike Trout

Scioscia had said Mike Trout would travel with the team to New York and Boston to rehabilitate his torn

thumb ligament while observed by the team’s training staff.

Trout did travel east on the team charter, but he is not with the team. He’s spending the week working

out in his hometown of Millville, N.J.

On Tuesday he took his first swings since the injury. When the team travels to Boston on Thursday, he is

scheduled to head to Orange County and begin hitting off of a tee. Trout developed the plan in tandem

with two club training staffers.

“We had a couple things outlined about what he might do,” Scioscia said. “They all felt he’d get more

done going back to the West Coast for the weekend, as opposed to Boston, where there’s no cage and

not a lot that he’s going to be able to get out of there.”

Short hops

Right-hander Matt Shoemaker played catch for the first time since he exited early from a start last

Wednesday with a forearm strain. He said the strain is feeling better. His hope is to start Sunday in

Boston, the next time his rotation spot is up. … No decision has been announced about Doug Fister. The

right-hander can opt out of his contract if he’s not called up Wednesday. Fister has been pitching for Salt

Lake.

FROM ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

Angels’ hitters stay hot in 8-3 victory over Yankees

By Jeff Fletcher

NEW YORK — So far the Angels are doing a nice job of proving that they are more than just Mike Trout.

Getting production from all corners of their lineup, the Angels beat the New York Yankees, 8-3, on Tuesday

night, snapping a nine-game Yankee Stadium losing streak that dated to 2014.

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The Angels are now 11-10 without Trout, a stretch in which they’ve averaged 4.95 runs per game.

“It’s not that you’re going to score eight runs every night, but we did a lot of good things without our best

player,” Manager Mike Scioscia said. “That points to the depth we need to establish in our lineup. You saw

tonight, everybody had good at-bats all the way through. That’s what we’ve been hoping for for a while,

even before Mike was injured.”

Cameron Maybin, who hit the tie-breaking homer in the seventh, and Kole Calhoun have been two of the

leaders to the Angels’ productivity, minus Trout, and both came up as big parts of Tuesday’s 14-hit attack.

Maybin has been a catalyst at the top of the lineup for more than a month, except for his own brief stay on

the disabled list. He’s now hitting .400 (36 for 90) since the Angels moved him to the leadoff spot on May

16.

“He’s been the spark plug for us,” Scioscia said. “Cam is doing everything, playing good defense, setting the

tone at the top of the order. He’s hit the ball out of the park. He’s stealing bases. He’s given us a big lift, no

doubt.”

Calhoun, who had two hits a walk on Tuesday, has rebounded from a difficult first two months. He is

hitting .368 in June.

“I think he’s quieted some things down (in his swing),” Scioscia said. “He’s seeing the ball much better.

He’s using the whole field. He’s become a tough out again.”

The Angels also got two hits and a hard-hit flyout to the warning track from Albert Pujols and two hits

apiece from Yunel Escobar, Luis Valbuena and Martin Maldonado. Valbuena hit a homer.

After the Angels took a 3-0 lead in the second inning, their offense took a few innings off while the Yankees

came back with single runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth to tie.

But Maybin then led off the seventh with his fifth homer of the season, snapping a 3-3 tie. They scored two

more runs on a Calhoun double, an Escobar triple and a Valbuena single.

That lead held, as Angels relievers Cam Bedrosian, Keynan Middleton and David Hernandez collaborated

on the final nine outs, allowing just one hit.

The first five innings went to Parker Bridwell, starting in place of injured Matt Shoemaker. Bridwell gave up

two runs, including Aaron Judge’s major-league leading 24th homer. He needed 95 pitches to get through

five, largely because of five walks.

“The only fly in the ointment was five walks, but he wasn’t missing by much,” Scioscia said. “Those guys

are disciplined and they do a good job laying off pitches.”

Bridwell then turned a 3-2 lead over to the bullpen. Blake Parker gave up a sixth-inning homer to Gary

Sanchez. It was the first homer that Parker had allowed all season, after leading the majors with 32-1/3

innings without any homers.

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Angels Notes: Bud Norris hits the DL with knee inflammation

By Jeff Fletcher

NEW YORK — The Angels lost another pitcher to the disabled list, although this one doesn’t appear to be

serious.

Bud Norris, who had become the Angels’ closer, was placed on the DL with right knee inflammation, the

same problem that caused him to come out of a game last month.

Manager Mike Scioscia said Norris’ knee acted up on him again Sunday. He underwent an MRI that

showed no structural damage, Scioscia said, so the Angels are hoping he’ll just need to be out the

minimum 10 days.

“A little shutdown and he’ll be ready to go,” Scioscia said.

The Angels recalled Mike Morin to take Norris’ roster spot.

While Norris is out, the Angels could turn to Cam Bedrosian as their closer, although Scioscia wouldn’t

commit to that. Bedrosian was the closer in the first few weeks before he went on the disabled list with a

strained groin, not to return until last weekend.

Huston Street also could be joining the Angels bullpen this week. Street pitched 1-1/3 scoreless innings

Monday for Triple-A Salt Lake City, his third outing of this rehab stint. Scioscia said the Angels haven’t

decided if he’s ready now or needs one more outing.

TROUT UPDATE

Mike Trout did not end up joining the Angels in New York, instead traveling to his home in New Jersey to

work out at a rehab facility there.

Scioscia said Trout was expected to begin taking dry swings for a few days. On Thursday, he will return to

Southern California rather than joining the Angels over the weekend in Boston. Trout is expected to begin

hitting off a tee and doing soft toss drills this weekend. Scioscia said the facilities at Fenway Park are

limited, so Trout was better off working out in Southern California.

Meanwhile, Trout is still second among American League outfielders in the latest All-Star voting results,

released Tuesday. With just over 2 million votes, Trout has just more than double the total of fourth-place

Michael Brantley, giving him a comfortable lead for one of the top three spots.

Although Trout is hurt and might not be able to play in the All-Star Game, he would still be designated as

an All-Star if he is elected a starter. Online voting continues through next Thursday, June 29.

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ALSO

The Angels will have to make a decision on Doug Fister by Wednesday. Fister, who signed last month, has

the right to opt out of his Angels deal if he’s not added to the major league roster by Wednesday. Fister

also could agree to continue pitching in the minors. …

Matt Shoemaker played catch Tuesday, his first time throwing since he came out of a game Wednesday

with tightness in his forearm. Shoemaker said he feels better, but won’t have a true gauge until he throws

with more intensity. He is hoping to pitch Sunday, but isn’t yet sure if he will be ready. …

The Angels are nearing deals with high school outfielder Jacob Pearson, their third-round pick, and high

school pitcher John Swanda, their fourth-round pick. They have signed 16 of their 40 picks, including seven

of the top 10. They have also signed outfielder Jonah Todd (sixth), pitcher Dennis Brady Jr. (seventh),

pitcher Connor Riley (eighth), pitcher Brett Hanewich (ninth) and pitcher Daniel Procopio (10th). Last week,

the Angels signed their top two picks, outfielder Jo Adell and pitcher Griffin Canning.

FROM ANGELS.COM

Halo, goodbye: Angels wave away Bronx skid

By Bryan Hoch and Maria Guardado / MLB.com

NEW YORK -- Cameron Maybin's go-ahead home run off Tyler Clippard triggered yet another implosion

by the struggling Yankees bullpen, helping lift the Angels to an 8-3 victory on Tuesday evening at Yankee

Stadium and extending New York's season-high losing streak to seven games.

Yunel Escobar added a run-scoring triple and Luis Valbuena hit a late homer as the Angels scored five

unanswered runs off Yankees relievers, notching their first victory in The Bronx since April 25, 2014, to

snap a nine-game losing streak at the Stadium.

"We talked about us needing to swing the bats better, especially coming in here and going against that

club with their bullpen," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "You want to get some early runs, and we

were able to do that. But as big as those early runs were, the seventh inning was huge for us, with Cam

[homering] and getting a little bit of a buffer."

Maybin's blast on Clippard's second pitch came minutes after Gary Sanchez tied the game with a solo

homer off reliever Blake Parker. Maybin finished the game 3-for-5 with two RBIs, extending his hitting

streak to a season-high 10 games. The 30-year-old outfielder has been a key offensive catalyst for the

Angels since moving to the leadoff spot, batting .400 (36-for-90) in 22 games atop the lineup.

"I'm extremely happy with Maybin," Escobar said. "Even before he took over the leadoff spot, I was

telling him that he was the leader of this team."

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Aaron Judge hit his Major League-leading 24th homer earlier in the contest off rookie right-

hander Parker Bridwell, who permitted two runs and two hits over five innings in his second big league

start. Bridwell walked five and struck out three in a 95-pitch effort.

Yankees right-hander Michael Pineda struggled with his fastball command but managed to complete 5

2/3 innings, allowing three runs (one earned) and seven hits. Albert Pujols had two hits, including a run-

scoring single, while Danny Espinosa and Kole Calhoun had RBI hits in the second inning to help the

Angels take advantage of an error by first baseman Chris Carter.

"It's tough for everybody, but the only thing you can do is keep working and keep your head up," Pineda

said.

New York's seven-game slide is their longest since April 2007. The loss placed the Yankees out of first

place in the American League East for the first time since May 20.

"I don't think the first 60 games were an accident," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "We played pretty

well during those games. Every team goes through their down periods. I like that club in there, I've liked

it from the beginning, and I still do."

MOMENTS THAT MATTERED

Opening the door: Eric Young Jr.'s second-inning ground ball appeared to be a routine play for Carter,

but it skipped under the first baseman's glove and into right field for a two-base error that helped the

Angels pad their early lead. After a groundout, Espinosa laced a run-scoring double up the gap in right-

center field, and Calhoun delivered a two-out RBI single to left that brought pitching coach Larry

Rothschild out for a visit. It was Carter's third error.

Strike right back: The Yankees never led, and Maybin made sure it stayed that way with his wall-

scraping home run off Clippard in the seventh, his fifth roundtripper of the season. Maybin, who also

added an RBI single in the eighth, has multiple hits in each of his last three games. Maybin, Calhoun

(double), Pujols (flyout) and Escobar (RBI triple) all struck the ball well off Clippard, who has allowed six

earned runs in 6 2/3 June innings (8.10 ERA).

"It's super frustrating," Clippard said. "It's not fun. It's up to all of us in here to pick ourselves up and get

it right. It's a long season."

SOUND SMART WITH YOUR FRIENDS

The Angels are 12-0 on Tuesdays this season. Since 1900, only the 1997 Orioles (16-0) have had a better

start to a season on Tuesdays.

WHAT'S NEXT

Angels: Right-hander Ricky Nolasco (2-8, 5.01 ERA) will take the mound for the Angels on Wednesday in

the middle game of the three-game series at 4:05 p.m. PT at Yankee Stadium. Nolasco is 1-2 with a 5.91

ERA in four career starts against the Yankees.

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Yankees: Rookie left-hander Jordan Montgomery (4-4, 3.78 ERA) will try to halt the Yankees' skid on

Wednesday evening at 7:05 p.m. ET as he makes his 13th start of the season. Montgomery took a no-

decision in his last outing, on June 15 at Oakland, and he will be facing the Angels for the first time in his

career.

Scioscia: Angels' bullpen 'terrific' in win vs. NY

By Maria Guardado / MLB.com

NEW YORK -- Manager Mike Scioscia offered the first glimpse at how he plans to operate the Angels'

bullpen without injured closer Bud Norris in the Halos' 8-3 victory over the Yankees on Tuesday night at

Yankee Stadium.

Norris, who landed on the disabled list with right knee inflammation before the Angels' series opener in

the Bronx, is not expected to miss more than 10 days, but his absence will temporarily leave a bit of a

hole at the back end of the Halos' bullpen. When asked who would close games in Norris' stead, Scioscia

said the Angels could deploy a number of relievers based on matchups, an approach that mostly proved

successful against the Yankees on Tuesday.

Parker Bridwell made his second start for the Angels and pitched five innings before turning over a 3-2

lead to Blake Parker in the sixth. Parker, who entered Tuesday with 1.95 ERA and a 0.990 WHIP over 32

1/3 innings this season, suffered a rare hiccup, surrendering an opposite-field home run to Gary

Sanchez that tied the game at 3. It was the first homer Parker had allowed this year.

"It wasn't that awful of a pitch," Scioscia said. "It just wasn't quite where he was trying to throw it, and

Sanchez hit it hard."

Still, Parker ended up earning the win after Cameron Maybin untied the game with a solo home run

off Tyler Clippard in the seventh. The Angels never trailed after that, as Cam Bedrosian, Keynan

Middleton and David Hernandez combined to pitch the final three innings, allowing only one hit while

striking out five.

"They were terrific," Scioscia said. "We made some big pitches in some situations to keep them down."

Scioscia said he had a feeling he would use Hernandez in the ninth as the night unfolded, though he

added that the 32-year-old veteran had not been "ordained as closer" prior to the game.

"It could have gone a lot of different ways," Scioscia said. "David had the experience, so we were

thinking about letting him have the ninth and then working our way in between. We looked for some

matchups that we thought could be favorable, and just went with it."

Scioscia has generally shied away from officially designating anyone the Angels' closer this season, which

has given him more flexibility to use his best relievers, particularly Bedrosian, in high-leverage situations

outside of the ninth. So while Hernandez pitched the final inning of Tuesday's game, the role remains

malleable, meaning a different member of the Angels' relief corp could be asked to close Wednesday.

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Angels place Norris on DL with inflamed knee

By Maria Guardado / MLB.com

NEW YORK -- The Angels placed right-hander Bud Norris on the 10-day disabled list with right knee

inflammation on Tuesday, though they're hopeful that they won't be without their closer for long.

Manager Mike Scioscia said Norris' knee flared up following Sunday's game against the Royals. An MRI

exam revealed no structural damage, and Scioscia said the Angels believe Norris will be able to return to

action after the minimum 10 days. Norris' malady first cropped up last month and forced him to

prematurely exit an outing in Miami.

"It just seemed like it acted up again, so we wanted to take a chance to take a half-step backward, let it

calm down," Scioscia said. "The study that was done says there's no damage other than normal wear

and tear in there, so hopefully it'll just be a little shutdown and he's ready to go."

Norris won a spot in the Angels' bullpen as a non-roster invitee out of Spring Training and eventually

took over closing duties following the injuries to Cam Bedrosian, Huston Street and Andrew Bailey. The

32-year-old veteran has logged a 2.43 ERA with 11 saves over 33 1/3 innings this season.

With Norris out, the Angels could have Bedrosian handle save situations, as he did at the beginning of

the year, but Sciosica said matchups would primarily determine pitching assignments in the ninth.

Bedrosian, who was activated from the disabled list on Saturday, pitched one scoreless inning against

Kansas City in his return from injury and has not allowed a run in 7 2/3 innings this year.

The Angels recalled right-hander Mike Morin from Triple-A Salt Lake on Tuesday to fill Norris' spot in the

bullpen. Another reinforcement could also be on the way soon. Street, who has not pitched for the

Angels this season due to a lat strain, tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings in a rehab assignment with Salt Lake

on Monday and could be activated later this week, according to Scioscia.

Trout update

The Angels had initially planned to have center fielder Mike Trout accompany the club on its six-day

road trip to New York and Boston, but those plans have been slightly altered. Scioscia said Trout is

currently rehabbing from thumb surgery in his native New Jersey, where he began taking dry swings on

Monday for the first time since suffering the injury. Trout is expected to return to Southern California on

Thursday and progress to hitting off a tee and doing soft toss drills this weekend.

Worth noting

• Right-hander Matt Shoemaker resumed throwing on Tuesday for the first time since landing on the

disabled list with a forearm strain last week. Shoemaker played catch from 90 feet and said he is aiming

to return to the rotation on Sunday in Boston, though it's not yet clear if he'll be able to meet his goal.

• The Angels are running out of time to make a decision on veteran right-hander Doug Fister, who has a

clause in his contract that allows him to ask for his release if he's not on the Major League roster by

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Wednesday. Scioscia said the club remain undecided on Fister's fate. Fister has a 4.02 ERA in three starts

for Salt Lake.

• The Angels have agreed to terms with sixth-round Draft pick Jonah Todd, an outfielder from Auburn,

and seventh-round selection Denny Brady, a right-hander from Mercer County Community College,

according to Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo of MLBPipeline.com. Todd and Brady signed for $210,000 and

$200,00, respectively, both of which are under-slot deals.

Trout's All-Star ballot support not wavering

By Maria Guardado / MLB.com

NEW YORK -- Mike Trout remains in line to make his sixth consecutive trip to the Midsummer Classic,

collecting the second-most votes among American League outfielders in Tuesday's 2017 Esurance MLB

All-Star Game Ballot update.

Trout has received 2,030,074 votes, which ranks third overall behind Yankees right fielder Aaron

Judge (2,631,284) and Astros second baseman Jose Altuve (2,185,035). Before landing on the disabled

list with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his left thumb last month, Trout recorded a 1.203 OPS with 16

home runs, 36 RBIs and 10 stolen bases in 47 games.

Though he was initially projected to miss six to eight weeks, Trout said he believes he could return

before the All-Star break, leaving open the possibility that he could start in center field during the 2017

All-Star Game presented by MasterCard on July 9 in Miami. He will likely be the Angels' lone

representative among position players, as no other member of the Halos' roster currently ranks inside

the top five (catchers/infielders) or top 15 (outfielders) on the ballot.

Fans may cast votes for starters at MLB.com and all 30 club sites -- on computers, tablets and

smartphones -- exclusively online using the 2017 Esurance MLB All-Star Game Ballot until Thursday, June

29, at 11:59 p.m. ET. On smartphones and tablets, fans can also access the ballot via the MLB.com At Bat

and MLB.com Ballpark mobile apps. Vote up to five times in any 24-hour period for a maximum of 35

ballots cast.

Following the announcement of the 2017 All-Star starters, reserves and pitchers, fans should return to

MLB.com and cast their 2017 Esurance MLB All-Star Game Final Vote for the final player on each

league's All-Star roster. Then on Tuesday, July 11, while watching the 2017 All-Star Game presented by

MasterCard live on FOX, fans may visit MLB.com to submit their choices for the Ted Williams Most

Valuable Player Award presented by Chevrolet with the 2017 MLB All-Star Game MVP Vote.

The 88th Midsummer Classic, at Marlins Park in Miami, will be televised nationally by FOX Sports; in

Canada by Rogers Sportsnet and RDS; and worldwide by partners in more than 160 countries. ESPN

Radio and ESPN Radio Deportes will provide exclusive national radio coverage, while MLB Network,

MLB.com and SiriusXM will have comprehensive All-Star Week coverage. For more information about

MLB All-Star Week and to purchase tickets, please visit AllStarGame.com and follow @AllStarGame on

social media.

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Nolasco looks to find winning ways in NY

By Matthew Martell / MLB.com

Yankees lefty Jordan Montgomery has been one of the best rookie starters in baseball this season, as he

leads all MLB rookies with 66 strikeouts.

Montgomery (4-4, 3.78 ERA) will be matched up with Ricky Nolasco (2-8, 5.01 ERA) on Wednesday at

Yankee Stadium as the Angels right-hander will seek to snap his losing streak. Nolasco has lost each of

his last six outings.

The Yankees will be trying to end a seven-game losing streak.

Much of Montgomery's success, thus far, can be attributed to his slider and curveball. He has induced

the third-highest chase rate (25.4 percent) among pitchers who've thrown at least 300 pitches outside

of the strike zone, according to Statcast.

Montgomery said the key to his success has been utilizing all of his offspeed pitches -- curveball, slider,

cutter and changeup -- and keeping his fastball away from the middle of the plate, which was his

problem in his no-decision against the Athletics last Thursday.

"My curveball's been good," Montgomery said. "I've just got to stay away from throwing my fastball

down the middle. I cut a couple of fastballs that ended up over the middle against the A's that hurt me."

The potent Yankees offense and homer-friendly Yankee Stadium are far from ideal matches for

Nolasco's bounceback start; he has allowed 21 home runs this season, which is tied for the most in the

American League with New York righty Masahiro Tanaka.

Three things to know about this game

• Nolasco is 1-2 with a 5.91 ERA in four career starts against the Yankees.

• Nolasco's one win against the Yankees came in 2014, in his lone career start at Yankee Stadium, when

he tossed six innings of one-run ball.

• Montgomery has allowed eight home runs this season, which is the fewest allowed by any of the five

Yankees starters.

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FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Maybin lifts Angels to 8-3 win as Yankees lose 7th in row

Associated Press

NEW YORK -- Tyler Clippard walked off the mound, stared straight ahead and walked to the dugout as

many of the 39,853 fans at Yankee Stadium booed.

Cameron Maybin hit a tiebreaking home run on the struggling reliever's second pitch of the night, Kole

Calhoun lined a double to right-center on his eighth, Albert Pujols hit a warning-track flyout on his 11th

and Yunel Escobar tripled off the top of the left-field wall , just above the glove of leaping Brett Gardner,

on his 12th and last.

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A week ago, the Yankees led the AL East by four games after winning the opener of a West Coast trip at

Angel Stadium. But even with the return of closer Aroldis Chapman from the disabled list last weekend,

New York dropped out of first place for the first time since mid-May and trails Boston by a half-game.

"We've got to catch them now," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "I think a lot of times you find out a

lot more about your club now than you do when you're going through great times."

Even with reliever Adam Warren on the disabled list, Girardi is reluctant to use setup man Dellin

Betances for six outs, preferring he pitch only the eighth to hold leads.

"I think you could do it for a short period of time, but I think it starts to wear on guys physically because

of the long season," Girardi said. "We might have to look at some different things."

Aaron Judge hit his major league-leading 24th home run and Gary Sanchez his 12th as New York climbed

back from a 3-0 deficit.

Clippard (1-4) allowed runs for the third time in four outings. After Jonathan Holder relieved, Luis

Valbuena singled through a drawn-in infield to drive in another run.

"It's up to all of us in here to pick ourselves up and get it right, and that's what we're going to do,"

Clippard said. "We all expect that out of ourselves. I expect that out of myself. I don't think any of us are

worried about it."

Los Angeles, which outhit New York 14-4 despite missing injured AL MVP Mike Trout, had lost its nine

previous games at Yankee Stadium and 18 of 21. In one of the season's quirkier stats, the Angels

improved to 12-0 on Tuesdays.

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Maybin had three hits and two RBI, including a run-scoring chopper in the eighth.Valbuena added a solo

homer off Holder in the ninth.

"We did a lot of good things, without our best player," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "That points

to the depth we need to establish in our lineup."

Blake Parker (3-2) allowed Sanchez's tying home run in the sixth. Parker Bridwell, taking the rotation

spot vacated when Matt Shoemaker went on the disabled list, gave up two runs, two hits and five walks

in five innings.

Michael Pineda allowed three runs -- one earned -- and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings.

"He battled really, really well tonight considering he had no location on his fastball, basically zero,"

Girardi said.

Los Angeles went ahead nine pitches in when Pujols' single scored Maybin , who doubled leading off,

and the Angels opened a 3-0 lead in the second with a pair of unearned runs after Eric Young Jr.'s leadoff

grounder rolled under the glove of first baseman Chris Carter for a two-base error.

Bridwell held the Yankees hitless through three innings , although he needed 65 pitches to do it.

"I could have been more efficient," he said.

SKID

New York had a seven-game losing streak encompassing the end of the 2011 season and the start of

2012.

YOU'RE THE TOP

Maybin has a 10-game hitting streak and is batting .400 with 10 doubles and four home runs since being

moved to the leadoff spot on May 16.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Angels: Los Angeles closer Bud Norris went on the 10-day DL because of right knee inflammation and

RHP Mike Morin was recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake. ... Trout, sidelined since May 28 with a torn

ligament in his left thumb, was to start swinging at a facility near his home in New Jersey and progress

this weekend to hitting off a tee and soft toss. ... Shoemaker (strained muscle in his right forearm) threw

on flat ground from about 90 feet. ... RHP Huston Street, sidelined since spring training by a strained

latissimus dorsi muscle is his back, allowed one hit over 1 1/3 innings for Salt Lake in a rehab outing on

Monday and could be activated this week.

Yankees: CF Jacoby Ellsbury, out since sustaining a concussion on May 24, is to take batting practice

Wednesday. Aaron Hicks returned to center field and went 0 for 2 with a pair of walks after missing

three games because of a sore left Achilles tendon. ... Warren, who hasn't pitched since June 13 because

of right shoulder inflammation, is to play catch on Friday.

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UP NEXT

Rookie LHP Jordan Montgomery (4-4) starts Wednesday night for the Yankees against RHP Ricky

Nolasco (2-8) and the Angels. Nolasco is winless in nine starts since April 27, losing his last six.

Angels put closer Bud Norris on DL with knee inflammation

Associated Press

NEW YORK -- Angels closer Bud Norris has been placed on the 10-day disabled list because of right knee

inflammation.

A 32-year-old right-hander, Norris has been dealing with the injury on and off for about a month. The

knee forced Norris from a game at Miami after three pitches on May 26.

"He responded. He was fine. It just seems like it acted up again, so we want to take a half-step

backward, let it calm down," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said before Tuesday's series opener at

the New York Yankees.

Scioscia said an MRI showed normal wear and tear but no damage The move was retroactive to

Monday, and Scioscia anticipates Norris will be activated on June 29, the first day he is eligible.

Right-hander Mike Morin was recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake to fill the roster spot.

AL MVP Mike Trout, sidelined since May 28 with a torn ligament in his left thumb, was to start swinging

Tuesday at a facility near his home in New Jersey, according to Scioscia. The outfielder will return to

California on Thursday, progress during the weekend to hitting off a tee and soft toss, then be evaluated

Monday after the team gets home.

Right-hander Matt Shoemaker, on the disabled list because of a strained extensor muscle in his right

forearm, threw on flat ground from about 90 feet. Scioscia said it was too soon to set a timetable for his

return.

Righty Huston Street, sidelined since spring training by a strained latissimus dorsi muscle in his back,

allowed one hit over 1 1/3 innings for Salt Lake in a rehab outing on Monday.

"Could be activated this week," Scioscia said.

Left-hander Tyler Skaggs, who hasn't pitched for the Angels since April 28 because of a strained right

oblique muscle, possibly could rejoin the rotation during the series at Texas from July 7 to 9, just before

the All-Star break.

Yankees face Angels with losing streak at 7 games

Associated Press

NEW YORK -- For the last week, the New York Yankees are taking a long time to lose.

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The result is New York's first seven-game losing streak in over 10 years.

The Yankees face the prospect of an eighth straight loss Wednesday night when they continue a three-

game series with the Los Angeles Angels at Wednesday night.

This streak took a combined 24 hours, 57 minutes to play with each the first six games on the West

Coast. The first game back at home did not improve things in either area for the Yankees.

The Yankees were held to four hits and took three hours, 26 minutes to open the series with an 8-3

defeat Tuesday. It marked the first time the Yankees dropped seven straight games since April 20-27,

200, in the first month of Joe Torre's last season as manager.

Another loss would give the Yankees their first eight-game losing streak since Aug. 19-26, 1995 when the

team fell under .500 and needed a strong finish to reach the playoffs for the first time since 1981.

"I think you find out a lot more about the makeup of your club now, when you're going through tough

times, then when they're great times," said manager Joe Girardi, who said he didn't think the first 60

games were an "accident."

"You find out more in how they respond every day," he continued.

Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez homered and both are continuing to wield hot bats but it is the bullpen

causing things to escalate in the wrong direction for the Yankees.

New York's bullpen allowed four runs in the seventh inning or later Tuesday. During this skid, opponents

have scored 16 times in the seventh or later and the most notable struggles are coming from Tyler

Clippard.

Clippard has allowed five runs in his last five outings, spanning 3 2/3 innings. In Tuesday's loss, he gave

up three runs in the seventh, including a tiebreaking homer to Cameron Maybin on a 1-0 changeup.

It's super frustrating and not fun, but it's up to all of us in here to pick ourselves up and get it right. We

all expect that out of ourselves, and that's what we're going to do," Clippard said.

The Angels (37-37) are at .500 for the 18th time this season and are 3-1 against the Yankees. Los Angeles

moved one game over by winning the final two games against New York but dropped three of four

against the Kansas City Royals.

Los Angeles rebounded nicely by getting a big night from Cameron Maybin. He went 3-for-5 with a solo

homer off Clippard and an RBI infield single.

During a 10-game-hittting streak Maybin is hitting .409 (18-for-44). The center fielder also is batting .400

(36-for-90) as a leadoff hitter this season.

"It's going back a while now," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "He's been the sparkplug for us. Cam's

doing everything, playing great defense, setting the tone at the top of the order. He's hit the ball out of

the park. He's stolen bases. He's giving us a big lift, no doubt."

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The Angels are 11-10 since Mike Trout injured his thumb on a slide at second on May 28 in Miami.

"It's not that you're going to score eight runs every night, but we did a lot of good things without our

best player," Scioscia said. "That points to the depth we need to establish in our lineup. You saw tonight,

everybody had good at-bats all the way through. That's what we've been hoping for a while, even before

Mike was injured."

The Angels head into Wednesday with at least 12 hits in three straight games and it's not just Maybin,

who sparked an offense that saw its top five hitters go 11-for-24 in the series opener.

Kole Calhoun is batting .366 (26-for-71) in his last 19 games after getting two hits Tuesday.

The Yankees will hope Jordan Montgomery can pitch deep enough and effectively enough Wednesday

night.

Montgomery makes 13th career start when he faces the Angels for the first time in his career.

Montgomery last pitched Thursday in Oakland when he did not get a decision after allowing four runs

and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings.

Montgomery is 2-1 with a 2.43 ERA in his last five starts and the Yankees are 5-7 when he starts.

Montgomery has held opponents to a .186 average (11-for-59) with runners in scoring position.

Meanwhile the Angels hope Ricky Nolasco can end a nine-start winless stretch.

Nolasco is 2-8 overall and since his last win on April 27, the right-hander is 0-6 with a 5.58 ERA in his last

nine starts.

He is tied with New York RHP Masahiro Tanaka for the most homers allowed in the American League.

Nolasco allowed two more Thursday when the Kansas City Royals tagged him for five runs and 10 hits in

six innings. It was the ninth time he allowed multiple homers.

Nolasco is 1-2 with a 5.91 ERA in four career starts against the Yankees. He beat the Yankees at Yankee

Stadium in 2014 with the Minnesota Twins.

FROM CITIZEN-TIMES

Maybin flourishing as Angels' leadoff hitter

Former Roberson baseball standout Cameron Maybin is having one of the best seasons of his major

league career as the leadoff hitter for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

More from the Los Angeles Times:

Over the first nine seasons of his major league career, Maybin logged a below-average .313 on-base

percentage. Everything about his offensive game, other than baserunning, was below average.

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Over the last two seasons, still somewhat marred by injuries, Maybin has logged a .380 on-base

percentage, tied for 16th-best among the 189 major leaguers who have batted 600 or more times in

that span. He has walked in 14% of his plate appearances this season, which puts him in similar territory

on league leaderboards.

He is batting .270 with a .408 slugging percentage and a league-leading 21 stolen bases. Everything

about his offensive game is above average.

“That separation between his average and on-base [percentage] is an all-time high for Cam,” Angels

manager Mike Scioscia said. “Hopefully it’s just another step he’s taking to what you would like to see in

a player. It’s not like he’s consciously trying to take walks. He settled into a nice rhythm last year and

he’s gotten back to that after the first month of the season, when he struggled.