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Today’s Clips Contents

FROM THE LOS ANGELES TIMES (Page 3)

Yankees get to David Huff from the get-go in Angels’ 6-3 loss

Angels put Joe Smith on the disabled list

FROM THE OC REGISTER (Page 6)

David Huff gives up five runs in spot start, Angels lose to Yankees

Tim Lincecum goes five innings in second Triple-A start for Salt Lake, will make one more

before joining Angels

Angels’ Mike Trout still leading AL outfielders in All-Star voting

Angels Notes: Yunel Escobar’s mental mistakes, lack of hustle adding up but Mike Scioscia

calls them ‘blip on the radar’

Angels Joe Smith placed on DL with hamstring injury

On deck: Angels at Yankees, Wednesday, 4 p.m.

FROM ANGELS.COM (Page 12)

Angels can’t dig out of early hole vs. Yankees

Lincecum to make one more rehab start

Help send Trout and Co. to San Diego

Sloppy stretch proves costly in loss to Yanks

Weaver faces Yankees eyeing 6th win

Angels place Smith on DL, recall Morin

FROM THE ASSSOCIATED PRESS (Page 20)

Beltran, Castro power Pineda and Yankees past Angels 6-3

Banged up Angels put P Smith (hammy) on DL

FROM FOX SPORTS (Page 23)

Angels-Yankees Preview

Escobar, Angels look listless early in 6-3 loss to Yankees

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FROM THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

Yankees get to David Huff from the get-go in Angels’ 6-3 loss

Pedro Moura

In retrospect, the Angels’ Tuesday night game against the New York Yankees was doomed before it began. But it could have unfolded in so many more favorable ways than it did in their 6-3 defeat at Yankee Stadium.

When Nick Tropeano decamped for the disabled list because of shoulder pain over the weekend, the Angels needed a man to start the game, any man, and so they called up journeyman left-hander David Huff, a triple-A reliever as of last month.

The choice was between him and right-hander Kyle Kendrick, with Tim Lincecum choosing to continue his preparation in triple A. The choice did not work out.

Huff yielded an infield single to the first man he faced, Brett Gardner, and a two-run home run to the third, Carlos Beltran. Alex Rodriguez and Starlin Castro followed with singles to left. With one out, Chase Headley chopped a ball to third with enough pace that Yunel Escobar seemed to have time to step on the base, throw to first, and end the inning.

Instead, Escobar jogged the six or so feet to third base, touched it, and took two more steps toward the visiting dugout, until he stopped and glanced at first base, too late to get Headley. All the while, catcher Carlos Perez had been pointing to first, but Escobar seemed to think he was recording the third out of the inning.

From the dugout, Angels Manager Mike Scioscia stared at Escobar. In his office after the game, Scioscia denied that Escobar forgot how many outs were on the ledger.

“He was only getting one out on that ball,” Scioscia said.

Asked if he did not think Escobar had a chance at a double play, Scioscia shook his head.

“That ball was kind of chopped,” he said. “He took the out at third base.”

Escobar vehemently declined to speak to reporters following the loss. The miscue was his third apparent lapse in three days. During a high-leverage situation Sunday in Pittsburgh, he leisurely pursued a foul ball that landed in the first row of seats beyond third base. On Monday at Yankee Stadium, he jogged out of the batter’s box on a routine grounder. When Castro fumbled it, he accelerated, then slowed again, and was thrown out by one step.

Scioscia said Escobar admitted fault on that play. But he defended the 33-year-old third baseman’s actions, praising his overall effort and noting that his swing does not enable him to quickly break out of the batter’s box.

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“He just gave up on that play early, and he knows it,” Scioscia said before Tuesday’s game. “Esky plays every day. He plays banged up. There is nobody that wants to win more than he does. Yesterday was just a blip on the radar.”

Tuesday, his slip allowed the Yankees to score another run, when Austin Romine singled to left. Rafael Ortega’s overthrow home from left field, the Angels’ next mistake, put New York hitters on second and third, but the Yankees didn’t score again in the first.

“That’s an error of aggression,” Scioscia said. “That’s fine.”

They would make two more mishaps. Huff picked up Gardner’s sacrifice bunt in the second but misflipped it to first base. In the seventh, Perez threw in time to get Gardner trying to steal second base but Gregorio Petit dropped the throw. Gardner came around to score.

The Yankees tacked on a run apiece against Huff in the second and third innings. The 31-year-old, still a possibility to start Sunday at Angel Stadium, retired only 11 of the 20 hitters he faced on an abbreviated night.

“It just seemed like David couldn’t establish, really, anything,” Scioscia said.

The Angels had three baserunners through four innings against starter Michael Pineda, two on walks and another on a double from Petit. They produced four more in the remaining innings: all hits. Their only veritable rally occurred in the fifth, when Ortega led off with a double, Petit singled him in and Kole Calhoun slammed a two-out, two-run home run.

They did not score again.

Angels put Joe Smith on the disabled list

Pedro Moura

Joe Smith finally succumbed to the injury that has long been hindering him. The Angels placed their setup man on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a strained left hamstring, convinced he needed a break because of supplementary soreness.

“It’s one of those things where once I started getting sore in abnormal areas, that set off some caution flags,” Smith said.

“When you start getting sore in other places, it affects your delivery.”

Smith first felt the strain May 19 at Angel Stadium while he warmed up to pitch the ninth inning against the Dodgers.

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He felt it again on the mound when he struck out Yasiel Puig, and it has bothered him daily since.

Smith could not pitch in recent days, and so his listing is retroactive to Saturday, meaning he can be activated June 20.

The Angels also recalled right-hander Mike Morin from triple-A Salt Lake and designated right-hander Javy Guerra for assignment, bringing back Morin after only one minor league appearance.

He was used in a mop-up situation in Tuesday’s fourth inning, but Manager Mike Scioscia said he will be in consideration for eighth-inning hold opportunities while Smith is out.

Morin said he was confident he could rebound from the 5.48 earned-run average he posted in his first stint.

“It wasn’t like I went completely off the rails,” he said. “It was an untimely pitch here, an untimely pitch there.”

Morin regretted two in particular, poorly located changeups to Houston’s Carlos Correa and the Dodgers’ Trayce Thompson, two home runs that accounted for five of the 13 runs he gave up in 211/3 innings.

Short hops

Tim Lincecum threw 95 pitches over five innings for Salt Lake in Reno. The right-hander struck out six batters, walked two and gave up three hits, with his velocity hovering from 89 to 91 mph. Lincecum’s plan was to make his next start for the Angels on Sunday, but he told reporters that he will start once more for Salt Lake, Sunday in Fresno. He would then be on track to make his Angels debut in Oakland on June 17 or 18. … Andrelton Simmons will take Wednesday off and then play the next two days as part of his rehab assignment with Class-A Inland Empire. He could rejoin the Angels on Saturday. … The Angels bought 26-year-old right-hander Jose Valdez from Detroit and designated left-hander Chris Jones for assignment to place Valdez on their 40-man roster. A hard-throwing reliever, he has thrown nine career major league innings.

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FROM THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

David Huff gives up five runs in spot start, Angels lose to Yankees

By JEFF FLETCHER / STAFF WRITER

NEW YORK – David Huff didn’t exactly make the most of a good opportunity.

Huff, recalled to make a spot start in place of injured Nick Tropeano, gave up five runs in a 6-3 loss to the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.

It was Huff’s first start in the majors since April 14, 2015.

“They say it’s like riding a bike, but sometimes it’s a little tougher than that,” Huff said. “I’m still getting used to it. Hopefully the next time out I’ll be better.”

There’s no guarantee when that next time will be, though.

With Tim Lincecum starting at least once more at Triple-A, the Angels will need another starter in the big leagues in this spot on Sunday.

Huff could have helped himself be in position to make that start with a good outing Tuesday.

“I haven’t been told anything,” Huff said. “I’ll get ready for the next time until they tell me differently.”

The 31-year-old journeyman from Huntington Beach was making his first appearance with the Angels, who signed him as a free agent last month.

The Yankees tagged him for three runs on five hits in the first inning, including a two-run homer by Carlos Beltran.

“It was a good pitch selection, but it was just in the middle,” Huff said of his misplaced changeup.

Huff gave up another run in the second and one in the third on Starlin Castro’s homer off the right field pole.

“It just seemed like David couldn’t establish really anything, getting ahead in the count or bringing his secondary pitches in,” Manager Mike Scioscia said. “He couldn’t use both sides of the pate like he can when he’s good. And consequently those guys got some pretty good looks at him.”

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The Angels also played a sloppy defensive game. Huff made an error on a throw to first after fielding a bunt. Rafael Ortega made a wild throw that allowed runners to take an extra base. Shortstop Gregorio Petit failed to catch a perfect throw from catcher Carlos Perez on a stolen base attempt in the seventh. Had he held the ball, Brett Gardner would have been out and the inning would have been over. Instead, the inning continued and the Yankees scored an insurance run.

The only offense the Angels could manage came in the fifth inning.

Petit drove in a run and then Kole Calhoun hit a two-run homer in the inning, pulling the Angels within 5-3.

After that, Michael Pineda retired the last seven batters he faced.

“We got in some good counts with him and made him work, but when push came to shove he threw some good slides and got out of some jams,” Scioscia said.

The Angels bullpen kept the game close enough to at least force New York to go to two of its three top relievers: Andrew Miller and Dellin Betances.

Getting those pitchers into a game the Yankees led 5-0 is something of an accomplishment for the Angels, and it could pay dividends in the final two games of the series if either becomes unavailable.

Tim Lincecum goes five innings in second Triple-A start for Salt Lake, will make one more before joining Angels

By JIM KRAJEWSKI / CONTRIBUTING WRITER

RENO, Nev. – After a shaky start to his latest outing, Tim Lincecum started to look like a pitcher who once dominated the major leagues.

But the first inning Tuesday afternoon was enough to make Lincecum think he needs another start in Triple-A before resuming his big-league career with the Angels, and the team agreed.

The two-time Cy Young Award winner, making his second start for the Salt Lake Bees as he recovers from hip surgery, allowed four runs (two earned) on three hits with two walks and six strikeouts in an 11-2 loss to the Reno Aces. He made 95 pitches (59 strikes), sitting at 88-91 mph.

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All four of Lincecum’s runs came in the first inning, when he walked two and the Bees made two errors. From there, the 31-year-old right-hander settled into a rhythm and retired 14 of 15 batters, striking out the side in the second inning (two swinging).

“The first inning was rough, just like I did in Tacoma,” Lincecum said, referencing his start last Thursday. “I’ve got to start trusting my stuff from the get-go. The first inning, I put myself in a hole, but I bounced back and made better pitches from then on.”

Signed by the Angels three weeks ago, Lincecum had hoped to return to the big leagues for Sunday’s game against Cleveland at Angel Stadium. Lincecum, who underwent hip surgery in September, has not pitched in the major leagues in 10 months. Lincecum will pitch for Salt Lake again Sunday in Fresno, and if all goes well, he’d presumably join the Angels in time for a June18 start in Oakland.

“I’m going to get one more start (with) Salt Lake on Sunday and then hopefully from there make a decision,” Lincecum said.

Lincecum said the surgery is not affecting his pitching. He said he tries to pitch smarter and said it reminds him of when he first started pitching.

“I’m just trying to stay within myself, a little bit more, not trying to overthrow,” Lincecum said. “Keep the ball down, trust my movement. That usually gets me through better innings.”

Lincecum considers this trip through the minor leagues his spring training, and he is eager to join the Angels.

“I’m not used to being away from the game this long, but this opportunity that’s been laid in front of me, I’m trying to take full advantage of it, just to get back and help that team,” Lincecum said.

Lincecum, who was a part of three World Series-winning teams with the San Francisco Giants, said he still gets jitters before he pitches.

“I always get nervous because I know what I’m fighting for when I go out there and I don’t want to embarrass myself or lose,” he said. “I’m not 23 anymore. I’m trying to go about it smarter.”

In his Triple-A debut with the Bees last Thursday, Lincecum showed some rust but eventually settled in and pitched well during a 6-1 loss at Tacoma.

If he can be effective in the big leagues, Lincecum could provide a welcome boost for the Angels. They have five starting pitchers on the disabled list: Garrett Richards, Andrew Heaney, C.J. Wilson, Tyler Skaggs and Nick Tropeano. Richards and Heaney are likely out for the season.

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Angels’ Mike Trout still leading AL outfielders in All-Star voting By JEFF FLETCHER / STAFF WRITER

NEW YORK -- Mike Trout still leads all American League outfielders in All-Star voting, moving closer to earning his fourth consecutive start in the All-Star Game.

Trout, who won MVP honors in each of the last two All-Star games, has 1,344,578 votes, well ahead of second-place Lorenzo Cain, who has 944,362. The top three vote-getters start in the game, and fourth-place Mark Trumbo has 816,276 votes.

Trout is third among all vote-getters, behind Salvador Perez (1,605,922) and David Ortiz (1,460,339).

The All-Star Game will be played July 12 at Petco Park in San Diego.

Angels Notes: Yunel Escobar’s mental mistakes, lack of hustle adding up but Mike Scioscia calls them ‘blip on the radar’ By JEFF FLETCHER / STAFF WRITER

NEW YORK – A day after Yunel Escobar made a mistake that drew criticism -- and forgiveness -- from his manager, he appeared to make another one.

Escobar seemed to forget the number of outs after fielding a ground ball in the first inning of the Angels' 6-3 loss to the New York Yankees on Tuesday.

With runners at first and second and one out, Escobar fielded a Chase Headley ground ball and jogged to third. He showed no urgency to try to get a double play, and appeared to take a couple steps toward the dugout after recording the out.

Scioscia, however, said that Escobar had no chance to get the double play because it was hit too slowly. Escobar angrily refused to talk to the media.

The incident came a day after Escobar hit a grounder to second baseman Starlin Castro and did not run hard out of the box. Castro then bobbled the ball, but he was still able to throw out Escobar.

“On that play there is no doubt he needed to start his stride a little earlier,” Scioscia said before Tuesday's game. “He didn’t get going till a little later. We talked about it.”

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Scioscia said that Escobar acknowledged his mistake. He also said the way Escobar swings makes it difficult for him to get out of the box quickly.

"His swing doesn't facilitate a clean break out of the box," Scioscia said.

Generally speaking, Scioscia said he doesn’t have an issue with Escobar’s effort.

“Esky plays every day,” Scioscia said. “He plays banged up. There is nobody that wants to win more than he does. Yesterday was just a blip on the radar.”

ALSO

Reports were good on Andrelton Simmons’ first game of his rehab assignment on Monday, although Scioscia said “there are still a couple plays he’s not quite 100 percent comfortable with.” Simmons was scheduled to play a second straight game on Tuesday, then take a day off, then play Thursday and Friday with Inland Empire. The soonest he could be activated would then be Saturday…

Cliff Pennington, who is on the DL with a hamstring injury, is not ready to resume baseball activity...

The Angels designated Javy Guerra for assignment to make room on the roster for David Huff, who was recalled to start Tuesday. Guerra had been designated last month, but he cleared waivers and remained in the organization...

The Angels acquired reliever Jose Valdez from the Detroit Tigers for cash considerations. Valdez, 26, had a 4.50 ERA in 20 innings of relief at Triple-A this season. He had 16 strikeouts and 12 walks. Valdez has a career 3.32 ERA in the minors. Valdez pitched nine innings in the majors, all last season, with Detroit. They designated Chris Jones for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster for Valdez.

Angels Joe Smith placed on DL with hamstring injury By JEFF FLETCHER / STAFF WRITER

NEW YORK – It wasn’t necessarily the discomfort in Joe Smith’s hamstring that caused the Angels to place him on the disabled list with a strained hamstring.

It was the chance of him hurting something else.

“It’s one of those things where once I started getting sore in abnormal areas and that set off the caution flags,” Smith said Tuesday, after the Angels put him on the DL.

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Smith said he first felt something in his left hamstring when he pitched against the Dodgers on May 19. He dealt with it, but then last week, he was unable to pitch his arm was sore, which he believes was related to working around the hamstring problem.

“It wasn’t in the normal areas that I’m sore,” he said. “When you start getting sore in other places, it affects your delivery.”

Smith said he’s hoping he will be back in two weeks, but it’s too soon to tell.

In the meantime, the Angels won’t have a set eighth-inning reliever. Mike Morin, who was recalled from Triple-A on Tuesday to take Smith’s roster spot, will be among the candidates.

On deck: Angels at Yankees, Wednesday, 4 p.m. By JEFF FLETCHER / STAFF WRITER

Where: Yankee Stadium TV: Fox Sports West, 4 p.m. Did you know? Kole Calhoun is hitting .370 on the road and .229 at home this season. THE PITCHERS ANGELS RHP JERED WEAVER (5-4, 5.18) Vs. Yankees: 7-5, 5.83 At Yankee Stadium: 1-3, 8.71 Hates to face: Alex Rodriguez, 11 for 29 (.379), 5 HRs Loves to face: Brett Gardner, 4 for 22 (.182) YANKEES RHP NATHAN EOVALDI (6-2, 4.09) Vs. Angels: 2-1, 3.60 At Yankee Stadium: 8-2, 3.41 Hates to face: Albert Pujols, 4 for 10 (.400) Loves to face: None

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FROM ANGELS.COM

Angels can’t dig out of early hole vs. Yankees

By Bryan Hoch and Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com

NEW YORK -- Carlos Beltran and Starlin Castro homered for the second consecutive game, supporting Michael Pineda's longest effort of the year as the Yankees defeated the Angels, 6-3, on Tuesday at Yankee Stadium.

Beltran hit a two-run homer and Castro added a solo shot off left-hander David Huff, who surrendered five runs on eight hits in 3 2/3 innings. Austin Romine had an RBI single and Rob Refsnyder lifted a sacrifice fly to account for the other New York runs off Huff, the ninth different starting pitcher used by the Angels this season.

"Being able to get those runs early in the game, it's a big boost for our team," Beltran said. "I know we've been struggling to score runs lately, but the past couple of days we feel like we're putting up good at-bats. That's what it's all about."

Pineda spun a sharp effort for the second consecutive start, blanking the Halos through the first four frames before Gregorio Petit stroked a run-scoring single and Kole Calhoun delivered a two-run homer in a three-run fifth. He completed a season-high seven innings as the Yankees won their seventh straight game at home against the Angels, dating back to last year.

"Michael can be dominant. When Michael is on, he can be really dominant," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "I'm hoping this continues a roll for him."

MOMENTS THAT MATTERED Beltran's 'grand' slam: Clearing the fences for the second time in less than 24 hours, Beltran's two-run homer in the first inning marked the 1,000th extra-base hit of his career, making him the 38th player all time (and the fourth switch-hitter, joining Eddie Murray, Chipper Jones and Pete Rose) to reach the milestone. It was also Beltran's 407th career homer, tying him with Duke Snider all time. He has hit seven homers with 19 RBIs in his last 18 games.

"I guess I'm happy to be able to accomplish something like that," Beltran said. "It's something not many players have done. I guess the triples early in my career helped me get there."

Math is hard: Yunel Escobar seemingly forgot the amount of outs in the first inning. With two on and one out, the Angels' third baseman cleanly fielded a grounder from Chase Headley, who isn't necessarily a fast runner, and casually jogged to step on third base, thinking he had made the third out of the inning and ruining a chance for a double play. The next batter, Romine, drove in an additional run with a single. Escobar may have had enough time to record a double play had he hustled to the bag, but Angels manager Mike Scioscia felt there was only time to record the one out regardless and denied that Escobar lost count of the outs.

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"He was only getting one out on that ball," Scioscia said of Escobar, who declined to speak with reporters after the game. "That ball was kind of chopped, and he took the out at third base."

He can turn around an awful start to his season, and for the second straight outing, that faith was rewarded (aside from the fifth-inning missteps). It was a particularly good sign for Pineda that he set the Angels down 1-2-3 in the first inning, including strikeouts of Escobar and Mike Trout. Opponents came into Tuesday batting .500 (28-for-56) with five homers in the first inning against Pineda.

"I changed the angle of my arm a little," Pineda said. "The slider cuts better when I have a lower angle on my arm. That's one of the adjustments that I've made."

Not much doing: Besides a fifth-inning two-run homer from Calhoun, the top of the Angels' lineup was held in check all night. Their top five hitters -- Escobar, Calhoun, Trout, Albert Pujols and C.J. Cron, respectively -- went a combined 2-for-19 with four strikeouts and a walk. The Angels don't get enough production from the bottom third of their order to sustain struggles like that from their best hitters.

"We got into some good counts with him and made him work," Scioscia said of Pineda, "but when push came to shove, he threw some good sliders and got out of some jams. He had good velocity. I think we hit a couple balls hard without a lot to show for it. But when he needed to, he turned it up and used his slider well, too."

QUOTABLE "He's leading the team right now. He's getting the big hits when we need the hits." -- Yankees catcher Austin Romine, on Beltran

"They say it's like riding a bike, but sometimes it's a little tougher than that. I'm still getting used to it. Hopefully next time out, I'll be better." -- Huff, a reliever earlier this season, when asked if he's still trying to re-adjust to being a starting pitcher

SOUND SMART WITH YOUR FRIENDS The Yankees are 2-0 during HOPE Week 2016 and have won 13 of their last 15 HOPE Week games. They are 25-10 (.714) during the event, dating back to 2009.

WHAT'S NEXT Angels: Jered Weaver (5-4, 5.18 ERA) takes the ball for the third of a four-game series, with first pitch set for 4:05 p.m. PT in the MLB Plus Showcase. Weaver has managed to throw six quality starts despite keeping his fastball in the low 80s. But the 33-year-old right-hander has an 8.71 ERA in five starts at the new Yankee Stadium.

Yankees: Right-hander Nathan Eovaldi (6-2, 4.09 ERA) gets the call for New York on Wednesday at 7:05 p.m. ET after taking a no-decision in his last start at Baltimore on Friday, ending a streak

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of wins in five consecutive starts dating back to May 7. He is 6-0 with a 3.35 ERA over his last eight starts.

Lincecum to make one more rehab start 31-year-old working his way back from hip surgery By Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com

NEW YORK -- Tim Lincecum had what appeared to be another encouraging start for Triple-A Salt Lake on Tuesday, striking out six batters in a five-inning, 95-pitch outing against the Reno Aces -- but apparently he needs more work.

Lincecum is lined up to start again on Sunday, the next day the Angels need a starter, but will instead make his third Triple-A start that day.

The 31-year-old right-hander, nine months removed from hip surgery, asked for more time after an outing in which he gave up four runs (two earned) on three hits and two walks. The soonest Lincecum would now start for the Angels is June 17 or 18 in Oakland, a stone's throw away from the city where he is immortalized.

David Huff made a spot start against the Yankees on Tuesday and gave up five runs on eight hits and a walk in 3 2/3 innings. The Angels could have him start again on Sunday, at home against the Indians. They can also call up someone like Kyle Kendrick, or use only relievers if their bullpen doesn't get taxed too heavily over the next four days.

All four of the runs charged to Lincecum were scored in the bottom of the first, a 41-pitch inning that included two walks, two singles and two errors.

Lincecum settled in later in the game, just like he did in his debut for Triple-A Salt Lake five days earlier. He struck out the side in the second and retired 12 of 13 batters after that first inning. His fastball sat between 88 and 91 mph.

"I'm just trying to stay within myself, not overthrow," Lincecum told reporters after his start. "I've got to start trusting my stuff from the get-go. The first inning, I put myself in a hole, but I bounced back and made better pitches from then on."

Valdez joins in: The Angels acquired right-handed reliever Jose Valdez from the Tigers for cash considerations, designating lefty starter Chris Jones for assignment in order to clear room on the 40-man roster. Valdez, 26, appeared in seven games for the Tigers last season and had a 4.50 ERA in 16 appearances in Double-A and Triple-A this year, adding a 1.60 WHIP and a 1.33 strikeout-to-walk ratio.

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Jones, acquired from the Orioles late in Spring Training, had a 7.33 ERA in 50 1/3 innings in Triple-A.

Getting close: Andrelton Simmons (left thumb surgery) went 2-for-3 with a double as the starting shortstop for Class A Advanced Inland Empire on Monday. The plan is for him to start there on Tuesday, take Wednesday off, then play again on Thursday and Friday. He could rejoin the Angels from there, but Scioscia cautioned that Simmons still has some work to do.

Help send Trout and Co. to San Diego Two-time All-Star MVP trails Royals’ Perez for overall AL voting lead By Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com

NEW YORK -- Mike Trout maintained his strong lead on the rest of the American League outfielders in fan votes when the latest results were revealed on Tuesday, setting the 24-year-old superstar up for his fifth consecutive trip to the All-Star Game.

Trout had compiled 1,344,578 votes, trailing only Royals catcher Salvador Perez(1,605,922) for the overall lead in the AL. Royals center fielder Lorenzo Cain(944,362) ranked second among AL outfielders, with Red Sox center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. (937,571) jumping ahead of Orioles right fielder Mark Trumbo (816,276) for the No. 3 spot.

No other Angels players were listed in the leaderboards.

Albert Pujols is a 10-time All-Star who has batted .326 over his last 24 games, but his slash line for the year was still .244/.326/.437 entering play Tuesday. Yunel Escobar is batting .311/.362/.420, but third base is a loaded position, with Manny Machado, Mike Moustakas and Josh Donaldson leading the way. Kole Calhoun, a reigning AL Gold Glove Award winner, is batting .301/.379/.455, but is not among the top 15 AL outfielders in fan votes.

Asked about Calhoun's worthiness, Angels manager Mike Scioscia called selection for the All-Star Game "a tricky proposition," saying: "I don't think it ever reflects the full talent of who deserves to be there."

"The guys picked for the All-Star team definitely deserve to be there," Scioscia added, "but it's just not a perfect system. [Calhoun] is an All-Star. He's an All-Star-caliber player, and he's shown that the last couple of years. It would be great to be rewarded at some point with that honor, and I know it would mean a lot to Kole."

Trout entered Tuesday batting .306/.412/.541 with 12 homers, 41 RBIs and eight stolen bases. Currently slated to join him in the AL starting lineup are Perez, Machado, Cain, Bradley, Royals

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first baseman Eric Hosmer, Astros second baseman Jose Altuve, Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts and Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz.

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Sloppy stretch proves costly in loss to Yanks Early miscues help NY jump out to quick 5-0 lead By Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com

NEW YORK -- Their third baseman seemingly lost track of the number of outs, their left fielder airmailed a throw home, their fill-in starter flipped wide of first base, and their opponent amassed four runs on six hits, all in the first two innings from Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night.

It was one of the more sluggish stretches in what has generally been a listless season for the Angels, and it set the tone in a 6-3 loss that pushed them 10 games out of first place in the American League West.

David Huff -- making a spot start in place of Nick Tropeano, who is on the 15-day disabled list with tightness in his right shoulder -- began by serving up a two-run homer to Carlos Beltran, the man who burned the Angels in a crushing defeat the night before.

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Back-to-back one-out singles by Alex Rodriguez and Starlin Castro extended the inning, and then Chase Headley hit a two-hopper near the third-base line. Yunel Escobar fielded it on a backhand and casually jogged four steps forward, moving at a pace one would if he felt the third out was about to be recorded. The Angels' catcher, Carlos Perez, pointed to first base, pleaded with Escobar to try for the double play. Escobar stepped on the bag and seemed to immediately realize his mistake.

The next batter, Austin Romine, followed with a base hit that gave the Yankees a 3-0 lead.

Angels manager Mike Scioscia denied that Escobar forgot the number of outs, and he didn't believe his third baseman had a chance to record two outs on that play, even though Headley isn't necessarily fleet of foot.

"He was only getting one out on that ball," Scioscia said of Escobar, who declined to speak with the media. "That ball was kind of chopped, and he took the out at third base."

Escobar has been one of the Angels' best, most consistent producers this season, boasting a .306/.356/.412 slash line from the leadoff spot, making several highlight-reel plays at a position he is still learning and playing in 54 of 58 games, even on the days when his body is sore. But he seems to have also been prone to the occasional lapse in focus.

Escobar was doubled off second on a Kole Calhoun fly ball to right on Saturday, though Scioscia said Escobar was going on contact because he thought the ball would bounce off the wall, not because he felt it would be the third out. On Sunday, he idly pursued a foul popup that landed in the first row down the left-field line, extending a second inning in which Hector Santiago gave up two additional runs.

On Monday, he didn't run hard out of the box on a grounder up the middle, a ball he could've reached first base on after Castro initially booted it.

"He came back and said that he should've gone a little harder," Scioscia said pregame. "And it's fine. This guy plays every day, he plays hard, he plays banged up. A lot of times getting out of the box, his swing doesn't facilitate a clean break out of the box. Yesterday, he just gave up on that play early, and he knows it."

Double play or not, Huff struggled mightily with his changeup and never got right on Tuesday.

The 31-year-old left-hander -- obtained on a Minor League contract in the middle of May -- was charged with five runs on eight hits and one walk in 3 2/3 innings, suffering the loss and taxing a bullpen that may be needed when this rotation spot comes up again on Sunday. He gave up a sac fly to Rob Refsnyder in the second and a solo homer to Castro, off the right-field pole, in the third.

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Huff worked as a reliever in Spring Training and through his first five weeks with the Royals' Triple-A affiliate, then made only three Minor League starts in the Angels' system -- posting a 5.40 ERA -- before getting called up.

He's still getting used to being stretched out, and he's still unsure if he will get another chance to start for the Angels.

"They say it's like riding a bike," Huff said of resuming his role as a starting pitcher, "but sometimes it's a little tougher than that. I'm still getting used to it. Hopefully next time out, I'll be better."

Weaver faces Yankees eyeing 6th win

By Joshua Needelman / MLB.com

The Angels and Yankees will meet on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium, when Jered Weaver and Nathan Eovaldi square off in an MLB Network Showcase Game featuring companion coverage on MLB Plus, a data-driven online broadcast that utilizes Statcast and other advanced analytics to provide a deeper view of the action.

After earning victories in each of his past five starts, Eovaldi (6-2, 4.09 ERA) did not receive a decision in the Yankees' loss in Baltimore on June 3. He lasted 5 1/3 innings, allowing eight hits and five earned runs.

Weaver (5-4, 5.18 ERA) boasts a career 3.46 ERA, but has allowed at least seven earned runs in two starts this season. Last time out, though, he earned a victory after throwing six innings of two-run ball in a 5-4 Angels win over the Pirates.

Things to know about this game

• The new Yankee Stadium has not been kind to Weaver. In five games, he's compiled a 1-3 record and an 8.71 ERA.

• Eovaldi has had a tough time dealing with center fielder Mike Trout in 10 career matchups. The Angels center fielder has recorded four hits, an RBI and two walks.

• The Yankees will continue on without first basemen Mark Teixeira, who was recently placed on the 15-day disabled list with torn knee cartilage. Manager Joe Girardi said he hopes Teixeira will be ready to play in about three weeks, whether in the Majors or Minors.

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Angels place Smith on DL, recall Morin Guerra designated for assignment to make room for Huff

By Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com

NEW YORK -- For about a two-week stretch, Angels setup man Joe Smith was able to pitch through discomfort in his left hamstring. But then it began to alter the mechanics of his sidearm delivery, and his arm started to bark. He was short-arming his pitches, instead of extending out front. And as the days went by, it continually became more difficult for Smith to pitch through the pain he felt in his landing leg.

On Tuesday, the Angels finally made the decision to put Smith on the 15-day disabled list. He was diagnosed with a strained left hamstring, an ailment that Smith hopes to return from as soon as he is eligible (June 20).

"It's probably the smart decision, I think," said Smith, the 12th Angels player to land on the DL this season. "But it still [stinks], either way."

Young right-handed reliever Mike Morin, sent down after he posted a 5.48 ERA in 25 appearances, was recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake to fill Smith's spot on the roster. To make room for Tuesday starter David Huff -- on the active roster and the 40-man roster -- Javy Guerra was designated for assignment for the second time this season.

Smith began to feel discomfort in his left hamstring during an outing at Dodger Stadium on May 19. The Angels' closer, Huston Street, was on the DL at the time, so Smith was determined to pitch through it, "But it just wouldn't go away," he said.

"You go out and throw a baseball, and if your lower half isn't right, something's going to happen up top," Smith added. "You can usually get through it for a little bit if you're able to, but ultimately it's just too much. For just too long, I couldn't get it out."

Smith allowed eight baserunners over a 4 1/3-inning stretch in his last five appearances. He was basically unavailable during a home series against the Tigers a week ago. And though he pitched a scoreless inning in Pittsburgh on Saturday, Smith had to work around two walks and a hit batter.

Angels manager Mike Scioscia finally revealed Smith's hamstring injury after that game.

He stayed away from using him on Sunday and Monday, then placed him on the DL on Tuesday.

"He thought he could still pitch," Scioscia said of Smith, "but he's really putting all the stress on his arm, and it's just going to be a matter of time before it compromises his health there. We hope that by just pulling him back, and shutting him down for a couple of weeks, it will get him where he needs to be."

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Beltran, Castro power Pineda and Yankees past Angels 6-3

NEW YORK -- Michael Pineda is finally putting it together for the New York Yankees. Carlos Beltran and Starlin Castro, meanwhile, have provided consistent power all season.

Beltran and Castro homered for the second consecutive game, sending a resurgent Pineda and the Yankees past the Los Angeles Angels 6-3 on Tuesday night.

"If Pineda finds his rhythm, he's going to be able to help us a lot," Beltran said. "He's a guy that has a lot of talent."

Alex Rodriguez and Austin Romine each had an RBI single for New York, which has won seven in a row against the Angels at home. Los Angeles has dropped 13 of its last 16 at Yankee Stadium.

Pineda (3-6) threw 22 of 27 first-pitch strikes and tossed seven efficient innings in his longest start since July 4 last year at Tampa Bay. He gave up three runs and four hits, building on a solid performance last week in Detroit after struggling for much of the season.

"I changed the angle of my arm because the slider cuts better when I have a lower angle on my arm," Pineda said through a translator. "That's one of the adjustments that I made."

Before the game, Yankees manager Joe Girardi mentioned it was important for Pineda to put together successive quality starts. With his past two outings, the enigmatic right-hander has quieted talk about him losing his spot in the rotation and perhaps getting sent to the minors.

"When push came to shove he threw some good sliders and got out of some jams. He had good velocity," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "When he needed to, he turned it up."

Pineda said he was never concerned about a demotion and he's been working hard on making adjustments and executing properly with pitching coach Larry Rothschild.

"To me, it's all been about command," Girardi said. "When Michael's on, he can be really dominant. I'm hoping this can continue the roll for him."

Andrew Miller worked a one-hit ninth for his seventh save and first since May 6 -- three days before Aroldis Chapman took over the closer role when his suspension ended.

Dellin Betances struck out two in a perfect eighth after giving up runs in a career-worst four straight appearances.

"I wasn't worried about him," Girardi said.

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Pineda's only rough inning was the fifth, when Gregorio Petit hit an RBI single and Kole Calhoun connected for a two-run homer to the short porch in right field. After that, Pineda retired his final seven batters and was still throwing 97 mph in the seventh.

"One bad inning and he was able to stop it after that," Girardi said. "That's encouraging because that's something that hasn't happened this year."

Beltran hit a two-run shot in the first for his 1,000th career extra-base hit. It came on the ninth pitch from ex-Yankee David Huff (0-1), who started in place of injured Nick Tropeano.

It was Beltran's second straight at-bat with a homer after his three-run shot snapped an eighth-inning tie Monday night and powered New York to a 5-2 victory in the series opener. The 39-year-old Beltran leads the team with 15 homers.

Castro, who hit a tying homer in the seventh inning Monday, sliced an opposite-field drive off the right-field foul pole in the third.

Aaron Hicks doubled in the second and scored on Rob Refsnyder's sacrifice fly.

Huff allowed five runs and eight hits over 3 2/3 innings in his first major league outing since June 3, 2015. The 31-year-old lefty appeared in 41 games with the Yankees from 2013-14.

"It was tough those first two innings," Huff said. "I think trying to get settled in was my biggest problem."

TRAINER'S ROOM

Angels: SS Andrelton Simmons was scheduled to play his second rehab game with Class A Inland Empire. He had two hits Monday and is expected to come off the disabled list this weekend. Simmons has been out since May 9 after having thumb surgery.

Yankees: CF Jacoby Ellsbury and C Brian McCann were rested against the left-hander. Ellsbury struck out as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning and stayed in the game in center field.

WHO'S ON FIRST?

Girardi said he thinks 1B Mark Teixeira will be day to day whenever he's able to return from a cartilage tear in his right knee. Teixeira is on the 15-day DL and the team hopes he is about three weeks from participating in full baseball activities. The slumping switch-hitter said he doesn't want to have surgery, which would end his season. In the meantime, Refsnyder and Chris Parmelee will share time at first base. "It's not an everyday situation for anyone at this point," Girardi said, explaining it will be a daily decision. "I think those two guys can handle it for us, I really do."

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ROSTER MOVES

New York called up RHP Anthony Swarzak from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and optioned RHP Luis Cessa to its top farm club. LHP Tyler Olson was designated for assignment.

UP NEXT

Soft tosser Jered Weaver (5-4, 5.18 ERA) pitches for the Angels on Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium against RHP Nathan Eovaldi (6-2, 4.09), one of the hardest-throwing starters in the majors. Weaver is 7-5 with a 5.83 ERA in 15 regular-season starts vs. New York, including 1/3 with an 8.71 ERA in five games at the current Yankee Stadium. Eovaldi is 6-0 with a 3.35 ERA in his last eight starts.

Banged up Angels put P Smith (hammy) on DL

NEW YORK -- The banged-up Los Angeles Angels placed reliever Joe Smith on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring, one of several roster moves Tuesday as they reshuffled their depleted pitching staff.

Mike Morin was recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake, and fellow right-hander Javy Guerra was designated for assignment to make room for left-hander David Huff.

Huff had his contract selected from Triple-A and started against the New York Yankees in place of right-hander Nick Tropeano, sidelined with shoulder tightness.

Tropeano is one of 11 Angels on the disabled list, including six pitchers. That doesn't even count lefty Tyler Skaggs, who is on Salt Lake's disabled list while rehabbing from Tommy John surgery.

During the game, Los Angeles acquired minor league reliever Jose Valdez from Detroit for cash. The right-hander, who made seven big league appearances with the Tigers last year, was optioned to Salt Lake.

Smith, who is 1-3 with a 3.91 ERA and six saves in 25 appearances, was put on the DL retroactive to Sunday. The team hopes 15 days off will be enough to heal his hamstring and get Smith "where he needs to be," manager Mike Scioscia said.

"We thought he could still pitch, but he's really putting all the stress on his arm and it's just going to be a matter of time before he compromises his health there," Scioscia explained.

Guerra had no record and a 5.68 ERA in seven relief outings. He allowed six walks and five hits in 6 1/3 innings.

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Morin relieved Huff in the fourth inning and retired all five batters he faced. The right-hander was 1-1 with a 5.48 ERA in 25 games with the Angels earlier this season. He was optioned to Salt Lake on May 30.

Skaggs is scheduled to throw five innings Wednesday, his final outing at extended spring training in Arizona before joining Triple-A Salt Lake for a rehab assignment.

The 26-year-old Valdez has spent this season with Double-A Erie and Triple-A Toledo. He is 16-19 with a 3.32 ERA in 240 minor league games.

Valdez made his big league debut on July 31 last year. He pitched nine innings in the majors and had a 4.00 ERA.

To create space for Valdez on the 40-man roster, the Angels designated left-hander Chris Jones for assignment.

FROM FOX SPORTS

Angels-Yankees Preview

NEW YORK -- For a majority of the season, the New York Yankees have struggled to produce offense.

Carlos Beltran has been the exception on a team with a .239 batting average.

Beltran has helped the Yankees get the first two games of their four-game series with the Los Angeles Angels by hitting home runs and the veteran switch-hitter will look to maintain his hot bat Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium.

In the first two games, Beltran has homered from the right side of the plate, which statistically is his weaker side.

He is hitting .263 (19-for-72) as a right-handed hitter but on Monday, he hit a tiebreaking three-run home run off left-hander Jose Alvarez with two outs in the eighth inning and Tuesday Beltran hit a two-run shot with one out in the first off left-hander David Huff.

Beltran is batting .272, leads the Yankees with 15 home runs and has reached two milestones this season. On May 15 against the Chicago White Sox, he became the fourth switch hitter to reach 400 career home runs and Tuesday his home run was also his 1,000th career extra-base hit.

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"I'm happy to be able to accomplish something like that," Beltran said. "I know that it's something that not many players have done it and I guess the triples early in my career helped me to get there."

Beltran is batting .328 (22-for-67) with seven home runs and 19 RBIs in his last 19 games.

"He's leading the team right now," New York catcher Austin Romine said.

He will be facing a right-hander in Jered Weaver on Wednesday. Beltran has 10 home runs off right-handed pitching this season and his only two hits in six at-bats against Weaver are home runs.

The veteran outfielder's swings have helped the Yankees win two in a row following a stretch of eight losses in 12 games.

"Pretty bad shape," manager Joe Girardi said Monday night. "We'd be a lot of games down of .500, but another big hit from (Beltran)."

The Yankees also won Tuesday because Michael Pineda pitched well in a season-high seven innings and they will be hoping Nathan Eovaldi can do the same Wednesday.

Eovaldi is 6-0 with a 3.35 ERA in his last eight starts but also comes off one of his most disappointing losses of the season. On Friday in Baltimore, Eovaldi was unable to protect a 5-2 lead and allowed five runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings of a 6-5 loss.

The Angels have dropped their last seven visits to New York and hope Weaver can end their skid. Weaver has lost four of his last six decisions but comes off a solid outing in Pittsburgh on Friday.

During a 9-2 win, Weaver allowed two runs and six hits over six innings. The win came after he had been tagged for 17 earned runs in his previous four outings.

"A couple of bad pitches, but I felt OK for the most part," Weaver said. "You can be more aggressive (with a lead) and (you) don't have to be as fine with pitches."

Weaver is 7-5 with a 5.83 ERA in 15 regular-season starts against the Yankees, but like the Angels, he has struggled in Yankee Stadium. In five career appearances at the current stadium, Weaver is 1-3 with an 8.71 ERA.

So far, things have not gone well for the offense in New York. The Angels have been held to six hits or less in 10 of their last 12 meetings with the Yankees while Mike Trout and Albert Pujols are a combined 2 for 13 in the series.

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Escobar, Angels look listless early in 6-3 loss to Yankees

NEW YORK (AP) Whether he forgot how many outs there were or not, Yunel Escobar was in no mood to talk about it.

On a night when Escobar and the Angels looked listless in the early innings, fill-in starter David Huff fell behind quickly and Los Angeles never recovered in a 6-3 loss Tuesday to the New York Yankees.

Carlos Beltran hit a two-run homer on the ninth pitch from Huff, who followed by giving up consecutive one-out singles. Chase Headley then hit a bouncer to third, where Escobar fielded the ball but didn't look toward second base. Rather than try for a double play, he simply jogged to third and stepped on the bag for a force out.

''He was only going to get one out on the ball,'' Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. ''That ball was kind of chopped. He took the out at third base.''

Escobar declined to answer questions from reporters after the game but had some heated words for one during their conversation in Spanish.

The play came one night after Escobar didn't run hard out of the batter's box on a sharp grounder and was an easy out at first base. Scioscia never looked at Escobar when he returned to the bench and acknowledged a day later he thought Escobar ''gave up on that one a little early'' and could have run harder.

Scioscia said Escobar plays hard, but doesn't get out of the box well.

Beltran and Starlin Castro homered for the second consecutive game Tuesday to back a resurgent Michael Pineda. Alex Rodriguez and Austin Romine each had an RBI single for New York, which has won seven in a row against the Angels at home.

Los Angeles has dropped 13 of its last 16 at Yankee Stadium.

Pineda (3-6) tossed seven efficient innings in his longest start since July 4 last year at Tampa Bay. He gave up three runs and four hits, building on a solid performance last week in Detroit after struggling for much of the season.

''He was good. He was mixing his pitches well. He threw a hard slider that kind of kept us off balance and kept the ball down, so that's always a recipe for success, usually,'' Angels designated hitter C.J. Cron said.

Pineda's only rough inning was the fifth, when Gregorio Petit hit an RBI single and Kole Calhoun connected for a two-run homer to the short porch in right field. After that, Pineda retired his final seven batters and was still throwing 97 mph in the seventh.

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With his past two outings, the enigmatic right-hander has quieted talk about him losing his spot in the rotation and perhaps getting sent to the minors.

''When push came to shove he threw some good sliders and got out of some jams. He had good velocity,'' Scioscia said. ''When he needed to, he turned it up.''

Dellin Betances struck out two in a perfect eighth after giving up runs in a career-worst four straight appearances. Andrew Miller worked a one-hit ninth for his seventh save.

The 39-year-old Beltran homered in the first for his 1,000th career extra-base hit. His three-run shot snapped an eighth-inning tie Monday night and powered New York to a 5-2 victory in the series opener.

Castro, who hit a tying homer in the seventh Monday, sliced an opposite-field drive off the right-field foul pole in the third.

Aaron Hicks doubled in the second and scored on Rob Refsnyder's sacrifice fly.

Pitching in place of injured Nick Tropeano, Huff (0-1) allowed five runs and eight hits over 3 2/3 innings in his first major league outing since June 3, 2015. The 31-year-old lefty appeared in 41 games with the Yankees from 2013-14.

''It was tough those first two innings,'' Huff said. ''I think trying to get settled in was my biggest problem.''

SEE YOU SOON? Tim Lincecum, who signed with the Angels last month, threw 95 pitches in his second start for Triple-A Salt Lake, against Reno. The two-time Cy Young Award winner with the Giants gave up four runs, two earned, and three hits over five innings. He struck out six and walked two. Lincecum appears on track to make his Los Angeles debut Sunday at home against Cleveland, but Scioscia said a decision will come in the next day or two. The 31-year-old right-hander is returning from hip surgery last September. TRAINER'S ROOM Angels SS Andrelton Simmons was scheduled to play his second rehab game with Class A Inland Empire. He had two hits Monday and is expected to come off the disabled list this weekend. Simmons has been out since May 9 after having thumb surgery. UP NEXT Soft tosser Jered Weaver (5-4, 5.18 ERA) pitches for the Angels on Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium against RHP Nathan Eovaldi (6-2, 4.09), one of the hardest-throwing starters in the majors. Weaver is 7-5 with a 5.83 ERA in 15 regular-season starts vs. New York, including 1-3 with an 8.71 ERA in five games at the current Yankee Stadium. Eovaldi is 6-0 with a 3.35 ERA in his last eight starts.