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A third strike call from the New York Yankees' win against the Los Angeles Angels is causing some major controversy with the losing team. The call, which came on a pitch from Yankees reliever Mark Leiter Jr,
With the Angels now swept out of the way, the Yankees can full return their attention to the World Series rematch with the Dodgers this weekend.
Its Wednesday, May 28 and the Yankees (34-20) are in Anaheim to take on the Angels (25-29). Clarke Schmidt is slated to take the mound for New York against Yusei Kikuchi for Los Angeles. The Yankees took the first two games of the series. Despite scoring two runs in the ninth inning, the Angels were still beaten 3-2.
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The Yankees got a little bit of help defeating the Angels on Wednesday night, 1-0, as Mark Leiter Jr. closed it out, with home plate umpire Ben May giving a rather generous called strike three to end the game with the tying run on base.
On the Angels side, their booth was apoplectic about the terrible call. On the Yankees side, Michael Kay ignored the horrible call and acted as if the Yankees just won the World Series. It’s actually legit funny how different those calls were.
Angels outfielder Mike Trout will bat in the No. 5 spot in the lineup in his first game back from a knee injury against the Cleveland Guardians on Friday.