The Yankees took control of a taut game in the 10th inning, scoring five runs to turn a 1-1 tie into a 6-3 victory over the Angels at Angel Stadium. Cam Schlittler carried New York through eight innings with nine strikeouts, allowing the Yankees to preserve their bullpen while Reid Detmers matched him deep into the night for Los Angeles. New York’s offense finally broke through against the Angels’ late-game margin for error, with Austin Wells and Cody Bellinger leading the decisive production.

Schlittler set the tone with eight innings of one-run baseball and nine strikeouts, keeping Los Angeles from generating sustained traffic and finishing with a 2.04 ERA. Detmers was nearly as effective for the Angels, working seven innings and striking out eight while limiting New York to one run. The starters’ command and swing-and-miss stuff kept the game scoreless through three innings and left the teams tied 1-1 after nine, with New York scoring in the fourth and Los Angeles answering in the seventh.

The game changed in the 10th, when the Yankees produced five runs and forced the Angels to chase the contest rather than manage it. Bellinger went 3-for-5 with a run and an RBI, providing New York’s most consistent contact throughout the lineup, while Wells went 2-for-2 with two RBIs and a run. Ben Rice also went 2-for-5 with an RBI. Los Angeles answered with two runs in the bottom half, including solo home runs from Vaughn Grissom and Moises Ballesteros, but the deficit was too large. Grissom finished 2-for-4 with a homer, RBI and run, while Ballesteros drove in two.

The Yankees improved to 80-60 by winning the leverage innings after their starters had neutralized each other, a formula that gives New York a clear edge as the season moves forward. The Angels fell to 53-87 despite strong work from Detmers and timely power in the 10th, but the late collapse underscored the gap between a club converting a close game into a win and one still searching for reliable execution when the margin disappears.