Mickey Moniak went 3-for-4 and drove in three runs, and left-hander Patrick Sandoval pitched 7 1/3 innings of two-hit ball to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 5–1 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday, July 18, in Anaheim, Calif.
Yankees right-hander Domingo German, who threw the 24th perfect game in major league history on June 28, saw his perfect-game bid last just two pitches until Angels leadoff man Zach Neto punched a broken-bat single into right field.
German’s shutout lasted just two more batters. Moniak—the first overall pick of the 2016 draft who is becoming a breakout star for the Angels this season—crushed a fastball 413 feet into the right field bleachers for his 11th home run and a 2–0 Angels lead….