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Though, Luis Gil Surrendered Home Run To Mike Trout Giving Los Angeles 4-3 Lead New York Topped Los Angeles 5-4 Wednesday Because Jose Caballero Doubled Scoring Austin Wells, Jazz Chisholm Jr.

In the top of 5th inning Luis Gil who started who pitched 5.0 innings surrendering 5 hits, 4 earned runs surrendered home run to Los Angeles right fielder Mike Trout who was center fielder who hit home run to right center 383 feet scoring shortstop Zach Neto. Though, Luis Gil surrendered home run to Mike Trout giving Los Angeles 4-3 lead New York the team that wears the pinstripes topped Los Angles 5-4 because Jose Caballero doubled scoring Austin Wells, Jazz Chisholm Jr.

Where?

On the diamond in Bronx New York!

Before Luis Gil surrendered home run to Mike Trout giving Los Angeles 4-3 lead before New York the team that wears the pinstripes topped Los Angeles 5-4 Aaron Judge who is captain, right fielder for New York the team that wears the pinstripes gave his team a 1-0 lead homering to right 382 feet in bottom of 1st inning before New York the team that wears the pinstripes would extend their lead 3-0 in bottom of 2nd inning on center fielder Trent Grisham scoring Jazz Chisholm Jr. , Jose Caballero before Los Angeles would get on the scoreboard in top of 3rd inning on second baseman Adam Frazier home run to right center 398 feet before Logan O”Hoppe who is catcher would get Los Angeles within one run at 3-2 as he would hit home run to left center 427 feet.

Offensively in New York the team that wears the pinstripes 5-4 win over Los Angeles Jose Caballero doubling to center scoring Austin Wells, Jazz Chisholm Jr. would offensively support Luis Gil who pitch 5.0 innings surrendering 5 hits, 4 earned runs , 2 walks while striking out 5 Los Angeles batters . Tim Hill who would relieve Luis Gil who would pitch 1.0 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 0 Los Angeles batters . Fernando Cruz who would relieve Tim Hill who would pitch 1.0 innings surrendering 1 hit, 0 earned runs, 0 walks while striking out 0 Los Angeles batters . Brent Headrick who would Fernando Cruz who would pitch 1.0 innings surrendering 1 hit, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 0 Los Angeles batters . David Bednar who would relieve Brent Headrick who would pitch 1.0 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 2 Los Angeles batters.

According to ESPN App

Following New York Luis Gil surrendering home run to Mike Trout giving Los Angeles 4-3 lead following New York the team that wears the pinstripes topping Los Angeles 5-4 Wednesday because Jose Caballero doubled scoring Austin Wells, Jazz Chisholm Jr. manager Aaron Boone shared his thoughts on his team by saying “It’s not easy for us right now,” and Wednesday was no exception.It’s a grind for us right now,”but I felt like there were a lot of tough, winning things that happened tonight for us.”

Following New York Luis Gil surrendering home run to Mike Trout giving Los Angeles 4-3 lead following New York the team that wears the pinstripes topping Los Angeles 5-4 Wednesday because Jose Caballero doubled scoring Austin Wells, Jazz Chisholm Jr. Jose Caballero who scored Austin Wells, Jazz Chisholm Jr. with his double shared his thoughts by saying Those are the at-bats that I want“I’m living for those at-bats. I want those at-bats every time I step in the box. I like the pressure. I like the big moments.”“It’s bad whenever you give us a chance. It’s a dangerous thing,”

According to Bryan Hoch MLB article https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/jose-caballero-s-walk-off-hit-rallies-yankees-past-angels

New York the team that wears the pinstripes is now going to have the opportunity to win the four game series with Max Fried getting the start Thursday afternoon, Thursday Morning in Bronx New York depending on what coast fans, spectators are watching on.

Where?

On the mound!

Though, who Max Fried is going to be opposing is to be decided, determined!

Though,

Could mother nature prevent Max Fried, to be decided to be determined pitcher from making their starts as scheduled?

There isn’t a possibility of that happening because at first pitch it’s partly sunny 86 degrees with 0 % chance of rain because an hour following first pitch it’s partly sunny 88 degrees with 0 % chance of rain before it becomes party sunny 82 % degrees with 0 % chance of rain at 3:00pm 4:00pm 4:35pm when the game is supposed to be over.

Max Fried is a left handed starting pitcher who comes into the finale with record of 2-0 with an earn run average of 1.93 because on Saturday April 11, 2026 at Tampa Bay Max Fried took a no decision pitching 8.0 innings surrendering 6 hits, 3 earned runs.

To who?

Jonny Deluca who is center fielder who was right fielder scoring Junior Caminero who is third baseman evening the game at 1-1 in bottom of 2nd inning before surrendering a sacrifice fly Jonathan Aranda who is first baseman scoring Taylor Walls who is shortstop in bottom of 6th inning.

According to ESPN App

First pitch is set for 1:35pm Eastern Time 10:35am Pacific Time from Yankee Stadium!

The game is going to be televised on Yes Network , FanDuel Sports Network West!

On the Yes Network the broadcast is likely going to include Michael Kay or Ryan Ruocco alongside rotating analysts David Cone, Paul O Neill, Joe Girardi, Meredith Marakovits!

Michael Kay is the Emmy Award-winning Yankees play-by-play announcer for the YES Network who also hosts the network’s CenterStage series and its various programming specials. The 2025 season will be his 34th year broadcasting Yankees baseball: the first 10 years on radio, the latter 24 on YES.

Kay was a part of YES’ Yankees team that won a 2024 New York Emmy Award for its season-long coverage, a 2023 Emmy Award for its pre-game shows and a 2022 Emmy Award for Single Game Coverage.

Kay’s Centerstage show won a 2020 New York Emmy for best Interview/Discussion show. He also won a 2015 New York Emmy Award for his play-by-play work on YES’ Yankees telecasts, and a 2017 New York Emmy for his CenterStage hosting duties. In total, Kay has earned 19 Emmy wins while at YES. He also won CableFAX Program Awards in 2011 and 2013 for his CenterStage hosting duties.

From February 2014 to December 2024, Kay co-hosted The Michael Kay Show, a sports talk show heard weekdays from 3 to 6:30 pm ET on ESPN Radio in New York, which was simulcast live on YES. On January 6, 2025, Kay began solo hosting his new eponymous show on the same station from 1-3 pm ET weekdays.

During the 2022 and 2023 MLB seasons, Kay co-hosted, with former Yankee Alex Rodriguez, special “KayRod Casts,” alternate broadcasts on ESPN2 that aired alongside ESPN’s traditional Sunday Night Baseball broadcasts.

In November 2016, Kay was inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the New York State Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in October 2018. The following month, he was awarded the Lou Gehrig Sports Award by the Greater New York Chapter of the A.L.S. Association.

Kay received the Vin Scully Award for Excellence in Sports Broadcasting from WFUV Radio in November 2018; WFUV is the radio station for Fordham University, Kay’s alma mater. Previous recipients of the Vin Scully Award include Dick Enberg, Ernie Harwell, Bob Costas, Al Michaels, Verne Lundquist, Pat Summerall and Mike “Doc” Emrick.

He was inducted into the inaugural Hall of Fame class of the prestigious Bronx High School of Science in February 2018. Kay was awarded the Italian American Baseball Federation Media Award in December 2022. In 2005, Kay was honored in his home borough of the Bronx with an honorary street sign erected on the Grand Concourse in his name. In December 2023, Kay was honored as a National Honoree by the Stamford (Ct.) Old Timers Athletic Association.

Kay handled play-by-play duties for ESPN’s coverage of the Astros-Tigers and the Blue Jays-Twins American League Wild Card Series in 2024 and 2023, respectively. He also did play-by-play on the ESPN Radio Network for the 2016 Blue Jays-Rangers American League Division Series, the 2013 Tigers-Athletics American League Division Series and the 2008 Phillies-Brewers National League Division Series. He also was a frequent contributor to ESPN’s Emmy Award-winning Sports Reporters television show.

Before joining the YES Network in 2002, Kay worked at the MSG Network since 1989 as a Yankees reporter. In 1992, he added Knicks locker room reporter to his responsibilities and continued in that role until the 1998-99 season.

Kay was awarded the Dick Young Award for Excellence in Sports Media by the New York Pro Baseball Scouts in 1995. In 1998, he was on the MSG Network team that won a New York Emmy for “Outstanding Live Sports Coverage – Series.” In 1996 and 1997, he was a member of the MSG Network team that won New York Emmys for “Outstanding Live Sports Coverage - Single Program” for Dwight Gooden’s no-hitter and “The Battle for New York: Yankees vs. Mets.” He was also part of the Yankees/MSG Network production team nominated for New York Emmy Awards for six consecutive years.

In addition to his television work, the Bronx, NY, native worked as a Yankees analyst on WABC Radio from 1992 through the 2001 season, which concluded with the classic Yankees-Diamondbacks World Series. Kay was a winner of “Best Sports Reporter” honors at the 2000 New York Metro Achievement in Radio Awards. In 1998, Kay also began co-hosting Sports Talk with John Sterling and Michael Kay, a nightly sports radio call-in show which aired on WABC Radio during the winter months.

Shortly after graduating from Fordham University in 1982 with a B.A. in Communications, Kay worked at SportsPhone and as the public address announcer for the New York Pro Summer Basketball League.

In 1982, Kay landed the job as general assignment writer for the New York Post. Two years later, he began covering college basketball (1984-85) and then spent two years as the writer covering the New Jersey Nets. In 1987, he moved to baseball at the Post, serving as the Yankees beat reporter. While he was in that position, he got his first television job with MSG Network as host of the Hot Stove League segment of MSG’s SportsNight.

In 1989, Kay moved to the New York Daily News, where he was the Yankees beat reporter before taking the job as a Yankees broadcaster on WABC Radio in 1992. With that jump, Kay became the first newspaper reporter in any sport to make the move into the broadcast booth full-time, performing both play-by-play and analysis.

Kay stayed on the radio for 10 years, broadcasting the Yankees’ four World Series championships during that time, before moving to the television side to become the lead play-by-play man for YES in 2002.

Kay has been involved in the Baseball Assistance Team (B.A.T.), a charitable organization whose mission is to assist baseball community members. He co-hosted the 2013 B.A.T. fundraising dinner in New York. Kay also was master of ceremonies at the 2013 Thurman Munson Awards fundraising dinner in New York.

Kay is active with the Alzheimer’s Association in memory of his mother, Rose, who passed away from the disease in 2006. He also teamed up with former Yankees manager Joe Girardi and Girardi’s Catch 25 Foundation to organize annual charity dinners to raise money for Alzheimer’s research.

Kay and his wife Jodi Applegate have a daughter, Caledonia Rose Kay, born in January 2013, and a son, Charles Applegate Kay, born in November 2014.

Ryan Ruocco, who joined YES in 2007 as a statistician for the network’s New York Yankees telecasts, holds down various roles within the network’s Yankees coverage. He backs up YES’ play-by-play man Michael Kay, fills in hosting YES’ Yankees Pre- and Post-Game Shows and periodically handles clubhouse reporting duties. Ruocco also shares play-by-play duties with veteran Ian Eagle on YES’ Brooklyn Nets telecasts.

Ruocco has won six Emmy Awards while at YES. He was a part of the YES team which won a 2024 Emmy in the Live Sporting Event/Season category and was a member of the YES team which won a 2022 Emmy in the Live Sporting Event/Game category. Ruocco also earned individual New York Emmy nominations in 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 for his work at the network.

In addition to his YES work, Ruocco is one of the primary NBA play-by-play voices on ESPN, is the lead play-by-play announcer for the network’s women’s college basketball package and is the lead play-by-play announcer for the WNBA on ESPN. Ruocco is also executive producer of the 2024 documentary Sue Bird: In the Clutch.

He also handled periodic NFL play-by-play on ESPN Radio, college football and college basketball play- by-play on ESPN’s television networks, and he co-hosted ESPN Radio New York’s mid-day show.

Ruocco also co-hosted the popular R2C2 podcast with former Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia from 2017 to 2023.

Prior to joining YES, Ruocco handled basketball and football play-by-play at WFUV, Fordham University’s radio station while he was a student there. He also hosted WFUV’s One on One, New York’s longest-running sports call-in show. In 2008, he received Fordham’s prestigious Marty Glickman Award, named for the legendary play-by-play announcer.

Ruocco, who grew up in Fishkill, N.Y., graduated on the Dean’s List from Fordham in 2008 with a B.S. in Communications.

David Cone, the strikeout artist who endeared himself to New York Yankees fans for his numerous clutch performances and for hurling a perfect game in 1999, initially joined YES as a Yankees analyst in 2002. After pitching for the Mets in 2003 and then retiring from baseball, he re-joined YES as an analyst for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. After a year away from the mic, he came back again to YES in 2011 and has been with the network ever since. Cone has won five New York Emmy Awards while at YES.

Since 2022, Cone has been a game analyst on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball telecasts in addition to his YES duties. In 2019, he collaborated on a book with YES colleague Jack Curry called Full Count: The Education of a Pitcher, which was a New York Times best-seller.

Cone compiled a 194-126 record, 3.46 ERA and 2,688 strikeouts in his 17-year Major League career. He captured the American League Cy Young Award in 1994 and was a five-time All-Star (1988, 1992, 1994, 1997 and 1999). The Kansas City, Mo. native, known for coming up big in critical games, posted an 8-3 postseason record and played on five world championship teams: the 1992 Blue Jays and the 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000 Yankees.

The flame-throwing right-hander was drafted by his hometown Kansas City Royals in the third round of the 1981 amateur draft and made his Major League debut with the Royals in 1986. He played the next five and a half seasons with the Mets; in 1988, he ran up a 20-3 record, 2.22 ERA and 213 strikeouts, and on October 6, 1991, he struck out 19 Phillies in a game.

After short stints with the Blue Jays and the Royals (again), he joined the Yankees in 1995. His finest season in pinstripes was 1998, when he was 20-7 with a 3.55 ERA and 209 strikeouts. A year later, on July 18, 1999, he hurled a perfect game against the Montreal Expos, only the second inter-league perfect game in Major League history. Fellow Yankee Don Larsen’s World Series gem in 1956 was the first.

While with the Yankees from 1995-2000, Cone was 64-40 with a 3.91 ERA and 888 strikeouts. He pitched for Boston in 2001, sat out the 2002 season, and pitched briefly for the Mets in 2003 before retiring.

Paul O’Neill is in his 24th season as a New York Yankees analyst for the YES Network. He has earned five New York Emmy Awards for his work at YES.

O’Neill played Major League Baseball for 17 seasons, from 1985 to 2001. He appeared in six World Series and earned five World Series rings, one with the Cincinnati Reds and four with the New York Yankees. He also played in five All-Star games.

The Yankees honored him on August 21, 2022, by permanently retiring his No. 21 during “Paul O’Neill Day” at Yankee Stadium.

O’Neill began his MLB career in 1985 with the Reds. After eight seasons with Cincinnati, O’Neill joined the Yankees in 1993, with whom he won the American League batting title in 1994 with a .359 average. From July 23, 1995, until May 7, 1997, O’Neill played 235 games in right field without making an error. In 1997, he led the American League in hitting with men on base with a .429 average. On Aug. 25, 2001, O’Neill became the oldest Major Leaguer to steal 20 bases and hit 20 home runs in the same season.

He was inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame in November 2017. In 2008, O’Neill was named “Father of the Year” by The National Father’s Day Council at its 67th Annual Father of the Year awards dinner in New York.

Former New York Yankees catcher Joe Girardi, who helped lead the Yankees to three World Championships in the 1990s as a player and later guided the team to the 2009 World Championship as a manager, re-joined the YES Network as a Yankees analyst in advance of the 2024 season. He previously had been a Yankees analyst for YES in 2004 and 2007.

In addition to managing the Yankees from 2008 to 2017, Girardi managed the Philadelphia Phillies from the 2020 season until June of 2022, and he also held that role with the Florida Marlins in 2006, with whom Girardi earned the National League Manager of the Year Award. Girardi also was the Yankees’ bench coach under manager Joe Torre during the 2005 season.

From 2022-24, Girardi served as a Chicago Cubs analyst on the Marquee Sports Network. Previously, he was an analyst with the MLB Network in 2018 and 2019. In addition, he was an analyst during the 2003 National League Division Series for ESPN Radio and provided the 2007 World Series pre-game analysis for FOX Sports.

In addition to his analyst work during his previous stints at YES, he won a New York Emmy Award for his hosting efforts on the network’s Kids on Deck series and was the star of The Joe Girardi Show.

A Peoria, Ill. Native, Girardi graduated from Spalding (Ill.) Institute in 1982 after earning All-State honors in baseball. He then played at Northwestern University, where he was a two-time All-Big Ten selection and three-time Academic All-American. He received his bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Northwestern in 1986.

He was drafted by the Cubs in the fifth round of the 1986 amateur draft. He broke into the majors in 1989 with the Cubs and later played three seasons for the Colorado Rockies (1993-1995). Girardi was acquired by the Yankees prior to the 1996 season and played key roles as New York won the World Series in 1996, 1998 and 1999.

One month after departing the Yankees as a free agent in November 1999, Girardi signed with the Cubs and played three additional seasons for Chicago, making the National League All-Star team in 2000.

He played one season for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2003 before signing with the Yankees as a free agent in February 2004. Girardi retired at the end of spring training, then joined YES.

Emmy Award-winning Meredith Marakovits was named the YES Network’s New York Yankees clubhouse reporter in March 2012. She reports on the team within the network’s Yankees game telecasts, pre- and post-game shows, Yankees Batting Practice Today and Yankees Hot Stove. She also periodically hosts the network’s Brooklyn Nets pre- and post-game shows.

On Sports Network West Wayne Randazzo, Mark Gubicza, Erica Weston are commentating!

Wayne Randazzo returns to the Angels broadcast team for his fourth season after joining prior to the 2023 season. In addition to his role in the television booth as a play-by-play voice with the Angels, he will continue his duties with Apple TV serving as a play-by-play voice for Friday Night Baseball.

Randazzo spent four seasons (2019-2022) as a play-by-play announcer for the New York Mets on WCBS Radio alongside Howie Rose. He also called Mets games on Sportsnet New York and spent four seasons (2015-2018) as the pre- and post-game host on the Mets Radio Network.

Randazzo came to New York from Chicago where he worked at CBS Radio with WSCR-AM and WBBM-AM as an anchor and talk show host while also hosting pre- and post-game shows for the Chicago White Sox. He also served as a play-by-play announcer for various sporting events on ESPN, FS1, Big Ten Network, MLB Network, and broadcasts the NFL on Sports USA Radio and MLB on FOX.

A Chicago, Illinois native, Randazzo began his broadcasting career at Arizona State University then transferred to North Central College in Naperville, where he called a variety of events for WONC – the student radio station – until he graduated in 2007. He went on to work for four seasons (2008-2011) as the lead play-by-play voice for the Mobile BayBears, the Double-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks, and three campaigns (2012-2014) for the Kane County Cougars, then-Single A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals and Chicago Cubs.

Former Major League Baseball veteran Mark Gubicza is entering his 20th year of providing color commentary for Angels broadcasts. Gubicza will also continue as an analyst for the Angels’ pre- and post- game shows, “Angels Live”, which he has done for the past 20 seasons.

Gubicza previously co-hosted the FS Baseball Report, which aired nationally on FOX Sports, previewing future matchups, and breaking down current standings in the league. In 2004, Gubicza provided analysis for Minnesota Twins games from Los Angeles. He made his first television appearance as an analyst for FSN in April 2000 on Baseball Today and the National Sports Report. He also hosted the Southern California Baseball Report on AM570 for three years.

In his professional baseball career, Gubicza spent 14 seasons in the Major Leagues. Drafted in 1981, he spent 13 seasons with the Kansas City Royals, becoming a World Series Champion in 1985 and 20-game winner in 1988. In both 1988 and 1989, he was named to the AL All-Star team. He finished his career with the Angels in 1997. To honor his many accomplishments on the field, he was named to the Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame as well as the Pennsylvania Hall of Fame in 2006. He was also named to the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, class of 2010. Gubicza received the 2022 Southern California Sports Broadcaster Award for most outstanding TV Analyst.
Erica Weston returns to the Angels broadcast team for her fifth season in 2026. An integral part of Angels telecasts, Weston brings a well-rounded background in sports media as showcased in her insightful sideline reporting, player, and coach interviews. She also is the host for the Angels’ pre- and post-game shows, “Angels Live.”

Weston began her career in sports entertainment and media following her graduation from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles with a broadcast journalism and public relations degree. Weston started with KCBS/KCAL in 2012 in television production before joining Time Warner Cable SportsNet (later Spectrum SportsNet) covering the Los Angeles D-Fenders (now South Bay Lakers). She soon hosted and reported on the Los Angeles Dodgers for three seasons before moving to Tucson, Arizona in 2016, where she worked for ABC affiliated KGUN as a sports anchor and reporter.

In 2018, Weston headed to the Midwest to join Fox Sports Midwest network, providing sideline coverage for the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Blues across Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa until her return to Los Angeles in 2022.

According to https://www.mlb.com/angels/team/broadcasters