With a home run by veteran Matt Carpenter in the same four-run first inning, the New York Yankees beat the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday in the Major Leagues with a 9-1 scoreline.
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Star right-hander Noah Syndergaard was rocked in his return to New York, allowing Carpenter’s two-run homer.
Beginning a three-game series against Japan’s Shohei Ohtani and fellow star Mike Trout, the New York team improved the American League’s best record with a 34-14 record with the win and sent the Angels (27-23) to their sixth straight loss.
Starter Jordan Montgomery (1-1) pitched four-hit ball over seven strong innings to earn the victory. The only run Montgomery allowed was a homer by Luis Rengifo in the seventh.
A fan favorite when he was with the Mets (2015-19), Syndergaard hardly resembled the flamethrower he was with the Mets.
He missed all of 2020 following Tommy John surgery and returned to pitching two innings during the final week of last season.
Syndergaard signed a $21 million, one-year deal with the Angels and has reinvented himself, but his old 98-mph fastballs are now gone.
Syndergaard (4-3) took the loss as he allowed five runs on seven hits and a walk, his ERA rising from 3.08 to 4.02 ERA.
Mexican-born José Treviño also homered for the Yankees and tied a career high with three hits, while teammate Anthony Rizzo had an RBI double and Gleyber Torres had two RBIs for the New Yorkers as well.
– Schoop helps Tigres with HR –
In Detroit, in a doubleheader, the Tigers and Minnesota Twins split honors.
In the second game, Jonathan Schoop from Curaçao hit a home run and drove in four runs for the Tigers to win with a 4-0 shutout, on a day in which Kody Clemens, the son of former pitcher Rogers Clemens, made his debut for the cats, who watched from a suite.
Seven-time Cy Young pitching award winner Roger Clemens watched his 26-year-old son go 0-3 with two strikeouts and a walk.
Previously, German-born Max Kepler had three hits and drove in three runs and Dominican Gary Sánchez hit a three-run home run to help the Twins win 8-2 in the first game.
In the second game, Schoop hit a two-run home run in the first inning and added a two-run single.
Tigers starter Joey Wentz, in his second major league appearance, allowed just one hit in four innings but left with a strained shoulder.
Reliever Wily Peralta (2-0) got the win with two scoreless innings of relief for the Tigers. Five Tigers pitchers combined in the three-hit shutout. The setback went to Cole Sands (0-1), who allowed four runs on five hits and four walks in four innings.
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