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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
NY Yankees 6, LA Angels 5
When: 3:35 PM ET, Sunday, September 11, 2011
Where: Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, California
Temperature: 76°
Umpires: Home - Larry Vanover, 1B - Brian Gorman, 2B - Dan Bellino, 3B - Tony Randazzo
Attendance: 42581

Curtis Granderson and Robinson Cano each homered and the visiting New York Yankees avoided a three-game sweep with their 6-5 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday.

The win moved the Yankees 3 1/2 games ahead of Boston in the American League East. The Red Sox fell 9-1 to the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday.

Down 5-4 in the top of the seventh, the Yankees took the lead when Peter Bourjos dropped Mark Teixeira’s fly ball in front of the center field wall, allowing Brett Gardner and Derek Jeter to score.

Cory Wade (5-0) earned the win in relief of Freddy Garcia, who gave up five runs over five innings. Mariano Rivera pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his 40th save.

Bourjos and Howie Kendrick and each blasted two-run homers for Los Angeles, which fell 2 1/2 games behind American League West-leading Texas. The Rangers beat Oakland 8-1 on Sunday afternoon.

After Jared Weaver and Dan Haren silenced the Yankees in the first two games of the series, Ervin Santana (11-11) gave up six runs over six innings in the finale.

Rookie first baseman Mark Trumbo entered the game with nine hits in his last seven games, but he went 0-for-4 Sunday and popped out with the bases loaded in the fifth inning.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
NY Yankees   LA Angels
Freddy Garcia Player Ervin Santana
No Decision W/L Loss
5.0 IP 6.0
3 Strikeouts 8
7 Hits 8
9.00 ERA 7.50
Hitting
NY Yankees   LA Angels
Eric ChavezPlayer Erick Aybar
2 Hits 4
1 RBI 0
0 HR 0
3 TB 4
.500 Avg .800
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
NY Yankees 8 2 15 .242 13 11 5 6 0 0
LA Angels 10 2 16 .294 16 5 4 3 3 1