LA Angels: 3 encouraging signs from New York Yankees series

The LA Angels just took two of three from the New York Yankees, and surprised a lot of people with their performance.

There were some incredible feats put on display, and the team has played noticeably much better in these past two series.

There are a few things that can be taken from this series that bode really well for the Halos’ series against Texas coming up. It’s a series they should win against the last place team in the AL West.

No. 3 encouraging sign from New York Yankees series: The LA Angels played up to their competition

The LA Angels typically beat up on bad teams this season. Then, they dropped two of three to the Baltimore Orioles. They started playing down to their competition.

However, in this series, the Angels played up to their competition, which was a great sight to see. It’s something they don’t do too often.

The Yankees had won 13 of their last 15, and the Angels were just one series removed from their most embarrassing series performance of the year. They weren’t intimidated, and won the series.

This is now the second straight series against a quality team that the Angels have competed in and played well. This is important going forward because 21 of the 28 games we have remaining on the schedule are against teams that are above .500.

We may not have the Yankees again, but we have teams just as tough. We proved that we can hang with those teams.

No. 2 encouraging sign from New York Yankees series: The LA Angels overcame adversity

The LA Angels didn’t have Shohei Ohtani on the mound at all this series. He was scheduled to start on Tuesday, and couldn’t go due to him getting hit with the ball at the plate on Saturday.

The Angels won even without Ohtani on the mound.

Again, going up against a Yankees team that had won 13 of their last 16 coming into Tuesday’s game without your Ace being able to go at all in the series is tough.

Jaime Barria looked better than he has lately in his start, going 4.1 IP and allowing just two walks and two earned runs. The bullpen was solid, and Max Stassi really stepped up with a two-hit performance.

Jared Walsh was clutch with a three-run home run, and Jack Mayfield had himself a double.

Phil Gosselin had a nice game with two RBI. It seemed like everybody was contributing in a game where the Halos couldn’t get their best pitcher on the bump.

Seeing everybody pick each other up was impressive and encouraging for this club, and they were due for a performance like that.