Aroldis Chapman loses his first grand slam of the career, and Lucas Luetge surrenders three more runs to make it 8-4. The Yankees lose 11-8 to the Angels. (0:59).NEW YORK -- ShoheiOhtani was out of the game early. Jared Walsh and all the Los Angeles Angels players were certainly not.They played better the later they were.Walsh scored a tie-breaking grand slam against Aroldis Chapman in the ninth inning. It was his second homer in a long night. The Angels defeated the New York Yankees 11-8 in a rainy match that ended at 1 a.m. Thursday."Euphoria. Walsh stated, "That's all I can describe it."Ohtani's eagerly awaited debut as a pitcher at Yankee Stadium was a disaster. He was only able to get two outs, and was also charged with seven runs. But the Angels overcame more than two hours worth of weather delays to save him with an extraordinary rally.Joe Maddon, proud manager, said that everyone has ownership of it.He said, "Obviously, since I've been there, probably the most crazy, best result that we have had." A mind that has been stretched once can't go back to its original form. This is what I want. I want us to understand how to win in an unfriendly environment and defeat a strong team. They should be bullied.Chapman, who hadn’t pitched for a week, was forced to enter in a non-save position to preserve an 8-4 lead. To load the bases, Chapman walked three batters and Walsh hit an 84 mph slider into right-center to give the Yankees their second career slam. This was the first time the closer allowed it.Since August 2017, the lefty's fireballing bat hadn't allowed a left-handed batter to score a run.The tie was broken by pinch-hitter Luis Rengifo (2-1), with two outs. Taylor Ward also added an RBI single.Raisel Iglesias threw three fast outs to score his 15th save. Seven Angels relief pitchers assisted in handing the Yankees their worst loss of the season.Manager Aaron Boone described it as "a terrible loss." It was frustrating. It's disappointing. TerribleSome Angels fans chanted Fire Boone after they returned. Fire Boone!Boone stated, "I feel terrible about them." They deserve better than this," Boone said. We share their frustration.After giving up a single homer to Brett Gardner in eighth, Mike Mayers (2-3), won the game.This was the Yankees' first tying slam in a ninth inning since June 1986, when Toronto slugger George Bell had connected off Dave Righetti.Since July 2019, Chapman had not walked three batters in one game.Through a translator, he stated that he was struggling to command his fastball. "Definitely a trying moment for me."According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it's only the third time in modern baseball that a team scores seven runs or more in the first inning. According to Elias, the Boston Braves were the last to achieve this feat in July 1913.This was the fourth consecutive time that the Yankees had scored seven or more runs in the first innings and were defeated. The previous time this happened was against Cleveland in 1954.New York was last in the ninth inning to lead by four and lose it against the Angels in August 2000.Giancarlo Stanton, a slugger, said that it was "about as bad as it gets right then."DJ LeMahieu scored an early three-run run double for the Yankees. They have now dropped five of six.Play was delayed by a total of 2:13 during a pair stoppages, pushing it to 1:06 AM. Weather permitting, the teams were to meet again within 12 hours.Stanton stated, "As hard as it is, this cannot linger into tomorrow." "We have a quick turnaround."Ohtani, who was facing the Yankees for the first-time as a pitcher, went bust in the Bronx with his Babe Ruth impression -- at least for this night. After four walks in the first inning, Ohtani, a two-way phenom who has 28 home runs, was relegated to second place in the majors.Ohtani, who was making his 12th career-high pitching start on a night of 92 degrees that had cooled off later than expected, fell asleep long before the rains arrived.After Phil Gosselin's home run in the first, he was given a 2-0 lead but quickly regained it. The 26-year old right-hander walked his three first batters and only 20 of 41 pitches were for strikes. After New York's largest inning since May 25, 2015 against Kansas City, his ERA jumped to 3.60.Ohtani also batted leadoff, and he flied against Domingo German to start the game. In his 13 previous games, the slugging designated pitcher/hitter had hit 11 home runs.After hitting two home runs, he became the first pitcher who started a game. This was the same as Ruth's feat for the Yankees in September 1930. Ohtani hit three homers in the series' first two games.The Angels, taxed by the lack of designated hitters, were now on the fourth pitcher in their eight-man lineup. Ohtani was joined by Ohtani and two other players who batting in the leadoff spot.Maddon stated, "That's a National League match, so don't say it's not fun to see the pitcher hit."Dylan Bundy, who had vomited in the Yankee Stadium heat Monday night, was only able to last 1 2/3 innings before being summoned for his first relief appearance with Baltimore since 2016.Rain caused the game to be halted for 42 mins in the third. The game was stopped for 91 more minutes in the middle fifth. New York led 7-4. This thinning a crowd of 30,714.Walsh opened the Angels fifth inning with a homer against Luis Cessa.Ohtani spoke through an interpreter, "The postgame high fives were the loudest & most exciting of all the year by far," Ohtani stated.This report was contributed by The Associated Press.
