Reid Detmers made the Yankees look silly for seven innings, and it still wasn't enough. The Angels lefty walked off the mound with a lead and a gem, and somehow left with a no-decision after his bullpen coughed it up late in a 6-3, 10-inning loss to New York.
Detmers has been the best pitcher in baseball nobody's talking about since the All-Star break. He posted a 1.52 ERA in nine second-half starts, the lowest mark among all starters in that stretch, a stunning turnaround after a shaky first half under since-dismissed pitching coach Mike Maddux. Detmers went right back to work in this one, limiting the Yankees to a single run over seven innings on six hits with 8 strikeouts and zero walks, exactly the kind of start that's made him one of the league's hottest arms.
On the other side, Cam Schlittler was matching him pitch for pitch. The 25-year-old righty, who broke out as a rookie sensation late in 2025, was pumping upper-90s heat and racking up strikeouts of his own, working through 8 Ks over his first six innings in a genuine duel.
Cam Schlittler's 2Ks in the 6th. 8Ks thru 6
Then, with two outs in the seventh, Vaughn Grissom turned the whole night on its head. He took Schlittler deep for a game-tying solo shot, his 10th homer of the year, erasing Detmers' 1-0 lead and sending the game to extras despite the best start either team's ace had thrown all night.
The game had already had one genuinely frightening moment by that point. A Ben Rice foul ball struck someone in the camera well at Angel Stadium, and the person needed to be carted off after initially being able to walk. Rice was visibly rattled and shook the person's hand before they left the field.
A scary scene at Angel Stadium after Ben Rice’s foul ball struck someone in the head in the camera well. The person was able to walk before leaving on a cart. Rice was visibly shaken and shook the person’s hand before they left the field.
Extras were where it all fell apart for Anaheim. Luke Murphy came on for the 10th and got shredded, giving up a two-run single to Austin Wells, an RBI single to Cody Bellinger, and eventually a two-run homer to Moises Ballesteros, five runs total in the inning that buried Detmers' outing under a final score that had nothing to do with how he pitched.
Somewhere in the middle of the carnage, Aaron Boone got himself tossed. The Yankees manager was ejected in the 10th for arguing a checked-swing call, adding one more chaotic beat to an inning that already had the Angels' bullpen in flames.
Aaron Boone has been ejected in the 10th inning for arguing a checked-swing call.
The Yankees walked away 6-3 winners, but the story of the night belonged to a starting pitcher who didn't even get a decision. Detmers' 1.52 second-half ERA is now the best of any starter in baseball since the break, and nights like this, brilliant work undone by a bullpen collapse, are exactly why the Angels' record hasn't caught up to how good he's actually been.