ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Anthony Volpe hit a three-run double during the Yankees' four-run fourth inning, and Ryan Yarbrough yielded two hits over six innings in New York's 5-1 victory against the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night.
Cody Bellinger had two hits and an RBI in the Yankees' ninth victory in 10 games.
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Los Angeles Angels pitcher Jack Kochanowicz throws against the New York Yankees during the second inning of a baseball game Monday, May 26, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
New York Yankees pitcher Ryan Yarbrough throws against the Los Angeles Angels during the first inning of a baseball game Monday, May 26, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
New York Yankees' Cody Bellinger, center left, and Aaron Judge, center right, are congratulated after they scored on a three-run double by teammate Anthony Volpe during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
New York Yankees' Anthony Volpe hits three-run double against the Los Angeles Angels during the fourth inning of a baseball game Monday, May 26, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Zach Neto hit a leadoff homer for the Angels, who didn't score again. They've lost three straight after surprisingly getting to .500 last week with an eight-game winning streak.
Yarbrough (2-0) recovered and delivered with another strong outing for New York, striking out seven and eventually retiring 13 of his final 14 hitters. The former Dodgers left-hander has allowed five runs in 20 innings across four starts since joining the rotation this month.
Jack Kochanowicz (3-6) pitched five-hit ball into the seventh in another solid start for the Angels, but four of those hits came during the Yankees’ rally in the fourth.
Neto hit a 440-foot shot — the longest of his career — to straightaway center on Yarbrough's sixth pitch. The shortstop has four leadoff homers this month to tie a franchise record.
Aaron Judge scored on Austin Wells' sacrifice fly in the eighth.
Chris Taylor went 0 for 3 and made a sprinting catch in the ninth inning while playing center field in his debut with the Angels, who signed the longtime Dodgers utilityman earlier Monday. The 34-year-old Taylor had barely played for the defending champions this season, but the Halos intend to start him several times a week.
Kochanowicz retired his first nine batters, but then yielded three straight singles followed by a four-pitch walk to Bellinger before Volpe cleared the bases with one out.
Volpe improved to 3 for 9 with 10 RBIs with the bases loaded this season.
Yankees LHP Carlos Rodón (6-3, 2.88 ERA) faces Tyler Anderson (2-1, 3.60) when the series resumes Tuesday.
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Los Angeles Angels pitcher Jack Kochanowicz throws against the New York Yankees during the second inning of a baseball game Monday, May 26, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
New York Yankees pitcher Ryan Yarbrough throws against the Los Angeles Angels during the first inning of a baseball game Monday, May 26, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
New York Yankees' Cody Bellinger, center left, and Aaron Judge, center right, are congratulated after they scored on a three-run double by teammate Anthony Volpe during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Monday, May 26, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
New York Yankees' Anthony Volpe hits three-run double against the Los Angeles Angels during the fourth inning of a baseball game Monday, May 26, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — In the aftermath of a fire inside a Swiss Alpine bar that killed 40 people celebrating the new year, survivors, friends and family members, the region’s top authorities and even Pope Leo have spoken to the public in remarks in French, Italian, German and English, reflecting the tradition of Swiss multilingualism.
Another 119 people were injured in the blaze early Thursday as it ripped through the busy Le Constellation bar at the ski resort of Crans-Montana, authorities said. It was one of the deadliest tragedies in Switzerland’s history.
Investigators said Friday that they believe sparkling candles atop Champagne bottles ignited the fatal fire when they came too close to the ceiling of the crowded bar.
Here’s a look at what people said in the wake of the disaster:
— “I’m looking everywhere. The body of my son is somewhere,” Laetitia Brodard told reporters Friday in Crans-Montana as she searched for her son, 16-year-old Arthur. “I want to know, where is my child, and be by his side. Wherever that may be, be it in the intensive care unit or the morgue.”
— “We were bringing people out, people were collapsing. We were doing everything we could to save them, we helped as many as we could. We saw people screaming, running,” Marc-Antoine Chavanon, 14, told The Associated Press in Crans-Montana on Friday, recounting how he rushed to the bar to help the injured. “There was one of our friends: She was struggling to get out, she was all burned. You can’t imagine the pain I saw.”
— “It was hard to live through for everyone. Also probably because everyone was asking themselves, ‘Was my child, my cousin, someone from the region at this party?’” Eric Bonvin, general director of the regional hospital in Sion that took in dozens of injured people, told AP on Friday. “This place was very well known as somewhere to celebrate the new year,” Bonvin said. “Also, seeing young people arrive — that’s always traumatic.”
— “I have seen horror, and I don’t know what else would be worse than this,” Gianni Campolo, a Swiss 19-year-old who was in Crans-Montana on vacation and rushed to the bar to help first responders, told France's TF1 television.
—“You will understand that the priority today is truly placed on identification, in order to allow the families to begin their mourning,” Beatrice Pilloud, the Valais region's attorney general, told reporters Friday during a news conference in Sion.
Pope Leo said in a telegram Friday to the bishop of Sion that he " wishes to express his compassion and concern to the relatives of the victims. He prays that the Lord will welcome the deceased into His abode of peace and light, and will sustain the courage of those who suffer in their hearts or in their bodies.”
— “We have numerous accounts of heroic actions, one could say of very strong solidarity in the moment,” Cantonal head of government Mathias Reynard told RTS radio Friday. "In the first minutes it was citizens — and in large part young people — who saved lives with their courage.”
— “Switzerland is a strong country not because it is sheltered from drama, but because it knows how to face them with courage and a spirit of mutual help," Swiss President Guy Parmelin, speaking on his first day in the position that changes hands annually, told reporters Thursday.
People bring flowers near the sealed off Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, where a devastating fire left dead and injured during the New Year's celebrations. (AP Photo/ Antonio Calanni)
A woman holding a stuffed animal, whose daughter is missing, gather with others near the sealed-off Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, where a devastating fire left dead and injured during the New Year's celebrations. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
People light candles near the sealed off Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, where a devastating fire left dead and injured during the New Year's celebrations. (AP Photo/ Antonio Calanni)
