The Yankees had a lead early, then the offense went dormant, but Jose Caballero saved the day with a two-run walk-off double to lift New York to a 5-4 win over the Angels on Wednesday night.

The ninth-inning comeback started when Jazz Chisholm Jr. popped up to the left side of the infield with one out, but Oswald Peraza and Zach Neto were confused as to who would take it, and it fell between them. Chisholm stole second and Wells walked to bring up Caballero. The Yankees shortstop lined a hit to left center that pushed across the tying run, and Wells -- who was running on the pitch with Chisholm -- was sent and slid just before the tag to give the Yankees the win.

All of this came against Jordan Romano, the closer who gave up the lead in Monday's win. The Yankees have now won two of the first three games of this series.

Here are the takeaways...

-Luis Gil was on the mound, making his second start of the season and got off to an inauspicious start. Neto hit a leadoff double just fair down the left field line, but was stranded there thanks to Aaron Judge's strong arm in right field, keeping Neto at second. A ground ball and a fly out later, and Gil was out of the inning.

After a clean second inning, Gil would give up his first run of the game. After getting behind Adam Frazier 2-0, Gil threw a 95 mph fastball down the middle and the second baseman muscled it 398 feet over the right center field wall. It wouldn't be the only solo shot Gil would allow. Logan O'Hoppe drove a 95 mph fastball up in the zone over the left center field wall. The blast went 427 feet. Three batters later, Mike Trout launched a two-run shot to give the Angels a 4-3 lead in the fifth. It's Trout's fourth home run of the series.

Gil completed the inning, but that was all for him.

The right-hander tossed 83 pitches (48 strikes), allowing four runs on five hits and two walks while striking out five. The longball got him and prevented him from going longer in this one.

-Judge doesn't just do it on defense. The Yankees captain got the scoring started with a two-out blast in the first inning, shooting the ball the opposite way for his AL-leading seventh home run of the season. Judge now has three home runs in this series.

-After the Yankees scored just one run on Tuesday, they didn't let it happen on Wednesday. Trent Grisham hit an opposite-field single to drive in Chisholm and Caballero with two outs in the second inning to give the Yankees a 3-0 lead.

But the Yankees had a hard time pushing across more runs, especially when they were trailing. In the seventh, Wells led off with a bunt single and was at second base with one out. Ryan McMahon struck out before Paul Goldschmidt -- pinch-hitting for Grisham against a left-handed reliever -- lined out sharply to second base to end the threat.

The Yankees were outhit 7-6 and were 2-for-7 with RISP with five left on base. The Angels were worse, however, going 0-for-4 with RISP and leaving four men on base.

-The Yankees bullpen, much-maligned of late, was great on Wednesday. They pitched four scoreless innings after Gil was pulled to give the Yankees a chance.

Tim Hill: 1.0 IP
Fernando Cruz: 1.0 IP, 1 H
Brent Headrick: 1.0 IP, 1 H
David Bednar: 1.0 IP, 1 K

Game MVP: Jose Caballero

Caballero's hit turned around what would have been another dreadful night for the Yankees offense.

Here are the takeaways...

Game MVP: Jose Caballero

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