ANAHEIM – Aaron Judge glanced toward the third-base dugout, seeking eye contact with Ron Washington. The Angels' manager had just issued a second intentional walk in as many innings, a show of respect that the reigning American League MVP acknowledged with a wink and a tip of his batting helmet.

That gesture preceded boisterous laughter from Washington, a baseball lifer who clearly had no interest in allowing Judge to beat his club.

Someone else would have to, and someone else did: Clarke Schmidt hurled six scoreless innings as the Yankees completed a sweep with a 1-0 victory on Wednesday evening at Angel Stadium.

It was New York's first 1-0 win over the Angels since April 30, 1970.

The Yankees’ fifth consecutive win (and 16th in 20 games) was fueled by Schmidt’s stellar four-hit o

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