Gardner goes horizontal to rob home run

ANAHEIM — Garret Anderson was inducted to the Angels Hall of Fame on Saturday, but it was another left fielder, the Yankees’ Brett Gardner, who might have drawn the loudest cheer of the night.

A long fly ball from Angels slugger C.J. Cron destined for the left-field stands made an early stop into the glove of Gardner, who jumped over, and onto, the wall to rob a home run as his body went horizontal, colliding with fans.

With the Angels down, 5-0, in the seventh inning and looking for their first run of the series, Cron hit a 365-footer that would have narrowed the score to 5-2 without the play from Gardner. …

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