"In a most unorthodox ending to a baseball game, Curtis Granderson was caught stealing to end Tuesday night's game, after Angels closer Jordan Walden got the Yankee center fielder to take the bait on one too many pickoff attempts.

After the Bombers put runners on the corners with two outs, and with Mark Teixeira representing the winning run at the plate, Walden did a third-to-first pickoff move three times. The third attempt was the charm, as Granderson broke for second base and was caught in a rundown, ending in a 1-6-3 putout.

"Our aggressiveness has won us a lot of ballgames," Joe Girardi said. "They did a third-to-first move and got (Granderson). It's going to happen every once in awhile. You don't want guys to become too passive on the basepaths when it has helped us win a lot. Tonight it got us.""