Former Tennessee Vol Christian Moore had some big career firsts in Angels' win over Yankees

It would take two more innings for Moore to cross the plate for the first time in his career, but what a time to do it. Nolan Schanuel lobbed a double over third base to plate Moore from second base in the tenth inning. 

But that wouldn't be Moore's last contribution to the win.  The Yankees had runners at first and third with one out in the bottom of the tenth. Jasson Dominguez rolled a shallow ground ball to second, and Moore had a choice to make.  With his momentum taking him away from second and thus making a double play very difficult, he instead fired to the plate and got Paul Goldschmidt for the second out to preserve the lead.  The Angels got the final out two hitters later to secure the win.

Baseball is a brutally difficult sport, particularly for a young player in the big leagues, but Monday was a day that took a lot of pressure off, as he got that important first hit and contributed to his first big league win. 

We'll see if he can continue to make memorable plays in his own backyard on Tuesday and Wednesday as the series against the Yankees continues.