NEW YORK (Interstat) — In a game that defied logic, probability, and a five-run deficit in the ninth inning, the New York Yankees authored a stunning comeback to walk off the Los Angeles Angels 11-10 on Monday night at Yankee Stadium.

The victory, sealed by a walk-off wild pitch, was a chaotic masterpiece that saw the teams combine for 26 hits, six home runs, and a dramatic reversal of fortune in the final frame. The Angels, who led 10-8 entering the bottom of the ninth, fell to 8-9 on the season, while the Yankees improved to 9-7.

The most important part of the game was unquestionably the bottom of the ninth inning, a half-inning of sheer pandemonium that rendered the previous eight frames a prelude. Facing Angels closer Jordan Romano, Jazz Chisholm Jr. led off with a sharp single. That brought Trent Grisham to the plate.

Grisham, who entered as a pinch-hitter and defensive replacement in center field, had been mired in an 0-for-12 slump. He demolished it with one swing, launching a two-run, game-tying homer to right-center field, his second home run of the night. The blast, which scored Chisholm, suddenly knotted the score at 10 and sent the crowd of 35,789 into a frenzy.

The Yankees were not done. José Caballero followed with a ground-rule double. After a walk to Austin Wells put runners on first and third with no outs, Romano faced Ryan McMahon. On a 1-1 pitch, Romano uncorked a wild pitch that skittered away, allowing Caballero to dash home with the winning run, completing the improbable three-run rally.

The ending overshadowed a titanic individual duel between the Angels’ Mike Trout and the Yankees’ Aaron Judge and Grisham. Trout carried the Angels’ offense, blasting two crucial home runs. His three-run shot in the sixth inning erased a 7-4 deficit and put Los Angeles ahead 7-7. He then added a two-run homer in the eighth that extended the Angels’ lead to 10-8, finishing with five RBIs.

Judge answered for New York with a two-run homer in the first inning off Angels starter Mitch Farris and a solo shot in the sixth, giving him three RBIs. But the night belonged to Grisham. His first homer, a three-run blast in the fifth inning, had given the Yankees a 7-4 lead. His second was exponentially more consequential, setting the stage for the bizarre finish.

The game was a rollercoaster from the outset. The Yankees built an early 4-0 lead behind Judge’s first-inning homer and a two-run shot from Caballero in the second. Angels starter Farris settled after the rough start, and the lineup finally broke through against Yankees starter Will Warren and the bullpen in the fourth.

A costly error by Caballero at shortstop opened the door, and the Angels capitalized with four runs on four hits, including RBI doubles from Jorge Soler and Jo Adell and a run-scoring single from Logan O’Hoppe, to tie the game.

After Grisham’s fifth-inning homer put New York up 7-4, Trout’s first blast tied it in the sixth. The Angels took their first lead at 8-7 later that inning on a sacrifice fly by Josh Lowe. Trout’s second homer in the eighth made it 10-8, seemingly providing a cushion that vanished in the chaotic ninth.

Paul Blackburn earned the win for New York with a scoreless top of the ninth, improving to 1-1. Romano took the loss and blew the save for Los Angeles, falling to 0-1.

The game, which lasted 3 hours and 36 minutes, wildly exceeded the pregame projection from Interstat, which had forecast a 5-4 Yankees victory and gave New York a 70% probability to win. The teams combined for 21 runs, soaring over the posted over/under line of 9.

The Angels will look to regroup Tuesday night in the second game of the series, while the Yankees will ride the momentum of a victory that seemed impossible just minutes before it ended.