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▼ Trout, Ohtani Hit Celebratory Hrs In Win
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mike Trout’s 250th home run was memorable in more ways than one.
Trout’s solo shot to left-center off traveled 144 meters and made him the sixth AL player to reach 250 homers before his 28th birthday as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Kansas City Royals 6-3 on Saturday night.
The first-inning blast off Royals starter Jakob Junis (3-5) was also his second-longest since Statcast began measuring them in 2015 and the third-longest in the majors this season.
“I didn’t see it land. I stopped watching,” Angels manager Brad Ausmus said. “As soon as he hit it, I knew it was gone.”
Shohei Ohtani also went deep and Griffin Canning pitched seven shutout innings as the Angels got their fourth win in five games this season against the Royals.
Ohtani’s two-run homer to right in the sixth was his second of the season. Last season’s AL Rookie of the Year missed the first 34 games following Tommy John surgery.
After going hitless in his first seven at-bats, Ohtani has gone 12-for-35 with two home runs and has a six-game hitting streak.
“I’m getting better each at-bat I get. It is not 100, but getting closer and closer,” Ohtani said through an interpreter.
Canning (2-1) is only the second Angels starter to go at least seven innings, the worst mark in the majors. The rookie right-hander retired the first 12 Royals he faced and allowed three hits with five strikeouts. Ty Buttrey worked the final 1⅔ innings for his second save.
“I wasn’t being super tentative and let my stuff work in the zone,” he said.
After Trout’s homer, the Angels added another run in the second when Kole Calhoun led off with a double and scored on Jonathan Lucroy’s single.
Los Angeles added three in the sixth. Trout walked with one out before Ohtani clubbed a two-run shot over the right-field wall for his first home run at Angels Stadium this season. Andrelton Simmons followed with a double to left and advanced to third on a throwing error. He scored on Calhoun’s sacrifice fly to center to make it 5-0.
Kansas City got on the board with three in the eighth off Taylor Cole. Whit Merrifield had a two-run double and scored on Adalberto Mondesi’s bloop single.
Lucroy, who had two hits, singled in Simmons in the eighth inning to extend the Angels’ lead to three runs.
Trout’s solo shot to left-center off traveled 144 meters and made him the sixth AL player to reach 250 homers before his 28th birthday as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Kansas City Royals 6-3 on Saturday night.
The first-inning blast off Royals starter Jakob Junis (3-5) was also his second-longest since Statcast began measuring them in 2015 and the third-longest in the majors this season.
“I didn’t see it land. I stopped watching,” Angels manager Brad Ausmus said. “As soon as he hit it, I knew it was gone.”
Shohei Ohtani also went deep and Griffin Canning pitched seven shutout innings as the Angels got their fourth win in five games this season against the Royals.
Ohtani’s two-run homer to right in the sixth was his second of the season. Last season’s AL Rookie of the Year missed the first 34 games following Tommy John surgery.
After going hitless in his first seven at-bats, Ohtani has gone 12-for-35 with two home runs and has a six-game hitting streak.
“I’m getting better each at-bat I get. It is not 100, but getting closer and closer,” Ohtani said through an interpreter.
Canning (2-1) is only the second Angels starter to go at least seven innings, the worst mark in the majors. The rookie right-hander retired the first 12 Royals he faced and allowed three hits with five strikeouts. Ty Buttrey worked the final 1⅔ innings for his second save.
“I wasn’t being super tentative and let my stuff work in the zone,” he said.
After Trout’s homer, the Angels added another run in the second when Kole Calhoun led off with a double and scored on Jonathan Lucroy’s single.
Los Angeles added three in the sixth. Trout walked with one out before Ohtani clubbed a two-run shot over the right-field wall for his first home run at Angels Stadium this season. Andrelton Simmons followed with a double to left and advanced to third on a throwing error. He scored on Calhoun’s sacrifice fly to center to make it 5-0.
Kansas City got on the board with three in the eighth off Taylor Cole. Whit Merrifield had a two-run double and scored on Adalberto Mondesi’s bloop single.
Lucroy, who had two hits, singled in Simmons in the eighth inning to extend the Angels’ lead to three runs.
- May 20, 2019
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