Ohtani, Trout both homer as Angels complete sweep of slumping Red Sox
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout homered in the identical recreation for the twenty sixth time, main the Los Angeles Angels to their fourth straight win and a sweep of the Boston Red Sox with a 7-3 victory Wednesday night time.
“It’s pretty cool when we go deep twice,” Trout said. “Good things happen. … (The Red Sox) beat us three out of four when we played them out there (in Boston), so it’s good to get a little sweep.”
Rookie Zach Neto hit a three-run homer through the Angels’ four-run second inning and added a double in his first three-hit recreation for Los Angeles, which has received six of seven total.
The Angels’ MVP duo got here via within the early innings. Ohtani related within the third for his team-leading twelfth homer, taking James Paxton (1-1) to the alternative subject along with his fourth shot in 10 days. The pitch was 3.74 ft above the bottom, making it the second-highest pitch on which Ohtani has ever homered.
“That’s big power right there,” Angels manager Phil Nevin said before referencing the overcast, cool weather patterns known as May Gray or June Gloom at this time of the year in Southern California. “The ball wasn’t really carrying very well tonight, (so) to go the other way with the air the way it is right now (is impressive).”
Trout adopted within the fourth with a two-run shot off Nick Pivetta, matching Ohtani’s season whole along with his fourth homer in seven days. The three-time AL MVP additionally handed Joe DiMaggio along with his 362nd profession homer.
“You can just feel the excitement in the dugout, and how excited the fans are” when Ohtani and Trout go deep, Angels starter Tyler Anderson mentioned.
Connor Wong homered for the Red Sox, who’ve misplaced 4 straight for the second time in two weeks. Masataka Yoshida doubled and scored on Enrique Hernández’s double within the fourth, however Boston has scored simply 4 runs throughout its four-game skid.
“I think today was a lot better (offensively) than the last two nights,” Boston supervisor Alex Cora mentioned. “We took our walks and hit some balls hard. Obviously, at the end of the day it’s how many runs you score, but I thought the approach was a lot better.”
Anderson (2-0) yielded 5 hits and one run over six innings for his first win in eight begins. The veteran left-hander had seven straight no-decisions since his debut for Los Angeles on April 2, however he improved his ERA to three.14 in his final 5 begins after a rocky starting to his Angels profession.
Paxton lasted simply three innings in his third begin again from Tommy John surgical procedure and a hamstring damage, yielding 5 runs, 4 hits and three walks.
“Stuff was OK,” Cora said. “Just the command was off.”
Los Angeles went up 4-0 within the second inning on Gio Urshela’s RBI flyout adopted by Neto’s third profession homer. The 22-year-old rookie has firmly seized the beginning job at shortstop since his main league debut in Boston final month, offering stellar defence and steadily enhancing offence.
“You can see how comfortable I’m feeling,” Neto mentioned. “I’m about to go out there, have fun and be myself.”
UNHAPPY ANNIVERSARY
The Angels improved to 28-23 on the one-year anniversary of their last victory earlier than the beginning of a franchise-record, 14-game dropping streak that wrecked their beforehand promising 2022 season and led to supervisor Joe Maddon’s firing.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Red Sox: New starter Corey Kluber is shifting to the bullpen this weekend with the upcoming return of Garrett Whitlock, who has been sidelined since April 22 with an elbow damage.
Angels: Anthony Rendon did agility work on the sector earlier than the sport. The $245 million third baseman has been out since May 13 with groin tightness. … OF Mickey Moniak acquired a relaxation day after batting .419 with 4 homers and a 1.373 OPS in his first 10 video games again within the majors.
UP NEXT
Red Sox: After a day without work, Chris Sale (4-2, 5.01 ERA) takes the mound in Phoenix on Friday to open a three-game sequence with the Diamondbacks.
Angels: After a day without work at dwelling, Reid Detmers (0-3, 4.87 ERA) takes the mound Friday to open a three-game sequence with the Miami Marlins.
