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    Angels’ Mike Trout, Shohei Ohtani homer back to back in win over A’s
    • April 2, 2023

    OAKLAND — Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani weren’t about to be shown up by a rookie.

    An inning after Logan O’Hoppe blasted the first homer of his career, Trout and Ohtani hit back-to-back towering shots to center field, lifting the Angels to a 6-0 victory over the Oakland A’s on Sunday.

    The Angels took two of three in the season-opening series, outscoring the A’s 19-1 after absorbing a frustrating 2-1 loss on Opening Day.

    The Angels have high hopes for their run-production this season because of the depth of their lineup.

    O’Hoppe, who has hit eighth or ninth each of the first three games, has driven in the Angels first run each game. He came to the plate in the fourth inning after Hunter Renfroe reached on an infield hit and Luis Rengifo walked.

    Facing left-hander Ken Waldichuk, O’Hoppe got a 1-and-1 fastball over the heart of the plate and he hammered it over the fence in left-center.

    O’Hoppe, the Angels’ 23-year-old No. 1 prospect, has four hits in his first 10 at-bats, with six RBIs so far this season.

    An inning later, Taylor Ward led off with the second of his three hits, and then Trout drilled a ball 434 feet, bouncing off the green wall beyond the center field fence.

    Trout also had a single and a double, making the 15th time in his career he had been just a triple short of the cycle.

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    Just after Trout’s homer, Ohtani hit a ball even farther, connecting for a 447-foot blast for his first homer of the season.

    The 6-0 lead was plenty for left-hander Tyler Anderson, whose Angels debut was exactly what the team must have expected when they signed him to a three-year, $39-million deal over the winter.

    Anderson induced soft contact throughout his six scoreless innings, striking out four and walking two. Only one of the four hits that Anderson allowed had an exit velocity over 90 mph.

    Anderson followed Ohtani and Patrick Sandoval to the mound this weekend, as Angels starters combined to allow one run in 17 innings.

    More to come.

    ​ Orange County Register 

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