LA Angels 11, Tampa Bay 3
When: 9:38 PM ET, Monday, May 9, 2022
Where: Angel Stadium, Anaheim, California
Temperature:
66°
Umpires:
Home -
John Tumpane, 1B -
Ryan Blakney, 2B -
Marvin Hudson, 3B -
Adrian Johnson
Attendance:
19537
By Field Level Media
Shohei Ohtani, Mike Trout and Jared Walsh combined to hit four home runs and power the Los Angeles Angels to an 11-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays Monday night in Anaheim, Calif.
Ohtani homered twice, including a grand slam in the seventh inning that was his first in professional baseball, either Japan or the majors.
Walsh hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning that gave the Angels the lead for good. Trout (two-run homer) and Ohtani (solo homer) hit homers on back-to-back pitches in the sixth inning that provided Angels starter Noah Syndergaard and the bullpen all the runs they would need.
Syndergaard (3-1) gave up one run on seven hits and one walk in 5 1/3 innings to get the victory, but he had to work his way through several jams to get there, making 97 pitches. He struck out seven.
In all, the Rays were 1-for-16 with runners in scoring position.
The Angels got most of their production from the top of their lineup, as leadoff hitter Brandon Marsh, No. 2 hitter Trout and No. 3 hitter Ohtani combined for seven of the Angels' 11 hits.
Wander Franco led the Rays' offense with three hits.
Randy Arozarena's solo home run off Syndergaard gave the Rays a lead in the fourth inning, but the advantage lasted only until the bottom of the fourth. Rays starter Jeffrey Springs (1-1) was perfect through three innings, then retired the first batter in the fourth before Trout ended the string with a single.
Ohtani followed with a single, and with two outs, Walsh hit a three-run homer.
In the sixth, Trout hit a two-run homer and on the very next pitch from Rays lefty Jalen Beeks, Ohtani hit his first homer of the night.
The Rays pushed across a couple runs in the top of the seventh, but the Angels responded with five in the bottom of the inning, the last four coming on Ohtani's slam.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Tampa Bay
|
10 |
1 |
15 |
.263 |
23 |
13 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
LA Angels
|
11 |
4 |
25 |
.314 |
10 |
8 |
11 |
3 |
0 |
1 |