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It was a too-familiar game for the Angels
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Trout slammed a pitch 441 feet into the stands in the first inning, pushing him to having driven in 900 runs over his career and giving the home team a 2-0 lead. He’s hitting .348 in the young season.
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Trout was joined in the hitting highlights by Shohei Ohtani who had two hits and raised his average to .320. But those were the only three hits the team could get all night,
The Angels led 3-1 through the sixth inning when the bullpen –familiarly – yielded three runs on three hits, including a tworun homer by Bo Bichette that essentially decided the game. All that wasted a strong performance by Halo starter Patrick Sandoval, who worked six in- nings and gave up six hits and one run. He struck out two batters and walked one.
The Angels will continue the series with the Blue Jays (5-3) on Saturday and Sunday.
Ohtani made history with new rule errors
SEATTLE (AP) - Shohei Ohtani was called for pitch clock violations on the mound and at the plate Wednesday, as the Los Angeles Angels’ twoway star made more major league history.
“Part of this rule, when we first put it in, there were some pitchers that were taking advantage of it and quick-pitching some hitters,” Angels manager Phil Nevin said. “(Max) Scherzer did it in spring training, and they’re just trying to get away from that. In no way is Shohei trying to do that. It’s just his set position is a little different than most and I was trying to explain to (umpire) Pat (Hoberg) what he does.”
Nevin said Hoberg told them that while the pitcher can throw whenever he wants once the clock is in the final 8 seconds, before that the batter has to signal that he’s ready in the box. Ohtani was flagged again in the top of the sixth before his at-bat Comtinued on page 10
LA Lakers win
Comtinued from page 8 are in eighth place in the NBA Western Conference, but just a game out of sixth place. The top six teams in each conference advance to the playoffs.
The Lakers are next in action Sunday hosting the Utah Jazz.
