Ohtani hits first homer to help Los Angeles crush Indians
Villanueva produces a magic moment for Padres
The Los Angeles Angels blasted five home runs — four before the end of the third inning— and cruised over the visiting Cleveland Indians 13- 2, but one of the home runs created more buzz in the stadium than the others, and it wasn’t the one hit by superstar Mike Trout.
Trout’s first- inning homer was his second of the season. Later in the inning, Shohei Ohtani hit a three- run home run, the first long ball of his major league career, to cap Los Angeles’ six- run inning.
Ohtani, who earned his first major league victory as a pitcher on Sunday in Oakland, crushed a 3- 2 breaking ball from Indians starter Josh Tomlin into the seats in right- centre field. After reaching the dugout, his teammates pushed him back onto the field for his first major league curtain call.
Ohtani also singled twice to finishwith three hits in four atbats. He is hitting .444 ( 4- for9) this season.
Didi Gregorius hit a pair of three- run home runs and set a career high with eight RBIs as New York beat Tampa Bay 11- 4
in Yankees’ manager Aaron Boone’s home debut.
Gregorius recorded his second career multi- homer performance in a game played in a misting rain and a game- time temperature of 40 degrees.
Three home runs
Christian Villanueva hit three home runs and drove in five runs, and Freddy Galvis added a go- ahead, two- run single as San defeated visiting Colorado 8- 4 for their first win in five games this season.
Villanueva produced the eighth three- homer game in Padres history and the first
since Hunter Renfroe accomplished the feat last season.
The Padres scored first for the first time this year on Villanueva’s first homer.
Christian Yelich and Ryan Braun cracked back- to- back homers with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, capping Milwaukee’s rally from a 4- 0 deficit over visiting St. Louis.
Todd Frazier and Travis d’Arnaud each had run- scoring hits in the sixth inning, and five New York pitchers combined to three- hit visiting Philadelphia for a 2- 0 win.