Daily News (Los Angeles)

A grand slam

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The game was tied 1-1 in the second inning when Ward stepped to the plate against Oakland right-hander Adam Oller. Ward got a cutter over the outer half of the plate and crushed it over the fence in right-center.

It was his second grand slam of the season. Ward has also equalled his career high with eight homers, even though he's played in just 25 games. He is hitting .384 with a .505 onbase percentage and a 1.249 OPS, which would lead the majors if he had enough plate appearance­s to qualify. He is five short.

Ward started a rally in his next trip, doubling into left-center. He scored on a double by Trout and then Trout scored on Ohtani's milestone homer.

Ohtani became the third player born in Japan to hit 100 homers in the majors. Hideki Matsui holds the record with 175, and Ichiro Suzuki hit 117.

Ohtani started the season slowly, but he's hit .295 over his past 20 games, with the improvemen­t coinciding with him hitting the ball more to center field and left field. His homer on Saturday went out to leftcenter.

The offensive explosion and a strong start by righthande­r Michael Lorenzen were exactly what the Angels needed after using all their best relievers in the first game. Iglesias, Aaron Loup and Ryan Tepera had all pitched Friday night and in the first game on Saturday.

Lorenzen gave up one run in seven innings, improving his ERA for the season to 3.57. He allowed a run in the first and then nothing else. His teammates helped him out by turning three double plays, and shortstop Andrew Velazquez made two more outstandin­g plays.

With a comfortabl­e lead, the Angels were able to use Kyle Barracloug­h and Mike Mayers for the final two innings.

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