ANAHEIM, California – Mike Trout begins to believe that there may be something to the idea of adding power after the birth of a child.
The reigning AL MVP has certainly been in tears since son Beckham was born. Trout homered Monday night twice, including a tiebreaking shot in the eighth inning, as the Los Angeles Angels ran from a starting five run for a 10-9 victory that would be the winning streak of Oakland Athletics’ nine games. snapped.
“People ask me about this dad power. I think it’s a thing,” Trout said. “There is nothing like being a father.”
With three hits in a row opening, Trout is 11 for 30 with six home games and 11 RBIs in the past seven games. He joined the team in Seattle on August 4 after his wife, Jessica, was born on July 30 to Beckham.
“I’m a little more relaxed. As a result, I was extremely worried about the coronavirus,” Trout said. “I did not want to have it and come home. But we kept it safe in the Trouthold and everyone in the organization did a good job.”
Anthony Rendon and Shohei Ohtani also homage for the Angels.
Trout’s solo drive Yusmeiro Petit (1-1) in the eighth helped Los Angeles stop a three-game drive. It was the 20th multi-homer game of Trout’s career, tying Tim Salmon and Vladimir Guerrero to the franchise record.
“We had a rough weekend. We did not do our jobs when we had our chances,” Trout said. “But this is a new home stand and we got an enormous win against an Oakland team that came in hot.”
Los Angeles trailed 9-4 in the fourth before Trout started the rally with a two-run drive in the Angels’ bullpen in left field. Ohtani had an RBI double in the inning to bring them to 9-7 and then tied it with a two-run homer to center in the sixth.
It was Ohtani’s 44th career home run, which tied Tadahito Iguchi fourth in the majors by a Japanese-born player.
The Angels’ bullpen, which has struggled this season, has allowed just two hits over the last five innings.
Noe Ramirez, Keynan Middleton, Felix Pena (1-0) and Ty Buttrey kept Oakland scoreless. Buttrey deserved his second save.
“They struggled early in the season, but hopefully the problem has resolved itself,” said manager Joe Maddon. “Normally it takes a month to get a bullpen in order and we try to do it faster.”
Matt Chapman scored twice and tied a career high with six RBIs for AL West-leading Oakland.
After the Angels got three runs in the first, Chapman put Oakland on the board as he laid Julio Tehran’s fastball over the wall in the left center, leading from the second. Chapman gave Oakland a 5-3 lead an inning later with a two-run drive to center for the fifth multi-homer game of his career.
Chapman’s base-loaded triple in the fourth extended Athletics’ lead to 8-4. But after Chapman scored when Mark Canha’s shallow fly jumped to the left out of Justin Upton’s glove, the A’s managed just two hits over the last five innings.
“We also had some bad pitches, and also very good lineup of their pitches,” said Oakland manager Bob Melvin. “Our boys have been pretty good this season and it was just a tough night. Tonight was an offensive night and hitters got to thank them. For a bull that has been as good as we have been, we just had some runes last night. given up.”
FOR BEGINNERS
Tehran initially withdrew the site, but then ran into problems. The right-hander went just two-plus innings and allowed five runs on five hits.
Oakland’s Sean Manaea also ran into early problems. The left-hander went 2 2/3 innings and was charged with four runs on seven hits.
MILESTONE of RENDON
Rendon had two hits to reach 1,000 for his career. The Angels’ third baseman – who signed a seven-year, $ 245 million contract in the offseasons – reached the milestone in the sixth inning with a line-drive single to center.
Rendon came into the game in a 0-for-21 slide, but caught that fast with a two-run drive to the left to extend Los Angeles’ lead to 3-0 in the first.
TRAINER’S CHAMBER
Angels: SS Andrelton Simmons (ankle) took batting practice and did some running before the game. Maddon said Simmons is coming back closer, but had no definite schedule. … LHP Jose Suarez was dropped from the injured list due to an unknown injury and optional on the alternative training site.
FOLLOWING
Oakland RHP Mike Fiers (1-0, 5.63 ERA) has won his past two starts at Angel Stadium. He will be opposed by right-hander Dylan Bundy (2-1, 2.08), who threw the Angels’ first full game since 2018 last Wednesday in Seattle.
