Angels tie MLB record with 7 solo HRs but lose to Athletics, 8-7
The Halos tied a major league record with seven solo home runs, including two by Shohei Ohtani, but still lost to the Oakland Athletics 8-7 in a crazy matinee affair at Angel Stadium.
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The Halos tied a major league record with seven solo home runs, including two by Shohei Ohtani, but still lost to the Oakland Athletics 8-7 in a crazy matinee affair at Angel Stadium.
Murphy homered and drove in all three of Oakland's runs, handing Ohtani his seventh loss of the season, despite striking out seven hitters over 5 2/3 innings.
Fletcher provided a leadoff homer in Tuesday night's 3-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics and has a hit in all four games he has played in since coming off the injured list.
Outfielder Brandon Marsh was just recently shipped to Philly, highlighting the Angels' acceptance that their season is over, taking advantage of the Phillies run for the playoffs.
Iglesias recently signed a four-year, $58 million deal prior to the start of the season and had thus far locked down 16 saves in 19 chances. For Chavez, it's his 10th trade over the course of 15 years, the most of any MLB player to date.
Marsh started the season on a high note, but began to fall off as the year progressed. He's hitting .226 with nine homers and 37 RBIs. O'Hoppe, a catching prospect, has a .269 average with 15 homers and 45 RBIs in Double-A this season.
Ohtani is coming off one of the best MLB seasons in recent history, earning the American League MVP Award while dominating both on the mound and at the plate.
The game returned to Chavez Ravine for the first time in more than 40 years, bringing baseball's best and brightest stars together for one night.
The lineups and pitching matchup for the 2022 All-Star Game were released Monday morning, with perennial All-Star and hometown ace Clayton Kershaw slated to represent the National League against the Tampa Bay Rays' Shane McClanahan.
Trout had not played since leaving early in Tuesday's matchup against the Houston Astros, missing the last four games of the first half of the 2022 season.
Neto, a middle infielder out of Campbell University, is 21-years-old and coming off a season where he hit .407 with 15 homers and 50 RBIs as well as 19 stolen bases in just 53 games played.
On the season, Trout is hitting .270 with 24 homers and 51 RBIs. This was his 10th All-Star Selection in just 12 years in the bigs.
Trea Turner hit two homers and drove in three runs, Freddie Freeman got his 1,000th career RBI in his childhood ballpark, and the Dodgers rolled into the All-Star break with a 7-1 victory and a combined 22-3 demolition of their nearest rivals.
Wade was initially sent to Anaheim prior to the start of the 2022 season.
The two-way Japanese phenom won his sixth straight start by striking out 12 in six innings and also hit a two-run triple in the Los Angeles Angels' 7-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Wednesday night.
