It was exactly the type of offensive showing the Angels had been hoping to see from their superstar core of
\"He's more relaxed,\" Angels manager Joe Maddon said. \"He had such a big concern of him and his wife regarding the birth and the virus and everything else surrounding it, so he's coming out the other side of that. He's playing with more mental freedom, and just like Rendon, he can stay hot.\"\n\nTrout’s first homer was a no-doubter off reliever J.B. Wendelken, and it helped the Angels get back into the game in the fourth inning. Trout jumped all over a 1-0 sinker and sent it a projected 428 feet to left-center with an exit velocity of 108.1 mph, per Statcast. His second homer left the bat at 109.4 mph and traveled a projected 426 feet. He's hitting .367/.406/.967 since becoming a father.
\n\n\"People ask me about this dad power, and I guess it's a thing,\" Trout said with a laugh. \"But there's no better feeling than being a father.\"\n\nThe Angels trailed by five runs in the fourth inning but came back to tie at 9 in the sixth on a two-run homer from Ohtani. It was another good sign from Ohtani, who won’t pitch this season because of a right elbow/forearm injury but has been heating up at the plate. His homer came off A’s reliever Lou Trivino and got out in a hurry with an exit velocity of 110.4 mph and going a projected 417 feet, per Statcast.
\"I started feeling much better yesterday, little by little, and I think it worked into today,\" Ohtani said through interpreter Ippei Mizuhara. \"I made some minor tweaks, but nothing too big. This was just an extension of all the work I've been putting in.\"\n\nRendon was the first to go deep, smacking a two-run shot as part of a three-run first inning against A’s lefty Sean Manaea. It snapped an 0-for-21 skid for Rendon, who has been drawing his walks but has been trying to find his timing at the plate after missing the start of the season with an oblique injury. But his timing was just right on a 2-2 fastball from Manaea and he drilled it down the left-field corner with an exit velocity of 101.5 mph and a projected distance of 368 feet.\n\n“It definitely has to take a little bit of a load off,” Maddon said. “It's something that can lead to a very good hot streak for him, because he is one of those guys that can get hot and stay hot.”
The homers made up for rough nights from right-handers