Shohei Ohtani hit his first pro grand slam in one night with two home runs, and the rising Los Angeles Angels beat the Tampa Bay Rays 11-3 on Monday.
The AL MVP knocked it out of the park twice for the second time this season and eighth in his major league career. Ohtani hit a solo homer in the sixth off Jalen Beeks in the sixth and, two innings later, hit a 3-1 pitch from Calvin Faucher, making his major league debut, over the left-field wall for the third major. slam for the Angels this season.
Mike Trout and Jared Walsh each homered and drove in three runs for the Angels, who won their fifth game in six games.
Randy Arozarena put the Rays ahead 1-0 in the fourth with a drive into the right field bleachers off Noah Syndergaard (3-1), who claimed the victory with a 5 1/3 inning with seven-hit ball and that single race.
The loss went to Jeffrey Springs (1-1) with three hits and as many runs against in four innings.
For the Rays, Wander Franco 5-3, with a run scored; Manuel Margot 3-2; Francisco Mejia 1-0. Cubans Yandy DÃaz 4-1, with one scored; Randy Arozarena 4-1, with one run scored and one produced. Colombian Harold RamÃrez 2-1, with an RBI.
For the Angels, the Venezuelan Luis Rengifo 1-0.