The Los Angeles Angels’ lead over the Seattle Mariners jumped from 3-2 in the fourth to 6-2 in a hurry on Saturday night thanks to three straight home runs.
Tommy La Stella (14), Mike Trout (17), and then Shohei Ohtani (6) all homered to go back-to-back-to-back off Seattle starter Yusei Kikuchi.
La Stella, Trout and Ohtani walk into the batter's box…
[sound on for the punch line] pic.twitter.com/qB7Tx1w41Y
— Los Angeles Angels (@Angels) June 9, 2019
Trout’s homer traveled the farthest with an estimated 429-foot distance. La Stella’s was next at 418 feet. Ohtani took an off-speed pitch opposite field 396 feet for the third home run.
This was the second time this season the Angels hit back-to-back home runs, as Trout and Ohtani went back-to-back on May 31. This was the first time the Angels had back-to-back-to-back home runs since 2016 against the Mariners, and their first time doing it at home since 2009.
The @Angels hit back-to-back-to-back HR (La Stella, Trout, Ohtani) at home for the first time since 7/27/09 (Rivera, Morales, Napoli). pic.twitter.com/nvwYa4vTJL
— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) June 9, 2019
