Ohtani blasts a 493-foot homer, the longest hit by anyone in the majors this season, but Canning gives up five runs, including a grand slam in the second inning of the 6-2 loss.
The homer was the longest homer hit by any Angels player since StatCast began tracking them in 2015. It was the longest homer by anyone in the majors this season.
Unfortunately for the Angels, it came after Canning had a one-inning meltdown that ended his string of quality work. His rough outing on Friday night came on the heels of a pair of games in which starters Jaime Barría and Patrick Sandoval combined to allow 12 earned runs in the previous two games, both losses.
In the second inning, he got two outs on six pitches before losing the strike zone. Canning walked three straight hitters. He got to a full count on Arizona DH Lourdes Gurriel Jr. when he hung a slider over the middle of the plate, and Gurriel pumped it over the left field fence to break the game open.
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