Shohei Ohtani struggled on the mound, but the Los Angeles Angels hit four homers to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-5 on Friday in Anaheim, Calif.
Ohtani emerged with a win despite serving up a career-high four homers, going 6 1/3 innings while allowing five runs on six hits. He struck out nine and walked one. At the plate, Ohtani walked three times and scored two runs.
Henry Davis hit two home runs and Ji Man Choi and Jack Suwinski also went deep for Pittsburgh, which fell for the 13th time in 16 games. In the bottom of the inning, Ohtani drew a leadoff walk, then scored from first on to a Mickey Moniak RBI double, the Angels' first hit of the night off Pirates starter Johan Oviedo.Two outs later, Cabbage added to Los Angeles' lead with a 448-foot bomb to center field for his first career home run, capping the five-run frame. The 26-year-old rookie was playing in his sixth major league game.
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