THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
July 28, 2021 at 16:30 JST
Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani, right, hits a two-run home run as Colorado Rockies catcher Elias Diaz watches during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies on July 27 in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo)
ANAHEIM, Calif.--Shohei Ohtani hit his major league-leading 36th home run, one of the few highlights for the Los Angeles Angels in a 12-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night.
Brendan Rodgers and pinch-hitter Sam Hilliard homered to back six effective innings from Austin Gomber as Colorado improved to 11-37 on the road.
Los Angeles trailed 10-0 in the fifth before Ohtani launched a 463-foot drive to center field for a two-run shot. The two-way sensation pitched seven strong innings Monday night and hit an RBI single in a 6-2 win over the Rockies.
Gomber (8-5) allowed two earned runs and five hits in six innings. He struck out seven and walked two.
The Rockies, who got 16 hits, scored four runs in the fourth to open a 9-0 lead.
Rodgers homered for the second time in two games.
Colorado scored two unearned runs in the first, a tough stretch for Angels starter Jose Suarez (4-4) as Jack Mayfield made consecutive fielding errors at third base.
Suarez also was called for an early balk. He loaded the bases but got out of it with just two runs allowed. The Rockies scored on a fielder’s choice by Charlie Blackmon and another from C.J. Cron for a 2-0 lead.
Rodgers hit his seventh home run leading off the third.
Suarez lasted just 3 1/3 innings and allowed eight runs--four earned--on six hits. Andrew Wantz gave up a three-run homer to Hilliard in the fourth.
David Fletcher had three hits for the Angels, who have lost three of four.
Los Angeles outfielder Adam Eaton pitched a scoreless ninth. It was the second time an Angels position player pitched this season and a career first for Eaton.
Rio Ruiz, just recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque after the Rockies released veteran Matt Adams, had a pinch-hit single, his first hit in a Colorado uniform, in the seventh.
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